Regional News

(Trinidad Express) A third police officer has died from the Covid-19 Coronavirus.

(Trinidad Express) – With bed space running out for critically ill Covid-19 patients, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley yesterday afternoon announced the following Covid restrictions to reduce the spread of the virus.

(Trinidad Express) – The Ministry of Education has suspended face to face classes until further notice.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing US$3.8m in further humanitarian aid for people affected by the eruption of La Soufrière volcano on Saint Vincent.

(Trinidad Guardian) The latest update from the Ministry of Health is confirming that 9 more people have been lost to COVID-19, bringing the national death toll to 265—an increase from the 256 reported on Thursday 13 May 2021.

Dominica yesterday celebrated its World Health Organization certification for elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis.

(Barbados Nation) A new COVID-19 Directive will take effect from May 18 through June 7 and there will be an ease in restrictions for more groups.

(Trinidad Guardian) China’s ambassador to T&T Fang Qiu is urging people to follow the science as he seeks to counter misinformation being shared about the Sinopharm vaccine.

(Trinidad Express) A woman who recovered from the Covid-19 virus, died days later.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad and Tobago has received the news that 21 people died in the past 24 hours from the Covid-19 virus.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Black Brazilians demonstrated in the country’s two largest cities yesterday to protest against racism and police violence toward their communities in a local version of the Black Lives Matter movement in the United States, with some accusing the country’s president of genocide.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Pfizer Inc repeatedly offered to sell its COVID-19 vaccine to Brazil’s Health Ministry between August and November last year, but got no answer from the government, Pfizer’s chief executive for Latin America told lawmakers yesterday.

(Jamaica Star) The vehicles of two civilians that were caught up in Monday’s deadly shooting incident on Trafalgar Road in St Andrew were hit by at least six bullets.

(Trinidad Express) A man who police and family members thought was missing has been found in prison.

(Trinidad Express) A second police officer has died from the Covid-19 virus.

(Trinidad Guardian) On April 16, Georgette Rawlins offered herself as a candidate for the University of the West Indies (UWI) credit union’s credit committee.

Marriages of convenience are on the radar of the Department of Immigration in St.

(Trinidad Express) Police found the body of a man in a vehicle at Mayaro yesterday.

(Jamaica Star) A Kingston man allegedly used a machete to trim some of the dreadlocks of a 78-year-old man with whom he had a dispute.

(Barbados Nation) It was smooth sailing for at least four primary schools yesterday at the start of the phased resumption of face-to-face classes.