Daily Brief - Tuesday 23rd March, 2021
With Jamaica becoming the first – and so far only – Caricom nation to get covid19 vaccine doses from the WHO’s Covax facility, there is still no word on when this country will begin receiving doses, although Trinidad and Tobago paid $9 million for them months ago. Read more
23rd March 2021
Daily Brief - Monday 22nd March, 2021
Police Social and Welfare Association (PSWA) president Gideon Dickson assured that police officers will continue to maintain law and order in the Central Division despite the challenge of having more than 100 police officers quarantined for a covid19 contact-tracing exercise. Read more
22nd March 2021
Daily Brief - Friday 19th March, 2021
The Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) is making a contractor adopt the Guanapo River after he was caught illegally dumping dirt into it two weeks ago, so that the Caroni Water Treatment Plant had to shut down for repair. Read more
19th March 2021
Daily Brief - Thursday 18th March, 2021
Figures submitted to the Ministry of Trade and Industry estimate that losses due to tax evasion from illicit trade may be as high as $91 million for tobacco and alcohol alone for 2019 and 2020. Minister of Trade and Industry Paula Gopee-Scoon referred to figures given to the ministry by... Read more
18th March 2021
Daily Brief - Wednesday 17th March, 2021
Plastics make up 19 per cent of all landfill waste and eight of ten items collected on beaches in TT. On World Consumer Rights Day, celebrated on Monday, Trade and Industry Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon reminded consumers to be responsible for making purchases that contribute to plastic waste. Read more
17th March 2021
Daily Brief - Tuesday 16th March, 2021
The Division of Food Production, Forestry and Fisheries will be selling chicken's eggs at Hope Farm, Hope, Tobago to the public beginning on Tuesday and every Tuesday thereafter, between 8 am and 11 am. In a release, the division said the eggs will cost $7 a dozen, with a maximum... Read more
16th March 2021
Daily Brief - Thursday 11th March, 2021
A new witness gave evidence on Wednesday in the challenge of the prosecution’s evidence against the two men charged with the murder of six-year-old Sean Luke. Acting Cpl Brendon Fraser was grilled by attorneys for Richard Chatoo at a virtual trial on Wednesday on the evidence he intends to give... Read more
11th March 2021
Daily Brief - Wednesday 10th March, 2021
Opposition Senator Jearlean John is warning of a new lost generation in five-ten years if Government fails to secure covid19vaccines urgently and reopen schools, the borders and the economy. She said the children who have been out of school for the past year and the 49,000 children who are either... Read more
10th March 2021
Daily Brief - Tuesday 9th March, 2021
A shipment of 33,000 covid19 vaccine doses is now expected to reach Trinidad and Tobago by the end of March, Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh said during a press conference on Monday. The shipment is part of 100,800 vaccines secured through the Covax facility. Read more
9th March 2021
Daily Brief - Monday 8th March, 2021
Education stakeholders gathered on Friday to discuss the root cause for underachievement of schools in Port of Spain and environs. The topic was discussed during a virtual joint select committee meeting on human rights, equity, diversity, and equal access to education. Read more
8th March 2021
Daily Brief - Friday 5th March, 2021
The second season of the US reality show Below Deck Sailing Yacht premiered on the Bravo network on March 1 and featured a local among its cast – Trini chef Natasha de Bourg. De Bourg is among the crew of the Parsifal III helmed by captain Glenn Shephard. Read more
5th March 2021
Daily Brief - Thursday 4th March, 2021
The online application process for TBR LAB is now open, bringing Caribbean start-ups one step closer to gaining unprecedented access to world class instructors, seasoned mentors, and potential investors. Hosted by Tech Beach Retreat in collaboration with IDB LAB, the DMZ (a business accelerator run by Ryerson University in Canada),... Read more
4th March 2021
Daily Brief - Tuesday 2nd March, 20201
The 96 Venezuelans who went home on Friday on a repatriation flight could be joined by more in the coming weeks. Officials from the Venezuelan embassy in Trinidad and Tobago told Newsday this trip could be the first of several. "This is the first repatriation flight from TT. Read more
2nd March 2021
Daily Brief - Monday 1st March, 2021
President of the Petroleum Dealers Association Robin Narayansingh says the government should rethink its decision to promote the use of compressed natural gas (CNG) as the operating cost for service stations has become unsustainable. This, he said, may be the reason why some service stations which sold CNG may not... Read more
1st March 2021
Daily Brief - Friday 26th February, 2021
Police Commissioner Gary Griffith announced on Thursday that he, along with over 1,000 police officers from different frontline units, will be getting the first doses of the covid19 vaccine when it becomes available. Griffith announced that officers from different special units and task force teams will be among the first... Read more
26th February 2021