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…
December 29, 2021
Bermudians lose millions to internet fraudster
Police say internet fraudsters have swindled Bermuda residents out of almost four million US dollars this year. The police said that “entire life savings” had been lost in some cases and authorities had managed to recover only US$40,600 of the……
December 29, 2021
Former WI coach laments inconsistency in fitness standards
Ex-West Indies batting coach Toby Radford has again criticised the lack of consistency in fitness standards for selection to West Indies squads, and believes a more equitable process is required in order for the best players to emerge. The…
December 29, 2021
Air Canada to halt service to Bermuda because of COVID-19 surge
Air Canada is to halt flights to Bermuda next month because of the latest surge in coronavirus (COVID-19) cases driven by the new Omicron variant. An Air Canada spokesman said the airline would suspend services between Toronto and Bermuda from…
December 29, 2021
Biden and Putin phone call seeks ‘diplomatic path’
US President Joe Biden is set to hold talks with Russia's Vladimir Putin for the second time this month, in a bid to de-escalate tensions over Ukraine.The two leaders will speak by phone on Thursday.They will discuss forthcoming security talks…
December 29, 2021
John Madden, former Hall of Fame NFL coach and broadcaster, dies at 85
John Madden, the NFL coach, broadcaster and namesake for the billion-dollar video game franchise, died unexpectedly Tuesday. He was 85 years old. The legendary coach helmed the Oakland Raiders from 1969 to 1978, winning a Super Bowl over the…