June 15, 2022
Heat wave continues in 27 states across the country
A third of the U.S. population will experience heat advisories on Wednesday as a week of record-breaking temperatures continues, according to the National Weather Service. A "heat dome" is expected to bring triple-digit temperatures to portions of…
June 15, 2022
President Biden blames Republicans for blocking his plan to fight inflation
President Joe Biden delivered fired-up remarks on the economy before a friendly, cheering audience of union workers in Philadelphia Tuesday -- acknowledging inflation, and high food and gas prices while noting his plans to try to ease the economic…
June 15, 2022
Government seeking to ease burden of citizens due to higher fuel prices
The St. Vincent and the Grenadines government says it has taken emergency steps to prevent the fuel surcharge on electricity bills from surpassing the record high of EC$0.67 cents (One EC dollar=US$0.37 cents) per unit in 2008. Prime Minister Dr.…
June 15, 2022
Amazon to begin drone deliveries in California
Amazon says it will begin delivering parcels to shoppers by drone for the first time later this year, pending final regulatory approval. Users in the Californian town of Lockeford will be able to sign up to have thousands of goods delivered by air…
June 15, 2022
Ford Mustang Mach-E Has Battery Problem
Ford will recall 48,924 of its Mustang Mach-E electric vehicles to fix a problem with the battery that could cause the crossover to lose power during operation or be unable to start. The issue, Ford said, is with the battery's main contactors, which…
June 14, 2022
CDB’s 52nd Annual Meeting Starts Today
The on-island activities as part of the final leg of the Caribbean Development Bank’s (CDB) 52nd Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors here in the Turks & Caicos Islands begun this morning, with some 200 delegates meeting at the Shore Club in…
June 14, 2022
Crime on the Rise in TCI
From April 2021 to March 2022, overall crime in the country rose by 10%, says Commissioner of Police, Trevor Botting, in releasing some of the latest crime stats today. The figures show that crime increased by an additional 157, for a total of 1738…
June 14, 2022
Is Will Smith planning return with an I Am Legend sequel?
According to a report in the UK Sun, a post-Oscars-slap Will Smith is planning to bring his Hollywood career back from the dead with a sequel to his 2007 zombie hit I Am Legend. The publication reports "the script is being worked on" and is being…
June 14, 2022
31 arrested with shields, riot gear near Pride parade in Idaho
Police in a small Idaho city arrested 31 people allegedly affiliated with a white nationalist group near a Pride parade, authorities announced on Saturday. People associated with the group “Patriot Front” allegedly had shields, shin guards, and…
June 14, 2022
Central Bank says recent high international energy prices have boosted local economy
The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago (CBTT) Monday said signs of a fairly broad-based economic recovery became more evident during the fourth quarter of 2021 and that economic activity in the non-energy sector will continue to recover as the full…