Presentation College, Chaguanas robotics team heads to Panama

Features Kathy Ramdeen 4 Hrs Ago The Presentation College Chaguanas Robotics Team do preliminary work on their robot. - KATHY RAMDEEN FOR the fifth time Trinidad and Tobago will be represented at the First Global Robotics Challenge. For their...

Dr Shallow complains about CWI partnership with Caribbean Airlines

Caribbean Air­lines ben­e­fit­ed great­ly from West In­dies crick­et in the past five years. Crick­et West In­dies Pres­i­dent Dr Kishore Shal­low was de­liv­er­ing the fea­ture ad­dress at the Trinidad and To­ba­go Crick­et Board awards at the...

Finding Direction in Dipolog: Notes from a Journey of Pleasant Surprises

There are trips you plan down to the minute—and there are trips that unfold like an unscripted story. My recent visit to Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte, courtesy of the Department of Tourism – Zamboanga Peninsula, was the latter. Dipolog...

Putting customers first

Customer service in Trinidad and Tobago has long been a topic of mixed experiences and divided opinions. For every story of an employee who goes above and beyond to assist a customer with patience and professionalism, there seems to be another...

Another picture-perfect Fall day on Wednesday, before showers return Thursday

Tonight's Forecast: It will be clear, calm, and chilly tonight. Overnight lows will be near average for this time of year. Colorado Springs forecast: Low: 36; High: 68; It will be mostly sunny on Wednesday with a forecast high reaching 5 degrees...

Minnesota’s second green ammonia plant could fuel a future of domestic production

MORRIS, Minn. — Anhydrous ammonia, which is used in the agriculture industry in Minnesota as a nitrogen fertilizer, typically finds its end use here. While the United States is the top importer of the fertilizer to be placed on fields for growing...

TONIGHT IS the ‘BONGO NIGHT’

Only a win will do for Trinidad and Tobago’s senior men’s football team when they take on CONCACAF Group B leaders Curacao in a pivotal FIFA 2026 World Cup Qualifier, from 7 p.m. today in Willemstad. The Soca Warriors, sitting third in the group...

The No Man’s Land challenge

Editorial Newsday 11 Hrs Ago No Man's Land. - Along with the environmental challenges facing the reefs at Buccoo Marine Park and the long-running effort to preserve the ecological balance at No Man's Land, an incident on October 5 stands as a...

Misleading figures, unfair taxes

There are several inconsistencies, contradictions, obvious fudging of figures and unexplained measures in the 2026 budget. The theme of “fairness” makes little sense when the steep increases in National Insurance contributions are taken into...

Fresh reads and fierce voices from the Caribbean

Welcome to the latest instalment of the Bocas Book Bulletin, a monthly round-up of Caribbean literary news, curated by the Bocas Lit Fest, Trinidad and Tobago’s annual literary festival, and published in the Sunday Express. New releases Starry...

JMMB rakes in net profits of $3.74 billion for financial year

The JMMB Group has reported net profits of $3.74 billion on revenues of $25.2 billion for the financial year ending March 31 - a 6% increase over the previous year. The company says this performance came despite challenges, including the high...

Surinamese banana exports back in focus for Europe

"We are a 'price maker' in the region and we would like to keep it that way," says Nitesh Ramlakhan, Director of Production Operations at Food and Agriculture Industries (FAI). As Suriname's only banana plantation, the company occupies a unique...

30,000 apply in 24 hours via National Recruitment Drive

Senior Reporter [email protected] Tens of thousands of people have applied to the Government’s newly launched online employment platform, in what Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said is a clear sign that citizens are ready to work. A...

Stuck in poverty

Nearly 79,000 Jamaicans, or 2.8 per cent of the population, remain trapped in multidimensional poverty, the newly released 2025 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) report has indicated. The figure accounts for Jamaicans enduring...

40 hikers rescued after being trapped by rising river

Senior Reporter [email protected] Forty people, including four children, were rescued by fire officers on Sunday night after they were trapped after a river level rose preventing them from leaving a hiking trail in Blanchisseuse. However, while...

Big budget for tech, unclear strategy for spending

Commentary Mark Lyndersay 6 Hrs Ago Mark Lyndersay. - https://newsday.co.tt/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/BitDepth1533_Narration_20-10-2025.m4a BitDepth 1533 MARK LYNDERSAY THE 2025-2026 budget read by Finance Minister Davendranath Tancoo last week...

CSME Unit head: T&T accepted 2,546 Jamaicans to work in past 5 years

KRISTY RAM­NAR­INE kristy.ram­nar­ine@cnc3.co.tt Over the past five years, Trinidad and To­ba­go has wel­comed 2,546 Ja­maican na­tion­als for work. The fig­ure was dis­closed by Head of the Caribbean Sin­gle Mar­ket and Econ­o­my (CSME) Unit,...

CSME Unit head:

[email protected] Over the past five years, Trinidad and Tobago has welcomed 2,546 Jamaican nationals for work. The figure was disclosed by Head of the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME) Unit, Joanne Brooks, during a CSME Panel Discussion...

Authorities search for suspects in separate elk poaching in Las Animas County and near Great Sand Dunes

Colorado Parks and Wildlife is working to identify the hunter or hunters who illegally poached four elk near the communities of Stonewall and Picketwire in Las Animas County, in the mountains west of Trinidad. The agency reported in a press...

Detained prison officer, dead gang leader among CEPEP beneficiaries

Senior Investigative Journalist [email protected] A prison officer detained under the ongoing State of Emergency had been receiving CEPEP contracts from a company formed in his name. A Guardian Media investigation can confirm that former Rasta...