Month: July 2012

July 23, 2012

Attacks Kill 103 Across Iraq

Iraqi officials say a wave of bombings and shootings has killed at least 103 people and wounded nearly 200 others in one of the deadliest attacks in Iraq this year. The worst attack was in Taji, 20 kilometers north of Baghdad, where nearly 40 people…

July 23, 2012

Tens of Thousands Flee Clashes in Northeast India

More than 30,000 people have fled their homes in northeast India to escape fighting between indigenous tribes and Muslim settlers. Officials in Assam state said Monday at least 18 people have been killed in recent days in clashes over land rights.…

July 15, 2012

SUPPORT TO INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES KEY AIM OF NEXT WFD VISIT

Providing support to independent candidates standing at the Turks and Caicos elections on 9…

July 15, 2012

EDITORIAL:VAT, THE OPIATE OF OUR WOES

In listening to the Consultative Forum yesterday, I was never more disappointed by the presentations and voting by some members. It was clear that some of the members read from scripts prepared for them by others. Some of them had no clue as to what…

July 15, 2012

Prestigious Insurance Agency hires New Managing Director

In an effort to increase its competitive edge and its overall market share in the Turks and Caicos Islands Insurance Industry, the Prestigious Insurance Agency (P.I.A) has hired Mr. Jamell Robinson as their new Managing Director. Mr. Robinson…

July 15, 2012

E. JAY SAUNDERS ENCOURAGED TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROFESSIONALS TO LEVERAGE CLOUD COMPUTING TO ENHANCE THEIR VALUE ADDED SERVICES.

E. Jay Saunders who recently was in Barcelona, Spain presenting to European Telecommunications companies at the LTE World Summit on how they can become more profitable by embracing Cloud Computing, was last month in Miami, Florida at the Mobile VAS…

July 15, 2012

UPDATE ON ADDRESS CONFIRMATION

  To date eighty percent (80%) of Streets in Providenciales have been confirmed. The Survey and Mapping Department is working assiduously to complete Grand Turk, which is currently about seventy-five percent (75%) complete. Mr. Demarco Williams…

July 15, 2012

Protests as Clinton holds meetings in Egypt

Egyptian protesters threw tomatoes and shoes at U.S. Secretary of…

July 15, 2012

Tornadoes hit Kujawy-Pomorze and Wielkopolska in Poland

One person has been killed and at least 10 others injured during a series of freak tornadoes in northern and western Poland. The extreme winds hits the country's Kujawy-Pomorze and Wielkopolska provinces, destroying 100 homes. Some 400 hectares of…

July 15, 2012

Syria in civil war, Red Cross says

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says fighting in Syria is so widespread that the conflict is now in effect a civil war. The change in status means combatants will now be officially subject to the Geneva Conventions, leaving…