Daily Brief - Friday 12th August, 2016
Moments after failing to qualify for the next round of the Men’s 50M freestyle swim event yesterday at the 2016 Rio Olympics, veteran TT Olympic swimmer George Bovell lashed out at world swimming governing body FINA (Fédération Internationale de Natation Amateur), alleging the organisation was not serious in going after... Read more
12th August 2016
Daily Brief - Thursday 11th August, 2016
Thirty boxes of human bones are taking up valuable and limited space at the Forensic Science Centre in St James while 14 unclaimed bodies remain on ice in the Centre’s morgue leading to Forensic Pathologist Dr Valery Alexandrov yesterday calling for a bone depository to be set up at the Centre. Read more
11th August 2016
Daily Brief - Wednesday 10th August, 2016
Three siblings who on Monday walked into Newsday’s offices asking that a story be done on their mother who had been missing for a week were yesterday breathing sighs of relief over the news that she was found and is safe . Read more
10th August 2016
Daily Brief - Tuesday 9th August, 2016
National Joint Action Committee (NJAC) Chief Servant Makandal Daaga, 80, has died. Formerly known as Geddes Granger, Daaga fell ill at his Laventille home yesterday and was admitted to Port-of-Spain General Hospital. He passed away at 1.35 pm. Read more
9th August 2016
Daily Brief - Monday 8th August, 2016
The name of TT Gymnast Marisa Dick’s signature move was highlighted by the Wall Street Journal in an online article over the weekend. In February, Dick’s signature move was officially recognised by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG). A move she perfectly executed at the 2015 World Championships in Glasgow. Read more
8th August 2016
Daily Brief- Thursday 4th August,2016
STUDENTS from homes with monthly incomes of or above $10,000 will from next year be called upon to fund a percentage of their tertiary education while the Government will continue to fund 100 per cent of students from homes with an average income below $10,000 to be determined by means... Read more
4th August 2016
Daily Brief - Wednesday 3rd August, 2016
The most recent edition of the Islamic State in Syria (ISIS) online propaganda magazine features a disturbing interview with Trinidadian fighter Shane Crawford who said it would have been an honour to kill then-prime minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and her ministers in 2011. He also calls for the death of unrepentant Christians. Read more
3rd August 2016
Daily Brief - Tuesday 2nd August, 2016
In May this year, the Santa Rosa First Peoples Community made a call for greater recognition. On its Facebook page the community highlighted several milestones in the community’s history. The group then said, “May 8, 1990 was a milestone in the history of The First Peoples of Trinidad and Tobago. Read more
2nd August 2016
Daily Brief - Friday 29th July, 2016
The commission of enquiry report into failed insurance giant CLICO will not be made public. Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister Stuart Young said during the post-Cabinet news briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister yesterday this decision was based on advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions. Read more
29th July 2016
Daily Brief - Thursday 28th July, 2016
Majority State-owned telecoms provider TSTT has posted an after-tax loss of $316 million for its fiscal year ended March 31, 2016, chairman Emile Elias said in a two-page news advertisement yesterday. The loss means a 345 per cent deterioration in the total comprehensive profit for the company for its first... Read more
28th July 2016
Daily Brief- Wednesday 27th July 2016
That was the cry of fishermen at the Claxton Bay Fishing Depot and King’s Wharf, San Fernando, yesterday following reports that fish caught in the Gulf of Paria were poisoned.Thousands of dead fish, including herring and mullet, were last week discovered floating along the coastline near Mosquito Creek, South Oropouche. Read more
27th July 2016
Daily Brief - Tuesday 26th July, 2016
Relatives of 26-year-old Kerwyn Michael Prescott remain in a state of shock after he was shot and killed just outside his Trou Macaque, Laventille home yesterday afternoon, as he was speaking with several family members. Prescott, who worked as a PH (private hire) taxi driver in the area, was described... Read more
26th July 2016
Daily Brief - Monday 25th July, 2016
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley yesterday described the past week he spent in Jamaica as the best and hardest working week he has experienced “in a long, long, long time”. Slamming the Opposition for its criticism of the trip, Rowley said had it not been for the official visit to... Read more
25th July 2016
Daily Brief - Friday 22nd July, 2016
The Government Assistance for Tuition Expenses (GATE) programme should remain accessible to all because education is the way out of difficult circumstances. This was the view expressed by Vashtie Baksh, a woman who is no stranger to difficulty. Read more
22nd July 2016
Daily Brief- Thursday 21st July,2016
THE future of the Government Assistance for Tuition Expenses programme (GATE) is still up in the air, but medical students need not fear cuts to their funding. Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley gave this assurance yesterday as he spoke to students at The University of the West Indies (The UWI)... Read more
21st July 2016