Daily Brief - Thursday 14th April, 2022
Egg farmers have decided to absorb costs arising out of the impending fuel price increase announced by the finance minister on Friday last week. The comes after egg producers announced a ten per cent increase, effective April 4, prior to the announcement of the increase in the price of fuel. Read more
14th April 2022
Daily Brief - Wednesday 13th April, 2022
Police are investigating the death of a six-year-old boy in Port of Spain on Tuesday night. They said Zakariah Charles was taking a bath at the home of relatives on St Joseph Road, East Dry River at around 7 pm when a relative saw him lying on the floor of... Read more
13th April 2022
Daily Brief - Monday 11th April, 2022
TT Automotive Dealers’ Association (TTADA) president Visham Babwah has knocked Government’s new policy on hybrid vehicles, saying while it had provided exemptions for hybrid and electric cars, whether new or used, this would not have much effect on the middle or lower class, who are set to be most affected... Read more
11th April 2022
Daily Brief - Friday 8th April, 2022
This country has joined with other Caricom member states in supporting two recent United Nations (UN) General Assembly Resolutions condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This was confirmed by Minister of External and Caricom Affairs Dr Amery Browne in response to queries by Newsday. Read more
8th April 2022
Daily Brief - Thursday 7th April, 2022
Last week the T&T Manufacturers’ Association (TTMA) executed its first physical trade mission in almost two years to Guyana. The South American country is enjoying an economic boom, as its burgeoning oil and gas industry has started coming into its own, making it an attractive market for new investment. Read more
7th April 2022
Daily Brief - Wednesday 6th April, 2022
Re-elected President of the TT Manufacturers Association Tricia Coosal said the manufacturing sector needs an enabling environment if it is to continue to thrive. Coosal spoke at the TTMA’s webinar on building business resilience on Tuesday. Read more
6th April 2022
Daily Brief - Monday 4th April, 2022
Despite the negativity that sometimes surrounds relations between Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana, the business communities in both countries are committed to expanding trade between each other. And the benefits to be reaped will be two-way, says chief executive officer of the Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers Association (TTMA) Dr Ramesh Ramdeen. Read more
4th April 2022
Daily Brief - Friday 1st April, 2022
With the aim of adding capacity and increasing this country’s competitiveness within the non-energy manufacturing sector, the Minister of Trade and Industry, Paula Gopee-Scoon, has announced the approval of an Apprenticeship Programme. Read more here Read more
1st April 2022
Daily Brief - Thursday 31st March, 2022
The Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers Association (TTMA) on Tuesday assailed the 15-nation Caribbean Community (CARICOM) for failing to remove non-tariff barriers on goods, especially food being produced in the region. TTMA’s Chief Executive Officer, Mahindra Ramdeen vented his frustration at the trade bloc’s failure to create a truly single space... Read more
31st March 2022
Daily Brief - Tuesday 29th March, 2022
After two years of online learning because of covid19 restrictions, students at every level will be allowed back into the physical classroom in the third term of the school year, beginning April 19, the Ministry of Education has announced. Read more
29th March 2022
Daily Brief - Friday 25th 2022
The Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers’ Association (TTMA) will be leading a physical Trade Mission to Guyana next week—28th to 31st March 2022. The delegation will be led by TTMA President Tricia Coosal. An official statement from the business lobby reports that the TTMA president will be joined by Dr. Ramesh... Read more
25th March 2022
Daily Brief - Wednesday 23rd March 2022
Independent Senator Amrita Deonarine called for the creation of a post of an ombudsman specifically to monitor the allocation of foreign exchange, speaking in the Senate on Tuesday. Moving a motion complaining that micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) have difficulty accessing forex, she urged the Government table in Parliament... Read more
23rd March 2022
Daily Brief - Tuesday 22nd March, 2022
A Princes Town couple who appear to have died by suicide over the weekend left a letter to their children – a nine-year-old daughter and a six-year-old son – apologising for leaving them without parents. Shaline Ramkissoon, 38, and her common-law husband Steve "Ricky" Jugmohan, 40, died on Saturday. Read more
22nd March 2022
Daily Brief - Monday 21st March, 2022
The three pillars of victim centred engagement with survivors of gender-based violence are respect, empathy, and maintaining the dignity of the person. Human rights educator Adeola Young made the statement during a police sensitisation session on gender-based violence (GBV) facilitated by the Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition, at the Coalition Against... Read more
21st March 2022
Daily Brief - Friday 18th March, 2022
Former commissioner of police (CoP) Gary Griffith has described as disgraceful the words of acting CoP Mc Donald Jacob that the police need a statement from him in order to investigate what took place with the Police Service Commission (PSC) order of merit list. Read more
18th March 2022