Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

OPPOSITION Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has questioned the signing of five agreements between TT and the US, two of which could permit the US to station troops in TT in the event of a “conflict” in neighbouring Venezuela. Persad-Bissessar called upon the government to make the details of those agreements public. She made those statements to […]

In a heart-warming display of compassion, a police officer in Chaguanas is being praised for his kind act towards an injured boy last week. A video circulating on social media shows the boy, with his right foot bandaged, piggybacking on PC Wallace, a member of the Chaguanas Foot Patrol Unit, as the officer carries him […]

INNOVATIVE Democratic Alliance (IDA) political leader Dr Denise Tsoiafatt Angus has chastised Chief Secretary and Tobago People’s Party leader Farley Augustine for calling the Prime Minister a house slave. Augustine did so at a news conference and on Facebook on December 9 after the failure of the main Tobago autonomy bill in the Parliament. During […]

The current Status of Forces (SOFA) agreement between the US and TT was entered into in early 2013, while the Kamla Persad-Bissessar-People’s Partnership government was in office. That version of the agreement was published on US Department of State website. It was extended by diplomatic note on December 19, 2022. “The Embassy has the further […]

The Prime Minister says his government will not support any plans by the US to place troops in Trinidad and Tobago in the event of a conflict in Venezuela. He emphasised this repeatedly at a post-cabinet media briefing on December 12, at which he berated the Newsday for its article titled “Government signs agreement as […]

OPPOSITION Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar says the UNC is seeking a “coalition of interests” with other groups ahead of the next general election. She did not say whether the effort would lead to something similar to the now-defunct People’s Partnership (PP)) coalition which won the May 2010 election. Persad-Bissessar also admitted to the UNC having differences […]

ZURI Ferguson shattered another national record at the World Aquatics Short Course Championships in Hungary, this time, in the women’s 50-metre backstroke. At the Duna Arena in Budapest on December 12, Ferguson, 17, became the first TT female to dip below the 28-second barrier in this event when she clocked 27.83 seconds in heat three […]

MARKETING solutions provider Eric Solis Marketing (Solis) has reported a solid cash position of $10.69 million as of October 31, driven by proceeds from its recent initial public offering (IPO). While net profit for the first half of the financial year declined to $1.14 million from $1.39 million, the company’s shareholders’ equity rose by 12.5 […]

CHIEF SECRETARY Farley Augustine has advised parents to give their children books as opposed to toys this Christmas. He spoke to reporters on December 11 after delivering remarks at the opening of the Logos Hope at the Scarborough port, Tobago. The ship, which has the world’s largest floating book fair, arrived at the port from […]

NATIONAL Transformation Alliance (NTA) political leader Gary Griffith has questioned what he described as an attempt by United National Congress (UNC) political leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar to fool the population into believing the UNC is forming a genuine political alliance with other entities to win the next general election. Persad-Bissessar was scheduled to meet with representatives […]