A full lock­down will be in ef­fect for this week­end as the Gov­ern­ment moves to clamp down on any pub­lic gath­er­ing held to com­mem­o­rate Labour Day.

Gov­ern­ment as­sets could be used as an al­ter­na­tive so­lu­tion to ease the strain on the Na­tion­al In­sur­ance Board (NIB) giv­en the co­nun­drum of an age­ing pop­u­la­tion fac­ing the in­sur­ance scheme.

Des­per­ate to get the T&T Pro League ac­tive again, a re­quest has been made to the Min­istry of Health for vac­cines for all of its mem­bers, com­pris­ing club mem­bers and oth­er staff to be vac­ci­nat­ed in an­tic­i­pa­tion of a start soon.

Yes­ter­day, Trinidad and To­ba­go cit­i­zens re­ceived the news that fish­er­man An­drew Vol­man had died at the hands of pi­rates op­er­at­ing in the wa­ters off our south-west­ern penin­su­la. Vol­man’s body washed ashore yes­ter­day, two days af­ter he and a col­league were thrown over­board by pi­rates who stole their ves­sel in the Gulf of Paria, off La Brea. It was the third time in a week fish­er­men had been at­tacked, and just shy of three years since sev­en Or­ange Val­ley fish­er­men were killed by pi­rates. Each in­ci­dent leads to re­newed calls for bet­ter pro­tec­tion of our coastal wa­ters by the T&T Coast Guard. It has been a re­peat­ed cry giv­en that Venezue­lan pi­rates seem to be rou­tine­ly op­er­at­ing in our wa­ters with im­puni­ty.