Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

HOST team Caribs delivered quality performances on day one of the Caribs Sevens Rugby tournament at the Queen’s Park Savannah (opposite Botanical Gardens) in Port of Spain on November 16. Action began from 9 am. The conditions were sweltering at the savannah with teams trying to stay hydrated by staying under tents and drinking water. […]

Head of the National Trade Union Centre Michael Annisette says he has no issues with the Prime Minister, Opposition Leader, President and other top public officials getting pay increases but there should be similar increases for the working class. In its 120th report, laid in the House of Representatives by Finance Minister Colm Imbert on […]

WEST Indies finally got off the mark in the five-match T20 series against England, winning the fourth encounter by five wickets in a high-scoring match at the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in Gros Islet, St Lucia on November 16. England now lead the series 3-1 with one match to play. England posted a healthy […]

THE Trinidad and Tobago Red Force batsmen have done little wrong in the CG United Super50 tournament. Their form continued against Barbados Pride at the Queen’s Park Oval on November 16, led by an unbeaten century from Kjorn Ottley. Ottley struck 112 not out to steer Red Force to their target of 259/1 in 43.3 […]

NATIONAL Transformation Alliance (NTA) political leader Gary Griffith named potential candidates for six constituencies ahead of next year’s general elections, at a briefing at the party headquarters in Mt Lambert on November 16. They are Jairzinho Rigsby (Arima), Dr Kevin Sarran (San Fernando West), Savita Pierre (Tunapuna), Christine Newallo-Hosein (Toco/Sangre Grande) and Bernie Maharaj (Port […]

MASSY Gas Products Ltd is assuring the public’s safety following the release of excess nitrogen gas at its Point Lisas Plant on November 15. On November 15, a video was shared on social media around 9.30 pm showing a white cloud of fumes being released from the plant. Massy Gas, in a news release issued […]

Police are trying to determine the motive for the murder of a Ste Madeleine taxi driver who was shot dead outside his home on November 15. The victim has been identified as 47-year-old Kennty Mitchell. Police said officers of the Ste Madeleine Police Station responded to a report of several loud explosions heard at Richie […]

THE House of Representatives will meet on November 18, to debate five nominees proposed as members of the Police Service Commission. The Order Paper lists the nominees as Dr Wendell C Wallace, Annika Fritz-Browne, Ethel Hector-Berkeley, Roger Babooram and Ian Kevin Ramdhanie, the latter being a member of the former commission. The Prime Minister will […]

THE EDITOR: So what is really the policy of this Cabinet? Our Education Ministry refuses to acknowledge students who excel at their examinations, but there is the Trade Ministry rewarding business people who already are rewarded by making money in their businesses. Oh, but wait, the Caribbean-based CXC decided to acknowledge performances of TT students […]

RURAL Development and Local Government Minister Faris Al-Rawi says exaggerations fuelled by political motives are not helpful to people who were affected by flooding on November 14. He made this comment in response to a question from Couva North MP Ravi Ratiram in the House of Representatives on November 15. Al-Rawi observed that the question […]