TROPICAL STORM FIONA

NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL STORM FIONA ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 6:00AM THURSDAY 18TH AUGUST, 2016 AT 5AM EDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FIONA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.2°NORTH AND LONGITUDE 40.3°…

Stable Credit Rating

FortisTCI Maintains 'BBB' Outlook: Stable Credit Rating Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands (Wednesday, August 17, 2016) – The international independent credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P), recently commenced an annual review…

DECR records a bountiful start to Lobster Season 2016  

MINISTRY OF TOURISM, ENVIRONEMNT, HERITAGE AND GAMING Lobster season 2016/2017 kicked off on Monday, 15 August, with opening catch landed at processing plants in South Caicos and Providenciales totalling 43,206 pounds (lb), approximately 80% of the…

NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX

NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 12 NOON WEDNESDAY 17TH AUGUST 2016. DEPRESSION EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY AT 11:00AM EDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL…

BAHAMAS PUBLIC FORECAST

THIS IS THE BAHAMAS PUBLIC FORECAST FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WEDNESDAY 17TH AUGUST 2016 GENERAL SITUATION: UPPER LEVEL TROUGHING ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST BAHAMAS, IS GENERATING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY ACROSS…

MARINE FORECAST

BAHAMAS MARINE FORECAST FOR THE BAHAMAS FOR 24 HOURS FROM 06AM WEDNESDAY 17TH AUGUST 2016 ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY AT 1000UTC.   WARNINGS: BEACHERGOERS AND MARINERS IN THE SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE RISK OF RIP…

TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX

NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 6AM WEDNESDAY 17TH AUGUST 2016. … TROPICAL DEPRESSION MOVING NORTHWESTWARD OVER THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC … AT 5:00AM EDT, THE…

BAHAMAS PUBLIC FORECAST

BAHAMAS PUBLIC FORECAST FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT WEDNESDAY 17TH AUGUST 2016 GENERAL SITUATION: AN UPPER LEVEL LOW CENTERED BETWEEN NORTHERN CUBA AND ANDROS GENERATING WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTHWEST…

US election 2016: Trump overhauls campaign team again

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has overhauled his campaign team for the second time in two months, with two new leaders. Pollster Kellyanne Conway becomes campaign manager and Stephen Bannon of Breitbart News the CEO. Paul Manafort…

Patrick Hickey: Europe’s top Olympic official arrested in Rio

Police in Brazil have arrested the head of the European Olympic Committees, Irishman Patrick Hickey, in Rio over illegal Olympic ticket sales.Mr Hickey, 71, is suspected of illegally passing on tickets for the Games to be sold on at extortionate…