Tag Archive for 'Newsday'

Lecturer wants children in East PoS tested for lead poisoning

Published on April 7, 2013 in Environment, General T&T, Health and Media. 4 Comments Tags: Abuse, Disaster, Laventille, Newsday.

By Shereen Ali Sunday,
April 7 2013 – newsday.co.tt

A part-time lecturer in the Department of Behavioural Sciences at the University of the West Indies, St Augustine is calling for the authorities to test children living in East Port-of-Spain for lead poisoning.

Lecturer Valentine Smith’s call is based on his contention that there may be environmental and biological factors among the causes for violence and youth delinquency in this area.
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ZOO BANS ‘SAGGY PANTS’

Published on March 18, 2013 in Culture, General T&T, Law and Media. 16 Comments Tags: Abuse, Newsday.

Monday, March 18 2013
Newsday – newsday.co.tt

Responding to scores of requests from its paying patrons over the last month, the management of the Emperor Valley Zoo took the bold decision to ban entry to men who are inappropriately dressed in sagging trousers which expose their jockey shorts or other choice of underwear being worn.

Athough the origin of “Sagging” is not known for sure, the prevailing opinion seems to be that it began in prison, due to inmates not being allowed to wear belts. Many people believe that bearing this in mind, it is therefore incomprehensible as to why this would gain popularity here in Trinidad or elsewhere, especially among the younger generation,
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Horror in Sea Lots, Protests, Reporter Fired

Published on February 26, 2013 in General T&T, Media, Police, Protest, Racism Watch and Violence. 11 Comments Tags: Crime in T&T, Newsday.

HORROR

By Alexander Bruzual and Janelle De Souza
February 25, 2013 – newsday.co.tt

In one horrifying moment yesterday morning, the lives of a 28-year-old mother and her two young daughters were tragically ended when they were hit by a motor vehicle which was reportedly driven by a member of the TT Police Service (TTPS).

At about 9am, Haydee Paul, 28, and her daughters Akasha and Shakira Paul, eight and seven years old respectively, had just left the Central Market in Sea Lots, where they had spent the majority of the morning shopping.
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District split over Sandy’s Calcutta statement

Published on January 13, 2013 in General T&T, Opposition Party, People's Partnership, PNM, Politics, Race and Identity, Racism Watch, Tobago and TOP. 38 Comments Tags: Andre Bagoo, Election, Hilton Sandy, Newsday.

By Andre Bagoo
January 13, 2013 – newsday.co.tt

RESIDENTS of the polling district of Belle Garden East/Roxborough/ Delaford, which PNM candidate Hilton Sandy hopes to win in the Tobago House of Assembly elections come January 21, appear to be split right down the middle over the question of whether his chances in the election have been hurt because of his controversial “Calcutta ship” remarks.
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Choosing a president

Published on January 6, 2013 in General T&T, Media, Opposition Party, Parliament, People's Partnership and Politics. 4 Comments Tags: George Maxwell Richards, Karl Hudson-Phillips, Kenneth Lalla, Newsday, President, Wade Mark.

Newsday Editorial
January 6 2013 – newsday.co.tt

There will be much speculation until next month as to the identity of the government’s nominee for the next president of Trinidad and Tobago. With a nomination deadline of February 5, a new president will be elected on February 15 ahead of the March 17 end of the five-year term of President George Maxwell Richards.
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MACHEL GUILTY

Published on December 11, 2012 in Court, Crime in T&T, Culture, Entertainment, General T&T, Law, Media and Violence. 10 Comments Tags: Abuse, Crime in T&T, Machel Montano, Newsday.

By Alexander Bruzual
December 11, 2012 – newsday.co.tt

REIGNING Soca Monarch and Road March King Machel Montano was yesterday found guilty by a Port-of-Spain magistrate of five criminal charges of assault and using obscene language during a fracas near the Zen nightclub in Port-of-Spain five years ago.

Montano gasped in the Seventh Court when he was told, he was guilty as charged by Magistrate Maureen Baboolal-Gafoor. He stood next to performing artistes Kernel Roberts, son of deceased Calypso icon Aldwyn ‘Lord Kitchener’ Roberts, 2011 Young Kings Calypso Monarch Rodney “Benjai” LeBlanc and Joel “Zan” Feveck.
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BABY’S FLESH BITTEN OFF

Published on December 10, 2012 in Crime in T&T, General T&T, Law, Media and Violence. 14 Comments Tags: Abuse, Crime in T&T, Newsday.

By Nalinee Seelal
December 10, 2012 – newsday.co.tt

ENRAGED that there was no food in the house for him to eat, a 24-year-old man violently turned on his own five-day-old baby daughter, grabbing her tiny body and biting off the tender flesh from her left cheek before biting off a chunk of flesh from her right leg at their East Dry River, Port-of-Spain, home yesterday morning.

And while her father remains in police custody, the little baby girl who was given the name Jinayah only two days ago, is warded in a critical condition at the Paediatric Ward of the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex (EWMSC) in Mt Hope.
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Government must stand firm

Published on May 2, 2011 in Complaints, Food, General T&T, People's Partnership, Politics and Protest. 8 Comments Tags: Abuse, agriculture, Food, Food Production, HDC, Jearlean John, Newsday, Politics, Raffique Shah, T&T Govt, Vasant Bharath.

Newsday Editorial
May 2 2011 – newsday.co.tt

The Market It is to be sincerely hoped that the Government will stand firm in the decision to put an end to the illegal occupation of State lands for whatever purpose.

This newspaper’s lead story yesterday gave another side, indeed food for thought, of the now highly publicised bulldozing of acres under food production in D’Abadie and other places which so incensed the public.
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Strangers in our land

Published on May 1, 2011 in Chinese, Crime in T&T, General T&T, Kidnapping and Money Laundering. 20 Comments Tags: Crime in T&T, Kidnapping, Newsday.

Newsday Editorial
May 1 2011 – newsday.co.tt

Chinese The recent kidnapping for ransom of a citizen of China who owned and operated a restaurant at St Helena has brought to the fore, once again, the question of illegal immigrants living and working in Trinidad and Tobago.

Speaking in Senate recently, Independent Senator Rolph Balgobin raised this issue.
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PM Broadcast: Govt Abusing Authority

Published on May 16, 2010 in COP, Election 2010, General T&T, Law, Media, NJAC, People's Partnership, PNM, Politics and UNC. 5 Comments Tags: Abuse, Andre Bagoo, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Newsday, Patrick Manning, Politics, T&T Govt, TATT.

Prime Minister Patrick Manning

Govt accused of abusing authority

The Telecommunications Authority of T&T (TATT) has been served with a legal letter by the United National Congress (UNC), claiming that the Government is abusing its authority for this election period. In a letter dated May 15, 2010, Om Lalla stated that his client, the UNC, entered into contractual arrangements with various television and radio companies to purchase broadcast airtime. However, Lalla stated the Government had demanded the same air time for which the UNC had already entered an agreement. Those days include May 16 (today), May 17 and May 23. The letter stated that failing to hear from the authority would result in the UNC seeking redress in the High Court without notice.
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