Daily Brief - Wednesday 1st June, 2022
The Prime Minister said on Tuesday the Government wished to reduce its subsidy of gasoline, but amid a shift to electricity being used to power public transport. Dr Rowley gave the feature address at the opening of the three-day TT Energy Conference held by the Energy Chamber at the Hyatt... Read more
1st June 2022
Daily Brief - Tuesday 31st May, 2022
A 38-year-old woman is dead and a man wounded after a gunman walked into the woman’s Mausica Road home and started shooting. She \was Linda Dalipsingh of Crescent Drive, Mausica Road, D’Abadie. She was at home at about 7 pm on Sunday with 27-year-old Romario Beggs of Waterhole, Cocorite when... Read more
31st May 2022
Daily Brief - Thursday 26th May, 2022
The Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) celebrated the launch of its trade and business portal – a one-stop hub for accurate and up-to-date business and investment information – at the Trinidad Hilton, Port of Spain, on Wednesday. Read more
26th May 2022
Daily Brief - Tuesday 24th May, 2022
The Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers’ Association (TTMA) believes the memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed between TT and Guyana will be the catalyst for free trade and an improved single market. In a media release on Monday, TTMA president Tricia Coosal said the agreement solidified existing trade relationships between the two countries. Read more
24th May 2022
Daily Brief - Monday 23rd May, 2022
More than 1,500 Venezuelan migrant children in Trinidad and Tobago are being affected by the suspension of the Equal Place educational programme. For more than a month, the children registered for Equal Place have not had their virtual classes. Read more
23rd May 2022
Daily Brief - Friday 20th May, 2022
Criminologist Daurius Figuera says the Strategic Services Agency (SSA) report presented in Parliament on a possible national security threat of people radicalised by terrorist groups was not guided by thorough threat assessment, and described it as scaremongering. Read more
20th May 2022
Daily Brief - Thursday 19th May, 2022
“Unforeseen conditions” have stalled pipeline interconnection works near the Maritime Roundabout, Barataria affecting residents in seven areas. Work at the site were rescheduled to be completed by 6 pm on Wednesday and it will take another 24 hours for water supply to return to some areas. Read more
19th May 2022
Daily Brief - Wednesday 18th May, 2022
The Coalition Advocating for Inclusion of Sexual Orientation (CAISO) released its first report, Insights from Wholeness and Justice, on Tuesday. At a press conference, CAISO emphasised support for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI+) community. It intends to present a report annually. Read more
18th May 2022
Daily Brief - Tuesday 17th May, 2022
It was music to the ears of the business community when Finance Minister Colm Imbert announced that $1.6 billion of the Government’s additional expenditure will go to the payment of VAT refunds for the period April to September 2022. Read more
17th May 2022
Daily Brief - Monday 16th May, 2022
Value-added tax (VAT) refunds amounting to almost $144 million continue to be the biggest problem for manufacturers, particularly affecting the liquidity of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), and the T&T Manufacturers Association (TTMA) is hoping that Finance Minister Colm Imbert will present some good news during his mid-year budget review... Read more
16th May 2022
Daily Brief - Friday 13th May, 2022
On Wednesday, the day the 24-year-old Ellen Krishana Mohammed was hacked to death at the family’s home in Guayaguayare, an evangelist was waiting for her in San Fernando to give her stationery supplies for her children. Mohammed never showed up, and all calls to her cellphone went unanswered. Read more
13th May 2022
Daily Brief - Thursday 12th May, 2022
Zoi Quan Kep, the woman who reported seeing the now-dead infant Kimani "Mani" Francis roaming alone on a road in Techier Village, Point Fortin on Monday, has moved out of the area. Police were called in after outraged residents gathered at her home at Tenth Street Extension on Tuesday after... Read more
12th May 2022
Daily Brief - Wednesday 11th May, 2022
A total of US$296 million (TT$2 billion) has been sold to 123 manufacturing companies from 2018 to Monday May 9 by the Export and Import Bank of Trinidad and Tobago (EXIMBank) foreign exchange facility, designed specifically for manufacturers. Read more
11th May 2022
Daily Brief - Tuesday 10th May, 2022
The Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers’ Association (TTMA) has said while there was an increase in growth in most non-energy sectors, there has been a reported decrease in the printing and packaging and textile and garment sectors. Read more
10th May 2022
Daily Brief - Monday 9th May, 2022
Trade and Industry Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon is urging manufacturers to get involved and invest in the Chinese markets. In a media release on Friday, the ministry said Gopee-Scoon while on company tours with the Chinese Ambassador Fang Qiu and TT Manufacturers Association president Tricia Coosal, assured that the Government, through... Read more
9th May 2022