Monthly Archives: August 2020
Ministry of Health in the Bahamas reports 2 more COVID deaths
The Ministry of Health has reported that the territory has recorded 2 more deaths attributed to COVID-19. This is in addition to 62 newly confirmed cases, bringing the total number of cases to 1,765 with 1,504 of those active. Concerning the … Continue reading
Louis Lee Sing welcomes Ministry of Youth Development and National Service
Former Port of Spain Mayor Louis Lee Sing is welcoming the government’s decision to create a Ministry of Youth Development and National Service. Mr. Lee Sing says this is long overdue. Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley announced the details of … Continue reading
Police investigate several murders over the weekend
Twenty-eight-year-old Nathan Julien was shot and killed on Saturday night in Maloney Gardens. Three others were wounded and are now hospitalised. That incident occurred at Thrush Lane, while Mr. Julien and a group of friends were playing a game of … Continue reading
Chinese national killed during attempted robbery
A Chinese national has been killed during an attempted robbery at his business place on the Eastern Main Road in Barataria. The name of the victim has not yet been released. Several of his employees were also wounded during the … Continue reading
PCA rejects CoP’s statements
The Police Complaints Authority says it rejects all suggestions from the Commissioner of Police that publication of findings by the PCA, in the disciplinary aspect of the case involving ACP Irwin Hackshaw, is other than in the public interest. In … Continue reading
CoP says the PCA will not bully him
Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith says he will not be bullied by the Police Complaints Authority. Commissioner Griffith made the statements as he posed a series of questions lashing out at PCA Director, David West. It stems from the ongoing … Continue reading
Newly appointed Minister of Education visits Primary Schools today
Newly appointed Minister of Education Dr. Nyan Gadsby Dolly has visited 2 schools in Port of Spain just before the students began writing the Secondary Entrance Assessment today. Speaking with reporters outside the St. Ursula’s EC Primary School, Minister Gadsby … Continue reading
Argentina announces local lab to start manufacturing & distributing Astra Zeneca Oxford vaccine
Argentina is battling a surge in coronavirus cases, with at least 312,000 infections now confirmed and more than 6,000 related deaths. The government says intensive care admissions and hospital bed occupancy rates have become unsustainable. Last week, Argentina announced a … Continue reading
Office of the President of Guyana warns its citizens about a fake Twitter account soliciting money
The Office of the President of Guyana says it has become aware of a fake account on social media seeking to solicit money from “unsuspecting citizens” for a fake United Nations fund. In a brief statement, the office of the … Continue reading
MET service says Tropical Depression poses no direct threat to T&T
The MET service says Tropical Depression 13 is getting closer to the northern Leeward Islands. The system is moving towards the west-north west near 33 kilometers per hour. This motion is to continue for the next 2 days. According to … Continue reading
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