Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

Burglars broke into the home of a 74-year-old woman in La Romaine over the weekend and stole a fruit cake, a TV and a bunch of keys. The police said around 5.30 pm on December 21, the victim secured her property at Hosein Avenue in Gulf View before leaving. When she returned around 7.30 am […]

A man wanted in New York for drug-related murder charges, attempted robbery and weapons possession was extradited to the US on December 22. In a statement issued by the public affairs section of the US Embassy on December 23, US Ambassador Candace Bond said, “This extradition is yet another example of the deep collaboration between […]

MASON Hall Police Youth Club PRO Akiea Gunn said club-members feel motivated to expand on their good work, after being recognised at the annual Tobago Day Awards earlier this month. The club, which was founded 24 years ago, received an award for community service. Gunn said, “Being recognised by your island at the highest level, […]

Reigning First Citizens Knockout Cup champs Defence Force (nine points) jumped to the top of the 2024/25 Trinidad and Tobago Premier Football League (TTPFL) table on December 21, with a thumping 6-0 win over the cellar-placed Eagles FC at the Arima Velodrome. After starting the season with consecutive 2-1 victories against Miscellaneous Police FC and […]

Trinidad and Tobago Red Force wicket-keeper/batsman Amir Jangoo continues to reap the rewards for a stellar 2024 season, as he has received a maiden Test call-up for the West Indies’ two-match series away to Pakistan next month. The 15-man Test squad was released by Cricket West Indies (CWI) on December 23. Jangoo’s call-up comes on […]

MEMBERS of the three-person team named to investigate the tragic death of Minister in the Ministry of Education Lisa Morris-Julian and her two children have worked through the weekend and more, as they seek to meet a two-week deadline set by Minister of National Security Fitzgerald Hinds. The D’Abadie/O’Meara MP and former Arima mayor died […]

THE search continues for missing Well Services Petroleum Company Ltd employee Pete Phillips, just over a day after the offshore rig he was working on collapsed. A release from Heritage Petroleum Company on December 23 said it is continuing its support in managing the incident on Rig 110. It said i an incident management team […]

A 36-year-old judicial support officer was chopped to death in a home invasion in Moruga early on December 23. Stacy Gopaulsingh, 36, of Poui Trace in St Mary’s Village, died in her home. She  reportedly worked with the Judiciary. The murder occurred around 3 am. Gopaulsingh, her husband, and their child were asleep when men […]

The government’s appointment of a three-member committee to investigate the circumstances of the house fire in which Minister in the Ministry of Education, Lisa Morris-Julian, and two of her children – one just six years old – died, must lead to a deeper examination of how effective the Fire Service is to respond to fire […]

Debbie Jacob MY CHRISTMAS reading tradition always features a magical, unforgettable book that I can remember as a defining moment of that year’s holiday. This Christmas, my choice is Village of One: Essays on Trinbago’s Past, Places, People by Trinidad Express journalist Richard Charan. In this remarkable collection of essays, which originally appeared as newspaper […]