THE unprecedented health emergency precipitated by Covid-19 in 2020 and 2021 deserves the fullest application of the nation’s resources. The management of Covid-19 since February 2020 has also precipitated an economic crisis as well as a crisis in the education system. Unfortunately, the economic and educational fallout will be with us long after Covid-19 […]Read More
THIS week, while paying for something, I was asked if I had a Trinidad and Tobago Association for Retired Persons (TTARP) card. Aghast, I was! The rage that was seething within me drowned out the offender’s apologies, which went along the lines of the mask, she didn’t look at me, yeah, yeah. Truthfully all […]Read More
APRIL 2021 has been the most significant turning point for Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) regarding the Covid-19 pandemic. A month after the Easter frolic, we have reached the highest recorded numbers of cases per day since the start of this pandemic in March of 2020. But this was surpassed on May 5 with 399 reported […]Read More
By Neil Giuseppi In my column last week, I dealt with what I see as the deterioration in standards in the media. That is just one of several things that have annoyed me in recent times. I also get very upset every time I hear politicians publicly justifying the need for PH drivers […]Read More
IT’S infuriating that Trinidad and Tobago is in another lockdown although our borders have been closed since March 2020. Many local businesses such as bars, restaurants, gyms, fitness centres, spas, barbers, beauticians, cinemas and theatres are in serious financial state and about to collapse. This even as government shuts down the island again with restrictions […]Read More
EVERYONE who reads my commentaries on AZPNews.com knows by now that the government introduced some new but draconian motor vehicle tint regulations called The Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic (Windscreen and Window Tint) Regulations, 2020. These regulations are freely available online and is contained in Legal Notice No. 281 of 2020 published on […]Read More
HEAR ye! Hear ye! I wish to inform you all that I, Alicia Louise Llanos Chamely, have received my first dose of the Astra Zeneca Covid-19 vaccine this past Monday! This naturally makes me better than you! Since being microchipped… I mean vaxxed, life has been on the up and up! My skin has […]Read More
I suppose that at my age I should be a lot more tolerant of things over which I have little or no control. The truth is, however, that there are several things that irritate me regardless of how much I try not to be affected by them. Top of the list, I suppose, […]Read More
CARIBBEAN Airlines (CAL) is in a serious financial state and on the verge of collapse. This as Government implement more measures in Trinidad and Tobago to try to curb the upsurge in Covid-19 cases. These measure include prohibiting in-house dining at all restaurants, bars, cinemas, reducing gathering in public spaces to no more than five […]Read More
By Neil Gosine WE have two choices – get the vaccine or not get the vaccine. In the first choice we must trust the science and all the research that has gone into its development and hope this gets us back to life before Covid-19. Trust that it will be our first step to […]Read More