No delay in releasing covid19 bodies
News Elizabeth Gonzales 5 Hrs Ago Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh has said there is no delay in the release of the bodies of covid19 fatalities to relatives and funeral homes owing to a shortage of PCR tests. Responding to question in the Senate on Wednesday about a delay caused by […]
Fuel-price protest affects school turnout
News Rhianna Mc Kenzie An Hour Ago General secretary of the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha (SDMS) Vijay Maharaj – The protests headed by leader of the UNC opposition Kamla Persad-Bissessar at nearly 30 points across the country on Tuesday affected the number of students who turned out on the day schools physically reopened. Speaking to […]
George Gordon First Nation announces 14 potential unmarked burial sites at former Sask. residential school
WARNING: This story contains distressing details. Leaders of George Gordon First Nation in Saskatchewan announced Wednesday that 14 potential unmarked burial sites had been found close to the site of the former Gordon’s Indian Residential School. George Gordon First Nation’s chief and council and the band’s residential school cemetery committee announced the results of a geophysical […]
Pan arranger, musician, educator Desmond Waithe dies
News Melissa Doughty 48 Minutes Ago In this file photo, Desmond Waithe, artistic director, leads the band Exodus. – Many who knew Desmond Waithe, 77, referred to him as “Uncle Desmond,” and so many mourned when news of his death was shared on Wednesday. The noted steelband arranger, chorister, educator and University of Trinidad and […]
Freeland joins finance leaders in G20 walkout over Russian invasion of Ukraine
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland joined officials from other national governments in a walkout at a G20 meeting Wednesday when the Russian delegation spoke at the event. In a tweet Wednesday afternoon, Freeland — who is in Washington, D.C. for the meeting of finance ministers and central bank chiefs — said Russia “should not be participating or […]
Excitement as face-to-face classes resume in Tobago
News Kinnesha George Just Now Signal Hill Government Primary School student Kimani Smith, 11, gets a hug from her mother Christine Smith before her first day of face-to-face classes on Wednesday. – David Reid Physical classes resumed for term three at schools across Tobago on Wednesday. After two years of face-to-face learning, there was a […]
Doug Ford’s pre-election promises add up to more than $10B so far
With the start of Ontario’s election campaign still two weeks away, Premier Doug Ford’s government has announced more than $10 billion in spending, fee rebates and tax cuts since early March and could unveil even more in next week’s provincial budget. Ford and his ministers have rolled out the promises in a flurry of campaign-style […]
Debe woman, Moruga man murdered hours apart
News Laurel V Williams An Hour Ago Sita Jagessar A Debe woman and a Moruga man were murdered hours apart in their homes in south Trinidad on Tuesday. Sita Jagessar, 62, of Clarkia Drive, was found with a chop wound to her head in her living room around 3.30 pm. A relative found the body […]
Canada’s inflation rate jumps to new 31-year high of 6.7%
Canada’s inflation rate rose to 6.7 per cent in March, far more than economists were expecting and a full percentage point higher than February’s already 30-year high. Statistics Canada reported Wednesday that the inflation rate is the highest it has been since 1991, when the GST was implemented. More to come.
Man’s body found in Aripo
News Jensen La Vende One Minute Ago File photo. THE body of a man yet to be identified was found down a precipice at the Heights of Aripo on Tuesday afternoon.Police said a man was power-walking in the area and noticed the smell of decay at about 4.34 pm. He followed the scent and found […]
Former top commander Vance acknowledges sexual relationship with subordinate in court document
Retired general Jonathan Vance has acknowledged he was in a sexual relationship with a subordinate while he was the chief of defence staff, after having denied the allegations in past. In an agreed statement of facts recently filed in court, Vance also confirmed he had one child with the woman, Maj. Kellie Brennan. Brennan, a staff officer at […]
Jogger finds decomposing body in Heights of Aripo
News Shane Superville 2 Hrs Ago File photo. Homicide detectives are trying to identify the decomposing body of a man that was found off a precipice in the Heights of Aripo on Tuesday afternoon. Police said a man was jogging in the area at around 4.35 pm when, on reaching LP 42, he noticed a […]