Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

PROGRESSIVE Democratic Patriots (PDP) political leader Watson Duke has blamed THA Chief Secretary Farley Augustine for the failure of the Tobago autonomy bill in the Parliament. During debate on the pieces of legislation on December 9, the House of Representatives passed the Tobago Island Government Bill 2021 by a vote of 20-10, but failed to […]

FINANCE Minister Colm Imbert has accused the media of malice, misinformation and misleading the general public over details of the construction of the new terminal at the ANR Robinson International Airport in Tobago. Imbert issued an irate statement on December 10, after addressing the airport issue at a post-Cabinet briefing at Whitehall on December 5 […]

The country and world’s commitment to end the HIV/Aids epidemic by 2030 is being compromised by the persisting stigma and discrimination against those living with the condition. Minister of Gender and Child Affairs in the Office of the Prime Minister Ayanna Webster-Roy made this comment at a virtual town hall meeting hosted by the National […]

Trinidad and Tobago’s four-man bobsled team finished among the medals at the fourth round of the North American Cup in Park City, Utah, US, on December 7. TT’s quartet of Axel Brown, Thomas Harris, Xaverri Williams and De Aundre John tied for fourth with the Canadian team, earning an extended podium medal, awarded to fourth-sixth-place […]

ANGOSTURA chairman Terrence Bharath says that the company does not deplete the limited foreign exchange available in the country, but instead brings in US dollars and facilitates the import of foreign products through its own foreign exchange reserves. He made this statement during Angostura’s Earning Call meeting at the House of Angostura, Laventille on December […]

SCOTIABANK TT has reported a profit after tax of $658 million for the fiscal year ended October 31, marking a $3 million increase compared to the previous year’s restated figure. Earnings per share rose to $3.73 from $3.71. Managing director Gayle Pazos highlighted the bank’s key achievements in a media statement, saying, “I am pleased […]

A MAN wearing a Santa hat and beard was among three men who held up an automotive parts store in San Fernando on December 9. The four victims told police they were at the store on Jones Street, San Fernando, when around 9.15 am, three masked men came in. One, who was armed with a […]

HOUSING and Urban Development Minister Camille Robinson-Regis says two Housing Development Corporation (HDC) settlements in Rio Claro are not at risk from flooding. She made this clear while responding to questions from Mayaro MP Rushton Paray in the House of Representatives on December 9. Robinson-Regis said the El Guayanapo and Mora Heights housing developments “were […]

A 44-YEAR-OLD construction worker has been convicted of raping a tenant of his St James apartment in 2012. He was found guilty by Justice Kathy Ann Waterman-Latchoo after a judge-only trial on December 9, and will be sentenced on December 16. According to the evidence presented at the trial by prosecutor Dylan Martin, the victim […]

For the first time in decades, a Caribbean jurist has sat on a Privy Council appeal. On December 9, Dame Janice Pereira, former chief justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC), presided over an appeal from the Virgin Islands. In a statement on its website, the Privy Council said Pereira will take part in […]