Trinidad & Tobago News

(Trinidad Express) Flamboyant Crime Watch talk show host Ian Alleyne says he has tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus.

(Trinidad Guardian) As part of the national drive to safeguard the health of the Trinidad and Tobago population in the face of the global COVID-19 outbreak, the Ministry of Health continues to provide up-to-date information on the country’s status in this regard.

(Trinidad Express) A Trinidad born principal of a school in New York has died from complications caused by the COVID-19 coronavirus.

(Trinidad Express) Thirty five Trinidad and Tobago nationals who flew out of England hoping to return home on Monday, but were left stranded with the closure of this country’s borders, have been taken in by the Government of Barbados.

(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.

(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.

(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.

(Trinidad Guardian) Hours after the pastor of the Bethel ‘The House of God’ in Freeport made the decision to suspend services indefinitely and not proceed with the planned weddings at the church’s compound today, they received a bomb threat.According

(Trinidad Express) A Palo Seco man was found hanging in a holding cell at the San Juan Police Station on Saturday.

(Trinidad Express) As of Sunday morning, the Health Ministry reports the following:Number of samples submitted to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) for testing for COVID-19 = 298 Number of samples which have tested positive = 50  Forty of these positive cases came from the group of nationals who recently returned from a cruise.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Couva Hospital is now on total lockdown after receiving 40 new patients who have tested positive for the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Nine has turned into 49. As of yesterday, this was the total number of COVID-19 coronavirus cases recorded in Trinidad and Tobago.

(Trinidad Guardian) Minister of National Security Stuart Young says Trinidad and Tobago will close its international borders completely from midnight Sunday (March 22) to prevent the spread of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19).

(Trinidad Express) Neighbours had to break down the front door of an apartment in Maloney Gardens yesterday morning to save the life of a four-year-old boy.

(Trinidad Guardian) As he recalled his grandfather’s tales of coffins lining the churches in Mason Hall during the 1918 Spanish Influenza, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley yesterday said Government will use a heavy hand if it needs to intervene in large gatherings.