Daily Brief - Tuesday 30th October, 2018
Despite his home and office being flooded out Friday night, Kelly Village/Warrenville councillor Samuel Sankar was out on the field attending to distressed villagers. Yesterday Sankar said he lost a computer, electronic items and important documents in his office while his home was inundated with flood waters. Read more
30th October 2018
Daily Brief - Friday 26th October, 2018
Trade Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon says she has been getting reports of price gouging in the aftermath of recent floods in parts of the country. “It’s the expected thing,” she said in an interview on CNC3’s Business Watch on Wednesday. Read more
26th October 2018
Daily Brief - Thursday 25th October, 2018
Recent floods and earthquakes have jolted TT out of its sense of complacency and forced the country to consider the “what ifs.” American Chamber of Commerce (Amcham) president Patricia Ghany made his observation yesterday at the opening of Amcham’s 2018 Health Safety, Security and Environment conference at the Hyatt Regency... Read more
25th October 2018
Daily Brief - Wednesday 24th October, 2018
The two earthquakes felt on Monday night were part of “an elevated level of seismicity” being felt both regionally and globally, said Dr Joan Latchman, head of the Seismic Research Centre (SRC), at the University of the West Indies (UWI), St Augustine. Read more
24th October 2018
Daily Brief - Tuesday 23rd October, 2018
The TT Manufacturers’ Association (TTMA) has collected over $70,000 in donations and over $1 million in goods – including food and cleaning supplies – from its members and the general public in aid of flood victims. Read more here Read more
23rd October 2018
Daily Brief - Monday 22nd October, 2018
They may not have been personally affected by the floods which has devastated parts of east and central Trinidad, but many private citizens and organisations have responded to the plight of their fellow citizens by organising collection centres for the fold victims. Yesterday, Naparima College principal Dr Michael Dowlath and... Read more
22nd October 2018
Daily Brief - Friday 19th October, 2018
The TT Manufacturers Association (TTMA) is building on efforts started by the Prime Minister last month to strengthen trade and investment ties between TT and Guyana. On September 19 , Dr Rowley and Guyana President David Granger signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on energy sector cooperation in Georgetown. Read more
19th October 2018
Daily Brief - Thursday 18th October, 2018
A team of Trinidadians is in Guyana attending a three-day Business-to-Business (B2B) engagement being hosted by the Trinidad & Tobago Manufacturers’ Association (TTMA) to foster collaboration that will develop industries, both in the twin-island republic and Guyana. Read more
18th October 2018
Daily Brief - Wednesday 17th October, 2018
For yet another day, teachers at the La Romaine High School stayed away from classes. The TT Unified Teachers Association (Association) has advised teachers to stay away from school until the chief inspector at the Occupational Safety and Health Authority (OSHA) makes a determination on their appeal. Read more
17th October 2018
Daily Brief - Tuesday 16th October, 2018
St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) finance ministry has lifted restrictions that were imposed on the payment of invoices from TT in United States dollars (USD). According to an article in the Searchlight newspaper SVG Finance Minister Camillo Gonsalves announced two weeks ago that the government will no longer enforce... Read more
16th October 2018
Daily Brief- Monday 15th October, 2018
Dr Jackson Katz, American educator, filmmaker and author made a big impression on hundreds of women who packed the Trinidad Hilton Ballroom for the First Citizens Women First - Changing the Narrative conference yesterday. Katz, who created a gender violence prevention and education programme entitled Mentors in Violence Prevention, and... Read more
15th October 2018
Daily Brief - Friday 12th October, 2018
In keeping with World Mental Health Day Wednesday, the South-West Regional Health Authority (SWRHA) held a symposium at Naparima Bowl in San Fernando. The SWRHA focused on youths under the theme Young People and Mental Health in a Changing World. Read more
12th October 2018
Daily Brief - Thursday 11th October, 2018
Weeks after a video of a group of students kicking and stomping on a schoolmate at the Princes Town West Secondary School was shared on social media, four students appeared in court yesterday charged with assault. Read more
11th October 2018
Daily Brief - Tuesday 9th October, 2018
Works and Transports Minister Rohan Sinanan says he hopes the first few trips of the Galleons Passage will restore confidence in the seabridge from Port of Spain to Scarborough. Speaking to media this morning, before the maiden commercial voyage of TT’s newest ferry, Sinanan said he was happy to prove... Read more
9th October 2018
Daily Brief - Monday 8th October, 2018
Police are asking for the public’s help to find the driver who left the scene of a fatal hit-and-run which happened yesterday at the Priority Bus Route (PBR) near WASA in El Dorado. Dead is 64-year-old cyclist Leroy Calliste of El Dorado. Read more here Read more
8th October 2018