(Trinidad Express) COVID-19 patients who ended up in the ICU and HDU may take as long as four months to fully recover from the COVID-19 virus, during which symptoms of impaired health such as fatigue and shortness of breath will continue.
(Jamaica Gleaner) As Virgin Atlantic returns to Jamaica, passengers are protected with high-performance pepper filters capable of filtering viruses, says the airline’s local airport manager, Eaton Hubbard.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Charles Edward James, Jamaica’s oldest citizen, has died. He passed away at his Holly Hill home in Darliston, Westmoreland, on Sunday morning.
(Trinidad Guardian) Government will not allow the gas situation to become worse.
(Trinidad Guardian) A mixed Budget bag for another challenging year. Freeze on public sector hiring, VAT on apples and so-called “luxury” foods, curb on vehicle importation, mandatory Property Tax information—and possible WASA and T&TEC rate hikes ahead.
(Trinidad Express) A San Fernando man, described by police as a known gang member, was shot and killed in an incident involving law enforcement officers early yesterday morning.
BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – European Union finance ministers added Anguilla and Barbados to the EU’s blacklist of tax havens on Tuesday and removed Cayman Islands and Oman after they passed the necessary reforms.
LONDON, (Reuters) – A tug-of-war over $1 billion worth of Venezuelan gold stored at the Bank of England took a new turn yesterday as the English Court of Appeal overturned an earlier High Court ruling on who the UK recognised as Venezuela’s president.
(Trinidad Guardian) Finance Minister Colm Imbert said that Trinidad and Tobago is set to become a digital economy.
BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argentina has the world’s highest rate of positive COVID-19 tests, according to Oxford-linked tracker Our World In Data, with nearly six out of 10 yielding an infection, a reflection of low testing levels and loose enforcement of lockdown rules.
(Trinidad Guardian) Starting from January 1, 2021, all citizens who earn $84,000 or less a year will be exempt from income tax.
(Jamaica Gleaner) “I can’t believe he is gone.” Those grim words capture the shock death of Moreen Dwyer’s* 12-year-old son, one of the youngest casualties of the coronavirus’ fatal clutches in Jamaica.
(Jamaica Gleaner) A ‘fix’ is reportedly on the way for almost 300 students of Jamaica College (JC), a local elite all-boys institution, who were left shocked after learning that more than 90 per cent of them failed the July 2020 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) English language exam.
(Jamaica Star) Detectives in St. Ann have arrested two suspected cattle thieves, following a brazen attack on a police team in the parish on Friday, October 2.
(Trinidad Express) A prison officer with just a few months of service was shot and killed outside his home at Princes Town last night.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Dozens of local authorities and state-owned companies in Brazil are facing lawsuits accused of failing to protect workers including doctors and nurses from COVID-19, data obtained exclusively by the Thomson Reuters Foundation has revealed.
BERLIN, (Reuters) – The COVID-19 pandemic could trigger a debt crisis in some countries, so investors must be ready for granting some form of relief that could also include debt cancellation, World Bank President David Malpass was quoted as saying yesterday.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – The final tanker in a flotilla of three Iranian fuel tankers docked at eastern Venezuela’s Guaraguao port yesterday, according to Refinitiv Eikon data and a person familiar with the matter, as President Nicolas Maduro promised to normalize fuel supply in the gasoline-starved country.
(Trinidad Guardian) The UWI Seismic Research Centre (UWI SRC) has confirmed that an earthquake of 5.2 magnitude on the Richter scale occurred yesterday in Trinidad and Tobago.
(Trinidad Guardian) Trinidadian pilot Jensen Kangalee, who is currently stuck in Turks and Caicos Islands, is desperately calling on the Minister of National Security Stuart Young to grant him an exemption as soon as since his funds have all now been depleted and he has to depend on friends and family to support his daily needs.
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