Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

TWO WOMEN, 66 and 26, and a man are in custody for having a quantity of illegal drugs, including pills commonly called Molly. They were arrested in an intelligence-led anti-crime operation by officers of the Southern Division Task Force (SDTF), a statement from the police said on February 8. The operation took place between 8 […]

POLICE from the Northern and North Central Divisions arrested two suspects in a series of anti-crime exercises on February 7. They also seized a quantity of ammunition and marijuana and issued several tickets for breaching traffic offences. A police statement on February 8 said the search was focused on locating illegal guns and ammunition. It […]

THE Prison Service on February 8 confirmed a key at the Women’s Prison went missing and an investigation launched into its disappearance. A statement from the service said the discovery was made on February 3, during the facility’s handing and taking over process. The key is a riot-gate key, which secures gates at the Northern […]

POLICE from the St James station went to a forested area in Riverville Trace, Dibe, St James after news broke of human remains being found. Police said the body was badly decomposed. Newsday also hiked the area where police and crime scene investigators were on the scene up to 5 pm. This is a developing […]

PARTYGOERS had a time at soca artiste Machel Montano’s Mega, the Concert at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Tarouba, on February 7. Touted by promoters as “the king returns,” the soca star’s only show in south Trinidad for this year’s Carnival season was a mega hit. Fans went wild as Montano opened his over 90-minute […]

TWO GIRLS, aged 14, who were allegedly sexually assaulted in 2024 by close male relatives made reports on February 7 of the incidents. Police said around 8.15 am on February 7 the first girl arrived at a police station in Chaguanas with her mother. They reported that in July 2024 while at her grandmother’s home […]

DONALD TRUMP campaigned on undoing the work of Joe Biden and Barack Obama. But with his administration’s abrupt gutting of USAID, he has taken aim not at his immediate predecessors but the legacy of John F Kennedy. In 1961, Mr Kennedy signed the Foreign Assistance Act into law and created the US Agency for International […]

TT footballer Levi Garcia, 27, has left Greek club AEK Athens after more than four years, to start a new chapter of his career at Spartak Moscow in Russia. “The TT Football Association is thrilled that our national team forward Levi Garcia has officially signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Russian Premier League club Spartak Moscow […]

Reigning Trinidad and Tobago Premier Football League (TTPFL) champions AC Port of Spain and Central FC will try to close the gap on league leaders Defence Force when league action continues with a full slate of matches this weekend. Defence Force currently head the 12-team table with a perfect 27 points from nine matches, with […]

THE EDITOR: The recent arrest of Commissioner of Police (CoP) Erla Harewood-Christopher on an allegation that she committed the criminal offence of misbehaviour in public office by facilitating the Strategic Services Agency (SSA) to purchase two sniper rifles from a legal firearms dealer (AE Tactical Co) sent shock waves throughout the entire Caribbean region and […]