Month: October 2011

October 27, 2011

UK Border Agency criticised over convict deportations

More than 5,000 foreign criminals who should have been deported remain in the UK, an official report has said. The number who are not deported or cannot be deported at the end of their sentence is increasing, the independent inspector of the UK…

October 27, 2011

DIGICEL LAUNCHES THREE NEW BLACKBERRY 7 SMARTPHONES ACROSS TCI & THE REGION

Digicel has launched three new BlackBerry smart phones based on the new BlackBerry 7 OS:…

October 27, 2011

Permanent Residence Certificates: update on backlog clearance

The Ministry of Border Control and Labour is continuing to work on clearing the backlog of Permanent Residence Certificate (PRC) applications that have accumulated over very many years. The target is that all outstanding PRC applications should be…

October 26, 2011

Fourth road fatality for 2011.

On Tuesday the 25th of October 2011, the Turks and Caicos Islands…

October 26, 2011

Police arrested two for fighting at a wedding reception

  The Royal Turks & Caicos Islands Police in Grand Turk  charged two males for Fighting in a Public Place. Also, as a result of this incident one of the males has also been charged for wounding. This altercation occurred on Saturday night 22nd…

October 26, 2011

TCI Police ivestigates a shooting at a local resort

The Royal Turks & Caicos Islands Police, Criminal Investigation Department, in Providenciales, are investigating a shooting which occurred at approximately 10:00pm on Monday 24th October 2011 at local resort in Providenciales. An employee received…

October 26, 2011

Obama Tapes ‘Tonight Show’; Continues West Coast Swing

President Barack Obama made room for a “Tonight Show” appearance yesterday that was…

October 26, 2011

NBA’s Matt Barnes Announces Split with Gloria Govan

Los Angeles Lakers forward and reality show star Matt Barnes announced in an emailed statement Monday that he and his fiancée, reality television star Gloria Govan, have split up. “I’d like to address the rumors surrounding mine and Gloria’s…

October 26, 2011

Lindsay Lohan’s father arrested on suspicion of domestic violence

Actress Lindsay Lohan's father was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence, police in Tampa, Florida, said Tuesday. Monday evening, police responded to a domestic violence call at Michael Lohan's home, authorities said in a statement. "Upon…

October 26, 2011

Selena Gomez, Justin Bieber adopt a dog

Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber squeezed in some very public displays of affection at a hockey game in Canada on Saturday night, but just one day earlier, they made a decidedly more private outing to a local animal shelter -- and quietly adopted a…