Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

The 2025 Courts All Sectors Netball League shoots off at the Eastern Regional Indoor Sports Arena, Tacarigua, on January 4, with the opening day knockout tournament. After this year’s opening ceremony and march past, the action gets under way in the premiership, championship and the alternative divisions. This season, the league comprises 19 teams participating […]

A January industrial relations issue that has never ceased to puzzle me is the practice that human resource departments use in their HR metrics, which are refreshed every year. An example would be the calculating of sick leave. Another example would be in calculation of a vacation allocation particularly in relation to length of service, […]

ATTORNEY Israel Khan, head of the Criminal Bar Association, said the Government should have let the police move stealthily against criminals before publicly declaring a state of emergency (SoE), but had instead tipped off the miscreants who could now easily hide their illegal firearms. He spoke to Newsday on December 31, the day after the […]

The sister of Christine Chadee, the 32-year-old mother fighting for her life in the hospital after a violent attack on December 27, expressed sadness after the death of the suspected attacker, Arnold Ganesh. She recalled the moment she learned of his passing: “I started to cry when I heard he passed. It was sad. I […]

THE Trinidad and Tobago Coalition of Services Industries (TTCSI) has expressed its support for the Government’s state of emergency (SoE) enacted to curb the upsurge in violent crime. The SoE empowers the police (and defence force) to carry out searches without warrants, to detain suspects for 48 hours in the first instance and to restrict […]

Toastmasters TT celebrated its 40 anniversary with a gala dinner at the MIC-IT Macoya Technology Centre, Tunapuna on December 15. A media release said the theme – The Evolution – Past, Present and Future celebrated four decades of empowering speakers, shaping leaders, and fostering personal growth across the nation. The event was attended by current […]

A Cocorite man was attacked and robbed by three men while walking in St James on December 30. The 23-year-old victim was walking along Patna Street around 4 pm when a man called out to him. The victim began walking faster, but was hit in the back of the head when he reached the corner […]

The Innovative Democratic Alliance (IDA) says implementing a state of emergency (SoE) is not the solution to crime. “The latest SoE is yet another band-aid on a gaping wound which clearly demonstrates this government has no plan,” the party said in a statement on December 30. “It fails to address the deeper roots of crime, […]

TODAY, as many reckon with the closing of the first quarter of the 21st century, we take stock of where the country is and where it is heading. It is a time of hope. For Roman Catholics, the year 2025 is a jubilee year. On Christmas Eve, the Holy Door at St Peter’s Basilica in […]

Dr Gabrielle Jamela Hosein IN A TIME of unprecedented crisis, unlike any other in human history, we ricochet between anger, anxiety, celebration, and joy. This year, our most needed emotion is hope. Hope counters apathy. Apathy is a turning inward to social media scrolling, entertainment, and consumerism as escape. It is an individualistic approach to […]