TCI Police Investigate Fatal Accident
Police reported to RTC News that at around 8:45 on Wednesday 28th June 2017, a road traffic collision occurred on the Millennium Highway Road in Blue Hills Providenciales. The collision involved two vehicles, a silver Honda Accord Car and an Isuzu Flatbed Truck.
As a result of the collision, the driver, a 25 year old female, received fatal injuries. She has been named as Idette Pierre.
Two people travelling in the Isuzu Flatbed Truck received injuries and received medical attention.
Traffic Officers from the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force are investigating the circumstances of the collision and are asking witnesses to contact the investigating officers on 941 3327.
Acting Commissioner of Police Trevor Botting said 'This is a serious collision which has sadly resulted in the death of Idette Pierre. The thoughts and prayers of the RT&CIPF go out to the family and friends of Idette.
My officers will be working hard to establish the cause of the collision and I would urge anyone who may have witnessed the crash to contact my officers as soon as possible.'
Steve Remy Gardiner Plead Guilty to Robbery Charges
21 Year Old Steve Remy Gardiner of Providenciales plead guilty to Robbery and Assault with intent to Rob when he appeared before the Supreme Court on Friday 23rd June 2017 to answer to those offences which occurred on Monday 6th March 2017.
The facts are, around 6am on that date, two ladies were out jogging at different locations. Gardiner attacked and demanded cash from the first female in the Lower Bight area. He then drove down the Leeward Highway where the second woman was seen, he ran across the road and attacked her to the ground and took her cell-phone before getting away in a Black SUV. An investigation was launched. On Friday 10th March 2017 Detectives arrested Mr. Gardiner on suspicion of Robbery. A search warrant was executed at his home where 535 grams (approximate street value of $5,350) of Cannabis were found. He was later charged for the drugs and the offences mentioned above.
In April 2017 he plead guilty to the drug charges and was sentenced to 9 months imprisonment.
Steve Remy Gardiner will be sentenced for the Robbery and Assault with intent to Rob charges on Wednesday 9th August 2017.
Public Relations Officer Kevin Clarke said, "this incident brought much concerns to those persons who jog along the streets of Providenciales as part of their daily lifestyle. I would like to thank the officers for their hard work in quickly apprehending Gardiner for these dreadful attacks. It is my hope that now that he is behind bars it will bring a sense of security to the residents of Providenciales who regularly exercise during the early mornings.”
Serena Williams slams John's controversial ranking comments & poses for Vanity
One day after tennis icon and analyst John McEnroe said that if Serena Williams played on the men's tour, she'd be ranking 700, the female star fired right back.
"Dear John, I adore and respect you, but please, please keep me out of your statements that are not factually based," she tweeted.
Williams, 35, continued, "I've never played anyone ranked 'there' nor do I have time. Respect me and my privacy as I'm trying to have a baby. Good day sir."
For his part, McEnroe told CBS This Morning on Tuesday that he now puts Williams at number five in the all-time rankings.
Although McEnroe said earlier that he wouldn't apologize, the 58-year-old did wish Williams well.
"Serena, have a great time with the baby," he said.
Meanwhile, Serena Williams, who poses nude on the cover of Vanity Fair's August issue, said she plans to return to the tennis court after giving birth to her first child.
"I don’t think my story is over yet," the 35-year-old tennis star and winner of 23 grand slams told the magazine.
Williams is engaged to Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian.
In the magazine, Williams recalled learning she was pregnant a week before the Australian Open last January. After taking a home pregnancy test, she said she, "did a double take and my heart dropped. Like literally it dropped." She took five more tests to be sure, then called Ohanian, who hopped on a flight to Australia.
Williams still can't believe she's really going to be a mom.
"I don’t know what to do with a baby. I have nothing...I’ve done absolutely nothing for the baby room," she told Vanity Fair.
She's also trying to enjoy "the little freedom" she has left before marrying Ohanian.
