Paula Lindo Wednesday 22 April 2020 A healthy worker is a country’s most valuable asset and governments should put health before wealth. These were some of the conclusions from an International Labour Organisation (ILO) webinar titled, The World of Work in the time of COVID-19: An ILO Caribbean High-Level Virtual Roundtable, on Monday. St Kitts and … Continue reading
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Health Minister: Muslims will act responsibly during Ramadan (April 21, 2020)
Paula Lindo Tuesday 21 April 2020 Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh said he is confident that members of the Muslim community will continue to observe social distancing during the month of Ramadan. He said he met with Muslim leaders at a meeting facilitated by Senator Kazim Hosein before TT had its first case of covid19 and at … Continue reading
Deyalsingh: Health Ministry continues to build capacity to deal with covid19 (April 21, 2020)
Paula Lindo Tuesday 21 April 2020 Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh said his ministry continues to build additional capacity to combat the second and third waves of the covid19 pandemic. He said the Arima facility will be operational by Friday. It will house 94 cases in parallel with Caura, for suspect and paediatric cases, and for people … Continue reading
Deyalsingh: ‘I was hacked’ (April 17, 2020)
Paula Lindo Friday 17 April 2020 Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh said his Facebook profile has been hacked. This has happened several times over the past two years, he said. In a Facebook post, a commenter asked him if they “had to listen to these MATT apologies for journalists asking irrelevant, dotish and vexing questions?” In response, … Continue reading
UNC: Government too aggressive over covid19 (April 15, 2020)
Paula Lindo Wednesday 15 April 2020 The United National Congress (UNC) finds it disturbing that Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh “continues to attack” anyone who questions the government’s handling of the covid19 pandemic. In a release, the Opposition said the tone of the government’s press conferences is becoming more aggressive and political when faced with valid questions … Continue reading
Self-employed can apply for social support (April 15, 2020)
Paula Lindo Wednesday 15 April 2020 The Ministry of Social Development and Family Services says self-employed people who are not registered with the National Insurance Board (NIB) can apply for its social support grants through that ministry. Over 4,000 applications have been received and are being processed. The food support, rental assistance and income support grants … Continue reading
MPs busy with food card distribution (April 11, 2020)
Paula Lindo Saturday 11 April 2020 St Augustine MP Prakash Ramadhar says while his constituency office remains open, measures are being taken to protect both the office staff and his constituents. To encourage social distancing, Ramadhar said the office phone numbers are posted so that constituents can call in and get help while minimising direct interaction … Continue reading
TTMA selects new board at virtual AGM (April 9, 2020)
Paula Lindo Thursday 9 April 2020 The TT Manufacturers Association appointed a new board at its 64th annual meeting, which was held virtually on April 8. President Franka Costelloe of Lifetime Solutions retained the post of president, while Ryan Lewis and Tricia Coosal of Coosal’s Group of Companies were appointed vice presidents and Dale Parson of … Continue reading
Gypsy: Artistes to get prize money next week (April 1, 2020)
Paula Lindo Wednesday 1 April 2020 National Carnival Commission (NCC) chairman Winston “Gypsy” Peters said artistes who have not yet been paid their prize money for Carnival 2020 should receive payments next week. He said the NCC had been awaiting its subvention from the government in order to pay artistes. He said the covid19 issue had … Continue reading
Kamla attacks Govt’s covid19 response (March 27, 2020)
Paula Lindo Friday 27 March 2020 Leader of the Opposition Kamla Persad-Bissessar said Government has appointed three of the most incompetent ministers in the history of the PNM as spokespersons during the covid19 crisis. She said they had lulled the people of TT into a treacherous sense of false security over the risk of contracting covid19. … Continue reading
