- 20 June, 2025
GOVT BUILDS $133 M CAR PARK WHILE HEART PATIENTS DYING
PATIENTS are dying of heart problems while the Rowley Government has failed to deliver on a 2019 promise to construct a laboratory to carry out life-saving measures.
RICH GET RICHER, POOR GET HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
In its brand-new report, the Pan-American Health Organisation (PAHO) said the T&T crisis – 25.8 per cent prevalence – is worse than in the rest of the Caribbean.
DOUBLE PAIN OF OUR CANCER PATIENTS
A FEMALE police officer recently pleaded in the media for money for cancer surgery. A few days earlier, another national, a mere teenager, died at a hospital halfway around the world, where he had flown for urgent cancer care.
ROWLEY FEARS SPAT WITH DUKE!
PRIME Minister Dr. Keith Rowley declined to issue a vaccine mandate to public officers because he did not want a spat with Public Services Association (PSA).
Such a public dispute would have boosted the public profile of PSA President Watson Duke ahead of the forthcoming Tobago House of Assembly (THA) election.
NOW DEYALSINGH A SWOLLEN TESTICLES STAR TO THE WORLD
THE sensational Nicki Minaj claim of Covid-19 vaccine causing the swelling of a cousin’s friend testicles has turned Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh into a global man-of-the-moment.
From CNN to BBC to news channels, newspapers and online publications are quoting Deyalsingh on the outlandish matter.
COMING: NEW-AGE GOBAR
COW dung, also called gobar, could soon come through potty-trained cows.
Several developed countries are looking at potty-training cows as one means to reducing methane, which are harmful to the environment.
VACCINE RULES FOR T&T?
In T&T, Rowley is facing opposition from some unvaccinated people in both the public and private sectors.
The teachers’ union has opposed proposed regulations to mandate vaccinations for the school community.
A trade union has threatened legal action against Republic Bank’s directive that corporate clients send only vaccinated representatives to do business.
There are vocal opponents of the Covid-19 jab on social media, with some arguing that the vaccination infringes their democratic rights and could affect their health.
POLITICAL COVID ROW IN SANDO WORSENS
South-West Regional Health Authority (SWRHA), which denied permission for vaccines to be administered at Gulf View Community Centre, granted approval for a similar exercise at Fonclaire Pan Theatre in the southern city.
The Gulf View initiative was organised by Opposition Senator Jayanti Lutchmedial.
HAS T&T PEAKED WITH VOLUNTARY COVID JABS?
HAS T&T PEAKED WITH VOLUNTARY COVID JABS?
WITH only about 30 percent of the population having received both doses, Trinidad and Tobago may have maxed out on voluntary Covid-19 vaccinations.
POLITICS IN CANCELLATION OF GULF VIEW COVID VACCINES?
Rabindra Moonan, former Deputy Mayor of San Fernando, said the cancellation “is nothing short of an affront and an insult to the efforts of the Minister of Health, who has been working tirelessly to ensure the entire population is vaccinated.”
Moonan questioned whether the preparations would have been aborted if they had been initiated by San Fernando West Member of Parliament Faris Al Rawi.
