The Min­istry of Health has record­ed an­oth­er COVID re­lat­ed death. The per­son was an el­der­ly fe­male with co­mor­bidi­ties. This brings the death toll to 133. In a press re­lease is­sued to­day, the min­istry al­so stat­ed that 15 new cas­es of COVID have been record­ed. The to­tal num­ber of ac­tive cas­es now stands at 332.

A 33-year-old Palmiste woman is to­day in Po­lice cus­tody for rob­bery with ag­gra­va­tion and de­mand­ing mon­ey by men­ace. She was held dur­ing a sting ex­er­cise by the Cou­va Crim­i­nal In­ves­ti­ga­tion De­part­ment (CID).
Ac­cord­ing to po­lice re­ports, the vic­tim made a re­port of rob­bery to the of­fi­cers of the Cou­va Po­lice Sta­tion on Jan­u­ary 17th.

Twen­ty-nine-year-old Ja­son Joseph, al­so known as An­sil Joseph and An­to­nio David, was charged with two counts of rob­bery with ag­gra­va­tion and pos­ses­sion of three rounds of nine-mil­lime­tre am­mu­ni­tion.

Two men were ar­rest­ed and charged, on gun and drug re­lat­ed charges, by of­fi­cers of the South­ern Di­vi­sion Task Force (SDTF), dur­ing an an­ti-crime ex­er­cise con­duct­ed yes­ter­day, Tues­day 19 Jan­u­ary 2021.

Of­fi­cials from the Min­istry of Health will meet with the Min­istry of Ed­u­ca­tion to­day to dis­cuss the re­open­ing schools. Chief Med­ical Of­fi­cer Dr Roshan Paras­ram dur­ing the Min­istry of Health’s vir­tu­al press con­fer­ence said: “We’re hav­ing a dis­cus­sion with the min­istry—that’s the Min­istry of Health and Min­istry of Ed­u­ca­tion—called by the Ho­n­ourable Min­is­ter on Thurs­day morn­ing to dis­cuss what is go­ing to hap­pen with the school sit­u­a­tion,” Dr Paras­ram said.

A Diego Mar­tin cou­ple was ar­rest­ed, and a firearm and a quan­ti­ty of mar­i­jua­na seized, by of­fi­cers of the West­ern Di­vi­sion dur­ing an an­ti-crime ex­er­cise con­duct­ed in the dis­trict around 6 pm yes­ter­day, Tues­day 19th Jan­u­ary 2021.

A 34-year-old woman who re­sides in Low­lands, To­ba­go, was grant­ed $25,000 bail by a Jus­tice of the Peace af­ter be­ing charged with three counts of cru­el­ty to three chil­dren.

A 15-year-old sus­pect was ar­rest­ed last night, af­ter he was caught in a po­lice of­fi­cer's car short­ly af­ter the of­fi­cer was robbed at gun­point in Pe­nal. 

A truck dri­ver who al­leged­ly beat his wife and stabbed his 10-year-old daugh­ter dur­ing a do­mes­tic dis­pute has been grant­ed $150,000 bail.

Three rob­bery sus­pects were held dur­ing a stop and search po­lice ex­er­cise along Gold­en Grove Road short­ly af­ter mid­night on Mon­day (18 Jan­u­ary 2021).

A 42-year-old street ven­dor, who al­leged­ly as­sault­ed two po­lice of­fi­cers while they were try­ing to ar­rest her, has been grant­ed a cash bail of $10,000. 

A Miss­ing Per­sons Alert has been ac­ti­vat­ed for a 25-year-old man from Diego Mar­tin, who was re­port­ed miss­ing at 5:10 pm yes­ter­day, Jan­u­ary 19th, 2021.