Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Mottley has announced a suite of new relief measures which she said were formulated to help Barbadians navigate “a world characterised by a level of uncertainty like nothing experienced in recent decades.” Mottley told Barbadians during a national press conference recently, “you know as well as I do that things are … Continued
Local baseball professional Kennard Dawson recently assisted his Boston Red Sox to a second-place result in the first-ever FTX Major League Baseball Home Run Derby X in London. Dawson, who has since returned to the Virgin Islands, smashed a walk-off home run to advance the Red Sox to the finals after they won the preliminary … Continued
Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapksa is rumoured to be hiding out in Singapore after fleeing his country with his wife and bodyguards in the wee hours of Wednesday morning on board an air force vessel. The president fled hours before he was set to step down and bring an end to his family’s nearly two … Continued
Six candidates remain in the running to succeed Boris Johnson as leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. This follows a first round of voting within the party on Wednesday, which saw two of the initial eight candidates drop out of the running, due to lack of support. The six … Continued
Boris Johnson has resigned as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom following the resignation of 38 Members of Parliament in less than 48 hours. Johnson confirmed his resignation on Thursday morning, stating that he will remain in the position of prime minister until a replacement Conservative leader is found. Speaking outside Downing Street, he said … Continued
Resignations continue to mount in the United Kingdom (UK) with the Boris Johnson-led Government receiving 18 resignations in the past 24 hours. This was confirmed by UK-based news sites which said the resignations stemmed from Prime Minister Johnson’s decision earlier this year to appoint Chris Pincher as the Treasurer of Her Majesty’s Household also referred … Continued
Children and adults came out in their numbers last weekend to support the BVI Olympic Committee (BVIOC) and member national federations in the 3rd Annual Sports Festival which was held at the A.O. Shirley Recreation Ground. Seven of the national federations were present at the event, including the Virgin Islands Archery Association, BVI Athletics Association, … Continued
Ghislaine Maxwell has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for her role played in a years-long scheme of grooming and sexually abusing underage girls with her former partner Jeffrey Epstein. Late last year Maxwell was convicted on five counts, including sex trafficking of a minor. On Tuesday, June 28, she was handed a … Continued
R&B singer R. Kelly has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after being found guilty of nine counts in 2021, with one charge of racketeering and eight counts of violations of the Mann Act, a sex trafficking law. This was confirmed by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York … Continued
The Prince of Wales is facing heavy criticism for his alleged involvement in receiving over $3 million in cash from a former prime minister of Qatar, for his charity. This following a recent report from news agency Times of London in the United Kingdom, which claimed that between 2011 and 2015, Prince Charles “personally accepted … Continued
