Daily Brief - Friday 14th February, 2020
As the tents and chairs were being laid out for the wake of Charan Dev Singh on Thursday, neighbours believed he would be alive if police responded to their distress call in time. Singh, 24, of San Francisco Settlement, Chickland, Freeport was shot in the chest around 8.50 pm on... Read more
14th February 2020
Daily Brief - Thursday 13th February, 2020
A mother armed with a court order, took her child back on Wednesday to Cedar Grove Private Primary School in Palmiste, near San Fernando, following his expulsion last week Monday. She petitioned Justice Frank Seepersad who at 9.15 pm on Tuesday, granted the order directing the school’s principal to allow... Read more
13th February 2020
Daily Brief - Wednesday 12th February, 2020
Two children at the St Dominic’s Children’s Home were beaten on Monday evening by a part-time caregiver who became upset that the children wore the wrong pants and sneakers. Officials said the children, eight and nine, were beaten with a leather belt after the relief staff member learned one of... Read more
12th February 2020
Daily Brief - Tuesday 11th February, 2020
“He was a monster.” That was how Maysonia Thomas described Michael Maynard on Monday. Thomas ended her relationship with him after years of abuse and violence. Maynard murdered his own daughter, eight-year-old Mukeisha Maynard, before ending his own life on Sunday night at his Kelly Village, Caroni home. Read more
11th February 2020
Daily Brief - Monday 10th February, 2020
TSTT is advising customers against returning missed calls from unfamiliar foreign numbers as this appears to be part of a “premium rate scam” designed to incur significant charges to their mobile phones or landline bills. TSTT was responding to posts on social media by several people who received calls apparently... Read more
10th February 2020
Daily Brief - Friday 7th February, 2020
According to the World Bank’s Global Carbon Project 2019, the latest figures for carbon dioxide emissions put T&T in second place worldwide. Data released from the project on January 30 gives statistics for 2018 and shows that for T&T’s 1.4 million population, each person contributes 31.28 tonnes of CO2 emissions annually. Read more
7th February 2020
Daily Brief - Thursday 6th February, 2020
A man whose body was found at Cunjal Road, Barrackpore, has been identified as Deoraj Persad, 55. A farmer found the body, with stab wounds to the chest, last Thursday at Cocoa Land. Police said Persad, who is believed to have been homeless, was last seen alive before Christmas. Read more
6th February 2020
Daily Brief - Wednesday 5th February, 2020
TT’s trade with China should not be affected by the rapidly spreading novel coronavirus. Trade and Industry Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon said this during a media briefing after a tour of New Wave Marketing, Calcutta Settlement, Couva on Tuesday. “You are talking about trade in goods,” She said. Read more
5th February 2020
Daily Brief - Tuesday 4th February, 2020
Police Commissioner Gary Griffith has slammed the Express newspaper and a specific reporter from that media house for continuously writing negative stories about him as head of the police service. His condemnation of the Express and its reporter was first posted to his Facebook page and minutes later was sent... Read more
4th February 2020
Daily Brief - Monday 3rd February, 2020
The Chamber of Industry and Commerce is encouraging businesses to adopt domestic violence polices. The chamber, in a release, expressed condolences to the families involved in the murder-suicide on Monday and to to all families of victims of similar deadly acts of domestic violence. Read more
3rd February 2020
Daily Brief - Friday 31st January, 2020
While issues of gender-based violence are universal, Spanish Ambassador to TT Javier Carbajosa believes a combination of strengthened laws and changing mindsets is necessary to effectively tackle issues of domestic violence. Speaking with Newsday at a cocktail reception and handing over ceremony of funds to the TT Coalition Against Domestic... Read more
31st January 2020
Daily Brief - Thursday 30th January, 2020
The Child Protection Unit (CPU) of the TT Police shared tips on some of the ways to ensure that children are protected during the Carnival season during the weekly police press briefing held at the police administration building on Wednesday. Read more
30th January 2020
Daily Brief - Wednesday 29th January, 2020
An acting senior Supt from Roxborough, Tobago, has received the permission of a High Court judge to challenge Police Commissioner Gary Griffith over a decision to suddenly revoke the current merit list for promotion of police officers to the rank of superintendent. Read more
29th January 2020
Daily Brief - Tuesday 28th January, 2020
The Prime Minister said Government has negotiated with the Chinese government for a $100 million grant for the establishment of a new Forensic Science Centre. He was responding to a prime minister’s question in the House on Monday from Caroni East MP Dr Tim Gopeesingh on why there had been... Read more
28th January 2020
Daily Brief - Monday 27th January, 2020
Thousands of jobs may be lost if the National Gas Company (NGC) goes ahead with its plan to significantly increase natural gas prices to manufacturers. The State Enterprise is already demanding that the manufacturing sector pay 13 per cent more for natural gas this year, moving to as high as... Read more
27th January 2020