Daily Brief - Tuesday 22nd January, 2019
Ten years after six men were arrested and charged with the murder of Cepep worker Russell Antoine, they accepted that their case had to be restarted before acting Chief Magistrate Maria Busby Earle-Caddle yesterday morning. Chicki Portillo, Anton Cambridge, Levi Joseph, Akini James, Israel Lara and Kareem Gomez appeared before... Read more
22nd January 2019
Daily Brief - Monday 21st January, 2019
The TT Manufacturers Association (TTMA) is open to discussions with the Health Ministry about a sugar tax. At a public hearing of Parliament’s Social Services and Public Administration Joint Select Committee on Wednesday, Chief Medical Officer Dr Roshan Parasram said the ministry was considering this tax as one method to... Read more
21st January 2019
Daily Brief - Friday 18th January, 2019
Directors have been named for the boards Heritage Petroleum Company Ltd, Paria Fuel Trading Company and Guaracara Refining Company Ltd. These three companies were formed as part of the restructuring of state oil company Petrotrin last year. Read more
18th January 2019
Daily Brief - Thursday 17th January, 2019
Despite the financial shutdown of the US Government, the US Embassy in Port of Spain will continue to process US visa applications, according to embassy postings on social media. The US embassy’s website contains a statement from last December that says: “The United States of America is currently in a... Read more
17th January 2019
Daily Brief - Wednesday 16th January, 2019
Activist and past president of the Joint Consultative Council for the Construction Industry, Afra Raymond, has said the abrupt way the Tobago Sandals project was stopped has cost TT a “true learning experience.” “I do not think that it is a good thing that the project was stopped and in... Read more
16th January 2019
Daily Brief - 15th January 2019
Almost two years after it was discovered that the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board misallocated almost $3 million in funding from the NGC, and six months after the NGC requested the TTCB to repay that money forthwith, the two bodies are still working on a way forward. Read more… Read more
15th January 2019
Daily Brief - Monday 14th January, 2019
AMCHAM T&T CEO Nirad Tewarie said the time has come for the Equal Opportunities Act to be amended to end legal discrimination against the LGBTQI community. Tewarie was responding to adverse comments from RebuildTT which condemned statements made by his father Caroni Central MP Dr Bhoe Tewarie in support of... Read more
14th January 2019
Daily Brief - Friday 11th January, 2019
Repairs at the Point Lisas desalination plant were completed last Sunday and production returned to the contracted flow of 40 million gallons of water per day (mgd). The plant had to be closed last week Friday, the second closure in four weeks, which saw many residents in Central and South... Read more
11th January 2019
Daily Brief - Thursday 10th January, 2019
Local farmers were being trained and prepared to have their fresh produce exported to the US says National Agricultural Marketing and Development Corporation (Namdevco) CEO Nirmalla Debysingh-Persad. She was speaking yesterday as the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) examined the audited accounts of Namdevco for the period 2008-2011 during a meeting... Read more
10th January 2019
Daily Brief - Wednesday 9th January, 2019
While work is being done on a leak in a water tank and the clearing up pigeon droppings at the Belmont Government Primary School, the school is running as usual, said Education Minister Anthony Garcia. In a brief interview yesterday, Garcia said a team from the ministry comprising the manager... Read more
9th January 2019
Daily Brief - Tuesday 8th January, 2019
The Palo Seco/Erin Justice Committee has signalled its intention to stage the “parents of all marches” to express its frustration at Petrotrin’s closure and the State’s failure to provide alternative employment as well as the decision to stop the importation of regular gasoline which has sent the fishing industry into... Read more
8th January 2019
Daily Brief - Monday 7th January, 2019
PnaTrinbago's financial troubles are far from over. Speaking at the official opening of the organisation's office, at the corner of Duke and Melbourne Streets, president Beverly Ramsey-Moore said as manager of Katzenjammers Steel Orchestra in Tobago, she too has had to tell her 90 players who performed for Panorama 2018,... Read more
7th January 2019
Daily Brief - Friday 4th January, 2019
Two brothers from Golconda Settlement, San Fernando are among three men charged with stealing thousands worth of heavy oil equipment from state-owned Heritage Petroleum Company Ltd. The brothers, aged 29 and 32 and the other man, 21, will appear before a Siparia magistrate today charged with unlawful possession of 19... Read more
4th January 2019
Daily Brief - Thursday 3rd January, 2019
As the TT Manufacturers’ Association prepares for a more prosperous 2019, including expanding brand TT to more international markets, it is encouraged by the sector’s growth in 2018 – including a 5.6 per cent increase in food and beverage and tobacco production. TTMA president Christopher Alcazar said in a statement. Read more
3rd January 2019
Daily Brief - Wednesday 2nd January, 2018
A South African captain who was rescued at sea on Saturday is expected to arrive in Trinidad on Friday. Members of the shipping company, Intermarine, were near the coast of the Dominican Republic on Saturday when the captain received a distress call. Read more
2nd January 2019