Daily Brief - Friday 17th October, 2025
A High Court judge has stayed proceedings in a constitutional challenge against the Emergency Powers Regulations, 2025, pending a ruling from the Privy Council on a related case. Delivering his decision on October 16, Justice Frank Seepersad said that while he found it “inherently inconsistent and wholly unnecessary” for police... Read more
17th October 2025
Daily Brief - Thursday 16th October, 2025
The proposed replacement of the Value Added Tax (VAT) system with a sales tax and the removal of VAT from "basic" food items were two notable changes for the business community in the 2025/2026 budget presentation. Read more
16th October 2025
Daily Brief - Wednesday 15th October, 2025
The Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers’ Association (TTMA) has welcomed several of the Government’s 2026 budget measures aimed at improving trade facilitation, digitalisation and business competitiveness, but has cautioned that new financing terms under the Export-Import Bank (Eximbank) must not disadvantage small and medium-sized manufacturers. Read more
15th October 2025
Daily Brief - Tuesday 14th October, 2025
The Greater Tunapuna Chamber of Industry and Commerce (GTCIC) has welcomed the government’s focus on "economic fairness" and fiscal accountability in the 2026 national budget. The business lobby group, however, cautioned that small and medium-sized enterprises still face liquidity and competitiveness challenges that demand urgent, practical solutions. Read more
14th October 2025
Daily Brief - Monday 13th October, 2025
For more than a decade, the Fire Service has been operating under a severe shortage of essential equipment, however, acting Chief Fire Officer (CFO) Andy Hutchinson expressed hope that today's national budget will finally address these long-standing concerns. Read more
13th October 2025
Daily Brief - Friday 10th October, 2025
Following a Sunday Newsday Page 1 story, on June 29, on an illegal quarrying site in Manuel Congo, Guanapo, then newly-minted Commissioner of Police Allister Guevarro visited the site in July, and the operation was shut down. Read more
10th October 2025
Daily Brief - Thursday 9th October, 2025
Former Industrial Court president and deputy Chief Magistrate Deborah Thomas-Felix has been appointed this country's High Commissioner to Jamaica. Confirmation of her appointment came in a post on the Ministry of Foreign and Caricom Affairs' Facebook page on October 8. Read more
9th October 2025
Daily Brief - Wednesday 8th October, 2025
The convergence of a low-level trough and daytime heating caused the formation of a weak tornado which tore roofs off and damaged houses in Westmoorings and Victoria Gardens at noon on October 7, traumatising residents who were home at the time. Read more
8th October 2025
Daily Brief - Tuesday 7th October, 2025
October 7 should have been a day of celebration for the Teelucksingh family of Las Lomas No 1. Instead, family and close friends of Isabella Megan Teelucksingh, affectionately called Izzy, are marking what would have been her 17th birthday with quiet reflection and remembrance. Read more
7th October 2025
Daily Brief - Monday 6th October, 2025
Mayaro residents are looking forward to an improved water supply after MP Nicholas Morris led a delegation on a tour of his constituency on October 4 to identify areas lacking a consistent water supply. Accompanying him were Raymond Cozier, chairman of the Mayaro/Rio Claro Regional Corporation, WASA chairman Roshan Babwah,... Read more
6th October 2025
Daily Brief - Friday 3rd October, 2025
The latest police-involved shooting has left a father and son dead, and elicited a terse comment from Homeland Security Minister Roger Alexander that this was the end result when some people in society cannot behave. The killings came after police received about 20 reports of extortion particularly in the Central... Read more
3rd October 2025
Daily Brief - Thursday 2nd October, 2025
A High Court judge has suggested that US sportswear companies Nike Innovate CV and Puma SE consider donating thousands of seized counterfeit sneakers and slippers to charity instead of destroying them. Justice Frank Seepersad made the proposal during a hearing on October 1 on the fate of 7,300 pairs of... Read more
2nd October 2025
Daily Brief - Wednesday 1st October, 2025
Marabella North Secondary, St Joseph’s Convent San Fernando and Bishop’s High School Tobago have advanced to the final of Samsung’s Solve for Tomorrow 2025, a regional competition in science and technology, featuring entries from 13 countries. Read more
1st October 2025
Daily Brief - Tuesday 30th September, 2025
Two women stranded in the US after TT closed its borders during the covid19 pandemic in March 2020, and appealed the dismissal of their constitutional challenge, will be compensated for their losses. Justices of Appeal Nolan Bereaux, Mark Mohammed and Ronnie Boodoosingh delivered the landmark ruling on September 29. Read more
30th September 2025
Daily Brief - Monday 29th September, 2025
A suspected robber escaped police after they tried to stop him on September 27. Police said at about 11 am on September 27, officers of the Port of Spain Task Force were on roving patrol duty when they spotted the driver of a white Honda Vezel on the corner of... Read more
29th September 2025