Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

Paolo Kernahan THE DECLARATION of a state of emergency (SoE) hasn’t impressed anyone other than party sycophants and some business groups – one and the same. It certainly hasn’t sowed fear in the hearts of our killer elite. Murders continued unabated, even as the measure was being announced. Hit squads pressed forward with their slate […]

Dr Asha Pemberton [email protected] AS WE begin the New Year, we find ourselves immersed in dialogue surrounding our current societal state and a focus on the public health approach to violence interventions and prevention. Public health approaches to violence prevention have foundations in exploring root causes, risk factors, mitigating factors and the triggers that precipitate […]

THE EDITOR: At FACTT (Fireworks Action Coalition of TT) we have been receiving reports on fireworks activities from all corners of TT following another New Year’s night of terror at the hands of a few dissidents. From all accounts some areas reported less activity. However, in general the horrific onslaught from fireworks on the peaceful, […]

THE EDITOR: The world record of Joshua Regrello as attained in the 31 hours of playing pan is certainly reason for rejoicing. The young man, via a model of perseverance, commitment and aspiration towards the achievement of excellence, showed resilience in the face of the physically-challenging playing for such an extensive period, and has shown […]

THE Eastern Lawyers Association has endorsed the call by the Law Association (LATT) for security to be provided to prosecutors and judicial officers, on request, in the wake of the murder of attorney Randall Hector. The 43-year-old attorney was gunned down in front of his family as they were leaving the Seventh-Day Adventist Church on […]

The Finance Minister has extended the tax and national insurance amnesties to January 31. This will be retroactive to December 31, 2024. In a release, the Finance Ministry said the necessary orders to extend the deadline would be published on January 3. It reminded the public that the extended tax amnesty covers penalties and interest […]

The board of governors of the National Institute of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology (NIHERST) was awarded by the Integrity Commission for achieving 100 per cent compliance in filing declarations of income, assets and liabilities as well as statements of registrable interests for the year ending December 31, 2023. Integrity Commission chairman Haydn Gittens […]

THE Tobago House of Assembly’s Division of Food Security, Natural Resources Environment and Sustainable Development has released separate public advisories on risks posed to the public regarding stinging nettles and cow itch. In its first release, on January 2, the division said it wanted to sensitise the public to the dangers of the bouhmadou plant/vine, […]

The Law Association has said it sincerely hopes the objectives of the state of emergency (SoE) will be realised in the shortest possible time as it noted, “Nefarious gang violence may be the target of the prescribed treatment, but the corpus of our citizenry must also endure the treatment.” The association sent a statement on […]

THE Prime Minister has saluted the late Minister in the Ministry of Education Lisa Morris-Julian by saying that at her recent screening to stand again as PNM candidate for D’Abadie/O’Meara, she had been given no questions to answer about her record. Dr Rowley said this to spell out the esteem in which she was held, […]