Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

POINTE-a Pierre MP David Lee has called on government to provide details on the restructuring of Atlantic LNG (ALNG) He made this call during his contribution to debate on the 2024/2025 budget in the House of Representatives on October 4. On January 25, 2022, Government and ALNG shareholders signed a heads of agreement to guide […]

TOBAGO East MP Ayanna Webster-Roy has defended the allocation in the 2024/2025 budget for Tobago. Webster-Roy, who is also Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for gender and child affairs, rejected claims from Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar that government is not interested in protecting children. She made these statements during her […]

CARETAKER coach Derek King has recalled Kevin Molino and Joevin Jones for a pair of Concacaf Nations League fixtures against Cuba on October 10 and 14. TT travel to Cuba for the first encounter before hosting the Caribbean team at the Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet a few days later. TT are last in League A […]

HEAD coach of the St Lucia Kings Daren Sammy said his players are ready for the challenge of facing defending champions Guyana Amazon Warriors in the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League final at Guyana National Stadium on October 6 at 7 pm. Sammy knows most of the crowd will be against them, but the Kings […]

Government-owned Hyatt Regency hotel had to delete a social media post and apologise after it announced that effective November 1, local currency was not going to be accepted as payment for services. The post sparked a firestorm of criticism online even though it had been edited several times before it was taken down. General manager […]

PASSENGERS using the inter-island cargo vessel, the MV Cabo Star, are advised that the docking of the vessel has been relocated to the Government Shipping Service, at the Port of Spain ferry terminal on October 8 and 9 to make way for the arrival of the first cruise ship of the season. A statement from […]

THE Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) playoffs and finals will be hosted in Guyana in 2025 and Barbados in 2026. CPL has agreed to a one-year deal for the finals to be held in Guyana in 2025. Next year will be the fourth straight year the playoffs and final will be staged in Guyana. […]

OPPOSITION Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has said the legacy of the PNM after nine years in government is “bloodshed, bankruptcy, banditry, betrayal, butchery, brutality and bawling.” Persad-Bissessar also accused the Prime Minister and several government ministers of betraying the population in favour of an elitist minority and placing Trinidad and Tobago in a debt trap for […]

THE UWI St Augustine campus has announced four new appointments to its executive management. The new appointees are Robert Riley, chair of the St Augustine Campus Council; Prof Derek Chadee, deputy principal; Kevin Kalloo, campus bursar and Prof Canute Thompson, pro vice-chancellor for the board of undergraduate studies. In a news release on October 4, […]

OVER 400 people gathered to take part in the TT Coalition Against Domestic Violence’s (CADV) Stride Against Abuse One Lap Savannah Walk/Run at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain, on September 21. “As a longstanding partner, bmobile proudly supported this event, which aims to raise awareness and advocate for change in the fight against […]