NEWS
UWI students, cruise ship workers to return
Over 300 cruise ship workers and hundreds of University of the West Indies (UWI) students will return home to TT within the next week. TT’s borders were closed at midnight on March 22 to curb the spread of covid19. "We are very sympathetic and we have a lot of empathy for all our nationals who are outside of TT, believe me. We are getting thousands of requests, and we as a Government understand the difficulty that each family is facing as they try to get their family member who is outside back in," Minister of National Security Stuart Young said at a media briefing, on Saturday. Over the next week, 600 to 1,000 nationals will return. Read more here
Mixed moods among barbers, hairdressers
Hairdressers, beauty technicians, spa operators and barbers, among other professionals, will be returning to work today, as announced by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley at Saturday’s media briefing. In anticipation of the reopening of his shop, barber Keyv Young of Q-Styler Barbering and Skincare, in Barataria, was one of many people who spent yesterday sanitising and cleaning their office. According to Young, the last two months of closure have been extremely difficult. Read more here
POLITICS
JTUM trying to salvage Labour Day, NATUC to celebrate spirits
In an ordinary year, the trade union movement would have been gearing up for the annual June 19 Labour Day celebrations in Fyzabad. However, the covid19 pandemic has put the world on hold, including celebrations to mark the contribution of ordinary working class men and women to the development of TT. The Joint Trade Union Movement (JTUM), which has cancelled most of its planned activities, was busy working out a strategy to salvage some kind of celebration. Ozzi Warwick, executive member of the Oilfield Workers Trade Union (OWTU), which is a member of JTUM and the leading union in Labour Day celebrations, told the Newsday on Friday, “There will be a celebration of Labour Day.” Read more here
BUSINESS
Credit rating downgrades – the other wave
The Covid-19 pandemic along with the oil price shock have driven volatility across asset classes and markets. Read more here
REGIONAL
‘Gruesome!’ - Family Stunned At Grisly Murders Involving Soldier, Boyfriend, And Infant
An army tag with the words ‘Love Tyler Forever’, said to be the property of Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) graduate Lexton Clayton, was the sole evidence found by a relative, confirming fears the military woman had met her demise. The bodies of Clayton, 22, who had not been seen since early Saturday; her two-year-old son, Tyler; and the child’s father, 28-year-old Kimani Taylor, were all found burnt beyond recognition yesterday. The charred remains were discovered deep in bushes near Pear Tree River in Port Morant. An autopsy is to be done to determine the cause of death. Read more here
GECOM wraps up recount
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), on Sunday completed the national recount of ballots cast at the 2020 General and Regional Elections with the tabulation process of said ballots likely to be completed today. Sunday saw the completion of recount of the remaining 74 ballot boxes adding to a total of 2, 339. Meanwhile, the tabulation process was pegged on Sunday at 2,325 for the general elections and 2,244 for regional. Read more here
INTERNATIONAL
American police shoot, kill and imprison more people than other developed countries. Here's the data
That's the message from many of the protesters who have filled American cities for nearly two weeks, demanding justice for the death of George Floyd and seeking to end a litany of police killings of black Americans. The protests have rippled across the United States and throughout the world, with activists streaming through the streets of many capital cities in solidarity with the movement. Read more here
No new virus deaths in Scotland for second day in a row
No new coronavirus deaths have been reported in Scotland in the last 24 hours, the second day in a row the figure has remained the same, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said. Speaking at the daily coronavirus briefing in Edinburgh, Sturgeon said a total of 2,415 patients have died in Scotland after testing positive for coronavirus, no change on the previous day's figure. Read more here
8th June 2020