July 21, 2015
TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS GOVERNMENT AWARDS 105 EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS
The Ministry of Education, Youth, Sports and Library Services has awarded 105 persons with educational scholarships, under the 2015 Scholarship Awards Program which is a government initiative aimed at the development needs of the Turks and Caicos…
July 21, 2015
Turks & Caicos under 19 National Rugby Team Places Second
The Turks & Caicos under 19 National Rugby Team has returned to the islands after participating in the NACRA Tournament hosted in Orlando Florida. The team did extremely well placing second in the finals against Cayman with the score 23-26.…
July 21, 2015
Former Caribbean football official used wife’s ring to help make bail
News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Tues. July 21, 2015: Jeffrey Webb once sat pretty as President of CONCACAF and FIFA vice president; so much so that his personal assets included 11 luxury watches, a Mercedes-Benz and ten properties. On Saturday, the…
July 21, 2015
Sterling scores on his Manchester City debut
New Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling scored three minutes into his debut in a friendly against Roma at the MCG in Melbourne on Tuesday. The 20-year-old, who joined City for £49m from Liverpool on 14 July, ran through on goal before……
July 21, 2015
Man charged over ‘terror plan’ and attempting to join IS
A 24-year-old man has been charged over an alleged plan to attack US military personnel in the UK. Junead Ahmed Khan has also been charged, along with his uncle Shazib Ahmed Khan, 22, both from Luton, over attempting to join Islamic State militants…
July 21, 2015
Unity Festival Activities
Checkmate Inc. is pleased to announce that the run-off to select the members of the Turks & Caicos Islands National Team to participate in the Premier's Cup Domino Tournament has been completed. The team will comprise of ten members, six…
July 21, 2015
CDB invites vulnerable communities to apply for grants from Community Disaster Risk Reduction Fund (CDRRF)
The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has joined forces with the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development of Canada and the Department for International Development of the United Kingdom to strengthen the sustainable development agenda of…
July 20, 2015
Thicke And Williams Have Lost Their Bid
Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams have lost their bid to get new trial in "Blurred Lines" case. In May, their lawyers appealed the initial ruling after they were found guilty of copying parts of their 2013 hit from Marvin Gaye's 1977 hit "Got to…
July 20, 2015
Ben Affleck Surprise Appearance
Ben Affleck surprised everyone at the 2015 ESPY Awards as he showed up at the event without prior announcement. During the event taking place on Wednesday, July 15 in Los Angeles, the newly single actor was a special guest presenting retired New…
July 20, 2015
Selleck Is Banned For Drawing Water Illegally
Tom Selleck settled water dispute with California. The "Magnum, P.I." actor agrees to pay nearly $22,000 after Calleguas Municipal Water District filed a legal complaint accusing him of having water from a fire hydrant in Thousand Oaks illegally…