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
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WHO asks UWI to take part in covid19 drug trials (May 1, 2020)
Paula Lindo Friday 1 May 2020 UWI has been approached by the World Health Organization (WHO) to do “solidarity trials” as part of its contribution to the regional effort to deal with the covid19 pandemic. The protocols of these studies are being reviewed by the ethics committees of UWI and the Ministry of Health, which will … Continue reading
No increase in respiratory illness-related deaths (April 28, 2020)
Paula Lindo Tuesday 28 April 2020 Epidemiologist Dr Avery Hinds said the number of respiratory illness-related deaths in the first four months of 2020 do not reflect an uncontrolled release of the covid19 virus into the population. He claimed that the last four months of 2019, showed a higher rate of deaths from respiratory illnesses than … Continue reading
MoH urges media: Present data responsibly (April 27, 2020)
Paula Lindo Monday 27 April 2020 Epidemiologist Dr Avery Hinds is calling on the media to present mortality and other data responsibly. He said data presented in a recent newspaper article was presented without context or analysis, and this was a dangerous way for data to be used. He said processing mortality data is a specialised … Continue reading
Digicel relaunches D’Music app (November 5, 2019)
The relaunch of the D’Music app by Digicel (Trinidad and Tobago) Limited features new features and a new design, addressing some of the concerns raised in the previous version of the app, and including a focus on local content. Artistes in all genres of music are being encouraged to send their music to the company … Continue reading