June 29, 2021
Facebook enters the $1 trillion club after Anti-Trust victory
The stock market value of Facebook has topped $1 trillion for the first time after the tech giant won a court victory against US regulators. A federal court dismissed two lawsuits, from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and a coalition of states,…
June 29, 2021
United Airlines bets on travel boom with big plane order
United Airlines has placed its biggest aircraft order to date in a bet on travel returning post-pandemic. The US airline confirmed it had ordered 270 Boeing and Airbus planes worth more than $30bn (£21.6bn) on Tuesday. Its chief executive Scott…
June 29, 2021
PUBLIC FORECAST FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT TUESDAY 29TH JUNE 2021
GENERAL SITUATION:STREAMING TROPICAL MOISTURE CONTINUES TO GENERATE POCKETS OF UNSETTLED WEATHER OVER THE BAHAMAS WHILE, BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE WILL MAINTAIN MODERATE TO FRESH BREEZES SPECIAL WARNINGS:BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN VIGILANT DUE TO THE THREAT…
June 28, 2021
Six hurt in huge blaze at a railway in the UK
Six people were injured and several buildings evacuated after a fire caused a huge plume of smoke to billow into the sky above south London. About 100 firefighters battled the blaze at some railway arches near Elephant and Castle station. Fire crews…
June 28, 2021
Three Persons Convicted for Various Immigration Offences
On 27th May 2021, Immigration Enforcement Unit officers conducted an operation on a construction site in the Turtle Tail area where they arrested Dominican nationals Juan Quezada De La Rosa and Louis Diaz Jimenez after they failed to show proof of…
June 28, 2021
CDEMA introduces 2021 Model National Recovery Framework for its Participating States
CDEMA recently met with its Participating States to present and discuss the updated Model National Recovery Framework (MNRF) under the UNDPEnabling Gender Responsive Recovery, Climate and Environment in the Caribbean (EnGenDerProject). The framework…
June 28, 2021
It appears Windows 11 is the beginning of the end for Skype
Microsoft has officially announced Windows 11, its new operating system which will replace the current version over the next few years. Among all the new features are two seemingly small but related things that jumped out. First - Microsoft Teams,…
June 28, 2021
Financial watchdog FCA bans cryptocurrency Binance
Binance, the world's biggest cryptocurrency exchange, has been banned by the UK's financial regulator. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has ruled that the firm cannot conduct any "regulated activity" in the UK.It also issued a consumer warning…
June 28, 2021
Covid Outbreaks emerge across Austraila
Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison has met national leaders for emergency talks on how to tackle a spike in Covid-19 infections. An outbreak in Sydney linked to the highly contagious Delta variant has grown to 128 cases. Cases have also been…
June 28, 2021
The Bucks heads forward over the Hawks
The Atlanta Hawks' playoff star sprained his right ankle in a freak encounter with an official's foot late in the third quarter of Game 3 in the Eastern Conference finals against the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday night. Young was able to return for much…