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SIGNAL Hill stormed into the 2024 Secondary Schools’ Football League (SSFL) Coca-Cola National Intercol semifinals after thumping Miracle Ministries 6-0 in the last quarter-final tie at Ato Boldon Stadium in Balmain, Couva, on November 26. Two first half goals from Jermaine Morgan combined with one each from Kyle James, Emmanuel Wright, Antonio Hopkins and Israeli […]

IT’S NOT a good time to be a migrant. All over the world, politics has been poisoned. Foreigners are being blamed for unemployment, for crime, for poor healthcare, for everything. Of course, xenophobia has always existed. But America’s choice to re-elect Donald Trump on November 5 has added a veneer of legitimacy to the dog […]

Days after hammering Moruga Secondary 17-0 to win the Secondary Schools Football League Coca-Cola south zone intercol trophy, Pleasantville Secondary added a second title to their 2024 trophy cabinet after they sank Five Rivers Secondary 3-0 in the girls’ Big 5 final at Ato Boldon Stadium in Balmain, Couva, on November 26. A goal in […]

Minister of Housing and Urban Development Camille Robinson-Regis says whether the Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar accepts the Salaries Review Commission’s (SRC’s) recommendations or not, once passed in Parliament, opposition members will have no choice but to accept it. Robinson-Regis spoke to the media after the opening ceremony of the La Horquetta Public Library at Slinger […]

ATTORNEY Jagdeo Singh is advocating for the placing of electronic bracelets on every lawbreaker, as an effective tool to crime reduction in the country. A panelist at the UNC Town Hall meeting on Justice Reform at the Barataria Community Centre on November 25, Singh made the case for “placing an electronic bracelet on every person […]

Charges have been re-laid against the seven officers whose case collapsed after being charged with Misbehaviour in Public Office. A media release by the police on November 26 said the charges were re-laid after discussions with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). The case was initially dismissed on November 18 owing to […]

An announcement about the selected organisation to partner with the government for its international soca competition is expected by December 6. Tourism, Culture and the Arts Minister Randall Mitchell shared this information as Newsday sought follow-up information about it on November 26. In April, Mitchell invited interested parties to partner with the government for a […]

FIVE people, including a minor, appeared in court in Tobago over the last week for varying offences, including robbery with violence, robbery with aggravation, and larceny. Kody Bailey, 21, of Mt St George, was charged with robbery with violence, malicious wounding, common assault and possession of ammunition which occurred in the district on November 11, […]

HEALTH Minister Terrence Deyalsingh has said assessments have been done on all regional health authorities (RHAs) to ensure they can protect themselves against cyberattacks. He made these comments in the House of Representatives on November 22. After a cyberattack on the South West Regional Health Authority (SWRHA) last October, Deyalsingh said the National Security Ministry’s […]

MISS UNIVERSE is about beauty, but this year things got ugly. Jenelle Thongs, 32, this country’s representative, faced a backlash from people critical of her size and style. But the account of her journey and her experiences throughout all of it – given by her in an interview published in this newspaper last weekend – […]