June 20, 2012
Clooney to make August: Osage County film
George Clooney is to produce the film version of Tracey Letts' play, August: Osage County, which will star Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts. The play, about a dysfunctional family brought back together after their poet father disappears, won the…
June 20, 2012
Dwyane Wade’s Ex-Wife Arrested For Attempted Child Abduction
The drama between Dwyane Wade and his ex-wife Siohvaughn Funches-Wade, just won’t stop. Siohvaughn has been charged with two counts of attempted child abduction, two counts of unlawful visitation interference and one count of resisting arrest.…
June 20, 2012
G20 summit: US ‘encouraged’ by eurozone plans
US President Barack Obama has said he is encouraged by European leaders' plans to tackle the eurozone crisis, as the G20 summit in Mexico ends. In a final communique, world leaders said they would take "all necessary measures" to protect the euro…
June 20, 2012
UN Team Will Stay in Syria
The head of the United Nations monitoring mission in Syria told the Security Council Tuesday his team has been repeatedly targeted by gunfire but is committed to staying in the war-torn country. Major General Robert Mood of Norway said Tuesday…
June 20, 2012
US Probe Calls for Punishment of Troops in Quran Burning
A U.S. military investigation into the burning of Qurans at Bagram Air Base near the Afghan capital, Kabul, last February has recommended disciplinary action against up to seven troops. U.S. military officials said Tuesday no final decision has…
June 20, 2012
Egypt’s Mubarak on Life Support as Protests Swell
Egyptian security sources say ousted President Hosni Mubarak is unconscious and on a respirator after he was rushed from prison to a military hospital following a stroke. Earlier reports by the state news agency MENA said Mubarak's doctors had…
June 19, 2012
Saint George Fashion House designs TCI Brass Band Uniform
Members of the Turks and Caicos Brass Band will soon parade in new uniform designed and made locally by the country’s own fashion label; Saint George Fashion House (SGFH) by Kazz Forbes. Elery James, administrative executive and public relations…
June 18, 2012
EDITORIAL: SALE OF JOE GRANT CAY
The Interim Administration continues to try to have its cake and eat it as well as to operate in a very non-transparent way. When you take into consideration the premise on which they took over the country from the duly elected local…
June 18, 2012
STATEMENT OF GOVERNANCE PRINCIPLES BY HENRY BELLINGHAM
During his news conference earlier this week, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Henry Bellingham MP, stated that he would publish a set of Governance Principles for the Interim Administration to work to between now and the elections on 9…
June 18, 2012
GRAND TURK WATER PLANT BACK UP AND RUNNING
The main Grand Turk reverse osmosis plant was repaired overnight and is now working normally following testing today, Thu, 14 Jun 2012. Producing 140 gallons of water per minute, some 250,000 gallons per day, this plant is currently filling a…