January 4, 2014
Police updates the Nation on the capsized Haitian sloop
Following the capsize of a Haitian sloop on Christmas day, (Wednesday, December 25, 2013) in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI), the Ministry of Border Control and Labour has confirmed to RTC News that 31 of the survivors who were detained have been…
January 4, 2014
New Non Stop Flights to Puerto Plata, Samana and Providenciales
After Air Turks & Caicos recently unveiled its new name-change to InterCaribbean Airways, the company told RTC News,'We are pleased to announce new air service schedules connecting San Juan to Puerto Plata and Samana in the Dominican Republic,…
January 4, 2014
Cubans can now buy new and used cars freely
Cubans are now able to buy modern cars freely for the first time since the revolution in 1959. Previously, Cubans had to get a government permit to buy new vehicles. That requirement has now been abolished but only a minority will benefit. The…
January 4, 2014
US visitor – first road fatality in Trinidad
Twenty year old Leon Jagroop has become Trinidad's first road fatality in Trinidad for 2014. The United States resident died while being treated hospital, after the car he was driving overturned on the north bound lane of the Solomon Hochoy Highway…
January 4, 2014
St Lucia’s records its first murder for 2014
A police officer came under fire from gunmen as St Lucia recorded its first homicide for the new year. A police statement confirmed that a 27-year-old man was shot and killed in New Village in the capital last night, adding that “subsequent to that…
January 4, 2014
U.S. deports 3,414 Dominicans in 2013, beats the 3,245 in 2012
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deported 3,414 Dominicans in 2013 –including 62 women- after serving sentences in U.S. jails accused of various crimes, compared with the 3,245 escorted back in 2012. The ex-convicts served…
January 4, 2014
Britain to provide aid to St Lucia and St Vincent
Britain is providing EC$1 million for vital emergency humanitarian support to St Vincent and the Grenadines and St Lucia following the widespread destruction and deaths caused by a low level trough system late last month. Britain said it would…
January 3, 2014
American Hustle among Producers Guild nominees
Crime caper American Hustle and space drama Gravity are among the 10 movies up for the Producers Guild of America's version of a best picture prize. 12 Years a Slave and Nebraska are also nominated for its 'outstanding producer of theatrical motion…
January 3, 2014
Busta Rhymes hops on Differentology
American rapper Busta Rhymes is featured on the remix of Trinidadian soca artiste Bunji Garlin's song Differentology. The original version of Differentology was released for the 2013 Trinidad Carnival. It became a huge hit throughout the Caribbean.…
January 3, 2014
NY judge nixes 50 Cent’s bid to toss sex video lawsuit
Rapper 50 Cent has lost a bid to end a Florida woman's lawsuit over a sex video posted online with him edited into it as a wig-wearing narrator. A New York judge rebuffed the rapper's request to dismiss Lastonia Leviston's claim in a ruling made…