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January 14, 2011

Black Eyed Peas’ Apl.de.ap Legally Blind from Eye Disorder

Black Eyed Peas member Apl.de.ap suffers from a rare genetic eye disorder that has rendered him legally blind. This…

January 14, 2011

Report: 50 Cent May Be Investigated for Stock Tweet

50 Cent is facing a possible investigation by the U.S. Security Exchange Commission after causing the penny stock of a…

January 14, 2011

Nicki Minaj Denies Dating Rihanna, but says ‘You Never Know’

This morning on Ryan Seacrest’s radio show, Nicki Minaj was asked to clarify rumors that she’s dating…

January 14, 2011

Jamaica opens third international airport, named after Ian Fleming

Prime Minister Bruce Golding on Wednesday officially opened Jamaica's third international airport at Boscobel in St Mary. A new international airport for private jets and small commercial aircraft was unveiled in northern Jamaica on Wednesday,…

January 14, 2011

Second Guyanese sentenced to 15 years for JFK airport bomb plot

Another Guyanese was given a 15-year jail sentence for his involvement in the plot to blow up the John F. Kennedy International Airport four years ago. Abdel Nur, 60, was sentenced on Thursday by US District Judge Dora Irizarry in Brooklyn, New…

January 14, 2011

Cuba, US meet on immigration amid disagreements

Senior US and Cuban diplomats met in Havana yesterday to discuss immigration issues in an encounter that was expected to turn to more contentious matters, such as the detention of an American man whom Cuba accuses of spying. Heading the talks for…

January 14, 2011

International drug lord sought over £7m ganja haul

POLICE in the United Kingdom are hunting down an international drug lord in connection with the seizure of £7 million-worth of ganja, shipped via Jamaica from Cuba last year, reports the Northampton Chronicle & Echo. The drugs were individually…

January 14, 2011

Turks and Caicos Banking Company restructures its operations

The Turks and Caicos Banking Company, the country's oldest independent private bank, has announced plans to restructure…

January 14, 2011

Extended deadline to comment on revised recommendations for constitutional and electoral reform

Ms Kate Sullivan, TCI Constitutional and Electoral Reform Adviser, today outlined the next steps for her review…

January 14, 2011

Turks and Caicos constitutional deadline extended

The first sitting of the Consultative Forum for the New Year on Tuesday raised several issues that Turks and Caicos…