The plan for opening back up after Covid lockdown

[MaxPower]

Plenty people eh submit nothing, eh doing nothing, and collecting money still.

I voting PNM jus to spite allyuh.

[rexsmith]

Does any one have any updated info on the payment of the salary relief grant

Is it true that only people the sent their application through ttpost are the ones receiving the grant and not the ones that sent it via email?

[eliteauto]

Does any one have any updated info on the payment of the salary relief grant

Is it true that only people the sent their application through ttpost are the ones receiving the grant and not the ones that sent it via email?

No that's not true.

[Tortilla_Man]

Anybody else notice a drop in food quality since food places start back selling? I buy kfc and it was bland with too much chili powder, it didn't even taste like kfc. Wontons was tiny & salty af, royal castle was okay but kinda overfried, bbq was too dry, no salt in the rice and the potatoes in the potato salad was hard and watery. Never really had that experience in those places before but the quality tasted like everything was rushed.

[redmanjp]

^ ppl were complaining about kfc on their FB page- like d oil too new. apparently old oil does taste good.

but i guess those places weren't prepared to open back but i would expect that only the first week- not continuing into the last week

so with most businesses & govt offices opening come Monday we back to traffic on a morning & afternoon

[Dohplaydat]

actually it is true that old oil is a huge contributor to the flavor of friend foods.

[Gladiator]

^ ppl were complaining about kfc on their FB page- like d oil too new. apparently old oil does taste good.

but i guess those places weren't prepared to open back but i would expect that only the first week- not continuing into the last week

so with most businesses & govt offices opening come Monday we back to traffic on a morning & afternoon

Actually there is some truth to the old oil theory... every time you fry something the oil becomes infused with flavors that contribute to the next thing being fried. Chinese restaurants use the oil from frying chicken as a flavoring for other dishes...

[Ben_spanna]

From an economic stand point it makes sense to open malls yes, but cant the beaches be opened back the same way? im pretty sure youre more likely to catch a virus in an enclosed Air conditioned mall and its small stores than an open air beach.. provided that everyone maintains safe distance at the beach and dont go huddling together..

[Redman]

You can regulate volumes of people in the malls-you cannot easily do so on a beach???

[VexXx Dogg]

You can regulate volumes of people in the malls-you cannot easily do so on a beach???

Pretty much

[Rovin]

seems like most businesses in chaguanas open back up today


had my very 1st doubles since d march lockdown , it taste arite ...

[redmanjp]

From an economic stand point it makes sense to open malls yes, but cant the beaches be opened back the same way? im pretty sure youre more likely to catch a virus in an enclosed Air conditioned mall and its small stores than an open air beach.. provided that everyone maintains safe distance at the beach and dont go huddling together..

PM on Saturday said only 5 ppl allowed in a store, otherwise police can shut it down

[Dohplaydat]

From an economic stand point it makes sense to open malls yes, but cant the beaches be opened back the same way? im pretty sure youre more likely to catch a virus in an enclosed Air conditioned mall and its small stores than an open air beach.. provided that everyone maintains safe distance at the beach and dont go huddling together..

Actually it's not based on the environment as you'd think, it's based on the activity that's going on there. For instance, you go to the mall to shop. With food courts closed, limited number of people allowed in stores and limited opening hours, people are less inclined to lime with friends at the mall right now.

It's the mixing of people we're trying to avoid.

Now with beaches, despite it being open air, you are unlikely to go with just a small group. Beach lime is always at least 2 car loads of people who come to lime, eat and drink. There will be less mask-wearing and you're in close proximity to people for at least a couple hours. Hence you'll likely catch whatever they have.

That said, office buildings are perhaps one of the riskiest areas for covid spread, but what is more essential? people be productive and work, go lime at the beach?

[redmanjp]

^they should have told business to allow work from home options just like the public service having alternating schedules

[redmanjp]

so how d traffic was this morning into POS? back to normal?

[K74T]

Mall food courts are open for takeaway.

