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$2.1b loss for NGC
Posted: Thursday, June 24, 2021

$2.1b loss for NGC
'Exceptional items' wipe out profit

Letter to union reveals almost half of CAL's pilots going home
A letter sent by Caribbean Airline's (CAL's) vice-president of Human Resources to the chairman of the union representing the airline's pilots, has revealed CAL is planning to send home between 95 and 115 pilots in its planned retrenchment exercise. That represents around 46 per cent of the airline's to 252 pilots.

Gambling bill passed
21 vote in favour; Opposition abstains

Michael B Jordan breaks silence, says J'ouvert rum will be renamed
The actor says the intention was never to offend or hurt a culture

Actor apologises, agrees to rename J'Ouvert rum

Dr Hinds: Trinidad and Tobago not running out of covid19 vaccines

Dr Hinds: Lower rate of covid19 tests positive
Epidemiologist Dr Avery Hinds said the percentage of patients testing positive for covid19 has dropped to approximately 32-33 per cent, from a high of 43 per cent in May.

Kamla: I never had COVID-19
She was responding to a comment made by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley as he deflected questions on whether he received a Pfizer vaccine which was among the 80 vials sent for National Security Officials from the United States.

'Ask Kamla when she got Covid'
He said: Unlike the other leader in this house, I told the country when I was diagnosed as a positive patient with Covid 19. I told the country when I was in isolation. I told the country when I can be vaccinated. The minister of health actually told the country the date on which I can be vaccinated. So to come her an to ask me if I took vaccine from the 400, you are just a mischief maker…"

UWI professor: Sputnik and other vaccines all safe, effective
According to The Lancet, the Sputnik V vaccine has approximately 92 per cent efficacy and uses two different vectors for the two shots. It also provides immunity longer than vaccines with the same delivery mechanism.

Nutritionist offers tips on foods to eat prior to getting COVID-19 jab
Among her suggestions were foods rich in Zinc including seafood, meat, chicken, fish, nuts and seeds; vitamin D which can be retrieved from spending 15 minutes in the sun, eating egg yolks and fish; as well as vitamin C, found in oranges, West Indian cherries etcetera.

Elderly woman without comorbidities among latest COVID-19 fatalities
This brings the total number of COVID-19 related deaths to 768.

Staff complain: Leaking roof, rats at Pt Fortin Extended Care Centre
STAFF at the Point Fortin Extended Care Centre are pleading with the South West Regional Health Authority (SWRHA) to renovate the building, which has a leaking roof and a rodent infestation, among other things.

Windies arrive in Grenada for T20I series
The teams will face off in five T20 internationals at the Grenada National Stadium, with the first match scheduled for Saturday. Matches will then be played on 27 June, 29 June, 1 July, and 3 July.

Machel mourns Winsford Devine

Met Office discontinues adverse weather alert

C-4 explosives, guns found buried outside MSP
During their search, which came after the team obtained information from a credible source, the officers also uncovered one revolver, two pistols and an AR-15 buried in the dirt. They also found three magazines and at least 27 rounds of assorted ammunition. The crudely-made home explosives were found attached to yellow and red wires.



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