Daily Brief - Thursday 3rd November, 2022
While officials from the Chinese embassy in Trinidad have taken note of the escalating crime situation in Trinidad and Tobago, they are confident that the authorities are capable of adequately protecting citizens. Speaking during a media briefing on the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China at the... Read more
3rd November 2022
Daily Brief - Wednesday 2nd November, 2022
Tobago Carnival Committee chairman Meisha Trim has acknowledged that bad weather affected patronage at some events, including last Thursday’s Tobago Music Arts and Culture concert, at the Plymouth Recreation Ground, which featured Nigerian Grammy-winning artiste Burna Boy. Read more
2nd November 2022
Daily Brief- Tuesday 1st November, 2022
Residents of Real Spring Valsayn and Madras Road pointed their anger and frustration at those in authority for constant flooding and the fear of it on Monday after the area was flooded after rains caused by a weather system over the weekend. Read more
1st November 2022
Daily Brief - Friday 28th October, 2022
The eco-tourism activity of turtle-watching has taken TT to the ranks of the top 25 Best of the World destinations for 2023 as named by National Geographic, said a recent statement from Tourism Trinidad Ltd (TTL). Read more
28th October 2022
Daily Brief - Thursday 27th October, 2022
Despite market shares being at its lowest for SMEs, especially in the wake of covid19 and other major shocks which have affected businesses worldwide, the TT Stock Exchange (TTSE) and Central Bank are saying now is the perfect time for SMEs to join the TTSE and have access to new revenues. Read more
27th October 2022
Daily Brief - Wednesday 26th October, 2022
Sixty families received their keys from the Housing Development Corporation (HDC) on Tuesday in San Fernando as part of its promotion “A Home for Christmas.” Housing and Urban Development minister Camille Robinson-Regis said the ministry is proud that it was able to assist the recipients in realising their dreams. “We... Read more
26th October 2022
Daily Brief - Monday 25th October, 2022
Two-year-old Kimani Douglas died in a fire in Morvant on Monday afternoon. His grieving mother, Krystal Braithwaite, fell to her knees in agony outside the family’s home at Petunia Avenue, off Coconut Drive, as she waited for undertakers to take his body out of the gutted house. Read more
25th October 2022
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