Month: April 2011

April 17, 2011

Britain Considers Equal Succession Rights to the Throne

The British government is considering changing laws of royal succession…

April 17, 2011

Gbagbo Camp Urges Supporters to End Ivory Coast Violence

The party of former Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo is calling on its supporters to lay down their arms. The leader of Mr. Gbagbo's Ivorian Popular Front called on party loyalists Saturday to stop fighting. He said the war has ended following…

April 17, 2011

Clinton in Seoul to Discuss North Korea Nuclear Program

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is meeting Sunday with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak to discuss efforts to ratify a free trade agreement and to coordinate strategy regarding North Korea. Clinton met Saturday with Foreign Minister…

April 17, 2011

US House passes $6.2tn spending cut plan

The US House of Representatives has passed a 2012 budget plan which aims to cut $6.2 trillion (£3.8tn) in spending by the government over the next decade. The plan, introduced by Republican Paul Ryan, would cut healthcare and social programmes…

April 17, 2011

Lethal US spring storms move east to Carolinas

Three days of severe spring storms have left 21 people dead in the US south, with the Carolinas the latest states to take a battering as they move east. Three deaths were reported in North Carolina. A tornado destroyed a church near Bonneau, in…

April 15, 2011

TCI CLEANS UP FOR EARTH DAY

The Turks and Caicos Hotel and Tourism Association is…

April 15, 2011

Budget 2011/2012 presented in the TCI

The interim government of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) has produced its 2011/12 Budget, which includes major adjustments to the tax system, designed to pave the way to a successful implementation of a value-added tax in 2013. Presented by…

April 15, 2011

NEW DATE – LE REVE FOURTH ANNUAL GALA BALL

Organizers of the Le Reve Gala Ball are thrilled to announce that its “Mardi Gras” themed cocktail affair will be held on Saturday, June 11, 2011, at The Veranda Resort on Grace Bay Beach. “Due to circumstances beyond our control, we were forced to…

April 15, 2011

Trump: ‘I Have a Great Relationship With the Blacks’

Donald Trump said today he is troubled by President Obama’s high…

April 15, 2011

QQ denied entry into England

Young dancehall artiste QQ was recently denied entry into England according to his father and…