Less Charges for Former Deputy Commissioner
Less charges for Rodney Adams now; his attorney Ariel Misick has seen to four of the five charges against former Deputy Commissioner of
Police being dropped as unfounded.
He was charged with five counts of breaching the Integrity Commission Ordinance in connection to the murder case where his son was believed
link to the crime.
Adams will defend himself on the charge that he allowed his private affairs to interfere with his public role.
The trial is on going in Providenciales and will continue on Monday.
WEATHER FORECAST FOR SATURDAY 15TH NOVEMBER 2014
WEATHER FORECAST FOR THE TCI & BAHAMAS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SATURDAY 15TH NOVEMBER 2014
WEATHER: PARTLY SUNNY AND WARM THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE CHANCE OF A FEW SHOWERS MAINLY NEAR THE TOUGH….TURNING MAINLY FAIR TONIGHT BUT A BIT BREEZY ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS WITH A FEW PASSING SHOWERS
ADVISORY: A SMALL CRAFT CAUTION WILL COME INTO EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ISLANDS TONIGHT
WINDS: NORTHEAST TO EAST AT 10 TO 15 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON……INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS TONIGHT
SEAS: 2 TO 4 FEET OVER THE OCEAN…..BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FEET IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS TONIGHT
DAYTIME HIGH TEMP: 84F 29C OVERNIGHT LOW TEMP: 71F 21C
SUNSET: 5:22PM SUNRISE: 6:27AM
MOONSET: 1:06PM MOONRISE: 1:07AM SUN
HIGH TIDE: 2:02PM LOW TIDE: 8:31PM
HIGH TIDE: 2:43AM SUN LOW TIDE: 8:53AM SUN
WEATHER OUTLOOK: PARTLY SUNNY AND WARM, BECOMING BREEZY DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH A FEW BRIEF PASSING SHOWERS
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK: THE TROPICS REMAIN QUIET AND TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT FIVE DAYS
REPRESENTATIVE FROM FCO TOURS CHHS WITH DEPUTY PREMIER AND GOVERNOR
Hon. Akierra Missick, Deputy Premier and Minister for Education, Youth, Sport and Library Services, His Excellency, Governor Peter Beckingham and Head of Caribbean Territories and Strategy Department in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Jo Burden visited the Clement Howell High School (CHHS) on Tuesday, 12 November 2014.
The purpose of the visit was to provide a better perspective of the largest public school in Turks & Caicos Islands and its functionality considering the financial limitations.
CHHS Principal, Kadean Cunningham acted as tour guide for the group. She stated; “The best feeling is knowing that the Teaching Staff, Students and I are all on the same page.
“We all share the common goal of wanting to improve CHHS, in every aspect, including the public opinion associated with our institution”
Hon. Akierra Missick added; “It’s always a pleasure visiting CHHS, many impactful changes can be seen during this visit and the Ministry of Education, Youth, Sport and Library Services commends the principal for hitting the ground running and leading the school into its bright future.
“TCIG along with its private sector partners are working on a number of upcoming projects that will raise funds to assist in providing some much needed assistance. It remains a top priority.”
This visit was part of a number of visits for Jo Burden, she’ll also be meeting with representatives from the business community during her visit.
VW Golf wins Motor Trend 'Car of the Year'
Volkswagen's new-generation Golf models are the Motor Trend Car of the Year winner, the automaker and the publicatin announced today.
It's another in an unusually strong award showing by the latest Golf models. They are VW's best-sellers worldwide, but have been only mid-pack among VW's sold in the U.S.
The brand is hoping the new design, new drivetrain, and now the growing list of awards, will boost the Golf's appeal and sales here.
The Motor Trend award is to the Golf 'family' of cars, which includes the GTI high-performanc model on sale since spring, and the rest of the line that went on sale after that.
The other models include a diesel, a gasoline-power car and an electric e-Golf.
VW next year adds the 292-horsepower, all-wheel-drive Golf R and the Golf SportWagen, previously sold as the Jetta SportWagen.
Motor Trend's COTY award is among the best-known and becomes a useful and -- the industry believes -- powerful marketing tool. Such so-callled "third party" awards are assumed to be more persuasive than car companies' own advertising.
