February 28, 2012
War Games Begin on Tense Korean Peninsula
South Korea and the United States have begun an annual, routine military exercise involving thousands of personnel. North Korea's young, untested leader has called for his country's troops to retaliate, should their territory be infringed during the…
February 28, 2012
Pakistan Completes Demolition of Bin Laden’s Hideout
Pakistani authorities have finished destroying the compound where U.S. special forces killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden last May. Workers completed the demolition job in the northwestern garrison town of Abbottabad Monday. Bulldozers tore down…
February 28, 2012
Chinese Newspaper Criticizes Clinton for Syria Comments
China is lashing back at U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for her denunciation of China's and Russia's position on Syria. Clinton last week described the two countries' vetoes of a U.N. Security Council resolution on Syria as “despicable.”…
February 28, 2012
Haitian premier’s resignation sparks concern at UN
The head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) has expressed his deep concern following the resignation of Prime Minister Garry Conille, just four months after his appointment. Mariano Fernández Amunátegui, who is also the…
February 28, 2012
Suspect in 3 killings extradited to Puerto Rico
A Puerto Rican man accused of killing three people in the U.S. Caribbean territory has been extradited from Massachusetts. Puerto Rico’s Justice Department says Luis Emmanuel Sostre Piccinnini was extradited Sunday from a lockup in Plymouth,…
February 28, 2012
$2.6 bln vanished via Cayman
About 200 billion yen ($2.6 billion) in pension funds managed by Tokyo-based AIJ Investment Advisors Co has disappeared after it was transferred to a fund in the Cayman Islands, followed by a trust bank in Bermuda and then moved to the Hong Kong…
February 28, 2012
MARINE BRANCH OPERATIONAL
Governor Ric Todd during his latest public forum in Provdenciales assured the public that security remains high on his list of priorities and confirmed that despite several reports Police Marine Unit is up and running. The Governor continues to hear…
February 28, 2012
Turks and Caicos TV selects Azuki Media Platform
WIV Cable, the TV station in the Turks and Caicos Islands has selected mobile media provider Azuki Media Platform to enable several residents and visitors to get news, sports and other local programmes on their smartphones, tablets and other mobile…
February 24, 2012
Wright hopes for ‘amicable’ solution
Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) President Lyndel Wright hopes there will be an amicable solution to the stand-off between Jamaica's Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) at a board meeting arranged for…
February 24, 2012
Delano Williams draws first blood
Turks & Caicos own Munro College's Delano Williams drew first blood in what is expected to be a season long battle with Green Island's Odail Todd that could end up at the IAAF's World Junior Championships in Barcelona, Spain in July, after winning…