Daily Brief - Thursday 6th August, 2020
The Ministry of Education denied rumours that a member of staff employed at head office at the Education Towers, St Vincent Street, Port of Spain has tested positive for covid19. In a release Wednesday, the ministry said it was reported to the executive team that a staff member was identified... Read more
6th August 2020
Daily Brief - Wednesday 5th August, 2020
There are concerns that the continued effects of the covid19 pandemic will severely affect the operations of regional healthcare services, as some aspects of the health sector have already been disrupted, according to director of the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) Carissa Etienne on Tuesday. Read more
5th August 2020
Daily Brief - Tuesday 4th August, 2020
The testing rate for covid19 in TT is well within WHO guidelines, even as concerns mount given the increase of covid19 cases in the country. The percentage of positive tests to number of unique samples completed saw a decrease from three per cent to 1.8 per cent since July 20... Read more
4th August 2020
Daily Brief - Monday 3rd August, 2020
The Office of the Prime Minister (Gender and Child Affairs) and the Children’s Authority (CA) are working with the management of the St Jude’s School for Girls after a child and a worker tested positive for covid19. Read more
3rd August 2020
Daily Brief - Friday 31st July, 2020
Shane Superville, Julien Neaves, Corey Connelly Ria Carrera-Toney and Muhammad Muwakil both slept with knives in their beds for years. Carrera-Toney still does. They have never met, yet are connected by one of the most traumatic experiences in this country’s modern history. Read more here Read more
31st July 2020
Daily Brief - Thursday 30th July, 2020
When 14-year-old Mandisa Pantin heard that her father, journalist Raoul Pantin, was being held hostage, she couldn’t believe it. This was only the beginning of a trauma that would tear her family apart. Thirteen years before the coup, her earliest memory of her father was of wearing a brand-new dress... Read more
30th July 2020
Daily Brief - Wednesday 29th July, 2020
One more person has tested positive for covid19 since the Ministry of Health’s 10 am update on Tuesday, bringing the total up to 154. The ministry’s 6 pm update said the additional case is a primary contact of a recent covid19 positive patient. Read more here Read more
29th July 2020
Daily Brief - Tuesday 28th July, 2020
Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith said another incident like the July 1990 attempted coup by the Jamaat al Muslimeen will not happen under his watch. He was speaking on Monday at the police media briefing. He said Monday marked the anniversary of possibly the darkest day in the nation's history. Read more
28th July 2020
Daily brief - Monday 27th July, 2020
The number of covid19 patients at Caura Hospital now stands at 11. The Health Ministry in the covid19 update Sunday morning reported that the number of samples that have tested positive remained at 147. The number of samples and unique tests remained at 6,530 and 4,996 respectively. Read more
27th July 2020
Daily Brief - Friday 24th July, 2020
Chief Medical Officer Roshan Parasram has lamented the marked decrease in mask-wearing in public especially in light of two new covid19 cases in which public health officials do not yet know how the persons became infected. Read more
24th July 2020
Daily Brief - Thursday 23rd, 2020
Despite displaying flu-like symptoms, one person who ignored covid19 guidelines may have exposed hundreds in the country to the virus. The patient has no travel history, visited several businesses and interacted with relatives and family members over the last seven days. Read more
23rd July 2020
Daily Brief - Wednesday 22nd July, 2020
Caribbean Airlines (CAL) plans to begin flights between the Eastern Caribbean and Barbados on Wednesday, the TT airline announced on Tuesday. Even though the flights are "subject to regulatory approvals", CAL said it will initially operate between Barbados to St Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada with other destinations to... Read more
22nd July 2020
Daily Brief - Tuesday 21st July, 2020
Teachers and principals at primary schools across the country on Monday, have reported a smooth transition into classrooms after engaging standard five students in online classes since March. Students went back to school on Monday to prepare for the Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) on August 20. Read more
21st July 2020
Daily Brief - Monday 20th July, 2020
Police are continuing their enquiries into three unrelated murders that took place hours apart of each other between Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. In the first incident, a 30-year-old Ste Madeleine man was shot outside his home minutes after he finished talking with a relative. Read more
20th July 2020
Daily Brief - Friday 17th July, 2020
WASA CEO Alan Poon King said water levels at reservoirs across TT are at record lows, with most being at 20 to 30 per cent capacity. This is well below the 50 to 60 per cent capacity expected at this time of year. Read more
17th July 2020