Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

THE EDITOR: It certainly isn’t the outcome any of us wanted, but 2024 has broken a grim record with the highest murder toll in local history. With 615 murders at the time of writing on December 27, TT once again finds itself with the unenviable reputation as a Caribbean crime hotbed. Junior Minister of National […]

Debbie Jacob MAYBE IT’S time to shake the tradition of New Year’s resolutions and substitute something more meaningful and achievable in their place. An article entitled Six Unusual Alternatives to Traditional New Year’s Resolutions by Vanessa Lancaster in the January 12, 2023 edition of Psychology Today suggests some interesting ideas while reminding us that less […]

Taureef Mohammed “WE DID everything the right way.” Canada had told them they were the perfect immigrants: they were young, educated and employable. Nobody had sponsored them; they had qualified to come to Canada, scoring high on the points system. I felt as though I knew this couple. They could be my family, my old […]

ROMAN Catholic Archbishop of Port of Spain Jason Gordon urged everyone to forgive family members who offended them in the past, as a way to improve all of their lives and the condition of TT. He urged this be done for the jubilee year of 2025, the launch of which he celebrated by a holy […]

THE attorney for one of the men charged in the 2014 murder of Senior Counsel Dana Seetahal is calling on the Commissioner of Police to provide evidence that would be used against his client as well as answers to alternative theories surrounding the murder. In a letter dated December 24, Quantum Legal attorney Aaron Lewis […]

HAVING recovered the laptop and cellphone belonging to a 36-year-old pregnant woman who was hacked to death at her home in St Mary’s Village, Moruga, on December 23, investigators believe they might be a step closer to finding her killer. On December 28, the police remained tight-lipped but confirmed that no suspects had been detained […]

CONSTITUENTS of Pointe-a-Pierre have said it makes absolutely no sense to them to change the name of the constituency to Claxton Bay. Regardless of what the constituency is named, constituents do not see the quality of their lives improving as a result of it. They also said changing the constituency’s name will not have any […]

FUN HOUSE MAS BAND creator Rochel Tronchin’s says the band allows her to “be able to create something extraordinary that would bring joy and happiness to all the kids that would take part in it.” In a news release on December 16, Tronchin said, “The core purpose of Fun House Mas Band is to give […]

CHERYL METIVIER CHEYENNE BASHAY recalls having two clear aspirations during his childhood – and being on the receiving end of discouraging comments from almost everyone around him. At about seven, he shared with friends and family his desire to become a helicopter pilot in the US army. Of course, he was reminded that he was […]

NAVYA LANKADASU’S first visit to the MV Doulos Hope cruise ship was surreal. She was a young girl at the time but the experience, she recalled, was unforgettable. “I expected a typical ship but instead I found a vibrant community buzzing with activity,” Lankadasu told WMN in an interview on December 21. “The book fair […]