Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) will begin preparations for this year’s Caribbean Football Union under-14 girls’ challenge series when its new girls’ under-14 high-performance cycle commences with screening sessions from January 11. On January 6, via its social media platforms, the TTFA called on prospective players to register for the screening sessions. Interested […]

Kanisa George EVERY difficult or traumatising experience we face has the potential to alter our existence in ways we scarcely stop to consider. Even inconveniences of minute relevance can set in motion a series of emotional hurdles that subconsciously disrupt our stability. When emotional discord is left unchallenged, a floodgate of negative emotions may consequently […]

HIGH Court judge Frank Seepersad will on February 18, deliver his decision in a lawsuit which challenges the promotion process for assistant superintendents of police (ASPs). Insp Mark Hernandez, the former head of the TTPS’ disbanded Special Operations Response Team (SORT) filed a judicial review claim questioning compliance and fairness of the performance appraisal and […]

The Trinidad and Tobago Table Tennis Association (TTTTA) have confirmed a 23-member team for regional and international competitions in 2025. After their two-day trial event at the National Racquet Centre in Tacarigua on January 4 and 5, the top 17 performers joined eight other nationals who were automatic picks. For the men’s division, QPCC’s pair […]

AFTER waiting 12 years to celebrate another PowerGen Secondary Schools Cricket League (SSCL) premiership division title, Presentation College Chaguanas coach Kelman Kowlessar knows expectations will be high heading into the new season, which is expected to bowl off on January 21. “Pres,” captained by Justin Jagessar, sealed the 2024 50-over league crown at their school […]

Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP) political leader Watson Duke has warned the Prime Minister about making the same “mistakes” he did by endorsing the wrong person. Duke was speaking in a video posted to his social media page on January 6, moments after the Prime Minister announced that the PNM caucus had chosen Port-of-Spain North/St Ann’s […]

AN elderly woman, who was beaten by a close male relative over the weekend in Chaguanas, has died in hospital. The police confirmed that Gangadaye Manichan, 81, of Endeavour, died on January 6 at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex in Mt Hope. The relative appeared before a master in the High Court on January […]

POLICE arrested three people in Sea Lots after they found a gun in a drawer next to a Bible. The arrests were part of state of emergency (SoE) exercises in Port of Spain, Morvant, Couva and Freeport on January 5 and 6. In a media release on January 6, police said officers from the Morvant […]

DEFENCE Force’s rugby men retained their trophy in the Tobago Rugby Sevens Classic tournament when they copped the 2025 edition with a whopping 42-5 win against Mashujaa in the final at Shaw Park on January 5. There were just three teams in the men’s category, with Defence Force opening their account with a 40-7 win […]

THREE parliamentary Joint Select Committees (JSCs) are scheduled to meet this month as Parliament begins its activities for this year. The Public Accounts Committee, chaired by Oropouche West MP Davendranath Tancoo, will sit at the Red House, Port of Spain on January 8 from 10.30 am to discuss the audited financial statements of the Land […]