May 4, 2022
Uncontrolled Crime, Inflation, Economy & Immigration by Leader of the Opposition
Salutations Mr. Speaker, the Nigerian Novelist Chimamanda Adichie in “the danger of a single story” warns that if we hear only a single story about a person, a country, or an event, we risk a critical misunderstanding, and it leads to the loss of…
May 4, 2022
PUBLIC FORECAST 6:00 AM TODAY AND TONIGHT WEDNESDAY 4TH MAY 2022
WEATHER: PARTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY, VERY WARM AND HUMID WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THE CHANCE OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. SHOWERS MAYBE LOCALLY HEAVY AND THUNDERSTORMS STRONG AT TIMES. ADVISORY: EXPECT GUSTY WINDS AND HIGHER SEAS IN OR NEAR HEAVY…
May 4, 2022
Budget 2022/23 Speech – Hon. Erwin Jay Saunders – Minister of Finance and Trade
Thank you, Mr. Speaker! I rise with humility and gratefulness to make my maiden budget presentation in this the People’s House as Minister of Finance Investment and Trade of these beautiful by nature Turks and Caicos Islands. I thank the Almighty…
May 4, 2022
US makes biggest interest rate rise in 22 years
The US central bank has announced its biggest interest rate increase in more than two decades as it toughens its fight against fast rising prices.The Federal Reserve said it was lifting its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point, to a…
May 4, 2022
Lionel Richie, Eminem, Harry Belafonte, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis among Rock and Rock Hall of Fame’s 2022 inductees
The 2022 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees include stars who have made an indelible impact on American and Black music and culture, over the course of the last 10 decades or more. Just as there's room for all of the many rock and pop artist that…
May 4, 2022
EU plans Russian oil ban and war crimes sanctions
The EU has proposed some of its toughest measures yet against Russia, including a total ban on oil imports and sanctions on war crimes suspects. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the package was aimed at maximising pressure on…
May 4, 2022
Cuba’s Olympic wrestling champion defects
Borrero, who won gold in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, abandoned the Cuban delegation while they were in Mexico for the Pan-American Wrestling Championships, a Cuban official said.Cuban athletes have a long history of defecting while competing…
May 4, 2022
ST. KITTS PM announces salary increase for public servants
Embattled Prime Minister Dr. Timothy Harris Monday announced a 10 per cent salary increase for public sector workers benefitting more than 9,000 workers in the twin island Federation. “I am pleased to announce that my government has determined that…
May 4, 2022
apper The Kidd Creole sentenced to 16 years in prison following fatal 2017 stabbing
Original Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five member The Kidd Creole was sentenced to 16 years in prison Wednesday after he was found guilty of fatally stabbing a man with a steak knife in Midtown Manhattan in 2017. The 61-year-old hip hop…
May 4, 2022
West Indies hold steady in rankings in Cricket
West Indies have held steady in the ICC Men’s World Rankings across all three formats of international cricket after the annual update carried out on Wednesday. The ICC (International Cricket Council), the sport’s world governing body, revealed in a…