Trinidad & Tobago Newsday
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THE track pair of Jereem Richards and Leah Bertrand swept the senior awards when the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) held its 2024 ceremony on December 29 at the Government Plaza Auditorium in Port of Spain. Richards and Bertrand both represented TT at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Richards won the 2024 Sportsman of the […]
THE Chaguanas Chamber of Commerce wants the Minister of Finance to extend the property tax amnesty deadline by a week because of administrative disruptions expected from the state of emergency (SoE) imposed on December 30. “With the declaration of the state of emergency (SoE) and the Ministry of Finance’s half-day closure, there is growing concern […]
BitDepth#1491 Mark Lyndersay THERE ARE two kinds of new-car buyers. Those who want to feel a communion with their new vehicle, ensuring that its style and backstory align with their own aspirations, and those who read and compare specifications, comparing them with elaborate spreadsheets. When it comes to technology, I’m a little bit of both. […]
THE EDITOR: As the Christmas season continues, a time meant for joy, unity, and hope, the people of TT are instead gripped by fear and despair. The alarming rate of violence, crime, poverty, and social inequality has painted a grim picture of our nation under Dr Rowley and the PNM. How much more can we […]
THE EDITOR: It certainly isn’t the outcome any of us wanted, but 2024 has broken a grim record with the highest murder toll in local history. With 615 murders at the time of writing on December 27, TT once again finds itself with the unenviable reputation as a Caribbean crime hotbed. Junior Minister of National […]
Debbie Jacob MAYBE IT’S time to shake the tradition of New Year’s resolutions and substitute something more meaningful and achievable in their place. An article entitled Six Unusual Alternatives to Traditional New Year’s Resolutions by Vanessa Lancaster in the January 12, 2023 edition of Psychology Today suggests some interesting ideas while reminding us that less […]
Taureef Mohammed “WE DID everything the right way.” Canada had told them they were the perfect immigrants: they were young, educated and employable. Nobody had sponsored them; they had qualified to come to Canada, scoring high on the points system. I felt as though I knew this couple. They could be my family, my old […]
ROMAN Catholic Archbishop of Port of Spain Jason Gordon urged everyone to forgive family members who offended them in the past, as a way to improve all of their lives and the condition of TT. He urged this be done for the jubilee year of 2025, the launch of which he celebrated by a holy […]
THE attorney for one of the men charged in the 2014 murder of Senior Counsel Dana Seetahal is calling on the Commissioner of Police to provide evidence that would be used against his client as well as answers to alternative theories surrounding the murder. In a letter dated December 24, Quantum Legal attorney Aaron Lewis […]
HAVING recovered the laptop and cellphone belonging to a 36-year-old pregnant woman who was hacked to death at her home in St Mary’s Village, Moruga, on December 23, investigators believe they might be a step closer to finding her killer. On December 28, the police remained tight-lipped but confirmed that no suspects had been detained […]