Daily Brief - Tuesday 4th October, 2016
All Caribbean Airlines (CAL) flights arriving in or departing Jamaica were cancelled yesterday, as Hurricane Matthew barrelled towards the island. CAL stated that flights were cancelled yesterday and today. Three flights were cancelled on Monday, including one departing Fort Lauderdale to Jamaica and two leaving Jamaica for John F Kennedy... Read more
4th October 2016
Daily Brief - Monday 3rd October, 2016
A small contractor. who also moonlights. as a “PH” taxi driver. “to make ends meet”. was stabbed to death. on Saturday night allegedly. by one of his. part-time employees. over money. Michael Ali, 31, a father. of a two-year-old. daughter, of Quarry Village,. Siparia, died some. three hours after the. Read more
3rd October 2016
Daily Brief - Thursday 29th September, 2016
Although he is head of Government’s Economic Development Advisory Board Dr Terrence Farrell says he is not taking any responsibility for tomorrow’s budget, the second of the People’s National Movement (PNM) administration. Dr Farrell made the declaration during an interview following yesterday’s release of the Global Competitiveness Report 2016-2017 at... Read more
29th September 2016
Daily Brief - Wednesday 28th September, 2016
A 43-year-old man on 23 fraud charges including money laundering, who fled to the US in May 2013, was deported to this country on Monday along with 13 other Trinidadians. US authorities charted a special aircraft which dropped off the 14 deportees at Piarco International Airport shortly after 6 pm. Read more
28th September 2016
Daily Brief - Tuesday 27th September, 2016
A weeping President Anthony Carmona yesterday advised his own flesh and blood, son Christian and daughter Anura not to be like politicians but rather, live a life of service to others like the one lived by his former Butler at President’s House, Choy Richardson. Read more
27th September 2016
Daily Brief - Monday 26th September, 2016
A police officer, a woman and another man have been detained in connection with the abduction of mother of two Ria Sookdeo, 34, who was snatched shortly after dropping off her two children at Picton Presbyterian School, San Fernando last Thursday. Read more
26th September 2016
Daily Brief - Friday 23rd September, 2016
Why would anyone want to abduct Debe hairdresser Ria Sookdeo as she dropped off her two children, aged nine and five, to school at Picton in South Trinidad yesterday morning? This is the question on the lips of shocked and distraught family, friends and neighbours and even the police up... Read more
23rd September 2016
Daily Brief - Thursday 22nd September, 2016
A beaming Akeem Stewart, double medallist at the 2016 Paralympic Games, says failure is not an option for him and has already set his sights on achieving triple gold at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. Read more
22nd September 2016
Daily Brief - Wednesday 21st September, 2016
Fearing the spread of diseases including the potentially deadly leptospirosis, daily-paid maintenance workers of state utility the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) have abandoned a water purification/treatment plant at Syne Village in Penal which they say is overrun with large rats who seem to be thriving despite the placing of... Read more
21st September 2016
Daily Brief - Tuesday 20th September, 2016
Job completed. A month after Raul Joseph and his wife Andrea Edwards were stabbed by a man so brutally that Edwards died and Joseph was left paralysed, the killer returned yesterday morning and finished the job - stabbing Joseph as he lay helplessly on a bed inside his Carenage home. Read more
20th September 2016
Daily Brief - Friday 16th September, 2016
A Gasparillo man’s worst nightmare came to pass when his 30-year-old autistic daughter died after she was bound and gagged by intruders during a home-invasion at the victims’ house early yesterday morning. It is believed that Carla Archalal suffocated after cloth was stuffed in her mouth by the intruders, who... Read more
16th September 2016
Daily Brief - Thursday 15th September, 2016
Government is “actively seeking” to establish a line of credit to support Trinidad and Tobago (TT) manufacturers’ exports to Cuba, says Trade and Industry Minister, Paula Gopee-Scoon. “The Cuban market is of particular interest. Many of you will join me as we participate in the 2016 Havana International Fair (FIHAV)... Read more
15th September 2016
Daily Brief - Wednesday 14th September, 2016
Philip “Phil” Simmons has been fired as coach of the West Indies team with immediate effect, ahead of the squad’s departure to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to face Pakistan in a two-monthlong tour, comprising of three T20 Internationals, three One- Day Internationals (ODIs) and three Test matches. Read more
14th September 2016
Daily Brief - Tuesday 13th September, 2016
A Pinto Road, Arima teen has been detained in connection with a robbery of a grocery in Maturita on Saturday, which led to the shooting death of security officer, Vijay Maraj, and three persons being wounded. Read more
13th September 2016
Daily Brief - Monday 12th September, 2016
Pointing out that 25 percent of the population was already living below the poverty line in Trinidad and Tobago, the Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) has observed that any “burden of adjustment” should be extended to those persons in society who were living ostentatious lifestyles and earning salaries of $100,000... Read more
12th September 2016