January 2, 2012
Turks and Caicos among 10 Caribbean jurisdictions featured in BCQS market
Turks and Caicos among 10 Caribbean jurisdictions featured in BCQS market report, where construction costs are said to be highest. The TCI listed as one of the costliest countries for construction to be carried out. While construction costs in the…
January 2, 2012
Another boat load of Haitians attempt to reach Turks and Caicos shores
Illegal immigrants from Haiti continue to brave the high seas and so risk their lives, determined to make the Turks and Caicos their ultimate stop. It was just two days ago Wednesday 28th December at approximately 3:30 p.m. that the Royal Turks…
January 2, 2012
Michael Buble Remains No. 1, Adele’s ’21’ Has Best Sales Week Yet
Michael Buble's "Christmas" album spends a fifth straight week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 467,000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan. Its sales were up 4% in the tracking week that ended on Dec. 25, Christmas…
January 2, 2012
Hollywood hopes for better 2012
Tom Cruise's new mission remains impossible to beat at the box office. Studio estimates yesterday placed Mission: Impossible Ñ Ghost Protocol in the No. 1 spot for the second-straight weekend with US$31.3 million. With a US$134.1 million domestic…
January 2, 2012
Katy Perry, Russell Brand head for divorce
Russell Brand is divorcing Katy Perry after 14 months of what appeared to be a storybook marriage. "Sadly, Katy and I are ending our marriage," Brand said in a statement released to The Associated Press on Friday. "I'll always adore her and I know…
January 2, 2012
LeBron James Is Engaged
LeBron James had more on his mind than just ringing in the new year on Saturday night. At a New Year's Eve dinner and party at the Shelborne hotel in South Beach, the Miami Heat star, 27, proposed to his longtime girlfriend Savannah Brinson. And he…
January 2, 2012
Steven Tyler Is Engaged, Jeweler Confirms
Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler and his girlfriend of five years, Erin Brady, got engaged over the holidays, the rocker's go-to jewelry maker has confirmed. Reports that the "American Idol" judge, 63, had popped the question emerged…
January 2, 2012
US authorities seize $190,000 from vessel leaving Puerto Rico
Caribbean Border Interagency Group (CBIG) federal law enforcement authorities seized $190,000, a Cal-Tech 5.56mm semi-automatic pistol, and approximately 300 rounds of ammunition found in a single-engine yola type vessel, north west of Puerto…
January 2, 2012
OAS electoral observation mission in Jamaica issues preliminary statement
For the general elections of December 29, 2011, in Jamaica, the Electoral Observation Mission of the Organization of American States (OAS) fielded 25 observers from 16 countries in all 8 of the country’s administrative regions. A total of 852 of…
January 2, 2012
Argentine governor dies of shots to head
The ruling party governor of a western Argentine province was killed early yesterday of gunshots to the head, and his wife was being questioned by police. The .38-caliber revolver was fired as Rio Negro Govenor Carlos Soria, and his wife Susana…