Janelle De Souza

1 week ago | newsday.co.tt | Janelle De Souza

News There is a lot of anticipation in the PNM surrounding the political party’s internal election, as well as the identities of the members of the group calling themselves the PNM Changemakers 2025. In a statement on May 27 the party’s Internal Elections Supervisory Committee (ESC) announced Nomination Day for all 16 positions on the executive was on June 2 between 9am and 5pm. Elections will take place on June 22, followed by the June 29 convention where the results will be announced.

1 week ago | newsday.co.tt | Janelle De Souza

News MISS WORLD TT Anna-Lise Nanton made it to the top 40 in the Miss World 2025 competition, but missed out on the top 20. At the finals on May 31, the top five women in the Americas and the Caribbean were announced. They were Argentina, Brazil, Martinique, Puerto Rico and the US, leaving TT and Nanton out of the rest of the competition. However, Nanton won the Americas and Caribbean region in the Head to Head debate and placed first in the shuttle run event in the sport/fitness category.

2 weeks ago | newsday.co.tt | Janelle De Souza

News SOME members of the People’s National Movement (PNM) are pleased with Opposition Leader Pennelope Beckles’ choice of senators for 13th Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago, saying the opposition bench was a good combination of experience and youth. Opposition Senators Dr Amery Browne, Faris Al-Rawi, Foster Cummings, Vishnu Dhanpaul, Melanie Roberts-Radgman and Janelle John-Bates were sworn in during the ceremonial opening at the Red House, Port of Spain, on May 23.

2 weeks ago | newsday.co.tt | Janelle De Souza

Features Half-way to HeavenWhen I was youngI wanted to paint Paradise. Still do. Who’d have thought I’d discover a road veiled in cloud, half-way to heaven along the North Coast, winding between viridian mountains,a glimpse of balisier red as a woman’s lipsand the wild sea below. The earth turns, tides ebb and flow,flowers bloom, birds sing,a mango slowly ripens in the sun.

2 weeks ago | newsday.co.tt | Janelle De Souza

News Experts believe TT governments have been using states of emergency as a crime-fighting tool rather than to deal with real emergencies in the country. While legal, according to the country’s Constitution, they say TT should be cautious of its use, as there will always be repercussions to proclaiming a state of emergency (SoE). In May, in two separate court rulings in Jamaica and Belize, judges declared the proclamation of previous SoEs in those countries as unconstitutional.