April 22, 2015
178 Haitian migrants detained in Bahamas
The Bahamas says 178 Haitian migrants have been detained by local authorities over the last several days. In a Sunday statement, Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell said the archipelago off Florida’s east coast has been “dealing with a deluge of…
April 22, 2015
EU Must Help With Migrant Crisis says Italian PM
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Wednesday pressed the European Union to help shoulder the burden of curbing migrant trafficking in African countries, after more than 800 migrants drowned when a ship capsized Sunday in the Mediterranean Sea.…
April 22, 2015
Actor Ben Affleck: ‘Embarrassed’ by Slave-owning Ancestor
Actor Ben Affleck said Tuesday he regretted asking a PBS documentary show profiling his ancestors to exclude a relative who'd owned slaves, saying he was embarrassed by the revelation. Affleck's ancestry was traced by Harvard scholar Henry Louis…
April 22, 2015
CARICOM task force on climate change meets in St Lucia
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Task Force on Climate Change meets here on Tuesday ahead of the May 9 summit in Martinique to be attended by French President Francois Hollande. The meeting here is being convened by the Belize based Caribbean…
April 22, 2015
Digicel WELCOMEs ANNOUNCEMENT BY ST. LUCIA NTRC OF PUBLIC CONSULtATION ON lime / flow MERGER
Digicel today confirmed its strong support for the announcement by the National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of St. Lucia (‘St. Lucia NTRC’) of a public consultation process in relation to the merger between Cable and Wireless…
April 21, 2015
TCI is the #1 travel destination
Island-hoppers take are turning their eyes on Providenciales in the Turks and Caicos is TripAdvisor's latest pick for the world's top island. Providenciales climbed a rung from last year's No. 2 ranking among the travel review site's Travelers'…
April 21, 2015
BULLYING AT A PROVIDENCIALES PRIMARY SCHOOL
The Ministry and Department of Education, Youth, Sports and Library Services strongly condemns the behavior exhibited on the video currently being circulated via internet and other social media. The video displays gross acts of bullying of one…
April 21, 2015
2nd Test: Windies lose openers in pre-lunch stumble
West Indies stumbled against England on the rain affected opening day of their second test match at the national stadium here on Tuesday. The host was reeling on 36 for two at lunch after losing their openers cheaply in a morning session, shortened…
April 21, 2015
LIAT nears completion of fleet upgrade with arrival of 9th ATR
The Caribbean Airline has added another new ATR aircraft to its fleet as the company nears completion of its fleet upgrade which commenced in 2013. LIAT pilots today delivered the latest ATR-42 aircraft at V.C. Bird International Airport (VCBIA) in…
April 21, 2015
Russian economy shrinks 2% as sanctions bite
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Russia's economy shrank by 2% in the first three months of this year, the first contraction since 2009. He attributed the shrinkage to the pressure of sanctions and the weak oil price. But, addressing MPs,…