Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

AFTER Donald Trump’s win, late-night hosts and the internet wasted no time jumping on Kamala Harris’s Obamaesque (albeit uninspired) campaign slogan “We’re not going back.” In a bizarre mashup of horrified hilarity, they trilled separately in unison, “We ARE going back!” Pollsters, pundits, bookmakers, chat-show parrots – many were stunned into silence as the comeback […]

Dr Asha Pemberton [email protected] PROBLEMATIC technology use is one of a few terms used to refer to a state of preoccupation, loss of control or intense withdrawal experiences related to internet use, social media gaming, and/or similar technology. Implicit in the condition is an overall negative impact on daily functioning. Its prevalence appears to be […]

THE EDITOR: Letting the TT dollar free-float is being bandied about by some economists. This is a slippery slope with lots of empirical evidence to suggest it will not improve our situation, but only go towards higher inflation (look at Venezuela, Ecuador, Zimbabwe and Argentina, which have adopted the US dollar, or in the case […]

THE EDITOR: John Acton (1834-1902)’s famous quote, “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely,” serves as a stark reminder of the risks of unchecked authority. Prime Minister Rowley has drawn growing criticism for his increasingly harsh and at times derogatory language – a significant shift from the more respectful tone he maintained as […]

THE 20-year-old police constable charged with robbery with aggravation in connection with an armed robbery that took place two weeks ago in the Barrackpore district has been granted $150,000 bail. Anthony Sahadeo, who is based at the Praedial Larceny Squad (PLS) in Craignish Village in Princes Town, appeared before master Sarah De Silva in the […]

FORMER Barbados senator Kristina Hinds says there may not be any real change in US policy towards the Caribbean and Latin America after Donald Trump is inaugurated as the 47th US president on January 20. She expressed this view during a virtual forum on the November 4 US presidential election hosted by the University of […]

PARTS of south Trinidad were left under water after torrential rain caused widespread flash flooding to low-lying areas on November 12. The flood started within hours of a yellow-level alert from the Met Office on that same day, owing to the passage of an Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ). Floods affected residents in areas such as […]

THE Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) is facing an average deficit of 33 per cent in its three reservoirs in Trinidad when compared to the long term average, while Tobago’s Hillsborough Reservoir is at 100 per cent capacity. The figures were released in video updates posted to WASA’s Facebook page on November 14. The Navet […]

IN its quest to build a resilient Caribbean energy sector, Heritage Petroleum Company Ltd (Heritage) welcomed a high-level delegation from Suriname’s national oil company, Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname NV (Staatsolie), at its corporate head office on October 23. Co-ordinated by the National Energy Corporation of TT Ltd (National Energy), Staatsolie’s delegation visit included strategic meetings and […]

THE Indian High Commission held an event on November 13 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) programme. Foreign and Caricom Affairs Minister Dr Amery Browne was the chief guest of honour at the event held at the Mahatma Gandhi Institute for Cultural Cooperation in Mt Hope, a release […]