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Vaccines in transit, says COVAX
Posted: Friday, March 26, 2021

Vaccines in transit, says COVAX
According to the organisation, Trinidad and Tobago will receive a supply of 33,600 AstraZeneca vaccines on March 31.

21 new covid19 cases reported
Twenty-one new cases werereported from samples taken between March 22 and 24, compared to 38 on Wednesday. Of these, one is a recently repatriated person.

Labour leaders not satisfied with Govt's handling of WASA issues

Griffith bans marches, vigils ahead of holidays
For just about two weeks, Ministry of Health officials have been warning citizens that COVID-19 cases are increasing again and on Wednesday, the country confirmed its largest number of cases for the year.

Police: Over 7,000 tickets for masks issued since last year

USC agrees to $852 million payout in sex abuse lawsuit
Separately, USC earlier agreed to pay $215 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that applies to about 18,000 women who were patients of Tyndall's. The individual payouts to those victims range from $2,500 to $250,000 and were given regardless of whether the women formally accused Tyndall of harassment or assault. The final payouts are expected to be issued this month.

Sedition laws back in full effect
The Appeal Court on Friday partially reversed a High Court declaration in which it found that sections 3 and 4 of the Sedition Act, which came into effect in 1920 were unconstitutional as it infringed on the rights of citizens to freedom of expression, thought and freedom of the press.

Senior cop: Probe into boys drowning to end soon
Senior Superintendent Curtis Simon told Guardian Media yesterday that Romelu's case is a sensitive one involving two parallel investigations. One into his drowning, the other is to ascertain whether or not COVID-19 regulations were violated by the operations of the institution.

Laventille man died from tuberculosis
Police classified his death as as "unnatural." But the autopsy, which was done at the Mt Hope Hospital on Wednesday, showed he died from TB.

Moruga villagers deny vigilante beating
Guerro said his father went to the Barrackpore station and while there, a police officer told his father that they had no vehicle and the residents should pick up the suspect and bring him to the station.

Fisherwoman dies after falling from boat
Police were told that she leaned overboard to pull up a net and fell overboard. Her husband immediately pulled her out the water and placed her seated on the boat. Approximately 2 minutes after she complained of feeling unwell and collapsed in the vessel.

Standing, 'zesser funeral' for two men killed by police
STAYING true to their larger-than-life, flashy and "out there" personalities, as described by family and friends, the bodies of Sterling Raymond, and Kevin "Chappy" Edwards, stole the show one final time when they journeyed to their Bhagaloo Street, Enterprise, Chaguanas homes, standing to attend their respective funerals on Thursday.



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