Daily Brief - Tuesday 28th June, 2022
All schools have been ordered shut and several flights cancelled as a tropical storm veers directly towards Trinidad and Tobago. The latest advisory from the Met Service at 5 am on Tuesday put the storm just 680 kilometres east of TT. Read more
28th June 2022
Daily Brief - Monday 27th June, 2022
Leading business stakeholders – the American Chamber of Commerce (AmchamTT), TT Chamber of Industry and Commerce, TT Manufacturers Association and the TT Transparency Institute – are of the view the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Property Act, 2015, can be proclaimed and fully implemented before the reading of the... Read more
27th June 2022
Daily Brief - Friday 24th June, 2022
By next week Friday, the Kiss Baking Company will raise the price of its products by an average of 11 per cent, it said in a statement on Thursday. Kiss said the National Flour Mills (NFM) on Tuesday had announced a 33 per cent rise in the wholesale price of... Read more
24th June 2022
Daily Brief - Thursday 23rd June, 2021
"Surprised" was Supermarket Association (SATT) president Rajiv Diptee's response to the announcement by National Flour Mills (NFM) of a 33 per cent increase in flour prices. Speaking at the launch of Southex Agriculture and Food Expo at the TT Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Columbus Circle, Westmoorings, on Wednesday, he... Read more
23rd June 2022
Daily Brief - Wednesday 22nd June, 2022
National Flour Mills Ltd (NFM) has raised the price of its wholesale flour for a second time since January, by a staggering 33 per cent, with a suggested retail price increase of 28 per cent, as of today (Wednesday). Read more
22nd June 2022
Daily Brief - Tuesday 21st June, 2022
A man is facing charges of reckless driving and assault after he was involved in a hit-and-run accident on Sunday. Police said the man, while driving his van, was also beating a female relative. Port of Spain City Police who were on patrol received a report that a white Nissan... Read more
21st June 2022
Daily Brief - Friday 17th June, 2022
TT and China have had a long history and bilateral relations. Chinese ambassador Fang Qiu in an interview with Business Day, discussed several matters about the two countries co-operation. Among those included recovery from the covid19 pandemic, trade and investment, the ease of doing business and the negative impact of... Read more
17th June 2022
Daily Brief - Wednesday 15th June, 2022
The Communications Workers Union (CWU) has denied that it has made any agreement with the Telecommunications Services of TT Ltd (TSTT) that would pave the way for the restructuring process and retrenchment of over 400 workers to proceed without disruptions. Read more
15th June 2022
Daily Brief - Tuesday 14th June, 2022
A morning shootout on Wrightson Road in Port of Spain ended with one man dead and hundreds of commuters, who witnessed the event, traumatised. Within the span of ten minutes – after police intercepted the suspect driving east in a stolen silver Nissan B15 , they chased him, returned fire... Read more
14th June 2022
Daily Brief - Monday 13th June, 2022
For the third time, methanol and ammonia producer Proman has partnered with Habitat for Humanity TT, this time investing $4.7 million in the organisation over the next three years. Proman and Habitat announced the three-year renewal of their partnership on Friday in a news release. Read more here Read more
13th June 2022
Daily Brief - Friday 10th June, 2022
A 15-year-old girl has been charged with wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm after the fight in which her schoolmate, also 15, was slashed on her face with a knife and stabbed on her chest and hand on Monday. Read more
10th June 2022
Daily Brief - Thursday 9th June, 2022
Two men and a woman were granted bail when they appeared before an Arima magistrate on Wednesday to answer charges of human trafficking and being leaders of a gang. A police media release on Wednesday reported that Rod Willis, 49, and 21-year-old Nathaly Gomez Leandres, both of Tacarigua, and Atiba... Read more
9th June 2022
Daily Brief - Wednesday 8th June, 2022
The recruitment drive will continue in Tobago for nationals to work on the cruise ship line Royal Caribbean International. This follows the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the regional VP, government relations, for Royal Caribbean Group Wendy McDonald and Tourism Minister Randall Mitchell in Port of Spain... Read more
8th June 2022
Daily Brief - Tuesday 7th June, 2022
The Urban Development Corporation of TT (Udecott) has said an error in its e-Tender system on the part of the service provider, Telecommunications Services of TT (TSTT), meant that a tender uploaded before the deadline date was not registered when the e-Tender box was opened. Read more
7th June 2022
Daily Brief - Monday 6th June, 2022
A missing hiker was found alive on Sunday morning at the top of the Rincon waterfall in the forests of Las Cuevas in the Northern Range. He was found by members of the Fire Services and the TT Defence Force search and rescue teams. Members of the Hunters’ Search and... Read more
6th June 2022