Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley confirmed today that current public health restrictions will stay in place until 11 October, as a means of thwarting the spread of the novel coronavirus. Those measures include: the limiting of public gatherings to five persons, as well as no in-house dining, drinking, contact sport, …
Read More »“Stop looking at race and look at logic’! Griffith defends TTPS response to Bayside party
Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith tried to turn the table on persons critical of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service’s handling of a pool party in Bayside Towers, by suggesting that they were the ones with a ‘hang-up’ on race and class—and not his lawmen. On Sunday, a Bayside resident …
Read More »Deyalsingh suggests Bayside party fell outside health regulations; T&T has 102 new Covid-19 cases
Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh suggested that a pool party at the Bayside Towers in Cocorite, where a group of more than five people were seen frolicking without masks, might fall outside the public health ordinance. Residents said the party-goers within the gated community, refused to disperse when advised to …
Read More »TTPS issue 61 tickets for no masks, two more Covid-19 deaths
The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) issued 61 tickets for failure to properly wear face masks, within 24 hours of receiving ticket books on the weekend. Fifty six of the tickets were handed out by Eastern Division officers with 52 in Mayaro alone. Mandatory use of face masks in …
Read More »34 police recruits test positive for Covid-19, TTPS confirms 32 new cases today
“[…] Tests were conducted on the [police] 42 recruits, with 32 returning positive and the other ten, negative. As a result, the 32 who tested positive have been removed to another part of the UWI campus, while the other ten remain in quarantine…” The following is a press statement from …
Read More »T&T moves to home quarantine for Covid cases, mask legislation and ‘escalated’ TTPS response coming
Chief medical officer Dr Roshan Parasram announced today that the Ministry of Health is entering a new phase in its treatment of Covid-19, with positive patients asked to home quarantine unless ‘moderately or severely ill’. Within the next 48 hours, patients will also be discharged from Covid-19 step-down facilities without …
Read More »Dear editor: Don’t justify ‘cockroach’ slur, commissioner—it is a slippery slope
Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith obviously realised that his use of the word ‘cockroaches’ was at risk of being construed in a racist way. That is why he had to come out to ‘clarify’ his position. [Daily Express, 14/08/2020: ‘Griffith: Tone down race talk’]. But having recognised the danger of …
Read More »‘Absurd, reckless and dangerous’! Griffith slams UNC allegation on TTPS ‘abusing’ St Joseph voters
“So people must break a red light, or drive on the shoulder, or overtake indiscriminately because it is Election Day? That is very absurd indeed. The TTPS will continue to effectively discharge its duties, whether it is Election Day, Carnival, or Christmas. “We have our normal duties to perform and …
Read More »Griffith probes police presence at Charlieville T10 cricket competition, TTPS shuts down four bars
Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith has ordered an investigation into the conduct of police officers attached to the Central Division, after uniformed lawmen were spotted in attendance at a Central T10 cricket match in Charlieville that breached the Public Health (2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCOV) Regulations. Although team sport is still …
Read More »Besson Street police officer among three new Covid cases, 58 positives in 18 days
A Besson Street police officer was one of three persons who tested positive for Covid-19 today. All three cases are ‘pending epidemiological investigation’ and not believed to be linked to a previous patient. The results took Trinidad and Tobago’s tally since the onset of the novel coronavirus to 210 cases, …
Read More »Griffith tests negative for Covid-19, after meeting secondary contact of patient
Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith revealed today that he has tested negative for Covid-19. Griffith, according to a Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) release, was swabbed over the weekend after he met recently with ‘someone who was a secondary contact of another person suspected of being positive for Covid-19’. Griffith …
Read More »Griffith: Health Ministry said Commissioner’s Cup can play with no coaches or subs; so what about CPL?!
“Today, the [Trinidad and Tobago Police Service] received correspondence from the Ministry of Health’s State Counsel 1 indicating that the Commissioner’s Cup can indeed be allowed to proceed but that it must do so with a total of only 25 persons per game. “We are at a loss to understand …
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