“[…] Agility and adaptability are to be commended, but some decisions seem almost erratic: close membership shopping centres like PriceSmart or not? Or open them in a different way? Tape off the Brian Lara Promenade because the problem is the large open space, not the fact that people were maskless …
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Concacaf sets G/Cup qualifying dates for T&T, Fenwick’s troops face four must-win affairs
The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team received their final 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup schedule today, as Concacaf president Victor Montagliani confirmed playoff fixture dates for the competition. The Soca Warriors will play Montserrat from 9.30pm on Friday 2 July at the Drv Pnk Stadium in Ft Lauderdale, which …
Read More »Covid counter: 21 deaths and 397 new cases; NCRHA ‘engulfed’ by ‘record breaking wave of patients’
Another 21 deaths, 397 new cases, and an admission from the North Central Regional Health Authority (NCRHA) that it is struggling to cope with the demands for Covid-19 tests and healthcare, due to the current surge. At present, Trinidad and Tobago has 4,814 active cases, while the 394 infections reported …
Read More »MSJ condemns Israel’s ‘continued oppression of Palestinians’, urges Caricom and TT gov’t to take a side
“[…] Not content with this massive assault on Palestinians’ rights to self-determination, the state of Israel has been continuously expanding its land and reducing the areas in which Palestinians have been living. “[…] On top of this has been the systematic oppression of Palestinians whose economy and even water supply …
Read More »Salaam: Climate change is as real as Covid-19, T&T must get ready
When newly-minted US president Joe Biden officially signed an executive order to rejoin the Paris Climate Accord, known as the Paris Agreement, as a certified environmentalist I was elated. As a major financial contributor, the US decision to rejoin the Agreement is significant. All citizens need to be enlightened on what the …
Read More »Augustine, Coker, Woodley head T&T Beach Soccer roster for 2021 Concacaf tourney
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Beach Soccer Team head coach Ramiro Amarelle selected his final 12-man squad today for the 2021 Concacaf Beach Soccer Championship, which kicks off on 17 May in Alajuela, Costa Rica. Twelve participating nations are split into three groups with the two teams advancing to the …
Read More »‘Cause for significant concern!’ MoH reveals 615 positives and 11 deaths, explains test info discrepancies
The Ministry of Health revealed 615 new Covid-19 infections today, which came from just 1,300 tests. There were also 11 deaths, which took the total tally of fatalities to 235. Trinidad and Tobago now has 4,588 active cases with 343 hospitalised persons, while there have been 14,417 positive cases from …
Read More »Deyalsingh’s International Nurses Day message: ‘I’m grateful for your support’
The following is a message from Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh on 2021 International Nurses Day: More from Wired868 Dear Editor: My issue with our health facilities—where Arima gets high and low marks My experience at the Arima hospital today was mixed. It was mostly sweet, mind you. Everyone who …
Read More »Devaluation in time of Covid; should TT stoke its own economic Soufrière-like eruption?
Here we go again! In the Business Guardian of Thursday 8 April 2021, Joel Julien reports on the virtual Demas/Rampersad Seminar Series under the aegis of The UWI St Augustine Department of Economics. ‘Foreign Exchange Challenges in Trinidad and Tobago: What are the real implications?’ the title asks. Let us …
Read More »Covid counter: 348 new cases, nine deaths, and 63 persons in ICU and HDU
Trinidad and Tobago suffered nine more Covid-19 related deaths and 348 new infections today from 5,920 tests, according to the latest update from the Ministry of Health. The fatalities include one middle-aged woman and man without comorbidities, along with three elderly males, three elderly females and one middle-aged female with …
Read More »Demming: Gov’t vaccination cards need tens of thousands of sheets of paper; why not digitise?
An official in another country laughed when I presented my driver’s permit because it was a simple laminated card which could be made at any print shop. That was about 15 years ago and things have only improved slightly. I thought of this when I received my vaccine card which …
Read More »From T&T to Taiwan: Sheppard on quarantine, certification and Mandarin—after moving to Taoyuan FC
Domestic sport in Trinidad and Tobago is on pause at present; and has been for much of the past 13 months, since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. Arima North Secondary football team technical director and former Trinidad and Tobago Boys’ National Under-15 Team and QPCC FC assistant coach Wayne …
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