October 29, 2013
GTBA Starts this weekend
The long awaited Grand Turk Basketball league returns to the Palm Grove basketball court this weekend with new pieces, mixed pieces and a few old ones joining the league. The pre-season action starts this weekend starting at 8pm with the Salt Cay…
October 23, 2013
Clapper: Reports US tapped French phones ‘false’
A senior US intelligence official has stated that reports the US collected data on French citizens' telephone calls are "false". Director of National Intelligence James Clapper challenged recent reports in Le Monde newspaper detailing US…
October 23, 2013
Australia Firefighters Battle Hot, Windy Conditions
Authorities warned residents in Australia's most populous state to flee their homes as firefighters battle dozens of wildfires in what are expected to be dangerously hot and windy conditions Wednesday. Since late last week, the fires burning across…
October 23, 2013
Greek Parliament Defunds Neo-Nazi Party
Greek lawmakers voted late Tuesday for an indefinite suspension of state aid to political parties accused of criminal activities, in a move targeting the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party. The measure was adopted by a 235-0 vote, when members of Golden…
October 23, 2013
37 Boko Haram Militants Killed in Military Strikes
Nigeria's military says it killed 37 suspected Boko Haram militants in a ground and air attack that began late Monday on an encampment in a remote area of the country's embattled northeast. A military spokesman said the assault occurred in Borno…
October 23, 2013
Pakistani PM Urges US to Stop Drone Strikes
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has reiterated his country's demand for an end to U.S. drone strikes inside Pakistan. In an address at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington Tuesday, Mr. Sharif said he wants to see U.S.-Pakistan relations…
October 23, 2013
US Expanding Airport Security Checks
The New York Times reports the U.S. Transportation Security Administration is expanding its screening of airline passengers before they arrive at U.S. airports by searching what the newspaper calls a "wide array of government and private……
October 23, 2013
TCIG Announces Revised Procedures and Fees, for Visas, Permits
The Ministry for Border Control and Labour today Tuesday October 22, 2013 announced revised and new fees and procedures for several categories of Visas and Permits. Effective November 1, 2013 the following will apply: Visas The following…
October 23, 2013
An American Airlines Boeing 757 had an emergency landing in Provo
RTC News has learnt that at 10:10am Department of Disaster Management and Emergencies, Providenciales Office, received a call from 911 informing the department that an American Airlines Boeing 757 from Port of Spain Trinidad, Trinidad enroute to…
October 23, 2013
SHADOW MINISTER CALLS FOR TRADE POLICY
The Minister of Finance, Investment and Trade's response to questions I posed to him during the sitting of the last House of Assembly confirms my belief that our Country does not have a sound trade policy in place. Based on my observation, it…