Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

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 […]

Dr Asha Pemberton [email protected] CHILDREN and teenagers are digital natives. They have only known a world in which connection through a vast and infinitesimal online vortex is the norm. Attached to it are many seen and unseen complications. While young people enjoy the communication, gaming, entertainment and aspirational aspects of social media, they are less […]

PROGRESSIVE Democratic Patriots (PDP) political leader Watson Duke is calling on the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) to conduct a proper economic analysis of the October carnival. During a news conference on October 30 at the party’s headquarters in Scarborough, Duke said while the carnival “deserves a round of applause,” the assembly must say who […]

A HIGH COURT judge has joined the consultancy firm involved in the promotion assessment process in a lawsuit over the rank of assistant superintendent of police. Justice Frank Seepersad is also likely to give a decision in the challenge brought by Insp Mark Hernandez, former head of the now-defunct Special Operations Response Team (SORT), on […]

FORMER minister of housing Roodal Moonilal is calling on Attorney General Reginald Armour to disclose how much the State has spent on legal and professional fees in court matters involving the Estate Management and Business Development Company Ltd (EMBD). The Privy Council recently instructed EMBD to pay Junior Sammy Contractors Ltd (JSCL) $82.8 million in […]