Daily Brief - Wednesday 11th November, 2015
Faced with death while at the mercy of violent waves at sea, Mayaro fisherman Wayne Krishnie Samaroo, 53, called out to his son and instructed him to ‘hold on’ to the boat for safety during a fishing expedition which turned tragic on Monday evening. Read more
11th November 2015
Daily Brief - Monday 9th November, 2015
Tamiflu, a prescriptive drug used to treat the H1N1 influenza or the seasonal flu, is running out at the nation’s hospitals. Relatives of patients who are being treated for the influenza are also finding it difficult to get the drugs at private pharmacies. Read more
9th November 2015
Daily Brief - Friday 6th November, 2015
“Don’tT tell me my brother’s death was accidental...prove it!” That is all the grieving brother of Special Reserve Police (SRP) Constable Govindra Ramroop, 25, said in reaction to him being shot and killed yesterday inside the Guapo Police Station. Read more
6th November 2015
Daily Brief - Thursday 5th November, 2015
The government has been given an ultimatum by the nation’s prison officers. Act within a month to improve the security of officers or face protest action designed to shutdown the entire service. The ultimatum comes as prison officers reacted to the murder on Monday of Prison Superintendent David Millette who... Read more
5th November 2015
Daily Brief - Wednesday 4th November, 2015
The dream of retiring in sweet T and T has soured for an American couple who narrowly escaped with their lives from bandits who attacked them outside their Los Iros home on Monday. Their encounter with the armed gang was the culmination of a string of bad experiences they have... Read more
4th November 2015
Daily Brief - Tuesday 3rd November, 2015
Prisons Officer David Millette, 50, was marked for death. Millette, a Superintendent of Prisons, was shot dead yesterday morning near his Cipriani Avenue, Second Caledonia, Morvant home, with his mother Phyllis Millette later telling Newsday that her son had confided in her that his name was on a hit-list of... Read more
3rd November 2015
Daily Brief - Monday 2nd November, 2015
Damien “Junior Gong” Marley, the Gongzilla of Reggae Music, on Saturday night, sent a strong message to T&T minutes after gracing the stage at Hennessy Artistry’s Reggae on the Bay 2015 held at the Hasely Crawford Stadium’s Training Grounds in Port-of-Spain. Read more
2nd November 2015
Daily Brief - Friday 30th October, 2015
The body of the decapitated man found in Port-of-Spain on Wednesday has been identified as 35-year-old Nathan Maraj of #2 Las Lomas. Yesterday, relatives who requested not to be named, denied earlier reports that Maraj was a known drug dealer, but said he was an employee of Maritime Insurance, who... Read more
30th October 2015
Daily Brief - Thursday 29th October, 2015
Three hundred and sixty nine solar lanterns were distributed to primary school students yesterday at the Marabella South Secondary School at an event held by the Trinidad and Tobago Red Cross Society. Eye glasses were also distributed at the event. Read more
29th October 2015
Daily Brief - Wednesday 28th October, 2015
Yesterday was labelled an historic day in T&T with the docking of the TTS Nelson II, a large operational naval ship of T&T Defence Force. Under the captaincy of Commander Jason Kelshall, who is the son of retired Rear Admiral Richard Kelshall, and Executive Officer, Lt Commander Akenton Isaac, the... Read more
28th October 2015
Daily Brief - Tuesday 27th October, 2015
The mother of a 13-year-old boy, who was knocked down near President’s Grounds, St Ann’s, a month ago, has accused police investigators of not doing enough to find the offending drivers. Kasana Prentis said her son Isiah Scoon remained confined to a hospital bed at Mt Hope since the incident. Read more
27th October 2015
Daily Brief - Monday 26th October, 2015
An online petition has been started for the police to arrest and charge former government ministers and a former senior police officer were allegedly involved in a cover-up after a small quantity of marijuana was found at the private home of former prime minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar. Read more
26th October 2015
Daily Brief - Friday 23rd October, 2015
Homicide detectives have held three people, among them a woman, in connection with the killing of British lawyer Richard Wheeler and his Trinidadian wife Grace. The suspects are in their 20s. The announcement was made by Assistant Commissioner of Police Homicide Vincel Edwards who was selected by acting Commissioner of... Read more
23rd October 2015
Daily Brief - Thursday 22nd October, 2015
T&T recorded its fourth confirmed death from the highly contagious H1N1 Influenza (swine flu), which accounted for over 14,000 deaths worldwide in 2009. According to a copy of a death certificate obtained by the T&T Guardian yesterday, Siparia mother Cherrie Ryce, 46, died of swine flu at the San Fernando... Read more
22nd October 2015
Daily Brief - Wednesday 21st October, 2015
Villagers of Kernaham and Cascadoux in Mayaro say they are yet to get any flood relief since last November’s disaster even though hundreds of mattresses and supplies were found stacked under the home of former MP Winston “Gypsy” Peters. Read more
21st October 2015