The GTI version of Golf won the Cars.com/USA TODAY/MotorWeek Cheap Speed Challenge in July,
Source-USA Today
Oil prices likely to fall into next year, says IEA
Oil prices are likely to continue falling well into 2015, the International Energy Agency has said.
The IEA, a consultancy to 29 countries, said weak demand and the US shale gas boom meant crude's recent fall below $80 a barrel was not over.
On Friday, Brent crude, one of the major price benchmarks, traded at $78.13 a barrel, near a four-year low.
"It is increasingly clear that we have begun a new chapter in the history of the oil markets," the IEA said.
"Barring any new supply problems, downward price pressures could build further in the first half of 2015."
The organisation, set up after the "oil shock" of the early 1970s to advise major oil importing countries, said that pressure was building on the Opec oil producers' group to restrict supply to bolster prices.
However, there have been reports that Saudi Arabia, Opec's key member, is not yet willing to turn off the taps. Opec members are due to meet on 27 November to discuss the supply and demand issues.
Most Opec members rely on oil revenues to support economic growth and spending.
Also, it is likely that oil and gas explorers will become increasingly worried that falling prices will make exploration uneconomical.
Brent has fallen for eight weeks in a row, its longest losing streak since 1988, according to Reuters' data.
The US energy department said this week that it expected low fuel prices to last into next year.
Source-BBC
Exxon to become second largest firm to Microsoft
Energy giant Exxon has ceded its position as the world's second-largest public company to tech firm Microsoft, after concerns about the falling price of oil drove its shares down.
Exxon's shares traded at $94.90 midday on Friday, reducing the total value of all its shares, or market capitalisation, to $401.9bn (£256.7bn).
Shares in Microsoft - which have been rising after a strong October earnings report - hit $49.81.
That gives it a value of $410.5bn.
Overall, shares in oil companies have been hit in recent weeks, as oil prices have continued to plummet.
More production from US oil fields has led to an increased supply of oil just as some of the world's largest economies - most notably, China - have begun to slow down.
Microsoft, on the other hand, has benefitted from Wall Street's approval of newly-installed boss, Satya Nadella.
The price of the tech giant's shares are up over 30% over the year - the highest it has been for a decade.
Investors have been pleased with Mr Nadella's emphasis on web-based Cloud services, and his efforts to undo the mistakes of Windows 8.
However, Apple still remains the world's biggest public company, by some distance.
It is currently worth around $667.9bn.
Source-BBC
Five-year-old passes Microsoft exam
A boy from Coventry has become the youngest computer specialist in the world.
Ayan Qureshi is now a Microsoft Certified Professional after passing the tech giant's exam when he was just five years old.
Ayan, now six, whose father is an IT consultant, has set up his own computer network at home.
He told the BBC he found the exam difficult but enjoyable, and hopes to set up a UK-based tech hub one day.
"There were multiple choice questions, drag and drop questions, hotspot questions and scenario-based questions," he told the BBC Asian Network.
"The hardest challenge was explaining the language of the test to a five-year-old. But he seemed to pick it up and has a very good memory," explained Ayan's father Asim.
Mr Qureshi introduced his son to computers when he was three years old. He let him play with his old computers, so he could understand hard drives and motherboards.
"I found whatever I was telling him, the next day he'd remember everything I said, so I started to feed him more information," he explained.
"Too much computing at this age can cause a negative effect, but in Ayan's case he has cached this opportunity."
Ayan has his own computer lab at his home in Coventry, containing a computer network which he built.
He spends around two hours a day learning about the operating system and how to install programmes.
When the boy arrived to take the Microsoft exam, the invigilators were concerned that he was too young to be a candidate.
His father reassured them that Ayan would be all right on his own.
The test is usually taken by people who want to become IT technicians.
Source-BBC
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Obama Puts G-20 Focus on Russia
Russia is turning out to be a major focus for U.S. President Barack Obama in Brisbane where he is attending the G-20 summit. The U.S. leader is consulting with his European counterparts on the sidelines about a response to Moscow's reported activities in Ukraine.
After joining leaders of the 20 major economies for lunch Saturday, President Obama went to the University of Queensland where he got a rock star welcome ahead of what White House officials described as a major foreign policy speech.
He said the United States maintains its leadership role in the Asia Pacific region and - as the world’s only super power - has a unique responsibility that it gladly embraces. He mentioned Russia.
