Daily Brief - Monday 15th June, 2020
Come August 20, some 19,334 students will sit the Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) exam. While the exam was scheduled to take place on April 2, the covid19 pandemic delayed it. Schools were closed from March 16 – before the original SEA date of April 2. Read more
15th June 2020
Daily Brief - Friday 12th June, 2020
The Arima general hospital will be operationalised on a phased basis, beginning on Monday next week. North Central Regional Health Authority (NCRHA) CEO Davlin Thomas said the facility, which was opened on Tuesday, will be fully operational within one month. He said in-patient services would begin next week. Read more
12th June 2020
Daily Brief - Thursday 11th June, 2020
Clean up operations of an oil spill in Barrackpore continued on Wednesday as contractors hurriedly tried to prevent further damage before heavy rains came again. When Newsday visited the site, workers at Sadhu Village, Lawrence Hill were mopping up the remaining oil. Read more
11th June 2020
Daily Brief - Wednesday 10th June, 2020
The South-West Regional Health Authority (SWRHA) has rubbished a social media report claiming there were two alleged cases of covid19 at the San Fernando Teaching Hospital. The SWRHA in a media release Tuesday stated that it took note of the social media report on a website on June 9, 2020. Read more
10th June 2020
Daily Brief - Tuesday 9th June, 2020
CMO Dr Roshan Parasram said guidelines for the reopening of religious institutions should be released on Tuesday. He said they had been developed in consultation with religious bodies. The Prime Minister announced on Sunday that all religious bodies would be able to reopen on Thursday with physical distancing and other... Read more
9th June 2020
Daily Brief - Monday 8th June, 2020
Over 300 cruise ship workers and hundreds of University of the West Indies (UWI) students will return home to TT within the next week. TT’s borders were closed at midnight on March 22 to curb the spread of covid19. Read more
8th June 2020
Daily Brief - Friday 5th June, 2020
TT nationals who have been stranded on board the Carnival Fantasy cruise ship finally got home on Thursday afternoon. The ship was anchored offshore near the Port of Port of Spain and could be seen from the waterfront at the Hyatt Regency since early Thursday morning. Read more
5th June 2020
Daily Brief - Thursday 4th June, 2020
Police are investigating the murder of a 42-year-old Morvant man who was shot dead while standing outside his home on Tuesday night. Police said Cepep supervisor Shawn Alleyne aka 'Pablo' was standing outside his Caledonia, Morvant, house at around 11 pm when he was approached by a gunman who shot... Read more
4th June 2020
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