Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

A 44-YEAR-OLD construction worker has been convicted of raping a tenant of his St James apartment in 2012. He was found guilty by Justice Kathy Ann Waterman-Latchoo after a judge-only trial on December 9, and will be sentenced on December 16. According to the evidence presented at the trial by prosecutor Dylan Martin, the victim […]

For the first time in decades, a Caribbean jurist has sat on a Privy Council appeal. On December 9, Dame Janice Pereira, former chief justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC), presided over an appeal from the Virgin Islands. In a statement on its website, the Privy Council said Pereira will take part in […]

KISWAH Chaitoo lost his appeal against the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board’s (TTCB) January 10 motion of no confidence moved against him, which resulted in his February 28 removal as treasurer. In a 50-page judgment issued by the seven-member Supreme Appellate Committee (SAC) on December 9, they found Chaitoo in “flagrant breach” of Article 27 […]

Central Division police have arrested three people, including a woman, in connection with a report of robbery with violence in the district. Up to December 9, the suspects remained in custody without charge. Police arrested the three, of Enid Village in Rio Claro, after a report from a Tabaquite resident on December 6. The man […]

THE House of Representatives passed one bill designed to give Tobago greater autonomy, but failed to pass a second bill on December 9. The latter required a three-fourths majority for passage, but the government was unable to get the opposition’s support for this to happen. In the House, this equates to 31 MPs. The Tobago […]

THE Prime Minister says Caricom will be invited to send observers to Trinidad and Tobago for the next general election. Dr Rowley dismissed repeated claims by Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar about the PNM’s trying to steal the election through recommendations by the Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) to change constituency boundaries. Rowley claimed Persad-Bissessar had […]

ENDEAVOUR Holdings Ltd, asset and property management company, recorded a profit after tax for the six months ending October 31 of $22.4 million. This represented a $200,000 increase in profits as compared to the same period in 2023, when it earned $22.2 million. The company posted its financial performance on the TT Stock Exchange website […]

AT least seven people were injured in a collision on the Southern Main Road near Damus Ltd in Point Fortin around midday on December 9. The crash involved a seven-seater taxi and a van. Point Fortin police and fire officers arrived quickly, and those injured were taken to the nearby Point Fortin Hospital with multiple […]

Pupils of seven special-needs schools enjoyed holiday cheer as they were treated to a Chuck E Cheese Christmas party by the Digicel Foundation. Some 225 children from Lady Hochoy Cocorite, Cascade School for the Deaf, Wharton Patrick Special School, Agape Training Centre, Each One Teach One, Lady Hochoy Arima, and Aspirare Learning Community enjoyed an […]

Singer Shavon Leighanna David is hitting the Carnival 2025 trail with Flowers – her new single for the season. Simply known as Leighanna, she has been singing since she was three and always knew that was the path for her, a media release said. She was encouraged by her father, a former singer himself, on […]