Daily Brief - Friday 10th August, 2018
State-owned oil company Petrotrin said a message circulating on social media that the company is on strike is not true. The message which started circulating on WhatsApp and Facebook, from Tuesday evening, stated that Petrotrin is on strike and workers are blocking gas tankers, from leaving the Petrotrin compound. Read more
10th August 2018
Daily Brief - Thursday 9th August, 2018
Biche farmer Steven Samaroo on Tuesday denied chopping his fellow villager in 2005, but instead suggested that the man was chopped by another villager who was attacking him. “He fall in the way of the cutlass,” Samaroo said as he took the witness stand to give evidence at his trial,... Read more
9th August 2018
Daily Brief - Wednesday 8th August, 2018
A COSTAATT student who was unable to sit the 2018 radiography external review examination has sued the institution. Jamieyel Pantor, of Princes Town, has taken the College of Science, Technology and Applied Arts of Trinidad and Tobago (COSTAATT), to court, complaining of a decision which prevented him from taking the... Read more
8th August 2018
Daily Brief - Tuesday 8th August, 2018
The Environmental Management Authority (EMA) will co-ordinate state agencies to curb environmental ruin by illegal quarrying and squatting in northeast Trinidad. After two recent stories by Newsday on environmental ruin at Toco, and condemnation by Planning Minister Camille Robinson-Regis, the EMA yesterday issued a statement promising action. Read more
7th August 2018
Daily Brief - Monday 6th August, 2018
Russian Jabbor Kayumov has been appointed the new chief executive officer (CEO) of Digicel TT. He was introduced to the local media at a luncheon at Jaffa’s Private Dining Room in Queen’s Park Oval on Friday. Read more
6th August 2018
Daily brief - Thursday 2nd August, 2018
Rudolph Hanamji, organiser of this country’s first Pride parade last Sunday, yesterday welcomed Monday’s statement by RC Archbishop Jason Gordon in support of the LGBT community’s right to publicly advocate for their rights. In June, Gordon was among a group of six religious leaders, including Hindu and Muslim, under an... Read more
2nd August 2018
Daily Brief - Tuesday 31st July, 2018
CEO of the Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers’ Association (TTMA), Ramesh Ramdeen, said while he is in support of a ban on Styrofoam, measures must be put in place to assist businesses with the transition. Speaking to LoopTT, Ramdeen said government must allow for business owners to use what is left... Read more
31st July 2018
Daily Brief - Monday 30th July, 2018
Point Fortin police are searching for a teenager who chopped his neighbour for beating his brother on Friday evening. Police say the 17-year-old boy from Boodoo Street, Point Fortin got into an argument with his neighbour Marvin Richards, 25, around 6 pm. Read more
30th July 2018
Daily Brief - Thursday 26th July, 2018
Grieving mother Dularie Ramcharan said, “There is nothing anyone can say or do that would bring back my son. My only wish now is that police find his killer. Please, I am begging the police to find the monster that did this.” Through her tears, Ramcharan told Newsday she has... Read more
26th July 2018
Daily Brief - Wednesday 25th July, 2018
The Point Lisas desalination plant is still ramping up water production, three days after repair work was completed. In a media release yesterday, the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) said water production at present stood at 25 million gallons daily and told customers in central and south Trinidad that full... Read more
25th July 2018
Daily Brief - Tuesday 24th July, 2018
The Tableland Pineapple Farmers Association (TPFA) and the Felicity/ Charlieville Fishing Association (FCFA) yesterday extended condolences and praised the role of indigenous peoples in TT’s legacy of agriculture. In a release issued by Agricultural economist Omardath Maharaj, the association joined with the national community in mourning the death of Santa... Read more
24th July 2018
Daily Brief - Monday 23rd July, 2018
Four months after 33-year-old Raquel Madoo, a mother of one who chose death over a life of torture by drinking poison, her mother, Deomattee, is pleading for assistance. Madoo drank Gramoxone on March 9, at her Felicity home, shortly after she was allegedly beaten by a relative, who is a... Read more
23rd July 2018
Daily Brief - Friday 20th July, 2018
T&T’s trade relations with the United States just got sweeter. A container of confectionary products will soon be leaving this country, as a US buyer has cemented ties with a local manufacturer following the recently concluded Trade and Investment Convention (TIC) at the Centre of Excellence, Macoya. Read more
20th July 2018
Daily Brief - Wednesday 18th July, 2018
The implementation of an Automated Border Control Kiosk System at the Piarco airport and the ANR Robinson airport in Tobago is geared towards making the journey through Customs checkpoints easier on travellers. The system was launched on Monday evening at the Immigration Hall in Piarco where 12 kiosks were installed. Read more
18th July 2018
Daily Brief - Tuesday 17th July, 2018
Dillon Lucas, 31, who was stabbed to death while protecting friends outside a nightclub in Debe on Saturday, will lways be remembered as a hero. Police were yesterday expected to take a statement from a suspect who was stabbed in the incident and remains warded under police guard at San... Read more
17th July 2018