November 16, 2012
Ancient Stone Weapons Find in South Africa Pushes Human History Back in Time
Archaeologists digging at a site on the southern coast of South Africa have found a trove of sophisticated stone tools they believe were made 50,000 years before the technology to create them emerged in Europe and other regions of Africa. The…
November 16, 2012
Retailer Wal-Mart Expands Its Bribery Investigation
The world's largest retailer, U.S.-based Wal-Mart Stores, says it is expanding its internal investigation into whether company officials paid bribes to foreign officials to help expand the company's operations abroad. A year after Wal-Mart revealed…
November 16, 2012
Ukraine’s Tymoshenko Ends Hunger Strike
Jailed Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko is ending the hunger strike she began in protest of alleged fraud in the country's recent elections. Ukraine's deputy health minister, Raissa Moissenko, says Ms. Tymoshenko agreed to end her 17-day…
November 15, 2012
Crime News in the TCI
In Providenciales, the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police are investigating the theft of a sum of money from four (4) Gaming machines from a bar in Five Cays. It was reported that the bar was secured at 11:50pm on Tuesday 13 November 2012 and…
November 15, 2012
Larry N. Lawrence Appointed Country Manager & Head Of Corporate- CIBC First Caribbean
First Caribbean is pleased to announce the appointment of Larry N. Lawrence to the post of Country Manager and Head of Corporate of its operations in the Turks & Caicos Islands (TCI). Larry, a career banker with CIBC FirstCaribbean for the…
November 15, 2012
Financial Services Commission facilitates seminar on the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act
On Wednesday, November 14, 2012, representatives of the Turks and Caicos financial services industry participated to a one-day seminar which provided a comprehensive introduction and critical update on Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act ("FATCA")…
November 15, 2012
CIBC First Caribbean Rewards Visa Credit Card Clients
Clients of CIBC FirstCaribbean have much to smile about this holiday season as the bank unveiled its ‘CIBC FirstCaribbean Rewards’, a programme that allows Visa Gold and Visa Classic credit card clients to earn loyalty points with every purchase…
November 14, 2012
2012 Election Results : The Story behind the numbers.
By now everyone is aware that the PNP won the 2012 General Elections 8 seats to the PDM 7 seats. PNP won 6 seats at the Electoral District level and 2 at the All Island level compared to the PDM 4 seats at the Electoral District level and 3 at the…
November 14, 2012
TCI Election Results
Confirmation of the declared result for all 15 seats in the Turks and Caicos Islands election contested on 9 Nov 2012. The Progressive National Party (PNP) win eight seats and is the largest party in the House Of Assembly. The People’s Democratic…
November 13, 2012
Ben Affleck to receive Modern Master honour
US actor Ben Affleck is to receive the Modern Master award from the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, the highest honour the event bestows. Organisers described the 40-year-old as "a multi-dimensional artist" who had "come into his own"…