Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

NATIONAL Transformation Alliance (NTA) political leader Gary Griffith says talks between the National Transformation Alliance, Congress of the People (COP) and HOPE (Honesty Opportunity Performance Empowerment) regarding an alliance for next year’s general election are ongoing. However, there remains no response from the Opposition UNC as to whether or not it is interested in an […]

MATURE patrons who attended Pan Trinbago’s Rhythm, Steel and Powder in Tobago on October 26 were taken on sentimental journey to an era when the steelpan was the only instrument played during carnival and other social events. But they were joined by a large number of young people who also danced and chipped to its […]

VALEDICTORIAN of the Faculty of Medical Sciences 2024, Selena Deochand says the world needs more than just brilliant minds, it needs compassionate hearts. Speaking at the UWI St Augustine 2024 graduation ceremony of the Faculty of Medical Sciences at the UWI Sport and Physical Education Centre on October 26, Deochand said kindness, empathy and care […]

THE family of chutney singer Sunil Ramsundar was tied up and robbed at home on the night of October 26 in Chaguanas. Newsday learned that the bandits stole about $80,000, a quantity of jewellery and other valuables. In a Facebook post on October 27, Ramsundar said he was performing at a function in Penal and […]

THE virtual meeting called by the Chief Personnel Officer, Commander Dr Daryl Dindial, on October 24, was met with almost universal derision by the unions he hoped to begin wage negotiations with. PSA president Leroy Baptiste dismissed the meeting as a “stunt” after a press release was issued about the meeting’s intent by the CPO’s […]

Every place in the world is “a destination” that someone might want to visit for one reason or another. Usually, locals do not view their space in the way that tourists do. We are generally caught up in the daily grind of life and rarely take the time be “a tourist in our own country.” […]

HAVING lived abroad for 34 years, islands represent places of refuge, mindfulness, peace and renewal to humanist photographer Christine Norton. And in her newest exhibition The Island: Remember to Pray, she is encouraging viewers to understand there is a quiet side to life, and to see and create it for themselves. “The island is a […]

LARA QUENTRALL-THOMAS, Regency Recruitment and Resources Ltd founder, is hoping to develop policy guidelines and recommendations for employers to support women with menopause in the workplace. The idea, she told Newsday during an interview on October 24, began when she started her PhD at UTT in September 2023. Quentrall-Thomas, 55, said, she was thinking of […]

The virtual meeting called by the Chief Personnel Officer, Commander Dr Daryl Dindial, on October 24, was met with almost universal derision by the unions he hoped to begin wage negotiations with. PSA president Leroy Baptiste dismissed the meeting as a “stunt” after a press release was issued about the meeting’s intent by the CPO’s […]

This column seeks to bring light to the troubling problem of school violence, delinquency and licks (corporal punishment). Two issues which need to be explored are: • The extent to which students commit violence and delinquency at school compared to home. • The kind and extent of punishment or sanctions which teachers and parents/guardians respectively […]