Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

AN elderly woman, who was beaten by a close male relative over the weekend in Chaguanas, has died in hospital. The police confirmed that Gangadaye Manichan, 81, of Endeavour, died on January 6 at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex in Mt Hope. The relative appeared before a master in the High Court on January […]

POLICE arrested three people in Sea Lots after they found a gun in a drawer next to a Bible. The arrests were part of state of emergency (SoE) exercises in Port of Spain, Morvant, Couva and Freeport on January 5 and 6. In a media release on January 6, police said officers from the Morvant […]

DEFENCE Force’s rugby men retained their trophy in the Tobago Rugby Sevens Classic tournament when they copped the 2025 edition with a whopping 42-5 win against Mashujaa in the final at Shaw Park on January 5. There were just three teams in the men’s category, with Defence Force opening their account with a 40-7 win […]

THREE parliamentary Joint Select Committees (JSCs) are scheduled to meet this month as Parliament begins its activities for this year. The Public Accounts Committee, chaired by Oropouche West MP Davendranath Tancoo, will sit at the Red House, Port of Spain on January 8 from 10.30 am to discuss the audited financial statements of the Land […]

A new group representing attorneys from Central Trinidad has been formed. The Assembly of Central Legal Practitioners (ACLP) is chaired by Kiel Taklalsingh. The executive includes Simbhoonath Sawh, Sunil Seecharan, Steven Mawer and Naveen Maraj. A release on January 6, said the executive was elected by the membership on December 18. There are some 75 […]

THE DECISION of Keith Rowley, 75, to announce Stuart Young, 49, as his successor as Prime Minister after a closed-door meeting of the PNM’s parliamentary arm at Lowlands, Tobago, on January 6 sends contradictory signals for the party and the country. Mr Young represents, to some extent, change; but the manner of his selection reflects […]

AFTER an almost three-week break, thousands of children returned to school on January 6, for the start of the first term of this year. When Newsday visited the Arima Girls RC, Arima Girls’ Government Primary and the Arima Boys RC schools, the compounds were bustling with activity as parents bade goodbye with hugs and kisses […]

WEST INDIES will host Pakistan for three One-Day Internationals at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba from July 21-August 1. This was announced by Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) president Azim Bassarath at the launch of the Namalco Construction Services Ltd North South Classic on January 6. All three matches will be day/night […]

THE NCB Financial Group Ltd (NCBFG) has announced the appointment of three new members to the board of directors in NCBFG and National Commercial Bank Jamaica Ltd (NCBJ). In an investor release, published on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange’s website on January 6, NCBFG said Arvinder Bharath was appointed to the NCBFG board on […]

POLICE have dismissed conspiracy claims that the assassination of special prosecutor Randall Hector was linked to his previous role with the Strategic Services Agency (SSA). Hector, 43, was shot dead in front of his wife and children, minutes after leaving the Seventh-day Adventist Church at Stanmore Avenue in Port of Spain on December 31. He […]