Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

NEW Defence Force coach Densill Theobald is promising an attacking and aggressive style of play for the 2024/25 Trinidad and Tobago Premier Football League (TTPFL) as his team tries to reclaim their league title. Theobald, who also coaches TT’s under-14 boys’ team and is an assistant coach at Naparima College, was unveiled as the Defence […]

Faraaz Abdool asks us to look out for the birds using Tobago as a rest stop on their annual migrations. Animal migration has been billed as one of Earth’s most impressive spectacles. This is not the measured expansion of creatures slowly meandering beyond established boundaries; migration knows no borders whatsoever. As humans, we demarcated a […]

JMMB Investments has published November’s valuation report for Massy Holdings Ltd (MHL), highlighting growth in some segments and challenges that could affect its trajectory. While Massy continues to benefit from acquisitions and improved operational efficiency, the company’s share price has seen a 19 per cent decline from January-September 2024. This has led to a decrease […]

THE DICTATORIAL regimes of Adolf Hitler (of Germany), Benito Mussolini (of Italy), Joseph Stalin (of the then Soviet Union) and Francisco Franco (of Spain) under-reported and hid unemployment. In these four countries, millions were unemployed – proof of the failures of socialism, fascism, populism, communism and Marxism. The International Labour Organization (ILO) estimated that the […]

THE LAUNCH of a J’Ouvert band by state-owned Caribbean Airlines Ltd (CAL) is no flight of fancy. It is an idea whose time has come. For tourism to take off, we need novel approaches. CAL’s inspired move to start Caribbean Iere Mas is a good example of the way forward. Its complementary decision to partner […]

Dr Rita Pemberton WHEN THE colony of Trinidad and Tobago was created, two island units with different historical experiences were brought together in a union that was devoid of any mechanism to facilitate integration of the two. The colony was divided into eight administrative districts called counties, which were subdivided into wards. Tobago, which was […]

THIS COUNTRY stands at a critical crossroads, grappling with the twin imperatives of addressing climate change and sustaining economic growth. The 2024 Report on Economic Development (Red) by CAF (Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean) was launched on December 2, marking the 30th anniversary of TT’s partnership with the bank. Finance Minister Colm […]

ALANA WHEELER Dear AFETT, A few months ago, I started seeing a nice guy who has showered me with a lot of attention, affection, gifts and all the things my parents couldn’t afford to give me. I am 23 years old and he is 24 years older than me. I feel so safe and protected […]

POLICE are investigating the murder of a 23-year-old soldier who was shot dead in Arima on December 3. He was Terron Luke of Nicole Street, Arima. Police said at about 8.20 pm on December 3, Arima police got a report that gunshots had been heard at River Road. When they arrived at about 8.25 pm, […]

A 34-year-old Trinidadian man was sentenced to 17 years and two months in prison in Hong Kong, after pleading guilty to one count of trafficking in a dangerous drug. Kerlan Jackie pleaded guilty on May 18, 2023 after being arrested almost a year before. The case was heard in the high court of the Hong […]