Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

TV show host Ian Alleyne assisted police in finding the decomposing body of an unidentified man in St James on February 8. Police said at about 2.30 pm, Western Division officers were on patrol in St James when they received a report from the St James Police Station of a body being discovered in a […]

NATIONAL Transformation Alliance (NTA) political leader Gary Griffith said he is not surprised by newly appointed Congress of the People (COP) political leader Prakash Ramadhar’s abandonment of his party’s memorandum of understanding (MOU) with NTA and HOPE. In a media release on February 8, Griffith said Ramadhar is working his way back into the arms […]

A 45-year-old man was saved by his dog during a robbery at his home at Valencia Old Road, Valencia, on February 7. According to police, four masked gunmen approached the victim in his garage and announced a hold-up. One of them pointed a gun at him. They stole a black Samsung A54 cellphone, valued at […]

WITH the Carnival season in full swing, cumulating with Carnival Monday and Tuesday, the TT Medical Association (TTMA) is urging revellers and participants to take the necessary precautions to stay safe and healthy during the festivities. A statement on February 7 from TTMA called on people to stay hydrated by drinking enough water and stay […]

Rushton Paray Mayaro MP The recent protests at Ramjattan Trace, Arima, highlight the growing squatting crisis in TT. Over 60,000 families live in unregulated settlements, facing poor living conditions and tenuous legal status. In this specific case, residents report receiving eviction notices that lack official verification, creating significant fear and confusion. Many of them have […]

What do you get for the woman who has everything, including menopause? Soon it will be Valentine’s Day and while the chocolates and flowers still manage to get sold, some people do want or need something more. There’s a whole community of women looking for something more than roses. Or different. I think a lot […]

It has been a very strange start to 2025. Just six weeks in and we have been presented with a host of developments that confound our fragile understanding of how things are supposed to work – and that is leaving aside President Trump and his increasingly wild antics. Here in tiny TT there is much […]

As mentioned in some articles, I am working on a film, Charlotteville Tails. On a recent visit to Charlotteville, I encountered a brown female street dog with a wounded left ear. She is hard to miss – old and sad-looking, lying around, her head leaning to one side under the weight of her infected ear. […]

IN search of their first outright win of the National League premier one season, Clarke Road’s Nicholas Sookdeosingh (136 not out) slammed an unbeaten century on day one of their round two tie against Bess Motors Marchin Patriots at Marchin Grounds in Charlieville, on February 8. Sookdeosingh’s impressive performance with the bat carried the Penal […]

Trinidad and Tobago’s Under-17s resume their Concacaf U17 Men’s Qualifier campaign against the British Virgin Islands (BVI) at the Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto in Costa Rica on February 9, from 6 pm (TT time). The TT squad will be hoping to churn out an improved showing after drawing 1-1 against Guyana in their opening Group […]