Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

On January 20, his first day back in office as US President, Donald Trump reportedly signed close to 100 executive orders, including some that affected several Latin American countries. Cuba, Mexico, illegal immigration and drug cartels were targeted. In addition, he promised to regain control of the Panama Canal and probably stop buying oil from […]

The final report from the investigative team appointed by the Attorney General appointed to inquire into the circumstances surrounding a missing file in a malicious prosecution lawsuit brought by nine men acquitted of the murder of Vindra Naipaul-Coolman has found no disciplinary offence or criminal or fraudulent act was committed by any office or officer […]

OPPOSITION Senator Wade Mark questioned the process by which the new design for the coat of arms was commissioned during a sitting of the Senate on January 21 as it debated the National Emblems of Trinidad and Tobago (Regulation) (Amendment) Bill. While Mark said he was not opposed to a redesign of the coat of […]

LABOUR Minister Stephen Mc Clashie told reporters he was bowing out as MP for La Brea, although signalling he would still support the PNM in any way the party may require. He spoke to reporters before entering the Senate on January 21, days after not getting the nod to return as MP but with the […]

INSURANCE giant Sagicor has bolstered its operations in TT, opening two new branches and appointing experienced managers to lead them. In a release, Sagicor said this latest expansion increases the company’s local branch network to six. Industry veterans Marc Aanensen and Wayne Griffith will helm the new branches at Sagicor’s Queens’ Park, Port of Spain […]

Raiders Multisport’s Jadian Neaves won the first TT Cycling Federation (TTCF) Road Race Challenge elite men open which pedalled off from the Foreshore in Mucurapo to Couva, and back, on January 19. Neaves, a double-bronze medallist at last year’s Pan Am Championships, topped the field of 21 cyclists while Heatwave’s Phillip Clarke and Evolution Cycling […]

THE UN’s health agency, the World Health Organization (WHO), has expressed regret at the US announcing its intention to withdraw from the organisation. An executive order posted on the White House’s website on January 20 said the decision to withdraw was based on the WHO’s mishandling of the covid19 pandemic and other global health crises. […]

POLICE are investigating the murder of a CEPEP worker whose body was found on the Chase Village Flyover in the morning on January 21. The man has been identified as Renaldo Sutherland, 44, of Connector Road, Carlsen Field. Initial reports from police said Central Division officers responded to a report of a man lying motionless […]

SIX South Western Division (SWD) officers had to seek treatment after the floor gave way under them during a state of emergency (SoE) search of a house in Fanny Village, Point Fortin on January 20. The SoE, which was declared on December 30, has been extended to April 14. Newsday understands members of the SWD […]

WEST Indies Group of University Teachers (WIGUT) members, led by president Dr Indira Rampersad, marched through the UWI’s St Augustine campus as part of their protest over an ongoing salary dispute on January 20, the first teaching day for 2025. Members marched from the UWI Learning Resource Centre (LRC) to the office of UWI principal […]