Month: July 2011

July 8, 2011

Bruce tells Audley to ensure workers get paid

PUBLIC sector leaders were finally able to put their signatures to an agreement this morning for the more than 100,000 civil servants to receive the long-awaited seven per cent increase which has been owed by Government since 2009. At a special…

July 6, 2011

PDM OBJECTS TO APPOINTMENT OF NON-TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDER TO POSITION OF NIB DIRECTOR

  Leader of the Peoples Democratic Movement, Doug Parnell has come…

July 6, 2011

Haiti – Travel : Flights between the Turks and Caicos Islands – Port-au-Prince

A new airline is preparing to offer flights, among others, between the Turks and Caicos Islands and Port-au-Prince, and Cap Haitien. Currently Skycruiser Airways has submitted plans to the Air Transport Licensing Authority (ATLA) to operate…

July 6, 2011

Caribbean leaders concerned about Turks and Caicos Islands

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) heads of government have expressed concern on the situation…

July 6, 2011

Injured Tiger Woods pulls out of Open Championship

Former world number one Tiger Woods has confirmed he will miss this month's Open Championship at Sandwich because of his troublesome left leg injury.

July 6, 2011

Women’s World Cup: England 2-0 Japan

England's women booked a place in the quarter-finals of the World Cup thanks to victory over Japan in Group B. Hope Powell's side held off some intense pressure from the Japanese before going in front when Ellen White superbly lobbed in from 22…

July 6, 2011

Shark fishing banned in the Bahamas

The Bahamas has banned shark fishing in its waters and prohibited the sale, import and export of shark products.

July 6, 2011

PM says REDjet interested in flying into St Kitts

As the REDjet issue simmers in the Caribbean, St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr Denzil Douglas said the new low-fare airline will be welcome to operate into and out of the twin-island Federation. Douglas, the current chairman of the regional…

July 6, 2011

U.S. Coast Guard sends home 122 Haitian, Cuban boaters

The U.S. Coast Guard has returned more than 120 Cuban and Haitian migrants to their Caribbean homelands. The Coast Guard says 82 Haitians were aboard a 40-foot sailing vessel intercepted Friday northwest of Great Inagua, Bahamas. They were all…

July 6, 2011

Jill Scott Tells How She Trimmed Down 63 Pounds

  Have you seen Jill Scott lately? She is…