February 22, 2013
Japan Moves to Stimulate their Stalled Economy
Japan's central bank is embarking on an American-like plan to stimulate the country's stalled economy by pumping more money into it. The Bank of Japan, under pressure from the new government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, agreed Tuesday to double…
February 22, 2013
British Women Gets Death Sentence for Drug Smuggling in Bali
An Indonesian court has sentenced a British woman to death for attempting to smuggle drugs into the resort island of Bali. Fifty-six-year-old Lindsay Sandiford cried when she heard the sentence Tuesday, but did not comment as she was escorted back…
February 22, 2013
Bermudian Arrested In NJ For Drug Offences
A Bermudian man was arrested in New Jersey in connection with a drug related matter. The Bermuda Police Service released limited information, saying only that they are “aware of an arrest of a Bermudian National in New Jersey on a drug related…
February 22, 2013
Jamaica overcome few hiccups to record four-wicket win
Jamaica overcame a few hiccups to coast to a comfortable four-wicket win over Trinidad and Tobago in the Regional Super50 Championship here yesterday Chasing an inadequate 153 for victory, Jamaica recovered from a position of one run for two wickets…
February 22, 2013
Digicel & IslandCom moves ahead with LTE
The TCI Telecommunications Commission has awarded the two available licences on the 700 MegaHertz spectrum to Digicel and Islandcom. The Commission says that due to its technical characteristics, the 700 MegaHertz spectrum is ideally suited for…
February 22, 2013
Ten Percent Returns for Civil Servants
The Government has confirmed that Public Servants and members of the Police Force will get the reinstatement of the 10 per cent salary in their pay packets at the end of the month. It takes effect on February 1st and will be paid to those eligible…
February 22, 2013
RFA Wave Ruler stops in the TCI
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February 22, 2013
Attorney General Huw Shepheard made no reference in his statement
The Attorney General Huw Shepheard made no reference in a statement today to last week’s call by the Premier, the Honorable Doctor Rufus Ewing, for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to recall him, the Governor His Excellency Ric Todd, and the…
February 22, 2013
CDB Workshops
Closing date for the Caribbean Development Bank’s sponsored skills training workshops offered by the Ministries of Government Support Services and Border Control and Labor has been extended to Friday March 22nd. Both Ministries are urging small,…
February 22, 2013
Court Reporting Course
Journalists and Broadcasters across the TCI have just completed a four day course on Court Reporting delivered by a leading journalist from the Thompson Reuters Foundation. The course was financed by the Foreign and Commonwealth office, facilitated…