Daily Brief - Wednesday 3rd August, 2016
The most recent edition of the Islamic State in Syria (ISIS) online propaganda magazine features a disturbing interview with Trinidadian fighter Shane Crawford who said it would have been an honour to kill then-prime minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and her ministers in 2011. He also calls for the death of unrepentant Christians. Read more
3rd August 2016
Daily Brief - Tuesday 2nd August, 2016
In May this year, the Santa Rosa First Peoples Community made a call for greater recognition. On its Facebook page the community highlighted several milestones in the community’s history. The group then said, “May 8, 1990 was a milestone in the history of The First Peoples of Trinidad and Tobago. Read more
2nd August 2016
Daily Brief - Friday 29th July, 2016
The commission of enquiry report into failed insurance giant CLICO will not be made public. Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister Stuart Young said during the post-Cabinet news briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister yesterday this decision was based on advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions. Read more
29th July 2016
Daily Brief - Thursday 28th July, 2016
Majority State-owned telecoms provider TSTT has posted an after-tax loss of $316 million for its fiscal year ended March 31, 2016, chairman Emile Elias said in a two-page news advertisement yesterday. The loss means a 345 per cent deterioration in the total comprehensive profit for the company for its first... Read more
28th July 2016
Daily Brief- Wednesday 27th July 2016
That was the cry of fishermen at the Claxton Bay Fishing Depot and King’s Wharf, San Fernando, yesterday following reports that fish caught in the Gulf of Paria were poisoned.Thousands of dead fish, including herring and mullet, were last week discovered floating along the coastline near Mosquito Creek, South Oropouche. Read more
27th July 2016
Daily Brief - Tuesday 26th July, 2016
Relatives of 26-year-old Kerwyn Michael Prescott remain in a state of shock after he was shot and killed just outside his Trou Macaque, Laventille home yesterday afternoon, as he was speaking with several family members. Prescott, who worked as a PH (private hire) taxi driver in the area, was described... Read more
26th July 2016
Daily Brief - Monday 25th July, 2016
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley yesterday described the past week he spent in Jamaica as the best and hardest working week he has experienced “in a long, long, long time”. Slamming the Opposition for its criticism of the trip, Rowley said had it not been for the official visit to... Read more
25th July 2016
Daily Brief - Friday 22nd July, 2016
The Government Assistance for Tuition Expenses (GATE) programme should remain accessible to all because education is the way out of difficult circumstances. This was the view expressed by Vashtie Baksh, a woman who is no stranger to difficulty. Read more
22nd July 2016
Daily Brief- Thursday 21st July,2016
THE future of the Government Assistance for Tuition Expenses programme (GATE) is still up in the air, but medical students need not fear cuts to their funding. Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley gave this assurance yesterday as he spoke to students at The University of the West Indies (The UWI)... Read more
21st July 2016
Daily Brief - Wednesday 20th July, 2016
An assurance of training for TT Immigration officers to better interface with persons entering this country and the setting up of a facility to ensure persons denied entry would have dignified accommodation until they are returned to their homeland, have been welcomed by the Jamaican Government. Read more
20th July 2016
Daily Brief - Tuesday 19th July, 2016
A previous altercation between reputed gang leader Selwyn “Robocop” Alexis and 32-year-old Thomas “Hamza” Sharpe may have been what led to Alexis' death. A shooting along Freedom Street Enterprise on Sunday resulted in three men being shot dead, and a five-year-old boy fighting for his life at the Eric Williams... Read more
19th July 2016
Daily Brief - Friday 15th July, 2016
An argument between two friends about the over consumption of Bay Rum ended in death early Wednesday at an agricultural estate in Manzanilla. According to reports, the victim Jharkoo Sylvester, 59, of New Settlement Plum Mitan, Manzanilla was last seen alive at the estate with another villager late Tuesday night. Read more
15th July 2016
Daily Brief - Thursday 14th July 2016
An ill-advised Health Ministry news release coupled with poor international relations are being blamed for the panic regarding the need for evidence of yellow fever immunisation on the World Health Organisation (WHO) international vaccination cards. In June, the Health Ministry issued a news release advising all regional and international travellers... Read more
14th July 2016
Daily Brief - Wednesday 13th July, 2016
Minister of Education Anthony Garcia yesterday urged anxious university students to proceed as normal in relation to the admissions process for the September term, as he confirmed receipt of a task force review into the operations of the Government Assistance for Tuition Expenses (GATE) programme. Read more
13th July 2016
Daily Brief- Monday 11th July 2016
Former Prime Minister Patrick Manning’s embalmed body had it’s final resting place in a crypt at the Orange Grove Memorial Gardens, located under the chapel at Belgrove’s funeral home in Tacarigua. Read more… Read more
11th July 2016