Trinidad & Tobago News

Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley (left) and Education Minister Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly tour the newly-constructed San Juan Government Primary School on Second Street, San Juan, yesterday.
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley (left) and Education Minister Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly tour the newly-constructed San Juan Government Primary School on Second Street, San Juan, yesterday.

Trinidad schools to resume virtually on September 6

(Trinidad Guardian) Minister of Education Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly said yesterday that virtual classes will continue when the new school term starts on September 6, while the ministry and the Government look at how many students received vaccines.

Carapo murder victims, from left to right, Ryan Sookraj, Radesh Pooran, Jimmy Poon , Avinash Sookraj and Russel Poon.
Carapo murder victims, from left to right, Ryan Sookraj, Radesh Pooran, Jimmy Poon , Avinash Sookraj and Russel Poon.

Five men killed execution-style in Trinidad

(Trinidad Guardian) For the Sookraj and Poon families, Race Course Road in Carapo has long been a place of comfort and peace.

Trinidad to get Johnson & Johnson one-shot vaccine today

(Trinidad Express) Minister of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs Dr Amery Browne has informed the national community of the scheduled arrival of 108,000 WHO-approved Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines, from the African Medical Supplies Platform (AMSP), at the Piarco International Airport at 7 p.m.

Port-of-Spain Mayor Joel Martinez, Trade Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon and DOMA president Gregory Aboud during a walkabout on the first day of the retail sector’s reopening along Frederick Street, Port-of-Spain, yesterday.

Trinidad retail sector reopens with warning

(Trinidad Guardian) Downtown Owners and Merchants Association (DOMA) head Gregory Aboud said yesterday that he is concerned another lockdown could be the final nail in the coffin for business owners in the capital city.

Keisha comforts her mother Alma Archargee, as she weeps for her husband Christopher Samuel, who died after their home was toppled during a landslide in Rancho Quemado, Palo Seco, yesterday.

Landslide kills man in Trinidad

(Trinidad Guardian) Moments after she saw her husband being washed away in a landslide that also toppled their home yesterday, Alma Archargee clawed her way out of the debris in a desperate attempt to save him.

Keith Rowley

Rowley appeals to parents to get kids vaccinated

(Trinidad Express) – With the arrival of 305,000 Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines in Trinidad and Tobago, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says schools will finally be able to reopen after almost a year and a half of closure if parents consent to have their children vaccinated.

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