March 12, 2021
ILLEGAL VESSEL MAKES LANDFALL SATURDAY
On Saturday, March 6th, 2021, Officers of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force were dispatched to the Long Bay area following reports that an illegal vessel had made landfall. According to the Police Control Room, around 9:08 p.m., a…
March 10, 2021
US visa applicants denied under Trump’s travel ban can reapply
U.S. visa applicants whose requests were denied under former President Donald Trump's controversial ban on travelers from 13 mostly Muslim-majority and African nations can now seek new decisions or submit new applications, the U.S. Department of…
March 10, 2021
TCI WEATHER FOR WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY MARCH 10th &11th,2021
WEATHER: MOSTLY CLOUDY, WINDY AND A BIT WARM WITH A FEW PASSING SHOWERS IN THE NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL BAHAMAS… ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THE SLIGHT CHANCE OF AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IN THE SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS. ADVISORY: SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS SHOULD REMAIN…
March 10, 2021
Russia blames Google outage on data centre fire
Russian authorities have blamed problems accessing Google and YouTube on a fire at a data centre in Strasbourg. The country's media watchdog Roskomnadzor tweeted that the disruption was due to the incident. The data centre belongs to French cloud…
March 10, 2021
‘200 jobs to go’ at Aston Martin
About 200 workers are being made redundant at the Aston Martin car plant in the Vale of Glamorgan, according to the union Unite. The St Athan plant opened in 2018, near Cardiff Airport, with plans to employ 300 by 2019 and 700 by spring 2020.Unite…
March 10, 2021
$1.9tn Covid relief bill passes US Congress
President Joe Biden's $1.9tn (£1.4tn) relief bill to help Americans deal with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has cleared its final hurdle in Congress. The House of Representatives approved the massive economic aid plan 220-211 on Wednesday…
March 10, 2021
Don Cheadle talks working “the latest GOAT” LeBron James on Space Jam: A New Legacy
Don Cheadle says he couldn't pass up the opportunity to star in the upcoming film Space Jam: A New Legacy. The 56-year-old actor plays Al-G Rhythm in the sequel to the animated 1996 classic, opposite LeBron James. Cheadle told Entertainment Weekly…
March 10, 2021
Rory McIlroy says Tiger is doing better after car accident
Rory McIlroy says Tiger Woods is "doing better" and could be home "in a week or so" after suffering serious injuries in a car accident. The American 15-time major winner, 45, is recovering after suffering a fractured leg and shattered ankle in the…
March 9, 2021
Trinidad to get smaller COVID-19 vaccine batch
Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh on Monday disclosed that Trinidad and Tobago will get only a third of the doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines expected from the COVAX Facility this month. He said a global vaccine shortage was to blame for…
March 9, 2021
Amazon’s Bezos plans to spend US$10b by 2030 on climate change
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos plans to spend the US$10 billion he invested in the Bezos Earth Fund by 2030, the fund's new CEO said Tuesday. Since Bezos announced the fund in February 2020, little has been revealed about how it would be used to combat the…