Daily Brief - Friday 12th October, 2018
In keeping with World Mental Health Day Wednesday, the South-West Regional Health Authority (SWRHA) held a symposium at Naparima Bowl in San Fernando. The SWRHA focused on youths under the theme Young People and Mental Health in a Changing World. Read more
12th October 2018
Daily Brief - Thursday 11th October, 2018
Weeks after a video of a group of students kicking and stomping on a schoolmate at the Princes Town West Secondary School was shared on social media, four students appeared in court yesterday charged with assault. Read more
11th October 2018
Daily Brief - Tuesday 9th October, 2018
Works and Transports Minister Rohan Sinanan says he hopes the first few trips of the Galleons Passage will restore confidence in the seabridge from Port of Spain to Scarborough. Speaking to media this morning, before the maiden commercial voyage of TT’s newest ferry, Sinanan said he was happy to prove... Read more
9th October 2018
Daily Brief - Monday 8th October, 2018
Police are asking for the public’s help to find the driver who left the scene of a fatal hit-and-run which happened yesterday at the Priority Bus Route (PBR) near WASA in El Dorado. Dead is 64-year-old cyclist Leroy Calliste of El Dorado. Read more here Read more
8th October 2018
Daily Brief - Thursday 4th October, 2018
State-owned oil company Petrotrin has reportedly discovered three acts of sabotage at one of its rural production fields. The company was thrust into the national spotlight after its board decided to shut down the refinery and retrench all the workers. The company is scheduled to cease operations on November 30. Read more
4th October 2018
Daily Brief - Wednesday 3rd October, 2018
With weeks before state-owned Petrotrin begins laying off some 5,000 workers, the pending action was yesterday threatened with an injunction, the hearing for which is carded for today in the Industrial Court, Port of Spain. The Oilfields Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU) filed the injunction yesterday and sought an urgent hearing,... Read more
3rd October 2018
Daily Brief - Tuesday 2nd October, 2018
Yesterday’s gas hike did not go down well with many commuters in San Fernando, but they found solace in the hefty fines slapped on child abusers. “I find it should triple instead of double. I have children and the amount of crimes being committed against children, it is wrong,” said... Read more
2nd October 2018
Daily Brief - Friday 28th September, 2018
Now is the time for Moruga Hill rice to make its mark. Trade and Industry Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon and Agriculture Minister Clarence Rambharat expressed this view at a grant-funding ceremony in Moruga on Tuesday. At the ceremony, Gopee-Scoon presented Caribbean Sea and Air Marketing (producers of Moruga Hill Rice) with... Read more
28th September 2018
Daily Brief - Thursday 27th September, 2018
Children are vulnerable to the effects of crime and violence, said manager of the police Victim and Witness Support Unit (VWSU) Aisha Price-Corbie yesterday, as she urged victims of crime and their relatives to seek counselling and emotional support from the unit. Read more
27th September 2018
Daily Brief - Wednesday 26th September, 2018
Recipient of the Humming Bird Medal (Silver) in 2011, Veera Bhajan, 29, who was born without arms, will be the main speaker at the upcoming Hindu Youth Forum. Bhajan, an attorney, will join singers Rennie Ramnarine and Anil Bheem to address the forum. Read more
26th September 2018
Daily Brief - Tuesday 25th September, 2018
With Tropical Storm Bret still fresh in the nation’s collective memory, both the Ministry of Rural Development and Local Government and the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management (ODPM) together with the TT Meteorological Service (TTMS) continue to monitor Tropical Storm Kirk which formed in the Atlantic on Saturday. Read more
25th September 2018
Daily Brief- Friday 21st September 2018
AS the Trade and Investment Convention (TIC) marks its 20th anniversary next year, the TTMA and its partners are looking ahead to finding ways to use the convention to foster economic growth in TT. TIC 2019 was launched last Thursday at the Five Star Convention Centre in Chaguanas. Read more… Read more
21st September 2018
Daily Brief- Thursday 20th September 2018
VIDEO footage has emerged showing the dramatic rescue of a man hurt when his vehicle tumbled off a coastline precipice in Balandra, Toco. The vehicle overturned several times before coming to a stop on the rocks at water’s edge. Waves are seen lashing the vehicle. Read more here Read more
20th September 2018
Daily Brief- Wednesday 19th September 2018
PC Shaundelle Euin and welder Gregory James were denied bail earlier today when they appeared at the San Fernando Magistrates' Court charged with the kidnapping of Natalie Pollonais. But according to the conditions set by Senior Magistrate Cherril-Anne Antoine in the San Fernando First Court, if Euin can surrender his... Read more
19th September 2018
Daily Brief - Monday 17th September, 2018
Business consultant Maxine Attong says labour is treated like a commodity in TT, and can be best described as ‘water-bottle culture’. She was addressing the Association of Professional Engineers of TT (APETT) conference on re-booting the economy at Cara Suites, Claxton Bay, San Fernando, on Friday. Read more here Read more
17th September 2018