Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

THE EDITOR: Hearty congratulations to all participants at the March 2 Calypso Monarch 2025 competition, which was a highly entertaining extravaganza. Special congratulations are in order for the top three performers: Third place – Yung Bredda exploded on the local entertainment scene with positive vibes and mentorship for especially impoverished youths. By his own volition […]

THE EDITOR: Open letter to the general manager of T&TEC. When will this constant “dipping” in and out of electricity or outages cease? It’s a very unfortunate situation at the Five Rivers substation for quite some time, and it seems as though there will be no end. Have you employed diligent and experienced workers, or […]

Carnival celebrations in St James were marred on the evening of March 4 as one man as shot dead and three others wounded. Newsday understands that the man was shot twice in his back. Details surrounding the incident are still sketchy, but videos circulating on social media moments after the incident showed a man lying […]

Invigorated by music, mas and the love of Carnival, hundreds of masqueraders crossed the stage at the Socadrome on March 4. Bliss crossed the stage first with their presentation Aura, setting the tone for a show that would dazzle the dozens of spectators gathered at the Jean Pierre Sports Complex with its stunning costumes and […]

A 62-year-old retiree from Penal was shot and killed in a home invasion on the night of March 3, shortly after returning from J’Ouvert celebrations. Dead is Suresh Ramsumir, 62, of Sunrees Road. According to the police, the tragedy happened around 10.35 pm when Ramsumir, his wife, 60, and their son 42, had just returned […]

“Being unopposed for a second term is a strong endorsement of the leadership and direction we have taken at Cricket West Indies,” said CWI president Dr Kishore Shallow on being elected unopposed for a second consecutive term to lead the region’s cricket body. A CWI release on March 4 said Shallow’s re-election wa a testament […]

AS of March 4, the Chaguaramas Development Authority (CDA) has not responded to a letter sent by the Chaguaramas Military Museum’s lawyer over its seizure of the property in west Trinidad, according to museum PRO Kathy Ann Edwards. In a phone interview with Newsday, Edwards said despite the CDA’s lack of response, locks at the […]

KERN Sumerville and the Sensational Band was crowned the new champions of Brass Bacchanal at the Queen’s Park Savannah on March 3. The Sensational Band was able to emerge winners ahead of experienced bands like the TT Police Service Band, Prison Service Band and D All Starz. Three-time defending champions Temperature the Band did not […]

IN THE END, Carnival 2025 has been about the voice. And by this we do not refer, only, to soca star and pan tune composer Aaron St Louis. This is the Carnival in which the power of human vocals has prevailed, in which substance has triumphed over flash, artistry over presentation. Exodus returned. From the […]

THE EDITOR: Open letter to Sport Minister Shamfa Cudjoe. I write not through anger but influenced by a bit of frustration in the way sport as therapy is underutilised and sometimes abused in the society. So many avenues are disregarded: sport for tourism, neglected; sport to curb crime, I have not seen a plan; and […]