Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

THE Ministry of Health is currently conducting baseline evaluations toward creating legislation to govern the increasingly popular use of electronic cigarettes in a trend called vaping. The revelation was made by Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh during a Joint Select Committee on Social Services and Public Administration on January 15 which took a look at […]

POLICE have continued their searches during the state of emergency (SoE) over January 13 and 14 leading to a number of arrests, a gun, a quantity of marijuana and ammunitions being seized. Police said around 4.15 pm on January 14 during a routine traffic exercise on the southbound lane of the Uriah Butler Highway, Chaguanas, […]

WEST INDIES coach Andre Coley said the flexibility of his squad will enhance the regional team’s chances when they face Pakistan in the first of two Test matches at the Multan Cricket Stadium from 12.30 am (TT time) on January 17. The series will be Coley’s last in charge of the Test team and will […]

THE committee tasked with investigating the response of the TT Fire Service to the fire at 11 Farfan Street, Arima, which claimed the lives of MP Lisa Morris-Julian and two of her children, has completed its investigation. The findings were submitted and received by  Minister of National Security Fitzgerald Hinds on January 10. The three-member […]

AFTER EIGHT hours of debate, Parliament on January 13 extended the state of emergency for three months. In doing so, both sides of the House have taken a gamble and made, in a general election year, a leap in the dark. Available indicators suggest the emergency has already had an impact, even though it does […]

Dr Gabrielle Jamela Hosein THROUGH the most top-down and elite of processes, Stuart Young is now heir to the prime ministerial throne. Politics is Machiavellian, referring to the political theory of Italian Niccolò Machiavelli and meaning cunning, scheming and unscrupulous. Seizing and retaining power is cut-throat business. The party would have concluded that Young could […]

THE EDITOR: In congratulating President Christine Kangaloo on her award of India’s highest award to non-nationals, the Patriotic Organisation of Trinbago reminds the nation of her remarks at her alma mater, St Joseph’s Convent, San Fernando, some time ago. Specifically, she honestly described herself as an “extremely ordinary student.” At secondary school level she advised […]

THE EDITOR: The selection of Stuart Young to be the new prime minister represents a pivotal moment for the People’s National Movement (PNM) and offers the promise of a fresh vision for TT. Young’s leadership can herald a transformative era, fostering changes across every department of the party. With his experience and insights, there is […]

THE EDITOR: An understanding of current developments with respect to a change in the leadership of the PNM has to be viewed in the context of the political culture of TT, which greatly favours incumbent leaders and acquiesces in their machinations. Leaders are generally regarded with extraordinary deference, sometimes with awe, reverence and messianic purpose […]

THE EDITOR: I write to highlight a dangerous hazard on the corner of Edward Street and Independence Square north, outside the Treasury building. Just ahead of a dangerous manhole cover there is a big hole that is getting bigger and bigger every day. It is filled with glass bottles, but I can confidently say that […]