March 5, 2024
Bitcoin price briefly tops $69,000 for new all-time high
The price of the world's largest cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, briefly hit a new all-time high of more than $69,000. It surpassed the previous record set in November 2021 - though by 2022 Bitcoin's value had sunk to $16,500.The new surge in price has…
March 5, 2024
Bahamas experiences growth in January according to Central Bank
The Central Bank of the Bahamas (CBB) says preliminary indications are that during January, the domestic economy sustained its growth momentum, although at a more tempered pace, with economic indicators returning closer to their expected medium-term…
March 5, 2024
Decision Making in the Public Service: Avoiding Legal Challenges
The Attorney General's Chambers is pleased to have hosted a comprehensive training seminar titled "Decision Making in the Public Service: Avoiding Legal Challenges." This is the second seminar hosted by the Civil Litigation Division within the…
March 5, 2024
Criminal armed gangs claim power In Haiti
A coalition of wanted criminal armed gangs has claimed power in Haiti, blocking Prime Minister Dr. Ariel Henry from returning home after he had traveled to Kenya to sign an agreement allowing for a United Nations Security Council-sanctioned…
March 5, 2024
Americans vote on Super Tuesday
US voters head to the polls in 15 states spanning the breadth of the continent on Tuesday, from Maine to California and Alaska to Alabama.At stake are more than a third of the delegates to this summer's Democratic and Republican conventions, which…
March 5, 2024
Suriname defeats the TCI but El Salvador advances
Suriname thrashed our Turks and Caicos Islands but El Salvador edged Antigua and Barbuda to top Group B and secure qualification for the CONCACAF Under-20 Championship. Behind braces from Robinio Pinas (14th, 31st) and Djaier Prijor (20th, 31st),…
March 5, 2024
Criminal armed gangs claim power In Haiti
A coalition of wanted criminal armed gangs has claimed power in Haiti, blocking Prime Minister Dr. Ariel Henry from returning home after he had traveled to Kenya to sign an agreement allowing for a United Nations Security Council-sanctioned…
March 5, 2024
Facebook and Instagram restored after outages
Meta says it has resolved a "technical issue" which caused Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram to go down. Hundreds of thousands of users worldwide were unable to access them for around two hours on Tuesday.People trying to log onto the websites and…
March 5, 2024
Usher and Ludacris celebrate their hit topping 1 billion streams, 13 million in sales
"Yeah!," the 2004 #1 hit by Usher, Ludacris, and Lil Jon, recently hit some new milestones, both before and after the Super Bowl. On X, formerly Twitter, Luda showed off a Spotify plaque marking 1 billion streams for "Yeah!" and also a February 9…
March 5, 2024
Philadelphia Eagles’ Jason Kelce announces NFL retirement after 13 seasons
Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce announced his retirement on Monday after 13 seasons in the NFL. The Super Bowl champion and seven-time Pro Bowler held a press conference at the Eagles facility to share the announcement. In an emotional…