December 22, 2014
Middle Caicos Pine Yard Treated with Controlled Burning
Members of the Department of Environment & Maritime Affairs (DEMA) initiated the second controlled burn in the Middle Caicos pine yard on Tuesday, 9 December 2014. This is an on going part of the Caicos Pine Recovery Project. Various measures were…
December 17, 2014
Fed Pledges ‘Patience’ Before Raising Interest Rates
Top officials of the U.S. central bank (Federal Reserve ) say they will keep their key interest rate at its current ultra-low level and be "patient" in assessing economic data before they raise rates. Interest rates were cut to nearly zero during…
December 17, 2014
Sony Scraps NY Premiere of Comedy About North Korea
The New York premiere of a film about a fictional plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been canceled following threats by a shadowy hacker group. The so-called Guardians of Peace on Tuesday released a statement promising a "bitter…
December 17, 2014
Bill Cosby won’t be charged over 1974 molestation claim
Charges will not be filed against comedian Bill Cosby over allegations that he sexually assaulted a teenage girl in 1974, US prosecutors say. They cited the statute of limitations which restricts the length of time in which legal action can be taken…
December 17, 2014
EU court takes Hamas off terrorist organisations list
A top court of the European Union has annulled the bloc's decision to keep the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas on a list of terrorist groups. The decision had been based not on an examination of Hamas' actions, but on "factual imputations…
December 17, 2014
Fifa investigator resigns in World Cup report row
Fifa's independent ethics investigator Michael Garcia has quit in protest over the handling of his report into bidding for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. The American lawyer cited a "lack of leadership" at the top of football's world governing body.…
December 17, 2014
Obama Announces Historic Revamp of US-Cuba Relations
U.S. President Barack Obama announced a major shift in U.S. relations with Cuba, after the country’s communist leaders released Alan Gross, an American who had been imprisoned there for five years. In addition to the release of Gross, three Cubans…
December 17, 2014
iNTER-Caribbean Introduces Cacique Rewards
interCaribbean Airways is pleased to introduce Cacique rewards, a new rewards program designed for the frequent and infrequent flyers. Each flight flown on interCaribbean Airways will earn points that can be redeemed for rewards travel both…
December 17, 2014
Shocking baggage rates by InterCaribbean
A new baggage policy at InterCaribbean Airways is drawing criticism as residents say there was no warning of the charges which now tax second and third bags automatically, even for domestic travel. Lots of questions flying across the counter at the…
December 17, 2014
Theft of TCIG’s Stray Dog Traps
The Department of Agriculture is again appealing to members of the public to immediately cease and desist from the practice of theft and deliberate destruction of the equipment used to humanely trap the stray dogs. The Ministry of Environment and…