Daily Brief - Monday 7th February, 2022
For a second day in a row, the Ministry of Health has reported TTs lowest daily covid19 death total for 2022, with six deaths. There were, however, 505 new cases. There have been 3,460 deaths to date. Read more
7th February 2022
Daily Brief - Friday 4th February, 2022
Reigning Carnival King Ted Eustace and Queen Roxanne Omalo will not defend their crowns at this year's Taste of Carnival they told Newsday on Thursday. Omalo cited covid19 concerns. "The virus is not playing. Three family members got it at work thinking it was a safe zone." Omalo said she... Read more
4th February 2022
Daily Brief - Thursday 3rd February, 2022
Keithisha Cudjoe was a fighter, a relative of the deceased woman told Newsday on Wednesday as she imagined the 21-year-old’s last moments. Cudjoe, originally of Covigne Road, Diego Martin lived at Harding Place, Cocorite and was last seen alive on January 24. Read more
3rd February 2022
Daily Brief - Wednesday 2nd February, 2022
A hunters’ search and rescue team which was called into action to assist in finding then-missing person Andrea Bharatt, is one year later continuing their work in searching for missing people. The group will be celebrating its first anniversary today. Read more
2nd February 2022
Daily Brief - Tuesday 1st February, 2022
Secretary general of the Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) Clyde Elder has said the union met with Minister of Public Utilities Marvin Gonzales on December 6, and offered ideas to save TSTT. At a news conference on Monday, Elder said the union will be meeting with TSTT on Tuesday to discuss... Read more
1st February 2022
Daily Brief - Monday 31st January, 2022
After a series of shootings and murders last week, the violence continued over the weekend as three more murders were recorded between Saturday and Sunday. In the most recent incident the body of a 29-year-old Belmont man was found wrapped in garbage bags in St Anns on Sunday morning. Read more
31st January 2022
Daily Brief - Friday 28th January, 2022
The Shanghai Construction Group (SCG) had vowed to quit its contract to build the new Central Block at Port of Spain General Hospital owing to grouses such as an unexpected extra US$9 million in freight costs plus the financial fallout of bureaucratic delays blamed on a project official, said a... Read more
28th January 2022
Daily Brief - Thursday 27th January, 2022
Condolences poured in on Wednesday for the family of local actress and singer Vanna Girod. Girod’s body was found on Wednesday in Arnos Vale, Tobago. Girod was reported missing to the Shirvan Road Police Station on Tuesday after she failed to return to her aunt’s villa where she was staying... Read more
27th January 2022
Daily Brief - Wednesday 26th January, 2022
Chairman of the Urban Development Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago (Udecott) Noel Garcia has denied claims of a work stoppage at the central block of the Port of Spain General Hospital, noting that work was still ongoing even after a letter threatening a pull-out of the project was sent from... Read more
26th January 2022
Daily Brief - Tuesday 25th January, 2022
The Ministry of Education has said students in forms one-three and standard five will return to the physical classroom on February 7. In December 2021, Minister of Education Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly announced that lower forms and standard five students preparing for Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) exams would be allowed to... Read more
25th January 2022
Daily Brief - Monday 24th January, 2022
National Carnival Commission (NCC) CEO Colin Lucas said on Sunday that the list of events to be held during, what has been termed, A Taste of Carnival should be finalised by Monday or Tuesday. He said Dimanche Gras is on the list. Read more
24th January 2022
Daily Brief - Friday 21st January, 2022
The TT Promoters Association is dismissing the announcement by the government of a safe-zone Carnival which specifically excludes parties, fetes and other similar gatherings. In a statement on Thursday in response to the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture’s statement on Wednesday, the association said the so-called Taste of Carnival... Read more
21st January 2022
Daily Brief - Thursday 20th January, 2022
The Trinidad and Tobago Promoters Association (TTPA) says it believes more people will be encouraged to become vaccinated one the approval for safe-zone Carnival events is given. The association’s president, Jerome Precilla, at a news conference at Queen’s Hall, St Ann’s, on Wednesday, called for the reopening of the events... Read more
20th January 2022
Daily Brief - Wednesday 19th January, 2022
Almost nine months after rivers were reopened, allowing Kalpoo’s Ibis Tours to resume operations for a restricted period, co-owner Navin Kalpoo says early indicators have highlighted several challenges that could be detrimental to their business. During a telephone interview yesterday, Kalpoo said, “I had over 100 phone calls on Monday... Read more
19th January 2022
Daily Brief - Tuesday 18th January, 2022
Citing, among other things, a $453 million decrease in revenue in the last fiscal year, TSTT has called in trade unions representing its workers for talks on restructuring. This was revealed in a media release on Monday. Read more
18th January 2022