January 5, 2016
Jamaican faces flak after ‘disrespectful’ comments to TV reporter
The Big Bash League has blasted comments by Chris Gayle made to a female reporter during a live television interview as “disrespectful and simply inappropriate”, and says it will be meeting with the West Indies star over the matter. Following his…
January 5, 2016
CARIBBEAN TOURISM ORGANIZATION DECLARES 2016 ‘THE YEAR OF ROMANCE IN THE CARIBBEAN’
With the start of the New Year comes the launch of a new initiative by the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) - 2016 The Year of Romance in the Caribbean - which celebrates everything romantic about the region. Through the campaign, CTO and its…
January 5, 2016
POLICE MAKE MULTIPLE ARRESTS IN FIREARM INCIDENTS
The Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force (RTCIPF) continues to investigate multiple incidents of violence which unfolded over the weekend and have four males in custody. Between Thursday 31st December 2015 and Friday 1st January 2016 several…
January 5, 2016
POLICE CONDUCTS ARRESTS IN THE TCI
Criminal Investigations Department of the TCI arrested a 19 year old male of a Kew Town address for suspicion of Possession of Criminal Property. Beat & Patrol Officers arrested a 26 year old male of a Five Cays address for Assault Occasioning…
January 5, 2016
SLOOP FROM HAITI INTERCEPTED WITH 78 MIGRANTS
A wind assisted sloop from Haiti was detected shortly before 3AM on (Thursday December 31st, 2015) six miles Southwest off the shore of Providenciales. The vessel was detected by the Radar Station and intercepted by officers of the Royal Turks &…
January 5, 2016
Camille Cosby Looks to Delay Her Deposition
Lawyers for Bill Cosby's wife, Camille, have filed an emergency motion to delay her Jan. 6 deposition in a civil suit against her husband. On New Year's Eve, a magistrate rejected their arguments to quash the deposition altogether, and now, they…
January 5, 2016
John Boyega, Daisy Ridley and Alicia Vikander Among Forbes’ 30 Under 30 for 2016
Star Trek: The Force Awakens' John Boyega and Daisy Ridley and The Danish Girl's Alicia Vikander are among the new Hollywood A-list stars making Forbes magazine's 30 Under 30 list for 2016. Boyega and Ridley, both 23, made their major studio debuts…
January 5, 2016
Anne Hathaway Confirms Pregnancy with Baby Bump Beach Photo
While her pregnancy was reported a while back, Anne Hathaway is only now addressing it publicly, via a photo on Instagram. "Happy 2016 to my beautiful Instafriends!" Hathaway captioned the photo, which shows her posing on a beach in a bikini,…
January 5, 2016
Entertainment in Brief
Michael Bay will be back for more Transformers. He tells Rolling Stone he will direct a fifth movie in the popular franchise, though he maintains, "[T]his is the last one. I have to pass the reins to someone else." The most recent Transformers film,…
January 5, 2016
Miss Universe Pia Wurtzbach Says Steve Harvey Should Return as Pageant Host Despite Mix-Up
Despite his colossal mistake crowning the wrong Miss Universe last month, the winner, Miss Universe Pia Wurtzbach, said she believes Steve Harvey should return to host the pageant next year. "Yeah, why not?" Wurtzbach of the Philippines told Good…