Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

ATTORNEY Jagdeo Singh is advocating for the placing of electronic bracelets on every lawbreaker, as an effective tool to crime reduction in the country. A panelist at the UNC Town Hall meeting on Justice Reform at the Barataria Community Centre on November 25, Singh made the case for “placing an electronic bracelet on every person […]

Charges have been re-laid against the seven officers whose case collapsed after being charged with Misbehaviour in Public Office. A media release by the police on November 26 said the charges were re-laid after discussions with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). The case was initially dismissed on November 18 owing to […]

An announcement about the selected organisation to partner with the government for its international soca competition is expected by December 6. Tourism, Culture and the Arts Minister Randall Mitchell shared this information as Newsday sought follow-up information about it on November 26. In April, Mitchell invited interested parties to partner with the government for a […]

FIVE people, including a minor, appeared in court in Tobago over the last week for varying offences, including robbery with violence, robbery with aggravation, and larceny. Kody Bailey, 21, of Mt St George, was charged with robbery with violence, malicious wounding, common assault and possession of ammunition which occurred in the district on November 11, […]

HEALTH Minister Terrence Deyalsingh has said assessments have been done on all regional health authorities (RHAs) to ensure they can protect themselves against cyberattacks. He made these comments in the House of Representatives on November 22. After a cyberattack on the South West Regional Health Authority (SWRHA) last October, Deyalsingh said the National Security Ministry’s […]

MISS UNIVERSE is about beauty, but this year things got ugly. Jenelle Thongs, 32, this country’s representative, faced a backlash from people critical of her size and style. But the account of her journey and her experiences throughout all of it – given by her in an interview published in this newspaper last weekend – […]

ON November 8, the Special Tribunal of the Industrial Court delivered a final judgement on a matter involving the Estate Police Association (EPA) and the Central Bank of TT (CBTT). The two parties were embroiled in the collective bargaining process since December 2015 for the three-year period January 2015-December 2017. At the conclusion of the […]

THE EDITOR: The crime rate in TT has gone past alarming levels, creating significant impacts on small to medium-sized businesses and the real estate market, including commercial rentals. The penetrating atmosphere of insecurity has reduced economic activity, discouraging both local and foreign investors from putting their trust and money into and expanding business ventures or […]

THE EDITOR: Recently with forex shortages and the actions by workers on the port, our dependence on foreign imported goods and materials has come to the forefront – with up to 90 per cent of what we need having to be brought in. As a small country it is inevitable that we would not be […]

THE EDITOR: November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, serves as a sobering reminder of the disturbing epidemic of gender-based violence that continues to plague TT. Shockingly, 44 per cent of women and girls in our country have endured some form of gender-based violence in their lifetime – far exceeding […]