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Primary school principals are very concerned about reports that an 11-year-old child is one of the latest persons to test positive for COVID-19.

The National Primary Schools Principals Association says the new case could be a secondary entrance assessment student.

SEA students resumed classes on Monday to prepare for the exam on August 20^th.

Today, NAPSPA President Lance Mottley says there were already concerns about the resumption of classes and this new case would make for a worse situation.

Mr. Mottley was speaking on The Morning Show on i95.5fm.

Questioned if the new case could mean a delay in the reopening of schools for the new term in September, Mr. Mottley said it was too soon to say.

However, he said he was cautiously optimistic.

Yesterday Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh confirmed the new patient is a minor and the child of an employee of the West Mall branch of Republic Bank.

The bank remained closed for sanitization yesterday and is expected resume operations today.

The Prime Minister says he would welcome being sued by opposition MP, Dr. Roodal Moonilal for statements he made at a Tobago meeting of his party.

Dr. Keith Rowley last night repeated his reference to a newspaper report in which the police are said to have uncovered corruption to the tune of half a billion dollars, at the Estate Management and Business Development Company.

Dr. Moonilal has threatened to sue the Prime Minister for implicating him in the matter.

Dr. Rowley is not troubled by the threat of legal action.

He said it might be a good thing for the country.

He also responded to another former Minister of the last government, Jack Warner.

Mr. Warner has sought to put some distance between himself as National Security Minister and a deal for the purchases of 2 Coast Guard vessels from a Dutch company.

But Dr. Rowley said he never named Jack Warner in the statements.

The Prime Minister has been saying the Kamla Persad Bissessar led Peoples Partnership squandered, mismanaged and stole the country’s financial resources during its term in office.

The United National Congress candidate for Toco/Sangre Grande, Nabila Greene says the woman in a video being showered with money is not her.

And she says evidence of this can be seen in the teeth.

On Tuesday a video was circulated on social media purporting to be that of Ms. Greene laying on a bed in a brasserie as a man showers her with money.

More videos purporting to be that of Ms. Greene circulated on Wednesday, which forced her to issue a statement to rubbish efforts to tarnish her character, as there is no resemblance to her.

On her Toco/Sangre Grande Facebook page a still from the video was taken and placed next to a photo of her to highlight that the difference in the teeth of both women.

Ms. Greene said there is absolutely no resemblance between her and the woman in the video.

Ms. Greene said the photos and videos alleging to be her were disgusting displays of gutter politics at its worst.

Billboards belonging to the campaign of the Peoples National Movement’s candidate for Chaguanas east have been vandalised.

Leading the campaign for candidate Clarence Rambarat, Paula Gopee Scoon yesterday said it was the first incident of its kind in the lead up to the August 10^th General Election.

She said a report has been made to the police.

Ms. Gopee Scoon said the situation would not interfere with the drive of the campaign.

Sex charges are leveled against a 33-year-old man from Diego Martin.

He is accused of sexually penetrating and given narcotics to a 15-year-old female.  

The TTPS says the suspect, was held by officers of the Western Division Child Protection Unit and Criminal Investigations Department on July 18^th.

He was charged with 4 counts of sexual penetration of a child and 2 counts of giving narcotics to a child.

The arrest follows a comprehensive investigation by WPC Spencer of the Western Division CPU into a report surrounding the alleged assault and drugging of the girl.

According to the alleged victim’s account, during the period April 2020 – July 2020 she was made to have sexual intercourse with the man at his home.

The girl also told police she was made to smoke marijuana on 2 occasions.

The suspect was charged yesterday and was expected to appear before a Port of Spain Magistrate yesterday.

The number of positive cases of the Coronavirus has been increased to 139.

Two new cases were confirmed yesterday.

Yesterday afternoon the Ministry of Health said one of the cases is imported.

It is said the patient recently returned from Canada.

The origin of the second infection is being investigated.

The ministry said the total number of samples submitted to the Caribbean Public Health Agency and the University of the West Indies for testing is 6,174.

There are now 7 patients at the Caura Hospital and 124 people have been discharged.

In a statement yesterday, the Ministry of National Security said in the past week 2 large groups of nationals returned from Grenada, and Canada.

Most of the returnees are said to be in quarantine at the expense of the state.

The Ministry said 4 persons who recently returned tested positive, 3 from Grenada and 1 from the United States.

The MET office says tropical depression number seven is showing more organization this morning and is expected to become a tropical storm later today.

It says at 5 o’clock this morning, the system was located at approximately 2065 km east of the Windward Islands, centered near 10.0 north, 42.4 west

The system is moving west-northwest at 19 km/h with maximum sustained winds of 55 km/h.

The MET office says a further increase in forward speed is expected and westward motion should continue through to Friday.

It says some strengthening is forecast during the next couple of days.

Current analyses suggest that on its current track, the center of the system is forecast to reach the southern Windward Islands by Saturday morning and is expected to move just north of Trinidad and Tobago.