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SEA EXAM FOR CABINET
Posted: Wednesday, April 15, 2020

SEA EXAM FOR CABINET
As such, the already delayed Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) exam may be held sometime in December and he will be taking a note to Cabinet later this week to discuss the SEA exam. The beginning of the new academic year will be pushed to January, Garcia added.

Ministry: Application process not difficult
Some 79,000 children are enrolled in the School Feeding Programme and they depend on meals they receive at school, but with school out for the month, many of these children have gone hungry.

Education Ministry's new online learning platform crashes
Lovell posted on Facebook: "Though our servers can carry everyone in TT please note that we received 100,000 hits on our LMS (learning management system) platform at the same time which created a network bottleneck. We are addressing the problem and it will be rectified shortly and will not happen again. Thanks so much, Cheers."

Gary: I will close places

Crowds, traffic in, around San Fernando
Notwithstanding the fact that almost 2 million people have been infected worldwide and almost 200,000 have died from the covid19 virus, for many slack Trinis, it was business as usual on Tuesday judging by the large number people out and about in and around San Fernando and the high traffic flow.

Self-employed can now apply for Govt COVID grants

Most mobile carriers still suspending service
There is growing uncertainty about payment deferrals and disconnection for non-payment at the country's leading telecoms providers amid reports that mobile and internet customers who are facing financial hardship as a result of covid19 are being disconnected for overdue bills.

Stranded TT nationals must be medically examined
While those Trinidadians in Barbados have been medically examined, the 31 workers, who have been locked out for 21 days in Suriname, have not been.

FREE MY CLIENT FROM CAURA
Ian's attorney goes to court

'Illegal detention'
Although not fully recovered from COVID-19, family wants out of hospital...

Original story: Ian Alleyne sent home from Caura Hospital
A pre-action protocol letter sent on Alleyne's behalf to the CMO by attorney Gerald Ramdeen on March 9 said the talk show host was tested again on March 29 and 31, but was told the test was compromised. He was given no explanation as to how that was possible.

250 moved from St Ann's

Kamla claims covid19 testing sham
She said the low covid19 positive numbers do not reflect the need for Government's "drastic, prolonged national shutdown" to combat the pandemic. Persad-Bissessar alleged Government "must therefore be fully aware of the true state of the coronavirus spread across the country." She said the obvious conclusion was the State's covid19 testing apparatus, equipment and capacity "continue to be woefully lacking and now dangerously inadequate."

Constituents turn on Indarsingh
The competence of Couva South MP Rudranath Indarsingh is being called into question by his constituents, who are desperate for water. Indarsingh told Newsday his constituents are accusing him of being ineffective as a representative because he cannot deliver a reliable supply.

Namdevco offers storage for farm produce
Notwithstanding the fact that almost 2 million people have been infected worldwide and almost 200,000 have died from the covid19 virus, for many slack Trinis, it was business as usual on Tuesday judging by the large number people out and about in and around San Fernando and the high traffic flow.

Olympics not life or death
...the 36-year-old legendary swimmer made it clear that this episode can be a reality check for a number of athletes since there is more to life than the Olympics.

Mayor Regrello hits vendors peition: 'Prevention before profit'
Regrello outlined his position just as the vendors themselves have drafted a petition requesting him to allow them to keep their goods overnight at their stalls and for better communication. They are hoping to get many of the 100-plus vendors at the Mucurapo Street market to sign off on the document.

Liquor mart lawsuit set for June
Singh wants to stop the police from closing his business or interfering with him conducting sales. Singh's judicial review application contends that the latest regulations gazetted on April 5, did not make it an offence to carry on the business of a liquor mart for the wholesale and retail of liquor and other beverages under a spirit grocer's licence.

Pt Fortin man jailed for threatening to kill PM
A 23-year-old Point Fortin joiner who threatened on Facebook to kill the Prime Minister has been sentenced to 30 days imprisonment with hard labour in jail. The man who lives at Southern Gardens, pleaded guilty before a Point Fortin magistrate by video conference on Tuesday.

Fatal bullets for Benz driver
POLICE mounted a search for four gunmen who killed a man in San Fernando on Monday afternoon.



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