October 29, 2013
Director for UK’s Overseas Territories will visit next week
Six international kite boarders will attempt the first ever non-stop 6,000km Atlantic Ocean Crossing departing from the Canary Islands in late November 2013 In late 2013, between November 20 and November 25, the six kite boarders will soar from the…
October 29, 2013
Crime & Incident Reports October 24, 2013 and Friday October 25, 2013
The Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force are investigating a number of incidents reported between Thursday October 24, 2013 and Friday October 25, 2013 within the districts of Providenciales and North Caicos, including: Discharging…
October 29, 2013
Fatal Boating Incident takes the life of a male
The Royal Turks & Caicos Islands Police Force is continuing their investigations into the apparent drowning of a man off North Caicos. A male contacted operators at the 911 Call Centre at approximately 12:01PM and informed the operator that a…
October 29, 2013
GTBA Starts this weekend
The long awaited Grand Turk Basketball league returns to the Palm Grove basketball court this weekend with new pieces, mixed pieces and a few old ones joining the league. The pre-season action starts this weekend starting at 8pm with the Salt Cay…
October 23, 2013
Clapper: Reports US tapped French phones ‘false’
A senior US intelligence official has stated that reports the US collected data on French citizens' telephone calls are "false". Director of National Intelligence James Clapper challenged recent reports in Le Monde newspaper detailing US…
October 23, 2013
Australia Firefighters Battle Hot, Windy Conditions
Authorities warned residents in Australia's most populous state to flee their homes as firefighters battle dozens of wildfires in what are expected to be dangerously hot and windy conditions Wednesday. Since late last week, the fires burning across…
October 23, 2013
Greek Parliament Defunds Neo-Nazi Party
Greek lawmakers voted late Tuesday for an indefinite suspension of state aid to political parties accused of criminal activities, in a move targeting the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party. The measure was adopted by a 235-0 vote, when members of Golden…
October 23, 2013
37 Boko Haram Militants Killed in Military Strikes
Nigeria's military says it killed 37 suspected Boko Haram militants in a ground and air attack that began late Monday on an encampment in a remote area of the country's embattled northeast. A military spokesman said the assault occurred in Borno…
October 23, 2013
Pakistani PM Urges US to Stop Drone Strikes
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has reiterated his country's demand for an end to U.S. drone strikes inside Pakistan. In an address at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington Tuesday, Mr. Sharif said he wants to see U.S.-Pakistan relations…
October 23, 2013
US Expanding Airport Security Checks
The New York Times reports the U.S. Transportation Security Administration is expanding its screening of airline passengers before they arrive at U.S. airports by searching what the newspaper calls a "wide array of government and private……