(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley is taking a hard line against unvaccinated adolescents as the new school term nears and has warned that the Government may make vaccines mandatory for a return to school.
(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.
(Trinidad Guardian) For the Sookraj and Poon families, Race Course Road in Carapo has long been a place of comfort and peace.
(Trinidad Express) The wife of Maritime General Insurance Company chairman John Henry Smith has been charged with his murder.
(Trinidad Guardian) Police said five men found dead in a bushy area off Race Course Road, Carapo, yesterday afternoon were shot execution-style.
(Trinidad Guardian) A woman, who obtained an injunction stopping the funeral of her estranged husband due to a dispute with his alleged caregiver over control of his estate, has been given conduct over his funeral arrangements while the lawsuit over the issue is being pursued.
(Trinidad Express) A 31-year-old Special Reserve Police Constable was due to appear at the Port of Spain Magistrates’ Court yesterday charged with murder.
(Trinidad Guardian) Despite the reservations by some parents about having their children vaccinated at this time, Education Minister Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly said both vaccinated and unvaccinated students will be welcomed back into schools next month.
(Trinidad Express) Hindu organisations have united and written to the Minister of Health and Chief Medical Officer, calling for them to immediately discontinue to ban on open pyre cremations across Trinidad.
(Trinidad Guardian) The Government will go to Parliament next week Wednesday to extend the State of Emergency by another three months.
(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.
(Trinidad Guardian) Education Minister Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly said she was heartened by the fast start to the rollout of Pfizer vaccines for students yesterday.
(Trinidad Guardian) A woman has obtained an injunction stopping the funeral of her estranged husband, pending her legal dispute with his alleged caregiver over control of his estate.
(Trinidad Guardian) Vaccination of children between the ages of 12 to 18 years begins at 8 am today and eligible members of the public who fall into this category do not need an appointment.
(Trinidad Express) Head of the Legal Unit of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service, Christian Chandler, has been sent on leave pending the outcome of an investigation into an incident on his yacht.
(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.
(Trinidad Express) A police constable was killed in a crash along the Southern Main Road in Cedros on Sunday night.
(Trinidad Guardian) Commissioner of Prisons Dennis Pulchan accidentally shot himself on Saturday night.
(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.
(Trinidad Guardian) The Ministry of Health is witnessing an uptick in the number of paediatric COVID-19 cases, three of which are currently warded at hospital and are “severely ill.”
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