Regional News

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley announced yesterday afternoon that Phase 3 of easing of the Covid-19 restrictions will see the reopening of all retail businesses from tomorrow.

(Barbados Nation) For the first time since the outbreak of COVID-19 in Barbados, there were no new cases confirmed within a one-week period.

(Trinidad Guardian) Trinidad and Tobago has one new case of COVID-19.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Ninety-six Jamaicans who were stranded overseas for months due to border restrictions to stem the spread of COVID-19, have finally returned home and have expressed elation to The Gleaner. 

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil registered a record 33,274 new cases of the novel coronavirus yesterday, its health ministry said, raising the total to 498,440 in a country with one of the world’s worst outbreaks.

(Trinidad Guardian) One in every five vehicles on the nation’s roads is uninsured, according to estimates from the Association of T&T Insurance Companies (ATTIC).

(Jamaica Observer) About 310 more British travellers will be able to return home from Jamaica on a second charter flight organised by the Government of the United Kingdom.

(Jamaica Gleaner) When gunmen invaded her August Town home and started firing indiscriminately at 2 o’clock yesterday morning, senior citizen *Montross Howell jumped out of her bed and turned off the lights, putting the shooters at a disadvantage.

(Trinidad Express) Minister of Education Anthony Garcia announced yesterday that the new school year will open on September 1.

(Jamaica Gleanner) As the Caribbean prepares to reopen borders and rescue battered economies, technocrats from CARICOM member states have been working behind the scenes to craft new protocols for tourists in the COVID-19 era.

HAVANA/NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Ken Hutton is worried Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas where he lives is far from rebuilt after being devastated by Hurricane Dorian last year yet he is bracing for another hurricane season in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Seeking to deter further shipments of Iranian fuel to Venezuela, the Trump administration has quietly warned foreign governments, seaports, shipping companies and insurers that they could face stiff U.S.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Labour and Social Security Minister Shahine Robinson has died after ailing with cancer for some time.

(Trinidad Express) Satyam Harrilal who was sentenced to eight months in prison for impersonating a medical doctor while at the San Fernando General Hospital, would not have had access to treat any patients.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Fifteen-year-old Anchovy High School student Kaylia Pinnock is in desperate need of help to get medical attention for a grade two brain tumour, which has left her facing an uncertain future and plunging her mother, Velma Latchman, into a state of despair.

(Trinidad Guardian) In what was the most vicious attack on the local media by a sitting Prime Minister, Dr Keith Rowley yesterday accused the two largest media companies of not being independent but rather dancing to the tunes of their owners.

(Trinidad Express) He has entertained Trinidad and Tobago, and the world, for decades with his powerful renditions of traditional chutney, bhajans and Indian classical songs.

(Trinidad Express) Businessman Derek Chin has said the Government did not ask him to pick up Krissa Bissoon from The Bahamas.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – President Jair Bolsonaro slammed Brazil’s Supreme Court yesterday for investigating an alleged disinformation and intimidation campaign by his supporters, as a political crisis deepened amid the country’s accelerating COVID-19 outbreak.

(Trinidad Express) An AK-47 assault rifle fitted with a sniper scope and a drum magazine was seized this morning following a shoot-out between the police and a man once dubbed the country’s most wanted.