Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

The UNHCR (the UN Refugee Agency) has commended the Trinidad and Tobago government for opening the country’s classrooms to some migrant children. The statement came after the Education Ministry announced that 23 Venezuelan children would enter TT schools in September. In an e-mail response to questions from Newsday, UNHCR-TT’s head of office Amanda Solano said […]

JOEY “Posh” Richardson, better known as the “flagman”, has died. He was in his late sixties. Richardson was a staple at all major sporting events in Trinidad and Tobago, and even took his support internationally. Richardson would typically be dressed in TT colours, with red being the dominant colour. He would always have a massive […]

DR MARGARET NAKHID-CHATOOR Part 1 THE OPENING of school is around the corner and many parents have been referred to me, worried about the child that was not promoted, who is failing every test and who seems not to be interested in school because of problems with reading, writing and spelling. Can it be dyslexia? […]

Jamaican Grammy award-winning artist Kabaka Pyramid (Keron Salmon) and roots reggae sensation Samory I (Samory-Tour Frazer) are the main guest artists joining Trinidad and Tobago’s global reggae ambassador Queen Omega (Jeneile Osborne) at the second edition of her Queen’s Awakening Culture Festival. The concert sings off on August 31 at Skinner Park, San Fernando, and […]

THE BROAD smiles on the faces of government ministers gathered at a publicity event held at the Ministry of Education on August 19 contrasted sharply with the reality faced by thousands of Venezuelan children still left unable to access basic schooling. That reality: more than five years after the migrant crisis came to a head, […]

THE EDITOR: This PNM administration has been criticised for its handling of the crime situation. Repeatedly, Prime Minister Rowley and his cabinet shift the blame of crime to the public. He said our music made us criminals, National Security Minister Fitzgerald Hinds said we should close our windows if we don’t want our homes invaded, […]

THE EDITOR: Open letter to Prime Minister Rowley. Spending money on changing the coat of arms, tearing down statues that have been standing for hundreds of years and changing street names when we have the most atrocious roads, condemned schools, impassable bridges, flooding, crime is the most senseless waste of funds. Removing statues and changing […]

Dr Gabrielle Jamela Hosein ZIYA JUST returned from the Carifta Triathlon, Aquathlon and Mixed-Relay Championships where regional youth competed in Barbados. Having entered the world of competitive sports less than a year ago, she has met teenagers on TT’s national triathlon team and seen the performance of medallists from other nations, who are swimming, running, […]

VIDEO footage of a possible fire on board the cargo vessel MV Cabo Star while it was docked at the Port of Port of Spain began circulating on Facebook on August 20. It showed a fire truck, several fire officers and police as port workers looked on while smoke billowed from the vessel’s upper deck, […]

Trinidad and Tobago were dealt their first loss of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Under-14 Boys’ Challenge Series when they were beaten 2-0 by Jamaica in their tier one, group A match at the Dwight Yorke Stadium in Bacolet, Tobago on August 19. The teams came into the encounter level on six points at the […]