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Features Carol Quash Yesterday Alicia Aberdeen, third from left, with friends in front of her First Monarch painting. - Photo courtesy Colin Williams Photography The weather outside was frightful, but the atmosphere inside the Trinidad and Tobago’s Consulate General, New York was culturally cosy – tropical even. Most of the guests at the launch of

Editorial Newsday Yesterday Joshua Regrello during his pan marathon on December 28. - Photo by Grevic Alvarado JOSHUA REGRELLO'S 31-hour goal to set a Guinness World Record was, first and foremost, an endurance test. The young man pushed himself to play the steelpan for hours with only short breaks. Beyond that was the musicality of

Commentary Debbie Jacob Yesterday Debbie Jacob - MAYBE IT’S time to shake the tradition of New Year’s resolutions and substitute something more meaningful and achievable in their place. An article entitled Six Unusual Alternatives to Traditional New Year’s Resolutions by Vanessa Lancaster in the January 12, 2023 edition of Psychology Today suggests some interesting ideas

Commentary Mark Lyndersay Yesterday Mark Lyndersay - https://newsday.co.tt/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/BitDepth1491_Narration_30-12-2024.m4a BitDepth#1491 Mark Lyndersay THERE ARE two kinds of new-car buyers. Those who want to feel a communion with their new vehicle, ensuring that its style and backstory align with their own aspirations, and those who read and compare specifications, comparing them with elaborate spreadsheets. When it comes

Commentary Ramesh Deosaran 23 Hrs Ago - MORUGA “mom hacked to death,” screamed big front-page headlines. Hours after that, Michelle Benjamin (MP for Moruga/Tableland) cried, shedding tears, as she explained, not only for the murdered wife and judicial support officer, Stacy Gopaulsingh but “for all other murdered people in my constituency and the country.” Others

Editorial Newsday 23 Hrs Ago Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley during a media briefing at Whitehall on December 12. - File photo by Angelo Marcelle AT midnight on December 27, the Prime Minister made a statement on the official Office of the Prime Minister Facebook page expressing disappointment at the murder rate for 2024. The

Commentary marinasb 23 Hrs Ago - WE will soon say goodbye to a most unsettling year. Not necessarily personally but in the sense of the seismic shift in world affairs that has caused us all to question so much of what we took for granted in our lifetimes and the generally accepted value system. Truth

News Sean Douglas 8 Hrs Ago Fireworks . - File photo by Jeff K Mayers THE Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commission (T&TEC) is urging firework users to be careful of causing property damage and to be considerate of vulnerable people and animals. The commission urged people who use fireworks to celebrate the holiday season safely

News Enrique Rupert 8 Hrs Ago - File photo POLICE found 443 grammes of marijuana in Morvant on the evening of December 26. A police statement on December 27 said that around 2-5 pm on December 26, Morvant officers searched a bushy area on Pitch Road and found a black bag with eight clear plastic

News Enrique Rupert 8 Hrs Ago - File photo A 23-year-old man was gunned down in Diego Martin early on the morning of December 27. He was identified as Nicholas Smith of Upper La Puerta Avenue, Millington Drive, Diego Martin. A senior police source said around 6 am on December 27 they received a report

Opinion Newsday 6 Hrs Ago Trini Time Traveller by Jerome Teelucksingh - AT THE Divali Nagar in central Trinidad there is a bust of Swami Vivekananda. It was a gift from the Indian Council for Cultural Relations in New Delhi, India. The bust was unveiled in October 2004 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the

News Rishard Khan 8 Hrs Ago A handful of shoppers visited High Street, San Fernando, for Boxing Day bargains. - Photo by Grevic Alvarado The Boxing Day holiday on Thursday provided the perfect chance for many people to catch up on some shopping outside of the Christmas rush. Many stores along High Street, San Fernando