Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

In the country’s first-ever appearance at the four-man International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup, the Trinidad and Tobago quartet just missed out making the final round after placing 21st in heat one at the Olympia Bob Run St Moritz-Celerina in Switzerland on January 12. TT’s Axel Brown, De Aundre John, Shakeel John and […]

TWO goals in 11 minutes from Tyrone Charles sealed an important 2-1 victory for MIC Central FC Reboot over Club Sando in the feature match of a TT Premier Football League (TTPFL) tier one double-header at La Horquetta Recreation Grounds on January 10. After a goalless first half, Charles broke the deadlock in the 58th […]

NAPARIMA MP Rodney Charles says he shares Cumuto/Manzanilla MP Dr Rai Ragbir’s views about whether the UNC has properly prepared for a debate on a motion in the House of Representatives to extend the State of Emergency (SoE) that was declared on December 30. At a news conference at the Office of the Prime Minister […]

Dr Vanessa Harry, senior lecturer and head of the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Unit at the Faculty of Medical Sciences at UWI, St Augustine, says TT has about 200 cases of cervical cancer a year, and most of those cases present at stage 2 or 3 because there are no symptoms during stage 1. She said […]

A 39-YEAR-OLD MAN from Pleasantville, San Fernando, appeared before a San Fernando magistrate on January 10, charged with animal cruelty after being allegedly caught on video beheading a dog on High Street, San Fernando. The disturbing video, which circulated widely on social media, showed a man sitting on the pavement with the severed head of […]

If a group of burly police officers in dark uniforms, brandishing guns, barged onto personal premises, even the oldest, least aggressive pothound would bark and most likely advance toward them. Dogs are naturally territorial, protective beings. Unless trained to be aggressive, the average dog (mainly domesticated and bred for companionship, work or service) will not […]

Beneath the political noise and PNM confusion over the Prime Minister’s proposed appointment of Stuart Young, SC, as PM, the question must be asked: Who really caused all this? It is political leader Dr Rowley’s miscalculation: he put the cart too far before the horse. Why doesn’t Dr Rowley actually step down as political leader […]

Jones P Madeira was the voice of calm the country needed on July 27, 1990. As TTT’s head of news, he announced a coup attempt was underway while surrounded by armed Muslimeen insurrectionists, sitting alongside their leader, Imam Yasin Abu Bakr. He gave no sign of panic as he spoke to citizens, relying on his […]

These days I make yoghurt. There is nothing demanding about it. It is the opposite of what I used to do when I wrote about extreme cooking challenges for Caribbean Beat in the early 2000s. Yoghurt-making is a quiet, easy time-filler that happens to produce something edible. I could ask for little more. But that […]

It may be January 12, but there’s no harm in making or renewing a wish for this bold new year we are embarking upon –not an empty wish such as “I wish I’d been born on Mars,” which is a hopeless wish. The act of wishing may appear flaky, but it is an expression of […]