Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

School principal Navin Harry, together with staff and pupils of Arima Boys’ RC School, applauded as white pigeons were released into the air as part of their Peace is Power event. Posters depicting images of love, peace and harmony covered almost all the walls of the school’s upstairs and downstairs areas. A white banner draped […]

Though Mexican cyclist Eder Frayre continued his recent dominance on the Trinidad and Tobago circuit by defending his Tobago International Cycling Classic (TICC) title on October 6, veteran TT cyclist Emile Abraham and his Pharmaco JLD team are intent on settling the score at the tenth edition of the Cycling on the Avenue event on […]

FIFTEEN non-governmental organisations (NGO) are vying for ten $150,000 grants to fund projects addressing initiatives such as equity and sustainability across Trinidad and Tobago. For the second year, the Extraordinary Projects Impacting Communities (EPIC) 2024-2025 programme is in partnership with the Digicel Foundation and Shell TT. This grant initiative was initially launched in 2016. Since […]

THE TT International Financial Centre (TTIFC) has formalised a strategic partnership with the TT Bureau of Standards (TTBS) through the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at enhancing the acceptance and receipt of payments for government services. This initiative – a TTBS press release said on October 7­­– signals the next wave of […]

KHARY Pierre has been a consistent spinner over the past two seasons for the newly crowned Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) champions St Lucia Kings. The Trinidadian said he has felt the love from the franchise and the people of St Lucia. Pierre had a few successful years with the Trinbago Knight Riders before […]

A MARACAS Bay man has been acquitted of the 2009 murder of his 94-year-old grandmother in 2009. On October 7, after deliberating for under an hour, a 12-member jury found Lester “Sea Blast” Diaz, of Fishing Village, Maracas, not guilty of the murder of Martina Roxborough. He was on trial before Justice Sherene Murray-Bailey at […]

A 34-year-old Barrackpore woman and her 14-month-old daughter were chopped to death on the morning of October 8. Tara Ramsaroop and her daughter Jada Mootilal were killed at the home of a close male relative at Location Road, off Rochard Road, Barrackpore shortly before 11 am on October 8. Ramsaroop’s sister, Jassodra Rajaram, told Newsday […]

AT least one of the suspects in the kidnapping for ransom and murder of Central used-car dealer Sachel Kungebeharry has been released. His release comes after attorney Kirk Cumberbatch filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus on his behalf on October 6. He was one of three people – two of whom were […]

MAYARO MP Rushton Paray has expressed sadness over the death of Jayden Lalchan, 15, who took his own life on October 3. He did so before starting his contribution to the 2024/2025 budget debate in the House of Representatives on October 7. Paray said, “Jaden was a bright and promising student and his untimely death, […]

LINE minister Colm Imbert says while the Ministry of Finance has no oversight over Hyatt’s operations, it will investigate the “currency aspect of the matter” relating to the state-owned hotel chain’s controversial social media post. On October 5, Hyatt announced on Facebook and other social media platforms that TT currency would no longer be accepted […]