Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

THE EDITOR: What causes offshore accidents? Unsafe conditions, deficiencies in the work environment, unsafe acts, inadequate behaviour of injured person, engineering, technical solutions, rules. The sea does not have branches. It must be safety first, second and third. My safety, your safety is our responsibility. Are we clear? AV RAMPERSAD Princes Town The post Offshore […]

THE EDITOR: Over the Christmas season the discussion of foreign exchange popped up again. With many pointing fingers and complaining about how we spend too much on imported items, from grapes to fireworks. One item that has escaped attention is chocolate. It is consumed in inordinate amounts generally throughout the year, though especially around the […]

TRINIDAD and Tobago is being asked to pray for musician Joey Ng Wai, 54. The self-taught master guitarist and music producer is currently warded in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Port of Spain General Hospital with pneumonia and is unconscious. His sister Sharon Ng Wai-Pantin spoke to Newsday on January 3. She said […]

THE Prime Minister says he will not stand for re-election in 2025. Dr Rowley made the shock announcement at a news conference at the Office of the Prime Minister, Central Administrative Services, in Tobago. After recounting some of the highlights of his 45 years in public life, Rowley said he will keep the promise he […]

THE Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has dismissed the appeal of a former bank worker and the Sanctuary Workers’ Trade Union which challenged the decision of the Registration, Recognition, and Certification Board (RRCB) to deny access to the Industrial Court because the union did not have a bank account. The ruling, delivered on January […]

THE Prime Minister has defended the decision to declare a state of emergency (SoE) on December 30. Dr Rowley did so at a news conference at the Office of the Prime Minister, Central Administrative Services, in Tobago. A signed proclamation by President Christine Kangaloo declared the SoE. Acting Attorney General Stuart Young and National Security […]

OPPOSITION senator Jayanti Lutchmedial-Ramdial has called for an immediate risk assessment and enhanced security measures for state prosecutors. “If the state is to assuage the fears of our prosecutors, and send a strong message to criminals that any such contemplated action in the future will be met with the full force of the law, this […]

POLICE arrested two minors and seized a gun, ammunition and marijuana in three separate SoE exercises in St James, Maraval and Arima on January 2. In the first incident, police led by Snr Supt Thom, Supts Nicholls and Jankie, ASP Mohammed, Insp Durga and Insp Joseph searched houses at Perigod Road, Long Circular and Mango […]

AS IN life, so too in death, Lisa Morris-Julian was always there for her children. The D’Abadie/O’Meara MP and two of her children – daughter Xianne Julian, 25, and son Jesiah Julian, six – perished in a fire which gutted the family home on Farfan Street, Arima, on December 16. She had served as MP […]

LEGISLATION is the last thing anybody wants to hear about now. The country is in a state of emergency. Murders reached an all-time high in 2024. Our prisons are filled. Laws are one thing, but when last did you hear of anybody being convicted of killings? However, Commissioner of Police Erla Harewood-Christopher’s recent statement about […]