January 30, 2018
MARINE FORECAST FOR 24 HOURS FROM 6AM TUESDAY 30TH JANUARY 2018
MARINE FORECAST FOR THE BAHAMAS FOR 24 HOURS FROM 6AM TUESDAY 30TH JANUARY 2018 ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY AT 1030UTC. WARNINGS: WINDS WILL GUST TO MORE THAN 25 KNOTS AND VISIBIITY REDUCED TO LESS THAN 3 NAUTICAL MILES DURING…
January 29, 2018
Hon. Sean R. Astwood attends 21st Century Governance Summit
Hon. Sean R. Astwood, Deputy Premier and Minister of Border Control and Employment attended the '21st Century Government Summit' on January 16, 2018 in St. John's Antigua & Barbuda. The summit also saw Heads of Government from over 8 other…
January 29, 2018
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION ANNOUNCES 2018 ADDITIONAL INTERNATIONAL GRANT AWARDEES
The Ministry of Education, Youth, Sports and Library Services is pleased to publish additional grant awardees for 2018 for tertiary level studies. The Scholarship Advisory Committee met during the period of January 2018 to review potential…
January 29, 2018
Coincheck promises 46bn yen refund after cryptocurrency theft
One of Japan's largest digital currency exchanges has said it will refund most of the $534m (£380m) worth of virtual assets lost in a hacking attack. Coincheck has promised to use its own funds to reimburse more than 46bn yen ($423m) to customers…
January 29, 2018
Homes of Haitian migrants in Bahamas set on fire
Police in the Bahamas say a fire that was apparently set deliberately has destroyed dozens of homes in a shantytown made up largely of migrants from Haiti on the island of Abaco. An official with the Royal Bahamas Police Force says a local man is in…
January 29, 2018
Top Putin opponent urges Russia protesters to act “for yourself and your future”
Russian police arrested a top opponent of President Vladimir Putin on Sunday as thousands of people around the country protested against a lack of competition in presidential elections planned for this spring. Alexey Navalny, an anti-corruption…
January 29, 2018
Russia banned from Winter Paralympics over doping
Russia has been banned from this year’s Winter Paralympics after the International Paralympic Committee found that the country had failed to reform itself sufficiently following its elaborate cover-up of doping by its athletes. Some Russian athletes…
January 29, 2018
Bruno Mars sweeps, Song, Record and Album of the Year at the 60th annual Grammy Awards.
Bruno Mars swept the top categories at the 60th annual Grammy Awards, and Kendrick Lamar took home five awards, leaving the event’s most nominated man (Jay-Z) and woman (SZA) shut out. But with only nine awards handed out on air out of 84, the focus…
January 29, 2018
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL HOLDS 1ST MEETING FOR 2018
His Excellency the Governor, H.E John Freeman, and the Hon. Premier, Mrs. Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson co-chaired the TCI National Security Council (NSC) at the Hon. Hilly Ewing Building in Providenciales on January 15, 2018. In attendance as…
January 29, 2018
Ongoing Roadwork – Paradise Road West
Please be advised that Paradise Road West is scheduled to be paved beginning by 8:00am on Monday, January 29th. Paving activities will last a full day. During this time, Paradise Road West will serve as a one-way road. It will be closed to incoming…