Daily Brief - Thursday 3rd August, 2023
A senior policeman says while people have a right to defend themselves and their property against any criminal threat, they must always do so within the law. And to heighten this point, the TTPS issued a release on Wednesday outlining the consequences holders of Firearms Users Licence (FUL) can face... Read more
3rd August 2023
Daily Brief - Monday 31st July, 2023
The Ministry of National Security, in a notice published on June 12, said the duration of the work permit exemption granted to Venezuelans in TT – registered under the Migrant Registration Framework – has been extended to December 31. Read more
31st July 2023
Daily Brief - Friday 28th July, 2023
For the first time in playwright and producer Earl Bagot's 20 years in the industry, he was forced to face the audience much earlier than usual to announce that the show would not go on. This was because the National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA) – the venue of... Read more
28th July 2023
Daily Brief - Thursday 27th July, 2023
The National Trust and the Idekada Group revealed a room and tunnels on the Home Construction Ltd compound in Tacarigua on Wednesday which may have been used to hold slaves on the Orange Grove Plantation. National Trust chair Margaret McDowall, while showing government and state officials as well as the... Read more
27th July 2023
Daily Brief - Wednesday 26th July, 2023
Criminals broke into the Church of the Assumption in Maraval during the early morning hours on Tuesday and also tried to break into the nearby parish office. Parish priest Fr Ashton Pierre, according to a release sent out by The Catholic News, confirmed that he was physically unharmed and that... Read more
26th July 2023
Daily Brief - Wednesday 19th July, 2023
Chief executive officer of the Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers’ Association (TTMA) Ramesh Ramdeen says one of the things the preparation for this year’s Trade and Investment Convention (TIC) has underlined for him is that this country is in dire need of a convention centre as a dedicated venue capable of... Read more
19th July 2023
Daily Brief - Tuesday 18th July, 2023
The third case of the monkeypox virus in Trinidad and Tobago was reported on Monday. In a statement the Health Ministry said this was confirmed by laboratory testing. The patient is a young adult male with a recent travel history. Read more
18th July 2023
Daily Brief - Monday 17th July, 2023
Relatives of the 20-year -old woman who is in police custody for chopping off the hand of a male relative in Barrackpore during a domestic dispute last Friday, is seeking legal aid for her. Her sister told Newsday on Sunday, she has no idea if the young woman has been... Read more
17th July 2023
Daily Brief - Friday 14th July, 2023
The pain a mother feels on losing a losing a child is indescribable. Dianne Hernandez has had to go through that four times, most recently on Thursday morning. Hernandez’s son 41-year-old Dillon “Toe-Toe” De Silva was gunned down while leaving the home of a neighbour at Western Main Road, Cocorite... Read more
14th July 2023
Daily Brief - Thursday 13th July, 2023
A relative of murdered construction worker Kevin Jack says he left the safety of his home after he was promised cash by someone he knew. Jack, 43, was shot dead at Nelson Street Plannings, Port-of-Spain, at around 3 pm on Tuesday. Read more
13th July 2023
Daily Brief - Wednesday 12th July, 2023
A teenager was injured as a recent spate of murders on Monday and Tuesday continues. Police believe the incident stems from an ongoing war between two gangs. The violent clashes have claimed the lives of two people. Read more
12th July 2023
Daily Brief - Monday 10th July, 2023
Professor Emeritus Dr Brinsley Samaroo, noted historian, retired university lecturer and past government minister, died on Sunday after a brief illness. He was 84. Former colleagues hailed his enduring contribution to the study of history and the practice of politics. Read more
10th July 2023
Daily Brief - Friday 7th July, 2023
Over 100 employees of Dansteel Ltd are now in limbo, after a fire ravaged the multi-million-dollar structure and its fully stocked hardware at La Romaine on Thursday morning. Cashier Cindy Bhola, who has been employed at the company for the past nine years, stood teary-eyed as she contemplated her future. Read more
7th July 2023
Daily Brief - Thursday 6th July, 2023
Certain carers at abuse-troubled children's homes refused to submit police certificates of good character and/or medical certificates, raising the ire of members of Parliament's Joint Select Committee (JSC) on Human Rights, said the JSC's report laid in the Senate on June 13. Read more
6th July 2023
Daily Brief - Wednesday 5th July, 2023
The ruling by Justice Frank Seepersad on Tuesday which clears the way for refugees and asylum-seekers in this country to be deported, if they contravene immigration laws, highlights the urgent need for legislative reform to protect this vulnerable group of people. Read more
5th July 2023