Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

Defence Force (18 points) registered their sixth straight win to start the 2024/25 TT Premier Football League (TTPFL) season on January 10 when they got a thumping 6-2 victory over Caledonia AIA at the Phase 2 La Horquetta Recreation Grounds. The reigning First Citizens Knockout Cup champions maintained their amazing high-scoring streak in the process […]

Rising Trinidad and Tobago goalkeeper Denzil Smith has made the move from the TT Premier Football League to the USL League One in the US, as he has signed a one-year contract with AV Alta Football Club (FC). Smith, 25, most recently showcased his talent with AC Port of Spain and Club Sando. Newsday contacted […]

HAZEL MARY THOMPSON-AHYE ON NEW Year’s morning I attended the 8 am Mass at my parish church. In the course of his sermon, the priest mentioned the words “child rights.” It was music to my ears. I thought I was in for a treat. Glory Hallelujah! My joy was short-lived, however, for, as the sermon […]

CHIEF SECRETARY Farley Augustine said he will be setting his own term limit as head of the Tobago House of Assembly (THA). He was speaking on January 10 in the latest episode of Auto Correct, an online series to discuss Tobago’s autonomy. Augustine said, “I have no dreams, no aspirations to be a Chief Secretary […]

OSWAIN SUBERO, ACP, Tobago Division, says this year his officers will be focusing on removing guns and narcotics from the island. He made the statement at a Tobago security council stakeholders meeting at the Hochoy Charles Administrative Complex, Calder Hall, on January 9. The meeting, which explored strategies to cushion the negative impact of the […]

EARL ELIE, Snr Supt, Tobago Division, has revealed that children as young as 12 are becoming involved in gang activity. He was speaking at a Tobago security council stakeholder meeting at the Hochoy Charles Administrative Complex, Calder Hall, on January 9. The meeting, chaired by Chief Secretary Farley Augustine, examined the strategies being implemented to […]

THE State has conceded liability in a lawsuit filed by a San Fernando businesswoman who was arrested at a Woodbrook nightclub in 2017. The concession came on the morning of the trial on January 9. As a result, on assessment of damages Justice Ricky Rahim ordered the State to pay Marsha Khan $125,000 for false […]

THE review tribunal established under the emergency powers regulations has issued procedural guidelines to govern the review of cases for individuals detained under the state of emergency (SoE). These guidelines were gazetted on January 9, and outline the rights of detainees and the processes for conducting reviews of detention cases. The guidelines say detainees held […]

LOU LYONS, co-founder of the band Freetown Collective, has accepted an apology from the South Caribbean Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists (SDA). Lyons’ attorney Joel Roper confirmed his client’s position, while urging the public to be responsible and mindful of what they share and circulate on social media. On January 6, Roper sent a pre-action protocol […]

NOTABLE songwriter, tutor, and artist Roger Boothman has died. In 2024 he was awarded the Hummingbird Medal (Silver) for his dedicated service and contribution to culture and the arts. Boothman began painting in the mid-1960s at Tranquility Primary School, Port of Spain and went on to the Tranquility Secondary School, where he graduated with a […]