Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

The Court of Appeal has begun hearing appeals filed by Financial Investigations Unit (FIU) director Nigel Stoddard and the Attorney General against a High Court ruling that found the FIU acted unconstitutionally in an attempt to access private banking information of former police commissioner Gary Griffith and his wife Nicole Dyer-Griffith. The appeal also challenges […]

ASKED by a reporter on February 3 if there is a capacity deficit in dealing with fatal incidents in the oil and gas industry in the wake of the 2022 Paria diving tragedy and the recent collapse of Rig 110, Energy Minister Stuart Young was unequivocal. “The answer is no,” Mr Young said, “because you […]

TREVOR SUDAMA MANY comments, both partisan and independent, have expressed consternation at the inappropriateness, disconnect and irrelevance of the statement made by Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar purporting to give the reasons for the defeat in the recent US presidential elections of the Democratic Party’s candidate. I, too, am of the view that the statement was […]

Jerome Teelucksingh FEBRUARY 7 is the 100th anniversary of TT’s first general election. Voting patterns and issues in the 1925 election have continued today to influence the electorate and strategies of political parties. In the early elections of 1925, 1928 and 1933, the race factor was obvious in the electoral districts of St Patrick and […]

THE EDITOR: If you know your child needs extra lessons to pass an exam, please, if you can afford it, hire an outsider from somewhere else to give your child the opportunity to understand a new teacher who may explain the lessons differently. In case it is a scam to make extra money, the same […]

War. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing. Whether it is a military conflict between countries, a clash between gangs or a “cold” one, wars, more often than not, result in more pain and suffering for all, rather than gains. Since US president Donald Trump announced a swathe of tariffs to be imposed on countries […]

Police in Tobago are investigating the theft of flour, oil, sugar and diapers from a supermarket in Hope, and toilet paper, soap, bristol board and glue from a primary school in Scarborough. The supermarket owner left the building in Windward Road at around 8.30pm on February 3, after locking the doors and windows. When she […]

Three people were arrested in separate incidents in the Southern Division between February 4 and 5. In the first incident, around midday on February 4, a 39-year-old man from Mission Road, Princes Town was arrested for possession of a knife and a 37-year-old New Grant man for possession of 65 grams of cannabis. The men […]

Commissioner of Police (CoP) Erla Harewood-Christopher will be allowed to challenge her suspension from office, but has failed to stop the Police Service Commission from appointing an acting CoP. High Court judge Christopher Sieuchand delivered a ruling in the matter shortly after 4 pm on February 5, during an urgent hearing. The court hearing took […]

ADRIAN KISSOON, the 30-year-old from Barrackpore who went missing on January 24, called his mother on February 5 to tell her he was okay and staying with friends in Port of Spain. His mother, Vena Kissoon, was relieved to hear his voice, but remains concerned about his health. She is not convinced all is well, […]