May 29, 2015
Porn, adware found on former FBI web domains
Websites overseen by the FBI have been briefly used to offer visitors porn or links seeded with adware. Some of the sites involved were seized from net entrepreneur Kim Dotcom and are thought to attract large numbers of visitors. The sites were…
May 29, 2015
Sepp Blatter wins another term as president
Meet Sepp Blatter. Still the most powerful man in the world's most popular game, scandal be damned. You could also call the 79-year-old Swiss national a survivor, after he clung to his job as FIFA's president Friday. He won a fifth term despite a…
May 29, 2015
Michael Jackson’s Neverland ranch up for sale
Michael Jackson's Neverland ranch has gone up for sale with a price tag of $100m (£65m), reports the Wall Street Journal. The Santa Barbara development was once home to a zoo, an amusement park and its own fire station. Much of this has gone but…
May 29, 2015
US economy shrank in first quarter
The US economy shrank 0.7% in the first three months of 2015, compared to the same period last year. The Bureau of Economic Analysis significantly revised down its earlier economic growth estimate of 0.2%. The previous calculation underestimated the…
May 29, 2015
Greek bank deposits fall to decade low
Greek bank deposits have fallen to their lowest level in more than 10 years, as concerns persist over the country's debt burden and possible exit from the euro. Deposits stood at €139.4bn (£100bn) in April, a 3.9% decline on the previous month,…
May 29, 2015
Finance Minister’s Statement and its context by Devon Williams
In the spirit of political maturity, I will try a critique of the government of the day and before and see what happens. The statements made by Former Chief Minister Washington Misick in Parliament is one that is in my view, xenophobic and…
May 29, 2015
American Express president dies on flight
American Express said its president, Ed Gilligan, died after becoming ill on a flight to New York. Mr Gilligan started his career at the company as an intern 35 years ago and became vice chairman in 2007 and president in 2013, it said in a…
May 29, 2015
TCI Observes World No Tobacco Day May 31, 2015
The Department of Mental Health and Substance Dependence in the Ministry of Health, Agriculture and Human Services joins the World Health Organization (WHO) and participating countries around the world in celebrating World No Tobacco Day, Sunday,…
May 29, 2015
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS GOVERNMENT FISHERIES REGULATIONS POSTPONED FOR CONSULTATION
The Turks and Caicos Islands Fisheries (Protection) Regulations 2015 has been postponed to September 1, 2015. The Regulations, previously scheduled to come into operation on June 1, 2015 has been delayed in order to facilitate further focus group…
May 29, 2015
US Takes Cuba Off Terrorism List
The United States on Friday dropped Cuba from a blacklist designating the communist country as a state sponsor of terrorism in another step toward the resumption of diplomatic links between the two nations after a five-decade standoff. Shortly after…