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File photo: Supt Glen Charles of the Port of Spain Municipal Police as he met with supermarket owners to ensure that stores, shoppers and vendors adhere to covid19 protocol.
On Saturday, the government declared a State of Emergency in Trinidad and Tobago and used those powers to introduce a 9pm-5am curfew.
From an obviously frustrated PM, it was an amplification of his schoolmasterly warnings the week before, the carrot replaced by the stick.
The Government s efforts to coerce the population into appropriate behaviour haven t worked and the SoE is a grim warning of how dire things are and how much worse things seem likely to get.
Regional chamber: Covid restrictions forcing businesses to adapt
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Superintendant Glen Charles of the Port of Spain Municipal Police as he met with supermarket owners in Port of Spain to ensure that stores, shoppers and vendors adhere to covid19 restrictions. - Marvin Hamilton
THOSE who do not adapt, will die.
According to co-ordinator of the Confederation of Regional Business Chambers, Jaishima Leladharsingh, businesses that are swiftly adapting are not engaging in “smartmanism” but fighting for survival.
The confederation is a conglomerate of some 14 chambers of commerce that include the Supermarkets Association, Petroleum Dealers Association and the Yachting Services of TT.
Police close crowded supermarket, block off promenade
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Employees from the Port of Spain Corporation employess place barriers around the Brian Lara Promenade in Port of Spain on Saturday, to prevent citizens from gathering. - Angelo Marcelle
POLICE on Saturday were forced to use their heavy hand and temporarily closed a supermarket after customers failed to comply with covid19 protocols issued for supermarkets.
Wes Bees Supermarket in Diego Martin was temporarily shut down after a video circulated on Facebook with complaints of overcrowding outside the grocery.
Supermarkets operators have urged for only one shopper per family to reduce crowds and can only allow half of the number of people it can accommodate at any one time in keeping with new health protocols which came into effect on Saturday.