January 29, 2018
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION ANNOUNCES 2018 ADDITIONAL INTERNATIONAL GRANT AWARDEES
The Ministry of Education, Youth, Sports and Library Services is pleased to publish additional grant awardees for 2018 for tertiary level studies. The Scholarship Advisory Committee met during the period of January 2018 to review potential…
January 29, 2018
Coincheck promises 46bn yen refund after cryptocurrency theft
One of Japan's largest digital currency exchanges has said it will refund most of the $534m (£380m) worth of virtual assets lost in a hacking attack. Coincheck has promised to use its own funds to reimburse more than 46bn yen ($423m) to customers…
January 29, 2018
Homes of Haitian migrants in Bahamas set on fire
Police in the Bahamas say a fire that was apparently set deliberately has destroyed dozens of homes in a shantytown made up largely of migrants from Haiti on the island of Abaco. An official with the Royal Bahamas Police Force says a local man is in…
January 29, 2018
Top Putin opponent urges Russia protesters to act “for yourself and your future”
Russian police arrested a top opponent of President Vladimir Putin on Sunday as thousands of people around the country protested against a lack of competition in presidential elections planned for this spring. Alexey Navalny, an anti-corruption…
January 29, 2018
Russia banned from Winter Paralympics over doping
Russia has been banned from this year’s Winter Paralympics after the International Paralympic Committee found that the country had failed to reform itself sufficiently following its elaborate cover-up of doping by its athletes. Some Russian athletes…
January 29, 2018
Bruno Mars sweeps, Song, Record and Album of the Year at the 60th annual Grammy Awards.
Bruno Mars swept the top categories at the 60th annual Grammy Awards, and Kendrick Lamar took home five awards, leaving the event’s most nominated man (Jay-Z) and woman (SZA) shut out. But with only nine awards handed out on air out of 84, the focus…
January 29, 2018
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL HOLDS 1ST MEETING FOR 2018
His Excellency the Governor, H.E John Freeman, and the Hon. Premier, Mrs. Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson co-chaired the TCI National Security Council (NSC) at the Hon. Hilly Ewing Building in Providenciales on January 15, 2018. In attendance as…
January 29, 2018
PUBLIC FORECAST FOR MONDAY 29TH JANUARY 2018
GENERAL SITUATION: THE STRONG HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM ACROSS THE BAHAMAS WILL SLIDE EASTWARDS AS A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE AREA TONIGHT. SPECIAL WARNINGS: BOATERS AND BEACHGOERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION DUE TO ROUGH SEAS AND SURF AND THE…
January 29, 2018
DSS WINS TWO 2017 ACQ5 Global awards
Domus Semo Sancus (DSS), was today announced the winner of two 2017 ACQ5 Global Awards, with it winning the 2017 "International – Company of the Year (FinTech)" award and its Chairman & CEO, E. Jay Saunders picking up the "International – Game…
January 23, 2018
PREMIER ROBINSON SPEAKS TO FCIB SERVICES IN SOUTH CAICOS
Premier Robinson today told RTC News that wishes to inform the residents of South Caicos that as Premier and Minister with responsibility for District Administration, she is aware of First Caribbean International Bank's decision to cease weekly…