Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

OWING to ongoing repairs at St John’s Anglican Primary School, San Fernando, classes have been temporarily relocated to a church. Newsday learned that leading up to the reopening of the school term, parents were told repairs were still ongoing, and the school was deemed unfit for use. About 135 students are affected. Parents say the […]

TWO suspects were arrested and US$89,450 and $2,158,166 in cash seized during a state of emergency (SoE) operation in Tacarigua between January 6 and 7. In a release on January 8, the police said officers of the Arouca CID, the Special Investigations Unit and the Inter-Agency Task Force carried out an SoE operation in Tacarigua […]

SHARON NG WAI-PANTIN had a million thanks for the country when interviewed on January 8. She told Newsday that musician and producer Joey Ng Wai was now talking, awake and had been extubated (had his breathing tube removed). While he was not still fully coherent, she said, he had made massive improvements and strides. Ng […]

TWO additional religious organisations have condemned recent acts of hate, violence and desecration, urging swift action from the authorities. Separate media statements on January 7 from the Anjuman Sunnat ul Jamaat Association Inc (ASJA) and the Ifa/Orisa Council of Trinidad and Tobago (IOCTT) strongly condemned the contents of several online videos which target various religious […]

MORE than five years after a man allegedly forced his way into a house and raped a child who was getting ready for school, police from the Special Victims Department of the South Western Division have arrested him. The officers arrested the 42-year-old industrial firefighter in the South Oropouche district on January 7. The offence […]

QUESTION: Is Stuart Young a good choice to be PM/PNM leader? What are your views on how he was chosen? Joemin James, Princes Town: I think he could lead the party the right way. As long as he is open-minded to the public, he would be okay. Kayleb Joseph, Claxton Bay: He still has a […]

BAVINA SOOKDEO Wahida Mohammed-Narine has achieved a milestone in her decades-long career as an educator, earning the Pan African Leadership Institute (PALI) Global Award in Educational Leadership. The Global Awards are among the most prestigious recognitions in Africa. A letter from PALI to Mohammed-Narine, acting principal of San Fernando TML Primary School stated, “It is […]

THE EDITOR: I have been advocating for decades that TT needs our young and intelligent people to take us forward. The resignation of Dr Rowley and the introduction of Stuart Young as his replacement indicates that the PNM seems to be moving in the right direction. The world is changing daily, technology is leading to […]

The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) will begin preparations for this year’s Caribbean Football Union under-14 girls’ challenge series when its new girls’ under-14 high-performance cycle commences with screening sessions from January 11. On January 6, via its social media platforms, the TTFA called on prospective players to register for the screening sessions. Interested […]

Kanisa George EVERY difficult or traumatising experience we face has the potential to alter our existence in ways we scarcely stop to consider. Even inconveniences of minute relevance can set in motion a series of emotional hurdles that subconsciously disrupt our stability. When emotional discord is left unchallenged, a floodgate of negative emotions may consequently […]