Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

THE EDITOR: The withdrawal of President Joe Biden from the November 5 US presidential race, Kamala Harris’s selection of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate, as well as her own joyous electrification of the Democratic campaign are the factors that have shifted the momentum, energy, prospects and pace of the Harris candidacy. That […]

THE EDITOR: As social media buzzes with the opinions of many on the removal of Christopher Columbus’s three ships from the coat of arms, I remain quite concerned about the history of Trinidadians/Tobagonians for two significant reasons. Firstly, is this a tactic to distract us from the pressing crime situation plaguing our nation? Secondly, why […]

Jerome Teelucksingh DURING THE past three weeks there has been far-right, anti-immigrant violence in some British cities. The innocent groups targeted by these extremists included Muslims, recent immigrants and asylum-seekers. Among the diverse ethnic minority groups in the UK are Indo-Caribbeans, who have fortunately never faced this xenophobia and racism. In the 20th and 21st […]

Dr Rita Pemberton THE SOCIAL face of pre-Emancipation Tobago was dominated by the island’s white population, which formed the ruling class, but, as the century wore on, significant changes occurred in the class structure. The main factors which determined the class to which a person in post-Emancipation Tobago belonged were colour, control of the means […]

DARREL P ALLAHAR THERE WAS a time before the digital revolution, a safer time when children were allowed to play outside. Every Trinidadian/Tobagonian child knew or learnt the hard way that after mischievously pelting a jep’s nest (which we here call a jack spaniard wasp), you run and hide from the angry swarm. Our national […]

THE EDITOR: The launch of the Youth Agricultural Shade House Project in Tucker Valley, Chaguaramas, on August 15, commissioned by Prime Minister Rowley and spearheaded by Foster Cummings, Minister of Youth Development and National Service, presents a significant initiative in fostering agricultural innovation among the youth of TT. This event showcases the Government’s commitment to […]

HIGH Court judge Frank Seepersad has dismissed a claim filed by Warns Quarry Co Ltd, a company under the Warner Group, which sought the return of multi-million-dollar quarry equipment and machinery seized by police in two investigations stemming from allegations of illegal quarrying. The judge ruled on August 21 that the police must be given […]

TOBAGO Chamber of Industry and Commerce president Curtis Williams is calling for a thorough investigation into the fire which broke out onboard the MV Cabo Star at the Port of Port of Spain on August 20. In a statement, the Trinidad and Tobago Inter-Island Transportation Co Ltd (TTIT) said it is investigating the incident, which […]

THE TT Under-14 boys football team got their campaign back on track with a 2-0 victory over St Kitts and Nevis in the Caribbean Football Union Under-14 Challenge Series at the Dwight Yorke Stadium in Bacolet, Tobago on August 20. After losing 2-0 to Jamaica on August 19, TT rebounded with the win. TT finished […]

A crowd of about 300 people turned out on August 20 for the PNM’s La Horquetta/Talparo tenth annual constituency conference, where local MP and Minister of Youth Development and National Service Minister Foster Cummings spoke about ongoing projects and new initiatives. Supporters, decked in the party’s signature red, made their way to the HDC Village […]