Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) must restart its entire promotion process for officers seeking to advance from the rank of Inspector to Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP). On February 18, High Court judge Frank Seepersad delivered his decision in a lawsuit which challenged the promotion process for assistant superintendents of police. He also […]

Ryan “DJ Private Ryan” Alexander hopes history is made with Pepper Vine and soca star Machel Montano wins his first Chutney Soca Monarch crown with a song he co-produced. The popular DJ and producer spoke to Newsday in a face-to-face interview on February 12 about the song, working with Montano as well as future plans […]

Katzenjammers Steel Orchestra captain Maxson Ramsey is confident the band will secure a hat-trick in the national Panorama medium-band final on February 23 at the Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet, Tobago. The Black Rock outfit will come up against nine other bands in the final. Katzenjammers, two-time defending champions, placed first in the semi-finals of the […]

RETIRED police inspector Michael Seales kept his cards close to his chest when Newsday contacted him on February 18 about the possibility of his running as the PNM prospective candidate for Tabaquite in the upcoming general election. The former head of the Police Service Social and Welfare Association (PSSWA) stood as PNM candidate in 2020, […]

An altercation between two men at Indian Walk, Moruga, has left one dead and the other in custody. Initial reports said Brian Felix St Paul, 29, also called Woogie, died at the Princes Town District Health Facility on the afternoon of February 18. The police said he and a male relative from Princes Town had […]

THE Assembly of Caribbean People (ACP) has asked Caricom leaders to address certain matters when they meet in Barbados for their 48th regular heads of government meeting from February 19-21. They did so in a letter on February 18 from their representative, Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) political leader David Abdulah. The matters the ACP […]

BALL Blasters were ruthless in the Tobago zone of the Republic Bank National Youth Football League when matches continued last weekend. Playing at the Plymouth Recreation Ground, Ball Blasters cruised to a 7-0 victory over Georgia FC in the boys Under-17 age group on February 16. Ball Blasters were dominant from start to finish, opening […]

PUBLIC Utilities Minister Marvin Gonzales has been appointed to act as attorney general. A statement from the Office of the Attorney General and Legal Affairs on February 18 said Gonzales will act as attorney general while AG Reginald Armour is away from Trinidad and Tobago on official business. Gonzales will perform this role in addition […]

GUITARIST and producer Joey Ng Wai has died, after battling pneumonia in hospital for over a month. His sister Sharon Ng Wai-Pantin confirmed this to Newsday on February 18. The musician, 54, died on February 17. Ng Wai was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Port of Spain General Hospital on December […]

MORE THAN four years after the Brasso Police Station was “repurposed” as part of a nationwide police plan to transition to “21st-century policing,” Tabaquite residents have concluded the experiment has been a complete failure. They are correct. And it would now seem they are not alone in their assessment. Acting top cop Junior Benjamin’s announcement […]