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By Gerald Lutchman VENEZUELA have a much improved game and were able to give a good account of themselves compared to the match against Brazil. Thanks to the goalkeeper Venezuela were able to keep a clean sheet and earn a point. Again, the inability of the South Americans to score was highlighted. Luckless […]Read More
THE blood bank in Tobago is severely low and an appeal is being made for blood donors to come forward. At the Division of Health, Wellness and Family Development virtual conference on Thursday, the Division’s Senior Corporate Communications Officer Rion George reminded Tobagonians of the blood drive being undertaken. Medical Chief of Staff at […]Read More
WATER is an essential part of life and should not be withheld from the population especially at this time when there is an emphasis on health and sanitisation. On Thursday, Members of Parliament for Chaguanas West and East Dinesh Rambally and Vandana Mohit both issued press releases calling for debt recovery action being undertaken by […]Read More
By Gerald Lutchman CRISTIANO Ronaldo’s removing two Coca Cola bottles from in front of him at a press conference on Monday has cost Coca Cola US$4 billion in market value, according to international media. He has more than half a billion followers on social media. Coca Cola is one of the sponsors of European Championships […]Read More
By Sue-Ann Wayow SINCE antigen testing began in Tobago on Friday, 171 antigen Covid-19 tests have been conducted. Medical Chief of Staff at the Scarborough General Hospital Dr Victor Wheeler said that it is hoped that by the end of June at least 400 antigen tests would be done. He was speaking at the Division of […]Read More
By Sue-Ann Wayow MINISTER of Public Utilities Marvin Gonzales has requested the assistance of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) for infrastructural issues faced by the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA). Gonzales told AZPNews.com that should negotiations go according to plan, all areas would stand to benefit and there was no victimisation on any one […]Read More
By Sue-Ann Wayow APPROXIMATELY $9million have been spent to assist some 3,000 families in Tobago since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic last year. This information was revealed by Secretary of the Division of Health, Wellness and Family Development Tracy Davidson-Celestine on Thursday. Speaking at the Division’s virtual press conference, Davidson-Celestine said the main issue […]Read More
By Sue-Ann Wayow DESPITE the heavy rainfalls, several communities in Mayaro still have a shortage of pipe-borne water. Member of Parliament for Mayaro Rushton Paray in a press release on Thursday said that he has made several attempts to have the problem rectified. But all have proved futile. Paray said he tried on […]Read More
SOME focus on will be placed in Venezuela this week by the United Nations as the world commemorates World Refugee Day. On Wednesday, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) launched a virtual event, JAM festival celebrating the power of inclusion for refugees and displaced people in Latin America and the Caribbean. The […]Read More
WHILE our vaccination efforts should be in full force and heading in the right direction, it looks like we really did not have enough vaccines for the elderly and most vulnerable in our society. About a little less than ten percent of our population has so far received only one dose of vaccines against Covid-19 […]Read More