Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

ATTORNEY General Reginald Armour, SC, says the State’s success in defending the challenge to the year-long extension of the Police Commissioner’s service demonstrates Cabinet’s commitment to the national interest. Armour commented on the Privy Council’s dismissal of a challenge by activist Ravi Balgobin-Maharaj of the validity of the extension of Commissioner Erla Harewood-Christopher’s service beyond […]

A 44-YEAR-OLD construction worker convicted of raping a tenant of his St James apartment in 2012 will remain in prison for a little over six years. Justice Kathy Ann Waterman-Latchoo sentenced Mark Calvahal on December 19. Calvahal was found guilty after a judge-only trial on December 9. Waterman-Latchoo began with a 12-year sentence, giving him […]

AS THE COUNTRY continues to process the horrific deaths of Lisa Morris-Julian and two of her children in a fire, an unsavoury, untimely and unproductive series of exchanges between Public Utilities Minister Marvin Gonzales and fire service officials has broken out. This has needlessly compounded the tragedy. Too many questions attend the events of December […]

Jerome Teelucksingh CHRISTMAS is embraced in our multicultural, religious and ethnically diverse Caribbean society. We accept and celebrate this season, but often forget the reason for the season. It is difficult to give one definition of Christmas. For some, Christmas is sharing happy moments with loved ones – a time of laughter, happiness, peace, love […]

Dr Rita Pemberton THE SUGAR planters of Tobago gave very strong indications of their opposition to emancipation during the apprenticeship system from 1834-1838, which was a part of their negotiated compensation package. Although it was verbalised as a period of preparation of the enslaved population for the responsibilities of freedom, it was in fact a […]

THE EDITOR: ‘Tis the season to be jolly. However, there are some among us who are dealing with the tragic loss of a loved one. And by that I don’t only mean those who have had family or friends snatched from them by murder or accident. In fact, even when someone passes after an illness […]

THE EDITOR: I am asking for the following information with regard to the TT Fire Service. * How many fire stations are there in TT? * Names of stations with zero functional fire tender. * Names of stations with one functional fire tender. * Names of stations with two functional fire tenders. * Names of […]

THE EDITOR: There are a few things that I have great difficulty in participating. Beach clean-up is one. I believe our beaches should always be clean and that cleaning exercise ought to be the regular duty of the local government body in that area. So, when groups and politicians show up with the media to […]

MINISTER in the Ministry of Education and D’Abadie/O’Meara MP Lisa Morris-Julian will be given a state-assisted funeral. Foreign and Caricom Affairs Minister Dr Amery Browne told Newsday this on December 18. Morris-Julian and two of her children – Jesiah, six, and Xianne, 25 – died in a fire at their home on Farfan Street, Arima, […]

TRIBUTES continue to flow for minister in the Ministry of Education and MP for D’Abadie/O’Meara Lisa Morris-Julian and two of her children, Xianne and Jesiah, who died in a house fire in the early hours of December 16. Morris-Julian’s command of respect across the region was evident from the chorus of condolences from the Caricom […]