Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

THE ISSUE of school violence has been with us for a long time. Even as we try to grapple once again with this issue, TTUTA as its contribution to this national dialogue reproduces a three-part series first published in 2015. This is the third time we have deemed this as necessary as it is as […]

THE EDITOR: In my view, changing the tactical gear of police officers to grey and blue outfits is certainly not the answer for preventing criminals posing as police officers to engage in kidnappings, extortion and murders. The truth to this problem lies in the DNA of the corrupt officers. In the first place, why did […]

THE president of the TT Football Association (TTFA), Keiron Edwards, has expressed that the finances surrounding newly appointed TT head coach, Dwight Yorke, is the best deal that the association could have gotten for a person of his calibre. The TTFA appointed Yorke, a former TT World Cup star and Manchester United legend, on November […]

YOUTH entrepreneur Keron Rose says he understands the concern that people have over the restriction on the use of their debit cards to make US-dollar withdrawals overseas and US-dollar spending limits on their credit cards. Rose, who is an information communication technology (IT) specialist and columnist with Newsday’s Business Day magazine, said he has sought […]

THE police are seeking the urgent assistance from public in finding 16-year-old Rehanna Moraldo of Southern Main Road, Fyzabad. Moraldo was last seen on November 3 and was reported missing to the Fyzabad Police Station on November 4. She is of African descent, five foot eight inches tall, slim built and dark brown in complexion. […]

POLICE from the newly formed Anti-Extortion Unit have charged a man from Chaguanas with 22 offences, including nine counts of demanding money, a total of $153,000, by menace. A police statement on November 4 said Varindranath Maraj, 37, was expected to face a master in the High Court. Maraj was also charged with one count […]

A 23-year-old man who allegedly presented a fake tint exemption to licensing officers in a roadblock on November 1 has been granted $90,000 own bail by a High Court master. Kavir Maharaj appeared before Master Shabiki Cazabon on November 4, on two counts of forgery and two counts of uttering a forged document. He was […]

MINISTER of Social Development and Family Services Donna Cox says the response to the covid19 pandemic proved the ministry’s ability to support vulnerable groups by expanding programmes and increasing grants. Cox spoke at the 11th Ministerial Forum for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean held in Bridgetown, Barbados, from October 31-November 1. In her presentation, […]

A 36-year-old Felicity woman was arrested in the early hours of November 3 for assaulting a police officer. Police said officers from the Chaguanas Police Station responded to a request for assistance from the Emergency Health Services at Walker Street, Felicity Chaguanas as they were trying to do their job. When they arrived, the police […]

A 50-year-old motorcyclist died and another was injured in an accident late on November 3 on the San Fernando Bypass near the Licensing Office. The police said Marvin Pitt, of Pinenut Avenue in Union Hall, San Fernando, was declared dead at 11.30 pm at the San Fernando General Hospital. Another motorcyclist, identified as Carl Bahadoor, […]