Daily Brief - Monday 13th December, 2021
Since December 1, Trinidad and Tobago has recorded 9,246 new covid19 cases and 249 deaths. These include the 558 new cases and 24 new deaths reported by the Ministry of Health on Sunday. The new cases were from samples taken between December 9 and 11, while the new deaths were... Read more
13th December 2021
Daily Brief - Friday December 12th, 2021
REPORTERS and photographers complained of exclusion from Thursday's Tobago House of Assembly (THA) swearing-in ceremonies, and of being left to perch on a roadside curb, or worse, to stand up for hours on end under the blazing sun. Read more
10th December 2021
Tuesday 7th December, 2021
Prime Minister and Political Leader of the Peoples National Movement Dr Keith Rowley this morning issued a statement in response to the party's embarrassing and complete defeat at the polls in Tobago on Monday. Read more here… Read more
7th December 2021
Daily Brief - Thursday 2nd December, 2021
In spite of the unforeseen challenges in the last couple of years, the TT Manufacturers’ Association (TTMA) said it still intends to double the value of export to $7 billion by 2025. The organisation's president Tricia Coosal was speaking at the TTMA’s eighth annual president’s dinner and awards ceremony at... Read more
2nd December 2021
Daily Brief - Wednesday 1st December., 2021
Following the murders of two prison officers within a few days of each other, the president of the Prison Officers Association (POA) Ceron Richards has called for a meeting with the Prime Minister. Richards was speaking during a press conference at the association’s office in Arouca. Read more
1st December 2021
Daily Brief - Tuesday 30th November, 2021
The Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers’ Association (TTMA) is once again commending Government for its stance on illicit trade, and says with continued policing and stronger enforcement of the requisite laws, more cases will reach the prosecution stage. Read more
30th November 2021
Daily Brief - Monday 29th November, 2021
The Family Planning Association has said that some factors which contribute to domestic violence have become “cultural norms” in Trinidad and Tobago, and they should be “addressed and eliminated.” In a news release on Friday – International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women – the association called on... Read more
29th November 2021
Daily Brief - Friday 26th November, 2021
Children need to be given safe spaces to feel safe enough to disclose sexual abuse. Adults in these spaces need to be trained in how to respond to these disclosures. These were some of the conclusions made during the UWI’s Institute for Gender and Development Studies’ special lunch time seminar... Read more
26th November 2021
Daily Brief - Thursday 25th November, 2021
Several business chambers are calling for an extension of the demonetisation of the $1, $5, $10, $20 and $50 notes issued before 2020. In June, the Central Bank announced the demonetisation process in which the old notes would cease to be in circulation as a legal tender from January 1, 2022. Read more
25th November 2021
Daily Brief - Wednesday 24th November, 2021
While Moody's rating agency has said pandemic pressures pushed Trinidad and Tobago's debt-to-GDP ratio towards 90 per cent, it was optimistic for a "strong recovery" next year of 5.9 per cent growth, it said in a report last Friday. Read more
24th November 2021
Daily Brief - Tuesday 23rd November, 2021
Several hurting, grieving relatives of people murdered recently have called on Government to bring back the state of emergency (SoE) and curfew as a tangible action aimed at curbing the bloodshed caused by criminals. The call was made on Monday outside the Forensic Science Centre, where people gathered waiting to... Read more
23rd November 2021
Daily Brief - Monday 22nd November, 2021
Both Trade and Industry Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon and Supermarkets Association (SATT) president Rajiv Diptee have rejected the dire prediction by former SATT president Balliram Maharaj of an impending food shortage for Christmas. “I don’t subscribe to that view at all,” Gopee-Scoon told Newsday when contacted on Sunday. Read more
22nd November 2021
Daily Brief - Friday 19th November, 2021
With the state of emergency (SoE) at an end and Christmas approaching, the police has called out its troops to address an expected crime increase and covid19 cases. Speaking at the media conference on Thursday, ACP Erla Christopher, police operations manager, said officers on vacation would be called out for... Read more
19th November 2021
Daily Brief - Thursday 18th November, 2021
As negotiations on the future of Atlantic LNG (ALNG) train one and its restructuring continue, Shell’s vice president and company chair for TT Eugene Okpere says it is committed to the future of the country. Speaking at the signing of the Manatee production sharing contract between TT and Shell at... Read more
18th November 2021
Daily Brief - Wednesday 17th November, 2021
A 33-year-old hairdresser who was working as a babysitter was killed on Monday night along with the father of the child she was babysitting. Police said at about 12.08 am on Tuesday they were alerted to a wounding at Celestine Drive, Pelican Extension Morvant. Read more
17th November 2021