Daily Brief - Thursday 17th November, 2016
Acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams yesterday urged the public to keep the faith in the T&T Police Service as he promised to root out all rogue officers. He made the call even as an officer appeared in court charged with the robbery of two Chinese businessmen last week. Read more
17th November 2016
Daily Brief - Wednesday 16th November, 2016
Leader of Government Business, Franklin Khan, said Government was taking this course of action because of legal advice it received from the Treasury Solicitor. This prompted Opposition Senator Wade Mark to accuse the Government of imposing illegal taxes on the population and signalling the Opposition’s intention to challenge the matter legally. Read more
16th November 2016
Daily Brief - Tuesday 15th November, 2016
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says the Government hopes that US President-elect Donald Trump's intention to deport millions of undocumented immigrants does not become US policy. Rowley said, though, that Trinidad and Tobago will have no choice but to absorb its citizens if they are indeed sent back home. Read more
15th November 2016
Daily Brief - Monday 14th November, 2016
A 33-year-old man is dead following a shooting incident at about 4.30 pm along St John Road, St Augustine. Sources said the victim, 33-yearold Clint Ellis, was outside his home washing a black Nissan B14 motor vehicle when two men who were both armed with firearms reportedly began firing randomly. Read more
14th November 2016
Daily Brief - Friday 11 November, 2016
Legislation implemented by the former People’s Partnership Government which introduced proportional representation into the local government elections could quite possibly be repealed by the People’s National Movement (PNM) government to give way to its own plans for local government reform. Read more
11th November 2016
Daily Brief - Thursday 10 November, 2016
Minutes after residents of Walcott Lane, Enterprise, found the battered, nude body of one of their neighbours in a track yesterday, they saw another neighbour eating a piece of bake and pumpkin while trying to wash blood off his clothes. Read more
10th November 2016
Daily Brief - Wednesday 9th November, 2016
An undisclosed sum of US currency and documents have been seized from a San Fernando businessman who is being questioned by police in connection with the discovery last Friday of close to US$2 million in crocus bags inside a container at the Port of Point Lisas. Read more
9th November 2016
Daily Brief - Tuesday 8th November, 2016
While their neighbours celebrated two weddings in their community, a Felicity couple suffered a tragic end after being gunned down upon returning home from the movies on Sunday night. The bloodied corpses of Narine Kalpoo, 59, and his common-law wife, Lutchmin Jaggernath, 51, fell metres apart from each other after... Read more
8th November 2016
Daily Brief - Monday 7th November, 2016
Senior police officers yesterday linked the weekend’s seizure of US$2 million in a container by members of the Customs and Excise Division to the nefarious narcotics trade. The money, which was hidden in a crate of ply board and shipped to Trinidad earlier in the week, was found last Friday... Read more
7th November 2016
Daily Brief - Friday 4th November, 2016
Construction firm NH International (Caribbean) Ltd has won the bid to build a $145 million Government housing development at Mt Hope. The 160-unit apartment complex, named Mahogany Court, is the first housing development to be constructed by the PNM government using the public/private partnership (PPP) model. Read more
4th November 2016
Daily Brief - Thursday 3rd November, 2016
A day after Acting Commissioner of Police Stephen Williams resumed duties as head of the TT Police Service (TTPS), he read the riot act yesterday to heads of nine police divisions, regarding the low detection rate and rampant murders, especially in the Northern and Central Divisions. Read more
3rd November 2016
Daily Brief - Wednesday 2nd November, 2016
Trinidad and Tobago’s private sector has been invited by Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) Dr Ralph E. Gonsalves to take up investment opportunities in that country’s fish markets. The PM however made it clear to any Trini investor: “You have to come with some money.” “I... Read more
2nd November 2016
Daily Brief - Tuesday 1st November, 2016
The baby girl born with microcephaly last month, is the first confirmed case of the condition due to the mosquito-borne Zika virus in this country. This was announced by Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh yesterday during a news conference at the Health Ministry’s head office, Park Street, Port-of-Spain. Read more
1st November 2016
Daily Brief - Monday 31st October, 2016
Declaring that he has heard the calls from the population for decisive action to bring runaway crime under control, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley yesterday served notice, “I propose to take a direct interest in overseeing a comprehensive review of the way in which Community Policing functions are introduced within... Read more
31st October 2016
Daily Brief - Friday 28th October, 2016
Finance Minister Colm Imbert yesterday assured the public that they can continue to use credit and debit cards at gas stations operated by State-owned National Petroleum (NP) to pay for their fuel from today onwards. Commenting on a decision taken by some gas stations dealers not to accept card payments... Read more
28th October 2016