Month: May 2011

May 12, 2011

Spain: Earthquake rocks Lorca, Murcia, killing 10

At least 10 people were killed after a magnitude-5.2 earthquake toppled several buildings in southern Spain near the town of Lorca, officials say. The quake struck at a depth of just 1km (0.6 miles), some 120km south-west of Alicante, at 1847…

May 12, 2011

Libya unrest: State TV shows Col Gaddafi footage

Libya's state TV has shown footage of Col Muammar Gaddafi meeting tribal leaders in Tripoli -…

May 12, 2011

India’s Supreme Court Rejects Harsher Bhopal Charges

India's Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a government appeal to reinstate harsher charges against seven men convicted of negligence in the 1984 Bhopal gas leak that killed thousands of people. The government had petitioned to try the men on…

May 12, 2011

Southern US Cities Brace for Historic Flooding

Floodwaters along the Mississippi River moved south Wednesday, as some areas in the southern U.S. braced for record flooding in the coming days. Thousands of residents in several states have evacuated their homes along the river and its…

May 11, 2011

Tarrus to release new album

Popular reggae artiste Tarrus Riley, who is gearing up to release a new album later this year, has a new single called 'Love Scars' which is to be serviced to radio later this month. The song was produced by Roshaun 'Bay C' Clarke from Bombrush…

May 11, 2011

Bolt set for standout season

Even if he is a few weeks late, Usain Bolt has the same old message: Catch me if you can.…

May 11, 2011

Bulls pull away late, take 3-2 lead

After the Bulls' uninspired loss in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals, many in NBA circles speculated that their youth was finally catching up to them. It was supposedly a classic case of inexperience wilting under pressure, a young…

May 11, 2011

TCI and regional Olint investors may have longer wait

  Investors in the Turks and Caicos Islands and other Caribbean countries who were…

May 11, 2011

Carnival Breeze coming to Grand Turk next summer

  As Carnival Cruise Lines’ newest ship, the Carnival Magic, debuted last week, the company announced that the Magic’s sister ship, the Carnival Breeze, will be completed in June 2012 and will be based in Miami. Both 130,000-ton ships will spend…

May 11, 2011

FirstCaribbean Revolutionizes Mobile Banking Once More with Bill & Third Party Payments

  Just one year after FirstCaribbean International Bank revolutionized the regional financial sector with mobile banking, the Bank has made yet another decisive step ahead of the competition by expanding the functionality of its mobile banking…