May 9, 2022
Bahamas registered near 14 per cent economic growth in 2021
The Bahamian economy exhibited a measured pace of recovery during 2021, the Central Bank of the Bahamas (CBB) has said. In its just released 2021 Annual Report, the CBB said that the domestic economy registered a growth of 13.7 per cent last year,…
December 31, 2021
‘Golden Girls’ star Betty White dies at 99
Betty White, the award-winning actress and comedian famed for her roles on "The Golden Girls" and "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," has died at age 99, according to The Associated Press. White died less than three weeks before her 100th birthday, on Jan.…
December 30, 2021
US cities scale back New Year’s Eve events and urge people to scrap parties
Americans are again facing a stay-at-home New Year’s Eve as US political leaders and senior health advisers have urged people to scrap party plans and avoid larger public events as daily cases of Covid-19 break all previous records. In New York,…
December 30, 2021
EU mulls arms embargo, more sanctions on Myanmar after ‘appalling’ violence
(Reuters) - The European Union is ready to impose further sanctions on Myanmar after a new escalation of violence by the army and is also urging an international arms embargo on the country, its top diplomat said on Thursday. More than 30 people,…
December 29, 2021
Ghislaine Maxwell convicted in Epstein sex abuse case
NEW YORK (AP) — The British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted Wednesday of luring teenage girls to be sexually abused by the American millionaire Jeffrey Epstein. The verdict capped a monthlong trial featuring sordid accounts of the sexual…
December 22, 2021
Nigeria destroys 1M donated jabs
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria on Wednesday destroyed more than a million doses of expired AstraZeneca vaccines in a bid to assure a wary public that they have been taken out of circulation. The destruction came more than a week after health authorities…
December 22, 2021
Europe reinstates Covid restrictions
A swathe of European countries have introduced further coronavirus restrictions to battle the Omicron wave. Germany and Portugal were the latest two countries to introduce fresh post-Christmas restrictions in a bid to curb the new variant. Hans…
December 20, 2021
IDB provided nearly US$20 billion in funding in 2021
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Monday said together with its private-sector arm, IDB Invest, they expect to close this year with US$19.5 billion in new financing for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) as they helped countries recover…
November 30, 2021
Barbados declares ‘diamond’ Rihanna a national hero
BRIDGETOWN, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Barbados declared hit singer Rihanna a national hero at its republican celebrations in her hometown of Bridgetown. Prime Minister Mia Mottley announced that the 33-year-old would be conferred with the honour of…
November 30, 2021
Barbados ditches Britain’s Queen Elizabeth to become a republic
BRIDGETOWN, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Barbados ditched Britain's Queen Elizabeth as head of state, forging a new republic on Tuesday with its first-ever president and severing its last remaining colonial bonds nearly 400 years after the first English ships…