Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

YOUTH Mobilisation Foundation founder Sule Joseph said the organisation’s expo at Queen’s Hall on January 17 was organised to give students from schools in Port of Spain an opportunity to see what career opportunities were open to them after leaving secondary school. Speaking to Newsday after the formal opening of the event, Joseph explained why […]

EMANCIPATION Support Committee of Trinidad and Tobago (ESCTT) chair Zakiya Uzoma-Wadada said the posthumous pardoning of Jamaican-born Marcus Mosiah Garvey was a win for all Pan- Africanists. The pardon was  one of the final acts of US President Joe Biden before the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump. Garvey was convicted of mail fraud in the […]

Trinidad Killa (Kern Joseph) faced a firestorm of public opinion and a legal challenge over his use of a music bed or “riddim” created by Full Blown Entertainment. On January 16, he announced he would recreate the song, Eskimo, on new music. “Riding a riddim,” using a produced music bed to build a new song […]

West Indies’ longstanding inability to withstand spin bowling once again proved detrimental as Pakistan crushed the visitors by 127 runs in the first of a two-match Test series in Multan on January 19. At the resumption of play on day three, Pakistan were 109/3 in the second innings, with a lead of 202 runs. Left-arm […]

Pan Trinbago president Beverley Ramsey-Moore said Saturday’s small-band conventional semifinals was one of the largest the organisation had seen in recent years. Ramsey-Moore said apart from all 400 printed tickets being sold, there were large crowds gathered on the street along the way to Victoria Square, Port of Spain, where the event was held. The […]

On January 19, his last day in office, US President Joe Biden has granted five pardons, including one to Trinidad-born immigrant-rights activist Ravidath “Ravi” Ragbir and another posthumously to Jamaican political activist Marcus Mosiah Garvey, who died in 1940. A media statement from the White House on January 19, titled Statement from President Joe Biden […]

West Indies’ longstanding inability to withstand spin bowling once again proved detrimental as Pakistan crushed the visitors by 127 runs in the first of a two-match Test series in Multan on January 19. At the resumption of play on day three, Pakistan were 109/3 in the second innings, with a lead of 202 runs. Left-arm […]

The Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT) has been ordered to compensate 500 former workers retrenched in 2018. The Industrial Court on January 17, ruled in favour of the Communications Workers Union (CWU) over four trade disputes, ordering $5 million in compensation for the affected workers. The union alleged that TSTT failed to comply […]

THE updated national coat of arms that was recently passed in the House of Representatives was officially unveiled on January 19 in a post on social media by the Ministry of Communications. The National Emblems of Trinidad and Tobago (Regulation) (Amendment) Bill, 2025, which allowed for the replacement of illustrations representing ships led by explorer […]

The country has recorded its second double homicide for the year after the overnight shooting deaths of a teenager and a 53-year-old man in Belmont. Initial reports say Steven Chunesingh, 19, and Thomas Jones died at the scene on Collins Road around midnight on Sunday. Residents heard gunshots and later found one victim outside a […]