Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

THE Tobago House of Assembly and Minister of Youth Development and National Service will sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to share ideas and programmes to help support young people. The MOU was announced on September 17 at the ministry’s launch of the Amplify programme in Tobago at the Magdalena Grand Beach and Golf Resort, […]

PERMANENT SECRETARY of the Ministry of Trade Randall Karim commended the Jamaican Promotions Corporation (JamPro) and the Jamaican High Commission to Trinidad and Tobago on its latest trade mission to Trinidad and Tobago, calling it another step in Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica’s growing relationship. “We view this mission as another milestone in our bilateral […]

THE Education Ministry has said the flooding at St George’s College, Barataria, on September 18 was not connected to the recent repairs to the school’s roof and ceiling. It said attempts to connect the two are linked to an ongoing agenda to resist the school’s return to Barataria. In a release on September 18, the […]

TWO weeks after a rat infestation at the Palmyra Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha (SDMS) Hindu School shut down classes, permission has been given for the school’s physical reopening. A media release on September 17 from SDMS secretary general Vijay Maharaj said the Office of the County Medical Officer of Health, County Victoria, had given permission […]

CRICKET icon Brian Lara launched his book Lara: The England Chronicles, on September 17 at his home at Chancellor Hill, Port of Spain. Sport and Community Development Minister Shamfa Cudjoe-Lewis, Queen’s Park Cricket Club president Dr Nigel Camacho, members of TT’s under-17 cricket team and former West Indies and cricketer Dwayne Bravo were among those […]

CATCH the Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) in action this Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2024 with the following home-stand fixtures: Wednesday September 18, 2024 Trinbago Knight Riders vs. Guyana Amazon Warriors – Queen’s Park Oval, POS – 7.00 pm Thursday September 19, 2024 Trinbago Knight Riders vs. Antigua & Barbuda Falcons – Queen’s Park Oval, POS […]

IN ADJUDGING the Revenue Authority (TTRA) constitutional, the Privy Council has handed the Government a significant victory with consequences well beyond the administration of taxes. While the case in London against the authority was formulated somewhat differently, at its core was a fear that the new body could become simply a front through which politicians […]

THE EDITOR: As I sat at NAPA on September 16 celebrating the life of legendary musician and bandleader Roy Cape alongside hundreds of others, I could not help but ask, “Why was calypsonian Superior not afforded a similar honour when he died in December, 2018.” For those who may have forgotten, Lord Superior’s funeral was […]

THE organising committee of the National Security Sector Charity Golf tournament will host the fifth edition of the annual charity tournament on September 24 (Republic Day) at the Chaguaramas Golf Club. There will be a brief address to participants and guests before a ceremonial tee-off by the patron of the tournament – Minister of National […]

WEST Indies legend Brian Lara believes Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) can go the distance in this year’s Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League T20 tournament with the pedigree in their squad. TKR will play Guyana Amazon Warriors at the Queen’s Park Oval in St Clair at 7 pm on September 18. Lara gave his brief thoughts […]