Regional News

(Trinidad Guardian) A total of 599 people have so far succumbed to COVID-19 as 10 more deaths were recorded over the previous 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health.

MANAGUA, (Reuters) – Nicaraguan police detained two pre-candidates for the presidency yesterday, raising the number of recent arrests of potential contenders to unseat longtime President Daniel Ortega to four.

(Trinidad Express) A burnt body found in Chaguanas last week may be that of a man who worked with the brother of slain Chaguanas car dealer Sheron Sookdeo.

(Trinidad Guardian) At age 23, Donnell Phillip, also known as Top Dog Donnell, is among the youngest to die from COVID-19 in this country.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – Gangs raided multiple police stations for weapons in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, in deadly attacks over the weekend as violence between armed groups flared, with intense conflict in one southern neighbourhood forcing thousands to flee.

(Trinidad Express) The Eastern Regional Health Authority has seen a doubling in the number of people for the Covid-19 vaccine.

(Barbados Nation) The arrivals hall of the Grantley Adams International Airport was busy yesterday afternoon when three flights from international airlines arrived, including Air Canada, which restarted passenger flights to Barbados following a four-month suspension.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad and Tobago recorded 13 more Covid-19 deaths yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) The country’s first public/private mass vaccination drive has exceeded expectations with 2,697 employees in the manufacturing sector being vaccinated yesterday.

(Barbados Nation) The Celebrity Millennium will be the first ship to arrive in Barbados today, under the new protocols for cruises dedicated to fully vaccinated travellers.

(Barbados Nation) The Celebrity Millennium will be the first ship to arrive in Barbados on Monday, June 7, under the new protocols for cruises dedicated to fully vaccinated travellers.

(Trinidad Express) – Enough vaccines have been procured by Trinidad and Tobago that the country may be able to achieve herd immunity and return to some semblance of normalcy by September of this year.

(Trinidad Guardian) ‘I rather die and let my sister live’. Hema Ragoo sacrificed her life for her sister Selina, nursing her back to health after Selina got infected with the COVID-19 virus five weeks ago.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – For lawyer Lidia Alverisi, Argentina’s COVID-19 pandemic has taken an almost unbearable toll.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazilian health regulator Anvisa yesterday gave the green light for states to import the Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V, but with conditions attached.

(Trinidad Newsday) A relative of murdered labourer Ramesh Madoo is puzzled by his death and are fearful that nowhere is safe from criminals.

GUATEMALA CITY,  (Reuters) – A Guatemalan judge accused of ties to an influence peddling scheme was sworn in to the country’s top court yesterday, just days before a visit by the U.S.

(Jamaica Observer) A local corporate executive has blasted men who father multiple children and refuse to support them, describing them as “enemies of the State” who should be “locked up” or “compulsorily sterilised”.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The White House yesterday laid out a plan for the United States to share 25 million surplus COVID-19 vaccine doses to the world.

(Trinidad Guardian) Police officers were kept busy on both days hours before the start of the official 9 pm to 5 am curfew hours.