Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

WIGUT president Dr Indira Rampersad said the union is pleased by the Prime Minister’s directive to the Finance Minister to take a closer look at the wage negotiations between the organisation and UWI St Augustine. On November 28, speaking during a post-cabinet media briefing at WhiteHall, Dr Rowley said he directed the Finance Minister to […]

ON NOVEMBER 26, Fitzgerald Hinds was breathing fire and brimstone. But 48 hours later, the Laventille West MP was out. The Minister of National Security withdrew from PNM screening for his seat ahead of the next general election. The move was not announced publicly by the normally outspoken and loquacious MP. Instead, it was confirmed, […]

KINGSTON: If the pitch at Sabina Park is anything to go by, Bangladesh’s batsmen are in for another tough test from the West Indies fast bowlers when the second Test bowls off here on November 30. During a pre-match interview on November 29, West Indies Test captain Kraigg Brathwaite indicated that the pitch contained some […]

ST Benedict’s College remain on course for a potential 2024 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) triple crown after they got past Signal Hill Secondary 4-3 on penalties, following a 1-1 draw after regulation time, in semi-final two of the Coca-Cola National Intercol at Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva, on November 29. An early first-half goal […]

Dara E Healy “He walks on extraordinarily long wooden legs and because of this enormous height is a magnificent, stately floating presence, high up in the sky…African griots expounded tales of these tall statuesque figures literally floating, in the dead of night, through darkened villages and forests as the symbol of an avenger to those […]

The flavours of Christmas are in the air with tray vans full of sorrel begging to be cut and steeped and large mounds of ginger waiting to be taken home peeled grated and fermented to make our iconic ginger beer. It’s also a time when we prepare our local home-made wines from sorrel, ginger and […]

A SHOOTING in Claxton Bay on the night of November 28 has claimed the lives of a couple, two minors including a seven-month-old baby were unhurt. Scrap iron worker Basdeo Lallan, 49, and his girlfriend Whitney Narine, 21, of Teak Drive in Macaulay died on the spot. Police said around 9 pm, gunshots were heard […]

TWO men from Princes Town sentenced to 14 days of simple imprisonment for disorderly conduct and using obscene language have appealed their sentences, claiming they were excessive. They filed the appeals on November 28. Eric Phillip, 63, and Paul Phillip, 30, pleaded guilty to the charges, while their relative Anthero Phillip, 28, pleaded not guilty. […]

Dr Asha Pemberton [email protected] PROCRASTINATION refers to delaying the completion of necessary tasks by instead occupying time with other things. For parents of adolescents, it is a source of constant frustration and annoyance. Young people seamlessly find an array of things to fill their time, while sequentially putting off chores or responsibilities that ought to […]

THE State has agreed to pay $78,880 in damages, interest, and costs to Tunapuna mechanic Kevon Bascombe for his wrongful arrest and false imprisonment in 2020. The settlement was finalised on November 28 and compensates Bascombe for a nearly 12-hour detention at the Tunapuna Police Station on June 11, 2020. Bascombe was arrested in connection […]