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COVID deaths climb to 13
Posted: Sunday, August 23, 2020

COVID deaths climb to 13:
Valsayn Teachers' Training College latest step-down facility

Covid backup: 600 samples to be tested
The samples were transferred to a private lab for testing after the country's testing capacity was recently overwhelmed by rapidly increasing numbers.

Covid19 positive cases climb to 930

CMO: Go to hospital if covid19 symptoms worsen

'The party must end': Covid warning over community spread
People who continue to gather in big numbers, and party during the COVID-19 restriction period are the ones who are going to defeat attempts by health authorities to slow the spread of the virus.

Understanding the spike
There is little or no evi­dence that the Government nor the Ministry of Health sought to suppress information about the increa­sing number of Covid-19 pa­tients in the two weeks leading up to the general election on August 10.

Govt to set up alternatives for TTHTI students
Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly, Minister of Education is assuring the public that although the T&T Hospitality and Tourism Institute (TTHTI) based in Chaguaramas has closed its doors, the Government is seeking to set up other alternatives for students.

PM: 'I am working as usual'
THE Prime Minister on Saturday said he continues to work despite being in quarantine at his official residence in St Ann's.

Ferry service: Only essential travel should be entertained between T&T
“The management of the Trinidad and Tobago Inter-Island Transportation Company Ltd (TTIT) advises that for the period January 1 to July 31, the passenger vessels-T&T Spirit, Jean De la Valette and the Galleons Passage and the cargo vessel-MV Cabo Star transported 244,171 passengers and 89,116 vehicles to and from Tobago," a release stated yesterday. April saw the lowest number of total passengers who travelled between the two islands over the seven-month period, the statistics showed.

Tobago hoteliers: 'When will disbursements be paid?'

Educators call for online teaching policy
As they wait for the Education Ministry to decide if the September school term is on, educators are preparing for a shift to online learning, but say the ministry must implement a policy on the way forward in an a pandemic era.

Lezama slams 2 UNC MPs: Let's fight COVID together
Lezama-Lee Sing said now that Mohit is am MP, she has a duty of care in how she approaches national issues and should put emotions aside to treat with a virus that is plaguing the world. As for Ameen, Lee Singh said she should know better, having been in politics for approximately 20 years.

PNM PRO: Vandana must apologise for covid19 'karma' post

CAL to put on special flight from T&T to New York for students

PCA responds to CoP
The Police Complaints Authority (PCA) has rejected suggestions by the Commissioner of Police in the disciplinary aspect of the case involving ACP Irwin Hackshaw, is other than in the public interest.

'Charge SORT head'
...together with eight employees, CEO of sanitisation firm

Man killed in police-involved shooting
According to police reports, officers attached to the Traffic and Highway Patrol Motorcycle Section were on mobile patrol around 4:10 pm, on August 21st when they had cause to intercept a white Nissan B12 motor vehicle with a male driver in the San Juan district.

Maracas man shot by police, dies at hospital
A 30-year-old man who was shot by police on Friday, after he tried to shoot his way to freedom, died while being treated at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Mt Hope.

Diego Martin man charged with breaching protection order
A Diego Martin man was placed on $50,000 bail after pleading not guilty to two charges of breaching a Protection Order. Karlin Alexander, 29, of Factory Road, appeared before a Port of Spain Magistrate on August 11th to answer to the charges.

Marabella teen goes missing
Chiquita Clinton was last seen at her Union Park, Marabella home around 11 pm on August 17.

Siparia teen charged with murder of Tobago woman
According to police reports, Dial, 19, of Riseland Trace, Carnbee, was at Kilgwyn Beach, on January 27th, when she was approached by assailants who threw a substance on her and set her on fire.

Labourer in court for killing man, wounding his friends
Almost two years after 21-year-old Anthony James was gunned down, a Carapichaima man appeared in court charged with the murder.



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