Trinidad & Tobago News

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad-born healthcare worker Mahadaye “Mary” Jagroop passed away last week at the Birmingham Heartlands Hospital in England after contracting COVID-19.

(Trinidad Express) A police officer is warded at hospital after he said he accidentally drank a poisonous substance in Rio Claro.

(Trinidad Guardian) Trinidad-born Dr Michael Pillai, 28, is one of the ‘heroes’ working on the frontline in a hospital in East Brooklyn, New York.

(Trinidad Guardian) COVID-19 plus crashing oil prices have caused the 2020 Budget deficit to balloon from $5.3 billion to $15.5 billion – and the 2020 Budget is now being recalibrated.

(Trinidad Express) As of  last night, the Trinidad Ministry of Health reports the following: Number of samples submitted to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) for testing for COVID-19 – 1525 Number of samples which have tested positive – 116 Number of deaths – 8 Number of persons discharged – 58

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad and Tobago avoided a calamity because of the painful decisions made over the past three months to contain the COVID-19 coronavirus.

(Trinidad Guardian) Toilet and cleaning supplies are not the only things in high demand during the COVID-19 pandemic.

(Trinidad Express) Tragedy struck a Central couple yesterday when their only two children were shot and killed during a home invasion.

(Trinidad Express) Former Miss Trinidad and Tobago Sarah Jane Waddell is in the middle of a social media roasting after launching a tailored cloth mask brand at a price range of $75 to $100 per piece.

(Trinidad Guardian) In keeping with COVID-19 restrictions and guidelines, two of the largest Muslim organizations in the country have advised their members not to congregate at masjids during the holy month of Ramadan.

(Trinidad Express) The 70 posthumous tests for Covid-19 have all returned with negative results.

(Trinidad Guardian) It’s not only a time of fear and gloom, but also unwavering love.

(Trinidad Express) University of the West Indies Cave Hill campus students in Barbados will not be allowed to return home.

(Trinidad Guardian) The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in this country stands at 115.

(Trinidad Guardian) The 33 T&T nationals who had been stranded in Barbados since March 23, yesterday arrived back in the country.

(Trinidad Guardian) A situation beyond that imagined in a nightmare. This was the reaction of Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley after he learnt of the dramatic drop in US oil prices while at the first meeting of Trinidad and Tobago’s Road Map to Recovery team yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) History was created on the global oil market yesterday when the price of the US benchmark, West Texas Intermediate, plunged into negative territory for the first time ever.

(Trinidad Guardian) The emergency grants introduced by Government to assist citizens affected by the Stay-at-Home order continues to be accessed by both employees and self-employed persons across several sectors of T&T.

(Trinidad Guardian) As thousands seek to get relief from loss of earnings during the COVID-19 crisis, a local bishop has told worshippers via social media that they will have to pay tithes to the church from grants and hampers given to them by the State.

(Trinidad Guardian) “Stay home or I will make your life very uncomfortable.”