UK Export Finance (UKEF) is providing opportunities to support clean growth projects in the Caribbean. Clean Growth encompasses work that will aid in growing a country’s national income, while cutting greenhouse gas emissions. Applications are welcomed in support of clean growth projects that fall within the following categories: Renewable energy Including: production transmission appliances and products Energy efficiency Including: new and refurbished buildings energy storage district heating smart grids appliances and products Pollution prevention and control Including: reduction of air emissions greenhouse gas control soil remediation waste prevention waste reduction waste recycling energy/emission efficient waste to energy Environmentally sustainable management…
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Our 2020 team was rather small; it comprised of twelve (12) swimmers. The club has a track record of always being victorious in the ten (10) and under age category. This year was no different even though our team was small. Three (3) of our swimmers emerged as overall champions in their age category: Hazen Da Briel won the boys 9 – 10 age category. He won a total of sixteen (16) medals. Ten (10) of these were gold and six (6) were silvers. He also smashed three (3) national records: the 200 back, the 800 free and the 200…
Forty-one additional people have tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the tally to 629 cases. As of yesterday evening, there were 477 active cases, three of which are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). The Ministry of Health did not state whether the cases were contacts of recently positive patients. In its daily updates, the ministry added that 179 persons are hospitalised and receiving treatment, with another 90 patients expected to be admitted to hospital yesterday. Another 35 persons are being processed for admission. Additionally, 144 patients were in step-down facilities last night. The ministry noted a total of 16,051 samples…
Barbados Tridents used every bit of depth they had to start the defence of their Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) title with a win over St Kitts & Nevis Patriots that looked impossible just 15 balls into the match. Sheldon Cottrell struck with his fourth ball, bowling Johnson Charles as he tried to whip to leg. He pinged Corey Anderson on the head first ball then had him caught at point by Evin Lewis, and when Hope sliced Tanvir to the same fielder the champions were reeling at 8/3 in the third over. Their response was spectacular. Kyle Mayers took…
Too many students are being needlessly left behind during this Covid-19 crisis. In times of difficulties, we need to emphasize the basics and use the resources at hand to get what needs to be done. While it is desirable for everyone to have access to an electronic device (smart phone, tablet, computer), and internet service, this is not currently the case. What we have is a promise for the future. Even if we get them now, it would take time for their use to become common place with students, teachers and parents gaining an understanding of how best to use…
What could be the highest temperature ever reliably recorded on Earth – 130F (54.4C) – may have been reached in Death Valley National Park, California. The recording is being verified by the US National Weather Service. It comes amid a heatwave on the US’s west coast, where temperatures are forecast to rise further this week. The scorching conditions have led to two days of blackouts in California, after a power plant malfunctioned on Saturday. “It’s an oppressive heat and it’s in your face,” Brandi Stewart, who works at Death Valley National Park, told the BBC. Ms Stewart has lived and…
Thirty-two persons who were gathered at a house in Valsayn and arrested for breach of the Public Health Ordinance Regulations were all granted station bail in the amount of $500 each and are due to appear at the Tunapuna Magistrates’ Court on August 24th. During an anti-crime on August 13th police received information which resulted in a party of officers proceeding to a home on C.P Alexander Drive, Valsayn South, at around 11.30 pm. According to police reports, upon arrival, the party of officers observed several persons gathered inside the location with loud music playing. A count was conducted, which…
Sunil Narine hit a quickfire 50 as the Trinbago Knight Riders beat Guyana Amazon Warriors by four wickets in the rain-affected opening match of the 2020 Caribbean Premier League. Set 145 for victory, the Knight Riders took the initiative through Narine (50 off 28 balls) and Darren Bravo (30 off 27 balls) to win the match with two balls to spare, in a match reduced to 17 overs a side. Dwayne Bravo clinched victory off the fourth ball of the final over, crashing a slower delivery from Naveen Ul-Haq over extra cover for four. Ul-Haq took 2-21 for the Amazon Warriors,…
MIAMI — U.S. customs officers intercepted a Venezuela-bound private jet in south Florida loaded with 82 firearms, including a sniper rifle, plus 63,000 rounds of ammunition, U.S. authorities said Tuesday. Two Venezuelan pilots — Luis Alberto Patino and Gregori Mendez — were arrested Saturday and charged with smuggling bulk cash and goods from the U.S. and illegally possessing firearms as aliens, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a news release. The plane and its cargo were seized, the statement said. The Venezuelan-registered Lear jet listed as its destination the Caribbean island of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the U.S.…
According to a news report by the Associated Press (A.P.) issued on Tuesday August 18, 2020, a private jet bounded for Venezuela was intercepted at Fort Lauderdale Hwd. International Airport, Miami with a cache of weapons, ammunitions, cash and household items on Saturday August 15, 2020. The A.P. report stated that two Venezuelan pilots were arrest and charged with smuggling bulk cash and goods from the United States and illegally possessing firearms as aliens. The report further stated that according to a US statement “the Venezuelan –registered Lear Jet listed as its destination the Caribbean Island of St. Vincent and…