Daily Brief

Daily Brief - Wednesday 27th March, 2024

Re-elected president of the T&T Manufacturers’ Association (TTMA), Roger Roach says the organisation supports a “reasonable and equitable tax” on residential properties. Read more here Read more

27th March 2024


Daily Brief - Monday 25th March, 2024

Activity at the Piparo mud volcano has slowed down for now, the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management (ODPM) has said after monitoring the site over the weekend. The ODPM issued a statement on Sunday noting a marked reduction in the noise and the release of mud and gas from... Read more

25th March 2024


Daily Brief - Friday 22nd March, 2024

Minister of Trade Paula Gopee-Scoon met with Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, king of the Ashanti Kingdom of Ghana, during a seven-day trade mission to Ghana from March 11-17. The meeting was held at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi, Ghana. Read more

22nd March 2024


Daily Brief - Thursday 21st March, 2023

Arif Ali, Guyanese-born, London-based head of the Hansib publishing company, has been awarded the Henry Swanzy Award at the Bocas Lit Fest. The festival’s programme director, Nicholas Laughlin, made the announcement during the festival’s media launch at the National Library in Port of Spain on Wednesday. Read more

21st March 2024


Daily Brief - Wednesday 20th March, 2024

The Department of Creative and Festival Arts (DCFA) Dance Unit at UWI, St Augustine campus will be hosting a comprehensive ten-day dance workshop for secondary school students. It will feature a blend of local and regional dance instruction. Read more

20th March 2024


Daily Brief - Tuesday 19th March, 2024

Several people, including workers from state-owned Heritage Petroleum Company Ltd, were seen doing clean-up operations in the Tarouba River on Monday after oil leaked into the river. Workers placed oil-absorbing booms at various points along the river to prevent the oil from spreading. Read more

19th March 2024


Daily Brief - Monday 18th March, 2024

From Monday morning, drivers can expect some reprieve from peak-hour traffic jams around the Golden Grove Road, Churchill Roosevelt highway intersection – one of the nation’s busiest. Works Minister Rohan Sinanan, on Sunday, presented the ministry’s latest measure to alleviate traffic, which involves a monitoring and management system that controls... Read more

18th March 2024


Daily Brief - Friday 15th March, 2024

An autopsy result on the remains of 18-year-old Hannah Mathura has revealed she was shot in the head. A senior police official confirmed her cause of death to Newsday on March 14. Hannah’s remains were found buried in a shallow grave at her Butu Road, South Valsayn home on March... Read more

15th March 2024


Daily Brief - Thursday 14th March, 2024

Police on Wednesday set up roadblocks and raided the Valsayn house, where skeletal remains were found buried in a shallow grave, as they intensified their search for the suspect in that case. A senior officer told Newsday the police service intends to release a photo of the suspect on Thursday... Read more

14th March 2024


Daily Brief- Wednesday 13th March, 2024

The police are trying to ascertain the identity of the remains found buried in the backyard of a house in Valsayn on Tuesday. But it is believed the bones were that of 18-year-old Hannah Mathura, who was never reported missing. Read more

13th March 2024


Daily Brief - Tuesday 12th March, 2024

Trade and Industry Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon is leading a private sector delegation on a six-day trade mission to Ghana. The mission, organised by the Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers’ Association (TTMA) and ExporTT, will take place from March 12-17, a ministry release on March 11 said. Read more

12th March 2024


Daily Brief - Friday 8th March, 2024

Stakeholders in the fight against human trafficking in Trinidad and Tobago held a workshop at the Cascadia Hotel and Conference Centre, Port of Spain, on March 1 to discuss how to streamline the victim assistance process and bolster victim support mechanisms. The Counter Trafficking Unit (CTU) of the Ministry of... Read more

8th March 2024


Daily Brief - Wednesday 6th March, 2024

After both his sons were shot dead ten years apart, Mohan Ramlakhan is pleading with young people to "leave the guns alone." On March 2, Ramlakhan’s younger son Rajesh died in hospital after being shot at his home on Achong Trace, Tunapuna. Read more

6th March 2024


Daily Brief - Monday 4th March, 2024

Twenty-three days after the February 7 oil spill, over 100 vouchers have been distributed to the fisherfolk and other stakeholders by the Tobago House of Assembly (THA). The exercise took place at the Shaw Park food hub on Friday. Read more

4th March 2024


Daily Brief - Friday 1st March, 2024

There was an outpouring of grief from Laventille residents on Thursday as Ezekiel Paria, a 12-year-old student who was killed by a stray bullet a week ago, was laid to rest. Mourners packed the Light on the Hill Ministries- a two-bedroom house which had been converted into a church –... Read more

1st March 2024


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