December 24, 2011
Stanford lawyers file motion to delay January trial
LIAT intends to expand its cargo service next year, Director of Cargo and Quikpak,Wilbur Edwards has said. The disclosure came as the airline announced that its freighter service has transported a million pounds of cargo within a year of its…
December 24, 2011
Michael Blackburn resigns as head of LIAT pilots union
Captain Michael Blackburn has resigned as Chairman of the Leeward Islands Pilots Association (LIALPA) as he prepares to file a lawsuit against regional carrier LIAT challenging his summary dismissal earlier this month. Captain Blackburn said his…
December 24, 2011
India to fund construction of specialty hospital in Guyana
Head of the Presidential Secretariat (HPS), Dr Roger Luncheon said on Wednesday that the EXIM Bank of India has approved and made available the funding at concessionary terms for the construction of a specialty hospital at Liliendaal in Guyana. When…
December 24, 2011
Mel Gibson’s Ex Wife Takes Half His Estimated $850 Million in Divorce Settlement
Mel Gibson is now legally single after his divorce was finalized Friday in a Los Angeles courtroom, but bachelorhood came at a heavy price. Robyn, his ex-wife of nearly 30 years and the mother of their seven children, is walking away with half his…
December 24, 2011
George Michael: ‘Incredibly fortunate to be here’
Returning to London after weeks of being treated in an Austrian hospital for severe pneumonia, singer George Michael revealed Friday his illness was much more serious than his representatives had said previously. "I'd say (it was) touch and go for a…
December 24, 2011
Disney: ‘The Avengers’ will be in 3-D
Hulk smash! Right into the theater! Walt Disney Pictures announced today that "The Avengers" will be converted to 3-D for its May 4, 2012 release. The news shouldn't be a huge surprise -- Disney is undergoing the same 3-D conversion process for…
December 24, 2011
Government Error Could Give Buju Banton Big Break In Case
Incarcerated reggae superstar, Buju Banton maybe able to get a big break in his case following his Lawyers appeal in Georgia Appeal Court earlier this month. According to new reports, Banton could walk free from his 10-year sentence on drug-related…
December 24, 2011
Report on Projected Impacts of Sea –level rise on the TCI as a result of Climate Change
The Department of Environment & Coastal Resources is pleased to announce the completion of the Caribsave Climate Change Risk Atlas (CCCRA) Phase One document that was done in the Turks Caicos Islands, as part of a regional study to develop an atlas…
December 24, 2011
OPSM has begins to distribute voluntary severance package
The TCI Government's Office of Public Service Management (OPSM), on Friday confirmed to RTC News that it began distributing 697 voluntary severance package quotations to civil service applicants this morning. These quotations outline the…
December 24, 2011
Police in Provo arrest 3 in connection with the RBC robbery
Police in Providenciales are making headway in their investigations into the armed robbery at the Royal Bank of Canada a week ago today, which led the death of one of two security guards who were shot during the incident, which occurred last Friday,…