June 27, 2013
STATEMENT FROM THE OFFICIAL OPPOSITION OF THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS PRESENTED TO THE CARICOM MINISTERIAL FACT-FINDING MISSION TO THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS
MEMBERS APPEARING Hon Sean Astwood, Deputy Leader of the PDM Hon Vaden Williams, Member for Wheeland Hon Derek Taylor, All Island Representative Hon Goldray Ewing, Member for Blue Hills Hon Clarence Selver, Actg National Chairman, PDM and…
June 27, 2013
PDM’s POSITION ON INDEPENDENCE
PREAMBLE The People’s Democratic Movement values our GOD given unalienable right to chart our own destiny as a people and determine for ourselves the form of Government that we should be governed by. Our founders have enshrined in our party’s…
June 27, 2013
Excerpts of an ADDRESS TO THE TCHTA Delivered By The Hon Leader of the Opposition
Excerpts of an ADDRESS TO THE TCHTA Delivered By The Hon Leader of the Opposition What a pleasure to briefly address you this afternoon. I promise you that I will be keep my comments brief but pointed. Congratulations to the newly elected…
June 27, 2013
$100m upgrade for LIAT
LIAT, with the partial backing of some Caribbean governments, is enhancing and transforming its fleet, with 12 new aircrafts over the next two years that will cost investors US$100 million. Earlier today, the regional airline paraded the first of…
June 27, 2013
NFL’s Aaron Hernandez charged with murder
An American football star has been charged with murder after a fellow player was found dead last week in a Massachusetts industrial park. Aaron Hernandez, 23, was taken in handcuffs from his home south of Boston in connection with the death of Odin…
June 27, 2013
EU finance ministers reach draft deal on bank bailouts
European Union (EU) finance ministers have agreed an outline plan on how to rescue troubled banks - without leaving taxpayers to face the bill. The deal was reached early on Thursday morning after another long session of talks between the 27 EU…
June 27, 2013
Italy to spend 1.5bn euros to boost youth employment
Italy's government has announced it will spend 1.5bn euros ($2bn; £1.2bn) to try to boost youth employment. The funds include tax breaks for companies that hire people aged 18-29, and will target the country's deprived southern areas. Two in five…
June 27, 2013
UBS France fined 10m euros amid tax evasion probe
The French unit of UBS has been fined 10m euros (£8.5m; $13m) by regulators for failing to tighten proper controls on money-laundering and tax evasion. UBS and its French branch are being formally investigated for allegedly helping wealthy clients…
June 27, 2013
EU summit in Brussels wrestles with youth unemployment
The record unemployment blighting much of Europe will be the focus of attention at a two-day EU summit set to open in Brussels. Across the EU, nearly a quarter of people aged 18 to 25 have no job. In Greece and Spain more than half of people in that…