TRINIDAD and Tobago is on a yellow weather alert from the Trinidad and Tobago Meteorological Service (Met Office). The Met Office stated on its website, “Occasional heavy showers and thunderstorm activity are expected over various parts in both islands from midnight tonight until early afternoon tomorrow, Saturday 24, October 2020. “Gusty winds and flash […]
THE telecommunications regulator and a service provider in Trinidad and Tobago have signed an agreement with the Ministry of Education to provide electronic devices, SIM cards and internet packages to assist in the online education process. On Friday, Education Minister Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Telecommunication Authority of […]Read More
NOW more than ever, Trinidad and Tobago needs to strengthen its relationship with the United Nations (UN) to work together on key issues as there is no definite date as to when the global pandemic will end. As the UN-member states commemorates the 75th anniversary of UN Day, the date in 1945 when […]Read More
THE Ministry of Health has reported another Covid-19 related death. In its latest report on Friday evening, the ministry stated that the number of deaths now stands at 104. Additionally, there have been 41 new positive Covid-19 cases, 11 of which were recently repatriated people, the update noted. The Health Ministry on Friday stated: Number […]Read More
By Prior Beharry THERE are two things that will not become immediately clear when speaking to Kathryn Stollmeyer Wight – one, that she is battling a terminal illness; and two although she is the only daughter of Jeffrey Stollmeyer, a famous and well respected cricket player and captain of the West Indies team in […]Read More
A bookkeeper of the Drug Sou Sou (DSS) has been robbed of $350,000. The money was collected for DSS, police said. According to police reports, Denisha Ramirez, of Circular Road in Peytonville, was leaving Trincity Mall with her brother Vernon Ramirez around 6.30 pm on Thursday. They were leaving through the southeastern exit near […]Read More
AS the number of positive cases of Covid-19 increased to 35 in Dominica, there is a renewed call to practice mask wearing to prevent further spread of the deadly virus. Dominica News Online reported that National Epidemiologist Dr Shallaudin Ahmed revealed the two new cases were a 60-year-old male from Canefield and a 52-year-old […]Read More
SIX illegal immigrants were among 13 persons arrested for various offences within the South-Western Division on Wednesday. Police reported that the arrest follows a crime suppression exercise initiated by the detectives of the Penal CID during the hours of 8 am and 12 noon. Information led officers to several areas within the district […]Read More
By Sue-Ann Wayow THE FSO Nabarima poses no immediate threat to Trinidad and Tobago according to the report compiled by the local team who investigated the Venezuelan vessel earlier this week. Results of the report were disclosed at a joint press conference on Thursday held by the Ministry of Energy and Energy […]Read More
THE Case Management System in the Supreme Court is designed to randomly assign judges to new cases upon filing. This was stated in a release from the Judiciary on Thursday and follows a complaint by Justice Frank Seepersad that he has been bumped off the system since August. The release stated, “The system […]Read More