June 21, 2017
Russia ‘hacked’ 21 US states in election
Russian hackers targeted election systems in 21 US states during last year's campaign, said a US official. Jeanette Manfra of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) refused to identify the states during her testimony before a Senate panel, citing…
June 21, 2017
Kia tops J.D. Power quality rankings
Kia took the top spot in J.D. Power's annual report card on vehicle quality for a second consecutive year, as industry ratings reached a new record and domestic brands maintained their edge over foreign rivals. Kia, with 72 problems reported per 100…
June 21, 2017
Guyana pleased with first rice crop for 2017
Guyana produced more than half a million tonnes of paddy in the first crop for this year with exports of the commodity totalling more than US$92 million, according to figures released by the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) on Wednesday. The…
June 21, 2017
Major Upset in Church Softball League in Provo
The Church Co-Ed Slow Pitch League Championship began last Thursday night 15/6/17. The first game of the night was for Third and Fourth place between Roman Catholic Church and Jericho Baptist Church. In that game, Jericho took control from the…
June 21, 2017
Bolt to run in Monaco
Eight-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt will run the 100 metres at the Diamond League meeting in Monaco on July 21, organisers announced on Wednesday. The Jamaican sprinting legend is competing in his final season before retirement and will use the…
June 21, 2017
Britain’s Prince Philip, 96, in hospital
Prince Philip, the 96-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth II, has been admitted to hospital as a "precautionary measure" for treatment of an infection, Buckingham Palace said Wednesday. The infection arose from "a pre-existing condition", the palace…
June 21, 2017
Barbados PM wants the region to have a new look at ‘brain drain’
Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart says to describe the export of Caribbean nationals to countries across the world as a brain drain “is to see the glass as half-empty”. “I have never seen the export of manpower as a disadvantage because it is…
June 21, 2017
Travel company bosses visit the TCI
THE OWNERS and Directors of 25 of the top travel companies in the United States, the United Kingdom and South America recently visited the Turks and Caicos Islands. The travel professionals were invited to the TCI by officials from Grace Bay Resorts…
June 21, 2017
Convicted rapist gets third trial for same crime
LINCOLN Smith, a man convicted twice already of the almost two-hour long rape of a Dominican woman back in 2010, will get a third shot to prove his innocence. The decision came down on Wednesday (June 14) in the Court of Appeal after arguments by…
June 21, 2017
Fish Fry to relocate to new venue, says Premier
AFTER five successful years at the Children's Park in The Bight, the popular island Fish Fry will be relocated to a more spacious venue. Premier Sharlene Cartwright Robinson said that the new location is a three acre lot, adjacent to Beaches Resort…