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Daily Brief - Tuesday 11th June, 2024

Trinidad and Tobago can expect more showers from Tuesday to Friday. A five-day weather forecast for June 11-15 issued by the Met Service via its Facebook page said low-level convergence, equatorial moisture advection (the usually horizontal movement of a mass of fluid such as air or an ocean current) and... Read more

11th June 2024


Daily Brief - Monday 10th June, 2024

Attorney General Reginald Armour, SC, discussed Trinidad and Tobago's anti-money laundering measures at the 58th Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) Plenary and Working Group Meetings, which brought together Caribbean and Latin American leaders to discuss and implement measures to fight money laundering, terrorist financing and the proliferation of weapons... Read more

10th June 2024


Daily Brief - Friday 7th June, 2024

The shaky performance of state companies under the umbrella of the National Enterprises Ltd (NEL) was a major topic of concern for shareholders, who vented their concerns at the group’s annual general meeting on Thursday at the Trinidad Hilton, Port of Spain. Read more

7th June 2024


Daily Brief - Thursday 6th June, 2024

Two men who have over 30 years of experience in food security in the Caribbean have developed and published a framework that will enhance the ability to provide affordable food in selected Caricom countries. The launch of the framework took place at the Caribbean (Civil Society) Consultative Working Group meeting... Read more

6th June 2024


Daily Brief - Wednesday 5th June, 2024

Police are offering a $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of people responsible for the shootings on June 2 in Gonzales, Belmont and at the Port of Spain General Hospital (PoSGH) which left four people dead and two others injured. Read more

5th June 2024


Daily Brief - Tuesday 4th June, 2024

The Southern Division Task Force has held an 18-year-old man with several rounds of ammunition and a quantity of cocaine. A police statement on June 3 said the police arrested the suspect in an exercise which started at 11.30 pm on June 2 and ended at around 3 am on... Read more

4th June 2024


Daily Brief - Monday 3rd June, 2024

Attorney Nyree Alfonso, director of one of the largest firearm dealerships in TT, has sounded alarm bells over the local impact of a new US policy which imposes restrictions on firearm exports to curb US-made civilian guns in crimes abroad. Read more

3rd June 2024


Daily Brief - Wednesday 29th May, 2024

Public Services Association (PSA) president Leroy Baptiste is vowing to take the matter of the TT Revenue Authority (TTRA) Act to the Privy Council. Baptiste said in a phone interview on Tuesday that the association’s attorneys were immediately instructed to prepare to take the matter to the final appellate court... Read more

29th May 2024


Daily Brief - Monday 27th May, 2024

A social activist and blogger has been permitted to pursue a claim against the Police Commissioner’s failure to provide him with information on how many police units are not required to display their regimental numbers on their uniform while on duty. Read more

27th May 2024


Daily Brief- Friday 24th May, 2024

TT Unified Teachers Association (TTUTA) president Martin Lum Kin believes gang activity may have resulted in a fight at the Palo Secondary School that left five students with stab wounds on Thursday. Lum Kin told Newsday there was an incident in Siparia over the weekend between students from the Palo... Read more

24th May 2024


Daily Brief - Thursday 23rd May, 2024

Four days after she was kidnapped from her El Dorado business place, doubles vendor Anisha Hosein has been released by her captors. A senior police officer told Newsday around 10.30 pm on May 22 that Hosein was found on the road near the Caroni Cremation site. Read more

23rd May 2024


Daily Brief - Wednesday 22nd May, 2024

A recent survey by the World Food Programme (WFP) and Caricom revealed that despite a global decline in food prices, three million people in the region are affected by high local prices and persistent food insecurity. Read more

22nd May 2024


Daily Brief - Tuesday 21st May, 2024

Coordinator of the Child Affairs Division in the Office of the Prime Minister, Irma Bailey-Reyes, says the Children’s Authority has received 10,000 reports of sexual abuse in eight years. The statistics were given during the division’s first of three sensitisation and training sessions with councillors, aldermen, and other representatives at... Read more

21st May 2024


Daily Brief - Monday 20th May, 2024

The police are warning drivers to follow the road rules especially those regarding alcohol and speeding. In a statement on Sunday, the police said there was a troubling trend where police observed an increase in the number of drivers found exceeding the legal alcohol limit. Read more

20th May 2024


Daily Brief - Friday 17th May, 2024

Citizens are beating the heat with unprecedented electricity use with May recording the highest use to date. In a statement on Thursday, the TT Electricity Commission (T&TEC) said it recorded continuous increases in electricity demand over the past two weeks with previous peaks being exceeded on five occasions. Read more

17th May 2024


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