Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

FORTY local and regional judges and judicial officials have attended a workshop titled Climate Change: A Sensitisation Session for Judges and Judicial Officers, aimed at building the judiciary’s capacity to respond to the legal challenges posed by climate change. A statement from the British High Commission on October 30 said the participants gained a deeper […]

An Anglican priest has emphasised the importance of service and empathy in leadership, saying the service of others is the highest calling. Fr Wayne Maughan also urged leaders to prioritise understanding the community’s needs. “In a world in which we have so many things that cause us to be broken as a people, we must […]

A HIGH Court judge has sentenced two men for the 2010 murder of a Freeport man and the kidnapping of his common-law wife and baby during a robbery at their home. Layne Williams will remain in jail for another seven years, nine months and 14 days. His accomplice Anton Gay will serve five years, nine […]

A High Court judge has ordered the Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT) to pay one of its vendors $1.1 million for breaching an agreement to provide field service agents for its Blink operations for three years in 2017. In a ruling on October 9, Justice Avason Quinlan-William found TSTT in breach of its […]

The Trinidad and Tobago Incoming Tour Operators Association is calling for swift action to rid the Caroni Swamp of a cat infestation that has been growing for over a decade. The association, in a media release on October 28, said feral cats are feeding on the wildlife, making them an environmental threat to the swamp. […]

TWO men who were teenagers when they killed another teen in Maracas Bay in 2013 have been released by a High Court judge who sentenced them earlier this week. The two – Khalid Abdul Malik and Sherkeem Hernandez – were 15 when they, and a man killed Reno David, 17, on October 18, 2013. The […]

Paolo Kernahan “LET ME know when it reach $300” – instructions from a shopper to the cashier at a grocery. On the conveyor belt was a parade of conservatism – dasheen bush and other modest items. The beep-beep sound of the produce being scanned mimics a hospital heart monitor. As the figure on the outward-facing […]

THE EDITOR: Prime Minister Rowley would have made a better choice had he tried to attend the historic BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia, with 20,000 participants attending, rather than the archaic (British) Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Samoa, which took place almost at the same time with BRICS. While India, Africa, South America, and […]

JUTTA URPILAINEN EVEN IF WE accept that technologies are neutral tools, deploying them in the real world always involves values and interests, sometimes competing. One of the most contested sectors is without a doubt digital infrastructure, a sector that has the potential to empower people, but also to oppress, exacerbate security risks and increase inequalities. […]

THE EDITOR: Within recent times some trade unions have been using the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) as a leverage in dealing with long-standing labour disputes with employers. This is a misuse of the legislation which was designed to ensure a safe workplace for both workers and management within defined parameters. The operationalisation of […]