Daily Brief - Wednesday 9th December, 2015
The largest kidney tumour in the Western Hemisphere and second largest tumour in the world, was removed by doctors at the Southern Medical Clinic in San Fernando last Wednesday. The tumour weighed eight pounds. The largest kidney tumour ever successfully removed in the world was from a patient in a... Read more
9th December 2015
Daily Brief - Tuesday 8th December, 2015
A Laventile man who allegedly tried to revive his seemingly unresponsive twoyear- old step-daughter with powered electrical cords at his home has been detained by police for questioning in connection with the matter. The mother of the child is also assisting police in their investigations, sources confirmed last night. Read more
8th December 2015
Daily Brief - Monday 7th December, 2015
A family’s weekend outing to the beach ended in tragedy when two teenaged brothers drowed at a beach in Balandra, Toco, on Saturday. The teens — Raphael Rambarran, 16, and his younger brother Ricardo, 14 — reportedly got into difficulty while bathing at the beach. Read more
7th December 2015
Daily Brief - Friday 4th December, 2015
A letter purportedly penned by United States’ Democratic presidential candidate, Vermont Senator Bernard “Bernie” Sanders, to former US Attorney General Eric Holder, calling for an investigation by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) into an allegation that former prime minister and current Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar received US$20 million from... Read more
4th December 2015
Daily Brief - Thursday 3rd December, 2015
The reckless decision to drive while intoxicated has led to the arrest of 2,536 persons, so far this year, while breaches of road traffic laws and regulations by motorists resulted in police issuing 46,004 tickets which led to fines to the State in the amount of $46 million. That’s not all. Read more
3rd December 2015
Daily Brief - Wednesday 2nd December, 2015
Pathologist Dr Eslyn McDonald-Burris of the Forensic Science Centre yesterday stood by the results of an autopsy she performed on the body of Carenage fisherman Brian Smith, who she says drowned while swimming, but whose relatives alleged he was beaten to death by soldiers . Read more
2nd December 2015
Daily Brief - Tuesday 1st December, 2015
President of the San Fernando to Port-of-Spain taxi drivers association, Hayden Whiskey, has defended the two dollar fare increase, which came into effect yesterday, saying the increase had become necessary due to rising maintenance and vehicle costs. Read more
1st December 2015
Daily Brief - Monday 30th November, 2015
Four local accounting firms are charging TT $3million to carry out an audit of the controversial Life Sport Programme set up under the previous administration which was the brain child of former Minister of Sport Anil Roberts. Read more
30th November 2015
Daily Brief - Thursday 26th November, 2015
Death stalks the land. Between Tuesday and yesterday, five persons were killed in three unrelated accidents including a horrendous accident that Naparima/ Mayaro Road which claimed the lives of an elderly man, a single-mother of five and another man. Read more
26th November 2015
Daily Brief - Wednesday 25th November, 2015
San Fernando Mayor Kazim Hosein was left fuming mad and demanding a complete revamp of the local health care system after a man who collapsed mere walking distance from the San Fernando General Hospital, lay on the ground for 45 minutes awaiting the arrival of an ambulance. Read more
25th November 2015
Daily Brief - Tuesday 24th November, 2015
A trip to the doctor’s office ended in tragedy yesterday when a Princes Town man and his 25-year-old son were killed after the car they were in collided with a ten-tonne delivery truck along the M1 Ring Road in Princes Town. Read more
24th November 2015
Daily Brief - Monday 23rd November, 2015
A police inspector in charge of crime, with more than 20 years’ service, remained locked up in a cell at the Belmont Police Station yesterday during a sting operation, in which he and a police constable were nabbed, which was carried out by officers of the Professional Standards Bureau (PSB)... Read more
23rd November 2015
Daily Brief - Friday 20th November, 2015
The Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) temporarily shut down the Caroni Water Treatment Plant, Piarco yesterday after an oily substance was found in the river. This is the second time for the year, an oily substance forced the plant to be shut down. Read more
20th November 2015
Daily Brief - Thursday 19th November, 2015
Assistant Commissioner of Prisons Gerard Wilson described the image of Sean ‘Devil’ Coa, as “chilling” by showing his middle finger in an obscene gesture to press photographers while on his way to court last week Friday. Coa is charged for the murder of acting Superintendent of Prisons David Millette. Read more
19th November 2015
Daily Brief - Wednesday 18th November, 2015
Artie Ramkhelewan, the three-year-old girl who survived having her throat slit by her own father on Sunday, yesterday kept asking nurses attending to her at the San Fernando General Hospital, for her mother and father. “She kept asking, ‘where my mommy and daddy?’ to the nurses who were monitoring her,”... Read more
18th November 2015