Daily Brief

Daily Brief - Monday 10th January, 2022

Commuters and drivers on the Priority Bus Route (PBR) and the Beetham Highway had to wait in traffic for about an hour as disgruntled Beetham residents burned garbage, blocking drivers entering Port of Spain early on Monday morning. Read more

10th January 2022


Daily Brief - Friday 7th January, 2022

Acting Police Commissioner McDonald Jacob says strategies are being formulated and adjustments are being made to the police’s crime-fighting plans for 2022. As of Thursday afternoon there were already ten murders for the year. At a media conference on Monday, Minister of National Security Fitzgerald Hinds said plans were udnerway... Read more

7th January 2022


Daily Brief - Thursday 6th January, 2022

Almost two years after the country’s borders were shut down to prevent the spread of covid19, international flights to Tobago will resume from Monday. Secretary of Tourism, Culture, Antiquities and Transportation Tashia Grace Burris has confirmed that British Airways and KLM will resume flights to the island on January 10... Read more

6th January 2022


Daily Brief - Wednesday 5th January, 2022

Legal action is being contemplated against a prominent funeral home which is being blamed for a mix-up which led to a woman's body being sent to the wrong family for final rites which included her being cremated, following the funeral in which her casket was sealed because she had died... Read more

5th January 2022


Daily Brief - Tuesday 4th January, 2022

On December 30, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Port of Spain office donated 200 tablets to the Catholic Commission for Social Justice (CCSJ), the Office of Law Enforcement Policy (OLEP) of the Ministry of National Security and the TTV Solidarity Network (TTVSOLNET). Read more

4th January 2022


Daily Brief - Monday 3rd January, 2022

Pandemics do eventually end, even if omicron is complicating the question of when this one will. But it won’t be like flipping a light switch: The world will have to learn to coexist with a virus that’s not going away. Read more

3rd January 2022


Daily Brief - Thursday 23rd December, 2021

Moments after the Ministry of Education revealed that physical classes will resume for all secondary and tertiary students as well as Standard Five pupils from February, the president of the Movement for Concerned Parents Clarence Mendoza has made it clear parents will not be sending their children to school because... Read more

23rd December 2021


Daily Brief - Wednesday 22nd December, 2021

There was a constant flow for booster shots and vaccinations at vaccine sites in Port of Spain on Tuesday. Newsday visited the drive-through vaccine site at the Hasely Crawford Stadium and the Paddock at the Queen's Park Savannah. Read more

22nd December 2021


Daily Brief - Tuesday 21st December, 2021

With Christmas day around the corner, the Children’s Authority has expressed its gratitude to the public and corporate Trinidad and Tobago for stepping up to support children in homes and foster care throughout the country. However, they are pleading with the national community to look out for the children in... Read more

21st December 2021


Daily Brief - Monday 20th December, 2021

The Omicron variant of concern has now been detected in circulation among the population. The case in question was one of two people announced yesterday to as the newest discoveries of the variant on our shores. Read more

20th December 2021


Daily Brief - Friday 17th December, 2021

Another grim Covid-19 milestone has been reached, with the country crossing 2,500 total Covid-19 deaths yesterday. Read more

17th December 2021


Daily Brief - Wednesday 15th December, 2021

Two men were arrested today after their highway escape attempt ended in a flooded canal on the Uriah Butler Highway. Police say that at around 7.45 am they spotted and began chasing a Toyota Aqua. Read more here Read more

15th December 2021


Daily Brief - Tuesday 14th December, 2021

The San Fernando and Chaguanas business chambers are calling on customers to shop early this Christmas, as freight and customs issues have caused businesses to limit the range and amount of goods they can supply. Chaguanas Chamber of Industry and Commerce president Richie Sookhai said, “We know that Trinidad and... Read more

14th December 2021


Daily Brief - Monday 13th December, 2021

Since December 1, Trinidad and Tobago has recorded 9,246 new covid19 cases and 249 deaths. These include the 558 new cases and 24 new deaths reported by the Ministry of Health on Sunday. The new cases were from samples taken between December 9 and 11, while the new deaths were... Read more

13th December 2021


Daily Brief - Friday December 12th, 2021

REPORTERS and photographers complained of exclusion from Thursday's Tobago House of Assembly (THA) swearing-in ceremonies, and of being left to perch on a roadside curb, or worse, to stand up for hours on end under the blazing sun. Read more

10th December 2021


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