Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

THE REAPPOINTMENT of David West on December 13 as director of the Police Complaints Authority (PCA) for a third consecutive term sends the wrong signal. Mr West has been the director for a decade. That alone does not disqualify him. However, ten years is a long time. The PCA is an independent body. Its sensitive […]

JOSHUA Da Silva smashed a century on day one of a four-day TT Red Force practice match at the Queen’s Park Oval in St Clair on December 17. Da Silva cracked 166 off 153 balls to steer the Bryan Charles XI to 349 all out. The right-hander struck 15 fours and eight sixes. The Charles […]

Kanisa George THERE IS a feeling in the air that comes around about once every year. It’s an indescribable warmth that permeates without reason and brings happiness and joy that aptly describes the season. Ah real Trini Christmas, they say, is made to perfection with parang, rum and merriment, whether night or day. But if […]

In recognition of its recent accomplishments in regional export, Trade and Industry Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon toured the warehouse of Christle Ltd at the O’Meara Industrial Estate on December 17. She was accompanied by Roger Roach, president of the TT Manufacturers’ Association (TTMA) and Gabrielle Agostini, chief operating officer of Coconut Growers Association (CGA) Ltd. The […]

Two Trinidad and Tobago teams went head-to-head on the third day of the First Citizens Jewel of the Caribbean invitational tournament at the Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar on December 17. At the end of the 70-minute affair, it was the team dubbed TT’s “Red Angels” which got the three points, as they edged their TT […]

MINISTER of Youth Development and National Service (MYDNS) Foster Cummings, while visibly emotional owing to the death on December 16 of his friend and colleague Lisa Morris-Julian, delivered remarks of encouragement to recipients at a grant distribution ceremony on December 17. Morris-Julian, who tragically died in a house fire, was his Cabinet colleague and served […]

THE Teaching Service Commission (TSC) has expressed its sadness at the death of Minister in the Ministry of Education Lisa Morris-Julian. Morris-Julian, who was also D’Abadie/O’Meara MP, died in a fire at her family’s home at Farfan Street, Arima on December 16. Two of her children also died in the fire. In a statement on […]

A COURT has approved the extradition of a US citizen arrested in October by US law enforcement and TT police to face charges of second-degree murder and firearm offences. Earlier this month, acting Chief Magistrate Christine Charles committed Anthony Regis-Ash, 24, for extradition after she said she was satisfied the US had met the requirements […]

TRADE and Industry Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon has paid tribute to Minister in the Education Ministry Lisa Morris-Julian, who died in a fire at her Arima home on December 16, along with two of her children. “God gives us gifts and he sends us here on earth to do a job. God put her here for […]