Paula Lindo Thursday 21 May 2020 The Real Estate Agents Bill, 2020 was approved with amendments in the Senate on Wednesday. The bill, which has 83 clauses, is entitled “An Act to provide for the registration and regulation of real estate agents in order to promote transparency, accountability and integrity in the real estate profession, to … Continue reading
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Senators bring Eid-ul-Fitr greetings (May 21, 2020)
Paula Lindo Thursday 21 May 2020 Eid-ul-Fitr greetings were brought to the nation by members of the Senate on Wednesday following a sitting. Leader of government business Franklin Khan said this year’s Ramadan was one with a difference, as due to public health measures they were not able to congregate and perform iftar. He said he … Continue reading
Opposition Leader credits climate with low covid19 numbers (May 20, 2020)
Paula Lindo Wednesday 20 May 2020 Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar said she believes the climate is responsible for the low numbers of covid19 cases and deaths which have occurred throughout the Caribbean. She said cases and deaths in TT have been slow and few respectively, but it was interesting that the entire Caribbean is in the … Continue reading
Cuban nurses paid allowances (May 20, 2020)
Paula Lindo Wednesday 20 May 2020 Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh said the Cuban nurses who are in TT to help with the response to covid19 will be paid a dislocation allowance. He said this is normal procedure for any citizen who leaves their home to work in another country, whether as part of a government-to-government arrangement … Continue reading
CMO: Reporting takes place within 48 hours (May 20, 2020)
Paula Lindo Wednesday 20 May 2020 Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr Roshan Parasram says reporting of events such as positive cases of covid19 to the World Health Organisation has to take place within 48 hours of the event and has to fall within certain criteria. He said he is the TT International Health Regulations national focal … Continue reading
Animal diseases bill approved in Senate (May 20, 2020)
Paula Lindo Wednesday 20 May 2020 The Animal (Diseases and Importation) (Amendment) Bill 2019 was approved with amendments in the Senate on Tuesday. The bill, which has 37 clauses and over 70 pages, seeks to protect and promote animal health and to prevent the introduction and spread of animal diseases within TT and from other countries; … Continue reading
Kamla: No joy from Hinds’ appointment (May 19, 2020)
Paula Lindo Tuesday 19 May 2020 OPPOSITION Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar said the appointment of Laventille West MP Fitzgerald Hinds to the post of Public Utilities Minister following the resignation of Robert Le Hunte is a holding position for the upcoming election. She said Hinds’ re-appointment to the post, which he held from October 2016 to June … Continue reading
Kamla: Bill can be politically ‘weaponised’ (May 19, 2020)
Paula Lindo Tuesday 19 May 2020 OPPOSITION Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar said the Opposition opposed the Bail (Amendment) (no 2) Bill 2019 because the measures proposed by government could be used as a “weapon” by the ruling PNM going into the general election season. She said it could be used against people not in support of the … Continue reading
Local govt corps clamping down on illegal dumping (May 19, 2020)
Paula Lindo Tuesday 19 May 2020 RURAL development and local government minister Kazim Hosein said the 14 municipal corporations continue to prepare for the upcoming rainy and hurricane seasons. Hosein said his ministry is collaborating with the health ministry and other stakeholders, including the disaster management units of the corporations, to develop additional strategies and precautionary … Continue reading
Debe/Penal facility to be emptied, cleaned (May 15, 2020)
Paula Lindo Friday 15 May 2020 PAULA LINDO After the discharge of the 69 returnees from Suriname later today, the remaining patient at the UWI Penal/Debe campus will be moved to the Cascadia Hotel in St Ann’s. Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh said this will allow cleaning of the step-down facility. He said this will bring the … Continue reading
