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
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