Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

POLICE are investigating the murder of a 29-year-old security officer outside his Penal home on the night of January 8. Initial reports said officers of the Penal Police Station responded to a report of loud explosions in Rochard Road, Penal shortly after 10 pm. Upon arrival they found Nicholas Morgan lying in his yard, bleeding […]

WE are in the 2025 Carnival season in Trinidad and Tobago, with soca dominating the airwaves. The countdown is on to get fit to play mas and attend your favourite fetes, as gyms across the country will be catering to those soca lovers and make their workout sessions more enjoyable. The gyms are not only […]

THE Ministry of Health says it is monitoring the spread of respiratory viruses, including the human metapneumovirus (HMPV). A news release on January 8 said Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh and the Ministry of Health team are actively monitoring the situation in China, where there has been a rise in HMPV cases. The World Health Organization […]

PARLIAMENT’S Public Accounts Committee (PAC) learnt that while Trinidad and Tobago has 60,000-plus squatting families, the authorities need new laws and more resources/staff to handle this phenomenon. On January 8 at Cabildo Chambers, Port of Spain, the PAC interviewed officials of the Ministry of Housing and Settlements, Land Settlement Agency (LSA) and Commissioner of State […]

A 19-year-old Belmont man became the country’s fourth murder victim for this year after he was shot near St Barb’s Road while being driven home by his mother on the night of January 7. He has been identified as Nigel Latchman, of Upper St Francois Valley Road, Belmont. Police said around 7.30 pm, Latchman was […]

A 41-year-old man from Tobago was seen on fire in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Police said around 5.20 am on January 8, Deshawn Melville, who has no known address, was seen jumping around outdoors with his body on fire. The incident took place at Third Street, Kilgwyn Bay Road, Bon Accord. A senior […]

OWING to ongoing repairs at St John’s Anglican Primary School, San Fernando, classes have been temporarily relocated to a church. Newsday learned that leading up to the reopening of the school term, parents were told repairs were still ongoing, and the school was deemed unfit for use. About 135 students are affected. Parents say the […]

TWO suspects were arrested and US$89,450 and $2,158,166 in cash seized during a state of emergency (SoE) operation in Tacarigua between January 6 and 7. In a release on January 8, the police said officers of the Arouca CID, the Special Investigations Unit and the Inter-Agency Task Force carried out an SoE operation in Tacarigua […]

SHARON NG WAI-PANTIN had a million thanks for the country when interviewed on January 8. She told Newsday that musician and producer Joey Ng Wai was now talking, awake and had been extubated (had his breathing tube removed). While he was not still fully coherent, she said, he had made massive improvements and strides. Ng […]

TWO additional religious organisations have condemned recent acts of hate, violence and desecration, urging swift action from the authorities. Separate media statements on January 7 from the Anjuman Sunnat ul Jamaat Association Inc (ASJA) and the Ifa/Orisa Council of Trinidad and Tobago (IOCTT) strongly condemned the contents of several online videos which target various religious […]