Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

Agostini Ltd will officially enact its name change on March 6, the TT Stock Exchange (TTSE) has announced. The company has also unveiled a new logo and brand identity. The rebranding removes the apostrophe from its previous name but does not affect its operations, structure or stock market presence. The company’s security symbol, AGL, remains […]

REGIONAL credit rating agency CariCRIS has reaffirmed the credit rating of Trinre Insurance Company, recognising its financial strength and stability. Trinre and its subsidiary have maintained a solid rating of CariA for both foreign and local currency at the regional level and ttA on the TT national scale, with a stable outlook. This means Trinre […]

WATERLOO residents now have improved access to digital resources after a new ICT Access Centre was opened in the community as part of the Ministry of Digital Transformation’s (MDT) initiative to bridge the digital divide in underserved areas. The facility, located at the Corner of Main Road and Butler Village, was officially launched on February […]

A suspect in the shooting of a Cashew Gardens man last week surrendered to Longdenville police on March 5. The incident happened around 7.15 pm on February 27 at Edinburgh Road, Longdenville, near a T&TEC substation. Courtney Vincent, 34, of Cashew Gardens, was shot when he and a relative got into an altercation with a […]

POLICE are still investigating the circumstances surrounding the murder of Bibi Zamilla Swamber, 67, after her lifeless body was found with her hands and feet tied together at her Cunupia home on March 4. Police said officers of the Cunupia Police Station responded to a report of a homicide at the Corner of Southern Main […]

MACHEL Montano’s Pardy clinched his 11th Road March and he now ties with the late Grandmaster, Kitchener, as having the most Road March wins. The Trinbago Unified Calypsonians’ Organisation (TUCO) announced that Montano won his 11th title with his popular song Pardy being played 267 times as opposed to Bunji Garlin’s Carry It which played […]

Despite heightened visible policing and joint operations with the army aimed at ensuring a safer Carnival, celebrations in St James on March 4 were marred by violence as one man was shot dead and three others were wounded. Within minutes of the shooting, police cordoned off the street, stopping bands from using the route. But […]

AS AT MARCH 4, the US halted shipments of ammunition, vehicles and equipment to Russia-besieged Ukraine – the crystallisation of Donald Trump’s stunning repudiation of the comity of nations. This American policy reversal is not the mere use of unorthodoxy to achieve the end of conflict; it is the direct and deliberate application of a […]

HOWARD DOTTIN IT’S FINALS night and the air around the Big Yard is thick with anticipation and a touch of nerves. Patrons settle into their seats, drinks in hand, and the first large steelband is setting up. The Grand Stand is full, the crowd buzzing – waiting for that first striking note to slice through […]

TREVOR SUDAMA POLITICIANS are constantly called upon to speak at various occasions and on very many subjects. The content of their statements reflects not only on the quality of their briefing but, more so, on their thinking and capacity to make meaningful, enlightening, sensible and realistic observations. Very few seem capable of meeting this challenge. […]