Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

SINGING makes Crystal Charles happy. And she loves sharing that joy with others. The smiles on the faces of audience members and seeing them have fun remind her of this all the time. She is now the lead female vocalist of the Brass 2 The World Band and is looking forward to a successful Carnival […]

In a January 16 Newsday article entitled Rowley bids media farewell: Please don’t forget me, Dr Keith Rowley recounts how, on visiting his Goodwood Park home, a book he won as a boy in a public speaking contest in Tobago fell off the shelf. Unfortunately, the article did not state the book’s title, but I […]

A woman was shot by a stray bullet during a high-speed chase and shootout between police and car thieves along the Beetham Highway shortly after 5.30 pm on January 18. Initial reports said police were alerted about a stolen vehicle, which was taken from Bon Air, Arouca by armed men. Officers on patrol spotted the […]

A man who was hospitalised after being set on fire in Tobago more than a week ago has died. Djan Melville, 30, had been warded at the Port of Spain General Hospital on January 17. He was set on fire in Bon Accord on January 8. Around 8.15 pm, police at the Crown Point Police […]

THE 2025 Panorama season is on its way and the kids are getting in on the action. The preliminaries of the schools’ competition kicked off on January 16. There are 34 primary schools and 24 secondary schools vying for top spots. The finals take place on February 2 at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of […]

A SERIES of strategic operations in the Southern Division on January 17 has led to the arrest of 13 people for various offences, including kidnappings and robberies. A police statement on January 18 said the exercises were part of a co-ordinated initiative under the state of emergency (SoE) operations, targeting priority offenders. It was aimed […]

Trinidad and Tobago Unified Teachers Association (TTUTA) president Martin Lum Kin says videos circulating on social media showing an encounter between a teacher and a student from Moruga Secondary School do not represent the entire incident and can be misconstrued. The teacher and student Newsday understands are recuperating at home after a violent altercation broke […]

MULTAN, Pakistan: West Indies collapsed to 137 all out within one session against Pakistan spinners Noman Ali and Sajid Khan as 19 wickets fell on Day 2 of the first Test on January 18. Pakistan, which got bowled out for 230 in the first innings on a turning wicket, stretched their lead to 202 and […]

STUART YOUNG, 49, is not yet prime minister but already he is lecturing the media. Speaking at a PNM event on January 15, Mr Young told reporters, “At no point in time in the last ten years and even before that, can the media honestly and truly say that anyone in any position on the […]

Dara Healy   “I heard a tap on the glass…I could see the barrel of the gun close to the window. I can see the eyes of the person who was holding it…he could have fired at any moment. I screamed and to explain to you how these thoughts came together, thousands of them at […]