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'T&T NOT BOUND BY RIO TREATY'
Posted: Wednesday, May 27, 2020
'T&T NOT BOUND BY RIO TREATY'
At the Senate sitting on Tuesday Opposition Senator Anita Haynes moved a motion on the adjournment of the Senate calling on the Government to account for its disregard of the 73 year old Inter American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance also known as the Rio Treaty as she noted the Ambassador's statement....He said Trinidad and Tobago made its position clear to the Organisation of American States (OAS) since June 2019 at the 49th session of the general assembly of the OAS in Columbia.
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According to the Public Health Ordinance, gatherings over five people are prohibited and beaches remain closed.
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An officer said that under the Public Health Ordinance (COVID-19 Regulations), 2020, only the services specified under sub-regulation (2) are legally allowed to open. The officers were first told that the school was opened to facilitate on-line classes, but were later informed that administrative staff who previously worked from home were ordered to their workplace. Following the closure, management sent another email sent to the staff, advising them to continue working from home as the school would be closed until the clearance is given by the government.
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