Regional News

(Trinidad Express) Golden Grove Prison in Arouca was locked down on Tuesday, as prisoners attempted to escape claiming they were fearful of contracting the COVID-19 coronavirus.

(Trinidad Guardian) Tobago Police are probing the circumstances surrounding the death of a 56-year-old man who died at French Fort, Scarborough on Monday evening after having sexual intercourse with a woman in a WASA vehicle.

(Trinidad Express) A Manzanilla man was killed in a car crash in Sangre Grande on Monday night.

Minister of Health and Wellness Jeffrey Bostic has confirmed that Barbados recorded its first two cases of COVID-19.

(Jamaica Observer) The support Zandriann Maye gave her daughter Jahzan McLaughlin during Sunday night’s audition round of American Idol, was the perfect boost for the 18-year-old Jamaican singer.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidadians are far too complacent when it comes to the COVID-19 pandemic.

(Trinidad Guardian) Emergency isolation mode!   From midnight tonight, non-nationals won’t be allowed entry into Trinidad and Tobago for two weeks, schools will remain closed until April 20 and bars are being asked to close for two weeks to prevent novel coronavirus (COVID-19) spread.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) has presented the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service with a proposal for a stimulus package for the tourism industry amid the global downturn in travel resulting from the novel coronavirus outbreak.

LIMA/ASUNCION/SANTIAGO,  (Reuters) – Countries around Latin America tightened restrictions further yesterday to try to slow the spread of the new coronavirus, with Peru deploying military personnel on the streets, Costa Rica closing borders and Paraguay imposing an effective curfew.

(Trinidad Guardian) Trinidad and Tobago has a fifth confirmed case of coronavirus COVID-19.

SANTO DOMINGO,  (Reuters) – The Dominican Republic has registered its first death from coronavirus, a 47-year-old woman who recently returned from Spain, the health ministry said yesterday.

(Jamaica Star) Track and field athletes Kemar Bailey-Cole and Ristananna Tracey have tied the knot.

(Jamaica Star) A 42-year-old Jamaican man was charged with overstaying his spousal permit when he appeared in a court in Bahamas on Friday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has announced that the country’s borders will be locked down to all outsiders for the next 14 days.

(Jamaica Star) Food and other necessities are reportedly running out in some of the households on Morales Drive in Seven Miles, Bull Bay, which is currently under quarantine.

(Jamaica Observer) New York, USA  – The Jamaican community here is hunkering down and treating the coronavirus pandemic “with the utmost seriousness that the situation deserves”, according to several nationals interviewed by the Jamaica Observer .

(Jamaica Gleaner) An American woman who is expecting to get married in Kingston in a couple of days is feeling the impact of the novel coronavirus as she expressed dismay that none of her bridal party or invited guests would be coming to the wedding.

(Jamaica Gleaner) In quarantine now for 64 days in China, Jamaican teacher Ashley Thompson could now claim rights to being an expert on resiliency and the inner workings of the human spirit.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Bahamas has confirmed its first case of COVID-19.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Businessman Roger Chang has been found murdered in Windsor Castle on the border of Portland and St Mary.