Daily Brief - 28th July 2015
All prisons throughout T&T are currently on a “lockdown” as security measures are increased, including the installation of body scanners. The move comes on the heels of Friday’s prison break in which prisoners Allan “Scanny” Martin, Hassan Atwell and Christopher Selby shot their way to freedom from the Port-of-Spain Prison,... Read more
28th July 2015
Daily Brief - Monday 27th 2015
It’s over. With escapees Allan “Scanny Martin and Hassan Atwell both dead in the last 48 hours since last Friday’s city jail break, Christopher “Monster” Selby, the final prisoner who had been on the run, surrendered to police last night. Read more
27th July 2015
Daily Brief - Friday 24th 2015
A protest by members of the Jamaat Al Muslimeen last night escalated into a stand-off with police officers at the Piarco and Belmont police stations. Members of the group had planned the protest outside the Piarco police station at about 8 pm as a show of solidarity with a woman... Read more
24th July 2015
Daily Brief - Thursday 23rd July, 2015
Jamaat-al-Muslimeen leader Yasin Abu Bakr, who was detained by police on Monday morning for questioning on the murder of Senior Counsel Dana Seetahal, was released yesterday afternoon from the Central Police Station in Port of Spain without any charge. Read more
23rd July 2015
Daily Brief - Wednesday 22nd 2015
22nd July 2015
Daily Brief - Tuesday 21st July 2015
Police yesterday executed an early morning surprise swoop on insurrectionist Yasin Abu Bakr and detained him as well as ten other people for questioning in connection with the murder of senior counsel Dana Seetahal. At around 12.05 a.m. Read more
21st July 2015
Daily Brief - 20th July, 2015
20th July 2015
Daily Brief- Monday 6th July, 2015
Heavy rainfall and strong winds resulted in major flooding in various parts of Central, South and East Trinidad, with the roofs of several houses partially blown off in several areas. Areas hard-hit with flood waters rising as high as four feet were Longdenville, Charlieville, Endeavour, Rousillac and certain parts of... Read more
6th July 2015
Daily Brief- Friday 3rd July, 2015
San Fernando Jama Masjid worshippers hid in their mosque on Wednesday night when a man walked onto the masjid’s compound and killed the son of a popular People’s National Movement (PNM) activist. Daniel Bostic, 35, of Drayton Street, San Fernando, had just broken his fast and was preparing for prayer... Read more
3rd July 2015
Daily Brief- Thursday 2nd July, 2015
India-born Anusha Saha, 11, is No 1, placing first among more than 18,000 primary school children in the 2015 Secondary Entrance Assessment Examination (SEA).And becoming a brain surgeon is the goal the Grant Memorial Presbyterian Primary School student has already set her sights on. Read more
2nd July 2015
Daily Brief- Wednesday 1st July, 2015
A new traffic arrangement along High Street, San Fernando, that now requires taxis to wait in queue for passengers has been given the thumbs up by San Fernando Business Association president Daphne Bartlett. On Saturday, the Ministry of Works and Infrastructure installed metal barriers along the Port-of-Spain, Curepe and Chaguanas... Read more
1st July 2015
Daily Brief- Tuesday 30th June, 2015
A Laventille woman who was just overcoming the grief after her husband was murdered a year ago has been thrown into mourning again after her son was killed on Saturday. Antoinette Richards said the murder took place exactly one year and three days since the shooting death of her husband,... Read more
30th June 2015
Daily Brief- Monday June 29th, 2015
President of the Inter-Religious Organisation (IRO) Brother Harrypersad Maharaj yesterday called on religious leaders in Chaguanas - in particular Enterprise Village - to take action to quell the wave of violence and open warfare between rival criminal gangs reportedly tied to religious groups. Read more
29th June 2015
Daily Brief- Friday 26th June, 2015
Inspector Michael Seales, secretary of the Police Social and Welfare Association, has been sent off duty for alleging, in a television interview, a conspiracy by the People’s Partnership Government to “provoke” police officers and call a state of emergency (SoE) to delay the September 7 general election. Read more
26th June 2015
Daily Brief- Thursday 25th June, 2015
National women's footballer Ahkeela Mollon survived a hail of bullets that smashed the windscreen of her car parked outside the family home on Tuesday, after she was caught in cross-fire between rival gangs. The 30-year-old mid-fielder and striker was pulled to safety by her mother and hid from gunmen as... Read more
25th June 2015