Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

A man jailed for murder has been charged with making a video recording inside prison without the written authority of the commissioner of prisons. Dwayne Romany was charged on September 18 after he allegedly recorded a video in which he threatened the lives of prison officers and their families. In the video, he also demanded […]

POLICE from the Southern and South Western Divisions are searching for three men who abducted and robbed a 42-year-old man in La Romaine on September 17. The man was released within minutes, and the company van he was using was later found intact in La Brea. The police said around 5.50 am on September 17, […]

OROPOUCHE West MP Davendranath Tancoo has said, “I expect that the Minister of Finance in this, his tenth budget, will do exactly the same as he has done in the last nine. Firstly, he expected the minister, Colm Imbert, to gaslight citizens, hoping to get them to believe they are doing well and the country’s […]

STUDENTS of the St Dominic RC Primary School often have to share washrooms with strangers, and the heads of the school’s Parent Teacher Council and the TT Unified Teachers’ Association (TTUTA) are flagging this as a major safety risk, amidst other issues plaguing the school’s population. Since 2017, students have been split between the Penal […]

UWI will give 13 honorary degrees to people across the region during its 2024 graduation ceremonies between October 12 and November 9. In a release, UWI said this year’s recipients have had long and impactful careers in the areas of advocacy and activism, medicine, tourism, culture, sports, business, education, science and the music industry. At […]

SOUTHERN lawyers have proposed using an available courtroom at the Princes Town District Court for civil trials. When the San Fernando High Court was closed for infrastructural upgrades in August 2023, judges on the civil bench were told the Princes Town Family Court would be available for their use for San Fernando cases and encouraged […]

Four-time Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) champions Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) moved to second spot in the 2024 season on September 18 when they got a five-wicket win against Guyana Amazon Warriors at the Queen’s Park Oval, St Clair. The highly anticipated encounter saw the first meeting between last season’s finalists. And though the […]

Guyana Amazon Warriors posted 148 for seven in 20 overs batting first against Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) in the 2024 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League at Queen’s Park Oval in St Clair on September 18. In front a packed crowd, TKR spinners Waqar Salamkheil and Suni Narine grabbed 2/19 and 2/24 respectively to limit Amazon […]

AT least two Supreme Court judges have questioned the omission of various religious leaders from the ceremony for the formal opening of the 2024/2025 law term on September 20. For a second time, the ceremonial opening will be held at the National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA), Port of Spain. On that day, NAPA […]

THE 2024/2025 national budget will be presented on Monday, September 30, said a statement on the evening of September 18 from Finance Minister Colm Imbert. Opposition whip David Lee told Newsday the Opposition had suspected an early budget date. “We are not surprised by that date. We always felt it would have been September 30 […]