Daily Brief - Wednesday 18th July, 2018
The implementation of an Automated Border Control Kiosk System at the Piarco airport and the ANR Robinson airport in Tobago is geared towards making the journey through Customs checkpoints easier on travellers. The system was launched on Monday evening at the Immigration Hall in Piarco where 12 kiosks were installed. Read more
18th July 2018
Daily Brief - Tuesday 17th July, 2018
Dillon Lucas, 31, who was stabbed to death while protecting friends outside a nightclub in Debe on Saturday, will lways be remembered as a hero. Police were yesterday expected to take a statement from a suspect who was stabbed in the incident and remains warded under police guard at San... Read more
17th July 2018
Daily Brief - Monday 16th July, 2018
With 60,000 calls from the public reporting child abuse and 15,000 currently engaging the attention of the Children’s Authority, its chairman Hanif Benjamin has appealed to citizens to open their homes and hearts to these children in need of care. Read more
16th July 2018
Daily Brief - Friday 13th July, 2018
Las Cuevas beach is facing several challenges, not the least of which are a malfunctioning sewer plant, inconsistent washroom opening hours, temporary closure of the sole on-site restaurant and loss of its Blue Flag status. At first glance on a visit to Las Cuevas, you may not notice anything wrong,... Read more
13th July 2018
Daily Brief - Thursday 12th July, 2018
The TT Manufacturers’ Association (TTMA) is "Proudly T&T" and it is hoping to inspire the public to join it in making the country more productive and competitive. “It’s more than just a corporate social responsibility project. We recognise as a nation we have to get more competitive and productive. Read more
12th July 2018
Daily Brief - Wednesday 11th July, 2018
The MV Galleons Passage has left Cuba. National Infrastructure Development Company (Nidco) president Esther Farmer informed Newsday yesterday of the vessel’s departure. Farmer said there were no issues with the vessel before it left on its journey to TT. Read more
11th July 2018
Daily Brief - Tuesday 10th July, 2018
Young and visually impaired Arielle Lewis, Jaidon Vincent and Akshay Sirju are not only daydreaming of a bright future ahead. Born visually impaired, the three primary school students made their parents very proud by studying for the Secondary Examination Assessment (SEA) at their respective schools. Read more
10th July 2018
Daily Brief- Wednesday 4th July 2018
THE Joint Select Committee (JSC) on State Enterprises yesterday found that Caribbean Airlines Ltd (CAL) CEO Garvin Medera broke a number of rules and flouted proper procedures since his appointment in October and the issues included hiring of employees without security background checks and sitting on an interview panel that... Read more
4th July 2018
Daily Brief - Friday 29th June, 2018
For stealing $16,000 in car parts from a magistrate, Ronnie Mohammed was sent to jail for two years with hard labour. Mohammed, 58, of Springvale, San Fernando, pleaded guilty yesterday before San Fernando Magistrate Natalie Diop. Read more
29th June 2018
Daily Brief - Thursday 28th June, 2018
Heartless criminals have deprived the poor, needy, homeless and children of hot meals by stealing items including food from the Holy Cross RC Church’s soup kitchen on the church compound in Buen Intento Road, Princes Town. Read more
28th June 2018
Daily Brief - Wednesday 27th June, 2018
There must be a commitment to human rights framework and that commitment must transcend borders says Prof Rose-Marie Belle Antoine, Dean of Law, University of the West Indies. Antoine, while speaking at the regional forum on Migrants and Mobile Populations Rights and Health held yesterday at the Parliament building in... Read more
27th June 2018
Daily Brief - Tuesday 26th June, 2018
Special Reserve Police Naren Beharry, 30, yesterday appeared before a Chaguanas magistrate for allegedly having a gun and ammunition with intent to endanger lives. Beharry appeared before Joanne Connor in the First Court also charged with two counts of common assault. Insp Jugmohan of the Chaguanas police station laid the charges. Read more
26th June 2018
Daily Brief - Monday 25th June, 2018
Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) leader David Abdulah is describing as “heartless” the manner in which several CEPEP workers in Laventille were put on the breadline. At a media conference held at the party’s Royal Road, San Fernando headquarters yesterday, Abdulah said CEPEP chairman Ashton Ford said the contractor who... Read more
25th June 2018
Daily Brief - Friday 22nd June, 2018
Banking, Insurance and General Workers Union president Vincent Cabrera is predicting people will flee Venezuela to TT in the hundreds of thousands if ever civil war breaks out in that South American country. Addressing a Labour Day rally at Charlie King junction, Fyzabad on Tuesday, Cabrera questioned remarks by US... Read more
22nd June 2018
Daily Brief - Thursday 21st June, 2018
Prisons Commissioner Gerard Wilson said he is questioning the timing of the release of information pertaining to compromised locks at the Port of Spain prison. Newsday reported on Monday that the locks at the prison were deemed compromised three years ago and to date the locks were not changed. Read more
21st June 2018