Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

Since music is such an integral part of Carnival, one may think deaf people cannot appreciate the festival, but that is a very wrong assumption. Dr Kristin Snoddon, a deaf scholar, associate professor and graduate programme director with the School of Early Childhood Studies at Toronto Metropolitan University, said she had always been fascinated by […]

Hard work and determination are some of the most important attributes to have if you want to succeed, says executive director of Caribbean Public Health Agency (Carpha) Dr Lisa Indar. Indar holds a PhD, MSc and BSc from UWI and studied multiple disciplines including epidemiology, microbiology and environmental health. She was fortunate to study at […]

The Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) said it was reviewing the judgement delivered by Justice Frank Seepersad in the case filed by a San Juan businessman over a leaking sewer pipe. On March 6, Seepersad ordered WASA to compensate Matthew Edwards, trading as Sure Bros Enterprises, after they judge found the utility liable for negligence […]

To describe Machel Montano’s Carnival season as successful would be an understatement. The soca star entered the Chutney Soca Monarch competition for the first time and won. The song, Pepper Vine, had a ground-breaking mix featuring Lady Lava, the “queen of steam,” and the queen of chutney soca, Drupatee Ramgoonai. Montano had given us a […]

An unprecedented White House blowout occurred last week between US President Donald Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky causing a dejected Zelensky to hurriedly exit the White House in a daze. He wanted Trump’s help. It was a discussion over the Russia-Ukraine war. Still, it fiercely illustrated what a greater power can do to a […]

Maybe the best thing to have done on Carnival Monday and Tuesday was to surrender to the mud and paint of J’Ouvert morning, than to don a pretty or traditional costume and jump one’s heart out, spout fire like a blue devil, even crack a jab jab whip and beat out deep frustrations over the […]

A spate of killings in the last 72 hours has brought the murder toll to 71 as of March 8, roughly 30 less than the same period in 2024. In the latest incident, Sherwin Mason, 51, was gunned down in Simeon Road, Petit Valley around 2 pm on March 8. Earlier that morning, 30-year-old Ezekiel […]

WATER and Sewerage Authority (WASA) CEO Keithroy Halliday says even though three of the four reservoirs in Trinidad and Tobago are currently above their long-term average, he was urging the public to conserve water as decreased rainfall has led to a decline in water levels. Halliday spoke at a press conference at the Caroni Water […]

FORMER UNC temporary senator and candidate for Diego Martin West Marsha Walker will once again seek to be elected for the constituency in the upcoming general election but this time on a National Transformation Alliance (NTA) ticket. Walker was among three candidates presented at the NTA’s Mt Lambert headquarters on March 8. She first contested […]

A blistering 29-ball century from West Indies star player Nicholas Pooran set up a comprehensive 138-run victory for Clarke Road United over southern neighbours Victoria United in the CPL/TKR T20 Festival at Queen’s Park Oval in St Clair on March 7. Pooran who is gearing up for the upcoming Indian Premier League showed his class […]