"We're leading the international community in the fight to destroy the terrorist group ISIL, we're leading in dealing with Ebola in West Africa and in opposing Russia's aggression against Ukraine - which is a threat to the world as we saw in the appalling shoot-down of MH17," said Obama.
Twenty-seven Australians were among 298 people killed when Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over an area of Ukraine controlled by pro-Russian separatists.
President Obama is meeting with European leaders on the sidelines of the G-20 to talk about possible sanctions amid evidence that Russia is sending troops and equipment into Ukraine in violation of a September cease-fire agreement.
In his speech, he also alluded to China's maritime claims that have caused nations including and Vietnam and the Philippines to feel insecure.
"We believe that nations and peoples have the right to live in security and peace," said Obama. "That an effective security order for Asia must be based not on spheres of influence, or coercion, or intimidation - where big nations bully the small - but on alliances of mutual security, international law, international norms that are upheld and the peaceful resolution of disputes."
While trade and economic issues are the central purpose of the G-20 summit, Obama also put the focus on climate change. On Saturday, he announced the U.S. is contributing $3 billion to the Green Climate Fund, to help developing nations address climate change.
G-20 on Saturday issued a statement on Ebola, committing to do what is necessary to - in the words of the statement - "extinguish the outbreak." The grouping called on governments that have not yet done so to make financial contributions to fighting the disease.
Source-VOA
Bermuda football matches called off
Football matches have been called off in Bermuda this weekend in the wake of a series of shootings that left four people injured.
All games, from Premier Division to Under-16, have been postponed by the Bermuda Football Association (BFA).
A BFA special congress meeting on the situation is due to be held at the Devonshire Recreation Club on Sunday.
The decision came after the BFA held its second executive council in 48 hours, the first to postpone Friday night’s match between Devonshire Cougars and Somerset Trojans.
Two shooting incidents took place on Remembrance Day on Tuesday – outside the National Sports Centre and later at Somerset Cricket Club – resulting in four people being injured.
There was another shooting incident on Thursday at Mount Hill in the central parish of Pembroke, where six shots were reportedly fired.
Three people were later arrested in Warwick.
Shadow Public Safety Minister Walter Roban has urged residents to come together and work with the police to tackle gun violence.
He said the shootings had “shocked and frightened all of Bermuda” and that the Progressive Labour Party “condemn those who have committed these acts and the total disregard for the law they have shown”.
Roban described the shootings as “a painful reminder that laws and policing are not enough to stem the scourge of gun violence”.
“Bermudians of all walks of life share our disgust, outrage and anger about events. Despite this, we must come together, work with the police and identify solutions that address the root causes of our young men targeting each other for death.
“We remind the people of Bermuda that this is a community issue and we must see addressing what has happened as not only a matter for the police, but all citizens to work to eliminate.”
Roban also urged government to ensure funding was available to tackle gun violence.
“Government’s current posture of fiscal austerity must not be allowed to limit what can be done to address these issues.”
Source-CMC
Five Trinidadians on terrorism charges in Venezuela
Seven months after they were detained by Venezuelan authorities, five Trinidad and Tobago nationals have been charged with terrorism and criminal conspiracy.
The Trinidad Express newspaper Saturday named the five as Dominic Clive Pitilal, 33; Andre Joseph Battersby, 56; Asim Luqman, 34; Charles Wade, 36; and Leslie Daisley, noting that they could face up to 25 years in jail, if found guilty of the charges.
The newspaper said that the charges were laid earlier this week and quoted Trinidad and Tobago’s ambassador to Venezuela, David Edghill, as confirming that the men had been charged.
“It is correct what you have said about the men, and we are planning a consular visit to the men next Monday once we are given the necessary permission. We have actually tried to reach the detainees by phone as well but have been unsuccessful. We will offer as much consular assistance as possible, but cannot interfere with the court and the criminal charges,” Edghill told the newspaper.
The court in Caracas ruled on Tuesday that eight people arrested last April, including the five Trinidadian nationals, will stand trial for charges of terrorism and criminal conspiracy.
The indictment was also confirmed against Haitian-born Jules Joseph, now a naturalised Venezuelan, as well as Rafael José Durán from El Servicio Bolivariano de Inteligencia Nacional (SEBIN) and Gregorio Socorro Montañez from the Bolivarian national police, for committing the crimes of conspiracy and treason.
Source-CMC