September 18, 2024
Women to receive record prize money for 2024 T20 World Cup
The 10 countries participating in the 2024 Women’s T20 World Cup will receive a substantial boost in prize money with more than US$5 million being dished out compared to the 2023 tournament. The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday…
September 18, 2024
US names CARICOM countries as major transit or drug producing countries
President Joe Biden has named four Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries among a list of countries designated as major drug transit or major illicit drug-producing countries for the fiscal year 2025. Biden named The Bahamas, Belize, Haiti, and…
September 17, 2024
Dominica signs multi-million dollar loan for improving the capital
Dominica has signed a US$41 million loan agreement with the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) for a project aimed at enhancing the capital, Roseau, and which the government said will play a major role in the future socio-economic development of the…
September 17, 2024
Trump is “safe” after gunshots near his Florida golf club, campaign says
The FBI is investigating what it called an "attempted assassination" of former President Donald Trump after Secret Service agents fired at a man with a weapon on or near Trump's Florida golf course on Sunday. A spokesperson for Donald Trump's…
September 17, 2024
Deceased Male identified in the TCI
The Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Serious Crime Unit has identified Barnabas Norbert as the victim of yesterday evening’s homicide. Mr Norbert, 60, of Blue Hills, Providenciales, was killed shortly after 9 pm. Initial police reports indicated that…
September 17, 2024
Taiwan expresses “great sadness” after a tranker truck explodes in Haiti
Taiwan Monday expressed “great sadness” following the explosion of a tanker truck last Saturday, killing 26 people and leaving more than 60 others injured. In a statement, the Embassy of Taiwan said that “it is with great sadness that we learned of…
September 17, 2024
Lawyers urge public to refrain from circulating video in TNT
Lawyers in a domestic situation involving a police officer and his wife, are warning members of the public from distributing a video on social media showing the police officer being confronted by his wife over his alleged infidelity. Attorneys Shiva…
September 17, 2024
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs arrested by federal agents in New York City
Sean "Diddy" Combs was arrested Monday night in New York City by federal agents with Homeland Security Investigations, multiple sources told ABC News. A federal grand jury in Manhattan returned an indictment against Combs, which set in motion his…
September 10, 2024
James Earl Jones, renowned actor and voice of Darth Vader, dies at 93
LOS ANGELES, Sept 9 - American actor James Earl Jones, an imposing stage and screen presence who overcame a childhood stutter to develop a stentorian voice recognized the world over as intergalactic villain Darth Vader, died on Monday at the age of…
September 3, 2024
Netanyahu pushes back against new pressure over Gaza and hostages: ‘No one will preach to me’
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday pushed back against a new wave of pressure to reach a cease-fire deal in Gaza after hundreds of thousands of Israelis protested and went on strike and U.S. President Joe…