Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

PC Shzeem Williams was remembered by loved ones and colleagues as a dedicated officer. Speaking during his funeral, held on Valentine’s Day and what would have been Williams’s 25th birthday, Central Division acting Snr Supt Ian Carty commended his drive and success in combatting criminal elements. He said Williams was an exceptional officer for his […]

A Piarco woman was beaten and her mother and sister robbed after seven masked men forced their way into their home. The 35-year-old woman was outside around 7.50 am on February 13 when the men approached. One had a gun. The men forced her back into the house, which she shares with her 28-year-old sister […]

A LEGAL battle is brewing between Secretary of Education, Research and Technology Zorisha Hackett and PNM Tobago Council political leader Ancil Dennis over alleged defamatory remarks made by the latter in relation to the THA’s tertiary student support programme. Dennis posted the comments on social media on February 5. Attorney Marion Ingrid Melville, who is […]

A 44-year-old single mother of six was left fighting for her life after she was the victim of a drive-by shooting in Marabella on February 13. Neighbours told police around 6.20 pm Jacqueline Joseph was walking home from buying groceries along Boodoosingh Drive Drive, Battoo Avenue, when an unidentified white car drove by and an […]

A PRISON officer who showed up at a police station around midnight wearing only underwear and demanding to be arrested was granted his request, after he fought with police and threw stones at the building. Around 11.45 pm on February 12, the man went to the Malabar Police Station and banged on the front door. […]

A 44-year-old Marabella woman is in critical condition after she was shot several times in a drive-by shooting on the night of February 13. Neighbours told police Jacqueline Joseph was walking home from buying groceries along Boodoosingh Drive, Battoo Avenue, around 6.20 pm when a white car drove by and someone inside started shooting at […]

In a shocking turn of events, a vendor who was robbed of a $10,000 gold bera in December at the Central Market, Port of Spain spotted the suspect speaking with police officers on February 9. A bera is a traditional gold bracelet with East Indian origins. The victim told officers the 18-year-old man from Beetham […]

Trinidad and Tobago Red Force batsman Jason Mohammed continued his prolific season with an innings of 204 not out against Leeward Islands Hurricanes on day two of their West Indies Four-Day Championship round-three clash at Warner Park in Basseterre, St Kitts on February 13. Mohammed has now scored 483 runs in three innings with scores […]

DEOCHAND RAMJIT SINGH DURING MY recent visit to New York with my wife, who is originally from there, I had the opportunity to experience a public transportation system that is efficient, reliable, and accessible. The contrast between New York’s well-structured transport network and the dysfunctional system in TT highlights a critical issue that we have […]

ST Mary’s College (CIC) got their innings off to a disastrous start against Presentation College San Fernando in their round-five match in the PowerGen Secondary Schools Cricket League premier division on February 11. CIC were three wickets down with just five runs on the board, before Jadon Simon stepped in to rescue the innings. The […]