Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

Finance Minister Colm Imbert surprisingly made time last week, not once, but twice to address claims by Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar about cost overruns on the construction works underway at the ANR Robinson International Airport. The Opposition Leader’s claim of a $462 million increase in the cost of the project hasn’t been clarified as anything […]

Look, politics is not for everybody; neither is everybody made for politics. Politics, especially party politics, can damage reputations, cause deep embarrassment and even damage families. Of course, it is profitable for some, but there is lot of collateral damage in and through politics. But the brave and ambitious stick it out, with or without […]

WEST INDIES head coach Daren Sammy wants to end the competitive year with a welcomed One-Day International series victory over Bangladesh. The first of three matches bowls off at Warner Park in St Kitts on December 8 and Sammy remains hellbent on notching their second consecutive ODI series win, having ousted England 2-1 in the […]

ACE cyclist Nicholas Paul concluded his UCI Track Champions League campaign fifth in the men’s sprint category after the five-leg tourney concluded at Lee Valley VeloPark in London on December 7. After topping the sprint’s heat three ahead of Australian Thomas Cornish and Malaysian Muhammad Firdaus, Paul lined up against the tournament’s top two sprinters, […]

OFFICERS from the Port of Spain Division Task Force arrested four people, including a robbery suspect, in an operation on December 6. The operation also resulted in the seizure of a quantity of marijuana, ammunition and camouflage clothing. A police release, on December 7, said the operation between 4 am and 8.30 am targeted priority […]

Fire officers extinguished a blaze at one of the apartments at Maloney Gardens, early on December 7, before it spread to other units. A media release from the Housing Development Corporation (HDC) said the fire started at around 3.30 am on the second floor of Building 17. Initial reports said a resident was boiling water […]

Arima police, who went to the home of a 40-year-old man in Guayaguayare to search for guns and ammunition, instead found a quantity of cocaine on December 6. The homeowner was immediately arrested. The cocaine has an estimated street value of $7,000. The police said around 3 pm, the officers went to the house in […]

Two early morning accidents in Barataria and Gasparillo have claimed the lives of two people. The first accident occurred around 3 am at Fifth Street, near Don Miguel Road, in Barataria. Initial reports said Randy Persad, 44, was driving his car when he lost control, causing the car to crash into the concrete median. Persad, […]

DOCTORS are essential. So why aren’t they being paid fairly? The issue arises given the emergence, on December 1, of a petition calling on Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh to address outstanding salary negotiations. “We work tirelessly to provide healthcare to citizens, yet our voices have not been heard,” says the document, which was published […]

Dara E Healy A traditional mas Christmas “Oh ho! Don’t play you didn’t know I am a pierrot, like the griot from long ago They say I am French, but only in name My clothing and speech are from Africa I proclaim! From the Yoruba came the strips of cloth In honour of the egungun […]