Daily Brief- Friday 20th September, 2024
What the general population may not know is that for this year already, over 5,000 people have been arrested for serious crimes. What the public already knows, through repeated pleas, is that the police service needs greater co-operation and more involvement from people in the fight against crime and criminality. Read more
20th September 2024
Daily Brief - Thursday 19th September, 2024
Trade missions offer unparalleled opportunities for market exploration, networking, and business growth, says Varun Maharaj, general manager of Premier Label Co Ltd. This bold statement encapsulates the transformative impact that participating in trade missions has had on his family’s business. Read more
19th September 2024
Daily Brief - Tuesday 17th September, 2024
A male relative of Angela Ali, 53, and Ambika Carerra-Ali, 30, says the investigation into what caused a fire at the Persad Avenue, Mon Plasir, Cunupia home is still being conducted. The relative who did not want to be named spoke to reporters at the Forensic Science Centre, St James... Read more
17th September 2024
Daily Brief - Monday 16th September, 2024
In just over seven months of operation, the 'Eagle Eye' project has been working to help deter and detect crime and stakeholders are focusing on expanding the network nationally. Although based primarily in North East and Eastern Trinidad, the joint project between the Greater Tunapuna Chamber of Industry and Commerce... Read more
16th September 2024
Daily Brief - Thursday 12th September, 2024
The Occupational Safety and Health Authority and Agency (OSHA) has been accused of a “double-barrelled” attack on the Paria Fuel Trading Company and two of its senior employees in its prosecution arising out of the 2022 diving tragedy. Read more
12th September 2024
Daily Brief - Wednesday 11th September, 2024
Hours after Marlon Lee, his common-law wife and his son were murdered in their Petit Valley home on September 9, Marlon's sister was struggling to understand who would want the family dead. Lee, 41, Maleek Lee, 17, and Salina Rodriguez, 34, were all gunned down on Monday night at their... Read more
11th September 2024
Daily Brief - Tuesday 10th September, 2024
The Health Ministry has reported the total number of deaths due to dengue fever is now 16. This information was provided in its latest epidemiological update on September 9. “There are 1,315 laboratory-confirmed cases of dengue fever and 16 laboratory-confirmed deaths.” As of September 5, the ministry said a total... Read more
10th September 2024
Daily Brief - Monday 9th September, 2024
Two men were killed in separate incidents in Morvant on September 6. Dead are 25-year-old Josiah Reid and 39-year-old Quacy Emmanuel. Police said around 7 am, Reid was shot by two men along Second Caledonia Road. The gunmen then fled in a while Toyota Aqua car. Read more
9th September 2024
Daily Brief - Friday 6th September, 2024
The Trinidad and Tobago Unified Teachers Association (TTUTA) has called on the Education Ministry to ensure the various laboratories at St George’s College, Barataria are inspected and certified before being used. Speaking to Newsday by phone on September 4, TTUTA president Martin Lum Kin said two of the union’s national... Read more
6th September 2024
Daily Brief - Thursday 5th September, 2024
In the competitive world of manufacturing and exports, New Wave Marketing Ltd exemplifies the potential of regional and international trade missions. Under the leadership of Emil Ramkissoon, who also serves as vice president of the TT Manufacturers’ Association (TTMA) and vice-chair of its Export Marketing Committee, New Wave Marketing has... Read more
5th September 2024
Daily Brief- Wednesday 4th September, 2024
Farmers were upset on Tuesday as state lands they claimed to have occupied for over 50 years was repossessed by the Urban Development Corporation of TT (Udecott) to prepare for phase two of the Diego Martin Sporting Complex. Read more
4th September 2024
Daily Brief- Tuesday 3rd September, 2024
BpTT has officially announced that it will divest four mature gas fields – the Immortelle, Flamboyant, Amherstia and Cashmia offshore gas fields, undeveloped resources from its Parang field and associated production facilities. It announced the divesting in a press release. Read more
3rd September 2024
Daily Brief - Monday 2nd September, 2024
St. George’s College will only accommodate form-one and form-two students on September 2, the first day of school, sources within the school told Newsday on September 1. A letter obtained by Newsday from Sanjeveen Persad, school supervisor of the St George East education district, shared with parents over the weekend... Read more
2nd September 2024
Daily Brief - Friday 30th August, 2024
President of the Tunapuna Police Station Community Council and director of the Greater Tunapuna Chamber of Industry & Commerce Neil Boodoosingh says small and micro businesses are most affected by extortion in the area, with more than 20 businesses targeted in the past year. Read more
30th August 2024
Daily Brief - Tuesday 27th August, 2024
Days after parting ways with his previous legal representatives over fees “above (his) pay bracket,” Canadian YouTuber Christopher “Chris Must List” Hughes says some “powerful lawyers” have contacted him saying they are willing to represent him for free. Read more
27th August 2024