Daily Brief - Wednesday 31st May, 2023
A high court judge has granted leave to the wife of the former head of the Special Operations Response Team (SORT), Mark Hernandez, to challenge the failure of the Ministry of National Security to provide information on the setting-up of a committee to audit the police's firearms registry. Read more
31st May 2023
Daily Brief- Monday 29th May, 2023
Recognising the challenge posed by crime to business and investment in Trinidad and Tobago, members of the Joint Chambers met with officials from the Police Complaints Authority (PCA) last Wednesday to discuss strategies on crime-fighting techniques. Read more
29th May 2023
Daily Brief - Friday 26th May, 2023
The business community is expressing concerns over the passing of the Valuation of Land (Amendment) Bill, 2023, which gives the green light for the implementation of property tax. After a three-hour-long debate on Wednesday night, the Valuation of Land (Amendment) Bill, 2023 was passed in the House of Representatives. Read more
26th May 2023
Daily Brief - Thursday 25th May, 2023
The retrenchment of 468 TSTT employees is saving the company $12 million a month, said TSTT CEO Lisa Agard. She made this revelation while engaging journalists at a workshop on covering technology and the changing landscape on Tuesday at the TSTT hospitality suite, Queen’s Park Oval. Read more
25th May 2023
Daily Brief - Tuesday 23rd May, 2023
With heavy showers and thunderstorms moving across both islands from the early hours of yesterday, localised flooding was reported along the Eastern Main Road in Tunapuna, St Augustine and St Joseph, as well as along Farm Road, St Joseph, parts of Arima, and along the Couva Main Road, Couva. Read more
23rd May 2023
Daily Brief - Monday 22nd May, 2023
Police and undertakers were kept very busy over the weekend as six people were murdered – three on Saturday and three on Sunday – in separate and unrelated incidents. Among the murders on Sunday were a Carenage businesswoman whose violent death poured fresh grief on her relatives, almost three years... Read more
22nd May 2023
Daily Brief - Friday 19th May, 2023
Throngs of supporters of the Push Back Movement and the Stakeholders United Movement took to the streets of downtown Port of Spain on Thursday as they marched to deliver letters to the Commissioner of Police and the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). Read more
19th May 2023
Daily Brief - Thursday 18th May, 2023
Even as it continues clean-up operations following the rupture of its 16-inch diameter oil pipeline in Massahood Village, Avocat on Sunday, state-owned Heritage Petroleum Company Ltd is warning the public that strong action will be taken against anyone violating the right of way of its above and below-ground network of pipelines. Read more
18th May 2023
Daily Brief - Wednesday 17th May, 2023
The Meteorological Office says the 2023 wet season will be near-normal but the potential for flooding remains high. In a release, the Met Service said the first half of the wet season, from June to August 2023, is likely to be mostly wet as usual. Read more
17th May 2023
Daily Brief - Tuesday 16th May, 2023
At least 20 people from four households in Fyzabad have been evacuated after a 16-inch trunk oil pipeline raptured on Sunday evening, and some residents are calling on the authority to take precautions to avoid another incident. Read more
16th May 2023
Daily Brief - Monday 15th May, 2023
Former commissioner of police (CoP) Gary Griffith on Sunday slammed CoP Erla Harewood-Christopher for her claim that 100 legal guns have been used in crimes. Harewood-Christopher made the claim in a sworn statement filed in the High Court two weeks ago, in response to a lawsuit of gun dealer Towfeek... Read more
15th May 2023
Daily Brief- Friday 12th May, 2023
The woman found dead in the Queen's Park Savannah on Monday, has been positively identified as 24-year-old mother of five, Gabrielle Raphael. Her father Anthony Castillo, speaking on Thursday at his Covigne Road Extension, Diego Martin home, said he was not initially concerned when she did not return home as... Read more
12th May 2023
Daily Brief - Thursday 11th May, 2023
The T&T Manufacturers’ Association (TTMA) has welcomed last week’s announcement by Minister of Finance Colm Imbert regarding the issuance of value added tax (VAT) bonds. Last week, Minister Imbert said in the Senate, that the Government owed $7.8 billion in VAT refunds as at March 31, 2023. Read more
11th May 2023
Daily Brief - Wednesday 10th May, 2023
It took a protest at the Mosquito Creek, La Romaine on Tuesday to elicit a response from WASA that a steel structure will be removed from the Godineau River next week, seven months after it fell in. Read more
10th May 2023
Daily Brief - Tuesday 9th May, 2023
Residents of Caroni and villages near the Caroni River are once again calling on the authorities to properly fill the riverbanks that are constantly eroded by any amount of rain and especially with the rainy season approaching. Read more
9th May 2023