Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

WEST INDIES head coach Daren Sammy wants to end the competitive year with a welcomed One-Day International series victory over Bangladesh. The first of three matches bowls off at Warner Park in St Kitts on December 8 and Sammy remains hellbent on notching their second consecutive ODI series win, having ousted England 2-1 in the […]

ACE cyclist Nicholas Paul concluded his UCI Track Champions League campaign fifth in the men’s sprint category after the five-leg tourney concluded at Lee Valley VeloPark in London on December 7. After topping the sprint’s heat three ahead of Australian Thomas Cornish and Malaysian Muhammad Firdaus, Paul lined up against the tournament’s top two sprinters, […]

OFFICERS from the Port of Spain Division Task Force arrested four people, including a robbery suspect, in an operation on December 6. The operation also resulted in the seizure of a quantity of marijuana, ammunition and camouflage clothing. A police release, on December 7, said the operation between 4 am and 8.30 am targeted priority […]

Fire officers extinguished a blaze at one of the apartments at Maloney Gardens, early on December 7, before it spread to other units. A media release from the Housing Development Corporation (HDC) said the fire started at around 3.30 am on the second floor of Building 17. Initial reports said a resident was boiling water […]

Arima police, who went to the home of a 40-year-old man in Guayaguayare to search for guns and ammunition, instead found a quantity of cocaine on December 6. The homeowner was immediately arrested. The cocaine has an estimated street value of $7,000. The police said around 3 pm, the officers went to the house in […]

Two early morning accidents in Barataria and Gasparillo have claimed the lives of two people. The first accident occurred around 3 am at Fifth Street, near Don Miguel Road, in Barataria. Initial reports said Randy Persad, 44, was driving his car when he lost control, causing the car to crash into the concrete median. Persad, […]

DOCTORS are essential. So why aren’t they being paid fairly? The issue arises given the emergence, on December 1, of a petition calling on Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh to address outstanding salary negotiations. “We work tirelessly to provide healthcare to citizens, yet our voices have not been heard,” says the document, which was published […]

Dara E Healy A traditional mas Christmas “Oh ho! Don’t play you didn’t know I am a pierrot, like the griot from long ago They say I am French, but only in name My clothing and speech are from Africa I proclaim! From the Yoruba came the strips of cloth In honour of the egungun […]

THE EDITOR: On December 3, the West Indies not only lost the second Test match against Bangladesh, but also slipped to ninth or bottom place in the ICC Test rankings. And despite the loss, the captain only spoke of the positives of the (continued) losses. I had the opportunity to watch the last eight wickets […]

Pancakes still remain a more popular breakfast item, high and mighty, light and fluffy, drenched with syrup it’s easily everyone’s favourite breakfast. French toast is my favourite. Saturday mornings in my early teens, would often find me sleepy-eyed, dipping sliced bread into whipped eggs and then pan frying until golden and fragrant, it would then […]