The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team will kick off their Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign on home soil on 25 March against Guyana, as Concacaf confirmed the schedule for its opening round of matches today. The Warriors are drawn in Group F of a preliminary Concacaf bracket …
Read More »Covid counter: 325 new cases in seven days; 122 from in prison
There was a spike in positive cases of the novel coronavirus over the last seven days. The Ministry of Health reported 16 new cases today, Friday 27 November 2020, which took the total for the last seven days to 325. More than a third of these new cases, 122, came …
Read More »Are you being served? NCRHA invites public to online consultation today
How can the North Central Regional Health Authority (NCRHA) improve its services to you and your loved ones? The NCRHA is inviting members of the public to join a consultation today from the comfort of their own homes, as the state body hosts an online Public Board Meeting from 4pm. …
Read More »Fenwick: Maradona was ‘undoubtedly the greatest to ever play the game’
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Terry Fenwick extended condolences to iconic Argentina football star Diego Armando Maradona, who passed away today at the age of 60. Maradona, a 1986 World Cup winner who twice broke the world record as the most expensive footballer, died of a …
Read More »Dr Rowley allows hunting, but warns against Christmas parties—sport and bars still on hold
Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley outlawed Christmas parties within the public sector and kept a ban on the consumption of alcohol at public places, while contact team sport is also forbidden. The country’s international borders also remain closed, with the Ministry of National Security mandated to offer …
Read More »Covid counter: 28 new cases recorded with as many recoveries
The Ministry of Health has reported 28 new positive coronavirus cases. Despite these new cases, the number of active cases stayed at yesterday’s count of 589 since the ministry also recorded 28 recovered community cases. After a jump in cases last week when 239 new positive cases were reported, this …
Read More »Fifa gives Haiti football president, Jean-Bart, life ban for sexual abuse of female players
Haitian Football Federation (HFF) president Dr Yves ‘Dadou’ Jean-Bart has been banned for life by Fifa, after being found guilty of ‘systematic sexual abuse against female football players between 2014 and 2020’. The decision was released today by the adjudicatory chamber of Fifa’s Ethics Committee, which also imposed a 1,000,000 …
Read More »New Covid-19 cases drop more than 40% from October
The first half of November has seen a significant drop in both new positive cases and deaths due to Covid-19 compared to the same period last month. There were four deaths for the month so far compared to the 19 deaths recorded during the first half of October. This month’s …
Read More »20 new Covid-19 cases in the prison system
The Ministry of Health has reported a cluster of 20 new positive cases of Covid-19 coming from the prison system. These new cases formed part of the 50 new cases reported for 13 November, bringing the number of active cases in the country to 526. There have been 5980 total …
Read More »Covid counter: No new deaths in 7 days; MoH warns citizens to stay vigilant during holidays
There have been no new deaths due to Covid-19 for the last seven days. The Ministry of Health reported that the death toll for the virus remains at 111. The ministry’s update also reported 24 new cases, three of which were returning nationals. There have been 5904 total positive cases …
Read More »Two new quarantine facilities to be added; no new Covid-19 cases today
The Ministry of Health will add the Kapok Hotel and the Tobago Correctional Facility to its list of quarantine facilities on Friday 13 November. These facilities add 108 beds to the 1,651 beds already in the parallel healthcare system. Kapok adds 98 beds and 10 beds at the correctional facility. …
Read More »Dr Rowley permits in-house dining and national team sport, but no alcohol or ‘casual sport’
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley today announced the resumption of in-house dining at restaurants and cinemas (within certain guidelines), lengthened church services to 90 minutes, and permitted a return to team sport for international outfits. Restaurants must not exceed 50 percent capacity with no more than 10 persons per group, …
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