Daily Brief

Daily Brief - Friday 16th May, 2023

This country remains at Tier 2 Watch List on the 2023 Traffic In Persons (TIP) report for a third consecutive year. The 95-page report was published on Thursday. The designation means the government has not met the minimum standards of the UN TIP Protocol and the United States’ Trafficking Victims... Read more

16th June 2023


Daily Brief - Thursday 15th June, 2023

Trinidad and Tobago was one of the Caribbean and Latin American countries where nine minors were rescued from human trafficking during a joint task force that took place over five days at the end of May. Read more

15th June 2023


Daily Brief - Wednesday 14th June, 2023

Desperate to get to the Tabaquite Secondary School to sit CSEC exams on Tuesday morning, over a dozen schoolchildren hitched rides with complete strangers to get past a landslip along the Guaracara/Tabaquite Main road. Resident Sharen Badal-Ahyew spoke to Newsday on Tuesday morning after she was forced to return to... Read more

14th June 2023


Daily Brief - Tuesday 13th June, 2023

Work permit exemptions granted to Venezuelan nationals in TT registered under the Migrant Registration Framework have been extended to December 31. A statement from the Ministry of National Security said registered Venezuelan nationals are invited to visit the relevant Immigration Division, Enforcement Unit office from June 20 to July 28... Read more

13th June 2023


Daily Brief - Monday 12th June, 2023

Ex-Central Bank governor Jwala Rambarran says the loss of US$913.5 million incurred by the Heritage and Stabilisation Fund (HSF) in 2022 should "disturb us all." He described it as a "grave fiscal irresponsibility." In its annual report last week, the HSF revealed that it recorded its first-ever loss at a... Read more

12th June 2023


Daily Brief - Friday 9th June, 2023

Two new mobile networks, one owned by billionaire businessman and CEO of Twitter Elon Musk will be coming to TT. Musk’s network Starlink is expected to begin service in the second quarter of this year, while the Blue Mobile Network launches on Friday. Read more

9th June 2023


Daily Brief - Tuesday 6th June, 2023

Residents of Palo Seco in southwest Trinidad are on the lookout for a jaguar, the third largest cat in the world, after a viral video about a dog being wounded by the deadly animal. Up to Monday, the police could not confirm if jaguars were spotted in the community, particularly... Read more

6th June 2023


Daily Brief - Monday 5th June, 2023

Consistent with the Ministry of Health’s overarching strategy to reduce the impact of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in TT, especially in pregnant women, the North Central Regional Health Authority (NCRHA) established the Advanced Diabetes in Pregnancy Clinic at the Mt Hope Women’s Hospital in 2017. Read more

5th June 2023


Daily Brief - Friday 2nd June, 2023

For the first time in seven years the American Chamber of Industry and Commerce (Amcham) will feature panels on cybersecurity in its Tech Hub Island Summit (THIS) carded for June 29-30 at the Hyatt Regency in Port of Spain. Read more

2nd June 2023


Daily Brief - Thursday 1st June, 2023

The Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commission (T&TEC) is investigating an incident in which one of its employees was featured on an online show that exposes men who allegedly try to sexually groom girls. To Catch A Predator, a spin-off of NBC's 2004 series with the same name, is a TT-based... Read more

1st June 2023


Daily Brief - Wednesday 31st May, 2023

A high court judge has granted leave to the wife of the former head of the Special Operations Response Team (SORT), Mark Hernandez, to challenge the failure of the Ministry of National Security to provide information on the setting-up of a committee to audit the police's firearms registry. Read more

31st May 2023


Daily Brief- Monday 29th May, 2023

Recognising the challenge posed by crime to business and investment in Trinidad and Tobago, members of the Joint Chambers met with officials from the Police Complaints Authority (PCA) last Wednesday to discuss strategies on crime-fighting techniques. Read more

29th May 2023


Daily Brief - Friday 26th May, 2023

The business communi­ty is expressing concerns over the passing of the Valuation of Land (Amendment) Bill, 2023, which gives the green light for the implementation of property tax. After a three-hour-long debate on Wednesday night, the Valuation of Land (Amendment) Bill, 2023 was passed in the House of Represen­tatives. Read more

26th May 2023


Daily Brief - Thursday 25th May, 2023

The retrenchment of 468 TSTT employees is saving the company $12 million a month, said TSTT CEO Lisa Agard. She made this revelation while engaging journalists at a workshop on covering technology and the changing landscape on Tuesday at the TSTT hospitality suite, Queen’s Park Oval. Read more

25th May 2023


Daily Brief - Tuesday 23rd May, 2023

With heavy showers and thunderstorms moving across both islands from the early hours of yesterday, localised flooding was reported along the Eastern Main Road in Tunapuna, St Augustine and St Joseph, as well as along Farm Road, St Joseph, parts of Arima, and along the Couva Main Road, Couva. Read more

23rd May 2023


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