Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

A new group representing attorneys from Central Trinidad has been formed. The Assembly of Central Legal Practitioners (ACLP) is chaired by Kiel Taklalsingh. The executive includes Simbhoonath Sawh, Sunil Seecharan, Steven Mawer and Naveen Maraj. A release on January 6, said the executive was elected by the membership on December 18. There are some 75 […]

THE DECISION of Keith Rowley, 75, to announce Stuart Young, 49, as his successor as Prime Minister after a closed-door meeting of the PNM’s parliamentary arm at Lowlands, Tobago, on January 6 sends contradictory signals for the party and the country. Mr Young represents, to some extent, change; but the manner of his selection reflects […]

AFTER an almost three-week break, thousands of children returned to school on January 6, for the start of the first term of this year. When Newsday visited the Arima Girls RC, Arima Girls’ Government Primary and the Arima Boys RC schools, the compounds were bustling with activity as parents bade goodbye with hugs and kisses […]

WEST INDIES will host Pakistan for three One-Day Internationals at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba from July 21-August 1. This was announced by Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) president Azim Bassarath at the launch of the Namalco Construction Services Ltd North South Classic on January 6. All three matches will be day/night […]

THE NCB Financial Group Ltd (NCBFG) has announced the appointment of three new members to the board of directors in NCBFG and National Commercial Bank Jamaica Ltd (NCBJ). In an investor release, published on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange’s website on January 6, NCBFG said Arvinder Bharath was appointed to the NCBFG board on […]

POLICE have dismissed conspiracy claims that the assassination of special prosecutor Randall Hector was linked to his previous role with the Strategic Services Agency (SSA). Hector, 43, was shot dead in front of his wife and children, minutes after leaving the Seventh-day Adventist Church at Stanmore Avenue in Port of Spain on December 31. He […]

HOMICIDE Bureau of Investigations police have been instructed to charge a 38-year-old man with the murder of a Marabella resident in November 2024. On January 6, after reviewing a file, the deputy director of public prosecutions, Sabrina Dougdeen-Jaglal, advised Region Three homicide investigators to charge Nickel Joseph of Sunset Drive Plaisance Park in Pointe-a-Pierre. The […]

ACTING Chief Fire Officer (CFO) Andy Hutchinson chose his words carefully when asked whether the Fire Service was considering reviewing and revising its fire-response measures. In a phone interview with Newsday on January 6, Hutchinson said there were “lots of things we are doing,” but refrained from commenting further, citing the need to await the […]

THREE people were arrested, two rifles and quantities of ammunition were seized by officers during ongoing state of emergency operations in the Eastern, Port of Spain, and North-Eastern Divisions on January 4, police have advised. In a release, police said officers of the Valencia CID held an exercise between 4-7 pm on January 4, which […]

GUARDIAN Media Ltd (GML) has announced the appointment of Candice Changoor as chief financial officer in a notice on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange (TTSE) website on January 2. Changoor has been acting as CFO since December 1, 2023. The official role took effect from January 1. “The company and the board of directors […]