Daily Brief - Tuesday 16th May, 2023
At least 20 people from four households in Fyzabad have been evacuated after a 16-inch trunk oil pipeline raptured on Sunday evening, and some residents are calling on the authority to take precautions to avoid another incident. Read more
16th May 2023
Daily Brief - Monday 15th May, 2023
Former commissioner of police (CoP) Gary Griffith on Sunday slammed CoP Erla Harewood-Christopher for her claim that 100 legal guns have been used in crimes. Harewood-Christopher made the claim in a sworn statement filed in the High Court two weeks ago, in response to a lawsuit of gun dealer Towfeek... Read more
15th May 2023
Daily Brief- Friday 12th May, 2023
The woman found dead in the Queen's Park Savannah on Monday, has been positively identified as 24-year-old mother of five, Gabrielle Raphael. Her father Anthony Castillo, speaking on Thursday at his Covigne Road Extension, Diego Martin home, said he was not initially concerned when she did not return home as... Read more
12th May 2023
Daily Brief - Thursday 11th May, 2023
The T&T Manufacturers’ Association (TTMA) has welcomed last week’s announcement by Minister of Finance Colm Imbert regarding the issuance of value added tax (VAT) bonds. Last week, Minister Imbert said in the Senate, that the Government owed $7.8 billion in VAT refunds as at March 31, 2023. Read more
11th May 2023
Daily Brief - Wednesday 10th May, 2023
It took a protest at the Mosquito Creek, La Romaine on Tuesday to elicit a response from WASA that a steel structure will be removed from the Godineau River next week, seven months after it fell in. Read more
10th May 2023
Daily Brief - Tuesday 9th May, 2023
Residents of Caroni and villages near the Caroni River are once again calling on the authorities to properly fill the riverbanks that are constantly eroded by any amount of rain and especially with the rainy season approaching. Read more
9th May 2023
Daily Brief - Monday 8th May, 2023
Redemption 8 The Concert not only took thousands of patrons down a reggae and dancehall musical memory lane but also was the forum where the performers begged for an end to the crime and bloodshed in TT. Read more
8th May 2023
Daily Brief - Friday 5th May, 2023
Venezuelan authorities have detained two people in connection with trafficking people to Trinidad and Tobago for sex under the guise of offering the victims jobs. The authorities detained a 19-year-old woman in the state of Monagas and a man, 42, in the state of Delta Amacuro for human trafficking. Read more
5th May 2023
Daily Brief - Thursday 4th May, 2023
For the first time in 22 years, the Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) will do a national field verification exercise of the electorate. In a release yesterday, the EBC said its chairman Mark Ramkerrysingh and CEO Fern Narcis-Scope had met with representatives of the country's major political parties to inform... Read more
4th May 2023
Daily Brief - Wednesday 3rd May, 2023
Teachers at Belmont Secondary School kept their word and withheld their services on Tuesday – three days after gunmen entered the school compound and confronted a safety officer. President of the TT Unified Teachers' Association (TTUTA) Martin Lum Kin confirmed the action and renewed calls for outstanding health and safety... Read more
3rd May 2023
Daily Brief - Tuesday 2nd May, 2023
Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa and a delegation from Japan visited TT on Monday, meeting with Energy and Energy Industries Minister Stuart Young, Foreign and Caricom Affairs Minister Amery Browne, and holding a luncheon with Japanese residents in TT. Read more
2nd May 2023
Daily Brief- Monday 01 May, 2023
As Government considers transforming Siparia into a borough, PNM Councillor for La Brea Gerald Debisette has accused the CEO of treating the regional corporation like a “parlour” instead of a multi-million dollar business. Debisette’s statement came during the Siparia Regional Corporation (SRC) statutory meeting on Thursday as he joined with... Read more
1st May 2023
Daily Brief - Friday 28th April, 2023
Former commissioner of police, NTA leader Gary Griffith, on Friday asked whether certain police officers who extracted firearms dealer Brent Thomas from Barbados to TT were being controlled by external elements. Commenting on Justice Devindra Rampersad's ruling that Thomas was pursued by officers with flimsy search warrants and with dubious... Read more
28th April 2023
Daily Brief - Thursday 27th April, 2023
Months after he was shot during an attack which killed 16-year-old Darshan Ramnauth and Geno Shah in Train Line Village, St Augustine, 30-year-old watermelon vendor Dillon Joseph was gunned down at his Caroni stall on Wednesday afternoon. Read more
27th April 2023
Daily Brief - Wednesday 26th April, 2023
The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management (ODPM) reported a series of incidents occurring during the yellow-level weather alert on Tuesday. There was one reported incident in the north-west region where a tree fell in Upper Santa Cruz at Sam Boucaud. Saw operators were dispatched to deal with the issue. Read more
26th April 2023