Daily Brief - Tuesday 12th May, 2020
The American Chamber of Commerce (Amcham TT) is calling on companies to show compassion when addressing the thorny issue of employee leave, once covid19 restrictions are lifted. The chamber, through its webinar “Navigating HR & IR Issues During the Pandemic,” said there must be balance in an employer’s legal obligations... Read more
12th May 2020
Daily Brief - Monady 11th May, 2020
T&T Chamber of Industry and Commerce remains concerned about the negative impact that the partial closure of the economy is having on businesses in T&T. The chamber made a statement Saturday after Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley announced that the economy will be reopened on a phased basis. Read more
11th May 2020
Daily Brief - Friday 8th May, 20202
Three men have been arrested by police in Tobago and charged with sexually assaulting minors, one as young as seven. All three, according to a police press release, were expected to appear before a Scarborough magistrate on Thursday to answer the charges. Read more
8th May 2020
Daily Brief - Thursday 7th May, 2020
Police Commissioner Gary Griffith acknowledged Wednesday that he does not know if there has been an increase in cases of domestic violence in the past six or seven weeks as a result of the confinement against covid19. Read more
7th May 2020
Daily Brief - Wednesday 6th May, 2020
The Cabinet-appointed National Economic Recovery Committee will soon have the results of a recent business survey—conducted jointly by the Trinidad and Tobago Coalition of Services Industries (TTCSI) and the Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers’ Association (TTMA)—to add to its deliberations. Read more
6th May 2020
Daily Brief - Tuesday 5th May, 2020
Let the untimely death of Crystal Cazoe be a lesson to all that the government's stay-at-home regulations should be obeyed. This was the plea from Cazoe's relatives on Monday as they waited for her autopsy at the Forensic Science Centre in St James a day after the mother of four... Read more
5th May 2020
Daily Brief- Monday 4th May, 2020
The economic impact of businesses closing and the general economic slowdown due to the covid19 pandemic, is already evident but can be considerably cushioned, especially for the working-class, if government makes good on its promise to help with employee retainment, an updated survey from the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham)... Read more
4th May 2020
Daily Brief- Friday 1st Mayy, 2020
Rockly Bay is now a sea of sargassum after a floating "island" of sargassum washed ashore on Wednesday. The Tobago House of Assembly’s sargassum management committee is ready to treat with the issue, according to Howard Robin, climate change specialist at the Coastal Zone Management Unit of the Division of... Read more
1st May 2020
Daily Brief - Thursday 30th April, 202
A joint survey of the T&T Coalition of Services Industries (TTCSI) and the T&T Manufacturers Association (TTMA) has found that as a result of the country’s COVID-19 mitigation measures, 36 per cent of the businesses surveyed have terminated full time employees and 55 per cent have terminated part time or... Read more
30th April 2020
Daily Brief - Wednesday 29th April, 2020
About 200 hampers were expected to be distributed on Monday at the Queen’s Park Oval, through the combined efforts of Queen’s Park Cricket Club, members of the public, and the Port of Spain City Corporation. Colin Murray, executive secretary of the club, said to collect donations, club officials simply put... Read more
29th April 2020
Daily Brief - Friday 24th April, 2020
Six or seven days without a confirmed positive covid19 case may have made some people complacent about the spread of the disease, Chief Medical Officer Dr Roshan Parasram said Thursday. “I think it’s way too early to have that sort of behaviour occurring so we need to tighten up and... Read more
24th April 2020
Daily Brief - Thursday 23rd April, 2020
Thousands of front-line public sector workers, from army to social workers, have begun to benefit from an ongoing mass donation of hand sanitiser, fully produced and bottled by Carib Brewery. On Tuesday, the brewery and its parent, Ansa McAl, welcomed representatives from the Ministry of Rural Development and Local Government,... Read more
23rd April 2020
Daily Brief - Wednesday 22nd April, 2020
Police Commissioner Gary Griffith responded to criticism from the public over roadblocks over the past four days. While he understood the inconvenience they may cause, they were necessary to save lives, he said. In a police media release on Tuesday, Griffith hit back at critics who accused the police of... Read more
22nd April 2020
Daily Brief- Tuesday 21st April, 2020
From Monday the Ministry of Health will be able to ramp up covid19 testing across TT. Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh told the media during a virtual press conference on Monday that the ministry had received 1,750 extraction kits. Read more
21st April 2020
Daily Brief - Monday 20th April, 2020
A group of people gathered outside the Couva Hospital and Multi-purpose Facility on Sunday in a prayer and worship session hoping for divine intervention regarding the covid19 pandemic. Tricia Herreira, the spokesperson for the group named Kingdom Wealth, spoke with Newsday. Read more
20th April 2020