Month: March 2011

March 3, 2011

CIMA AND TCI FORM UNION

  The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) has formalized its…

March 3, 2011

LIME and CARIFTA working together

LIME, the Caribbean’s leading full service telecommunications provider, today announced a US…

March 3, 2011

PPC DAMAGES LIME’S FIBRE OPTIC CABLE

Severe damage to one of LIME’s fibre optic cables in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands, has significantly impacted on that telecommunications company’s texting, faxing, BBM and internet facilities, while at the same time hampering the…

March 2, 2011

SAILROCK DEVELOPMENT LTD SPONSORS NEW YOUTH FOOTIE LEAGUE

  The Turks and Caicos Islands Football Association (TCIFA) has a new youth league on its roster. The league, sponsored by Sailrock Development Limited, will see an Under 11 Boys, Under 13 Boys and Under 13 Girls participate in a ten-week…

March 2, 2011

Caribbean International Marathon Grand Turk Cruise

The Turks and Caicos Tourist Board was happy to assists in the building of a niche market that is slowly being tapped by the TCI - sports tourism. As sports tourism marketing opportunities continue to become available, on Monday, February 21,…

March 2, 2011

TCI CONFIRMS INTENTION TO ADOPT AUTOMATIC EXCHANGE OF TAX INFORMATION UNDER THE EUROPEAN UNION SAVINGS TAX DIRECTIVE

The Permanent Secretary, Finance, Delton Jones, briefed the Advisory Council at the session on Wednesday 23 February on the policy recommendation for the TCI to progress  from the transitional withholding tax arrangement to an automatic exchange…

March 2, 2011

Lawyer Says Jay-Z Wants “Too Much” To Settle 40/40 Beef With David Ortiz

Jay-Z and Boston Red Sox' star David Ortiz could head to court this month over the use of the rap star's 40/40 brand name. Jay-Z took Ortiz to court for allegedly stealing the name of the 40/40 Club and using it for a similar business located in…

March 2, 2011

Golding may miss Manatt enquiry

PRIME Minister Bruce Golding is asking the Dudus/Manatt commission of enquiry to consider his…

March 2, 2011

Chinese military team in talks with Defence Force

  A six-member high-powered team from the Chinese People’s Liberation Army is on a three-day visit to Trinidad and Tobago for discussions with the Defence Force. The team, headed by General Ma Xiaottian, Deputy Chief of General Staff, paid a…

March 2, 2011

Bomb threat in Jamaica results in cargo suspension

Director General of the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), Colonel Oscar Derby, said that a bomb threat concerning cargo flown from Jamaica to the United States originated in Jamaica. The Jamaica Observer reported that all cargo shipments…