Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

THE Trinidad and Tobago Unit Trust Corporation (TTUTC) has launched the UTC Global Balanced Fund Ltd (UTC GBFL) for the people of St Vincent and the Grenadines. Executive director Nigel Edwards said TTUTC is committed to the financial empowerment of people across the Caribbean. A media release issued by TTUTC on November 7 said the […]

THE funeral of PC Krishna Banahar will be held on the morning of November 9. The service at his Silver Stream Trace, Delhi Road, Fyzabad home will begin at 8.30 am before his body is taken to the Shore of Peace for cremation at 11.30 am. Confirmation came from his father, Sonnylal Banahar, who said […]

A 20-year-old police constable has been detained at the Barrackpore Police Station in connection with an armed robbery that took place over a week ago in the district. The police said the suspect is based at the Praedial Larceny Squad (PLS) at Craignish Village, Princes Town, and has been serving for about six months. Reports […]

THE Tobago House of Assembly (THA) says the storage of the oil-spill waste at Studley Park Landfill has not had a visible impact on the surrounding environment, and the Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries has agreed to arrange for the permanent disposal of the waste. Speaking at a THA press briefing at the Office […]

Police detained two 18-year-old Pleasantville men shortly after they robbed a San Fernando man on Thursday. The victim told police he was driving his silver Nissan AD wagon along Rushworth Street and stopped at a red light at Cipiero Street around 9.47 pm. Two men jumped into his vehicle – one into the front passenger […]

Cricket West Indies (CWI) has announced a strong 15-man T20 squad to face England for the first two fixtures in a five-match series against England, bowling off on November 9 at Kensington Oval in Barbados. CWI said it will reveal the squad for the remaining games in Saint Lucia at a later date. The series […]

A 53-year-old La Romaine fisherman was hospitalised after he was shot several times on November 7. Police said around 1.45 pm the fisherman was tending to his boat along South Trunk Road, La Romaine, near Paria Suites, when the two men approached and shot him before running away. The victim was hit three times. He […]

A FORMER acting army major will be compensated for the breach of his rights in the TT Defence Force’s (TTDF) failure to prepare his performance appraisals for a decade, which hindered his assessment for promotion. Peter Fletcher will now return to the judge who held his right had been breached for an assessment of what […]

IN A DIRECT and proactive effort to quell what is a worrisome issue, officers from the Princes Town police station staged a walkabout in the community on November 7 where they spoke to businessmen and members of the public and encouraged to report incidences of extortion. The officers said that extortion refers to any act […]

THE premiership division demonstrated their class when Coca Cola Intercol zonal quarterfinals were held on November 7. It was an opportunity for the lower division schools to match their skills against some of best school teams in Trinidad and Tobago. At the Naparima College school ground, Lewis Street, San Fernando, the home team defeated Pt […]