Masks soon mandatory in T&T
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley Saturday implored nationals to wear masks covering their noses and mouths as the government announced that it would continue to implement all the…
Category Added in a WPeMatico Campaign
Eight still missing in Haiti after Laura passes
PORT AU PRINCE – Haiti raised the death toll from the passage of Tropical Storm Laura last weekend to 31 and said that eight people were still missing and presumed dead. The Ministry of the Interior…
Flash-flood watch extended
The Barbados Meteorological Services extended the flash-flood watch for Barbados until 6 a.m. Sunday. A flash-flood watch is issued when heavy or excessive rainfall in a short period of time could…
Two Bajans among four new COVID cases
Two Barbadians and two visitors tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday, raising the number of cases recorded here to 170. They are a 48-year-old Barbadian man who arrived on JetBlue on August 15 and…
Three men, one woman remanded
Three men and one woman were remanded when they appeared in the District A Magistrates Court on Saturday morning, charged in connection with several incidents which occurred between July 16 and August…
UPDATE: Shooting at Haynesville
At least two men are reported to have been injured in a shooting incident at Haynesville, St James on Saturday afternoon. One victim was being treated by ambulance personnel at the scene, while another…
Shooting at Haynesville
There are reports reaching Nation News of a shooting incident at Haynesville, St James. Early indications are that there are some injuries, but the extent is not known at this time. More details…
Tearful Japanese PM resigns
TOKYO – Japan’s Shinzo Abe on Friday said he was resigning because of poor health, ending a tenure as the country’s longest-serving Prime Minister in which he sought to revive an economy stricken by deflation…
Maguire says he was beaten by police
LONDON – Manchester United captain Harry Maguire told the BBC on Thursday that he feared for his life and thought he was being kidnapped as he was arrested by plainclothes police officers following a fracas…
Another visitor tests positive for COVID
A 34-year-old visitor who arrived on British Airways on Thursday, was the only positive COVID-19 case among the 182 tests performed by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. The asymptomatic…