Daily Brief - Wednesday 12th January, 2022
Another person has been found with the omicron strain of covid19 bringing the total number of people detected with this variant to 18, the Ministry of Health said on Tuesday. "The case had no history of recent travel but was in contact with recently-returned travellers, approximately one week before the... Read more
12th January 2022
Daily Brief - Tuesday 11th January, 2022
The Zoological Society of Trinidad and Tobago (ZSTT) said while steps were taking place to address the use of fireworks, stronger measures and complete ban on noise-making fireworks should be implemented. In a media release on Monday, its president Gupte Lutchmedial said the ZSTT has been consistent in the view... Read more
11th January 2022
Daily Brief - Monday 10th January, 2022
Commuters and drivers on the Priority Bus Route (PBR) and the Beetham Highway had to wait in traffic for about an hour as disgruntled Beetham residents burned garbage, blocking drivers entering Port of Spain early on Monday morning. Read more
10th January 2022
Daily Brief - Friday 7th January, 2022
Acting Police Commissioner McDonald Jacob says strategies are being formulated and adjustments are being made to the police’s crime-fighting plans for 2022. As of Thursday afternoon there were already ten murders for the year. At a media conference on Monday, Minister of National Security Fitzgerald Hinds said plans were udnerway... Read more
7th January 2022
Daily Brief - Thursday 6th January, 2022
Almost two years after the country’s borders were shut down to prevent the spread of covid19, international flights to Tobago will resume from Monday. Secretary of Tourism, Culture, Antiquities and Transportation Tashia Grace Burris has confirmed that British Airways and KLM will resume flights to the island on January 10... Read more
6th January 2022
Daily Brief - Wednesday 5th January, 2022
Legal action is being contemplated against a prominent funeral home which is being blamed for a mix-up which led to a woman's body being sent to the wrong family for final rites which included her being cremated, following the funeral in which her casket was sealed because she had died... Read more
5th January 2022
Daily Brief - Tuesday 4th January, 2022
On December 30, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Port of Spain office donated 200 tablets to the Catholic Commission for Social Justice (CCSJ), the Office of Law Enforcement Policy (OLEP) of the Ministry of National Security and the TTV Solidarity Network (TTVSOLNET). Read more
4th January 2022
Daily Brief - Monday 3rd January, 2022
Pandemics do eventually end, even if omicron is complicating the question of when this one will. But it won’t be like flipping a light switch: The world will have to learn to coexist with a virus that’s not going away. Read more
3rd January 2022
Daily Brief - Thursday 23rd December, 2021
Moments after the Ministry of Education revealed that physical classes will resume for all secondary and tertiary students as well as Standard Five pupils from February, the president of the Movement for Concerned Parents Clarence Mendoza has made it clear parents will not be sending their children to school because... Read more
23rd December 2021
Daily Brief - Wednesday 22nd December, 2021
There was a constant flow for booster shots and vaccinations at vaccine sites in Port of Spain on Tuesday. Newsday visited the drive-through vaccine site at the Hasely Crawford Stadium and the Paddock at the Queen's Park Savannah. Read more
22nd December 2021
Daily Brief - Tuesday 21st December, 2021
With Christmas day around the corner, the Children’s Authority has expressed its gratitude to the public and corporate Trinidad and Tobago for stepping up to support children in homes and foster care throughout the country. However, they are pleading with the national community to look out for the children in... Read more
21st December 2021
Daily Brief - Monday 20th December, 2021
The Omicron variant of concern has now been detected in circulation among the population. The case in question was one of two people announced yesterday to as the newest discoveries of the variant on our shores. Read more
20th December 2021
Daily Brief - Friday 17th December, 2021
Another grim Covid-19 milestone has been reached, with the country crossing 2,500 total Covid-19 deaths yesterday. Read more
17th December 2021
Daily Brief - Wednesday 15th December, 2021
Two men were arrested today after their highway escape attempt ended in a flooded canal on the Uriah Butler Highway. Police say that at around 7.45 am they spotted and began chasing a Toyota Aqua. Read more here Read more
15th December 2021
Daily Brief - Tuesday 14th December, 2021
The San Fernando and Chaguanas business chambers are calling on customers to shop early this Christmas, as freight and customs issues have caused businesses to limit the range and amount of goods they can supply. Chaguanas Chamber of Industry and Commerce president Richie Sookhai said, “We know that Trinidad and... Read more
14th December 2021