Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

THE FIRST-EVER report of the regulator set up to implement the almost ten-year-old legal regime enacted to combat bobol was tabled in Parliament on September 9. It is a dispiriting read. According to the Office of Procurement Regulation’s Annual Report to Parliament for April 2023-April 2024, public body contracts totalling about $5 billion were awarded […]

Trinidad and Tobago concluded the Pan Am Men’s Hockey Challenge round robin phase unbeaten after executing a dominant 13-1 thumping of Paraguay in Peru on September 13. The victory affirmed them a spot in the title match on September 14, and victory here, guarantees them a spot in next year’s Panam Cup in Uruguay. They […]

ST Kitts and Nevis Patriots (SKNP) were dealt a sixth straight loss in the 2024 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) season on September 12 when they were beaten by a five-wicket margin by St Lucia Kings at the Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, Beausejour, St Lucia. Batting first, SKNP made 173 for five, with captain […]

Breadfruit, aptly named as history dictates that it once served as a main source of nourishment for the enslaved, who were brought to the Caribbean to work on the sugar plantations. It originates from the South Pacific and the trees were brought from Tahiti to Jamaica and St Vincent by Captains Bligh and Cook in […]

AMIDST claims of lack of support for the Trinidad and Tobago contingent for the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris, the Ministry of Sport and Community Development has made it “categorically” clear that the TT Paralympic Committee (TTPC) has not submitted an application for grant support since 2015. On September 13, the ministry issued a release […]

AFTER being greeted by a flooded venue in St Augustine for their first game of the 2024 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) premier division season on September 11, reigning champions Fatima College will hope to commence their title-defence on a winning note when they host the newly promoted Miracle Ministries Pentecostal High School on Mucurapo […]

Canadian YouTuber Christopher “Chris Must List” Hughes has received a variation in his bail conditions and will have his passport returned to him. He has also been permitted to appear virtually for his next court hearing in January. However, he is not yet free to leave TT as he first has to receive the permission […]

THE Port Lisas Industrial Development Corporation (Plipdeco) has given official notice to the TT Stock Exchange (TTSE) about its president Ashley Taylor being sent on administrative leave. The notice was issued on September 11. Plipdeco said Taylor was placed on leave on July 29. The company said this was done in accordance with Section 64 […]

A FIRE at a house in Cunupia has claimed the lives of Angela Ali, 53, and her daughter-in-law Ambika Ail, 30. The two were at their Persad Avenue, Mon Plaisir home with a male relative when the fire broke out at around 11 am on September 13. The relative was able to escape the fire […]

THE Unit Trust Corporation (UTC) says it fully supports the recent TT Stock Exchange (TTSE) rule amendment about listing requirements for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The amendment, which took effect on August 22, reduces the public float requirement for SMEs from 30 per cent to 20 per cent, allowing companies to retain a larger […]