(Trinidad Guardian) While Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley’s administration battles to secure Trinidad and Tobago against the COVID-19 crisis, he’s admitted to continuing to be a troubled parent since his daughter is in COVID “Ground Zero” in New York.
(Trinidad Guardian) Citizens of this county who lose their jobs as a result of the measures being put in place to curb the spread of COVID-19 will be able to access a Salary Relief Grant of $1,500 a month for the next three months, Finance Minister Colm Imbert announced yesterday.
(Jamaica Gleaner) As the world mourns the death of late superstar Kenny Rogers, producer of the Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival Walter Elmore remembers the American singer-songwriter as a fabulous human being to work with.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Prime Minister Andrew Holness has extended the time for schools to remain closed until the end of Easter, as the Government maintains measures to contain the spread of COVID-19.
(Jamaica Star) Dancehall artiste Elephant Man and actor and night club operator Garfield ‘Bad Boy Trevor’ Reid will have to answer to various charges in court stemming from separate COVID-19 related incidents.
(Trinidad Guardian) There’s no way home for a group of Trinidad and Tobago nationals now stranded in Suriname after this country shut down its borders on Sunday in an attempt to control COVID-19 here.
(Trinidad Guardian) Of the 51 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Trinidad and Tobago, only one patient is in an Intensive Care Unit while five are warded at the High Dependency Unit at the Couva Hospital.
(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Government has introduced additional restrictive safety measures for the country, as the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases jumped by two, and with the onset of community spread.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was forced yesterday to walk back a decree letting companies suspend pay to workers amid the coronavirus pandemic, following barbs from congressional leaders and rising discontent over his handling of the crisis.
(Reuters) – Curacao is pursuing a $162 million arbitration claim against Venezuela’s state-run PDVSA oil firm over its management of the island’s oil refinery, an executive of Refineria di Korsou said yesterday.
(Jamaica Star) Dancehall artiste, Elephant Man , whose given name is Oneil Bryan, has been charged with breaches of the Immigration Act.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Actor and director Garfield Reid, more popularly known as ‘Bad Boy Trevor’, has been taken into custody after cops reportedly raided a pool party being held at a house on Plantation Drive, in Plantation Heights, St Andrew last night, law enforcement sources revealed.
(Jamaica Star) The daughter of dancehall artiste Tommy Lee Sparta was shot and injured during a gun attack in the community of Flanker, St James, on Sunday afternoon.
(Jamaica Star) Jamaican students who are studying overseas are now facing the wrath of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
(Jamaica Gleaner) Scores of Jamaicans who are on an overseas work programme were forced to leave behind the goods and appliances they were stockpiling to take back home as they were informed at very short notice that they had just hours to leave the United States if they wanted to get home for Saturday’s midnight closure of all borders to incoming passengers.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Michelle Ally, 48, is from Westmoreland, Jamaica, and her only job in the United States for the past 18 years has been working as a nursing assistant at a 60-bed caregiving home in the Mount Vernon-Westchester area of New York City.
(Trinidad Express) Three days after she left this country on March 8, a Trindadian national residing in Canada developed COVID-19-like symptoms and has been tested and is awaiting the results.
(Trinidad Express) Hundreds of Trinidad and Tobago citizens made a desperate dash to return home yesterday before the borders were officially closed at midnight.
(Trinidad Guardian) As the Trinidad and Tobago economy begins to feel the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic fallout, the Government is moving to announce initiatives to provide a source of income to those who lose jobs during this time.
(Trinidad Guardian) Passengers both outward and inward-bound welcomed special flights from Caribbean Airlines yesterday, saying these measures have brought much-needed relief to themselves and their families as countries around the world continue to shut their borders to prevent those infected with COVID-19 from entering their respective countries.
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