Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

UNC political leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has told party supporters they will never, ever have a leader like her. She also warned they could be their own worst enemies if they allow the PNM to win the next general election. Persad-Bissessar was addressing a UNC cottage meeting in Chaguanas on August 26. She said, “You have […]

PSA president Leroy Baptiste is calling on government to pay into its medical plan over $80 million needed to pay public officers, including teachers, the funds it says the government owes them in medical reimbursements. The Unimed Group Health Plan was established by the employer for both daily and monthly-rated employees in the public and […]

This year, for the first time, the Scout Association of Trinidad and Tobago moved its annual national camp out of the country, taking 21 scouts to Guyana. Jorrel Bisnath, the camp contingent leader and deputy national scout commissioner in charge of training and adult resources explained the core element of the scouting programme was having […]

THE EDITOR: Prime Minister Rowley recently announced that he is changing TT’s coat of arms. “You see them three Columbus ships in the emblem? They will go,” he boldly pronounced at a meeting of the political party he leads. His subjects roared in approval. Having made this reckless proclamation, Dr Rowley must now identify and […]

THE Penal/Debe Regional Corporation (PDRC) and Heritage Petrotrin have reported that clean-up work to deal with an oily substance in the South Oropouche River has been significantly completed. The substance was reported last week in an area which is uninhabited. In a statement on August 25, Heritage said clean-up operations are 90 per cent complete. […]

THA SECRETARY of Health, Wellness and Social Protection Dr Faith BYisrael says the division has taken a deliberate decision, for now, to not do any widespread insecticide fogging to contain the spread of the dengue virus in Tobago. She said fogging can affect the island’s agriculture sector and the natural environment. To date, the Ministry […]

A 41-year-old man from Harmony Hall in Gasparillo is believed to have drowned at a beach in Pointe-a-Pierre on August 26. Rajesh Vishram’s body was found floating about 15 feet offshore at Flower Pot Beach shortly after 1 pm. The police said around 1 pm, he and a friend went into the water to bathe. […]

Kristen-Le Chelle Winchester PUBLIC Utilities Minister Marvin Gonzales has expressed gratitude for T&TEC’s response to a call to help in Carriacou, Grenada after Hurricane Beryl battered the island on July 1. The category four storm also hit St Vincent and the Grenadines, Jamaica and Barbados. The 18-member response team gathered at the Ministry of Public […]

COME September, there will be a direct shipping route between Trinidad and Tobago and Curacao to facilitate the movement of goods to boost trade. In a press release on August 20, the Ministry of Trade and Industry said the new route will begin on September 20. It will be a fortnightly service to move goods […]

A ransom demand of US $3,000 has been made for a Venezuelan woman who was kidnapped on August 26 in the South Western Division. The whereabouts of Lady Dianna Tavarez, 30, of Siparia, remained unknown up to August 27. Relatives reported the kidnapping around 10.40 pm at the Siparia Police Station. Taravez works as an […]