Trinidad & Tobago Newsday
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POLICE Commissioner Erla Harewood-Christopher said “the fight is just getting started,” against criminals as she announced the arrest 126 people, the seizure of 17 guns and 675 rounds of assorted ammunition in the first five days since the state of emergency (SoE) was declared on December 30. “The powers granted to officers under the SoE […]
POLICE are probing the circumstances in which a two-year-old girl from Point Fortin ingested a poisonous substance on Boxing Day. The girl’s mother told police the child was left in her grandfather’s care to go to work around 8 am on December 26. However, she said upon returning around 2.15 pm the child ran towards […]
POLITICAL leader of the National Transformation Alliance (NTA) Gary Griffith offered rare words of praise for Dr Rowley after his announcement that he will resign as Prime Minister before the end of the legal limit of his current term. Griffith has been one of Rowley’s fiercest critics after his stint as police commissioner (CoP) ended […]
IT TOOK just seven minutes for the Prime Minister to announce the end of a career that has lasted half-a-century. The decision of Dr Rowley, 75, to resign from office is not surprising, but the way he opted on January 3 to convey his intention to do so is unprecedented and extraordinary. At the tail […]
Dara E Healy Music is the atmosphere Sweet music is everywhere Even in the back, in the dark, a blind man can find a melody Music fills the world with happiness Plenty sweetness and togetherness Music have no friends or enemies Everybody could dingolay Dingolay! – Mighty Shadow, Dingolay HIS JOY while he was playing […]
UGO BLANCO TWENTY TWENTY-FOUR has not been the best year for the world; all red alarms went off. Humanity is under siege. Over the past decade the number of active armed conflicts worldwide has reached unprecedented levels. Last year there were more than 120 armed conflicts ranging around the world, according to the International Federation […]
THE EDITOR: What causes offshore accidents? Unsafe conditions, deficiencies in the work environment, unsafe acts, inadequate behaviour of injured person, engineering, technical solutions, rules. The sea does not have branches. It must be safety first, second and third. My safety, your safety is our responsibility. Are we clear? AV RAMPERSAD Princes Town The post Offshore […]
THE EDITOR: Over the Christmas season the discussion of foreign exchange popped up again. With many pointing fingers and complaining about how we spend too much on imported items, from grapes to fireworks. One item that has escaped attention is chocolate. It is consumed in inordinate amounts generally throughout the year, though especially around the […]
TRINIDAD and Tobago is being asked to pray for musician Joey Ng Wai, 54. The self-taught master guitarist and music producer is currently warded in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Port of Spain General Hospital with pneumonia and is unconscious. His sister Sharon Ng Wai-Pantin spoke to Newsday on January 3. She said […]
THE Prime Minister says he will not stand for re-election in 2025. Dr Rowley made the shock announcement at a news conference at the Office of the Prime Minister, Central Administrative Services, in Tobago. After recounting some of the highlights of his 45 years in public life, Rowley said he will keep the promise he […]