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British High Commissioner Harriet Cross - Jeff Mayers BRITISH GOVERNMENT staff around the world are set to complete a unique 24-hour global marathon relay on Saturday to help mental health charities across the world. Diplomats and other overseas staff working for the British Government, as well their Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office colleagues in the United Kingdom, and their families, will take part to raise funds for mental health charities, including Mind in the UK. Staff from more than 230 British Embassies, High Commissions, Governors’ Offices and Consulates – from Samoa...

Carifta Games 2021 cancelled due to covid19 regulations 2 Days Ago In this March 24, 2019 file photo, Savion Joseph of Zenith club competes in the boys Under-20 long jump during the Carifta trials, at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Mucurapo. PHOTO BY JEFF MAYERS. - Jeff Mayers THE 2021 edition of the Carifta Track and Field Championships, scheduled for Bermuda, has been cancelled. This is the second straight year that the premier regional junior track and field meet has been scrapped. Bermuda was due to stage the 2020 Carifta Games, but it was delayed by a year due to the covid19 pandemic. Acco...

TTPBA: Let journalists do their job 4 Hrs Ago In this file photo, Prime Minister Keith C. Rowley speaks to Newsday's journalist Rachel Espinet - Photo by Jeff Mayers The TT Publishers and Broadcasters Association (TTPBA) says journalists must hold true to their responsibilities and demand that they be allowed to fulfil their mandate in a time when journalism is under increasing attack from all directions. The comment was part of a wider press statement issued by the association in commemoration of World Press Freedom Day, observed on May 3 annually. The association said in its release that TT...

Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister Ayanna Webster-Roy. - Jeff Mayers Security both inside and outside a children's home has been increased following the escape of five boys in March – with two of them being murdered while on the run. Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister Ayanna Webster-Roy said since the March 20 escape, the children’s home has increased security manpower, with increased internal and perimeter monitoring and increased the internal security infrastructure. Webster-Roy, in response to e-mailed questions, said to further prevent such instances, the Children�...

Where is our ministerial code? Prime Minister Dr Rowley - Jeff Mayers THE EDITOR: Following the recent political bacchanal in which UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is now facing allegations of corruption, or sleaze as the British would put it, regarding an unsavoury “bodies pile high” covid19 comment and dubious financing of the refurbishment to his Downing Street flat, I was admittedly tempted to simply conclude that corruption is everywhere and give TT a “real-place” free pass. We’re a budding nation after all, a babe compared to the UK. Thankfully, however, measured consideration...