Daily Brief - Thursday 23rd February, 2017
According to the Hansard, Rowley had taken issue over Jatras’ position on the controversial Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) legislation. Jatras, who now runs a legal firm in Washington DC, USA, which specialises in foreign affairs and human rights, has launched a worldwide campaign for the US Treasury to... Read more
23rd February 2017
Daily Brief - Wednesday 22nd February, 2017
A man with a submachine gun was involved in a shoot-out with police officers on the streets of Longdenville on Monday. The suspect dodged police officers and their bullets and eluded arrest. According to police, the suspect was seen around 7.20 p.m. Read more
22nd February 2017
Daily Brief - Tuesday 21st February, 2017
One day after speaking with him on the telephone, United States President Donald Trump yesterday invited Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley to meet with him in Washington DC. According to an article on the Associated Press (AP) website, “President Donald Trump discussed what the White House calls ‘shared priorities’ in... Read more
21st February 2017
Daily Brief - Monday 20th February, 2017
Six former monarchs are among the 15 calypsonians who will battle against defending National Calypso Monarch Devon Seale for the title come Carnival Sunday night at Dimanche Gras at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain. Read more
20th February 2017
Daily Brief - Friday 17th February, 2017
Matthew King appeared yesterday before Chief Magistrate Marcia Ayers-Caesar charged with the murder of Jamilia de Revenaux at MovieTowne on February 5. King, 30, of Chinapoo Village, Morvant and Mora Drive, Cleaver Heights, Arima was charged late Wednesday after Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Roger Gaspard SC, gave instructions to police. Read more
17th February 2017
Daily Brief - Thursday 16th February, 2017
Missing for more than two weeks, 15-year-old Melissa Samlal has contacted her mother, telling a scary story of being taken to an unknown location by a woman she met on Facebook who now refuses to let her go home. Read more
16th February 2017
Daily Brief - Wednesday 15th February, 2017
Incensed that only one member of its cast was picked to be among 42 calypsonians to compete at the Calypso Fiesta and a place in the National Calypso Monarch grand finals, president of the Kalypso Revue Eric “Pink Panther” Taylor said the tent would quit being a member of Trinbago... Read more
15th February 2017
Daily Brief - Tuesday 14th February, 2017
The National Parents Teachers Association (NPTA) is calling for a fresh and independent probe into an alleged bullying attack at the Mayaro Government Primary school which has left nineyear- old Tristan Khan nursing a dislocated right elbow. Read more
14th February 2017
Daily Brief - Monday 13th February, 2017
At least one of the relatives of five police officers who died in line of duty has qualified for the million-dollar payout promised by the last administration and the current government. Sources revealed that the qualifying officer is PC Sherman Maynard who was slain outside Port-of-Spain Prison. Read more
13th February 2017
Daily Brief - Friday 10th February, 2017
Just how low will this country’s bandits go as they prey on innocent, law-abiding citizens? This was the question asked by police investigating a case in which three women, all clutching copies of the Holy Bible in their hands, held up a Chaguanas woman at gunpoint on Wednesday morning. Read more
10th February 2017
Daily Brief - Thursday 9th February, 2017
An 11 month old baby girl was fed sleep medication in her tea to assist her in falling asleep. The child slipped into a coma and after scans revealed she was brain dead, the plugs to the machines keeping her alive at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex (EWMSC) in... Read more
9th February 2017
Daily Brief - Wednesday 8th February, 2017
Kenny ‘Boy Boy’ Ramroop, 31, appeared yesterday before a Siparia magistrate charged for the murder of Nadia Simms, whose body was found in a shallow grave by iguana hunters, four days after relatives reported her missing. Read more
8th February 2017
Daily Brief - Tuesday 7th February, 2017
In the face of rampant crime and a murder rate of 62 (up to press time), Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley last evening said there is enough police officers in this country and once these men and women effectively do the work they are paid to do, crime will be... Read more
7th February 2017
Daily Brief - Monday 6th February, 2017
Reporters from the New York Times and Al Jazeera are speaking to members of T&T’s Muslim community following last week’s news that 130 nationals are involved in terrorist activities in countries abroad. The updated figure was given last Tuesday by National Security Minister Edmund Dillon following MSNBC commentator Malcolm Nance’s... Read more
6th February 2017
Daily Brief - Friday 3rd February, 2017
Nine year-old schoolboy risk the use of his right arm after a classmate - described as an unrepentant bully - viciously attacked him during school hours on Wednesday and stamped on his arm, breaking the elbow socket of the limb. Read more
3rd February 2017