Trinidad & Tobago Newsday
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BANGLADESH got their first Test win on Caribbean soil in 15 years when they defeated West Indies by 101 runs in the second Test of their two-match series at Sabina Park in Kingston, Jamaica on December 3. After being bowled out for 268 in their second innings in the first session on day four, the […]
OFFICIALS of the Ministry of Education say they are changing the school curriculum to adjust to a modern world of technological advances. This is overdue. Senior civil servants attending a regional workshop in Port of Spain on December 2 said their current focus was on revitalising technical and vocational education and training, or TVET. “We […]
Bishop Anstey High School in Port of Spain hosted its first all-inclusive Carnival fete organised by its alumnae to assist the school in 1996. Over the years, the fete has assisted with funding the construction of the environmental science block, and the refurbishment and modernisation of Anstey House. A media release said as time progressed, […]
THE EDITOR: A recent newspaper editorial addressed, quite relevantly, the question of violence against women and girls as we observe 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. Coming as it does just after International Men’s Day on November 19, as proposed by Newsday columnist Dr Jerome Teelucksingh and officially accepted by the UN, this annual […]
THE Central Bank has issued a provisional registration to e-money issuer WamNow Technologies Ltd, (WamNow), the bank said in a release on December 2. “Under the terms of the provisional registration, WamNow will be allowed to enlist new customers in a controlled environment, monitored by the Central Bank,” the release said. WamNow is a privately-owned […]
WEST Indies have been set a total of 287 by Bangladesh to win the second Test of their two-match series at Sabina Park in Kingston, Jamaica. With a savage onslaught from middle-order batsman Jaker Ali (91 from 106 balls), the visitors got to 268 in their second innings in the morning session on December 3. […]
A man from southwest Trinidad has been sentenced to one year in prison after pleading guilty to having cocaine. Antonio Coutou, 58, from SS Erin Road in Rancho Quemado, appeared before High Court Master Margaret Sookraj-Goswami at the North A Court on December 2. Coutou was arrested during a joint anti-crime operation by the South […]
A 29-year-old Oropune man has survived after he was shot outside his Piarco workplace several times. The man, a labourer at Brandon’s Auto, was leaving work at around 8.30 pm on December 2, when he heard gunshots and ran inside. The victim has gunshot injuries to his lower and upper left leg, left buttocks, rear […]
NAPARIMA MP Rodney Charles has labelled the Prime Minister’s meeting with members of the US congress on November 30 as “a glamorous photo-op” which he says will have little impact on US-Caricom relations. Dr Rowley and other regional leaders met with a bipartisan US Congressional delegation in Barbados. The delegation was led by US Democratic […]
THE Copyright Music Organisation of Trinidad and Tobago (COTT) says elections for a new executive board have been postponed until further notice after threats of violence were made at its AGM. A total of 23 people were set to vie for ten spots as writers, producers, publishers and performers on November 28. The election was […]