October 1, 2015
Hackers steal T-Mobile data on 15 million US customers
Hackers have stolen personal information on about 15 million T-Mobile US customers and applicants. The breach was at a unit of the credit agency Experian, which T-Mobile uses to process information on subscribers. Names, birth dates and social…
October 1, 2015
At least 11 dead in Afghanistan Hercules crash
At least 11 people have died after a US Hercules aircraft crashed at an airport in Afghanistan, the US military says. The C-130 plane crashed at around midnight local time (19:30 GMT Thursday) in Jalalabad airport. US Army Colonel Brian Tribus told…
October 1, 2015
Lauryn Hill Working on Follow-Up to The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Says Producer
After contributing to the soundtrack for Netflix's Nina Simone documentary, Lauryn Hill is said to be working on a possible sequel to her 1998 classic album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. In a recent feature in The FADER, Jayson Jackson, producer…
October 1, 2015
10 Dead, 7 Wounded in Oregon College Shooting
An angry President Barack Obama demanded the American people push Congress to pass "common sense" gun laws after a gunman murdered 10 people Thursday and wounded seven at an Oregon college. A grim Obama appeared on television hours after the…
October 1, 2015
Earthquake rattles St Lucia
The National Emergency Management Organization, (NEMO) says sections of the island were rocked by an earthquake on Thursday afternoon. The Seismic Research Centre at the University of the West Indies (UWI), St Augustine campus in Trinidad and…
October 1, 2015
Former Transport and Works Minister slams UK prison plan as Cameron tells Caribbean to look beyond reparation for slavery
Veteran Jamaican parliamentarian Mike Henry yesterday said that Britain was adding "insult to injury" with its £25-million grant to help construct a new prison in Jamaica and vowed to take his fight for reparation for slavery to the International…
October 1, 2015
TURKS AND CAICOS POST CABINET MEETING STATEMENT
His Excellency the Governor, Peter Beckingham, chaired the 24th meeting of the Cabinet on Wednesday, 30 September 2015, at the Hon. N J S Francis Building on Grand Turk. The Hon. Premier and the Hon. Minister of Tourism, Environment, Heritage and…
October 1, 2015
Police begin investigations into death of a six year old boy
Police have begun investigations into circumstances surrounding the death of a six year old boy in North Caicos. The six year old was reportedly found dead last night (Tuesday 29th September) by his father at their home in Bottle Creek.Police Press…
October 1, 2015
Joaquin dumps rain in TCI
A day of solid rain has brought flooding to low-lying areas as a surprising Tropical Storm that upgraded to a hurricane, began dumping rain over the Turks & Caicos Islands while gradually moving towards the Bahamas chain. Meanwhile, Hurricane…
October 1, 2015
DIGICEL FIRST OPERATOR TO IMPLEMENT AD CONTROL TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE AND HELP DRIVE BROADBAND ACCESS
Digicel, a leading provider of communications and entertainment services to customers in the Caribbean and South Pacific, announced today that it is deploying ad control technology at the network level on its networks across the globe to ensure a…