Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

THE EDITOR: An understanding of current developments with respect to a change in the leadership of the PNM has to be viewed in the context of the political culture of TT, which greatly favours incumbent leaders and acquiesces in their machinations. Leaders are generally regarded with extraordinary deference, sometimes with awe, reverence and messianic purpose […]

THE EDITOR: I write to highlight a dangerous hazard on the corner of Edward Street and Independence Square north, outside the Treasury building. Just ahead of a dangerous manhole cover there is a big hole that is getting bigger and bigger every day. It is filled with glass bottles, but I can confidently say that […]

THE Met Office has officially declared the start of the 2025 dry season. In a release on January 14, it said the dry season started on January 14 and may run until May. “At this time, the atmosphere over the region has transitioned to its drier state following a gradual transition from the wet into […]

The Privy Council has upheld the Court of Appeal’s decision on the right to appeal from the High Court for bail in murder cases. In a ruling on January 14, Lords Reed, Lloyd-Jones, Hamblen, Leggatt and Lady Simler dismissed the appeal of a soldier charged with killing his two-year-old daughter and wounding her uncle in […]

TRINIDAD and Tobago athlete Janae De Gannes seems to be settling down at Baylor University in Texas, leaping to a silver medal in the women’s long jump event in her debut for the school at the 2025 Texas A&M McFerrin 12 Degree Invite at the Texas A&M-RA Murray Fasken 38 Indoor Track at College Station, […]

SOLDIERS held three men from Signal Hill during a roadblock in Harmony Hall, Mt Grace, on January 13. Acting on information, the army men, who have powers of arrest during the current state of emergency, held an exercise between 10 am and 11.15 am. They army men stopped a car, which was occupied by a […]

RURAL Development and Local Government Minister Faris Al-Rawi and Works and Transport Minister Rohan Sinanan spent time responding to questions from opposition MPs about infrastructure projects during a sitting of the House of Representatives on January 13. In response to a question from Fyzabad MP Dr Lackram Bodoe, Al-Rawi said the Siparia Borough Corporation (SBC) […]

BARRING any unforeseen developments, Secretary of Tourism, Culture, Antiquities and Transportation Tashia Burris said the first phase of the Store Bay redevelopment project should begin in July. Last September, vendors at the Store Bay Beach Facility called on the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) to clear the air about their plans for the popular spot […]

Kanisa George HAVE YOU ever told a lie, and before its venom slipped from your tongue you regretted it? I have. The very thought of being caught with my hands in the cookie jar is a thrilling feeling that makes the forbidden act all the more appealing. And I know many of you out there […]

SCORES of people dead or missing, thousands of properties destroyed, widespread looting, a state of emergency – this is not a description of the latest post-apocalyptic Hollywood movie. This is the reality in Los Angeles, America’s most populous county and one of its most affluent, where wildfires have been raging since January 7. It is […]