Daily Brief - Tuesday 7th March, 2017
A 39-year-old woman, who has reported on several occasions that she is being stalked by a man at her Tunapuna home, is calling on police to do more to protect her and her two children. Lian David says she is terrified of the 56-year-old man against whom she has a... Read more
7th March 2017
Daily Brief - Monday 6th March, 2017
Women are not property, to be used and abused, on the whim and fancy of men. This was the warning given by Chief Magistrate Marcia Ayers-Caesar yesterday at a service at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Port-of-Spain held to commemorate International Women’s Day. Read more
6th March 2017
Daily Brief - Friday 3rd March, 2017
National Security Minister Edmund Dillon yesterday apologised for a statement issued by his ministry which said this year’s Carnival celebrations were crime free. Responding to questions from reporters at the post-Cabinet news conference at the Diplomatic Centre in St Ann’s, Dillon said, “Definitely it was not a crime free Carnival. Read more
3rd March 2017
Daily Brief - Thursday 2nd March, 2017
Ultimate Rejects led by MX Prime (Edghill Thomas) not only won the 2017 Road March title with Full Extreme but the hit song broke the record for the most number of plays in the competition’s history with 556 plays. Read more
2nd March 2017
Daily Brief - Wednesday 1st March, 2017
One year after former Japanese pannist Asami Nagakiya was murdered in Port-of-Spain, Japanese DJ Selector Hemo is calling on the police here to ensure her killer is brought to justice. Nagakiya’s body was found under a tree at the Queen’s Park Savannah on Ash Wednesday last year. Read more
1st March 2017
Daily Brief - Friday 24th February, 2017
St Vincent-born calypsonian Lornette “Fya Empress” Nedd will perform after all, in the National Calypso Monarch finals at Dimanche Gras, Queen’s Park Savannah. Justice Frank Seepersad, presiding over an injunction filed by Nedd’s attorneys, in the San Fernando High Court, ruled at nine o’ clock last night, that the Trinbago... Read more
24th February 2017
Daily Brief - Thursday 23rd February, 2017
According to the Hansard, Rowley had taken issue over Jatras’ position on the controversial Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) legislation. Jatras, who now runs a legal firm in Washington DC, USA, which specialises in foreign affairs and human rights, has launched a worldwide campaign for the US Treasury to... Read more
23rd February 2017
Daily Brief - Wednesday 22nd February, 2017
A man with a submachine gun was involved in a shoot-out with police officers on the streets of Longdenville on Monday. The suspect dodged police officers and their bullets and eluded arrest. According to police, the suspect was seen around 7.20 p.m. Read more
22nd February 2017
Daily Brief - Tuesday 21st February, 2017
One day after speaking with him on the telephone, United States President Donald Trump yesterday invited Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley to meet with him in Washington DC. According to an article on the Associated Press (AP) website, “President Donald Trump discussed what the White House calls ‘shared priorities’ in... Read more
21st February 2017
Daily Brief - Monday 20th February, 2017
Six former monarchs are among the 15 calypsonians who will battle against defending National Calypso Monarch Devon Seale for the title come Carnival Sunday night at Dimanche Gras at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain. Read more
20th February 2017
Daily Brief - Friday 17th February, 2017
Matthew King appeared yesterday before Chief Magistrate Marcia Ayers-Caesar charged with the murder of Jamilia de Revenaux at MovieTowne on February 5. King, 30, of Chinapoo Village, Morvant and Mora Drive, Cleaver Heights, Arima was charged late Wednesday after Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Roger Gaspard SC, gave instructions to police. Read more
17th February 2017
Daily Brief - Thursday 16th February, 2017
Missing for more than two weeks, 15-year-old Melissa Samlal has contacted her mother, telling a scary story of being taken to an unknown location by a woman she met on Facebook who now refuses to let her go home. Read more
16th February 2017
Daily Brief - Wednesday 15th February, 2017
Incensed that only one member of its cast was picked to be among 42 calypsonians to compete at the Calypso Fiesta and a place in the National Calypso Monarch grand finals, president of the Kalypso Revue Eric “Pink Panther” Taylor said the tent would quit being a member of Trinbago... Read more
15th February 2017
Daily Brief - Tuesday 14th February, 2017
The National Parents Teachers Association (NPTA) is calling for a fresh and independent probe into an alleged bullying attack at the Mayaro Government Primary school which has left nineyear- old Tristan Khan nursing a dislocated right elbow. Read more
14th February 2017
Daily Brief - Monday 13th February, 2017
At least one of the relatives of five police officers who died in line of duty has qualified for the million-dollar payout promised by the last administration and the current government. Sources revealed that the qualifying officer is PC Sherman Maynard who was slain outside Port-of-Spain Prison. Read more
13th February 2017