Daily Brief - Tuesday 3rd May, 2016
Maridsa Dick will be part of the Trinidad and Tobago team for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, BraziL from August 5-21, after the TT Olympic Committee (TTOC) announced yesterday its Games Management Committee had no choice but to respect the decision of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG)... Read more
3rd May 2016
Daily Brief - Monday 2nd May, 2016
A retired inspector of police, who was bypassed for promotion and who successfully defended a malicious prosecution case in which he was framed of charges by a colleague, is challenging the Dr Keith Rowley-led Cabinet’s issuance of two legal notices which propose a new process by which the country’s top... Read more
2nd May 2016
Daily Brief - Friday 29th April, 2016
Finance Minister Colm Imbert has alleged “billion-dollar” discrepancies in the taxpayer-fuelled bailout of CL Financial and Colonial Life and yesterday announced a full forensic audit into the process. Imbert, who made the announcement at yesterday’s post-Cabinet news conference at the Diplomatic Centre in St Ann’s, said the audit will... Read more
29th April 2016
Daily Brief - Thursday 28th April, 2016
A three-year old Belmont girl remains warded in serious but stable condition at the Wendy Fitzwilliams Paediatric Hospital Ward of the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex (EWMSC) after being stung by a scorpion at a relative’s home in Maraval on Tuesday afternoon. Read more
28th April 2016
Daily Brief - Wednesday 27th April, 2016
Penal police are investigating the death of Petrotrin worker Charles Mitchell, 59, who was crushed while carrying out maintenance work on an oil well. Police reported that Mitchell, a technical craftsman, was in the company of six co-workers at Lowkie Trace in Penal, when he was crushed in the gearbox... Read more
27th April 2016
Daily Brief - Tuesday 26th April, 2016
House Speaker Bridgid Annisette-George had cause to reprimand Finance Minister Colm Imbert yesterday for his use of the word “idiot” during the contribution of Caroni Central MP Dr Bhoe Tewarie. Speaking on the Motor Vehicle and Road Traffic Amendment Order and the Customs Amendment Order in Parliament, Tewarie said... Read more
26th April 2016
Daily Brief - Monday 25th April, 2016
“It's unbelievable.” That, in short, was how Independent Senator David Small yesterday described the position taken by Petrotrin officials in relation to an ongoing investigation by a Parliament oversight committee. It is understood officials of the State-owned company have refused to answer specific questions relating to a controversial decision taken... Read more
25th April 2016
Daily Brief - Friday 22nd April, 2016
Although an autopsy done on Monday proved inconclusive, Forensic Pathologist Dr Valery Alexandrov yesterday said he firmly believes Felicia Persad’s death is a homicide based on the fact that her body was found with the hands and feet bound and her mouth gagged. Read more
22nd April 2016
Daily Brief - Thursday 21st April, 2016
Out of the mouth of babes, good ideas can sometimes come. Parliamentarians yesterday got a little help in their quest to solve the daunting problems facing the education system as for the first time in history, students appeared before a Parliament committee to answer questions and provide solutions on school... Read more
21st April 2016
Daily Brief - Tuesday 19th April, 2016
An autopsy done yesterday at the Forensic Science Centre on the body of a woman who was fished out of the Mitan River in Manzanilla last week, could not show how she was murdered. What the pathologist who performed the autopsy did note however, was that the woman’s body was... Read more
19th April 2016
Daily Brief - Monday 18th April, 2016
Some police officers must take blame for the “galloping murder rate” in the country because, in their respective communities, like so many citizens, they too have been turning a blind eye to crimes being committed. And yesterday, as he called on fellow officers to serve with integrity, secretary of the... Read more
18th April 2016
Daily Brief - Friday 15th April, 2016
Hard times have hit just about everyone. The State, workers and taxpayers are feeling the pinch. And, according to religious leaders, churches too. Anglican Bishop Claude Berkley yesterday said the church has had to scale-down its annual Family Day in an effort to save $300,000. Read more
15th April 2016
Daily Brief - Thursday 14th April, 2016
The Nissan Tiida, whose male drivers/ owners are locally known as ‘wetman’, is the main car targetted by thieves, police yesterday stated, adding that for the first four months of this year, reports of vehicles being stolen have increased. Read more
14th April 2016
Daily Brief - Friday 8th April, 2016
Police Constable Anson Benjamin, 44, took his last breath before his family and a few colleagues at San Fernando General Hospital yesterday, dying three days after a bandit shot him in the head during a robbery at a supermarket in Ste Madeleine, on Monday night. Read more
8th April 2016
Daily Brief - Thursday 7th April, 2016
Unless Trinidad and Tobago’s (TT) existing industrial relations (IR) system is reformed, five major business groups are warning that the “much-needed” economic diversification and preservation of jobs is unlikely to occur. The call to action comes from the American Chamber of Commerce of Trinidad and Tobago (AmCham), the Energy Chamber... Read more
7th April 2016