Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

THE EDITOR: On behalf of all who truly love football in TT, I wish Dwight Yorke well as newly-appointed Soca Warriors head coach. There is no honeymoon period, brother. You have to hit the ground running – fast. Your first task is to ensure World Cup qualification. You have had exposure at the highest level […]

DINESH RAMBALLY IN THE recent furor over the recommendations of the 120th report of the Salaries Review Commission, a few issues have emerged in the public discourse. Before I get to these, for clarity, the SRC recommendations pertain to 950 office holders – these include high government officials, the President, judicial offices, missions abroad, various […]

THE San Fernando Corporation celebrated 36 years of city status with a Military and Heroes Parade on November 23. Members of the protective services and other para-military troops put on an impressive display as they marched through the city streets from Skinner Park to King’s Wharf. San Fernando mayor Robert Parris attended the celebrations, completing […]

THE Ministry of Rural Development and Local Government said it has mobilised its resources and teams to support communities affected by heavy rainfall and thunderstorms associated with the passage of a low-level trough on November 23. In a media release on November 24, the ministry said the bad weather caused significant street flooding, flash flooding, […]

TWO policemen in the North Eastern Division were arrested on November 23. A senior police officer confirmed the arrests to Newsday on November 24. However, he could not confirm what they were arrested for and if the arrests took place while they were on duty. Investigations are ongoing. The post Two cops arrested in North […]

A lime between friends in Barrackpore turned bloody a few days ago when one chopped the other during an argument over alcohol. The 23-year-old victim went home to sleep after he was chopped. The attacker called the police and confessed. The 52-year-old perpetrator also handed over the cutlass he used before taking the police to […]

ST JOHN’S, Antigua: A maiden Test century from Justin Greaves anchored a dominant second day for the West Indies in Antigua, as they piled up 450 for 9 before making inroads into Bangladesh’s batting at the close on day two of the first Test, on November 23, at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium. Greaves’ patient […]

DONALD TRUMP’S victory in the US presidential elections on November 5 and the doubts about the results of the Venezuelan elections on July 28 have Venezuelan immigrants in Trinidad and Tobago in a state of limbo about their future. The biggest doubts are about the possibility of returning home, going to a third country, or […]

It’s November. Exams are underway. Teachers are unhappy and for the second year running, the West Indies Group of University Teachers (WIGUT) is calling on the University of the West Indies’ St Augustine campus to resolve salary negotiations. A year after teachers protested the pace of negotiations on campus, they were out and about again […]

The internal rumblings of the two main political parties, the PNM and the UNC, provide a welcome opportunity for members of both parties and the public to consider the extent to which political parties are really democratic or not and what needs to be done to heal possible breaches. The democratic nature and political integrity […]