Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

THE search continues for missing Well Services Petroleum Company Ltd employee Pete Phillips, just over a day after the offshore rig he was working on collapsed. A release from Heritage Petroleum Company on December 23 said it is continuing its support in managing the incident on Rig 110. It said i an incident management team […]

A 36-year-old judicial support officer was chopped to death in a home invasion in Moruga early on December 23. Stacy Gopaulsingh, 36, of Poui Trace in St Mary’s Village, died in her home. She  reportedly worked with the Judiciary. The murder occurred around 3 am. Gopaulsingh, her husband, and their child were asleep when men […]

The government’s appointment of a three-member committee to investigate the circumstances of the house fire in which Minister in the Ministry of Education, Lisa Morris-Julian, and two of her children – one just six years old – died, must lead to a deeper examination of how effective the Fire Service is to respond to fire […]

Debbie Jacob MY CHRISTMAS reading tradition always features a magical, unforgettable book that I can remember as a defining moment of that year’s holiday. This Christmas, my choice is Village of One: Essays on Trinbago’s Past, Places, People by Trinidad Express journalist Richard Charan. In this remarkable collection of essays, which originally appeared as newspaper […]

BitDepth#1490 Mark Lyndersay PRETTY MUCH everything on this list falls in the category of stocking stuffer, the kind of small gift that’s considerate and thoughtful but not overwhelmingly expensive or likely to create guilt if the giver didn’t actually get a gift. You might also find this list handy to get yourself something special. In […]

Austin Fido AS YEAR-END approaches, it is time for taking stock. In that spirit, here is a look at some highlights and lowlights of the political scene from around the world: this column’s entirely unofficial Year in Politics Awards (2024 global edition). 1. The Don’t-Try-This-At-Home Award: Javier Milei Javier Milei has spent much of December […]

ATTORNEY and former United National Congress (UNC) senator Wayne Sturge has been selected by the UNC as its candidate for Toco/Sangre Grande for the 2025 general election. Sturge was among five candidates  the UNC announced in a media release on December 22. Also on the UNC slate are John Michael Alibocas (San Fernando East); Dr […]

THE Fireworks Action Coalition of Trinidad and Tobago (FACTT) has written to the Prime Minister urging him to protect the public from the damaging effects of fireworks. Their appeal comes mere days ahead of the New Year, which is typically ushered in by fireworks on the stroke of midnight. In a letter on December 20, […]

THE family of Well Services employee Pete Phillip are distraught after he was confirmed missing after the partial collapse of an oil rig he was working on. Phillip was one of 75 workers on Rig 110 in the Heritage East Offshore Area when the incident happened around 3.09 am on December 22. At his family’s […]

WITH just a day to Christmas, Tobago businessmen have observed that shoppers are very cautious about their spending. But they are still urging them to shop local and support the island’s economy “while preparing to weather the economic challenges until brighter days arrive.” Tobago Chamber of Industry and Commerce president Curtis Williams said several of […]