[redmanjp]

restaurants even though they opened up a couple weeks ago will now get back customers- remember the first week there wasn't as much ppl patronizing them as expected? im guessing most of their customers were ppl working in business places that were shutdown so now that everywhere open up it would be back to normal- assuming d kfc oil get a lil used by now

[toyolink]

Opening back-up and trying to return to normalcy is certainly going to be easier said than done.
The blows citizens and our economy have sustained are real and suffice to say 2020 has been blown away.
The real issue now is about recovery and mitigation of further losses.
Cash flow expectations must now factor in lower gross revenues and serious equity injections to reboot commercial activity.
Individual citizens are going to confront unemployment and reduce wages from under-employment and for those with savings, now is the time this comes into play.
The funny thing about the post shut-down period is that the state may come out with good marks for managing this actual infectious illness but may be faced with the horror of keeping the people reassured and happy that the way forward is in good hands.
This latter imperative if not addressed aggressively could see T&T going into a real tail-spin by Sept-Oct.
I had hoped that the Road-Map committee would have had a preliminary release which could have informed some sense of their thinking and identified priorities.
We got to start looking into the murky future with a view to illuminating a path forward.

[rexsmith]

And when rainy season starts do we leave everyone in a line outside? because lot of places do not have tents.

[toyolink]

And when rainy season starts do we leave everyone in a line outside? because lot of places do not have tents.

Yesterday at Passport office in Chaguanas was a issue that struck me.
A simple problem to solve especially when one considers babies and older folk with the weather either hot like fire or rain about to fall.
Opening up for business must be characterized by 'best-efforts' to assist customers/clients to cope with physical challenges.

[K74T]

[K74T]

Beaches and rivers on the 21st

[Blaze d Chalice]

Hard luck for alyuh who was peacefully working from home, but now have to put up with damn pest who will want to "make a lime" when bar and rumshop open.

I already see 2 of them playing dey sending me message.
My phone might coincidentally stop working around the 20th.

[K74T]

Prime Minister Dr the Hon. Keith Rowley announced further relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions at a media conference at the Diplomatic Center, St Anns today (Saturday 06 June, 2020).

From Monday 08, 2020:
• Hairdressers, barbers, spas and domestic workers will be
allowed to resume operations.
• Public transportation will be allowed to operate at 75 per cent
capacity.

Dr. Rowley announced that houses of worship will be allowed to resume activities from Friday 12 June, 2020.

The Chief Medical Officer will provide guidelines for the resumption of religious services which will include the need for sanitization and social distancing. Worshippers will be required to wear masks to attend services which should not be longer than one hour.

From June 22:

• The public service rotation system will end and all employees
will be asked to return to work on a full time basis.
• All public transport will be allowed to operate at 100 per cent
capacity.
• Access to beaches and rivers will resume
• Bars, gyms, casinos, cinemas and in-house dining will be
allowed to resume operations.
• Sporting activities will be allowed to resume without
spectators.
• 10 persons allowed to congregate

The Prime Minister also announced that a decision will be made in the coming week regarding the date for the Secondary Entrance Assessment exam.

Minister of National Security the Hon Stuart Young announced that over the next seven days, approximately 600 -1000 people are expected to return to Trinidad and Tobago.

Minister Young said 300-400 Trinidad and Tobago students from Barbados and Jamaica to return on June 13th. They will be quarantined at UWI St. Augustine campus in Debe.

Arrangements are being made to quarantine hundreds of returning cruise ship employees on a Royal Caribbean vessel which will dock in local waters. Trinidad and Tobago public health officials will supervise this exercise.

[pugboy]

any word on opening the borders for venes coming in by boat ?

[rspann]

any word on opening the borders for venes coming in by boat ?

It was closed ?

When Murray St opening back ? They have to practice social distancing ?

[redmanjp]

any word on opening the borders for venes coming in by boat ?

It was closed ?

When Murray St opening back ? They have to practice social distancing ?

they have to wear masks but they allowed to flash a lil face from a distance

[pugboy]

any social distancing requirements on the vene pirogues?

any word on opening the borders for venes coming in by boat ?

It was closed ?

When Murray St opening back ? They have to practice social distancing ?

they have to wear masks but they allowed to flash a lil face from a distance

[pugboy]

Just drove around qpsavannah
Coconut vendors still selling long after 8pm as well as the junk food strip
Like they get an exceptions

[Ben_spanna]

Wood brook residents considering taking legal action to keep the bars and places along the avenue closed , imagine how quiet and peaceful it’s been for them, no noise, no noise and physical pollution, I don’t blame them one bit.
I find all the bars should be forced to relocate now...
Stand behind the residents and make Woodbrook a peaceful neighbor hood again ...