Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

THE Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL), headed by president Merere Gonzales, have sought legal advice ahead of their critical ruling on the status of St Benedict’s star player Derrel “Zum Zum” Garcia. Benedict’s are unbeaten in the 2024 SSFL season, and the south zone school finished atop the 16-team premier division table with 41 points […]

A Ste Madeleine pensioner is calling on the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) to take immediate action to repair a leaking water line near her property. Urel Adams, 78, who is recovering from her third stroke, is now concerned that if quick action isn’t taken, the underground leak could compromise her home. Two large water […]

MARABELLA police are searching for a man who kicked and cuffed the female manager of a fast-food restaurant on her way home on the evening of November 19. The police said the incident happened around 6.35 pm, while the 41-year-old victim was walking along a dirt track that connects the Southern Main Road and Battoo […]

POLICE are still trying to identify a body which was found in the Caroni River shortly after noon on November 19. Initial reports from police said the decomposing body was found floating face-down in the water, wedged between broken tree branches. The medium-built body wore a black jersey and brown long pants. The body was […]

Dr Gabrielle Hosein TODAY, November 20, is World Children’s Day or Universal Children’s Day. This was the date in 1959 when the UN General Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child. On the same day in 1989, it adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Approaching the world as if […]

ST JOSEPH’S Convent Port of Spain and Diego Martin Central advanced to the Girls’ Intercol north zone final after securing convincing wins in their respective semifinal matches on November 19. At St Mary’s College Grounds in St Clair, Rori Gittens scored a first-half hat-trick to power St Joseph’s Convent to a commanding 5-1 victory over […]

The Institute of Marine Affairs is hosting a community seminar to present the findings of their assessment of the 2024 mass coral bleaching event and its implications to Tobago. A media release said, the bleaching in Tobago is reported to be the worst it’s ever been as the Lesser Antilles are still under coral bleaching […]

THE Hillview College Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) is getting into the holiday spirit with Mingle on D Hill, a Christmas cooler party, on November 23. The event takes place at Garden Sanctuary, Centre of Excellence, Macoya, from 6pm to midnight. Tickets are priced at $300. The event promises to be a treat, to get all patrons […]

Kanisa George IN THE same way I recount the good things in life or think about the good things to come, I sometimes find myself painstakingly mulling over the bad. It has become an obsession of mine to try to map out how best to tackle those difficult moments when they come, even though, in […]

THERE are only four teams left standing in the CG United Super50 Cup being played in Trinidad – TT Red Force, Jamaica Scorpions, Leeward Islands Hurricanes and Barbados Pride. Red Force play Pride in semifinal one on November 20, followed by semifinal two on November 21. Both matches will be held at Brian Lara Cricket […]