Daily Brief - Wednesday 3rd June, 2020
Businesses were in full swing on Tuesday morning, as High Street, San Fernando resumed normal activity, but the difference was that people were wearing masks. On Monday retail outlets and malls reopened and public servants were allowed back to work, with conditionalities, after the PM announced on Saturday phase three... Read more
3rd June 2020
Daily Brief - Tuesday 2nd June, 2020
Just over a dozen people turned up outside the US Embassy on Monday to rally in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter protests in the US. The protesters sat and held their placards in a physically distanced line in the Queen's Park Savannah, across the road from the embassy in... Read more
2nd June 2020
Daily Brief - Monday 1st June, 2020
An analysis of the impact of covid19 on the international labour market exposes the “devastating and disproportionate effect on young workers.” The research was done by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and also analyses measures being taken to create a safe return-to-work environment. The ILO issued a statement on Wednesday. Read more
1st June 2020
Daily Brief - Friday 29th May, 2020
Police Commissioner Gary Griffith says while the police would continue to investigate allegations of corruption and fraud the public must not have the perception that all wealthy police officers were corrupt. He was responding on Thursday to criticisms from the public and social activists after the closure of a police... Read more
29th May 2020
Daily Brief- Thursday 28th May, 2020
Errant drivers caught in a roadblock at the lay-by on the foreshore in St James during the launch of the demerit point and new ticketing system on Wednesday were let off with a warning. But they were told the warning will be put on record and if they are caught... Read more
28th May 2020
Daily Brief - Wednesday 27th May, 2020
More than one week after the bodies of retired police corporal Kenneth Mackhan and his wife Lillawati were found at their Cunupia home, a 24-year-old man was charged with their murders. The police, in a media release on Tuesday, said Jewan Ethan Ramkissoon was charged by Cpl Smith of the... Read more
27th May 2020
Daily Brief - Tuesday 26th May, 2020
From complaints of failure to respond, Barrackpore police officers are now being applauded by farmers for the arrest of a sheep thief over the weekend. One of the two suspects, who entered the property at Cunjal North Trace on Saturday morning, escaped. Read more
26th May 2020
Daily Brief - Monday 25th May, 2020
Wild meat hunters say they are not concerned about warnings of pathogens that causes diseases in humans because they butcher and store the meat as well and as safely as possible. On May 15, during the Health Ministry’s covid19 media briefing, director of veterinary public health Dr Saed Rahaman said... Read more
25th May 2020
Daily Brief - Sunday 24th May, 2020
After months of postponements, the Road Traffic Demerit Points System will come into effect on Tuesday. This amendment to the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic Act was made in 2017 to encourage safer and more responsible driving from the public. It was initially reported to come into effect in September 2019. Read more
24th May 2020
Daily Brief - Saturday 23rd May, 2020
Head of the Legal Unit of the police Christian Chandler has been accused of overstepping his authority by threatening to discipline errant police officers within his unit. In a branch order issued on May 11, Chandler informed the staff at Tower C, International Waterfront that the intention of the order... Read more
23rd May 2020
Daily Brief - Friday 22nd May, 2020
Investigations are still ongoing into the cause of fires which ignited at two substations in Port of Spain on Tuesday. The first fire was reported just before midday, at Power Gen, Stone Street, while the second was reported later that night on Abbatoir Road. Read more
22nd May 2020
Daily Brief - Thursday 21st May, 2020
It’s been just about two months since Government restricted all economic activity to essential operations and from Thursday, manufacturing and construction will slowly start emerging from lockdown. Terrence Rambharath, managing director of Top Mark Ltd, a contractor specialising in finishings, is happy that he and his employees will finally be... Read more
21st May 2020
Daily Brief - Wednesday 20th May, 2020
With so many people forced into their homes by stay-at-home measures enacted to slow the spread of covid19, nature – the land, sea, rivers, flora and fauna – has had a chance to “recuperate” over the last few weeks in TT. Read more
20th May 2020
Daily Brief - Tuesday 19th May, 2020
Even as the number of positive covid19 cases continues to rise in Canada, a Chaguanas man has called on the Government to make an exemption and open the borders so agricultural workers can go overseas to work. Read more
19th May 2020
Daily Brief - Monday 18th May, 2020
The Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturing Association has been notified that Phase Two of the scheduled reopening of business has been brought forward by three days to Thursday, May 21st.The Association had written to the Prime Minister and to the Minister of Health asking for a reconsideration of the proposed restart... Read more
18th May 2020