Daily Brief - Tuesday 16th November, 2021
Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP) deputy leader Dr Faith BYisrael has criticised the PNM-led Tobago House of Assembly for the "lack of planning" that went into the new $98 million Roxborough hospital. Her comments came after Secretary of Health Tracy Davidson-Celestine revealed on Thursday that finding specialists for the hospital has... Read more
16th November 2021
Daily Brief - Monday 15th November, 2021
Supermarket Association president Rajiv Diptee said the lifting of the state of emergency (SoE) on Wednesday gives businesses some time to plan their operations and can bring them some relief heading into Christmas. At a news conference at the Diplomatic Centre, St Ann's on Saturday, the Prime Minister said the... Read more
15th November 2021
Daily Brief - Friday 12th November, 2021
ANSA Merchant Bank has reported a $218.6 million profit before tax for the quarter ending September 30, 2021. This information was contained in the bank's unaudited interim results for that period. In a statement which accompaied the results, bank chairman A Norman Sabga said the bank remains in a very... Read more
12th November 2021
Daily Brief - Thursday 11th November, 2021
Former commissioner of police Gary Griffith has withdrawn his challenge against the former Police Service Commission (PSC) on his suspension less than 24 hours after he was due to have taken up the post as acting top cop in September. Read more
11th November 2021
Daily Brief- Wednesday 10th November, 2021
An Appeal Court judge has ruled the Equal Opportunity Tribunal (EOT) and its chairman failed to establish any “special circumstances” to justify the staying of the lawsuit brought against it by lay assessor Veera Bhajan over her not being able to take up her position. Read more
10th November 2021
Daily Brief - Tuesday 9th November, 2021
When Racine Belle saw the refurbished Maracas nature trail leading to the Maracas Waterfall she was pleasantly surprised. Bell said that when she last visited, the site was in a “deplorable condition” and one “could not even recognise the sign.” Belle is from D'Abadie but she has family in Maracas/St... Read more
9th November 2021
Daily Brief - Monday 8th November, 2021
Eight more people have died from covid19 and 329 new cases were confirmed in the latest Ministry of Health update on Sunday. The update said the eight people were three elderly males, three middle aged males, an elderly female and a middle-aged female. Read more
8th November 2021
Daily Brief - Friday 5th November, 2021
The search for 27-year-old casino worker Kezia Jeneka Venicia Guerra ended in sorrow early on the Divali public holiday with police digging up her body from a four-foot deep grave in the forest, some 300 feet away from Santa Barbara Road in Maracas, St Joseph. Read more
5th November 2021
Daily Brief - Wednesday 3rd November, 2021
The Homicide Bureau of Police Service says murders have been on the increase since 2011 with an average of 428 people killed every year. At a media briefing Tuesday, public information officer ASP Sheridon Hill said the TTPS has no evidence that there was any spike in murders since former... Read more
3rd November 2021
Daily Brief - Tuesday 2nd November, 2021
Even though the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently gave the green light for children five-11 in the US to be vaccinated with the Pfizer covid19 vaccine, this country will not do so until the World Health Organization (WHO) has given approval. Read more
2nd November 2021
Daily Brief - Monday 1st November, 2021
As of today, there will be no Value Added Tax (VAT) applied to the following items: Read more here Read more
1st November 2021
Daily Brief - Friday 29th October, 2021
Sky-rocketing freight rates will now add to the already high prices of goods initially triggered by global supply chain disruptions. Freight costs went from US$4,000 for a 40-foot container to US$20,000 per container and without Government intervention, it is the consumer that will have to bear that cost. Read more
29th October 2021
Daily Brief - Thursday 28th, 2021
High levels of intensive care unit (ICU) occupancy continue to concern the Health Ministry. Principal Medical Officer Dr Maryam Abdool-Richards said 51 of 52 available covid19 ICU beds are occupied, with seven people in accident and emergency wards waiting to be admitted to an ICU. Read more
28th October 2021
Daily Brief - Wednesday 27th October, 2021
Tobago’s active covid19 cases stand at 309 after 17 new cases were reported overnight. The island’s death toll remains at 99. In a statement on Tuesday, the THA Division of Health, Wellness and Family Development reported there are 27 patients in state isolation, 280 in home isolation and two in ICU. Read more
27th October 2021
Daily Brief - Tuesday 26th October, 2021
The country's parallel healthcare system devoted to covid19 patients basically has no more beds for any new patients in its intensive care units (ICUs). This warning was issued by Principal Medical Officer of Health Dr Maryam Abdool-Richards on Monday at the Ministry of Health's virtual briefing. Read more
26th October 2021