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COVID-19 kills three more
Posted: Wednesday, April 21, 2021

COVID-19 kills three more, 171 test positive
171 people have contracted the disease which reflects the results from samples taken between April 17 and 19.

Appeal Court upholds ruling: Health regulations deemed constitutional
In arriving at its decision, the court rejected the appellants' arguments that the regulations offended
the principles of separation of powers and ought to have been brought before Parliament to be passed by a special majority. The Court also found no merit in the argument that the government should have declared a State of Emergency to enact the measures which it did under the regulations.

PM convenes COVID-19 Response Meeting, to speak at 11a.m.
It has been a bad week in terms of the spread of the virus with 624 new Covid-19 cases being recorded in the past seven days alone. Eleven deaths were recorded during the same timeframe.

Tobago enjoyed 79 per cent hotel occupancy for Easter

Young hits ground running but Hinds a no-show
"The permanent secretary (Acting) at the Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries Mrs Penelope Bradshaw Niles, along with other executives, welcomed the newly appointed Minister of Energy and Energy Industries, the Honourable Stuart R Young MP to the Ministry's International Waterfront Complex Office today where work immediately began with discussions related to the energy sector."

Tobago boy saves granny, 86, from burning house
The fourth form Bishop's High School student is being hailed a hero, after he rescued his seven-member family from their burning home at George Street, Glamorgan on Monday. The family includes four adults, aged 86, 59, 55 and 32, and his two siblings, 13 and ten.

Chauvin facing decades in jail
Ex-cop found guilty in US of killing George Floyd...

Kambon: TT police should avoid missteps of US cops
He said a style of policing that had taken off under New York former mayor Rudy Giuliani and his police chief Bill Bratton had found favour among some in TT but had involved terrible abuses of human rights.

Man, 19, accused of statutory rape of girl, 16, granted $75,000 bail
On April 17, CPU detectives were alerted by a woman that her 16-year-old daughter left home and went to the house of a 19-year-old man in Cunupia where it is alleged that she engaged in sexual intercourse with him.

Community shocked as ex-fireman killed outside Chaguanas bar
Police said around 7 pm on Monday, Prescott was standing and looking at the NLCB Play Whe chart in front of Jai's bar at Caroni Savannah Road, about two minutes' drive from his home. The unknown man accosted Prescott at the Play Whe booth near the front door.

Maraval man killed while sleeping
Police reported that Maurice Ronel Joyeau of Phillip Trace, Maraval was at home when a short, stocky man broke in and shot him as he slept around 2.30am. After the shooting the killer ran off.

La Soufriere volcano climber arrested
It is unclear what charges can be laid against the man, since there are no ordinances preventing the climbing of the La Soufriere, which has produced at least 30 explosive eruptions since April 9.



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