Daily Brief - Monday 31st January, 2022
After a series of shootings and murders last week, the violence continued over the weekend as three more murders were recorded between Saturday and Sunday. In the most recent incident the body of a 29-year-old Belmont man was found wrapped in garbage bags in St Anns on Sunday morning. Read more
31st January 2022
Daily Brief - Friday 28th January, 2022
The Shanghai Construction Group (SCG) had vowed to quit its contract to build the new Central Block at Port of Spain General Hospital owing to grouses such as an unexpected extra US$9 million in freight costs plus the financial fallout of bureaucratic delays blamed on a project official, said a... Read more
28th January 2022
Daily Brief - Thursday 27th January, 2022
Condolences poured in on Wednesday for the family of local actress and singer Vanna Girod. Girod’s body was found on Wednesday in Arnos Vale, Tobago. Girod was reported missing to the Shirvan Road Police Station on Tuesday after she failed to return to her aunt’s villa where she was staying... Read more
27th January 2022
Daily Brief - Wednesday 26th January, 2022
Chairman of the Urban Development Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago (Udecott) Noel Garcia has denied claims of a work stoppage at the central block of the Port of Spain General Hospital, noting that work was still ongoing even after a letter threatening a pull-out of the project was sent from... Read more
26th January 2022
Daily Brief - Tuesday 25th January, 2022
The Ministry of Education has said students in forms one-three and standard five will return to the physical classroom on February 7. In December 2021, Minister of Education Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly announced that lower forms and standard five students preparing for Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) exams would be allowed to... Read more
25th January 2022
Daily Brief - Monday 24th January, 2022
National Carnival Commission (NCC) CEO Colin Lucas said on Sunday that the list of events to be held during, what has been termed, A Taste of Carnival should be finalised by Monday or Tuesday. He said Dimanche Gras is on the list. Read more
24th January 2022
Daily Brief - Friday 21st January, 2022
The TT Promoters Association is dismissing the announcement by the government of a safe-zone Carnival which specifically excludes parties, fetes and other similar gatherings. In a statement on Thursday in response to the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture’s statement on Wednesday, the association said the so-called Taste of Carnival... Read more
21st January 2022
Daily Brief - Thursday 20th January, 2022
The Trinidad and Tobago Promoters Association (TTPA) says it believes more people will be encouraged to become vaccinated one the approval for safe-zone Carnival events is given. The association’s president, Jerome Precilla, at a news conference at Queen’s Hall, St Ann’s, on Wednesday, called for the reopening of the events... Read more
20th January 2022
Daily Brief - Wednesday 19th January, 2022
Almost nine months after rivers were reopened, allowing Kalpoo’s Ibis Tours to resume operations for a restricted period, co-owner Navin Kalpoo says early indicators have highlighted several challenges that could be detrimental to their business. During a telephone interview yesterday, Kalpoo said, “I had over 100 phone calls on Monday... Read more
19th January 2022
Daily Brief - Tuesday 18th January, 2022
Citing, among other things, a $453 million decrease in revenue in the last fiscal year, TSTT has called in trade unions representing its workers for talks on restructuring. This was revealed in a media release on Monday. Read more
18th January 2022
Daily Brief - Monday 17th January, 2021
The country recorded 404 new covid19 infections and 17 more covid-related deaths according to the daily update for Sunday. This means that since the virus was first detected in TT in March 2020, the country has lost 3,197 people to the virus, while 100,994 have been infected. Read more
17th January 2022
Daily Brief - Friday 14th January, 2022
Former police commissioner Gary Griffith says he is not surprised by the Police Service Commission (PSC) decision to restart the selection process for a new commissioner. He described the decision as an abuse of a flawed Consitution. Read more
14th January 2022
Daily Brief - Thursday 13th January, 2022
The Judiciary says it awaits any definitive legal position on covid19 vaccination. It gave its position in a release on Wednesday, in response to a newspaper article on the issue of vaccination of public servants, particularly Judiciary staff. Read more
13th January 2022
Daily Brief - Wednesday 12th January, 2022
Another person has been found with the omicron strain of covid19 bringing the total number of people detected with this variant to 18, the Ministry of Health said on Tuesday. "The case had no history of recent travel but was in contact with recently-returned travellers, approximately one week before the... Read more
12th January 2022
Daily Brief - Tuesday 11th January, 2022
The Zoological Society of Trinidad and Tobago (ZSTT) said while steps were taking place to address the use of fireworks, stronger measures and complete ban on noise-making fireworks should be implemented. In a media release on Monday, its president Gupte Lutchmedial said the ZSTT has been consistent in the view... Read more
11th January 2022