July 7, 2015
Brown wins 100m in season-best time in Hungary
World and Olympic sprint champion Veronica Campbell Brown ran a season’s best 10.99 seconds (-1.2m/s) to win the 100m A race at the Istvan Gyulai Memorial in Budapest, Hungary, today. Campbell Brown, who was third in both sprint finals at the recent…
July 7, 2015
St Lucia to table legislation to make CCJ final court
The St Lucia Government says it will soon table legislation that will allow for the island to make the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) its final court, replacing the London-based Privy Council. Prime Minister Dr Kenny Anthony said…
July 7, 2015
Bill Cosby admitted he gave woman drugs before sex
U.S comedian Bill Cosby admitted he obtained sedatives with the intent of giving them to women he wanted to have sex with, court papers from 2005 show. The unsealed files, obtained by the Associated Press news agency, show Mr Cosby made the…
July 7, 2015
Minions fend off Terminator challenge at UK box office
The latest Terminator movie posed no threat to the Minions, who remain top dog at the UK and Ireland box office. The Minions film made £6.23m in its second weekend in cinemas, comfortably besting the £3.79m Terminator: Genisys made in its first four…
July 7, 2015
Ernst Dolce charged for Carrying Firearm
After a thorough investigation by the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force, (RTCIPF) the charge of Carrying Firearm has been laid against 26-year-old Ernst Dolce relating to an incident, which took place on Monday, 29th June 2015 in the Lower…
July 7, 2015
Police make an arrest in Burglary – Chalk Sound
Police detectives have arrested a 50 year old male of Airport Road on suspicion of Burglary, which occurred on Friday 26th June 2015 in Chalk Sound, Providenciales Two Dynex flat screen televisions were reported stolen during that Burglary and…
July 7, 2015
Police shun idea of hiding information; promised new methods in dealing with media
Not enough information coming from police on various criminal acts perpetrated including rapes, home invasions, robbery sprees and violent attacks. The Police Commissioner, James Smith responded to Magnetic Media concerns about this absence of…
July 7, 2015
‘No new plan’ before summit as Greece debt crisis looms
Eurozone finance ministers say Greece has submitted no new proposals to secure a deal with its international creditors at a meeting in Brussels. They had urged Greece to submit fresh plans after its people rejected a draft bailout in a referendum.…
July 7, 2015
Ministry of Finance host workshops in Grand Turk & Providenciales
The Ministry of Finance, Investment and Trade held a public workshop on Thursday, 2nd July, 2015 at the HJ Robinson High School at 5:00 pm and on Providenciales Friday, 3rd July, 2015 at the at 5:00 pm. These workshops introduced the Caribbean…
July 7, 2015
TURKS AND CAICOS MAINTAINS SOVEREIGN BBB+ RATING
Global ratings agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has maintained its BBB+ rating with a stable outlook for the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) it announced Tuesday, 30th June 2015. This strong grading follows TCI’s first sovereign rating in…