Part 11 On March 9, 2020, Italy was put on near-total lockdown to contain the spread of the coronavirus. On May 4, 2020, after eight weeks of lockdown, Italy entered Phase 2 – a gradual loosening of restrictions. Bonnie Khan – a Trinidadian living in Venice, Italy – is recording her life during the lockdown. Saturday […]
By Prior Beharry JUSTICE Kevin Ramcharan will decide on Friday whether to grant leave on a judicial review application brought by activist and self-proclaimed social medial journalist Devant Maharaj over him being denied access to the Ministry of Health virtual media conference (VMC) on the Covid-19 pandemic. The judge reserved his decision just […]Read More
OPPOSITION Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar is now calling Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley is “shameless Judas.” This comes a day after Rowley called her a traitor. This issue stems from a meeting Rowley had with the Venezuela Vice President Delcy Rodriguez and team of officials of the Venezuelan-owned energy company PDVSA, on March 27, 2020 […]Read More
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Some Covid-19 Restrictions Lifted: Food Services to Resume Curbside Pick
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has announced the lifting of a number of Covid-19 restrictions. Food places could reopen from Monday (May 11) but only allow curbside pick up. He made the announcement at a news conference at the Diplomatic Centre on Saturday afternoon. Rowley said the lifting of restrictions will be done in […]Read More
ONE patient remains in the High Dependency Unit of the Couva Hospital and Multi-training Facility. That patient is the only Covid-19 patient at hospital as positive cases have not moved from 116 since April 26. This according to the latest of the update (#178) of the Ministry of Health on Saturday morning. It stated […]Read More
AS I previously stated I do not believe God is Trini, I just think he feels sorry for us. Time and time again we find ourselves in sticky situations without any contingency plans to ensure the wellbeing of our citizens. If it is one thing the Covid-19 pandemic has shown us is how completely unprepared […]Read More
PRIME Minister Dr Keith Rowley admits that Asdrubal Chavez, who would subsequently become the president of Venezuela’s state-run oil company Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), was at a meeting with him on March 27. Rowley said the meeting with Venezuela Vice President Delcy Rodriguez took place after a request from her to discuss Covid-19. On […]Read More
AT least one third of plants on the Pt Lisas Industrial Estate have been closed or idle since 2016. This according to former energy minister Kevin Ramnarine who blamed the NGC’s pricing of natural gas and low ammonia prices for the closures. Ramnarine said, “The pricing of natural gas at Pt Lisas coupled […]Read More
MORE Trinidad and Tobago nationals who are abroad since the borders were closed due to Covid-19 will be allowed to return. This was revealed by National Security Minister Stuart Young at a virtual news conference on Thursday. He said there were about 22 or 23 TT nationals who were working in energy sector in Guyana […]Read More
COMMUNICATIONS Minister Donna Cox is calling on people to stop spreading “disinfodemic” or misinformation about Covid-19. She made the comment as her closing remarks of the virtual news conference of the Ministry of Health to update the country on Covid-19 on Thursday. Cox said: The Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (GoRTT) […]Read More
