Daily Brief - Thursday 18th April, 2024
The Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers Association (TTMA) led 15 companies to The Bahamas to engage in a trade mission, to see if the two CARICOM (Caribbean Community) nations can increase the already $20 million in annual trade that currently exists, Senator Barry Griffin told Guardian Business yesterday. Read more
18th April 2024
Daily Brief - Wednesday 17th April, 2024
Three weeks before the mass deaths at the Port of Spain General Hospital neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), announced in early April in which seven babes died, another premature baby died after contracting two bacterial infections in his blood. Jayden Allister Pierre was only 22 days old when he died. Read more
17th April 2024
Daily Brief - Tuesday 16th April, 2024
The Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers Association (TTMA) yesterday announced its leadership of trade mission to the Bahamas from yesterday to April 19. The trade mission comprises 15 local companies spanning diverse sectors including food and beverage, paint, printing and packaging, and chemicals. Read more
16th April 2024
Daily Brief - Monday 15th April, 2024
For Tobago mom Shirese Moore-Beckles, her baby Crytelle Precious Miracle was special. Moore-Beckles, 36, of Whim, did not plan to have another child, nor did she think she could have any more children, so when she and her husband found out she was pregnant, the couple was elated. Read more
15th April 2024
Daily Brief - Friday 12th April, 2024
Adrian Acosta, president of the TT Taxi Drivers Network, says some taxi drivers are losing their licenses without crossing the maximum number of demerit points. On Thursday during a protest at the Ministry of Works and Transport in Port-of-Spain, Acosta said “The point system, as it stands used to be... Read more
12th April 2024
Daily Brief - Thursday 11th April, 2024
So gruesome was the scene at the Fifth Street, Arouca home where four-year-old Amarah Lallitte was murdered that police officers were left traumatised. On April 8, Lallitte was beheaded by a male relative during a domestic dispute. Read more
11th April 2024
Daily Brief - Friday 5th April, 2024
The Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries (MALF) has removed two of seven beehives identified after a bee attack on Easter Monday. At least seven people had to be taken to hospital after being stung during the attack at Palmiste Park, San Fernando. Read more
5th April 2024
Daily Brief - Thursday 4th April, 2024
The family of Kiss delivery driver Neil Ballai, 55, who was killed in a crash along the Solomon Hochoy Highway on March 28, say they are hurt and disappointed over the news that the main suspect in his death has been released from police custody. Read more
4th April 2024
Daily Brief- Wednesday 3rd April, 2024
The man who was attacked by a swarm of bees at Palmiste Park, San Fernando, on April 1 (Easter Monday) has been discharged from hospital. Jeffrey Ramroop, 29, of Duncan Village in San Fernando, said he was given medication and was resting at home. Read more
3rd April 2024
Daily Brief - Tuesday 2nd April, 2024
The Parliament’s Public Accounts Enterprises Committee (PAEC) will discuss the 2018 and 2019 audited financial statements of the National Petroleum Marketing Company Ltd (NP) when it sits at the Red House, Port of Spain on Wednesday from 10 am. This committee is chaired by Opposition Senator Wade Mark. Read more
2nd April 2024
Daily Brief - Thursday 28th March, 2024
Constant internal challenges have made the local manufacturing sector extremely innovative and resilient. This was the shared view of several panellists on Tuesday at the leadership discussion and networking event hosted by the T&T Manufacturers’ Association. Read more
28th March 2024
Daily Brief - Wednesday 27th March, 2024
Re-elected president of the T&T Manufacturers’ Association (TTMA), Roger Roach says the organisation supports a “reasonable and equitable tax” on residential properties. Read more here Read more
27th March 2024
Daily Brief - Monday 25th March, 2024
Activity at the Piparo mud volcano has slowed down for now, the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management (ODPM) has said after monitoring the site over the weekend. The ODPM issued a statement on Sunday noting a marked reduction in the noise and the release of mud and gas from... Read more
25th March 2024
Daily Brief - Friday 22nd March, 2024
Minister of Trade Paula Gopee-Scoon met with Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, king of the Ashanti Kingdom of Ghana, during a seven-day trade mission to Ghana from March 11-17. The meeting was held at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi, Ghana. Read more
22nd March 2024
Daily Brief - Thursday 21st March, 2023
Arif Ali, Guyanese-born, London-based head of the Hansib publishing company, has been awarded the Henry Swanzy Award at the Bocas Lit Fest. The festival’s programme director, Nicholas Laughlin, made the announcement during the festival’s media launch at the National Library in Port of Spain on Wednesday. Read more
21st March 2024