The seemingly mismatched pair -- she didn't know what Reddit was and he had never seen a tennis match -- met by chance in May 2015 at the Cavalieri Hotel in Rome, where they were seated next to each other. After dating nearly two years, in December 2016 they returned to the Cavalieri where Ohanian proposed on one knee.
"I knew it was coming," Williams recalled. "I was like, ‘Serena, you’re 35, you’re ready. This is what you want.'"
Ohanian said he knew he wanted to spend the rest of his life with Williams because she made him want to be a better person.
"I find myself just wanting to be better by simply being around her because of the standard she holds," he told Vanity Fair.
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Baseball fans put aside rivalry to save a life
Game 1 of Monday’s College World Series Finals in Omaha, Nebraska, came with action on the field and lifesaving heroics in the stands.
It was during the sixth inning, above the third-base dugout, when Florida fan Bobby Harvey appeared to be in distress.
“He started slouching down and ... we ended up laying him on the ground,” Jimmy Roy, a LSU supporter told ABC affiliate KETV.
Teamwork kicked in at TD Ameritrade Park as Dr. Jerry Poché, the father of LSU pitcher Jared Poché, was also called to assist Roy by performing CPR for up to seven minutes on Harvey.
“One of the other LSU fans was actually holding his head, which I appreciated because compressions can get a little violent,” Poché said.
Poché believes the 87-year-old Florida fan suffered a heart attack and was saved by the efforts of many LSU supporters.
“The instincts just kind of kick in. It doesn’t matter what team you follow, what race you are, you just try to help somebody,” Roy said.
Harvey is listed in good condition at Nebraska Medicine, according to a hospital spokesperson.
Justin Timberlake invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
Justin Timberlake was nominated for an Oscar earlier this year for his song "Can't Stop the Feeling!" from the movie Trolls. He didn't win, but he did win an invitation to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, which means he'll get to vote on who wins Oscars in the future.
Justin is one of 744 people invited to join the Academy this year; he's been invited by the Musicians Branch. Other invitees include producers and songwriters Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis who, in addition to crafting hits for Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men, also composed music for movies like Poetic Justice and Akeelah and the Bee.
Others invited to join the Academy this year include Lin-Manuel Miranda, Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot, Priyanka Chopra, Chris Evans, Rupert Grint, Adam Driver and Jon Hamm.
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John Mayer won't comment on being #1 on Katy Perry's Lovers List
John Mayer once wrote a song called "My Stupid Mouth," and it's gotten him into trouble more than once, especially when it comes to his love life. So it's no wonder he didn't take the bait when Rolling Stone tried to get him to talk about his old girlfriend, Katy Perry.
During her 96-hour live stream, Katy was asked by James Corden to rank three of her ex-boyfriends -- John Mayer, Diplo and Orlando Bloom -- in order of their bedroom skills. She ultimately put John at #1, followed by Orlando and then Diplo. But when asked by Rolling Stone if he had any comment on that achievement, he didn't bite.
"I don't have a cool-enough thought for you," he tells the magazine. "I've hacked this game. I pay very little of the price of fame now. I get to play the music that moves me the most. I'm having the time of my life. I'm 39 – I remember 32. I don't wanna do it again."
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PUBLIC FORECAST FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
THIS IS THE PUBLIC FORECAST FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WEDNESDAY 28TH JUNE 2017 ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY.
GENERAL SITUATION: A SURFACE TROUGH ACROSS THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS WILL CREATE UNSTABLE WEATHER OVER THE NORTHWEST AND PARTS OF THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS THROUGH FRIDAY.
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WEATHER: A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. PARTLY CLOUDY TONIGHT WITH FEW SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE.
ADVISORY: SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION.
WINDS: EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 KNOTS OVER OPEN WATERS.
SEAS: 4 TO 7 FEET OVER THE OCEAN.
DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURE 91°F 33°C
OVERNITE LOW TEMPERATURE 78°F 26°C
SUNSET: 8:04 PM
SUNRISE: 6:23 AM THU
MOONSET: 12:02 AM THU
MOONRISE: 12:03 PM THU
LOW TIDE: 6:19 PM 7:02 AM THU
HIGH TIDE: 12:33 AM THU 1:10 PM THU
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OECS stakeholders meet in Barbados to discuss public procurement reform
Reforming the public procurement process within the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) could allow governments to better manage the use of scarce public funds. Such reforms also have the potential to contribute to inclusive growth by encouraging the participation of small- and medium-sized local businesses. However, many OECS countries have not yet fully implemented the necessary measures to foster reform, which has sometimes led to delays in project implementation and optimum value for money outcomes not being realised.
From June 20 to 21, 2017, the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) hosted a workshop to support and advance public procurement reform in the OECS, at its headquarters in Barbados. The workshop provided a forum for representatives from OECS countries, the OECS Commission and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to review the current state of public procurement and to facilitate agreement on a unified approach to procurement reform within the OECS.
“In the OECS, public procurement makes a significant contribution to GDP activity and this, combined with the challenges presented by the fiscal constraints most states faced after the recent global economic downturn, provides an appropriate context to consider possibilities for the enhancement of public procurement. We acknowledge the progress that a number of the OECS states have made in terms of procurement reform, with a number of new procurement acts and institutions being rolled out in recent years,” said
Daniel Best, Director of Projects, CDB.
He noted that the workshop represented the first time that OECS states have come together to discuss public procurement.
“Given many commonalities in circumstances and challenges we hope this will provide a forum for the sharing of knowledge and best practice, and an opportunity to consider future procurement reform prospects,” he said.
The workshop aligns with CDB’s strategic objective to further good governance in the Region. CDB’s work in public procurement has included the development of an online procurement course for Caribbean stakeholders and, in collaboration with the World Bank, support for the establishment of a Caribbean regional procurement centre, to be hosted at the University of Technology Jamaica.
The workshop was hosted in collaboration with the World Bank and attended by DFID and the Inter-American Development Bank. Participants were from Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, the British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Montserrat, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and St. Kitts and Nevis.
Germany to create new emissions watchdog
Germany will create a new emissions organization in the wake of the Volkswagen diesel crisis, Reuters reports.
The watchdog agency will aim for greater accuracy and transparency in emissions tests and will partner with environmental and consumer groups, in addition to government ministries and automakers. Until now, the KBA arm of the transport ministry has been tasked with vehicle testing -- the KBA will keep the role of certifying new vehicle models, while ceding emission policing duties to the new organization.
The transport ministry indicated that the new agency will test approximately 70 car models a year in real-world conditions rather than in static tests, Reuters notes, and will publish fuel consumption and emissions data to consumers.
The creation of a new agency in Germany follows several concurrent crises that have diminished the public and the government's faith in automakers and the transport ministry, with the latest being the probe into Mercedes-Benz diesels supplied to the U.S.. The announcement of a new emissions-testing organization also follows Germany's ongoing spat with the government of Italy in regards to a number of Fiat models sold in the EU, which has resulted in threats of EU court action aimed at the government of Italy.
Source- Auto Week
Germany to create new emissions watchdog
Germany will create a new emissions organization in the wake of the Volkswagen diesel crisis, Reuters reports.
The watchdog agency will aim for greater accuracy and transparency in emissions tests and will partner with environmental and consumer groups, in addition to government ministries and automakers. Until now, the KBA arm of the transport ministry has been tasked with vehicle testing -- the KBA will keep the role of certifying new vehicle models, while ceding emission policing duties to the new organization.
The transport ministry indicated that the new agency will test approximately 70 car models a year in real-world conditions rather than in static tests, Reuters notes, and will publish fuel consumption and emissions data to consumers.
The creation of a new agency in Germany follows several concurrent crises that have diminished the public and the government's faith in automakers and the transport ministry, with the latest being the probe into Mercedes-Benz diesels supplied to the U.S.. The announcement of a new emissions-testing organization also follows Germany's ongoing spat with the government of Italy in regards to a number of Fiat models sold in the EU, which has resulted in threats of EU court action aimed at the government of Italy.
Source- Auto Week