Typhoon threatening Japanese Grand Prix
SUZUKA, Japan – Formula One drivers at this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix said they trust race organisers to make the right call regarding any changes to the event schedule, with Typhoon Hagibis threatening…
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Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. to face new US charges in groping case
NEW YORK – Actor Cuba Gooding Jr.’s trial on charges of groping a woman at a Manhattan bar was postponed Thursday as prosecutors revealed they had brought new charges against him in connection with another…
Revellers win first Women’s T10 match
Stafanie Taylor powered her NLCB Revellers to an impressive eight-wicket victory over Courts Gladiators in the CPL Women’s T10 NLCB Challenge clash today at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Trinidad….
Climate protester lies on plane as London arrests top 1 000
LONDON – A protester lay on top of a plane while another forced a jet to turn around on the runway as climate change activists descended on London City Airport on Thursday, causing some flight disruption…
Former education minister charged
KINGSTON – Former education minister, Ruel Reid and the president of the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), Professor Fritz Pinnock, are due to appear in court “as soon as possible” after they were slapped…
New roles for Roach and Alleyne at BTMI
Tourism executives Petra Roach and Marsha Alleyne have been appointed to new roles at the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. (BTMI). Roach is the new Head, Global Markets and Alleyne is now Chief Product…
Reifer signs one-year deal with Surrey
LONDON – Promising teenaged Barbadian allrounder Nico Reifer has penned a one-year rookie deal with English county Surrey for the upcoming 2020 campaign. The 18-year-old, who has attended Whitgift…
Jamaica police search home of former education minister
KINGSTON – Police Wednesday detained former education minister Ruel Reid and the president of the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) Fritz Pinnock following a search of their homes as they continue their…
Database of derelict buildings coming
Government is creating a database of its unoccupied and derelict buildings. This was revealed yesterday by Charles Griffith, Minister in the Ministry of Housing and Lands during yesterday’s debate…
Battery pioneers win Nobel chemistry prize
STOCKHOLM/LONDON – Three scientists have won the 2019 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for putting power in peoples pockets by developing rechargeable lithium-ion batteries which made the global information technology,…