Daily Brief - Wednesday 9th November, 2016
An undisclosed sum of US currency and documents have been seized from a San Fernando businessman who is being questioned by police in connection with the discovery last Friday of close to US$2 million in crocus bags inside a container at the Port of Point Lisas. Read more
9th November 2016
Daily Brief - Tuesday 8th November, 2016
While their neighbours celebrated two weddings in their community, a Felicity couple suffered a tragic end after being gunned down upon returning home from the movies on Sunday night. The bloodied corpses of Narine Kalpoo, 59, and his common-law wife, Lutchmin Jaggernath, 51, fell metres apart from each other after... Read more
8th November 2016
Daily Brief - Monday 7th November, 2016
Senior police officers yesterday linked the weekend’s seizure of US$2 million in a container by members of the Customs and Excise Division to the nefarious narcotics trade. The money, which was hidden in a crate of ply board and shipped to Trinidad earlier in the week, was found last Friday... Read more
7th November 2016
Daily Brief - Friday 4th November, 2016
Construction firm NH International (Caribbean) Ltd has won the bid to build a $145 million Government housing development at Mt Hope. The 160-unit apartment complex, named Mahogany Court, is the first housing development to be constructed by the PNM government using the public/private partnership (PPP) model. Read more
4th November 2016
Daily Brief - Thursday 3rd November, 2016
A day after Acting Commissioner of Police Stephen Williams resumed duties as head of the TT Police Service (TTPS), he read the riot act yesterday to heads of nine police divisions, regarding the low detection rate and rampant murders, especially in the Northern and Central Divisions. Read more
3rd November 2016
Daily Brief - Wednesday 2nd November, 2016
Trinidad and Tobago’s private sector has been invited by Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) Dr Ralph E. Gonsalves to take up investment opportunities in that country’s fish markets. The PM however made it clear to any Trini investor: “You have to come with some money.” “I... Read more
2nd November 2016
Daily Brief - Tuesday 1st November, 2016
The baby girl born with microcephaly last month, is the first confirmed case of the condition due to the mosquito-borne Zika virus in this country. This was announced by Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh yesterday during a news conference at the Health Ministry’s head office, Park Street, Port-of-Spain. Read more
1st November 2016
Daily Brief - Monday 31st October, 2016
Declaring that he has heard the calls from the population for decisive action to bring runaway crime under control, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley yesterday served notice, “I propose to take a direct interest in overseeing a comprehensive review of the way in which Community Policing functions are introduced within... Read more
31st October 2016
Daily Brief - Friday 28th October, 2016
Finance Minister Colm Imbert yesterday assured the public that they can continue to use credit and debit cards at gas stations operated by State-owned National Petroleum (NP) to pay for their fuel from today onwards. Commenting on a decision taken by some gas stations dealers not to accept card payments... Read more
28th October 2016
Daily Brief - Thursday 27th October, 2017
They came to buy food for their starving family back home, but 11 Venezuelan nationals instead got held-up on the high seas early yesterday morning by masked, armed Trini pirates who made off with US$600 and 600,000 Bolivars (Venezuelan currency). Read more
27th October 2016
Daily Brief - Wednesday 26th October, 2016
Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi said his office has to properly look at the conviction of the Trinidadian Muslim nationals in Venezuela. I have to look at the evidence from another jurisdiction which resulted in a conviction, I don’t know what the back of that conviction was built upon with certainty... Read more
26th October 2016
Daily Brief - Tuesday 25th October, 2016
Doctors at the Port-of- Spain General Hospital yesterday expressed concern for their safety after a young, female intern was held-up at gunpoint on Sunday night at the hospital and robbed after the assailant herded the intern past four security posts which were all empty, before relieving her of three hundred dollars. Read more
25th October 2016
Daily Brief - Monday 24th October, 2016
A 17-year-old Form 4 student who was one of 40 students transferred from Chaguanas North Secondary School earlier this year when teachers at that school complained of their deviant behaviour is believed to be part of a gang of teenagers who attempted to burn down the Cunupia High School on Saturday. Read more
24th October 2016
Daily Brief - Friday 21st October, 2016
Scared that she might become another rape statistic, a San Juan woman jumped from a moving “PH” taxi on Tuesday after the driver began cursing and threatening her with a baton. A still traumatised Linda Asevero, 35, cautioned other women yesterday as she related the terror she felt after the... Read more
21st October 2016
Daily Brief - Thursday 20th October, 2016
The order introducing the seven per cent online shopping tax will be published today and the tax will take effect later today, Finance Minister Colm Imbert said last night. The tax was previously expected to come into effect at midnight last night. Read more
20th October 2016