May 2, 2016
TCI Health and Alive Campaign starts in Grand Turk
The Ministry of Health, Agriculture and Human Services launched its “TCI Health and Alive Campaign.” The first activities have already started in the nation’s Capital, Grand Turk. Health Educator, Aldora Robinson told RTC that all are invited to…
May 2, 2016
DIGICEL BUSINESS WINS DOUBLE AT AVAYA AWARDS
Digicel Business recently won two major awards at the Avaya Partner Engage Week ceremony which just wrapped up in Miami. The ‘Best Sales Person’ award was presented to Selwyn Adams, Business Solutions Senior Engineer for Digicel St. Lucia, while the…
May 2, 2016
STAFF OF TCI REVENUE DEPARTMENT UNDERSTUDIES THE OPERATIONS
The team of eight (8) officers from the Revenue Department recently returned from St. Kitts and Nevis on a one-week professional attachment at Inland Revenue Department from April 18th to April 22nd 2016. This initiative afforded the officers with…
May 2, 2016
20,000-plus “illegal” Jamaicans costing Trinidad millions
Trinidad and Tobago’s former national security minister is claiming that there are over 20,000 undocumented Jamaicans in the twin-island republic who are a burden on the country and costing government to lose out on half billion dollars every year.…
May 2, 2016
Venezuelans Surprised by Rolling Blackouts
Venezuelan residents were hit by surprised darkness yesterday Monday by rolling four-hour blackouts that the government says will last 40 days, in response to a drought that has rendered hydroelectric power plants nearly useless. President Nicolas…
May 2, 2016
North Korea Preparing New Medium Range Missile Launch
South Korea's Yonhap news agency says North Korea is preparing a second launch of a new, powerful mid-range missile capable of reaching U.S. military installations in the Pacific. Yonhap says it learned from an unidentified government official that…
May 2, 2016
Bill Cosby loses appeal as court rules criminal prosecution can proceed
A Pennsylvania appeals court has rejected Bill Cosby’s attempt to throw out his criminal case because of what he called a decade-old deal not to prosecute him. The mid-level state superior court ruled Monday that the criminal sex assault case…
May 2, 2016
Curry suffers knee sprain, faces two-week layoff
Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry faces at least two weeks on the sidelines after suffering a sprained right knee, the NBA champions confirmed yesterday. Curry limped off the court during Sunday’s victory against the Houston Rockets,…
May 2, 2016
ICC slams West Windies
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has criticised the actions and comments of several West Indies players following their World Twenty20 final win over England in Kolkata earlier this month. There had been reports prior to the tournament that…
May 2, 2016
British astronaut runs marathon in space
British astronaut Tim Peake ran a marathon in space in record time yesterday, strapped into a treadmill on the International Space Station (ISS) as thousands ran the London Marathon below. Peake opened the race by counting down in a video message as…