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The search for a man – believed to be involved in the chopping of a woman – ended on December 31 when he was found dead a short distance from his Longdenville home. The man has been identified as Arnold Ganesh. Hunters Search and Rescue Team head Vallence Rambharat told Newsday they discovered Ganesh’s body […]

POLICE arrested two men who were found with guns in Diego Martin and Arima during late-night and early-morning exercises on December 30 and 31. In the first incident, officers from the Western Division Gang and Intelligence Unit and West End CID, led by acting Snr Supt Williams and ASP Lynch, went to Adams Road in […]

The PNM will screen general election nominees for Tobago East and Tobago West on January 4. In a statement on December 31, party general secretary Foster Cummings said the screening will take place from 4 pm at the Multipurpose Facility, Calder Hall, Scarborough. Incumbent Tobago East MP Ayanna Webster-Roy and incumbent Tobago West MP Shamfa […]

MOVEMENT for Social Justice (MSJ) political leader David Abdulah says the state of emergency (SoE) that was declared on December 30 is a sign that nothing has changed in Trinidad and Tobago. He made this comment in his New Year’s message to the nation. A signed proclamation by President Christine Kangaloo declared the SoE. A […]

PRESIDENT of the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) Diane Henderson said officials would continue to explore all avenues with the benefit of the athletes in mind in order to maximise the potential of the TT athletes. Henderson was speaking at the TTOC Annual Awards ceremony held on December 29 at the Government Plaza Auditorium […]

The weather outside was frightful, but the atmosphere inside the Trinidad and Tobago’s Consulate General, New York was culturally cosy – tropical even. Most of the guests at the launch of the sixth edition of Paintings in the Garden (PITG6) fundraising event on December 6 had ties to the Caribbean, mainly TT – among them […]

THE Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA), in an effort to protect its members including children, has made changes and additions to the Safeguarding Policy and Regulatory Framework. “In line with our ongoing commitment to greater transparency while modernising the Safeguarding Policy and Regulatory Framework, the TTFA engaged with various stakeholders to discuss proposals to […]

THE GOVERNMENT’S decision to declare a state of emergency on December 30 represents the triangulation of a series of delicate and conflicting considerations. All those factors conspired to force its hand to reverse its own longstanding position against adopting such a measure and shaped the unusual nature of the emergency now in effect. There is […]

THE EDITOR: If one thing has defined this past year, it has been change – some desirable, some not. We have seen the upending of political establishments from Europe to Argentina to the US. And soon, we in TT have the chance to add our voices to the worldwide shout. I speak, of course, of […]

THE EDITOR: “Don’t make your dreams smaller to fit into your current reality. Upgrade your expectations and mindset on what you deserve and what’s possible” – Rebecca Yates, late producer and director. The New Year is almost here and I believe it is good to set goals and have big dreams. I know that 2024 […]