Trinidad & Tobago Newsday
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THE stamina of the Toco Secondary School cricketers will be put to the test in the 2025 PowerGen Secondary Schools Cricket League (SSCL) premiership division 50-over competition. The school, located in the northeast, is a fair distance from the other schools in the division. Toco earned promotion to the premiership division after winning the championship […]
THIRTY-ONE dynamic steelbands in the small conventional band category will compete on January 18, at Victoria Square, Port of Spain, for one of 14 spots in the finals to be held on January 25 at Skinner Park, San Fernando. Among them is the rejuvenated Silver Harps Steel Orchestra which will be performing in the national […]
THE State has been ordered to compensate two business people and their employee for their wrongful arrest, false imprisonment and assault following their detention at the St Joseph Police Station in October 2017. Hannah Ruth Bovell, Akeem Seetahal and Stephen George will each receive $70,000 in damages and an additional $15,000 in exemplary damages, plus […]
In an introductory meeting with the new TT Coalition of Services Industries (TTCSI) CEO Daren Lee Sing and board members, Trade Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon encouraged the coalition to work closely with the TT Trade and Investment Promotion Agency in achieving objectives and exploring unique ways of engaging its membership. In a release on January 15, […]
WEST INDIES will be without their most experienced fast bowler Kemar Roach and wicketkeeper Joshua Da Silva for the opening Test match of the two-match series against Pakistan. The series bowls off at the Multan Cricket Stadium in Multan, Pakistan from 12.30 am (TT time) on January 17. During a media conference ahead of the […]
The combined digital and broadcast viewership for the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) tournament went past the one billion mark for the first time, with the league saying it recorded a total viewership of 1.13 billion for the 2024 campaign. A January 16 media release from CPL said the figure was a 32 per […]
Cephas Cooper, Mbeki Joseph and aggressive allrounder Joshua James all struck fifties for the Khary Pierre XI on the first day of day of a Trinidad and Tobago Red Force trial match against the Jyd Goolie XI at the National Cricket Centre, Balmain, Couva on January 15. As the Red Force prospects continue to prepare […]
ENERGY giant bpTT says it is unable to share detailed information on the potential consequences of bp’s global restructuring process on its local operations. Responding to questions on the company’s lower profit margins and job cuts, bpTT in a brief statement to Newsday on January 16 said, “The job cuts announced recently by bp are […]
PAULA LINDO AND ENRIQUE RUPERT West Indies Group of University Teachers (WIGUT) president Dr Indira Rampersad said over 20,000 exam marks have not been submitted as the lecturers continue to protest an increase in their salaries, which are currently at 2014 levels. Speaking to Newsday on January 15, Rampersad said the union has ramped up […]
THE three-month extension of the state of emergency (SoE) approved by Parliament on January 13 creates a situation in which the ongoing measure will be one of the last chances, if not the last chance, for top cop Erla Harewood-Christopher to prove her mettle as her tenure comes up for renewal by Cabinet. The stakes […]