February 19, 2013
AIRPORTS AUTHORITY LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE FOR PROVIDENCIALES AIRPORT
The Turks and Caicos Islands Airports Authority has launched a new website for Providenciales International Airport. The launch of the new website, which offers quick and easy access to essential information on Providenciales International Airport…
February 18, 2013
Injured Nadal draws inspiration from Ronaldo
Rafael Nadal is drawing inspiration from the Brazilian soccer great Ronaldo as he returns from an injury. With Ronaldo watching, Nadal won the Brazil Open on Sunday for his first title after a seven-month layoff caused by treatment of his left knee.…
February 18, 2013
Girlfriend’s mom: Why did he do this?
The family of Oscar Pistorius' slain girlfriend wants answers, her mother told a Johannesburg newspaper as the country waited to hear for the first time why prosecutors believe the iconic athlete murdered Reeva Steenkamp by shooting her multiple…
February 18, 2013
Caribbean leaders, U.S. attorney general to meet in Haiti
When Jamaican officials snubbed a group of young Haitian soccer players who visited two years ago on the heels of a deadly cholera outbreak in their quake-torn homeland, a revolted Marguerite Rigaud immediately went into action. In a matter of days,…
February 18, 2013
Chavez back in Venezuela
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returned home to Venezuela early Monday after more than two months of medical treatment in Cuba following cancer surgery.Chavez's return was announced in a series of message on his Twitter account, saying "we will…
February 18, 2013
US lawmakers visit Cuba
A bilateral delegation of American lawmakers led by Sen. Patrick Leahy is heading to Cuba for two days of meetings. The trip is the first to the Communist-run island by high-level U.S. politicians since President Barack Obama's re-election in…
February 18, 2013
Close finish predicted in Barbados general election
Barbados’ two main political parties are in a statistical dead heat ahead of Thursday’s general election with Barbadians giving the nod to Prime Minister Freundel Stuart over his main challenger, Owen Arthur, according to the latest opinion poll…
February 18, 2013
Bahamas To Introduce a 15% Value Added Tax from July 1, 2014
In its budget for 2012/13, the Bahamas Government has announced that it will introduce a value-added tax (VAT), to broaden the tax base, from July 1, 2014. The Government explained that VAT is to be introduced to offset the eventual reductions to…
February 18, 2013
Machel expresses regret to victims of assault outside nightclub
Soca star Machel Montano has apologised to the assault victims involved in the fracas outside a nightclub in Port of Spain in April 2007.Finally freed from the burden of competition, Montano was last weekend able to take his mind away from the stage…
February 18, 2013
Biological ‘passports’ a MUST for players at 2014 World Cup as FIFA tries to combat doping
Every player at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil will be required to have a biological profile - sometimes called a biological passport.Soccer's world governing body, FIFA, is introducing the system as part of the worldwide crackdown on doping. The…