Caribbean Airlines is putting on a special flight for Trinidad and Tobago students who are studying abroad and wish to return to school. The flight, which is being coordinated jointly with the Ministry of National Security, is the second such venture by CAL after a similar trip to the Miami …

Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley is now under home quarantine after being ‘exposed’ to a Covid-19 patient. Rowley, via his Facebook page, said he was informed last night that someone he interacted with on Monday 10 August—the day of the General Election—‘later tested positive for Covid-19’. The prime minister said …

The Ministry of Health confirmed 44 new Covid-19 cases this morning to take Trinidad and Tobago’s active case load to 578. The twin island republic has had 730 positive cases since the onset of the pandemic in March with 12 deaths. At present, there are three patients at the Intensive …

The novel coronavirus continues its cross-country journey around Trinidad and Tobago with another 21 persons confirmed positive this morning and 36 more by this evening. Yesterday, there were 477 active cases of Covid-19; this evening, the Ministry of Health gave the new case load as 534. St Joseph MP Terrence Deyalsingh …

People’s National Movement (PNM) political leader and Diego Martin West MP Dr Keith Rowley was sworn in as prime minister for a second successive term this afternoon while Faris Al-Rawi retained the portfolio of attorney general and is also minister of legal affairs. Other high profile returnees were: Port of …

The Ministry of Health confirmed 29 more cases of Covid-19 this evening, which took the number of active cases to 477. Trinidad and Tobago has had 629 positive reports since the onset of the pandemic from 16,453 samples sent to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (Carpha). Yesterday, new Covid-19 measures …

Chief medical officer Dr Roshan Parasram will allow sporting teams to train despite the current Covid-19 restrictions—but only with five persons per facility. Article two of the Public Health (2019 Novel Coronavirus) Regulations states: During the period specified in regulation 12, a person shall not, without reasonable justification: (a) be found …

Dr Keith Rowley and his new Cabinet will be sworn in from 4pm tomorrow, after Election and Boundaries Commission (EBC) chairman Mark Ramkerrysingh forwarded the 2020 General Election results to President Paula-Mae Weekes today. The People’s National Movement (PNM) were confirmed to have triumphed by 22 seats to 19, after challenges …

The Ministry of Health confirmed this morning that all three patients at the Couva Hospital’s High Dependency Unit (HDU) were moved to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) over the past 24 hours. There have already been four deaths owing to Covid-19 over the past five days, as Trinidad and Tobago’s …

Trinidad and Tobago’s 11th fatality related to Covid-19 was described this morning by the Ministry of Health as ‘an adult male with pre-existing medical conditions’. For the second time, there was no mention of ‘elderly’—which the government appears to use for anyone above 59 years of age. Three of the …

Trinidad and Tobago’s Covid-19 counter rose by another 71 persons today, just 24 hours after chief medical officer Dr Roshan Parasram alerted the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) that the country now has ‘community spread’. At present, the twin island republic has 348 active cases of the novel coronavirus while …

The Ministry of Health confirmed two deaths today of patients hospitalised for Covid-19. The first was an elderly female, just after lunch, while the second was an adult male. Both were said to have ‘pre-existing medical conditions’. The pair are the first fatalities in Trinidad and Tobago’s second wave of …