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“For those of you who feel lucky… don’t crowd the vendors but try your luck!” Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley announced today that phase three of the reopening of the local economy will begin on Monday 1 June, six days earlier than initially expected, with a number of add-ons. The …

“[…] It is coming to our attention that there may be nationals of Trinidad and Tobago in different numbers, on various cruise ships, in different locations, throughout the Caribbean and elsewhere. “[…] We have not been provided with breakdowns per cruise ship and the particulars of where these various cruise …

“You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that is an opportunity to do things that you think you could not do before,” Rahm Emanuel, (2008). The context for that quote—which is really a riff off one made by Paul Romer, who in …

The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) will benefit from a US$750,000 (TT$5.1 million) grant to assist its regional health response to the Covid-19 pandemic, after the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved a payment for that purpose. The grant was financed by the IDB Japan Special Fund, which was established by …

Trinidad and Tobago will enter phase two, on the road towards the full re-opening of its economy, on Thursday 21 May—some four days ahead of schedule—and it will be bigger than initially suggested. Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley said today that the country’s promising health figures satisfied chief medical officer …

“Officers proceeded to Jacob Hill Road, Wallerfield, Arima, around 8.45pm, where they observed a group of men standing in front of a mini-mart… The owner of the mini-mart was informed that her business was required to close at 6.00pm and they entered the premises on suspicion that she was selling …

“[…] With the government’s unremitting lockdown driving inherently law abiding barbers to make decisions in contravention of Covid-19 restrictions, it’s ultimately causing more harm than good. “Customers are apparently less constricted by these restrictions and more willing to make themselves available for their well overdue weekly grooming. “Inevitably, the obvious …

“Ten persons were arrested this afternoon for breaching the Public Health Ordinance Regulations when they were found bathing in the waters off Bayside Towers in Cocorite. “[…] They were immediately arrested and taken to the Four Roads Police Station where they are being processed.” The following press statement was issued …

United National Congress (UNC) politician and former minister of agriculture, Devant Maharaj, has failed to convince the San Fernando High Court of Justice that he is a journalist who is being unfairly kept out of press briefings by the Ministry of Communication and its line minister, Senator Donna Cox. Justice …

“All food vendors, be it in constructed establishments or road side vending, are asked to ensure that their customers awaiting take away deliveries must adhere to the mandatory distance from fellow customers of at least six feet. “It is the responsibility of the relevant food vendor to ensure that this …

Trinidad and Tobago will start the gradual re-opening of its economy from 11 May with KFC, Wendy’s, doubles and other itinerant and non-itinerant restaurants being first out of the blocks. They will operate until 8pm with no in-house dining. “Food establishments and restaurants would be allowed to open and provide …

The following snapshots of life during the Covid-19 pandemic were taken by photographer Ghansham Mohammed in San Fernando and Penal: More from Wired868 More transmissible, not necessarily more severe; new Covid-19 strain, JN.1, reaches T&T Trinidad and Tobago recorded its first case of new Covid-19 variant, JN.1, according to Carpha …