Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

TRADE and investment consultant to the Ministry of Trade and Industry Taharqa Obika does not subscribe to floating the TT dollar. Adding his voice to the argument, the economist, former banker and former UNC senator believes doing so would cause pain to fixed-income earners, as it would result in higher inflation. Finance Minister Colm Imbert […]

A 50-year-old man from Freeport was shot and killed on the afternoon of November 17. Anthony Seeriram, also known as “Tony” and “Jackie,” was found dead on Church Street in Chickland around 5 pm. Seeriram’s body was lying in the road near a grey Mitsubishi Lancer. He had been shot multiple times. He was wearing […]

A Sunday-morning trip to a poultry shop turned into a nightmare for a 62-year-old Otaheite woman after she was kidnapped, Tasered and raped by a man who claimed he was a police officer. The woman told police she was standing on the Southern Main Road near SM Jaleel in Oropouche waiting for a taxi to […]

AFTER a one-week closure owing to a rat infestation, classes have resumed at the Point Fortin RC Primary School. On November 11, the infants department of the school was dismissed early after rats and rat droppings were seen. Then the entire school was closed from November 12. Point Fortin mayor Clyde James had told Newsday […]

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THE Public Services Association (PSA) is calling on Keithroy Halliday, newly-appointed CEO of the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA), to address the issues highlighted in a recent High Court decision involving senior managers. The union also intends to write to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and the Commissioner of Police (CoP) to examine the […]

The Estate Police Association (EPA) is once again calling on Government to amend legislation governing the Essential Services Division (ESD) and the Special Tribunal of the Industrial Court. The EPA president Deryck Richardson renewed their plea at a press conference on November 16 after they found out the tribunal’s chairman would be part of a […]

DAVID SCARLETT RWB Aquatic Academy ended day three of the Aquatic Sports Association of TT (ASATT) National Open Short Course Championship in dramatic fashion on November 16 as they swam to gold in the mixed 11-and-over 400m medley relay at the National Aquatic Centre, Couva. RWB’s two relay teams, A and B, battled well in […]

What was supposed to be a weekend of celebrating his mother’s birthday turned deadly when a Claxton Bay man was killed in bed while sleeping next to his common-law wife and two-month-old son. The victim was identified as Mark Phillip Heeralal, 24, a fisherman of Chocolate City Avenue, Sum Sum Hill, Claxton Bay. Police said […]

MP for Tabaquite, Anita Haynes-Alleyne, is calling on authorities to address what she describes as serial arson attacks on the Tortuga community. The latest attack, which she says occurred on November 14, resulted in the destruction of the Tortuga post office, a historical landmark. “The loss of the Tortuga Post Office is a blow to […]