Daily Brief- Thursday 5th November, 2020
Chief Medical Officer Dr Roshan Parasram says health officials are waiting to see if there will be a spike in the number of covid19 cases over the weekend after the restricted reopening of the economy two weeks ago. Read more
5th November 2020
Daily Brief - Wednesday 4th November, 2020
Caribbean Airlines (CAL) has added new features to its loyalty program, Caribbean Miles, giving members the ability to purchase miles to boost their own balance, transfer miles, and for the first time, gift miles to family and friends. Read more
4th November 2020
Daily Brief - Tuesday 3rd November, 2020
Regional corporations are reporting a few landslides and mild flooding in east Trinidad after three days of bad weather. Chairman of the Tunapuna/Piarco Regional Corporation Kwesi Robinson told Newsday on Monday morning there had been reports of landslide and flooding between Friday and Sunday. Read more here Read more
3rd November 2020
Daily Brief - Monday 2nd November,2020
There has been one additional covid19 related death as of Sunday afternoon, bringing the total number of deaths to 109, a Ministry of Health media release reported. The release announced the latest death was an elderly man with comorbidities. Read more
2nd November 2020
Daily Brief - Friday 30th October, 2020
When he set out the economic future of TT in the reading of the 2020/2021 budget on October 5, Finance Minister Colm Imbert said the country's development "must be anchored on the newly emerging digital model." Government's steps to the updated development model include the removal of taxes on devices... Read more
30th October 2020
Daily Brief - Thursday 29th October, 2020
Infection control nurse Keisha Prevatt-Gomez has advised the public to wear masks where social distancing cannot be practised – even while at home. She gave the advice as part of a list of measures that could prevent elderly and more susceptible people at home from contracting the virus. Read more
29th October 2020
Daily Brief - Wednesday 28th October, 2020
Relatives of 14-year-old Venezuelan cancer patient George Riad Haidar Maican have set up a GoFundMe page to raise funds to pay his medical expenses. George’s uncle Ziad Haidar who lives in Canada set up the page on Sunday. Read more
28th October 2020
Daily Brief - Tuesday 27th October, 2020
As repatriation of citizens and the lifting of some public health regulations continues, Principal Medical Officer Dr Maryam Abdool-Richards said local healthcare facilities are capable of accommodating infected people if the number of covid19 cases increases. Read more
27th October 2020
Daily Brief - Monday 26th October, 2020
Owner of Trotters Restaurant Group Peter George said the damage being done to the local economy during the partial lockdown of restaurants and bars will have long-lasting effects, and affect businesses for years to come. George told Newsday in a telephone interview on Sunday that while public-sector workers have been... Read more
26th October 2020
Daily Brief- Friday 23rd October, 2020
A legal challenge to the Chief Justice’s covid19 emergency practice directions, which ban in-person hearings, has been mounted by a man who is before the court on a corruption charge. New practice directions came into effect on Monday and direct judges and magistrates to adjourn cases if it is impossible... Read more
23rd October 2020
Daily Brief - Thursday 22nd October, 2020
"It’s a wake-up call for the nation." This was the reaction of Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh in response to the grim milestone of TT reaching and crossing the 100 covid19 death mark on Wednesday. Seven months after recording its first death from the virus, the country marked its 101st fatality... Read more
22nd October 2020
Daily Brief - Wednesday 21st October, 2020
Tobago Hotel and Tourism Association (THTA) vice-president Carol-Ann Birchwood-James said it is time the Government revealed its plans for re-opening the island’s economy, post-covid19. “At this point, something has to give,” she told Newsday. “We cannot go on like this. You have all your hotels locked. Workers are not working. Read more
21st October 2020
Daily Brief - Tuesday 20th October, 2020
Criminal defence attorneys and state prosecutors are again complaining about the disorganisation of the virtual court process. Several attorneys, both defence and the prosecution contacted Newsday to say they are now fed up. They say they receive links to court hearings late, sometimes minutes before the matter is listed to... Read more
20th October 2020
Daily Brief- Monday 19th October, 2020
Several animals including two pet dogs named Covid and Raven were killed in a fire which destroyed a house in Barrackpore on Saturday night leaving 10 people homeless. The fire at Tin Pan Alley has left Avenash Chatoor, his common-law wife Trisha Harrilal, Chatoor’s mother and stepfather, as well as... Read more
19th October 2020
Daily Brief - Friday 16th October, 2020
With at least three police officers facing the courts recently for various offences, as well as numerous police-involved shooting deaths of civilians, the Police Service Commission (PSC) initiated a three-week-long survey on the performance of the police service. Read more
16th October 2020