May 16, 2012
Sina, China’s largest internet portal, swings to loss
Sina Corp, China's largest internet portal and media website, has swung to a loss in the first three months of the year. Its first quarter net loss was $13.7m (£8.6m) compared with a profit of $15m in the same period last year. The company said…
May 16, 2012
Masseur drops sex assault claim against John Travolta
One of the two male masseurs who accused actor John Travolta of sexual assault dropped his $2 million lawsuit on Tuesday, but the lawyer for the second masseur said he was going ahead with that case and was confident of success. The unidentified…
May 16, 2012
GOVERNOR’S TOUR REPORTS PROGRESS ON MILESTONES AND POSITIVE COMMUNITY ACTION
Governor Ric Todd’s quarterly tour of the Turks and Caicos Family Islands continues apace with dates and time now announced for Grand Turk and Provo following on from successful visits to North Caicos, Middle Caicos, South Caicos and Salt Cay. His…
May 16, 2012
NEW STATUS CARDS MAKES IDENTIFYING BELONGERS EASIER
A single free card that provides statutory proof of Belonger/Turks and Caicos Islander status will be available free of charge to those who register before 29 June 2012. As of today some 2,861 persons had registered to vote ahead of the closing date…
May 15, 2012
TRIBUTES PAID TO TCI’S FIRST FEMALE POLICE OFFICER
TRIBUTES have been pouring in following the death of the TCI’s first female police officer. Ethel Ingram Pinder passed away at the Doctor’s Hospital in Nassau, Bahamas, in the early hours of Monday (May 14), aged 68. Mrs Pinder joined the ranks of…
May 15, 2012
Jazz in June for Barbados
Barbados will have a jazz festival in June. Musician and promoter Deryck Walcott, of Christmas Jazz fame, is producing the inaugural Sugar Isle Jazz Festival the first weekend in June. Sugar Isle Jazz Festival has an exciting line-up featuring some…
May 15, 2012
Britney Spears and Demi Lovato to judge X Factor USA
Britney Spears and Demi Lovato have signed up as judges for the US version of the X Factor. The singers will join Simon Cowell and L.A. Reid on the judging panel when the show returns in the autumn. Fox confirmed earlier this year that Paula Abdul…
May 15, 2012
Kanye & Kim spotted kissing
Paps finally got their Kimye money shot this weekend. Kim Kardashian and Kanye West were snapped kissing on the set of her photo shoot for Vogue Italia over the weekend in Los Angeles. Kardashian, sporting a short ‘do like mom Kris Jenner, then went…
May 15, 2012
Lauryn Hill’s Ex Rohan Marley Engaged; Talks ‘Marley’ Film
Rohan Marley, the 39-year-old son of the late reggae icon Bob Marley and father to five of Lauryn Hill’s six children, has just gotten engaged to model Isabeli Fontana, 28, of Brazil, she revealed to a magazine in her home country. The couple met…
May 15, 2012
Perkins Out for OKC
Oklahoma City Thunder center Kendrick Perkins did not practice Tuesday and his availability for Game 2 of the team's second-round series against the Los Angeles Lakers is uncertain after Perkins re-aggravated a hip injury in the series opener Monday…