News Newsday Reporter 5 Hrs Ago An aerial view of Port of Spain. - File photo by Jeff K Mayers ALL adverse weather warnings have been lifted by the TT Meteorological Services (TTMS) after an area of disturbed weather moved away from Trinidad and Tobago and the Lesser Antilles. A press release on September 2
News Newsday Reporter 6 Hrs Ago Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh. - File photo by Venessa Mohammed A TOLL FREE hotline has been launched by the Ministry of Health to assist people living with non-communicable diseases (NCDs). A press release on September 2 said the 24-hour hotline offers medical advice and support for individuals who use
News Sean Douglas 9 Hrs Ago San Juan/Barataria MP Saddam Hosein. - File photo SADDAM Hosein, MP for Barataria/San Juan, rejected the Prime Minister’s recent disavowal of any blame for the spike in violent crime, speaking at a briefing at UNC headquarters, Chaguanas, on September 1. Holding up a Sunday newspaper reporting the kidnap and
Commentary marinasb 12 Hrs Ago - THE alarming headline in this newspaper on August 21 announced “64% fail maths” in CSEC exams, across the region. According to the Caribbean Examinations Council, only six per cent of Caribbean children passed five subjects or more at CSEC level, and fewer than one in 20 pupils got five
Commentary Newsday 12 Hrs Ago - THIS past Monday I set out my coffee cup, put a spoon next to it and turned on the kettle of my despair. Heedless of my hostility toward it, the wretch provided perfectly acceptable boiling water. I filled my cup, stirred and went outside. There I sat peacefully for
Editorial Newsday 11 Hrs Ago The defaced Christopher Columbus statue in Columbus Square in east Port of Spain. - File photo THE debate over removing monuments to colonisers took a dark, aggressive turn during the session convened at Government Plaza, Port of Spain on August 28. The discourse devolved dramatically after one member of the
News Newsday Reporter 21 Hrs Ago Paula Guy reviews a booklist while back-to-school shopping for the new school term at Mohammed's Bookstore Associates Ltd on Henry Street. - Photo by Gabriel Williams WITH the new school term starting as early as September 2 for some students, shops across Trinidad are bustling with activity. Families are
News Rishard Khan 21 Hrs Ago The water levels at the Caroni-Arena Reservoir in early May. - Photo courtesy WASA DESPITE recent showers, three of the four Water and Sewerage Authority's (WASA) reservoirs remain significantly lower than they should be for the period (its long-term average or LTA). Acting WASA CEO Kelvin Romain told Newsday
News Newsday Reporter 24 Hrs Ago Siparia Mayor Doodnath Mayhroo, left, and Ashuk Mirhai, DTT channel manager at the Protox at the handing over of mosquito repellents at the Siparia Borough Corporation recently. - IN August, Protox distributed over 4,000 Protox mosquito sprays, cockset coils, and plug-ins to 14 local government corporations and the Hunters
News Laurel V Williams 8 Hrs Ago - File photo A gunman shot and killed a 49-year-old man on the night of December 23, in Carapichaima on the roadway. The victim, Kester Phillip, of Orange Field Road, Carapichaima, was declared dead at the Chaguanas Health Facility. The police said that at around 9.20 pm, Phillip
News Paula Lindo 9 Hrs Ago In a view from San Fernando Hill, Sahara dust blankets the southern city. File photo - The Health Ministry has advised the public to take the necessary precautions to protect themselves from the harmful effects of Sahara dust, in light of ongoing poor air quality owing to the dust’s
News Laurel V Williams 9 Hrs Ago Keanu Chandler - The brother of a 2014 murder victim was gunned down in Penal on December 24, shortly after leaving a house where he was gambling with a group of people. Salesman Keanu Chandler, 33, died on the road at Bajnath Street shortly after 6 am. The
(Image credit: Shutterstock.com) (Image credit: Shutterstock.com) The FTC is imposing strict rules on the Marriott Hotel chain Three huge data breaches from the Marriott led to hundreds of millions of customers being exposed FTC says the company failed to implement proper security measures The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has told Marriott International and Starword Hotels