Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

HOMICIDE Bureau of Investigations police have been instructed to charge a 38-year-old man with the murder of a Marabella resident in November 2024. On January 6, after reviewing a file, the deputy director of public prosecutions, Sabrina Dougdeen-Jaglal, advised Region Three homicide investigators to charge Nickel Joseph of Sunset Drive Plaisance Park in Pointe-a-Pierre. The […]

ACTING Chief Fire Officer (CFO) Andy Hutchinson chose his words carefully when asked whether the Fire Service was considering reviewing and revising its fire-response measures. In a phone interview with Newsday on January 6, Hutchinson said there were “lots of things we are doing,” but refrained from commenting further, citing the need to await the […]

THREE people were arrested, two rifles and quantities of ammunition were seized by officers during ongoing state of emergency operations in the Eastern, Port of Spain, and North-Eastern Divisions on January 4, police have advised. In a release, police said officers of the Valencia CID held an exercise between 4-7 pm on January 4, which […]

GUARDIAN Media Ltd (GML) has announced the appointment of Candice Changoor as chief financial officer in a notice on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange (TTSE) website on January 2. Changoor has been acting as CFO since December 1, 2023. The official role took effect from January 1. “The company and the board of directors […]

THE National Joint Action Committee (NJAC) has raised concerns about the potential misuse of the state of emergency (SoE) regulations following the Prime Minister’s announcement of his impending resignation. In a statement on January 4, NJAC also urged the security forces to exercise restraint and avoid actions that could suppress dissent or serve political interests. […]

FINANCE MINISTER Colm Imbert on January 5 avoided comment on Dr Rowley’s decision to step down as Prime Minister. He also did not respond to a question on who he would support as a successor to Rowley as political leader. Imbert, a senior minister and MP, spoke briefly to reporters shortly before the start of […]

THE police service is hoping to catch major players in the criminal underworld during the state of emergency (SoE) according to Police Commissioner Erla Harewood-Christopher. Speaking to reporters outside the St Paul’s Anglican Church in San Fernando following the police’s annual interfaith service on January 5, the commissioner said they are experiencing “a measure of […]

MOVEMENT for Social Justice (MSJ) political leader David Abdulah says the police should be clear and accountable to the public on matters related to the ongoing state of emergency (SoE). The SoE was declared on December 30. The government said it was targeting the unlawful possession of firearms, ammunition and explosives. There is no curfew […]

Eight people are now in custody after police broke up a car theft ring in Princes Town on Saturday night. Details on the nature of the bust are still forthcoming, but Assistant Commissioner of Police for South Central Wayne Mystar told reporters on Sunday the arrests were a “major breakthrough.” “We are seeing a major […]

THE family of guitarist and producer Joey Ng Wai says he has regained consciousness amid his ongoing battle with pneumonia. The musician has been at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Port of Spain General Hospital since December 29 and was sedated. On January 3, his sister Sharon Ng Wai-Pantin had told Newsday he […]