Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

THE EDITOR: Today we once more celebrate Valentine’s Day. This is a very special day and while many may find it’s over commercialised, it is always nice to show appreciation to loved ones. When we look at what’s happening around the world, we see the growth of hate with so many nations at war. The […]

SUPPOSE someone deposited hundreds of millions into the Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC)’s bank account on the eve of a general election. How would you react? Quite probably with suspicion. But what if no individual was behind such largesse and, instead, the payee was a government? Would that change things? And what if it was […]

Paolo Kernahan “WHY YUH do go home and sleep!” That’s advice bellowed into my car from a young woman overtaking me on a terrible road. I was gingerly navigating muddy craters of unknown fathoms when the high-strung harpy in a towering four dubya D pulled up on me and flared her nostrils so broadly I […]

THE EDITOR: I am a final year engineering student at the UWI St Augustine campus. I have noticed the frustration of academic and non-academic staff to get proper parking on campus. The areas allotted for staff parking are usually filled with cars that have expired parking stickers. One solution would be for principal Rose-Marie Belle […]

THE EDITOR: With US President Donald Trump, the leader of the free world, championing a “Made in America” agenda and imposing tariffs on imports of steel and aluminium, countries worldwide are prompted to reconsider their economic strategies. These tariffs aim to correct trade imbalances but will inevitably disrupt existing supply chains, particularly in the construction […]

Trinidad and Tobago Premier Football League (TTPFL) tier one leaders Defence Force (30 points) will aim to extend their perfect run in the 2024/25 season to 11 matches when they play the tenth-placed Prisons FC at the St James Police Barracks on February 16. After this weekend’s matches, both the TTPFL’s tier one and tier […]

THE POLICE said there have been no significant developments in the case of Ryan Hasranah, a 38-year-old man of Race Course Road, Evergreen, Carapo, Arima, who was reported missing on February 10. Police said the investigation is continuing and there has been no information to indicate foul play. Hasranah, who was last seen on January […]

THE Estate Management and Business Development Company Ltd (EMBD) has filed new allegations against former housing minister Dr Roodal Moonilal, several contractors, and former executives in the multi-million dollar cartel claim lawsuit brought against them by the state-owned company. At a February 11 status hearing, Justice Frank Seepersad was informed that an amended statement of […]

A CLASSIC case of “financial grooming by a quintessential financial sociopath” was the description of the case by the attorney representing a company seeking to recover $7 million in funds paid to a contractor for a construction project that allegedly did not materialise. Attorney Jagdeo Singh used the description in an opening statement at the […]

JUNIOR BENJAMIN, 53, is the acting Commissioner of Police (CoP). Yet, Mr Benjamin’s authority to lead has been damaged by the circumstances of his appointment. As long as the cloud of suspicion from the Erla Harewood-Christopher case looms over the service, it will hamper Mr Benjamin’s ability to serve. Parliament swiftly plugged the gap in […]