Daily Brief - Wednesday 14th February, 2018
Firemen from Chaguanas Fire Station are investigating the cause of a bush fire in Carlsen Field on Monday afternoon in which six Public Transportation Service Commission (PTSC) buses were burnt. Read more here Read more
14th February 2018
Daily Brief - Friday 9th February, 2018
Three years ago, fisherman Edmund Charles survived an 18-hour ordeal at sea with only a plastic bucket to keep him and another man afloat after they had been thrown overboard by pirates off the coast of Moruga. Read more
9th February 2018
Daily Brief - Thursday 8th February, 2018
Education Minister Anthony Garcia has appealed to both parents and children for students to attend school on Ash Wednesday and to stop the perennial problem of poor attendance. “Ash Wednesday is a normal school day.” He said they encouraged students to enjoy themselves and to actively participate in every aspect... Read more
8th February 2018
Daily Brief - Wednesday 7th February, 2018
A day after Justice Frank Seepersad gave a historic court ruling on the consequences of irresponsible social media posting, the South West Regional Health Authority (SWRHA) said it too has fallen victim to false allegations through social media. Read more
7th February 2018
Daily Brief - Tuesday 6th February, 2018
With a lecture presented by Prof Bridget Brereton, the National Trust launched its junior programme at Presentation College, San Fernando last week. The lecture, titled Trinidad Social and Cultural History up to 1962/70, was the first hosted by the trust specifically for secondary school students. Read more
6th February 2018
Daily Brief - Monday 5th February, 2018
A midday accident in Moruga yesterday claimed the life of a motorcyclist. Police identified the victim as Kurt Ramjohn, 35, of Indian Walk. Police said that Ramjohn was riding a motorcycle along the Moruga Road near Sixth Company when he crashed into an iron electricity pole. Read more
5th February 2018
Daily Brief - Friday 2nd February, 2018
Officials from the Children Authority’s Emergency Response Team yesterday rescued a 14 year old special needs boy who according to reports, endured months of physical and verbal abuse at the hands of relatives at their Tabaquite home. Read more
2nd February 2018
Daily Brief - Thursday 1st February, 2018
Fear has led to Japanese people virtually blanking TT Carnival this year, almost two years after one of their own, Asami Nagakiya, was strangled and her body dumped under a tree at the Queen’s Park Savannah. To date, her killer has not been found. Read more
1st February 2018
Daily Brief - Wednesday 31st January, 2018
Jaden Perreira, the 17-year-old Tobago student who was severely beaten, and his skull fractured with a concrete block by schoolmates at the Signal Hill Secondary School in Tobago, is recovering slowly but surely. The incident occurred almost two weeks ago. Read more
31st January 2018
Daily Brief - Tuesday 30th January, 2018
President-elect Paula Mae Weekes yesterday confessed to feeling, “completely terrified”, upon hearing the news that she was chosen as new Head of State. Minutes before this confession, House Speaker Bridgid Annisette-George and Senate President Christine Kangaloo presented Weekes with the Instrument of Election, the formal confirmation of the Electoral College’s... Read more
30th January 2018
Daily Brief - Monday 29th January, 2018
President-elect Paula Mae Weekes will today be presented with her Instruments of Election to President from Speaker Bridgid Annisette-George in a brief ceremony at 11 am in the Diplomatic Reception Lounge of Parliament, Level 2, Tower D, Wrightson Road, Port-of-Spain. Read more
29th January 2018
Daily Brief - Friday 26th January, 2018
“I didn’t stab him. He stabbed himself by mistake.” Speaking publicly for the first time since being released, Selena Khan yesterday sought to set the record straight on the death of her common-law husband Dayanand Dookie. Read more
26th January 2018
Daily Brief - Thursday 25th January, 2018
Former Tertiary Education Minister Fazal Karim has expressed concern over the fall in student enrolment at the College of Science, Technology and Applied Arts of TT (COSTAATT). In a media statement yesterday, Karim said changes to the Government Assistance for Tuition Expenses programme (GATE) by the Dr Keith Rowley administration... Read more
25th January 2018
Daily Brief - Wednesday 24th January 2018
This country may have lost to Mexico last year in the bid to fabricate bpTT’s Angelin platform but it’s being considered for fabrication of the Cassia C platform. The announcement comes from BPTT Regional President Norman Christie who was speaking on Monday during the opening ceremony of the 2018 Energy... Read more
24th January 2018
Daily Brief - Tuesday 23rd January, 2018
A group of calypsonians calling themselves the Calypso Troopers are calling on government to do a forensic audit into the Trinbago Unified Calypsonians’ Organisation (TUCO) as they say claims of mismanagement of funds and lack of accountability continue to surface. Read more
23rd January 2018