Regional News

(Trinidad Express) After more than 50 years in service to his community, Dr Maniram Rampaul of Rio Claro passed away on Monday afternoon at the Couva Hospital.

(Trinidad Guardian) T&T has recorded the deadliest day for the COVID-19 pandemic to date.

(Trinidad Guardian) The mornings after nights of tragic deaths are quiet at the Augustus Long Hospital as doctors and nurses feel the pain of losing another patient.

(Trinidad Guardian) A man from Sangre Grande was killed in a drive by shooting yesterday morning.

(Trinidad Express) A man who allegedly raped a13-year-old runaway girl seven times has been placed on $300,000 bail.

(Trinidad Guardian) “Commendable.”   This is how chairman Robert Bermudez has described the Massy Group’s performance for the second quarter of its financial year which ended Mach 31, 2020.

(Trinidad Guardian) Finance Minister Colm Imbert yesterday listed TT$5 billion worth of help the Government has given to citizens to deal with the adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

(Trinidad Express) The Ministry of Works and Transport wishes to advise the general public that all Licencing Offices nationwide will be closed until May 23.

(Trinidad Express) At least 1 million Trinidadians need to be vaccinated to achieve herd immunity from COVID-19.

(Trinidad Guardian) A salary relief grant for the month of May will be made available for people who have lost the jobs during this period because of the restrictions put in place to stop the spread of COVID-19, Finance Minister Colm Imbert has said.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Minister of Health is responding to the statements made by the UNC Member of Parliament Dr.

(Trinidad Guardian) A selfless and dedicated doctor, whose main objective was always to deliver quality health care to his patients, even at the risk of his own life, died yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) – The Ministry of Health yesterday said it has recorded 7 additional COVID related deaths.

(Barbados Nation) – A major Barbados insurance industry merger pursued since 2019 has been completed.

(Trinidad Guardian) The first days of May have already produced more than half the total number of COVID-19 patients in all of April.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says Trinidad and Tobago is on the brink of losing control of the management of the Covid-19 pandemic, and that he was “personally and officially” disappointed in the response of the population.

(Trinidad Guardian) A Siparia father and son have both died of COVID-19 as 38-year-old Nigel Ramkalawan and his 66-year-old father Premnath succumbed to the virus just hours apart.

(Trinidad Guardian) Newsday staffers are mourning the death of their colleague, Jennifer Mahadeo, who succumbed to COVID-19, three days after her father also died from the virus.

(Trinidad Express) Government has moved to close more businesses as the country attempts to slow the movement of people in an effort to slow the spread of the Covid-19 virus which is infecting and killing at an unprecedented rate.

(Trinidad Guardian) With a total of 79 police officers testing positive for COVID-19 and 481 others on quarantine, police officers are now saying they are fearful of arresting Venezuelan migrants because of the spread of the virus and the Brazilian variant.