Daily Brief - Monday 23rd May, 2022
More than 1,500 Venezuelan migrant children in Trinidad and Tobago are being affected by the suspension of the Equal Place educational programme. For more than a month, the children registered for Equal Place have not had their virtual classes. Read more
23rd May 2022
Daily Brief - Friday 20th May, 2022
Criminologist Daurius Figuera says the Strategic Services Agency (SSA) report presented in Parliament on a possible national security threat of people radicalised by terrorist groups was not guided by thorough threat assessment, and described it as scaremongering. Read more
20th May 2022
Daily Brief - Thursday 19th May, 2022
“Unforeseen conditions” have stalled pipeline interconnection works near the Maritime Roundabout, Barataria affecting residents in seven areas. Work at the site were rescheduled to be completed by 6 pm on Wednesday and it will take another 24 hours for water supply to return to some areas. Read more
19th May 2022
Daily Brief - Wednesday 18th May, 2022
The Coalition Advocating for Inclusion of Sexual Orientation (CAISO) released its first report, Insights from Wholeness and Justice, on Tuesday. At a press conference, CAISO emphasised support for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI+) community. It intends to present a report annually. Read more
18th May 2022
Daily Brief - Tuesday 17th May, 2022
It was music to the ears of the business community when Finance Minister Colm Imbert announced that $1.6 billion of the Government’s additional expenditure will go to the payment of VAT refunds for the period April to September 2022. Read more
17th May 2022
Daily Brief - Monday 16th May, 2022
Value-added tax (VAT) refunds amounting to almost $144 million continue to be the biggest problem for manufacturers, particularly affecting the liquidity of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), and the T&T Manufacturers Association (TTMA) is hoping that Finance Minister Colm Imbert will present some good news during his mid-year budget review... Read more
16th May 2022
Daily Brief - Friday 13th May, 2022
On Wednesday, the day the 24-year-old Ellen Krishana Mohammed was hacked to death at the family’s home in Guayaguayare, an evangelist was waiting for her in San Fernando to give her stationery supplies for her children. Mohammed never showed up, and all calls to her cellphone went unanswered. Read more
13th May 2022
Daily Brief - Thursday 12th May, 2022
Zoi Quan Kep, the woman who reported seeing the now-dead infant Kimani "Mani" Francis roaming alone on a road in Techier Village, Point Fortin on Monday, has moved out of the area. Police were called in after outraged residents gathered at her home at Tenth Street Extension on Tuesday after... Read more
12th May 2022
Daily Brief - Wednesday 11th May, 2022
A total of US$296 million (TT$2 billion) has been sold to 123 manufacturing companies from 2018 to Monday May 9 by the Export and Import Bank of Trinidad and Tobago (EXIMBank) foreign exchange facility, designed specifically for manufacturers. Read more
11th May 2022
Daily Brief - Tuesday 10th May, 2022
The Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers’ Association (TTMA) has said while there was an increase in growth in most non-energy sectors, there has been a reported decrease in the printing and packaging and textile and garment sectors. Read more
10th May 2022
Daily Brief - Monday 9th May, 2022
Trade and Industry Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon is urging manufacturers to get involved and invest in the Chinese markets. In a media release on Friday, the ministry said Gopee-Scoon while on company tours with the Chinese Ambassador Fang Qiu and TT Manufacturers Association president Tricia Coosal, assured that the Government, through... Read more
9th May 2022
Daily Brief - Friday 6th May, 2022
Direct flights from New York to Tobago have resumed. On Thursday, Caribbean Airlines restarted its non-stop service between Tobago and JFK, New York, its first international flight directly to Tobago since March 2020, when the country’s borders were shut to restrict the spread of covid19. Read more
6th May 2022
Daily Brief - Thursday 5th May, 2022
Trinidad and Tobago will, this year, participate in the world's slight rebound from the covid19 pandemic – as now dampened by fallout from Russia's invasion of the Ukraine – said the Central Bank's Annual Economic Survey 2021. "TT’s short-term outlook is expected to improve in 2022," the report said. Read more
5th May 2022
Daily Brief - Wednesday 4th May, 2022
After months of quiet, behind-the-scenes investigations, two high-ranking police officers from the Firearms Division of the police were arrested on Tuesday in relation to alleged criminal conduct in that division, including pocketing large sums of money for fast-tracking the application process for firearms users licences (FULs). Read more
4th May 2022
Daily Brief - Tuesday 3rd May, 2022
It is no secret, the enormous capacity mangroves have for sponging up carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses, and the importance of them to survive climate changes. Members of the Rotaract Clubs of San Fernando and San Fernando – South have been concerned about the reason mangroves are dying. Read more
3rd May 2022