July 4, 2017
Oscar on the brain? Newbie actress Rihanna
While Rihanna's movie career hasn't been that extensive to date, she does have two big films coming up: this summer's Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, and the caper film Ocean's 8, due next year. The Grammy winner says one day, she'd…
July 4, 2017
LeEco chairman ‘has bank accounts frozen
The billionaire co-founder of struggling Chinese technology giant LeEco has had personal assets frozen by a Shanghai court, state media reports. Assets worth a combined 1.24bn yuan ($183m; £141m) belonging to Jia Yueting, his wife, and three…
July 4, 2017
North Korea missile test was ICBM
The US has confirmed that North Korea on Tuesday tested an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called it a "new escalation of the threat" to the US and the world and warned that Washington "will never accept a…
July 4, 2017
Drone causes Gatwick Airport disruption
A drone flying close to Gatwick Airport, led to the closure of the runway and forced five flights to be diverted. An airport spokesman said the runway had been closed for two periods of nine minutes and five minutes on Sunday evening after the drone…
July 4, 2017
Three Men from Dominican Republic Arrested in $3 Million Drug Bust
Three nationals of the Dominican Republic have been arrested while attempting to smuggle 151 kilogrammes of cocaine worth approximately $3.7 million into the United States.The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security…
July 4, 2017
CARICOM Heads of Government meet this week
The Thirty-Eighth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will take place in Grenada 4 – 6 July 2017, under the Chairmanship of the Prime Minister of Grenada Dr. Rt. Hon Keith Mitchell. Following…
July 4, 2017
TCI Hospital launches revised Fall Prevention Program
Turks and Caicos Islands Hospital has implemented a revised program of best practices in fall prevention to help minimize the incidence and severity of falls. While not every patient fall is preventable, the health care facility has utilized a…
July 3, 2017
DECR WARNS OF MEGA ONE TRITON – SAFETY HAZARD
The Department of Environment and Coastal Resources (DECR) would like to advise that members of the public are to keep a safe distance from the Mega One Triton wreck, on Governor's Beach, Grand Turk. The vessel, a former cargo ship which ran a…
July 3, 2017
PUBLIC FORECAST FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT MONDAY 3RD JULY 2017
GENERAL SITUATION: AN UPPER-LEVEL LOW OVER CUBA ALONG WITH A SURFACE TROUGH JUST WEST OF THE BAHAMAS WILL SUPPORT ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS... WHILE A SURFACE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE GENERATES MODERATE TO FRESH BREEZES MAINLY ACROSS THE…
July 3, 2017
U.S. auto sales fall for fourth straight month
Major automakers on Monday reported a fourth consecutive month of lower U.S. new vehicle sales for June and came in below analyst expectations, despite hefty consumer discounts and looser loan terms, providing fresh evidence that 2017 will fall…