Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

Dr Rita Pemberton THE SUGAR planters of Tobago gave very strong indications of their opposition to emancipation during the apprenticeship system from 1834-1838, which was a part of their negotiated compensation package. Although it was verbalised as a period of preparation of the enslaved population for the responsibilities of freedom, it was in fact a […]

THE EDITOR: ‘Tis the season to be jolly. However, there are some among us who are dealing with the tragic loss of a loved one. And by that I don’t only mean those who have had family or friends snatched from them by murder or accident. In fact, even when someone passes after an illness […]

THE EDITOR: I am asking for the following information with regard to the TT Fire Service. * How many fire stations are there in TT? * Names of stations with zero functional fire tender. * Names of stations with one functional fire tender. * Names of stations with two functional fire tenders. * Names of […]

THE EDITOR: There are a few things that I have great difficulty in participating. Beach clean-up is one. I believe our beaches should always be clean and that cleaning exercise ought to be the regular duty of the local government body in that area. So, when groups and politicians show up with the media to […]

MINISTER in the Ministry of Education and D’Abadie/O’Meara MP Lisa Morris-Julian will be given a state-assisted funeral. Foreign and Caricom Affairs Minister Dr Amery Browne told Newsday this on December 18. Morris-Julian and two of her children – Jesiah, six, and Xianne, 25 – died in a fire at their home on Farfan Street, Arima, […]

TRIBUTES continue to flow for minister in the Ministry of Education and MP for D’Abadie/O’Meara Lisa Morris-Julian and two of her children, Xianne and Jesiah, who died in a house fire in the early hours of December 16. Morris-Julian’s command of respect across the region was evident from the chorus of condolences from the Caricom […]

A 40-year-old man from Bank Village in Carapichaima has been missing for over a week, and the police are calling on the public to help find him. A brief police statement on December 18 said Dwayne Collinwood of Volmon Road was last seen on December 7. No further information was given. People with information about […]

A wake for Lisa Morris-Julian and two of her children, Xianne and Jesiah, will be held at Morris Plaza, Farfan Street, Arima on December 18 from 7.30 pm. The family is still trying to come to terms with the deaths of the three in a fire on December 16 at their home at Farfan Street. […]

THE INNOVATIVE Democratic Alliance (IDA) has warned that the inaugural Tobago Rhythm and Soul Festival, which is expected to be held in April, could potentially threaten the island’s Easter weekend activities. The event, headlined by Jamaican reggae icon Buju Banton, is scheduled to take place from April 17-20. The second edition of the Tobago Jazz […]

WEST INDIES Twenty/20 captain Rovman Powell said his team continues to repeat the same mistakes, after conceding the three-match T20 series versus Bangladesh with a 27-run defeat in the second match, at the Arnos Vale Stadium in St Vincent and the Grenadines, on December 17. Bangladesh assumed an unassailable 2-0 series lead to clinch their […]