June 2, 2015
Premier Caribbean Culinary Event Returns To Miami
Food and cooking enthusiasts as well as those who enjoy island fare and libations, will have the opportunity to savor Caribbean creations at a competition lunch, dinner and Taste of the Islands festival during the 2015 Taste of the Caribbean…
June 2, 2015
FortisTCI Scholarship Recipient TeAndra Thomas Graduates
Congratulations to 2009 FortisTCI Scholarship recipient TeAndra Thomas, who after five years of intense studies abroad, has attained her Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) from Memorial University of Newfoundland. TeAndra is now the third scholarship…
June 2, 2015
EU ASSESSMENT RECOGNISES HUGE IMPROVEMENT IN PUBLIC FINANCES
The Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) government has significantly improved the performance of its Public Financial Management (PFM) according to a leading European Union (EU) assessment, it was announced today, Wednesday, 27 May 2015. The TCI’s 2015…
June 2, 2015
German singing ‘Superstar’ Seeger admits card scam
The newly-crowned winner of a German TV singing contest has admitted in court to defrauding pensioners. Severino Seeger won €500,000 (£360,000; $530,900) on the show, Germany's Quest for a Superstar (DSDS) last month. The 28-year-old was accused of…
May 29, 2015
Porn, adware found on former FBI web domains
Websites overseen by the FBI have been briefly used to offer visitors porn or links seeded with adware. Some of the sites involved were seized from net entrepreneur Kim Dotcom and are thought to attract large numbers of visitors. The sites were…
May 29, 2015
Sepp Blatter wins another term as president
Meet Sepp Blatter. Still the most powerful man in the world's most popular game, scandal be damned. You could also call the 79-year-old Swiss national a survivor, after he clung to his job as FIFA's president Friday. He won a fifth term despite a…
May 29, 2015
Michael Jackson’s Neverland ranch up for sale
Michael Jackson's Neverland ranch has gone up for sale with a price tag of $100m (£65m), reports the Wall Street Journal. The Santa Barbara development was once home to a zoo, an amusement park and its own fire station. Much of this has gone but…
May 29, 2015
US economy shrank in first quarter
The US economy shrank 0.7% in the first three months of 2015, compared to the same period last year. The Bureau of Economic Analysis significantly revised down its earlier economic growth estimate of 0.2%. The previous calculation underestimated the…
May 29, 2015
Greek bank deposits fall to decade low
Greek bank deposits have fallen to their lowest level in more than 10 years, as concerns persist over the country's debt burden and possible exit from the euro. Deposits stood at €139.4bn (£100bn) in April, a 3.9% decline on the previous month,…
May 29, 2015
American Express president dies on flight
American Express said its president, Ed Gilligan, died after becoming ill on a flight to New York. Mr Gilligan started his career at the company as an intern 35 years ago and became vice chairman in 2007 and president in 2013, it said in a…