Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

THE TASK of incoming WASA CEO Keithroy Halliday is gargantuan. Mr Halliday will bear the burden of being the newest face, for the moment, of the State’s long-term plans for the transformation of the water authority. Thus far, those plans have seemed as deep as they have been delayed: a Cabinet committee reportedly recommended a […]

THE EDITOR: The 2013 budget of the Kamla Persad-Bissessar-led People’s Partnership government was entitled “Stimulating Growth, Generating Prosperity.” In stark contrast to the modus operandi of the PNM government where budgets are just given titles to gaslight the population, the budgets of Persad-Bissessar reflected the actual policy direction and government-driven implementation process. The 2013 budget […]

AUGUST 2024 was the bloodiest month in Trinidad and Tobago’s history, and the bloodshed looks set to continue in September as police search for leads in the murder of Maloney resident Vinod Hamid, despite other residents refusal to cooperate with them. Hamid, 41, of Sanderling Boulevard was shot dead in his garage on September 1. […]

THREE females, among them a 17-year-old minor, are believed to be victims of human trafficking over the weekend in south Trinidad. Police from the Counter Trafficking Unit and Southern Division were working together to fight against such crime, senior police confirmed on September 2. The Venezuelan victims, 17, 18, and 24, who were held against […]

THE Works and Transport Ministry says it is addressing infrastructural concerns with respect to the Bridal Road Bridge, Cunupia and the Perseverance Road Bridge, Chaguanas. The ministry gave this assurance in a statement issued on September 2. In that statement, the ministry expressed concern that statements made by Chaguanas Mayor Faaiq Mohammed about both bridges […]

A Toco woman was allegedly tricked out of $6,000 after she responded to a Facebook advertisement for a ‘rent-to-own’ vehicle. The 49-year-old labourer saw the advertisement for a Nissan Wingroad in which a woman asked for a $6,000 downpayment and 20 monthly instalments of $2,000 for the car. She contacted the woman on August 30, […]

DAZZLING fireworks lit up the night sky for the annual Independence Day celebrations at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain on August 31. Newsday’s chief photographer Jeff K Mayers captured these images from the rooftop of the National Insurance Board (NIBTT). Special thanks to the NIBTT for making these images possible.       […]

THE Division of Tourism, Culture, Antiquities and Transportation has denied evicting any tenant from the Store Bay Beach Facility or having a final plan for the redevelopment of the popular Tobago spot. The division was responding to a Facebook post on the I Support Phillip Alexander page on August 30, which claimed that the facility […]

ST GEORGES College will only accommodate form-one and form-two students on September 2, the first day of school, sources within the school told Newsday on September 1. A letter obtained by Newsday from Sanjeveen Persad, school supervisor of the St George East education district, shared with parents over the weekend said, “Kindly note, only students […]

THE EDITOR: Agriculture, Land and Fisheries Minister Kazim Hosein recently presented letters of appointment to members of the newly established cabinet-appointed Food Security and Food Prices Committee. Kudos to the Government for its initiatives and progressive thinking, which are geared to take this country to the next level and boost the agriculture sector. It is […]