I recently received an email from the Law Association of Trinidad and Tobago (LATT) – a body elected by attorneys, whose purpose in part is to seek the interests of all attorneys. This email advised lawyers that by letter dated May 30, 2021 it wrote to the Minister of Health to request an allocation […]Read More
By Prior Beharry POLICE have arrested a University of the West Indies open campus lecturer for shooting at his common law wife at their home in Tunapuna on Saturday. A police report noted that the 52-year-old man, who is also an unsuccessful UNC candidate in the 2015 general elections, had a dispute with his […]Read More
By Chantalé Fletcher THERE has been a decline in admissions in the Covid-19 parallel healthcare system. So said Principal Medical Officer of Institutions, Dr Maryam Abdool-Richards on Saturday at a press conference held by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley at the Diplomatic Centre in St Ann’s. Dr Abdool-Richards said the parallel health care system is […]Read More
By Prior Beharry ON Labour Day, Charlie King Junction in Fyzabad is usually filled with members of the labour movement. This Saturday, Labour Day, a public holiday, it was empty as a curfew was in effect. They march from Avocat Junction to the place, formerly called Bhola Junction, where the movement for the struggle […]Read More
NINETEEN deaths were reported on Saturday –Labour Day – due to Covid-19. The death toll for the virus now stands at 732. The Ministry of Health in its latest update (#760) stated there were 330 new Covid-19 cases reported in the past 24 hours but taken from sampled during the period June 14 to […]Read More
THE labour movement is alive in Trinidad and Tobago. This is the statement of president general of the Oilfield Workers Trade Union (OWTU) Ancel Roget speaking at the wreath laying ceremony at the tomb of Uriah “Buzz” Butler on Saturday, Labour Day. He said, “Today, 84 years later, the trade union movement is not […]Read More
A 26-year-old man is one of two people to die due to Covid-19 in Tobago. This according to a release on Saturday, the Division of Health Wellness and Family Development in the Tobago House of Assembly. It stated that the two latest deaths are of a man, 26, and a 71-year-old woman both with […]Read More
CARIBBEAN Airlines has three flights to Guyana and one to Barbados over the weekend. In a release on Friday, CAL noted that the departure times on Saturday to Guyana (BW526) was 8am and 12.35pm to Barbados (BW 3412). On Sunday, BW 526 departs at 8am to and BW461 leaves on 11.30 am to Guyana. […]Read More
THE number of Covid-19 related deaths in Trinidad and Tobago has crossed 700 with 14 people dying on Friday. The Ministry of Health reported that the number of deaths was now 713. The Ministry of Health in its Update #759, reported 227 new Covid-19 cases taken from samples during the period June 14 to […]Read More