Daily Brief - Thursday 20th October, 2022
While Salisha Seebaran is grateful police have been able to arrest a woman and her adult sons for the murder of her grandson, 15-year-old Videsh Dookran, she and her family are still distraught over his murder earlier this month. Read more
20th October 2022
Daily Brief - Wednesday 19th October, 2022
As Hindus continue preparations for Divali next Monday, almost all of South Trinidad will be without pipeborne water over the next 48 to 72 hours, after one of WASA’s transmission mains ruptured along the Mosquito Creek, La Romaine on Tuesday afternoon. Read more
19th October 2022
Daily Brief - Tuesday 18th October, 2022
A High Court judge has granted an injunction to a group of Carnival bandleaders who are in dispute over a requisition for a no-confidence vote on the board of the TT Carnival Bands Association (TTCBA). On Monday, Justice Ricky Rahim granted the injunction to the group of 17 bandleaders. Read more
18th October 2022
Daily Brief - Monday 17th October, 2022
Two months after he was shot while liming, Lebanese building designer Elie Hajaly, 51, has died. Hajaly died at the Port of Spain General Hospital on October 8. He is the second person killed after the gun attack at The Residence nightclub at One Woodbrook Place on August 13. Read more
17th October 2022
Daily Brief - Friday 14th October, 2022
Sadness gripped the close-knit community of Indian Walk, Moruga, on Thursday morning as they learned of the “senseless murder” of well-known and loved mechanic Colin Forbes, over what is being described as a fender-bender. Forbes, 42, was reportedly stabbed about the body by four Spanish-speaking men outside a bar at... Read more
14th October 2022
Daily Brief - Wednesday 12th October, 2022
Jamie Walker, the man shot dead in a scuffle allegedly over parking spot at a supermarket in Cocoyea, San Fernando, last Friday never smoked in front of his four young children and he did not use marijuana. Read more here Read more
12th October 2022
Daily Brief - Monday 10th October, 2022
POLICE from various units visited the business places of two well-known firearms dealers in north and central Trinidad on Saturday as part of ongoing enquiries into the sale and distribution of guns. Read more here Read more
10th October 2022
Daily Brief - Friday 7th October, 2022
Lopinot woman Theresa Lynch remained unaccounted for up to Thursday evening, despite exhaustive searches throughout the day by police, firemen, Lopinot villagers, her relatives and friends and members of the Hunters Search and Rescue Team. At 6 pm, with sunlight rapidly fading, the search was called off for the day. Read more
7th October 2022
Daily Brief - Thursday 6th October, 2022
The Met Office says there is “a severe risk to public safety, livelihood and property.” It issued an updated orange-level riverine alert at 6.55 this morning. As a result, the Education Ministry has said all schools will be closed today. Read more
6th October 2022
Daily Brief - Wednesday 5th October, 2022
Three of the four men shot dead in a home invasion in Mayaro on Monday have been identified. The police named them as Odel Prieto of Covigne Road, Diego Martin, Keshon Rojas of Edinburgh 500 in Chaguanas and Akel George of Second Caledonia, Morvant. Read more
5th October 2022
Daily Brief - Tuesday 4th October, 2022
POLICE killed four men and are searching for at least three others who pounced on the residence of a businessman and his family in a quiet gated community in Mayaro yesterday morning. Read more here Read more
4th October 2022
Daily Brief - Monday 3rd October, 2022
The Meteorological Service is monitoring an active tropical wave to the east of the Windward Islands. In a release on Sunday, it said there are no alerts, watches or warnings in effect for TT. The Met Office said the National Hurricane Centre has given this tropical wave a low (20... Read more
3rd October 2022
Daily Brief - Friday 30th September, 2022
THREE senior economists said on Thursday that decades of subsidies, transfers and other forms of government assistance – to the tune of tens of billions of dollars – have made citizens spoilt. Read more
30th September 2022
Daily Brief - Thursday 29th September, 2022
Manufacturers called for better customs and port operations, an improvement in the ease of doing business and a continuation in payment of VAT returns during the TTMA's post-budget forum on Tuesday. TTMA president Tricia Coosal, addressing stakeholders and Finance Minister Colm Imbert at the Hyatt Regency, Port of Spain, said... Read more
29th September 2022
Daily Brief - Wednesday 28th September, 2022
If it weren't for the fuel subsidy, Finance Minister Colm Imbert said, Government would have been able to balance the budget. He made this statement during his contribution at the post-budget forum hosted by the TT Manufacturers Association (TTMA) at the Hyatt Regency on Tuesday. Read more
28th September 2022