Commentary Newsday Just NowThe bust of APT James at James Park, Scarborough. – DR RITA PEMBERTON The acute national interest in the much-needed and long-awaited new vessels to service the inter-island route was fired by the expectation that, once operational, the new vessels would bring an end to the escalating litany of lamentations of the…
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A U.S. judge on Tuesday refused to halt an oil and gas lease sale for Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge that was pushed by the Trump administration in its final days.U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason’s decision came after conservationists and Indigenous groups argued that the lease sale scheduled for Wednesday…
Sport|Sailing4 Jan, 2021 09:10 PM4 minutes to readEmirates Team NZ foil arms arrive from Italy. Video / Twitter / @EmiratesTeamNZA growing number of leaders in the sailing world are calling for the America’s Cup to rid itself of its current foiling boats and return to a more traditional form.The last three competitions for the America’s…
by Lee Mehr , posted 4 days ago / 1,086 ViewsNote: This review is based on the Xbox One version of the game, but played on an Xbox Series X.Learning to manage grief isn’t comfortable subject matter to explore. Depending on the situation we may openly weep, reflexively lash out in anger, or burrow away…
Renuka SinghPrime Minister Dr Keith Rowley and National Security Minister Stuart Young are defending the fairness of this country’s COVID-19 exemption policy in the face of stinging criticism that their children were allowed to jump the exemption queue. However, Rowley is also indicating that the Government plans to revisit and make changes to the policy.Their…
by Patrick Day-Childs , posted 1 day ago / 1,679 Views2020 has now ended. Many people are excited to finally being putting such an awful year behind us, but I cannot help feeling that we’re walking into 2021 waist deep in plague and debt. But 2021 doesn’t have to really push the boundaries to be…
BEIRUT: After a year of financial, political and social turmoil, few in Lebanon believe the crisis-wracked country’s situation will improve in the coming 12 months, while growing numbers fear their plight will worsen dramatically. “Our country is broken,” said Rima Al-Khatib, who works in the banking sector, describing a year in which her father…
The U.S. said it will ban all shipments of palm oil from one of the world’s biggest producers after finding indicators of forced labor and other abuses on plantations that feed into the supply chains of some of America’s most famous food and cosmetic companies. The order against Malaysian-owned Sime Darby Plantation Berhad and its…
Secret Base now has one million subscribers on YouTube. It’s a big moment for us, and it’s a testament to all the ambition, creativity and years of hard work put in by our team: Alex Rubenstein, Clara Morris, Graham MacAree, Jiazhen Zhang, Joe Ali, Jon Bois, Kofie Yeboah, Mike Das, Phil Pasternak, Ryan Simmons, Seth…
Hollyoaks ultimately gave viewers the answers they’ve been craving in tonight’s episode (December 28) as the identity of the body bag victim was finally revealed. Viewers of the Channel 4 soap have been racking their brains for 12 months in an effort to figure out which resident wouldn’t make it out of 2020 alive, after…
