MFO: T&T divided on vaccines; only 35% want jab coverage of minister’s death spread doubt
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MFO: T&T divided on vaccines; only 35% want jab coverage of minister’s death spread doubt
Only 35% of persons interviewed by Markets Facts and Opinions (MFO) have expressed their willingness to be vaccinated for Covid-19, with 20% uncertain and 45% against taken the jab.
The survey, which focuses on the ‘national perception of vaccines’ and was conducted between 14 April and 3 May, polled 973 persons via telephone and online interviews and attempted to match the distribution of the population using key demographic variables such as ethnicity, location, age and gender.
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THE funeral of late energy minister Franklin Khan will be held next week Saturday, his wife Laura Sewlal-Khan told Newsday on Thursday. The funeral is planned for May 8. Now that we are on lockdown, changes will have to be made, but the funeral will take place as planned.
Newsday asked Minister of Communications Symon de Nobriga if the Government would afford Khan an official funeral.
He replied, The matter is before the Cabinet, and I don’t think there would be any member of Cabinet that would not be in favour of that.
28 April 2021 15:24 GMT Updated 28 April 2021 15:54 GMT in London
Trinidad & Tobago’s deep-water round could face some additional delay following the recent death of energy minister Franklin Khan.
Khan, who died suddenly on 17 April, was known to have had a history of heart problems.
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His position was taken by former national security minister Stuart Young, breaking with a recent tradition of appointing from within the ranks of the Energy Ministry.
Young, who has a background in law, has not yet commented on whether he intends to stick to Khan’s agenda for concluding a delayed deep-water licensing round before the end of 2021.
Noble: The riddle of Khan, Young, and Hernandez; and what it says about our desired leaders
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Noble: The riddle of Khan, Young, and Hernandez; and what it says about our desired leaders
‘Dislike of an individual is material in politics. Someone with an unlikeable persona may be unelectable in a diverse national contest… by contrast, good governance requires honest treatment of the business issues…’ (Martin Daly, November 2020).
This Daly quote is relevant when considering the recent cabinet reshuffle in the light of Minister Franklin Khan’s passing and the plight of SORT head Mark Hernandez.