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The Ministry of Health confirmed three more deaths this morning and an additional two this evening, which brings the total of Covid-19 related fatalities to 27. Nineteen of those deaths came within the last month. The deceased patients were described as two elderly males, two elderly females and one adult …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Chief medical officer Dr Roshan Parasram reported to the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) yesterday that Trinidad and Tobago is now at the highest level in the movement of the novel coronavirus: community spread. Parasram’s report preceded a press conference by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley today in which he …

“[Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley] unreservedly apologised for the skit on his own behalf, on behalf of his party and all PNM supporters… [Letter writer Sanjay Dhalla] seemed to have missed all of that. “[…] More than 70-75% of the students [at Presentation College, Chaguanas] were Indians. If some of …

“Indo-Trinidadians are letting themselves down here in a big way. A lot of Hindus are really put off by what has been said. The community must do better. But I do know that a lot of the Indian/Hindu population feel hated in their own country. “They remember ‘No Calcutta ship …

The UNC’s star at the 2020 General Election turned out to be Michelle Benjamin, a fresh-faced councillor from Moruga/Tableland who put the sort of licking on Winston ‘Gypsy’ Peters that might see the latter politician in need of a restraining order for once. And the PNM’s not-so-secret weapon? That would …

Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley became only the fourth political leader to win successive elections last night; and, barring the internal catastrophes that faced Basdeo Panday and Patrick Manning in their short-lived second terms, will be the first since Dr Eric Williams to see out successive five year spells on …

Tomorrow’s General Election takes place at a time when the rate of spread of Covid 19 is at a high risk level, causing more worry than at any other period since the pandemic began. We simply do not know what effect uncertainty about the ominous risk of exposure to the …

Students preparing for the Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) examinations have been ordered to stay at home until their exam date on 20 August, as a result of the spike of Covid-19 infections within the population. Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley made the announcement at a press conference this afternoon, as …

A restriction in lawful congregations from groups of 25 to just 10 persons was the only significant change announced today by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, as the country grapples with a second wave of Covid-19 infections. Even then, there were numerous exceptions. The guideline on congregations is relaxed for …