December 30, 2021
The Year in Music 2021: Hip-hop’s craziest moments
There was no shortage of wild moments in 2021. From the ongoing feud between Drake and Kanye West to Nicki Minaj's claims about the COVID-19 vaccine, some of the biggest names in hip-hop got people chatting. Here are three of the craziest moments in…
December 30, 2021
Memphis Grizzlies beat Los Angeles Lakers as Morant drops 41
Ja Morant scored 41 points as the Memphis Grizzlies came from behind to beat the Los Angeles Lakers and record a third straight win. Morant made a career-high six three-pointers in a 104-99 victory. LeBron James scored 37 points for the Lakers,…
December 30, 2021
Riot Games to pay $100m in discrimination case
Riot Games, the studio best known for League of Legends, has agreed to pay $100m (£74.3m) to settle a 2018 class-action gender discrimination case. The settlement will "remedy violations against approximately 1,065 women employees and 1,300 women…
December 30, 2021
US cities scale back New Year’s Eve events and urge people to scrap parties
Americans are again facing a stay-at-home New Year’s Eve as US political leaders and senior health advisers have urged people to scrap party plans and avoid larger public events as daily cases of Covid-19 break all previous records. In New York,…
December 30, 2021
EU mulls arms embargo, more sanctions on Myanmar after ‘appalling’ violence
(Reuters) - The European Union is ready to impose further sanctions on Myanmar after a new escalation of violence by the army and is also urging an international arms embargo on the country, its top diplomat said on Thursday. More than 30 people,…
December 30, 2021
Bank hands out £130m in Christmas blunder
Tens of thousands of people awoke on Christmas morning to a surprise from an unexpected benefactor - Santander. The bank mistakenly deposited £130m into 75,000 accounts on 25 December.Santander's staff are now rushing to claw back the money,…
December 30, 2021
DIRECTOR OF TOURISM, PAMELA EWING, AWARDED CARIBBEAN TOURISM DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Congratulations to the Director of Tourism, Mrs. Pamela Ewing, Director of the Tourist Board was appointed less than two years ago to head the Government's promotional and marketing arm of the Tourism Industry- The Tourist Board. This year, the…
December 29, 2021
Spider-Man: No Way Home becomes Sony Pictures’ highest-grossing film ever
Spider-Man: No Way Home is now officially Sony Pictures’ highest-grossing film of all time, Deadline reports. The Tom Holland-led superhero flick has raked in $1.16 billion at the global box office so far, surpassing 2019’s Spider-Man: Far from…
December 29, 2021
WTO official says Caribbean could be site for medical production
The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Wednesday said the Caribbean could serve as a production site for goods such as vaccines and that efforts are being made to get manufacturers to invest in the…
December 29, 2021
Opposition party angry at the Barbadian Prime Minister
The main opposition Democratic labour Party (DLP) has blamed a non-caring Prime Minister Mia Mottley for calling a snap general election in the midst of a pandemic and urged supporters to boot the ruling Barbados labour Party (BLP) out of office on…