Stuart Young, the Port of Spain North/St Ann’s West MP, has replaced the late Franklin Khan as minister of energy and energy industries with Fitzgerald Hinds taking over the portfolio of national security minister. The decision was announced this afternoon via a press release by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, …

The Ministry of Health has reported that the P1 variant of the Sars-Cov-2 virus—the so-called Brazil variant—has been detected in a local Covid-19 positive patient. In a statement to the media, the ministry said that the sample came from the Nariva/Mayaro County and was sequenced at the University of the …

Guyana Football Federation (GFF) president Wayne Forde has vowed to do ‘due diligence’ on the eligibility of 36-year-old Trinidad and Tobago midfielder Andre Boucaud, due to the latter’s appearance as a late substitute during the Soca Warriors’ 1-1 World Cup qualifying draw with Puerto Rico on 28 March. Boucaud, at …

Trinidad and Tobago suffered three additional deaths related to the Covid-19 virus over the past 24 hours and set a new record for infections in 2021, with 134 positives.  It is the third time in the last five days that the government revealed a new high in infections, after the …

Trinidad and Tobago heads into the weekend having recorded 360 new cases of Covid-19 so far this week. That is more than the total number of cases recorded in all of March 2021 (313) and February 2021 (135). The 652 cases confirmed in the first half of April is just …

Former 1998 Fifa World Cup assistant referee Merere Louis Gonzales, a retired teacher at Success RC and Mt Hope Secondary and a lay minister at the Maloney, D’Abadie and Mausica RC churches, is the new Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) president, following a resounding win in the SSFL’s virtual annual …

This morning, Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh said that yesterday’s 70 confirmed cases of Covid-19 were a ‘recent record’ for Trinidad and Tobago. The unwelcome record was broken within hours. This evening, the Ministry of Health reported 85 new cases of Covid-19. This figure is the highest number of cases …

Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh announced this morning that in-house dining and beaches are now prohibited while the number of public gatherings is reduced from 10 to five persons, as the government responds to a 1,100% increase in Covid-19 infections from the first week of March. At present, Trinidad and …

The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) will hold a series of coaching webinars, beginning on 10 April 2021, under the banner of ‘Everybody In’, which will be open to all coaches from Trinidad and Tobago. The concept, according to the TTFA release, is part of its ‘ongoing efforts to …

The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team will play for their place at the 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup between 2-6 July, after Concacaf confirmed its playoff dates yesterday evening. The Soca Warriors play Montserrat on either 2 or 3 July at the InterMiami CF Stadium in Ft Lauderdale with …

Trinidad and Tobago Sportsman of the Year and Olympic swimmer Dylan Carter was one of three athletes to receive funding from the Ministry of Sport and Community Development yesterday, via the Elite Athlete Programme. The other two athletes were sprinter Jereem Richards and boxer Nigel Paul. A release from the …

The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team remain 103rd in the world according to the latest Fifa rankings, which was updated yesterday. European outfit, Belgium, led all 210 football nations followed by France, Brazil, England and Portugal. Mexico (11) are the highest ranked team in Concacaf. The Soca Warriors …