Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

NATIONAL Transformation Alliance (NTA) political leader Gary Griffith named potential candidates for six constituencies ahead of next year’s general elections, at a briefing at the party headquarters in Mt Lambert on November 16. They are Jairzinho Rigsby (Arima), Dr Kevin Sarran (San Fernando West), Savita Pierre (Tunapuna), Christine Newallo-Hosein (Toco/Sangre Grande) and Bernie Maharaj (Port […]

MASSY Gas Products Ltd is assuring the public’s safety following the release of excess nitrogen gas at its Point Lisas Plant on November 15. On November 15, a video was shared on social media around 9.30 pm showing a white cloud of fumes being released from the plant. Massy Gas, in a news release issued […]

Police are trying to determine the motive for the murder of a Ste Madeleine taxi driver who was shot dead outside his home on November 15. The victim has been identified as 47-year-old Kennty Mitchell. Police said officers of the Ste Madeleine Police Station responded to a report of several loud explosions heard at Richie […]

THE House of Representatives will meet on November 18, to debate five nominees proposed as members of the Police Service Commission. The Order Paper lists the nominees as Dr Wendell C Wallace, Annika Fritz-Browne, Ethel Hector-Berkeley, Roger Babooram and Ian Kevin Ramdhanie, the latter being a member of the former commission. The Prime Minister will […]

THE EDITOR: So what is really the policy of this Cabinet? Our Education Ministry refuses to acknowledge students who excel at their examinations, but there is the Trade Ministry rewarding business people who already are rewarded by making money in their businesses. Oh, but wait, the Caribbean-based CXC decided to acknowledge performances of TT students […]

RURAL Development and Local Government Minister Faris Al-Rawi says exaggerations fuelled by political motives are not helpful to people who were affected by flooding on November 14. He made this comment in response to a question from Couva North MP Ravi Ratiram in the House of Representatives on November 15. Al-Rawi observed that the question […]

A NEW Coca-Cola Intercol national and south zone champion will be crowned this year after Naparima College ousted city rivals and title holders Presentation College San Fernando 4-1 on penalty kicks at Ato Boldon Stadium in Balmain, Couva, on November 15. And at Mahaica Sports Complex in Pt Fortin, Secondary Schools Football League premiership winners […]

THE PORT impasse is not only the fault of the current government but also the previous one. In fact, it is the perfect example of what is broken in our system of leadership. The system is not serving people. There’s no question protest action will be disruptive and will have maximum impact should it continue. […]

A total of eight titles will be on the line when the Trinidad and Tobago Kickboxing Federation (TTKBF), in collaboration with Combine Martial Arts Kickboxing Academy, hosts its 2024 High Impact Championships at the Tacarigua Sporting Complex from 7 pm on November 16. The kickboxing championships have had an absence of over five years, and […]

Newly-appointed Soca Warriors head coach Dwight Yorke welcomes the push to amend the nation’s immigration laws to allow foreign-based players whose grandparents were born in TT, a chance to play for national teams. As it stands, Chapter two, section 17 (ii) of the TT Constitution states that “A person shall not become a citizen of […]