October 8, 2021
Ministry of Health issues warning on Lotrimin® and Tinactin® spray products manufactured by Bayer Consumer Health
The Ministry of Health and Human Services (MoHHS), in response to an U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory, is advising all local healthcare facilities, other local suppliers and the general public to discontinue the sale and/or use of…
October 8, 2021
BAHAMAS 3-DAY PUBLIC FORECAST
THIS IS THE BAHAMAS 3-DAY PUBLIC FORECAST FOR 6:00 AM, TODAY AND TONIGHT, WEDNESDAY, 6THOCTOBER, 2021, ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY. GENERAL SITUATION: A NORTHWESTWARD MOVING TROUGH CONTINUES TO SPARK POCKETS OF SHOWERS, AS A HIGH…
October 5, 2021
The 2021 BET Hip Hop Awards honors rap royalty and salutes
This year’s BET Hip Hop Awards was a star-studded event that included appearances by some of this year's most respected emcees. The evening's big winners included Tyler, the Creator, who was received the inaugural Cultural Influence Award, as well…
October 5, 2021
Deputy Governor’s World Teachers’ Day Message
On this World Teachers Day which is observed on October 5th each year, we pay homage to our teachers here in the Turks and Caicos Islands that continue to play the important roles of educators, nurturers and nation builders. As Karl Menninger…
September 18, 2021
‘Ebola is defeated’, says Congolese professor who discovered virus
Ebola has been defeated. Vaccines and medical treatments have brought the deadly and terrifying disease under control, says Jean-Jacques Muyembe, the Congolese professor who first discovered the virus more than 40 years ago. The 79-year-old…
September 18, 2021
Putin says Russia needs to work with the Taliban
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia needs to work with the Taliban government in Afghanistan, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday at a meeting of a China- and Russia-led security bloc, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). Speaking via video link…
September 13, 2021
Tropical Storm Nicholas threatens Gulf Coast with heavy rain
HOUSTON (AP) — Tropical Storm Nicholas strengthened just off the Gulf Coast and could blow ashore in Texas as a hurricane Monday as it brings heavy rain and flooding to coastal areas from Mexico to storm-battered Louisiana. Forecasters at the…
September 10, 2021
Premier League managers criticise Fifa ruling that could see players banned
Premier League bosses have criticised a Fifa ruling that could see their Brazilian players banned this weekend over Covid-19 protocols. Under Fifa rules, players not released for the recent South American World Cup qualifiers can be banned for five…
September 10, 2021
WHO more doubtful about Covid jabs ending pandemic
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP)— The head of the WHO Europe was Friday pessimistic about vaccines' ability to put an end to the COVID pandemic, as new variants dash hopes of reaching herd immunity. Faced with the possibility that the virus may be around…
September 10, 2021
Biden on vaccine mandate: ‘We are in the tough stretch’
WASHINGTON (AP) — In his most forceful pandemic actions and words, President Joe Biden ordered sweeping new federal vaccine requirements for as many as 100 million Americans — private-sector employees as well as health care workers and federal…