This was the state­ment made by Wendy Du­mas-John in a video as she and oth­er na­tion­als, strand­ed over­seas, lament­ed the fact that they have not been grant­ed ex­emp­tions to en­ter the coun­try but that the Gov­ern­ment will be al­low­ing Caribbean Pre­mier League play­ers to come in­to T&T for the up­com­ing tour­na­ment.

The Trinidad and To­ba­go Me­te­o­ro­log­i­cal Ser­vice (TTMS) has ad­vised that the Sa­hara Dust event this week is ex­pect­ed to be at peak lev­els to­day, Mon­day 13 Ju­ly and to­mor­row, Tues­day 14 Ju­ly 2020.

Two men were ar­rest­ed for at­tempt­ed rob­bery, pos­ses­sion of firearm and am­mu­ni­tion, and a quan­ti­ty of cash seized, fol­low­ing quick work by North East­ern Di­vi­sion, Emer­gency Re­sponse Pa­trol of­fi­cers in the Barataria dis­trict, to­day.

The Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty ad­vis­es cus­tomers and mem­bers of the pub­lic of the open­ing of its Ari­ma Cus­tomer Ser­vice Cen­tre at the new lo­ca­tion of O’Meara Plaza, O’Meara Road, Ari­ma, on Mon­day 13th Ju­ly 2020.

The Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) has is­sued a Miss­ing Per­sons Alert for a 24-year-old woman of Diego Mar­tin.

De­spite be­ing charged with ob­struct­ing work on the Solomon Ho­choy High­way Ex­ten­sion to Point Fortin (SHHEPF) project, High­way Reroute Move­ment (HRM) leader Dr Wayne Kublals­ingh says the group will ap­ply for an in­junc­tion to sus­pend work in Mon De­sir .

In an in­ter­view with Guardian Me­dia on Sat­ur­day, he pre­dict­ed a 55 per cent turnout of the na­tion­al elec­torate.

For­mer Con­gress of the Peo­ple (COP) found­ing mem­ber and leader of the Na­tion­al Coali­tion for Trans­for­ma­tion (NCT) Nali­ni Di­al says suc­ces­sive MPs for Ari­ma have failed the peo­ple of the bor­ough mis­er­ably in ad­dress­ing their on­go­ing is­sues for gen­er­a­tions.

With the dis­so­lu­tion of Par­lia­ment bring­ing the end of Nicole Oliv­erre’s sta­tus as an MP, for­mer Fyz­abad MP Dr Lack­ram Bo­doe says this now presents the Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC) with an op­por­tu­ni­ty to claim the La Brea con­stituen­cy in next month’s gen­er­al elec­tion.

More sup­port­ers of Cou­va North MP Ra­mona Ram­di­al are beg­ging for an ur­gent meet­ing with leader of the Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC), Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar, be­fore Nom­i­na­tion Day.

The Ca­roni East Con­stituen­cy Ex­ec­u­tive for the Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC) has come out in full sup­port of Dr Rishad Seecher­an, who has been cho­sen to con­test the seat for the par­ty in the up­com­ing na­tion­al poll on Au­gust 10th.

Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley has ac­cused the Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC) of buy­ing votes for $300 as part of their at­tempt to en­sure suc­cess in the Au­gust 10 gen­er­al elec­tion.