September 4, 2013
Olympus to be prosecuted by UK fraud agency
Japanese camera and medical equipment maker Olympus and its UK subsidiary Gyrus Group will be prosecuted by UK's Serious Fraud Office. They have been charged with providing "misleading, false or deceptive" material in accounts for Gyrus Group.…
September 4, 2013
Raghuram Rajan takes charge of Reserve Bank of India
A former International Monetary Fund chief economist is taking over as the head of India's central bank, as it works to revive the falling rupee. Raghuram Rajan, 50, assumes the top job at the Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday. He arrives at a time…
September 4, 2013
Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro found hanged in cell
Ariel Castro, who kept women captive at his home in Cleveland, Ohio, has died after being found hanging in his cell. Prison officials said he died in hospital late on Tuesday, after prison medical staff failed to revive him. Castro, 53, held three…
September 4, 2013
US Inaction on Syria Will Lead to Greater War says Kerry
Secretary of State John Kerry says he has no doubt that U.S. inaction on Syria will lead to a greater war and more use of chemical weapons.Kerry spoke to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Tuesday, in an attempt to persuade lawmakers to back a…
September 4, 2013
Scores Dead as Car Bombings Rip Iraqi Capital
A wave of deadly car bombings swept across the Iraqi capital Tuesday, targeting restaurants, markets and mosques and leaving at least 50 people dead.Police say 11 separate bombings hit predominantly Shi'ite neighborhoods in Baghdad in a two-hour…
September 4, 2013
Beyond Any Reasonable Doubt Assad Used Chemical Weapons
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says taking military action against Syria is definitively in the U.S. national interest.Kerry spoke before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Tuesday, saying it is beyond any reasonable doubt that the Assad…
September 4, 2013
US Has Long History of Overseas Military Operations
If the United States launches missile attacks on Syria in retaliation for its suspected use of the nerve agent sarin against anti-government rebels, it will be just the latest in a long series of U.S. foreign military operations. What is unusual is…
August 26, 2013
New Reverse Osmosis Plant for Grand Turk
The Ministry of Government Support Services has announced the successful installation of a new Reverse Osmosis (R/O) Plant in Grand Turk. The new plant has the capacity to generate approximately 300,000 gallons of water per day and is expected to…
August 26, 2013
Crime & Incident Reports for August 19-22nd, 2013
The Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force are investigating a number of incidents reported between Monday 19th and Thursday 22nd August 2013 within the districts of Providenciales, including: · Two (2) Burglaries, during the commission…
August 26, 2013
Cabinet Statement Wednesday 21 August 2013
His Excellency the Governor, Ric Todd, chaired the 18th meeting of the Turks and Caicos Islands’ (TCI) Cabinet on Wednesday, 21 August 2013 at the House of Assembly Building on Grand Turk. All Ministers were present at the meeting, except the…