December 23, 2015
India puts brakes on Facebook’s Free Basics scheme
Facebook's effort to provide Indians with free access to a limited number of internet services has run into trouble. The country's telecoms regulator has asked the mobile network that partnered with the US firm to put their Free Basics offer on…
December 23, 2015
Oil prices will reach $70 a barrel by 2020, says Opec
Oil producers' group Opec has said it expects oil prices to recover to $70 a barrel by 2020. Prices have fallen from more than $110 a barrel in the summer of 2014 to less than $37 a barrel now due to oversupply and slowing demand. But Opec said oil…
December 23, 2015
Court orders exiled tycoon’s arrest
A Russian court has placed ex-oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky on an international wanted list over the 1990s murder of a Siberian mayor. Mr Khodorkovsky has been living in exile in Europe since he was pardoned by President Vladimir Putin in 2013…
December 23, 2015
PUBLIC FORECAST FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT WEDNESDAY 23RD DECEMBER 2015
THIS IS A PUBLIC FORECAST FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT WEDNESDAY 23RD DECEMBER 2015 ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY AT 6AM GENERAL SITUATION: PERSISTENT HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO DOMINATE THE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE…
December 23, 2015
Grenada taking measures to deal with H1N1 outbreak in Trinidad
Grenada says it will implement “all necessary measures that are legal” as it puts its disease surveillance system on alert in light of confirmed deaths related to the H1N1 virus or Swine Flu in Trinidad and Tobago “Our choice at this time is the…
December 23, 2015
T&T PM warns against going to IMF
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley on Tuesday said his administration is moving towards reviving the ailing economy of the oil rich twin-island Republic and avoid going to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). He urged citizens “to acknowledge that we…
December 23, 2015
Iraqi Troops Close in on IS Fighters
Iraqi troops closed in on Islamic State fighters Wednesday in central Ramadi, where they are trying to retake the city they lost seven months ago and further shrink the IS "caliphate." In the second day of a major offensive, forces led by an elite…
December 23, 2015
US Foreign Aid Budget Targets Terrorism, Mideast Instability
The massive, year-end spending bill passed by Congress on Friday contains a boost for foreign aid, putting a strong focus on anti-terrorism efforts and addressing instability in the Middle East. It also aims to protect American diplomats and…
December 17, 2015
FortisTCI Names ‘Pioneers’ of the TCI Electricity Utility Industry
Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands (Thursday, December 17, 2015) – FortisTCI recognizes five former electricity utility industry professionals, honouring them with the FortisTCI Pioneer Award. This will be an annual award meant to recognize a…
December 17, 2015
LUDWINA FULFORD IS THE NEW DIRECTOR OF CULTURE
The Turks and Caicos Government is pleased to congratulate Ms. Ludwina Fulford on her successful appointment as the new Director of Culture within the Ministry of Tourism. Ms. Fulford graduated in the top five of the 2001 graduating class of HJ…