Daily Archives: May 22, 2020
Business owner pleads for public’s help
The owner of Roxy's Jewellery Clothing and Things, Roxanne Martin, is pleading for assistance from the public in identifying the person caught on camera...
Breaking: Police officer cleared of rape
A police officer has been found not guilty of rape and indecent assault arising from charges in 2018.
The case came before High Court Judge...
U.S. – Virginia family found nearly $1 million in middle of road, called sheriff department
(abcnews) - A Caroline County family discovered nearly $1 million in cash after running over bags filled with bills while on a Saturday afternoon...
Trump deems churches ‘essential,’ calls for them to reopen
(AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that he has deemed churches and other houses of worship “essential” and called on governors across the...
Trinidad: At last, Cruise ship workers, students to come home
(Trinidad Express) - Government has relented and will allow T&T nationals stranded aboard cruise ships to enter Trinidad and Tobago under quarantine.
In a statement...
International: Son ‘kills father’ during Zoom video chat in New York state
(BBC) - A 72-year-old man has been stabbed to death by his son in New York state during a Zoom video chat with 20...
Regional: C’bean island states need differentiated treatment due to COVID-19. Here’s why.
(iwnsvg) - Tourism-dependent, climate-vulnerable states need to respond to the devastation of COVID-19 with a hurricane season around the corner
Small Island Developing States (SIDS)...
Regional: Tourism ‘needs to adjust to fewer visitors’
(Barbados Today) - Caribbean tourism, pummelled by the impact of the coronavirus, may need to move away from mass market tourism as post-COVID-19 may...
Barbados: Pastors’ group urges reopening of churches
(Barbados Today) - A group of pastors is to appeal to Government to allow them to reopen churches for regular services, amid thegradual...
Trinidad: ‘Increasing number of suicides on cruise ships’
(Trinidad Express) - AN increasing number of suicides on cruise ships during the Covid-19 lockdown is leaving Trinidadian Sterling Howell — already stranded on...