March 10, 2021
‘200 jobs to go’ at Aston Martin
About 200 workers are being made redundant at the Aston Martin car plant in the Vale of Glamorgan, according to the union Unite. The St Athan plant opened in 2018, near Cardiff Airport, with plans to employ 300 by 2019 and 700 by spring 2020.Unite…
March 10, 2021
$1.9tn Covid relief bill passes US Congress
President Joe Biden's $1.9tn (£1.4tn) relief bill to help Americans deal with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has cleared its final hurdle in Congress. The House of Representatives approved the massive economic aid plan 220-211 on Wednesday…
March 10, 2021
Don Cheadle talks working “the latest GOAT” LeBron James on Space Jam: A New Legacy
Don Cheadle says he couldn't pass up the opportunity to star in the upcoming film Space Jam: A New Legacy. The 56-year-old actor plays Al-G Rhythm in the sequel to the animated 1996 classic, opposite LeBron James. Cheadle told Entertainment Weekly…
March 10, 2021
Rory McIlroy says Tiger is doing better after car accident
Rory McIlroy says Tiger Woods is "doing better" and could be home "in a week or so" after suffering serious injuries in a car accident. The American 15-time major winner, 45, is recovering after suffering a fractured leg and shattered ankle in the…
March 9, 2021
Trinidad to get smaller COVID-19 vaccine batch
Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh on Monday disclosed that Trinidad and Tobago will get only a third of the doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines expected from the COVAX Facility this month. He said a global vaccine shortage was to blame for…
March 9, 2021
Amazon’s Bezos plans to spend US$10b by 2030 on climate change
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos plans to spend the US$10 billion he invested in the Bezos Earth Fund by 2030, the fund's new CEO said Tuesday. Since Bezos announced the fund in February 2020, little has been revealed about how it would be used to combat the…
March 9, 2021
ILLEGAL LANDING IN THE LONG BAY AREA
On 6 March 2021, at approximately 9:20 pm, the Immigration Department received a report from 911 that there was an illegal landing in the Long Bay area. The Immigration Department along with the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force responded…
March 8, 2021
15 Dead & 400 wounded in Equatorial Guinea blasts
A series of explosions at a military barracks in Equatorial Guinea killed at least 15 people and wounded more than 400 others, state television reported. State television TGVE read out a statement from President Teodoro Obiang Nguema which said the…
March 8, 2021
Curry Does it again in the All Star Challenge
Stephen Curry shot his way to another 3-point title and Domantas Sabonis made sure the Skills Challenge still belongs to the bigs. Then Portland's Anfernee Simons sealed his final, winning dunk with a kiss. Well, almost. Curry, the Golden State…
March 8, 2021
En Vogue, Salt-N-Pepa, Gladys Knight, Davido and more appear in Coming 2 America
If you haven't watched Eddie Murphy's new film, Coming 2 America, you have no idea what you're missing. The star-studded sequel to the 1988 comedy of the same title follows Murphy as Prince Akeem, who prepares to take his seat as King of Zamunda…