Daily Brief - Wednesday 6th December, 2023
Two businessmen told Newsday on Tuesday that TT businesses operating in Guyana were closely monitoring the situation with Venezuela's claim to the Essequibo, with one man saying businesses were already making small adjustments to their daily operations. Read more
6th December 2023
Daily Brief - Tuesday 5th December, 2023
A scorned husband who killed his estranged wife in 1994 after he allegedly found her with another man whom she said she preferred and refused to return to the marital home has been resentenced by a High Court judge and released after serving close to three decades in prison. Read more
5th December 2023
Daily Brief - Monday 4th December, 2023
The ANSA McAL Group and Kenesjay Green Limited (KGL) – an indigenous regional leader in green energy project development – have signed an MOU to accelerate development of new and commercially viable green energy projects in the Caribbean. Read more
4th December 2023
Daily Brief - Friday 1st December, 2023
President of the Couva/Point Lisas Chamber Mukesh Ramsingh has made a stirring plea for leaders to stop playing the blame game, pointing fingers at their predecessors for situations they have inherited, and fix the problem. “When I say leaders, I don’t mean politicians alone,” he clarified at the chamber’s dinner... Read more
1st December 2023
Daily Brief - Thursday 30th November, 2023
A 27-year-old man was shot dead in Port of Spain on Thursday. Jeffrey Joseph was sitting at the entrance of Building C, Charford Court around 2.40 pm when a gunman walked up to him and shot him dead. Read more
30th November 2023
Daily Brief - Wednesday 29th November, 2023
Poor eyesight, especially in children, has been identified as one of the lingering after-effects of the covid19 pandemic. Rapidfire Kidz Foundation, through its Eyes Right project, has teamed up with Republic Bank Ltd to ensure the inability to see properly does not deny a child the right to a bright future. Read more
29th November 2023
Daily Brief - Tuesday 28th November, 2023
To foster greater trade ties with its Caricom countries, the T&T Manufacturers’ Association (TTMA) will be hosting a private sector delegation on a trade mission to Antigua and Barbuda from today to December 1, 2023. The mission will be led by Dr Mahindra Ramdeen, the CEO of TTMA and will... Read more
28th November 2023
Daily Brief - Friday 24th November, 2023
A High Court judge has ordered the Chief Immigration Officer (CIO) to forthwith grant a student’s permit to a Chinese national who is expected to sit the Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) examination in 2024. On Thursday, Justice Avason Quinlan-Williams made the order as she ruled on a lawsuit filed by... Read more
24th November 2023
Daily Brief - Tuesday 21st November, 2023
Amid the mid-morning bustle, Sharaz Ageemoolar walked into an insurance company’s office in San Fernando and shot his ex-wife Anissa Rajgobin-Ageemoolar twice, before killing himself after eluding police having escaped from the scene of his crime. Read more
21st November 2023
Daily Brief - Monday 20th November, 2023
Members of the Muslim community once again took to the streets and called for peace in a march to show solidarity with the Palestinians affected by the ongoing war with Israel. Many participants wore the colours of Palestine flag— green, white and black— and waved flags as they marched through... Read more
20th November 2023
Daily Brief - Friday 17th November, 2023
Founder and CEO of Ten to One Rum, Marc Farrell, says global developments have resulted in the rise of a new generation of consumers who values provenance, authenticity and transparency as part of their purchase criteria. Read more
17th November 2023
Daily Brief - Thursday 16th November, 2023
Described as the “epitome of the term self-made man”, businessman Sieunarine Coosal was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers Association’s President’s Dinner and Award Ceremony on Tuesday night. Coosal was bestowed with the award alongside businessman Langston Roach, executive chairman of Langston Roach Industries Ltd. Read more
16th November 2023
Daily Brief - Tuesday 14th November, 2023
Criminologist Professor Ramesh Deosaran and Daurius Figuera slammed government and the opposition for “continuing to pursue petty political agendas” while refusing to cooperate to bring crime under control. They made their condemnation as both sides remain poles apart as to when they will meet and what they will do collectively... Read more
14th November 2023
Daily Brief - Friday 10th November, 2023
At the Proman Foundation Power of Partnerships event on Wednesday night at the Proman Starlift House of Music in Woodbrook, a young entrepreneur took centre stage. The event featured entertainment by the Proman Starlift Steel Orchestra and celebrated not only the success of the Prince’s Trust International (PTI) Achieve Programme... Read more
10th November 2023
Daily Brief - Thursday 9th November, 2023
Head of the Tobago Division ACP Collis Hazel says police are exploring the possibility that the murder of Chiniqua White might be gang-related. “The investigation is ongoing I can say at this point in time. It is moving at a pace,” he told Newsday. Read more
9th November 2023