Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

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 […]

THE EDITOR: With the 2025 Carnival season in swing, with Panorama competitions having already started, and with this year being the 62nd anniversary of this steelband competition, it is heartening to see the primary and secondary schools having a competition of their own, so too the junior steel orchestras. On another note, I take the […]

THE EDITOR: I take issue with, at the risk of being further ostracised by the political leader and my fellow PNM members, the outgoing Prime Minister/party leader’s inappropriate, untimely and highly questionable utterance on February 1, re the party’s constitution on the selection of candidates for the general election. He is the chairman of the […]

Machel Montano will hit the stage first on February 8 at the Bmobile CSM 30th anniversary semifinal show. The competition is being held at La Tropical, Rig Compound, La Romaine. The show starts at 9.30 pm. Also expected to perform on Saturday is nine-time champion Rikki Jai, who returns to the stage for the first […]

THE 2025 Republic Bank National Youth Football League (RBNYFL) kicks off this weekend with matches on February 8 and 9. Over 100 junior football clubs and academies from throughout Trinidad and Tobago will vie for the coveted championship title by participating in the annual competition, made possible by the Republic Bank Power to Make A […]