Anglican Archbishop Rev Bishop Claude Berkley
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Stuart Young MP, National Security Minister.
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Inter-American Development Bank headquarters in Washington, D.C. (Image courtesy IDB)
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From left to right - High Commissioner of Canada to Trinidad and Tobago His Excellency Kumar Gupta; Minister of National Security the Honourable Stuart R. Young M.P.; Minister of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs Senator Dr. the Honourable Amery Browne; and Deputy Director of the International Affairs Unit, Ministry of National Security Mr. Richard Lynch. They met on Tuesday 15 December 2020, at the Ministry of National Securitys Head Office at Abercromby Street, Port of Spain. (Image courtesy Ministry of National Security)
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Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley.
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National Primary Schools Prinicipal Association President Lance Mottley.
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Although COVID-19 vaccines have been made available abroad, Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh says people returning to T&T are still required to do a negative Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test and undergo quarantine. He said the policy position regardless of an individual’s immunisation status has not been changed.
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Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh.
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In anticipation of receiving its first batch of COVID-19 vaccines in the first quarter of 2021, local health authorities are busy preparing facilities for its storage and distribution.
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for country’s around the world hosting migrants, to ensure those migrants are very much involved in any COVID-19 response and recovery efforts.
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IATA (Miami) — The International Air Transport Association (IATA), the Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA), Airports Council International Latin America and the Caribbean (ACI-LAC) and the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO), are jointly reaching out to governments in Latin America and the Caribbean to ensure that employees in the aviation sector are considered as essential workers during the impending COVID-19 vaccine campaign.
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Stuart Young MP, National Security Minister.
National Security Minister Stuart Young is reminding the country that national borders have not yet been reopened by the Government.
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IDB — Today, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) announced that it will mobilize $1 billion to help Latin American and Caribbean countries acquire and distribute COVID-19 vaccines.
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The latest update from the Ministry of Health is confirming 17 new positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of active cases in the country to 564 patients.
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From left to right - High Commissioner of Canada to Trinidad and Tobago His Excellency Kumar Gupta; Minister of National Security the Honourable Stuart R. Young M.P.; Minister of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs Senator Dr. the Honourable Amery Browne; and Deputy Director of the International Affairs Unit, Ministry of National Security Mr. Richard Lynch. They met on Tuesday 15 December 2020, at the Ministry of National Securitys Head Office at Abercromby Street, Port of Spain. (Image courtesy Ministry of National Security)
Both Minister of National Security Stuart Young MP and Minister of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs Senator Dr. Amery Browne, have met with High Commissioner of Canada to Trinidad and Tobago, His Excellency Kumar Gupta, concerning the return of Trinidad and Tobago nationals employed on agricultural farms in Canada.
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Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley.
Nervous about what the next two weeks will bring in terms of the COVID-19 statistics as there is increased movement between the two islands during this holiday period, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley appealed to Trinidadians on vacation to keep their numbers small.
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The latest update from the Ministry of Health is confirming 16 new positive cases of COVID-19—of which three are from Tobago—bringing the total number of active cases in the country to 708 patients.
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File picture Inmates at the Maximum Security Prison in Arouca.
Visits will resume at all the nation's prisons from tomorrow, with the exception of the Claxton Bay Correctional Facility, according to an advisory issued by the Trinidad and Tobago Prison Service.
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National Primary Schools Prinicipal Association President Lance Mottley.
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While face-to-face classes may be the best preparation for students set to write national and regional examinations in 2021, there are still some concerns about children adhering to the COVID-19 guidelines.
That is at least for primary school students. National Primary Schools Principals' Association (NPSPA) president Lance Mottley told Sunday Guardian that the Government's decision to reopen schools to Standard Five pupils in February was one of several proposals his members made to the Ministry of Education. During Saturday's Office of the Prime Minister's media conference, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley announced that schools would reopen virtually for the school population on January 4. Once the COVID-19 numbers are acceptable in the following month, the Government may allow students sitting the Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) back in schools. It would be the same for secondary schools students preparing for the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination.
Mottley said physical classes was the best preparation for the younger students. However, the NPSPA understands there is a risk in bringing them back out.
"Our main challenge is physical distancing among the students, particularly during the break time and lunchtime, so I think there are other logistics to work out. We also made other kinds of proposals in cases where there might be in large school population for students to attend on a rotational basis so that we can better control the numbers during break time and lunchtime. The only way we can know is to try and see if it can work. It will be different this time as there are additional arrangements," Mottley said.
On March 13, Rowley ordered the closure of all places of learning for one week, a day after the Ministry of Health confirmed T&T's first COVID-19 case. As the caseload increased, schools remained closed. On July 20, the Ministry of Education allowed approximately 19,000 SEA students back into schools. Within days, infected students began showing up in the school system.
Back then, Chief Medical Officer Dr Roshan Parasram said it was difficult for young children to social distance and Mottley admitted it was a challenged for school staff to keep children apart. It led to the T&T Unified Teachers' Association to call on the Ministry of Education to hire school monitors. TTUTA president Antonia De Freitas was unavailable for a comment Saturday.
As stakeholders prepare for the possible physical reopening of schools, Mottley said the COVID-19 situation remains fluid, making it hard to make medium or long-term plans. He said principals would continuously assess the school setting and if necessary, request additional resources from the ministry.
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Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh.
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Stuart Young MP, National Security Minister.
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Inter-American Development Bank headquarters in Washington, D.C. (Image courtesy IDB)
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From left to right - High Commissioner of Canada to Trinidad and Tobago His Excellency Kumar Gupta; Minister of National Security the Honourable Stuart R. Young M.P.; Minister of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs Senator Dr. the Honourable Amery Browne; and Deputy Director of the International Affairs Unit, Ministry of National Security Mr. Richard Lynch. They met on Tuesday 15 December 2020, at the Ministry of National Securitys Head Office at Abercromby Street, Port of Spain. (Image courtesy Ministry of National Security)
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Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley.
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File picture Inmates at the Maximum Security Prison in Arouca.
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National Primary Schools Prinicipal Association President Lance Mottley.
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