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Schools throughout Trinidad and Tobago will begin functioning at 100% capacity come April 19^th.

The return to full time learning and teaching will bring to an end more than two years of online and rotational classes.

The announcement was made by Education Minister Dr. Nyan Gadsby Dolly yesterday.

Acting Chief Education Officer Lisa Henry David said COVID-19 protocols will be in effect when schools reopen, and they will apply to students, teachers, parents and visitors.

She said all the materials and tools needed in the COVID fight have been distributed to schools.

The Ministry officials say timetables will return to what it was pre COVID-19.

Extra curricular activities will resume and school transport will operate at full capacity.

Minister in the Ministry of Education, Lisa Morris Julien said at the ECC level there would also be stringent measures.

Minister Gadsby Dolly said it is expected that all students will go out to school on April 19^th, but parents who prefer home schooling are free to use that option.

The Minister said there were consultations but she has not met in person with the Trinidad and Tobago Unified Teacher Association.

Another teenager goes missing and the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service is seeking the public’s assistance in locating her.

She is 16-year-old Jennifer Ramkissoon.

Jennifer, of Yallery Street west, California, was last seen on March 27^th at approximately 5:20pm.

She was reported missing later that same date.

Jennifer is said to be of East Indian descent, approximately 5 feet tall with a slim build and is brown in complexion.

She has long dark hair, with a cornrowed hairstyle, and also has braces.

Jennifer was last seen wearing a pink and black dress with a pair of black, Nike slippers.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Jennifer Ramkissoon is asked to call the Couva Police station at 665-2333, 665-0200, or 999, 555, crime stoppers at 800-TIPS or report via the TTPS app.

Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley’s reaction to a question from Opposition MP Rodney Charles in the Parliament is being seen as a man out of control.

Deputy Political Leader of the Opposition, United National Congress, Jerlean John last night said Dr. Rowley is clearly unfit to lead the country.

Last week Dr. Rowley slammed MP Charles for implying that he has been snubbing CARICOM neighbour Guyana.

In response he called on Mr. Charles to go live in Guyana.

Quoting from a newspaper article attributed to Denise Demming, Jerlean John refused to accept that there are things, which trigger outbursts from the Prime Minister.

Senator John agreed with the Vice President of Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago is collapsing because of its mismanagement of resources.

At the Monday night forum of the UNC, Ms. John said the Prime Minister has taken the country to a place not seen before.

Last Saturday Dr. Rowley said he would not engage in a tit for tat with Guyana.  

A Special Reserve Police Constable is the 24^th fatal accident victim so far this year.

He was killed in an accident in Cumuto.

Kareem Charles was attached to the Traffic and Highway Patrol Unit in Barataria.

He was driving his vehicle north along Antigua Road yesterday morning when he crashed into a car heading in the opposite direction.

It is reported both vehicles were sent off the road into some bushes.

Mr. Charles is said to have died of injuries sustained in the crash.

The driver of the other vehicle and was up to last evening listed in a serious condition at hospital.

It was the 2^nd fatal accident over the weekend.

On Saturday morning, Estate Constable Joey Arthur was killed when his vehicle collided with another near Caribbean Airlines on Golden Grove Road in Piarco.

Mr. Arthur was from Mausica Road D’abadie.

Police are investigating the killing of a bandit in Princes Town.

It is reported that an off duty police officer was at the car park of a bar along Cemetery Street off Lothians Road in Princes Town, when 2 men approached him.

The 2 men were armed.

They announced a hold up and the off duty officer pulled out his licensed firearm and shot at the 2 men.

One was hit while the other fled the scene.

The identity of the dead man was up to yesterday not known.

Forty-four-year-old Mason Karlun Roberts is killed in a drive by shooting in Moruga.

The incident took place at Saunders Trace, St Mary’s Village, Moruga, last Saturday.

Reports say Mr. Roberts was in the yard of his home when a black car drove up and shot him in the head.

He died on the spot.

His common-law wife Jeraline Cruickshank says it happened at around 3pm when Mr. Roberts, his brother Damian Marshall and Kerdeem Quashie and Newman Mohammed, were at the road side getting ready to have their regular Saturday lime.

She says the car pulled and shots were fired.

Sixty-year-old Mr. Mohammed was hit on his left knee.

Barrackpore police are leading investigations.

Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley refuses a tit for tat with Vice President of Guyana Bharat Jagdeo.

Last week, Mr. Jagdeo painted a not so good picture of Trinidad and Tobago’s economy.

Many here have condemned Mr. Jagdeo’s assessment.

At a news conference at the Diplomatic Centre in St. Anns last Saturday dr. Rowley said he wouldn’t respond.

He also accused Opposition MP Rodney Charles of trying to cause a rift between this country and Guyana.

In the parliament Mr. Charles last week wondered why Dr. Rowley has been snubbing Guyana.

It led to a tongue lashing from Dr. Rowley.

Last Saturday when asked about the verbal clash and the claim of MP Charles, Dr. Rowley said he treats every CARICOM leader with respect.

He recalled giving advise to Guyana’s former President David Granger during the contentious General Election there.

Meanwhile in Guyana, Vice President Jagdeo was not about to change his position on what is happening in Trinidad and Tobago.

At a news conference, Mr. Jagdeo said his assessment is based on facts and nothing else.

He wondered if Trinidad and Tobago has a problem with the truth.

He said Guyana has faced similar statements.

Vice President Jagdeo said Trinidad and Tobago’s current situation is present in other places and his government is vowing not to go down the same route, when it comes to managing resources.