December 22, 2011
Malaysia to liberalise foreign ownership of banks
Malaysia has announced plans to allow more foreign investment in the banking sector in a bid to boost economic growth. It said the government will be more flexible in letting foreigners hold stakes in banks and will also issue banking licences to…
December 22, 2011
Iraq bombs kill at least 10 in Baghdad
A series of apparently co-ordinated explosions in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, has killed at least 10 people and injured dozens more, say officials. The interior ministry said 13 locations had been attacked, with two roadside bombs in Halawi district…
December 22, 2011
Blasts Kill 4 in Iraq as Political Crisis Continues
Iraqi officials say several explosions have hit the capital, Baghdad, killing at least seven people as a political crisis continues in the country following the withdrawal of U.S. troops. Authorities said the deadly blasts Thursday hit across the…
December 22, 2011
French Parliament to Vote on Armenian Genocide Bill
The French parliament is expected to approve a controversial bill Thursday making it a crime to publicly deny the killing of Armenians by troops of Turkey's former Ottoman Empire nearly a century ago. In response, Turkey says it may recall its…
December 22, 2011
HRW: 24 Killed in DRC Since Kabila Election Victory
An international rights group says Congolese security forces have killed at least 24 people since President Joseph Kabila was announced the winner of an election that international observers have deemed seriously flawed. Human Rights Watch Thursday…
December 22, 2011
US General Suggests Longer Term Military Presence in Afghanistan
The commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan has signaled that the United States could maintain a military presence in that country beyond the scheduled withdrawal of American troops in 2014. In an interview published in Thursday’s edition of the New…
December 21, 2011
Governor’s Christmas Message
H.E Governor Damian Ric Todd has released his Christmas Message, which reads:
I find it…
December 21, 2011
TCI Department alerts the public on Chicken and Cilantro Recall
TCI Environmental Health Department hereby alerts the general public that the US Food and Drug Administration has issued two recalls of contaminated chicken and cilantro respectively. Trade between the USA and Turks and Caicos Islands involving…
December 21, 2011
CFO notes a number of steps including a restructuring of the government Treasury, to ensure financial stability after the end of direct rule over the TCI by the British
It seems as if the state of the country's finances was not on as stable a footing as noted by the former Chief Finance Officer Caroline Gardner, who ended her one year assignment in the Turks and Caicos Islands sometime in August, satisfied she…
December 21, 2011
TCI National Blood Bank says thanks
As the year comes to an end, the TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS NATIONAL BLOOD BANK in the Ministry of Health is expressing its sincere thanks to all the dedicated blood donors and volunteers in the Turks & Caicos Islands. A statement from Latricia Ingham &…