Daily Brief - Thursday 1st April, 2021
This country’s first and only aquatic veterinarian, Dr Ayanna Phillips Savage, has received a regional award for her professional contributions. She said she was honoured and that it was as a result of “years of dedicated, unwavering hard work in a still little recognised field in our region.” She is... Read more
1st April 2021
Daily Brief - Wednesday 31st March, 2021
Some 33,600 initial doses or about one-third of this country's first allocation of covid19 vaccines from Covax arrived at Piarco Airport on Tuesday evening, the Ministry of Health has confirmed. It comes after 18 more people tested positive for covid19 over a 24-hour period, as relayed by the ministry in... Read more
31st March 2021
Daily Brief - Monday 29th March, 2021
Amid appeals for citizens to continue to be careful and observe covid19 precautions, the number of new cases continue to be in double figures. The Health Ministry’s Sunday update said 23 new cases had been reported from samples taken between March 25 and 27. Read more
29th March 2021
Daily Brief - Friday 26th March, 2021
While the number of covid19 cases reported on Thursday is almost half of those of the previous day, the overall number of cases is still rising. Twenty-one new cases werereported from samples taken between March 22 and 24, compared to 38 on Wednesday. Of these, one is a recently repatriated person. Read more
26th March 2021
Daily Brief - Thursday 25th March, 2021
Tricia Coosal as been appointed as the new President of the Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers Association. Coosal’s appointment as the 65th President, was confirmed at the TTMA’s Annual General meeting at the Hyatt on Wednesday. She succeeds Franka Costello as President, becoming the association’s third female president since its inception... Read more
25th March 2021
Daily Brief - Wednesday 24th March, 2021
Foreign Affairs Minister Dr Amery Browne says diplomatic sources have sai the US State Department is considering the matter of vaccine access for the Caribbean. He said there has been acknowledgement of receipt of a letter the Prime Minister wrote to President Biden requesting vaccines for Caribbean use. Read more
24th March 2021
Daily Brief - Tuesday 23rd March, 2021
With Jamaica becoming the first – and so far only – Caricom nation to get covid19 vaccine doses from the WHO’s Covax facility, there is still no word on when this country will begin receiving doses, although Trinidad and Tobago paid $9 million for them months ago. Read more
23rd March 2021
Daily Brief - Monday 22nd March, 2021
Police Social and Welfare Association (PSWA) president Gideon Dickson assured that police officers will continue to maintain law and order in the Central Division despite the challenge of having more than 100 police officers quarantined for a covid19 contact-tracing exercise. Read more
22nd March 2021
Daily Brief - Friday 19th March, 2021
The Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) is making a contractor adopt the Guanapo River after he was caught illegally dumping dirt into it two weeks ago, so that the Caroni Water Treatment Plant had to shut down for repair. Read more
19th March 2021
Daily Brief - Thursday 18th March, 2021
Figures submitted to the Ministry of Trade and Industry estimate that losses due to tax evasion from illicit trade may be as high as $91 million for tobacco and alcohol alone for 2019 and 2020. Minister of Trade and Industry Paula Gopee-Scoon referred to figures given to the ministry by... Read more
18th March 2021
Daily Brief - Wednesday 17th March, 2021
Plastics make up 19 per cent of all landfill waste and eight of ten items collected on beaches in TT. On World Consumer Rights Day, celebrated on Monday, Trade and Industry Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon reminded consumers to be responsible for making purchases that contribute to plastic waste. Read more
17th March 2021
Daily Brief - Tuesday 16th March, 2021
The Division of Food Production, Forestry and Fisheries will be selling chicken's eggs at Hope Farm, Hope, Tobago to the public beginning on Tuesday and every Tuesday thereafter, between 8 am and 11 am. In a release, the division said the eggs will cost $7 a dozen, with a maximum... Read more
16th March 2021
Daily Brief - Thursday 11th March, 2021
A new witness gave evidence on Wednesday in the challenge of the prosecution’s evidence against the two men charged with the murder of six-year-old Sean Luke. Acting Cpl Brendon Fraser was grilled by attorneys for Richard Chatoo at a virtual trial on Wednesday on the evidence he intends to give... Read more
11th March 2021
Daily Brief - Wednesday 10th March, 2021
Opposition Senator Jearlean John is warning of a new lost generation in five-ten years if Government fails to secure covid19vaccines urgently and reopen schools, the borders and the economy. She said the children who have been out of school for the past year and the 49,000 children who are either... Read more
10th March 2021
Daily Brief - Tuesday 9th March, 2021
A shipment of 33,000 covid19 vaccine doses is now expected to reach Trinidad and Tobago by the end of March, Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh said during a press conference on Monday. The shipment is part of 100,800 vaccines secured through the Covax facility. Read more
9th March 2021