January 22, 2012
Nigeria violence: Scores dead after Kano blasts
Co-ordinated attacks by Islamist militants in the northern Nigerian city of Kano on Friday killed about 150 people, witnesses and reports say. Hospitals are struggling to deal with the numbers of killed and injured. A series of explosions ripped…
January 22, 2012
Gbagbo Supporters Attacked at Ivory Coast Rally
Dozens of supporters of former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo have been attacked and injured during a rally in Abidjan. Saturday's rally by the Ivorian Popular Front ended in disarray after opponents began throwing stones. Gbagbo loyalists…
January 22, 2012
Obama Promises New ‘Economic Blueprint’ in State of the Union Address
President Barack Obama has offered a brief glimpse into his State of the Union address next week, when he says he will announce a new “economic blueprint” intended to benefit all Americans. In a video message to his political supporters, Mr.…
January 22, 2012
Governor’s Office Paper ON TCI MILESTONES
The Milestones on the Way to Elections The 2009 Commission of Inquiry (CoI) report identified a high probability of systematic corruption in the Turks & Caicos Islands (TCI) elected government and others. The Inquiry also found a serious…
January 22, 2012
MILESTONES ON THE WAY TO ELECTIONS
His Excellency Governor Ric Todd on Thursday, 19th Jan 2012, published the first of a series of quarterly reports outlining progress against the milestones. These are a summary of the principal legal and administrative changes and safeguards to be…
January 22, 2012
“UK gives Overseas Territories nothing”
The call this week by Mr. Andrew Rosindell MP for UK Overseas Territories to be represented in the UK parliament has stirred a considerable amount of interest amongst TC Islanders. Mr. Rosindell is chairman of the British Overseas Territories All…
January 22, 2012
Statement by the Ministry of Border Control and Labour
An unusually high number of new citizens are being sworn in by the Governor’s representative this week on the island of Providenciales. According to a release from the Ministry of Border Control and Labour, this was due to there being a gap of…
January 22, 2012
TCI AIRPORT NOT FOR SALE
Advisory Council out-rightly rejected a proposal put forward by His Excellency the Governor Ric Todd to sell off the shares of the Providenciales International Airport. The Advisory Council of the Turks and Caicos Islands has out-rightly rejected…
January 22, 2012
CENSUS STARTS IN TCI WITH CHURCH SERVICE
Special Census Sunday observance as the build up to Census continues Census Sunday will be observed across the TCI this coming Sunday as the country prays for a successful start to the 2012 population and housing census on Wednesday 25th January…
January 22, 2012
24 Hour Crime Recap – Providenciales
During the past twenty-four hours (24) Police in Providenciales say they responded to four reports of a serious nature, which included three Burglaries – one on Airport Road & 2 Kew Town and one Attempted Burglary on Turtle Cove Drive. In the…