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Parents knock ministry
Posted: Friday, October 7, 2022
Parents knock ministry's last-minute school closure
Education Minister: Yellow-level alerts not enough reason to close schools
The country has been under a yellow-level adverse weather alert since 12am on Wednesday, which is set to end on Friday at 12pm.
On Wednesday afternoon, the Met Office issued an orange-level riverine alert warning of a severe risk to public safety, livelihood and property.
Al-Rawi: We could not have closed schools sooner
Education Minister Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly was severely criticised on social media for being insensitive and uncaring when she posted on social media about 7 am, that schools would be closed for the day owing to the major flooding and heavy showers.
Morris-Julian explains Facebook complaint about 4 am messages
In the post on her personal Facebook profile on Thursday morning, she said, "You are big and you have sense. Me to all who messaging me since 4am: Make sensible decisions aka the best decision for you and yours."
Aftermath of tropical wave – Flash floods, water levels high in rivers
Schools in Tobago closed on Friday
ALL schools in Tobago will remain closed on Friday. The THA Division of Education made the announcement on Thursday evening. It said the decision was made in consultation with the TT Met Service and the Tobago Emergency Management Agency (TEMA).
Family still hopeful as hunters find Theresa's clothing
"And they would normally go up there 'cause they have a garden there. And from what the people who were with her said, they didn't experience much rain while they were there. The ravine they crossed is usually dry, and it had some rain, but it wasn't as heavy there as it was on the hills.
"So when they decided to go back because of the weather, it was too late. They didn't know the river was coming down the way it was, 'cause where they were, the rain wasn't as bad. So right now, we are just holding out hope that she would be found," Ramgoolam said.
SWMCOL landfills impacted by weather conditions
Elderly among scores marooned in Las Lomas
D'abadie residents beg Govt to relocate them
On Wednesday, raging floodwaters were over eight feet high around Dookeran's home. Luckily, her house was built on stilts, saving her from possible danger when the tributary running alongside her house burst its banks and flooded the area.
"I was upstairs and by the time I realised the drain was flowing over and I tried to come downstairs, the water was already reaching up to the top of the stairs," Dookeran recalled.
Imbert: Let Guyana replace T&T in Caricom Fund
Responding to questions from Pointe-a-Pierre MP David Lee during the Standing Finance Committee in Parliament on Wednesday on whether the $105 million increase in the Caricom Development Fund represented arrears, Imbert said the Fund was established in a time of plenty in 2006 and 2005, when oil was US$140 a barrel and gas US$13, and there was a view that T&T, because it was in a good economic position, should assist the less fortunate member states within Caricom.
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Man shot dead in PriceSmart car park, cops probe 2 other murders
Police are probing three murders which occurred yesterday, including the brazen killing of a man in the car park of a popular shopping outlet.
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