Daily Brief - Friday 22nd May, 2020
Investigations are still ongoing into the cause of fires which ignited at two substations in Port of Spain on Tuesday. The first fire was reported just before midday, at Power Gen, Stone Street, while the second was reported later that night on Abbatoir Road. Read more
22nd May 2020
Daily Brief - Thursday 21st May, 2020
It’s been just about two months since Government restricted all economic activity to essential operations and from Thursday, manufacturing and construction will slowly start emerging from lockdown. Terrence Rambharath, managing director of Top Mark Ltd, a contractor specialising in finishings, is happy that he and his employees will finally be... Read more
21st May 2020
Daily Brief - Wednesday 20th May, 2020
With so many people forced into their homes by stay-at-home measures enacted to slow the spread of covid19, nature – the land, sea, rivers, flora and fauna – has had a chance to “recuperate” over the last few weeks in TT. Read more
20th May 2020
Daily Brief - Tuesday 19th May, 2020
Even as the number of positive covid19 cases continues to rise in Canada, a Chaguanas man has called on the Government to make an exemption and open the borders so agricultural workers can go overseas to work. Read more
19th May 2020
Daily Brief - Monday 18th May, 2020
The Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturing Association has been notified that Phase Two of the scheduled reopening of business has been brought forward by three days to Thursday, May 21st.The Association had written to the Prime Minister and to the Minister of Health asking for a reconsideration of the proposed restart... Read more
18th May 2020
Daily Brief - Sunday 17th May, 2020
Tobago hoteliers can expect to access the guidelines and registration forms for the Government’s $50 million grant facility to upgrade their properties later this week. Chief Secretary and Secretary for Tourism, Culture and Transportation Ancil Dennis made the announcement on Saturday during a virtual post-executive council news conference at the... Read more
17th May 2020
Daily Brief - Saturday 16th May, 2020
As Government has started allowing some sectors, particularly restaurants, to reopen after being closed to curb the spread of covid19, some degree of normalcy is being seen in some areas. One such place is Maracas Beach where bake and shark vendors are starting to serve the public once again. Read more
16th May 2020
Daily Brief - Friday 15th May, 2020
The country’s manufacturers believe that current safety protocols among essential services prove that all parts of the sector are ready and able to come back out to work. In a release on Thursday, the TT Manufacturers’ Association said the performance of the 273 manufacturers classified as essential services should be... Read more
15th May 2020
Daily Brief - Thursday 14th May, 2020
CEO of the TT Chamber of Commerce Gabriel Faria says government should show more empathy to small businesses and ramp up the delivery of salary relief grants. At the Health Ministry’s virtual press conference on Tuesday morning, Finance Minister Colm Imbert said the micro-, small-, and medium-enterprise sector would receive... Read more
14th May 2020
Daily Brief - Wednesday 13th May, 2020
Oilfield Workers Trade Union (OWTU) president general Ancel Roget said there is no evidence to support allegations by the Opposition UNC that Paria Fuel Trading Company sold fuel to Venezuela. Roget rejected claims by the Opposition Leader that the UNC would reopen Petrotrin if it were re-elected. Read more
13th May 2020
Daily Brief - Tuesday 12th May, 2020
The American Chamber of Commerce (Amcham TT) is calling on companies to show compassion when addressing the thorny issue of employee leave, once covid19 restrictions are lifted. The chamber, through its webinar “Navigating HR & IR Issues During the Pandemic,” said there must be balance in an employer’s legal obligations... Read more
12th May 2020
Daily Brief - Monady 11th May, 2020
T&T Chamber of Industry and Commerce remains concerned about the negative impact that the partial closure of the economy is having on businesses in T&T. The chamber made a statement Saturday after Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley announced that the economy will be reopened on a phased basis. Read more
11th May 2020
Daily Brief - Friday 8th May, 20202
Three men have been arrested by police in Tobago and charged with sexually assaulting minors, one as young as seven. All three, according to a police press release, were expected to appear before a Scarborough magistrate on Thursday to answer the charges. Read more
8th May 2020
Daily Brief - Thursday 7th May, 2020
Police Commissioner Gary Griffith acknowledged Wednesday that he does not know if there has been an increase in cases of domestic violence in the past six or seven weeks as a result of the confinement against covid19. Read more
7th May 2020
Daily Brief - Wednesday 6th May, 2020
The Cabinet-appointed National Economic Recovery Committee will soon have the results of a recent business survey—conducted jointly by the Trinidad and Tobago Coalition of Services Industries (TTCSI) and the Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers’ Association (TTMA)—to add to its deliberations. Read more
6th May 2020