Regional News

(Jamaica Star) Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced that effective April 1, 2020, from 8 p.m.

(Trinidad Express) Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh said Trinidad and Tobago will soon benefit from the expertise of a group of intensive care nurses from Cuba as the country steps up its fight against COVID-19.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica is to impose a seven-day islandwide curfew effective April 1 as the government seeks to limit the spread of COVID-19.

(Trinidad Express) The Health Ministry’s Chief Medical Officer says the two latest COVID-19-positive victims appear to be the first cases of ‘local spread’.

(Jamaica Observer) Attorney-At-Law Bert Samuels believes that some fines on Jamaica’s books do not reflect the current reality.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The COVID-19 pandemic came into the firing line of a self-confessed “puss” – a woman who admitted to her own sleight-of-hand exploits – as she bemoaned the murder of her stepson, a reputed robber and housebreaker, on March 23.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The police have nabbed a man they allege is the mastermind behind a viral hoax voice note claiming Westmoreland was being placed under a lockdown because of the COVID-19 outbreak.

(Jamaica Star) The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) said it fears an increase in electricity theft due to the economic downturn brought on by the new conoravirus.

(Trinidad Guardian) Since the arrival of COVID-19 on our shores, there has been a steady rise in the sales of sex toys locally, culminating in a massive climax last week, sex therapist Giriraj “Dr Raj” Ramnanan has revealed.

(Trinidad Express) The Health Ministry’s Chief Medical Officer says the two latest COVID-19-positive victims appear to be the first cases of ‘local spread’.

(Trinidad Guardian) Staff at the Hilton Trinidad and Conference Centre in St Ann’s have been temporarily laid off with no pay effective April 1 as the closure of borders in light of COVID-19 pandemic has hit the hotel industry.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley put the country on a war-footing against COVID-19 as he delivered a message from his residence hours before the start of new measures to curb the spread of the virus that has already claimed three lives locally.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – President Jair Bolsonaro visited a market area just outside the Brazilian capital yesterday to press home his case for keeping Latin America’s largest economy ticking instead of locking down activities to combat the spread of the coronavirus.

(Trinidad Guardian)  “If you hear of a plague in a land, then do not go into it.

(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 – 525  Number of samples which have tested positive -78 Number of deaths – 3 Number of persons discharged = 1 The Ministry of Health provides the following update: • Two additional positive cases have been confirmed.

(Barbados Nation) The growing uncertainty and widespread damage being inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing one of Barbados’ oldest companies, Courtesy Garage Ltd to reduce its payroll.

(Trinidad Guardian) A man and a woman were found shot dead in a car yesterday morning when an anonymous caller alerted police in the wee hours of the day to rapid gunfire in the Cunupia area.

(Jamaica Observer) The leadership of the Calvary Baptist Church in Montego Bay, St James, has sought to set the record straight regarding controversy over an advertisement it placed in the media regarding the contribution of tithes and offering during the suspension of church services as a result of the local coronavirus (COVID-19) threat.

(Jamaica Observer) A 26-year-old woman, a first-timer working with a popular cruise liner, is among four Jamaicans stuck at sea as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, but surprisingly she’s quite happy aboard the ship.

(Barbados Nation) So far so good! Public Relations Officer of the Royal Barbados Police Force, Acting Inspector Rodney Inniss, said people complied with the 8 p.m.