Daily Brief - Tuesday 3rd March, 2020
TT is not ready for a coronavirus (covid19) outbreak. So said Prof Brian Copeland, UWI pro vice chancellor and campus principal, at the launch of a diploma in health visiting programme at the Hilton Trinidad on Friday. Read more
3rd March 2020
Daily Brief- Monday 2nd March, 2020
President of the Industrial Court of TT Deborah Thomas-Felix will be joining with judges from across the globe to form the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Administrative Tribunal according to a release from the Industrial Court on Sunday. Read more
2nd March 2020
Daily Brief - Friday 28th February, 2020
The Caribbean tourism industry can potentially benefit from the coronavirus outbreak as US travellers – the primary source of tourists into TT – could consider shifting travel plans to the region from Asia and Europe, Tourism Trinidad acting CEO Heidi Alert said. Read more
28th February 2020
Daily Brief - Thursday 27th February, 2020
The Lenten season must be the start of members of the different races banding together to stamp out prejudice in all its forms.So said RC Archbishop Charles Jason Gordon during the midday Ash Wednesday service at the Our Lady of Perpetual Help RC Church, Harris Promenade, San Fernando on Wednesday.Harking... Read more
27th February 2020
Daily Brief - Wednesday 26th February, 2020
Moko jumbie Marsha Tepte braced against the winds at Queens Park Savannah to enliven Monday’s parade of bands with her portrayal Flores Para Mi Tia Judy (Flowers For My Aunt Judy.) Her eye-catching skeletal face, reminiscent of Mexico’s Day of the Dead, with floral ruffles and plumed headdress, paid tribute... Read more
26th February 2020
Daily Brief - Friday 21st February, 2020
Former president of the Law Association of T&T (LATT) Martin Daly SC says Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley must put aside petulance after he was advised to re-examine the material before him involving Chief Justice Ivor Archie. Read more
21st February 2020
Daily Brief - Thursday 20th February, 2020
Police Commissioner Gary Griffith is again making a public appeal for parliamentarians to bring back repealed legislation to deny bail to those charged with gun possession. In a media release on Wednesday, Griffith said the Bail Amendment Act of 2014, which was in effect for two years, worked in keeping... Read more
20th February 2020
Daily Brief - Wednesday 19th February, 2020
Representatives of both police and prison officers on Monday told Newsday they supported a call for the conducting of mandatory lie detector tests to try to weed out officers who tip off criminals. Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi, in piloting a bill on wire-tapping last Friday in the Senate, promised to... Read more
19th February 2020
Daily Brief - Tuesday 18th February, 2020
Guyanese Acting High Commissioner Deborah Yaw foresees close co-operation with TT in areas like energy, as her country launches its Decade of Development as recently announced by President David Granger. She addressed a reception on Friday at the Guyanese High Commission in Port of Spain to celebrate her country’s golden... Read more
18th February 2020
Daily Brief- Monday 17th February, 2020
An Arima pensioner is on life-support after he was beaten during a robbery at his Blanchisseuse Road, Wilson Extension, home on Friday night. Police said at about 6.30 pm, Roland Wilson, 63, was called to the door by someone he knew. Read more
17th February 2020
Daily Brief - Friday 14th February, 2020
As the tents and chairs were being laid out for the wake of Charan Dev Singh on Thursday, neighbours believed he would be alive if police responded to their distress call in time. Singh, 24, of San Francisco Settlement, Chickland, Freeport was shot in the chest around 8.50 pm on... Read more
14th February 2020
Daily Brief - Thursday 13th February, 2020
A mother armed with a court order, took her child back on Wednesday to Cedar Grove Private Primary School in Palmiste, near San Fernando, following his expulsion last week Monday. She petitioned Justice Frank Seepersad who at 9.15 pm on Tuesday, granted the order directing the school’s principal to allow... Read more
13th February 2020
Daily Brief - Wednesday 12th February, 2020
Two children at the St Dominic’s Children’s Home were beaten on Monday evening by a part-time caregiver who became upset that the children wore the wrong pants and sneakers. Officials said the children, eight and nine, were beaten with a leather belt after the relief staff member learned one of... Read more
12th February 2020
Daily Brief - Tuesday 11th February, 2020
“He was a monster.” That was how Maysonia Thomas described Michael Maynard on Monday. Thomas ended her relationship with him after years of abuse and violence. Maynard murdered his own daughter, eight-year-old Mukeisha Maynard, before ending his own life on Sunday night at his Kelly Village, Caroni home. Read more
11th February 2020
Daily Brief - Monday 10th February, 2020
TSTT is advising customers against returning missed calls from unfamiliar foreign numbers as this appears to be part of a “premium rate scam” designed to incur significant charges to their mobile phones or landline bills. TSTT was responding to posts on social media by several people who received calls apparently... Read more
10th February 2020