(Trinidad Express) As of Friday night, the Health Ministry reports the following: Number of samples submitted to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) for testing for COVID-19 – 722 Number of samples which have tested positive -100 Number of deaths – 6 Number of persons discharged – 1 The Ministry of Health provides the following update:Two additional persons tested positive for COVID-19 – Close contacts of COVID-19 positive patient.
(Jamaica Gleaner) A St Thomas man charged in relation to a 2019 double murder was on Friday offered $800,000 when he appeared before the parish court.
(Trinidad Express) At least four people born in Trinidad and Tobago have died from complications relating to coronavirus disease COVID-19 in New York, a US state now considered the global epicentre of the pandemic.
(Trinidad Guardian) A Ministry of Health map displaying the communities from which confirmed COVID-19 cases came has also revealed how easy it is for those persons, as well as people they may have come into contact with, to spread the virus across the country.
(Trinidad Guardian) Opposition leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar is once again urging the government to ramp up citizen testing for COVID-19.
(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica — Prime Minister Andrew Holness is informing that the government will be extending the closer of the island’s borders for an additional 14 days.
(Jamaica Gleaner) TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY Digicel Group announced a halt to interest payments to bondholders for 30 days, which led the rating agency Fitch to downgrade its bonds to ‘C’.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The country’s mobile testing mechanism were to start rolling out yesterday as the Ministry of Health and Wellness ramps up testing for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
(Barbados Nation) A 24-hour curfew will come into effect for Barbados today as Government continues to fight against the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19).
(Jamaica Gleaner) Popular dancehall artiste Vybz Kartel has lost his appeal against his murder conviction.
(Jamaica Star) Finger-pointing, bad-mouthing, and even threats of arson were hurled at a woman in Clarendon on Thursday after residents learnt that she has tested positive for the new coronavirus – COVID-19.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Controversial entertainer Vybz Kartel and his three murder co-convicts will be vindicated this morning when their appeal ruling is handed down, say two members of the high-level legal team representing the men.
(Reuters) – Oil producer Apache Corp and its joint venture partner Total SA said yesterday that they made their second significant oil discovery of the year in a closely watched area off the coast of South America’s Suriname.
(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley faced the harsh reality mourners now face as only five persons could attend his eldest brother’s funeral on April 2, to prevent the spread of the COVID -19 virus.
(Trinidad Guardian) Although Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says police have no power to shut down banks and supermarkets, Commis-sioner of Police Gary Griffith maintains his officers can intervene in situations where too many people are congregating to save lives during the current “Stay-at-Home” COVID-19 measures.
(Trinidad Guardian) Moving to quell public outcry as the government moves to release 388 prisoners from the nation’s prisons, Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi yesterday assured that all prisoners will be medically checked before any release takes place.
(Trinidad Express) As of yesterday afternoon, the Health Ministry reports the following: Number of samples submitted to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) for testing for COVID-19 638 Number of samples which have tested positive 94 Number of deaths 5 Number of persons discharged 1 The Ministry of health provides the following update: * Four additional persons have tested positive for COVID-19.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The Court of Appeal will on Friday morning deliver its judgment in the Vybz Kartel murder case.
(Jamaica Observer) The Jamaican Government says it is unable to respond to the rescue plea for 36 Jamaican from the Cave Hill, Barbados, campus of The University of the West Indies who have been left stranded on that island after airports here were closed to incoming passengers on March 21 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
(Jamaica Gleaner) As the coronavirus pandemic spreads like a bush fire throughout the United States, several Jamaican healthcare professionals on the front line tell of a brutal grind of attrition that has seen COVID-19 infections creep towards the one-million mark and deaths topping 45,000.
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