Trinidad & Tobago News

(Trinidad Express) Public health regulations, which were due to expire today, have now been extended to July 4.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Ministry of Health has recorded 17 additional COVID-19 related deaths.

(Trinidad Express) – Couva market vendor Amar Ramkhalwhan would have turned 34 in just four months had his life not been taken by the Covid-19 virus.

(Trinidad Guardian)-  In just two days, more than 14,000 people have already started the process of applying for the Salary Relief Grant for May, Finance Minister Colm Imbert disclosed yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Ministry of Health has recorded 7 additional COVID related deaths.

(Trinidad Express)A Rio Claro man was chopped to death during an altercation on Friday.

(Trinidad Express) A police officer was killed on the Solomon Hochoy Highway, near the Brian Lara Stadium on Thursday night.

(Trinidad Guardian) Surrich Ramkhalwhan, 56, spent two days searching for the body of his son Sunil Ramkhalwhan, 34, who died of COVID-19 related complications on Tuesday.

(Trinidad Express) The Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) is considering postponing its examinations.

(Trinidad Express) An additional 24,000 AstraZeneca vaccines have been donated to Trinidad and Tobago from St Vincent and the Grenadines, and Bermuda.

(Trinidad Guardian) A fish vendor and a businessman were murdered during separate incidents on Wednesday night.

(Trinidad Guardian) Exactly three months after Trinidad and Tobago was commended by the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, for its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic—this country is now one of five in the world with the highest numbers of new COVID-19 infections.

One hundred thousand (100,000) doses of the World Health Organisation (WHO) approved Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine, which were manufactured by the Beijing Institute of Biological Products Co.

(Trinidad Guardian) A grim milestone was recorded yesterday when, in the 24-hour period between Monday and Tuesday, 23 people lost their lives to COVID-19.

(Trinidad Guardian) Albert Ragbir, an elder who served at the Couva Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Church, is among the latest group of citizens who have died from COVID-19.

(Trinidad Express) All National Lotteries Control Board (NLCB) operations have been suspended until further notice.

(Trinidad Express) As the number of Covid patients requiring hospital care continues to rise, the allocation of bed spaces has become a challenge for the nation’s health system.

(Trinidad Guardian) Almost 20 hours after Trinidad and Tobago was placed under a State of Emergency (SoE) as of midnight from May 15—the authorities spent considerable time yesterday, drafting the new regulations which now includes a ban on the consumption of alcohol in public places; immediate cessation of all outdoor exercise and sports.

(Trinidad Guardian) Almost 20 hours after Trinidad and Tobago was placed under a State of Emergency (SoE) as of midnight from May 15—the authorities spent considerable time yesterday, drafting the new regulations which now includes a ban on the consumption of alcohol in public places; immediate cessation of all outdoor exercise and sports.

(Trinidad Guardian) Nine more lives were lost to COVID-19 as the Ministry of Health reported a further climb in deaths yesterday.