Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

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 […]

THE Innovative Democratic Alliance (IDA) is calling for the rejection of the Tobago autonomy bills and is urging THA Chief Secretary Farley Augustine to show “bold, unifying leadership” by spearheading an inclusive consultation process on Tobago’s autonomy. In a release on November 13, the IDA said the Tobago Island Government Bill and The Constitution (Amendment) […]

THIS year marks the fourth consecutive year the National Gas Company of TT Ltd (NGC) has joined the TT Chamber of Industry and Commerce (TT Chamber) to sponsor two of the Champions of Business awards – the Business Hall of Fame and the Green Agenda Award. The award ceremony, which serves to recognise the invaluable […]

Holy Faith Convent (Couva) and Miracle Ministries Pentecostal High School surged into the central zone final of the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Coca-Cola girls’ intercol competition on November 14 with tense semifinal victories. Miracle Ministries, last year’s girls’ national intercol runners-up, emerged victorious in a five-goal thriller against Carapichaima West Secondary as they earned […]

THE Division of Infrastructure, Quarries and Urban Development (DIQUD) said the Windward Main Road at Roxborough, near Renaissance Park, will be temporarily closed to vehicular traffic from November 18. This is to facilitate a sewerage project in the area. Alternatively, the Cameron Canal Road, which connects eastward to the Roxborough/Bloody Bay Road, will be used […]

AMIDST ongoing public jitters over the possibility of an increase in water rates, cash-strapped and heavily subsidised public utility the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) is set to offer its incoming chief executive officer Keithroy Halliday a whopping base salary of $100,000 plus other perks. This was revealed on November 15 by WASA’s line minister […]

THE TT NGL Ltd has recorded a “remarkable” 153.2 per cent increase in profit after tax for the nine months ended September 30. In its unaudited financial statements, published on the TT Stock Exchange website on November 14, TTNGL said this substantial improvement is primarily driven by the enhanced profitability of its investment in Phoenix […]

YOUTH Development and National Service Minister Foster Cummings and UNC Senator Jayanti Lutchmedial-Ramdial will face off in the courtroom in July 2025. Three days in July have been set aside for Cummings’ defamation claim against the senator and a local media house. They are from July 21 to 23. Justice Nadia Kangaloo set the trial […]

MANY issues might decide the next general election. Tobago autonomy is one of them. Farley Augustine’s shift in tone as it relates to two pending bills on this matter is a strong sign that his party senses both peril and opportunity. In a political landscape characterised by deep divides and slender majorities, the two Tobago […]