Daily Brief - Tuesday 30th August, 2016
The fight for turf control in La Romaine is being blamed for the recent upsurge in gun violence in a community that, only last Thursday, bade farewell to nine-year-old Cyon Paul, who was gunned down a short distance from his home on Byron Street. Read more
30th August 2016
Daily Brief - Monday 29th August, 2016
Residents of the quiet neighbourhood in Beaulieu Gardens, Trincity were yesterday horrified to learn that a murder was committed in their area. According to reports, 57-yearold Edric Blackburn shot and killed his wife, Rosemary, 55, in a bathroom at their home at 3rd Street West, Beaulieu, Trincity, just before 10... Read more
29th August 2016
Daily Brie f- Friday 26th August, 2016
Following two hits on his life, Marlon Lynch, the man wrongfully accused of killing nine-year-old Cyon Paul yesterday went into hiding after he surrendered to the San Fernando police and was subsequently released after he was questioned. Read more
26th August 2016
Daily Brief - Thursday 25th August, 2016
On the heels of the murder of nine-year-old Emmanuel Cyon Paul and the increase of crime in La Romaine, a police mobile unit will be erected in the community tomorrow. This was disclosed yesterday by acting Senior Superintendent of the Southern Division, Adeline St Louis-Pesnell, at the weekly police briefing... Read more
25th August 2016
Daily Brief - Wednesday 24th august, 2016
A 12-year-old Gasparillo boy has scored a distinction in mathematics in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CESC) examination, perhaps the youngest student in Trinidad and Tobago to have attained such a feat. Frederick Thomas Jr, a student of the Open Bible High School in San Fernando, and felt by Education... Read more
24th August 2016
Daily Brief - Tuesday 23rd August, 2016
Keshorn Walcott's bronze medal on Saturday in Brazil at the 2016 Olympics in the javelin- throwing competition, cost a motorist in Trinidad $6,000 when he opted to celebrate the occasion by drinking too many beers. Shane Ramcharan, 46, appeared before Magistrate Taramatee Ramdass in the San Fernando Magistrates’ Court yesterday,... Read more
23rd August 2016
Daily Brief - Monday 22nd August, 2016
Two teenaged girls lost their lives in a vehicular accident along the Auchenskeoch Buccoo Bay Road shortly after 4am yesterday. Shiann Thomas, 13, of Patience Hill, Tobago and Lariann Perez, 19, of Signal Hill, Tobago, were in a car which was proceeding towards the roundabout at the Claude Noel Highway... Read more
22nd August 2016
Daily Brief - Friday 19th August, 2016
Gasparillo mother of two, Sue Ann Titus, 50, was killed early yesterday inside her home where her 82 year-old step-father discovered her semi-nude body with the throat slit. Titus, an administrative assistant employed with the Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL), was one of three persons killed in separate incidents within hours... Read more
19th August 2016
Daily Brief - Thursday 18th August, 2016
National women’s sprinter Michelle-Lee Ahye had to settle for another sixth place finish at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in Brazil, yesterday. Ahye, who finished sixth in the women’s 100-metre final in 10.92 seconds on Saturday, ended sixth in the women’s 200m final last night. Read more
18th August 2016
Daily Brief - Tuesday 16th August, 2016
Machel Cedenio made a strong statement on Sunday night at the Joao Havelange Olympic Stadium, here in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The 20-year-old finished fourth in the Olympic Games men's 400 metres final, but more importantly, announced himself as a major player in what is arguably the greatest era in... Read more
16th August 2016
Daily Brief - Monday 15th August, 2016
“Compensate us,” this was the cry echoed by boat owners, fishermen and vendors from Orange Valley, Freeport area as reports of a rapid decrease in fish sales continue to surface in recent times due to the reported fish kill along the western Peninsula. Read more
15th August 2016
Daily Brief - Friday 12th August, 2016
Moments after failing to qualify for the next round of the Men’s 50M freestyle swim event yesterday at the 2016 Rio Olympics, veteran TT Olympic swimmer George Bovell lashed out at world swimming governing body FINA (Fédération Internationale de Natation Amateur), alleging the organisation was not serious in going after... Read more
12th August 2016
Daily Brief - Thursday 11th August, 2016
Thirty boxes of human bones are taking up valuable and limited space at the Forensic Science Centre in St James while 14 unclaimed bodies remain on ice in the Centre’s morgue leading to Forensic Pathologist Dr Valery Alexandrov yesterday calling for a bone depository to be set up at the Centre. Read more
11th August 2016
Daily Brief - Wednesday 10th August, 2016
Three siblings who on Monday walked into Newsday’s offices asking that a story be done on their mother who had been missing for a week were yesterday breathing sighs of relief over the news that she was found and is safe . Read more
10th August 2016
Daily Brief - Tuesday 9th August, 2016
National Joint Action Committee (NJAC) Chief Servant Makandal Daaga, 80, has died. Formerly known as Geddes Granger, Daaga fell ill at his Laventille home yesterday and was admitted to Port-of-Spain General Hospital. He passed away at 1.35 pm. Read more
9th August 2016