Tobago to get covid19 vaccines next week
Wednesday 17 February 2021
Tobago is expected to receive its first tranche of covid19 vaccines by February 25, according to THA Secretary of Health, Wellness and Family Development Tracy Davidson-Celestine.
At the division’s virtual news conference on Tuesday, Davidson-Celestine said, with the vaccine on its way, it brought new hope that the island, and by extension the country, “can work with the rest of the world to beat the covid19 virus.”
She said: “We expect to receive the vaccines no later than the 25th of this month.”
Manager of Primary Care at the Tobago Regional Health Authority (TRHA) Dr Roxanne Mitchell said the first vaccine that would be coming in would be the AstraZeneca one. She said the approach will be contingent on the supply of the vaccine.
Tobago 19 days covid19-free
There are no active covid19 cases in Tobago.
A press release from the THA Division of Health, Wellness and Family Development on Tuesday said no new covid19 cases have been recorded in Tobago, so there are no active covid19 cases on the island.
The release said covid19 deaths in Tobago remain at two. Yhe number of samples submitted to the Tobago Regional Health Authority, the Caribbean Public Health Agency and other local testing sites is 2,819. So far, 155 samples have tested positive.
During the division’s virtual news conference, secretary of the division Tracy Davidson-Celestine said: “Tobago continues to show signs of renewed hope as we continue to man the covid19 pandemic on this island.”
PNM sticks with 15-seat proposal to resolve THA deadlock
PNM Tobago Council political leader Tracey Davidson-Celestine at a recent press conference in Tobago. - Jeff Mayers
THE draft proposal to end the impasse of the deadlock of the Tobago House of Assembly will see an amendment to create 15 seats.
Speaking at the PNM’s General Council meeting at the Government Campus on Saturday, Tobago Council leader Tracy Davidson-Celestine said after years of consultations it was agreed to change the 12 seats to 15 and Tobago had been seeking to have this done for some time. Old people will tell you if you do the same thing over and over and expect different outcome, that is a recipe for madness. This situation tells us we need to make changes if we want to move away from a deadlock from a two-party electoral process in Tobago.
PDP to sue Clerk of the THA
Tuesday 2 February 2021
PDP political leader Watson Duke, front left, and deputy political leader Farley Augustine, front right, talk to the media on Tuesday morning after spending the night at the Assembly Legislature, Scarborough in protest of the Clerk of the Assembly s decision to suspend Monday s sitting. PHOTO BY JEFF K MAYERS -
The Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP) said it has initiated legal action against the office of the Clerk of the THA for failing to properly carry out the process of electing a presiding officer.
The PDP assemblymen, led by the party s political leader Watson Duke, slept in the assembly’s chamber on Monday night in protest against the decision by Clerk of the Assembly Myrna Mc Leod to suspend the meeting without having elected a presiding officer.
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Chief Secretary Ancil Dennis has called for the resignation of all secretaries who did not seek re-election in last Monday s THA election.
In an address on Sunday evening, Dennis acknowledged the unprecedented political turmoil left after the People s National Movement (PNM) and Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP) won six seats each – the first deadlock ever in the 40-year history of the THA.
Dennis lamented that the THA Act allowed the incumbents to remain in office.
He described it as a situation I do not relish.
However, he said, Notwithstanding what the law says, I am prepared to request the resignation of those secretaries who did not seek re-election and were, therefore, replaced as assemblymen.