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Daily Brief - Thursday 11th September, 2025

Republic Bank has suspended the Banking at My Fingertips feature on the RepublicMobile app, effectively immediately. The feature allows users to see their own pre-selected account balances on the app's login screen without needing to sign in. Read more

11th September 2025


Daily Brief - Wednesday 10th September, 2025

Three months after she was savagely beaten by five female students outside her school compound, a 15-year-old Holy Faith Convent, Couva student returned to class for the first time on September 8. The student's mother said it was a nerve-racking moment for her child, but she was given a warm... Read more

10th September 2025


Daily Brief - Tuesday 9th September, 2025

Students of some 50 schools nationwide started the new academic year with more than just a new intake of students, as police officers assumed their new roles at the compounds as part of a programme to combat school violence and indiscipline. Read more

9th September 2025


Daily Brief- Monday 8th September, 2025

A clinical psychologist believes there are pros and cons to the government’s decision to introduce police officers in schools as a measure to reduce student violence and indiscipline. Victoria Siewnarine-Geelalsingh told Newsday a child’s development is influenced by a series of interconnected environmental systems, from the immediate surroundings (microsystem) to... Read more

8th September 2025


Daily Brief - Friday 5th September, 2025

The Port of Spain Prison will be decommissioned and prisoners transferred to the Maximum Security Prison (MSP) in Arouca, Homeland Security Minister Roger Alexander said. The announcement came during a post-cabinet media briefing on September 4. Read more

5th September 2025


Daily Brief - Thursday 4th September, 2025

The TT Postal Corporation (TTPost) says it is working with the Universal Postal Union, the Caribbean Postal Union, and other global postal operators to resume accepting postal items destined for the US. While unable to provide a resumption date, TTPost told Newsday, “TTPost is committed to a resumption in the... Read more

4th September 2025


Daily Brief- Wednesday 3rd September, 2025

Trinidad and Tobago artiste Akhenaton “Yung Bredda” Lewis has been nominated for the Best Global Act for the 2025 All Africa Music Awards to be held in Lagos, Nigeria from November 25-30. Other nominees are some of the biggest names in the global music industry including rapper Drake and pop... Read more

3rd September 2025


Daily Brief - Tuesday 2nd September, 2025

At 19, when most people are just beginning to chart their path in life, Dale Parson, who is now the president of the Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers Association, was handed the reins of the local paint manufacturing company, Kaleidoscope, after the passing of his father, Stephen, who built it from... Read more

2nd September 2025


Daily Brief - Friday 29th August, 2025

Felisha Thomas, President of the Public Services Association (PSA), keenly welcomed news that contractual terms and conditions of employment ("contract employment") will be removed from the Public Service, talking to Newsday on August 28. She gave her response to Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar's announcement the day before at a Penal... Read more

29th August 2025


Daily Brief - Thursday 28th August, 2025

Venezuela’s ambassador to TT Alvaro Sánchez Cordero has pushed back against claims by US authorities that the South American country is linked to narco-trafficking. On August 7, the US State Department labelled Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro as the leader of Cartel de los Soles, a drug cartel it claims provides... Read more

28th August 2025


Daily Brief - Wednesday 27th August, 2025

As thousands of cricket lovers get ready to descend upon the Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Tarouba, for the 2025 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL), the police said it has activated a robust and well-coordinated security and traffic management plan ahead of the Trinbago Knight Riders’ home fixtures, to ensure... Read more

27th August 2025


Daily Brief - Tuesday 26th August, 2025

The Ministry of Education said disbursements for the School Supplies and Book Grant were being issued on a phased basis, in a statement on August 25. "To date, 5,248 payments have been issued, with the remaining 14,752 payments scheduled for completion by September 5." The ministry said priority consideration for... Read more

26th August 2025


Daily Brief- Monday 25th August 2025

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25th August 2025


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21st August 2025


Daily Brief - Monday 18th August, 2025

Fishermen and Friends of the Sea (FFOS) urged the Prime Minister to redirect the $2.9 million saved from cancelling the Independence Day street parade toward assisting small pig farmers who lost their livelihoods in the culling to contain the Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) outbreak. Read more

18th August 2025


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