Category: Queen’s Park

News Narissa Fraser 6 Hrs Ago A breakdown of active cases in different counties across Trinidad and Tobago. – Graphic courtesy Ministry of Health THE county of Caroni continues to have the most cases of covid19 in the country. This was announced by Chief Medical Officer Dr Roshan Parasram at the Health Ministry’s virtual press […]

News Corey Connelly 2 Hrs Ago Energy Minister Franklin Khan addresses the Trinidad and Tobago Energy Conference at Hyatt, Port of Spain on February 4, 2020. Photo by Jeff K Mayers – Eight months into its second term, the People’s National Movement (PNM) Government has suffered a major blow with the passing of former party […]

News Narissa Fraser 14 Minutes Ago A vial of the AstraZeneca vaccine. – An 81-year-old diabetic and hypertensive man has had his appointment for the covid19 vaccine moved up to next Friday, after first receiving a date in June. The change was made after his daughter’s concerns about when he would get the vaccine were […]

News Andrew Gioannetti 5 Hrs Ago File photo SIXTY-FOUR new cases of covid19 have been reported by the Ministry of Health on Saturday for the previous 24-hour period, the same figure of infections it reported the day before. In its 4 pm covid19 update, the ministry said 64 new cases had been reported for the […]

News Janelle De Souza 2 Hrs Ago Police Commissioner Gary Griffith receives the covid19 vaccine from squadron leader/registered nurse Marvin Bocas at Camp Ogden, St James on Saturday. – Photo by Angelo Marcelle Trinidad and Tobago’s protective services have been given an initial 3,000 doses of covid19 vaccine for frontline workers says Minister of National […]

News Jensen La Vende 9 Minutes Ago Insp Mark Hernandez – INVESTIGATORS probing the deaths of two murder suspects, who died in police custody, are liaising with the Director of Public Prosecutions Roger Gaspard after conducting an identification parade with the head of the Special Operations Response Team Insp Mark Hernandez on Saturday. Investigators told […]

News Yvonne Webb 2 Hrs Ago Energy Minister Franklin Khan, Planning and Development Minister Camille Robinson-Regis and Minister in the Ministry of Finance Allyson West during a news conference at the Office of the Prime Minister in St Clair in September 2018. File photo/Sureash Cholai – LADY vice chairman of the People’s National Movement (PNM) […]

News Narissa Fraser 16 Minutes Ago Energy Minister Franklin Khan. File photo/Sureash Cholai – OPPOSITION Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar said she is saddened by the death of Energy Minister Franklin Khan. Khan died on Saturday morning. In a release shortly after, Persad-Bissessar said she sends condolences to his family, friends and colleagues. “I pray that they […]

News Clint Chan Tack 5 Hrs Ago Hilary Beckles – UNIVERSITY of the West Indies Vice-Chancellor, Professor Hilary Beckles, has called on the Organization of American States (OAS) for co-ordinated, organised global investment in the Caribbean. In a statement, UWI said Beckles made this call on Wednesday during an open dialogue with OAS Secretary General […]

TRINIDAD and Tobago has spent US$ $7,356,767.00, provided in part by the United Nations through TT’s Country Implementation Plan (CIP-TT), on national initiatives related to the achievement of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2020. In a statement, the Planning and Development Ministry said, “Many of the activities were centred around five of the […]

News Elizabeth Gonzales 29 Minutes Ago Education Minister Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly. – A TOTAL of 35,448 students are still without laptops and other devices for online learning. But in revealing this figure, Education Minister Nyan Gadsby-Dolly assured on Friday that help is on the way. She said 26,450 primary school students and 8,998 secondary school […]

News Jensen La Vende 2 Minutes Ago DIVISIONAL heads of the National Security Ministry will receive their covid19 vaccines on Saturday morning at Camp Ogden in St James. In a media release on Friday, the Ministry said, National Security Minister Stuart Young along with acting Chief of Defence Staff, Brigadier General Dexter Francis; Police Commissioner […]