Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

THE EDITOR: The victory by Donald Trump in the US presidential election demonstrates that when there is a void of strong leadership that void is usually filled by people who are determined to lead. In TT, there are many issues that require strong decisive leadership. Food security is one of them. With over 70,000 acres […]

POLICE had a busy few days arresting 17 people and destroying more than 4,000 marijuana trees after they seized $19 million in cocaine. The arrests began on November 7 after officers received information on two cars said to be transporting drugs. They assembled a team and intercepted both cars on the Sir Solomon Hochoy Highway […]

FORMER political allies, the National Transformation Alliance (NTA) and the Opposition UNC, have differed over the Judiciary’s policy to exclude guns from courtrooms. This policy has been in place since 2015. In a statement on November 8, the Judiciary said a police officer went to the O’Meara Judicial Complex and, after refusing to comply with […]

FORMER Strategic Services Agency (SSA) director retired Major Roger Best is challenging his dismissal from the elite spy agency in May. His attorneys filed a constitutional motion on November 7. Best’s motion seeks declarations that his rights were breached. Six declarations are being sought and he also wants compensation for loss of income and the […]

FORMER prison inmate and drug addict Garth St Clair made a passionate plea to students to make better life choices. Now 34 years clean, St Clair is a multi-disciplinary artist and producer of the award-winning film Trafficked. He shared his story at the Keys to Success youth empowerment symposium hosted by En ToTo, a non-profit […]

NATIONAL Under-20 5K record holder Tafari Waldron clinched his first UWI Spec International Half-Marathon title in a dramatic finish on November 10, outpacing Alex Ekesa by one second to the finish line. The race began and ended at the UWI Sports and Physical Education Centre (SPEC) in St Augustine, and ran along the Priority Bus […]

SHERDON PIERRE Trinidad and Tobago Red Force top order batter Amir Jangoo blasted his maiden century to set up a comprehensive 45-run victory via DLS method against Guyana Harpy Eagles in the GC Championship Super 50 Tournament on November 9 at the Queen’s Park Oval, St Clair. Harpy Eagles won the toss and inserted TT […]

PHIL Salt powered a superb century to take England to a commanding eight-wicket victory over West Indies in the first T20, on November 9, at Kensington Oval, Barbados. After a disappointing defeat in the one-day international series, Salt struck an unbeaten 103 on the island he used to call home as England cruised to a […]

ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD Kadeon Gittens, born with spina bifida, cannot walk. But that did not stop him from joining his classmates at the Tranquillity Government Primary School, Port of Spain for a peace walk on November 7. His mother, Sylvia Gittens, pushed his wheelchair along Stanmore Avenue as the group made their way to the Queen’s Park […]

ONE PERSON has been arrested in connection with a robbery at the Trotters Restaurant, Maraval Road on November 7. In a news release on November 9, the police service said highway patrol officers on a roving exercise in Port of Spain were called to a robbery in progress at the restaurant. When they arrived, they […]