Daily Brief - Friday 7th July, 2023
Over 100 employees of Dansteel Ltd are now in limbo, after a fire ravaged the multi-million-dollar structure and its fully stocked hardware at La Romaine on Thursday morning. Cashier Cindy Bhola, who has been employed at the company for the past nine years, stood teary-eyed as she contemplated her future. Read more
7th July 2023
Daily Brief - Thursday 6th July, 2023
Certain carers at abuse-troubled children's homes refused to submit police certificates of good character and/or medical certificates, raising the ire of members of Parliament's Joint Select Committee (JSC) on Human Rights, said the JSC's report laid in the Senate on June 13. Read more
6th July 2023
Daily Brief - Wednesday 5th July, 2023
The ruling by Justice Frank Seepersad on Tuesday which clears the way for refugees and asylum-seekers in this country to be deported, if they contravene immigration laws, highlights the urgent need for legislative reform to protect this vulnerable group of people. Read more
5th July 2023
Daily Brief - Tuesday 4th July, 2023
The price of flour at Nutrimix has dropped to between 10 to 13 per cent on certain goods as of Monday. In a media release on Monday, Nutrimix said it recognised the importance of keeping basic food items at minimal and affordable prices. Read more
4th July 2023
Daily Brief - Monday 3rd July, 2023
While the probe is continuing into the incident at NiQuan which led to the death of Allan Lane Ramkissoon, there is a report of another industrial accident resulting in injury at the Point Lisas Industrial Estate (PLIPDECO). Read more
3rd July 2023
Daily Brief - Friday 30th June, 2023
Forfeiture proceedings have started against three people from Debe after the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Roger Gaspard SC concluded that there was sufficient evidence to proceed under the Proceeds of Crime Act provisions. A police statement on Thursday recalled that on June 9 and 11, 2021, Financial Investigations Branch... Read more
30th June 2023
Daily Brief - Thursday 29th June, 2023
On Wednesday, ex-Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) employee Leanna Pereira was ordered to pay almost $725,000 to Dilks Diseree Pierre, of La Romaine. Pereira was also ordered to pay costs of $80,300. The order was made by Justice Frank Seepersad, who was presiding over Pierre’s claim against Pereira and the bank. Read more
29th June 2023
Daily Brief - Wednesday 28th June, 2023
With the country still under an adverse weather yellow alert, at least 16 families remained at risk overnight after strong winds ripped the roof off a Housing Development Corporation (HDC) apartment complex in Trou Macaque, Laventille on Tuesday afternoon. Read more
28th June 2023
Daily Brief - Tuesday 27th June, 2023
A ten-year-old boy was shot in the left foot on Monday afternoon when gunmen started shooting at a car at Upper Benedictine Street, Carenage. Police reported that the shooters were aiming at the 24-year-old driver when the child, who was nearby, was shot. Read more
27th June 2023
Daily Brief - Monday 26th June, 2023
Police from Central, Eastern and Western Divisions seized guns, ammunition and marijuana over the weekend during anti-crime exercises, a police statement said on Sunday. Central Division Task Force police held an exercise in Freeport and Couva Police districts on Saturday night when they received information and went to an open... Read more
26th June 2023
Daily Brief - Friday 23rd June, 2023
Speaking about the importance of family, the President Christine Kangaloo warned students about peer pressure from "friends" and social media as they transition from primary to secondary school. Kangaloo delivered the feature address at the San Fernando TML primary school graduation ceremony held at Achievor's Banquet Hall, at Duncan Village,... Read more
23rd June 2023
Daily Brief - Thursday 22nd June, 2023
Social media raged on Tuesday and Wednesday over the presence in RIK Services Ltd Booksellers of books which told the stories of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBT+) characters. While religious organisations questioned the presence of the books, the LGBT+ community questioned the uproar. Read more
22nd June 2023
Daily Brief - Wednesday 21st June, 2023
Relatives of the late Allan Lane Ramkissoon, 35, are demanding answers from NiQuan Energy Trinidad Ltd (NETL) as to how their loved one met a fiery death on June 15. “We want honesty, we want the truth,” his younger sister Ruth Lane Ramkissoon-Balgobin told the Newsday at the family's St... Read more
21st June 2023
Daily Brief - Tuesday 20th June, 2023
Minister of Energy Stuart Young yesterday met with Albert Ramdin, Suriname’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Business and International Cooperation in Paramaribo to discuss issues surrounding regional energy security. Young is currently in Suriname for its energy, oil and gas summit and exhibition, 2023 which ends on Wednesday. Read more
20th June 2023
Daily Brief - Friday 16th May, 2023
This country remains at Tier 2 Watch List on the 2023 Traffic In Persons (TIP) report for a third consecutive year. The 95-page report was published on Thursday. The designation means the government has not met the minimum standards of the UN TIP Protocol and the United States’ Trafficking Victims... Read more
16th June 2023