August 15, 2018
ATTEMPTED ROBBERY IN GRAND TURK
ATTEMPTED ROBBERY IN GRAND TURK Police on Grand Turk are investigating an attempted armed robbery, which occurred Monday, August 13, 2018. According to 911 Central, at 9:13 p.m., armed masked men attempted to rob a North Back Salina Grocery Store.…
August 15, 2018
CARPHA concludes risk of getting zika in the Caribbean low at this time
The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has concluded that zika virus transmission in the Caribbean region has been interrupted, and that the risk to residents and visitors to the region of acquiring Zika is low. This follows a review by CARPHA…
August 15, 2018
Guyanese Government commits to hiking teachers’ pay
MINISTER of Education, Ms. Nicolette Henry, said talks between the Government of Guyana and the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) held last Thursday were not concluded but rather, some aspects of the union’s terms were agreed and a decision was taken for…
August 15, 2018
Serena Williams loses to Petra Kvitova at Cincinnati’s Western & Southern Open
Former world number one Serena Williams says she is at the start of a "long comeback" after losing 6-3 2-6 6-3 to Czech Petra Kvitova in Cincinnati. The second-round loss comes on the back of her heaviest career defeat, a 6-1 6-0 loss to Britain's…
August 15, 2018
Puerto Rican Little League Baseball team riding strength of a hurricane
For the players from Radames Lopez Little League, their unlikely journey to the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, was borne out of the island's worst natural disaster in more than a century. Less than a year ago, Hurricanes…
August 15, 2018
The passing of former Bahamian Director General of Tourism David Johnson
Former Director General of Tourism Mr. David Johnson has lost his battle with colon cancer yesterday. Johnson had succeeded Vernice Walkine, who joined the executive management team of the Nassau Airport Development Company and Lynden Pindling…
August 15, 2018
Nearly $500K disappeared from school cafeterias. Officials say the lunch ladies did it
For four years, nearly half-a-million dollars quietly vanished from cafeteria registers at two schools in Connecticut. No one noticed the money was missing from the schools in New Canaan until 2017, when the school district installed an enhanced…
August 15, 2018
Afghanistan Taliban withdraws protection for Red Cross
The Taliban says it will no longer allow safe passage to Red Cross staff working in Afghanistan. The militants accuse the neutral humanitarian group of failing to meet its obligations to help Taliban prisoners in a jail in Kabul. The International…
August 15, 2018
Pennsylvania priests ‘abused thousands of children’
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has released a grand jury report detailing sex abuse in the Catholic Church, naming over 300 accused clergymen. The landmark grand jury investigation found more than 1,000 children had been abused by members of six…
August 15, 2018
Morgana King: Godfather actress and Jazz singer dies aged 87
The Godfather actress and jazz singer Morgana King has died aged 87. She played Carmela Corleone - the wife of Marlon Brando's Don Vito - in the first two Godfather films, alongside a Grammy-nominated jazz career. King passed away from cancer on 22…