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Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley at Eid-ul-Adha celebrations at the San Fernando Jama masjid on Friday. (Image: RISHI RAGOONATH)
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley at Eid-ul-Adha celebrations at the San Fernando Jama masjid on Friday. (Image: RISHI RAGOONATH)

Trinidad PM: No postponement of elections

(Trinidad Guardian) Despite an increase in locally spread COVID-19 cases, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says the August 10 General Election will go on.

A man cleans a spray-painted sign off a section of the wall on First Citizens’ Independence Square, Port-of-Spain branch yesterday.

Trinidad records 8 new COVID-19 cases in 24-hours

(Trinidad Guardian) As the fear of the recent uptick in localised COVID-19 cases continued to fuel debate on whether the Government should again lock down the country, the Ministry of Health yesterday reported eight new cases, the highest daily count since the virus hit Trinidad and Tobago’s shores.

T&T records 8 new COVID cases in 24-hour span

(Trinidad Guardian) As the fear of the recent uptick in localised COVID-19 cases continued to fuel debate on whether the Government should again lock down the country, the Ministry of Health yesterday reported eight new cases, the highest daily count since the virus hit Trinidad and Tobago’s shores.

Vincent Perreira

Trinidad: RFHL profits slide by 37.2%

(Trinidad Guardian) Republic Financial Holdings Limited (RFHL) announced yesterday a profit attributable to shareholders of the parent of $774 million for the nine-month period ended June 30, 2020.

Ravi Balgobin Maharaj.

Legal victory for adult toys in Trinidad

(Trinidad Express) In what has been the third judgment of its kind, a High Court judge has struck down a policy by the Customs and Excise Division over the importation of adult toys into the country.

A T&TEC security officer checks the temperature of a customer entering its Marabella service centre yesterday. The venue was closed for sanitatiation on Tuesday after a suspected COVID-19 case visited the centre.

CMO confirms Trinidad & Tobago in COVID-19 second phase

(Trinidad Guardian) In the past week, Trinidad and Tobago has had five people who contracted COVID-19 from an unknown source within the country, sprouting eight more cases through primary contacts and forcing some businesses to close for sanitisation exercises, the closure of three schools and the self-quarantining of hundreds of people.

Camille Robinson-Regis

Trinidad: 3,000 tried to defraud Salary Relief Grant

(Trinidad Express) Over 3,000 people attempted “double dipping” into the Salary Relief Grant, and the Income Support Grant distributed by the Government through separate ministries to assist cash-strapped families and individuals during the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic.

Trinidad: Third school closes over COVID-19 case

(Trinidad Express) On Tuesday night, as a letter circulated on social media announcing the school’s temporary closure because a pupil had contact with a positive Covid-19 virus patient, NPTA Public Relations Officer Sharmila Raheem told Express the matter is to be investigated.

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