Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

An estimated half-million Palestinains who were temporarily displaced by the Gaza War began returning to north Gaza last Sunday as a result of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Their destination is a place of destruction – mountains and mountains of rubble and severely damaged buildings. The scenes of destruction resemble World War II. It […]

Prime minister-designate Stuart Young, SC, is destined to be a decisive factor one way or another in the coming election. He is entering at a time when several of our public institutions remain broken, with low levels of public confidence, when crime and national security face lingering troubles, when income inequity expands, when our foreign […]

IF Rhys Thompson and Modupe Onilu are listed to perform at a party, expect an energetic set filled with infectious rhythms that will keep you moving. And although they are a duo, they make it their duty to give the audience as much energy as a full band would. With a history in music stemming […]

Once Upon a J’Ouvert: Part three of a three-part series by SONJA DUMAS I THINK I began storming 3canal’s J’Ouvert band in 1997. They had begun calling it 3canal in 1994, but this had been preceded by their band called Jocks Tuh Pose – clever wordplay with which some pierrot grenades will be duly impressed, […]

COMMISSIONER of Police Erla Harewood-Christopher, who was arrested on January 30 and kept in custody at the St Clair Police Station, is expected to be released without charge. Confirmation came from Harewood-Christopher’s attorneys Pamela Elder, SC, and Russell Warner. The development comes after police met with Director of Public Prosecutions Roger Gaspard, SC, at his […]

THE TOBAGO Business Chamber is urging the Police Service Commission (PSC) to send Police Commissioner Erla Harewood-Christopher on administrative leave immediately, pending the outcome of a criminal investigation involving the importation of two military-grade sniper weapons for the Strategic Services Agency (SSA). It also wants the commission to appoint an acting police commissioner during the […]

THE man suspected of killing three-year-old Jereem George after he allegedly set a house on fire was found unresponsive in a police cell on January 31, police said. The officers were able to resuscitate him, and an Emergency Health Service ambulance took him to the hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. According to reports, […]

THE police have dismissed reports on social media about large sums of money being found at official residence of Commissioner of Police (CoP) Erla Harewood-Christopher in St James as part of the investigation into Harewood-Christopher’s role in the importation of two sniper rifles for the Strategic Services Agency (SSA). In a statement on February 1, […]

THE National Carnival Commission’s (NCC) 2025 Carnival festivities at the Queen’s Park Savannah (QPS) kick off on February 2 as the National Junior Panorama finalists take the stage from 9 am. In a news release on January 31, the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and the Arts (MTCA) said, “The highly anticipated Carnival 2025 season is […]

RELATIVES of police shooting victim Randy Gobin are asking where is the body camera footage of the incident that claimed his life. A relative, who did not wish to be named, told Newsday he has several suspicions that police may be hiding something about the police-involved killing. The relative was at the Forensic Science Centre, […]