Regional News

(Trinidad Express) There has been a spike in the number of domestic violence cases in the country and Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith is warning perpetrators.

(Barbados Nation) Trinidad and Tobago has again refused to take its 33 nationals who are stranded here.

(Trinidad Express) National Security Minister Stuart Young has announced the cancellation of a residential patrol plan which was expected to begin on Monday, at a cost of $87,000 per patrol.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – From the seafront capital Havana to the foothills of the Sierra Maestra mountains, Cubans are defying fear of the new coronavirus to search for food as global trade disruptions worsen shortages of basic goods on the Caribbean island.

(Trinidad Guardian) Some 919 persons have been tested, thus far, for COVID-19 infection in Trinidad and Tobago.

(Jamaica Star) Popular dancehall artiste, Dexta Daps has been arrested. The details surrounding his arrest are not yet known but THE STAR understands that the entertainer is being held at the Hunt’s Bay police station.

(Jamaica Star) Kari Douglas, councillor for the Trafalgar Division in South East St Andrew, has been charged for breaching the COVID curfew and disorderly conduct.

(Jamaica Star) Shay Townsend is COVID-19 free. The 35-year old Jamaican, who has been living in Italy for six years, tested positive for the coronavirus on March 16 and endured the agony of isolation, the pain associated with the disease, and the fear of death.

(Jamaica Star) Opposition Leader Dr Peter Phillips, who has been diagnosed with stage 3 colan cancer, said the decision was made to rush his recent operation because of the COVID-19 crisis.

(Trinidad Guardian) Trinidad and Tobago’s main business chambers are calling on the Government to help them save jobs by implementing a tax credit on salaries for companies that do not make any profit over the next three months.

(Trinidad Express) As of Tuesday afternoon, the Health Ministry reports the following: Number of samples submitted to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) for testing for COVID-19 878 Number of samples which have tested positive 107 Number of deaths 8 Number of persons discharged 1 The Ministry of Health provides the following update: ● One additional person has tested positive for COVID-19 – Contact of person positive with COVID-19.

(Trinidad Express) Government has hired four private security companies to provide mobile security patrol services in residential districts on a 24-hour basis throughout Trinidad during the period April 6 to May 5, in the first instance.

(Barbados Nation) Barbados has recorded the third death from COVID-19. Head of Infectious Diseases at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Dr Corey Forde, said the 95-year-old male died at 3 a.m.

(Barbados nation) Five Barbadians in New York died of the coronavirus on Monday, reported Barbados’ Consul General Mackie Holder.

(Jamaica Observer) Two Jamaicans who went to the United Kingdom during the Windrush era and became church leaders in Wolverhamption died 24 hours apart after contracting the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Birming-hamLive newspaper reported on Monday.

(Trinidad Express) As of Tuesday afternoon, the Health Ministry reports the following:Number of samples submitted to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) for testing for COVID-19 878 Number of samples which have tested positive 107 Number of deaths 8 Number of persons discharged 1The Ministry of Health provides the following update: One additional person has tested positive for COVID-19 – Contact of person positive with COVID-19.

(Trinidad Express) Private medical labs across Trinidad and Tobago are now being encouraged to begin performing tests for the COVID-19 coronavirus.

(Jamaica Observer) Two Jamaicans who went to the United Kingdom during the Windrush era and became church leaders in Wolverhamption died 24 hours apart after contracting the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the BirminghamLive newspaper reported yesterday.

(Jamaica Star) A 47-year old taxi operator from Ocho Rios, St Ann was slashed in his face by a knife-brandishing man because he dared to sneeze as the man walked by.

(Jamaica Gleaner) They came so close, some reportedly became emotional. It was the first time in 21 days that a group of 45 Jamaican ship workers aboard the Marella Discovery 2 were seeing land, and it was capital city Kingston.