Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

DUBAI: New Zealand won the Women’s T20 World Cup for the first time, beating South Africa by 32 runs on October 20 after a standout performance from Amelia Kerr with bat and ball. South Africa’s chase was held to 126-9 in 20 overs at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in reply to New Zealand’s 158-5 […]

EDUCATION Ministry deputy permanent secretary Wilson Henderson Jnr says government puts young people at the front of its development agenda. He made this comment when he addressed a graduation ceremony at the National Energy Skills Centre’s (NESC) Technical Institute in Couva on October 19. “The government has firmly placed young people at the core of […]

PNM chairman Stuart Young has expressed sadness over the death of former PNM Laventille West MP NiLeung Hypolite. Hypolite, who was recently diagnosed with Acute Adult T-cell Leukemia/Lymphoma (ATL), a rare and aggressive form of cancer, died on October 19. In a brief comment sent via WhatsApp on October 20, Young said, “I offer sincere […]

A 54-year-old policeman was shot and killed in a botched robbery on Saturday night in Olton Road, Arima. Police said around 7.30 pm on October 19, Sheldon Peterson was standing outside Awesome Food and Drink Ltd at the corner of Olton Road, Arima, when a brown Nissan Almera drove into the parking lot. Masked gunmen […]

MAKEDA Charles endured a lot of abuse from childhood to her early twenties. She suffered verbal, physical and even sexual abuse at the hands of a close family member. But she says she has come out of the situation stronger than ever, and hopes to become a social worker to help others in similar situations. […]

ON October 16, speaking during the discussion of the Standing Finance Committee of the House of Representatives, the Finance Minister noted that his ministry had asked all ministries to make better efforts to repair and rehabilitate assigned vehicles. Mr Imbert is clearly aware of the massive graveyard of hundreds of rusting vehicles nestled among the […]

HASSAN ALI At first glance, it can be tempting to dismiss Embah’s paintings as some primary schoolchild’s art project. This temptation isn’t completely misguided. There is a childlikeness and a sense of play in all of Embah’s work. In Anna Walcott Hardy’s interview with Embah, featured in the catalogue for the 2015 Bat Show at […]

DINESH RAMBALLY THE European Film Festival presented a screening of the film 20 Days in Mariupol a few days ago at the UTT auditorium in Port of Spain. I wish more Trinidadians could see this film as it presents a look at reality from an angle to which we are unaccustomed. Too many of us […]

NOT ONLY did the Prime Minister give caustic replies to Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s stinging allegations about his “expensive” travels and high office expenses, but more appetising to the media was his “swan song” comment following UNC MPs Rushton Paray and Dr Rai Ragbir’s “last term in Parliament” comments. Dr Rowley surprisingly hinted: “I am […]

Lore Segal was born in Austria in 1928. At ten, she was one of the first children to make it out to England via the Kindertransport that was whisking at-risk Jewish youth to safe havens where Hitler couldn’t find them. Years in the UK, a stint in the Dominican Republic and thence to the US. […]