Daily Brief - Thursday 30th November, 2017
President Anthony Carmona on Tuesday challenged parents to play a greater role in their children’s life and upbringing by assuming roles as mentors, adding that core values of compassion and respect must be taught at home. Read more
30th November 2017
Daily Brief- Wednesday 29th November 2017
In what is being touted as the greatest escape in the history of the country, alleged fraudster Vicky Nirupa Boodram walked out of the Arouca Prison on Monday afternoon and has not been seen since. Read more… Read more
29th November 2017
Daily Brief - Tuesday 28th November, 2017
Hunters are being asked not to use powerful lamps and headlights to stun their prey, as this can seriously disrupt the behavioural patterns of night-dwelling or nocturnal animals in the immediate area, according to a release issued yesterday by the University of the West Indies’ (UWI) Zoological Society (ZSTT). Read more
28th November 2017
Daily Brief - Monday 27th November, 2017
Trinidadian Dr Marissa Gowrie has been awarded a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Policy and Implementation Leadership award. Gowrie, deputy environmental manager/national ozone officer at the Planning and Development Ministry, was one of 15 recipients out of a total of 197 parties in the world to win. Read more here Read more
27th November 2017
Daily Brief- Thursday 23rd November 2017
Despite $300 million in profits for the past 12 months, the National Lotteries Control Board (NLCB) stands accused of paying low salaries to its staff members, so much so, that it has been unable to hold on to a financial comptroller for any great length of time. Read more… Read more
23rd November 2017
Daily Brief- Wednesday 22nd November 2017
The Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) will sell the properties of its most recalcitrant commercial and residential customers in the next stage of debt collection, says chairman Romney Thomas. Read more… Read more
22nd November 2017
Daily Brief- Monday 20th November 2017
Amid revelations of 13,000 cases of abuse in the past two years, Children’s Authority Chairman Haniff Benjamin yesterday warned that many youths in society are suffering, some in silence. Read more… Read more
20th November 2017
Daily Brief- Friday 17th November 2017
An increase in gang-related murders in Western Division, has led to seniors giving the division’s Inspector (Crime) their approval to hold talks with warring gangsters and tell them to behave. As of yesterday, 37 murders were committed in the division as compared to 28 for the corresponding period last year. Read more
17th November 2017
Daily Brief- Thursday 16th November 2017
Quick action by neighbours saved the lives of three children, all under the ages of eight, who were at home alone when fire gutted their Eboe Gully, Crown Trace, Les Coteaux home on Monday. Read more… Read more
16th November 2017
Daily Brief - Wednesday 15th November, 2017
The school feeding programme continues to limp along, as the 87 caterers who are owed millions by the Education Ministry for services provided since May, are yet to be paid. In addition to not being paid, caterers are facing a fresh challenge, as many of them will not be able... Read more
15th November 2017
Daily Brief- Tuesday 14th November, 2017
The Ministry of Local Government has said the final vetting stages of 488 candidates is ongoing and by next year, if they are accepted, the 488 will become new members of the Municipal Police force. The Ministry, in a press release, said the candidates had successfully completed examinations and would... Read more
14th November 2017
Daily Brief - Monday 13th November, 2017
An El Socorro man was shot dead and the person he was liming with injured when they were ambushed by a gunman on Saturday night.And in an unrelated incident, a Mt D’Or man was shot dead near his home. Read more
13th November 2017
Daily Brief - Friday 10th November, 2017
Three days after PSA President Watson Duke called on public servants both at Board of Inland Revenue (BIR) and Customs and Excise Division to rest and reflect yesterday and today, it was business as usual at the BIR office. Read more
10th November 2017
Daily Brief - Wednesday 8th November, 2017
The limited supply of foreign exchange (forex) has led some contractors to seek payment in US dollars from Unicomer Group — parent company of Courts — during construction of the Unicomer Freeport Campus. This was revealed yesterday by vice-chairman and executive vice-president of Unicomer Group, Guillermo J Siman, during the... Read more
8th November 2017
Daily Brief - Tuesday 7th November, 2017
Government's new grant funding facility for local entrepreneurs has been welcomed by president of the Manufacturers Association (TTMA) Christopher Alcazar. “The manufacturing sector remains ready and willing to do its part to earn much needed foreign exchange for our country,” he said, “and continues to be encouraged by government initiatives... Read more
7th November 2017