Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh says the state will continue to pay for the COVID-19 step-down facility at Brooklyn Settlement, Sangre Grande, for two more months although there are no longer any patients there.
A new Tobago House of Assembly Chief Secretary is expected to be elected today during a special Sitting called by Clerk of the Assembly Cherry Anne Edwards-Louis.
Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh will seek the advice of Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi on whether the wearing of face masks in public should become law.
Religious bodies are all reporting an increase in the amount of desperate people reaching out to them for assistance, as the COVID-19 restrictions and shutdowns have left thousands of families without any income.
Minister of Social Development and Family Service (MSDFS) Camille Robinson-Regis is warning churches across the country that they will be held accountable to God if they misappropriate funds aimed at helping the poor during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hours after police officers stopped the sale of the self-titled “deconstructed” doubles at a gas station and convenience store on Wrightson Road, Port-of-Spain, yesterday, Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith offered an apology to the business place, rescinded the act and allowed sales to resume.
As the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases continues to decrease, Chief Medical Officer Dr Roshan Parasram has admitted that very few people are going to public health centres and emergency departments to get tested for the virus.
Although Agriculture Minister Clarence Rambharat says there is no data to prove many citizens are suffering from “severe hunger,” his theory is being disputed by the leaders of several charitable foundations.
A reported COVID-19 party in Las Cuevas ended in tragedy early Sunday when a Barataria woman lost her life and several others were injured when the vehicle they were returning home in crashed.
Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith says his officers made the right decision to intervene and shut down a food hamper drive at the Living Water Community in Port-of-Spain on Friday.
After over a month of uncertainty, 70 Trinidad and Tobago nationals who had been stranded in Suriname since the closure of this country’s borders on March 22 returned home yesterday.
Any nation that assists Venezuela in avoiding embargoes will face sweeping sanctions imposed by the United States.