Daily Brief - Thursday 6th June, 2024
Two men who have over 30 years of experience in food security in the Caribbean have developed and published a framework that will enhance the ability to provide affordable food in selected Caricom countries. The launch of the framework took place at the Caribbean (Civil Society) Consultative Working Group meeting... Read more
6th June 2024
Daily Brief - Wednesday 5th June, 2024
Police are offering a $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of people responsible for the shootings on June 2 in Gonzales, Belmont and at the Port of Spain General Hospital (PoSGH) which left four people dead and two others injured. Read more
5th June 2024
Daily Brief - Tuesday 4th June, 2024
The Southern Division Task Force has held an 18-year-old man with several rounds of ammunition and a quantity of cocaine. A police statement on June 3 said the police arrested the suspect in an exercise which started at 11.30 pm on June 2 and ended at around 3 am on... Read more
4th June 2024
Daily Brief - Monday 3rd June, 2024
Attorney Nyree Alfonso, director of one of the largest firearm dealerships in TT, has sounded alarm bells over the local impact of a new US policy which imposes restrictions on firearm exports to curb US-made civilian guns in crimes abroad. Read more
3rd June 2024
Daily Brief - Wednesday 29th May, 2024
Public Services Association (PSA) president Leroy Baptiste is vowing to take the matter of the TT Revenue Authority (TTRA) Act to the Privy Council. Baptiste said in a phone interview on Tuesday that the association’s attorneys were immediately instructed to prepare to take the matter to the final appellate court... Read more
29th May 2024
Daily Brief - Monday 27th May, 2024
A social activist and blogger has been permitted to pursue a claim against the Police Commissioner’s failure to provide him with information on how many police units are not required to display their regimental numbers on their uniform while on duty. Read more
27th May 2024
Daily Brief- Friday 24th May, 2024
TT Unified Teachers Association (TTUTA) president Martin Lum Kin believes gang activity may have resulted in a fight at the Palo Secondary School that left five students with stab wounds on Thursday. Lum Kin told Newsday there was an incident in Siparia over the weekend between students from the Palo... Read more
24th May 2024
Daily Brief - Thursday 23rd May, 2024
Four days after she was kidnapped from her El Dorado business place, doubles vendor Anisha Hosein has been released by her captors. A senior police officer told Newsday around 10.30 pm on May 22 that Hosein was found on the road near the Caroni Cremation site. Read more
23rd May 2024
Daily Brief - Wednesday 22nd May, 2024
A recent survey by the World Food Programme (WFP) and Caricom revealed that despite a global decline in food prices, three million people in the region are affected by high local prices and persistent food insecurity. Read more
22nd May 2024
Daily Brief - Tuesday 21st May, 2024
Coordinator of the Child Affairs Division in the Office of the Prime Minister, Irma Bailey-Reyes, says the Children’s Authority has received 10,000 reports of sexual abuse in eight years. The statistics were given during the division’s first of three sensitisation and training sessions with councillors, aldermen, and other representatives at... Read more
21st May 2024
Daily Brief - Monday 20th May, 2024
The police are warning drivers to follow the road rules especially those regarding alcohol and speeding. In a statement on Sunday, the police said there was a troubling trend where police observed an increase in the number of drivers found exceeding the legal alcohol limit. Read more
20th May 2024
Daily Brief - Friday 17th May, 2024
Citizens are beating the heat with unprecedented electricity use with May recording the highest use to date. In a statement on Thursday, the TT Electricity Commission (T&TEC) said it recorded continuous increases in electricity demand over the past two weeks with previous peaks being exceeded on five occasions. Read more
17th May 2024
Daily Brief - Thursday 16th May, 2024
Cigarettes come with significant health risks, regardless of where you get them from. Smoking has proven health effects with association with several non-communicable diseases, including heart failure and cancer. However, being a lifestyle choice set exclusively for adults, consumers are responsible enough to know that they would want their cigarettes... Read more
16th May 2024
Daily Brief - Wednesday 15th May, 2024
The Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) has implemented emergency measures to combat the effects of a harsh, five-month dry season that is threatening the country's water supply. A WASA statement on Monday said it established a Central Command Centre (CCC) to monitor production and supply 24 hours a day, increased... Read more
15th May 2024
Daily Brief - Monday 13th May, 2024
A man suspected of damaging and setting a car on fire at a family’s home in Penal is expected to be charged over the weekend. The fire spread to the nearby house, partially damaging it. There were no reports of injuries. Read more
13th May 2024