Tag Archives: Tobago

COVID-19 cases reach 100 in Trinidad & Tobago

[ad_1] (Trinidad Express) As of Friday night, the Health Ministry reports the following: Number of samples submitted to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) for testing for COVID-19 – 722 Number of samples which have tested positive -100 Number of deaths – 6 Number of persons discharged – 1 The Ministry of Health provides the […]

Covid19 giving extempo a global space

[ad_1] Features Yvonne Webb 7 Hrs Ago Brian London – Gary Cardinez The coronavirus pandemic seems to have given the art of extempo a global space. Extempo Monarch Brian London said a global extempo challenge issued by him and his friend Andrew Baker Jr, who is from St Maarten, has given new life and respect […]

Acting PM enforces ‘stay at home’ order as cases climb to 45

[ad_1] Barbados inched closer to a complete shutdown of the island tonight as Government took its toughest measures to date to try to stem the rapidly growing number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 on island. As a result, from Friday April 3, Barbadians will be confined to their homes except to leave to get money […]

Trinidad-born principal in New York dies from COVID-19

[ad_1] (Trinidad Express) A Trinidad born principal of a school in New York has died from complications caused by the COVID-19 coronavirus. Dezann Romain died in hospital on Monday, according to multiple news reports out of the United Staters. Romain was principal of the Brownsville’s Brooklyn Democracy Academy, a transfer school that serves students who […]

Young responds to ‘abandoned nationals’ claim

[ad_1] News Julien Neaves 5 Hrs Ago National Security Minister Stuart Young. – National Security Minister Stuart Young has responded to a claim that TT has “abandoned all of its citizens abroad” by saying the closure of the country’s borders as part of covid19 prevention measures was a “necessary step”. In a Facebook post, one […]

Trinidad: Freeport pastor stops services, calls off weddings

[ad_1] (Trinidad Guardian) Hours after the pastor of the Bethel ‘The House of God’ in Freeport made the decision to suspend services indefinitely and not proceed with the planned weddings at the church’s compound today, they received a bomb threat.According to information reaching the Guardian Media, sometime after 3 pm yesterday police officers received information […]

UPDATE: Coronavirus tightens its grip on the Caribbean; Haiti joins infected list

[ad_1]   (Source: Buzz Caribbean) –  New cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Haiti and other infected islands have sent the Caribbean confirmed toll skyrocketing to 220 as of 1:29 pm Greenwich Meridian Time (GMT) on Friday (March 20). Of that number, only ten cases have been closed, with two official recoveries in Jamaica […]

Incident involving a Crew Member on Board the M.V. Cabo Star

[ad_1] The Management of the Trinidad and Tobago Inter-island Transportation Company Limited (TTIT) wishes to advise the travelling public that during the 11.00pm sail of the M.V. Cabo Star from Scarborough on Wednesday 18th March 2020, a crew member complained of feeling unwell.  The Ministry of Health was immediately contacted and at 6.15am on Thursday […]

My work speaks for itself — Clarke

[ad_1] HIS backers are certain that he will win handsomely, and Dr Nigel Andrew Lincoln Clarke is riding a wave that will take him across the line in colour and style at the end of the September 3 General Election. That excursion towards another phase of the 48-year-old minister of finance and the public service’s […]