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Teenager drowns on the day restrictions lifted allowing people to return to beaches and rivers
Teenager Anton Campbell drowns at a waterfall in Diego Martin. Reports say the incident took place at Blue Basin Waterfall at around 11 o’clock yesterday morning. Newscenter 5 has learnt that the 17-year-old experienced difficulty and went under the water. … Continue reading
Barbados media in mourning after killing of photojournalist
The media in Barbados is plunged into the mourning following the killing of Christoff Griffith. Mr. Griffith was a photojournalist to The Nation Newspaper in Barbados He was chopped to death while on assignment yesterday. Mr. Griffith was at the … Continue reading
Search on for missing 40-year-old Chase Village man
The search is on for Barry Ramsook. He is reported missing. Police say the 40-year-old man of Chase Village was last seen at 10:30pm on Friday. A missing persons report was filed on Saturday at 6:30 pm. Mr. Ramsook is … Continue reading
Domestic Violence Amendment Bill has been passed
The Domestic Violence Amendment Bill has been passed unanimously in the Upper House. All 29 Senators present, including the Opposition and the Independents voted in favour of the Bill. Debate on the Bill went on for several hours yesterday. At … Continue reading
POS Mayor promises to listen to all sides
The Port of Spain Mayor concedes that it is not easy to remove the statue of Christopher Columbus. Joel Martinez says renaming a street in the capital is easier than removing a statue. The Mayor now has in his possession … Continue reading
Finance Secretary says his administration tally looks good in his Budget presentation
A projected $197.2 million dollars in revenue for today this fiscal year. Finance Secretary Joel Jack in his Budget presentation yesterday listed the figures and said his administration’s tally looks good for Tobago. Secretary Jack also said in the area … Continue reading
20-year-old woman of St. James fatally shot
Another gun related killing. This time the victim is a 20-year-old woman in St. James. The name given is Brianna Parks. She was fatally shot at around 6:30 last evening. Reports are saying Ms. Parks was in the company of … Continue reading
South Korean health officials believe the country is experiencing its second wave of COVID-19
Health officials in South Korea believe the country is going through a second wave of Coronavirus, despite recording relatively low numbers. The country had been a success story in dealing with COVID-19, but now expects the pandemic to continue … Continue reading
Port of Spain Mayor says renaming a street is easier than removing statues of Christopher Columbus
The Mayor of Port of Spain says renaming a street in the capital city is easier than removing the statues of Christopher Columbus. Some 8,000 votes have been garnered in a petitioned aimed at removing the statue of the country’s … Continue reading
Brazil becomes 2nd country to register more than 50,000 deaths from Coronavirus
Brazil has become the second country, after the US, to register more than 50,000 deaths from COVID-19. It comes amid growing political tension and just days after the country confirmed more than one million Coronavirus infections Graphs of Brazil’s deaths … Continue reading
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