January 7, 2015
Two linked to the TCI sworn in as Counsel & Cabinet Minister in the Bahamas
Among the new Bahamas Cabinet Ministers and Queen’s Counsels sworn in were two with links to the Turks and Caicos Islands. The Hon. Arnold A. Forbes, Member of Parliament for Mount Moriah, was announced yesterday as the new Minister of State in the…
January 7, 2015
Dr Dre and Jimmy Iovine sued over Beats/Monster headphone partnership
Dr Dre and Jimmy Iovine are being sued by a former business partner who co-designed their Beats headphone range. Noel Lee, whose firm Monster helped launch Beats by Dre in 2008, says his company was betrayed and its technology "pirated". He alleges…
January 7, 2015
Cuba ‘frees US-listed prisoners’
The Cuban government has released some of the 53 political prisoners on a US list, the state department has said. Spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Washington hoped to see all those on the list released soon but did not specify who was now free. Signalling…
January 7, 2015
Beyonce and Jay-Z Blasted for Taking Picture With a Baby Tiger
Beyonce Knowles and Jay-Z's picture with a baby tiger angered a wildlife expert. Dr. Jan Schmidt-Burbach of the World Animal Protection blasted the power couple after a photo featuring them and their daughter Blue Ivy petting the animal during a…
January 7, 2015
12 dead in attack on Paris newspaper
Masked gunmen shouting "Allahu akbar!" stormed the Paris offices of a satirical newspaper Wednesday, killing 12 people before escaping. It was France's deadliest terror attack in at least two decades. French President Francois Hollande called the…
January 7, 2015
The LaFerrari FXX K
Just when you thought Ferrari’s naming conventions were as weird as possible, say hello to a car that’s inseparable from innumerable vulgar jokes. The Ferrari LaFerrari FXX K represents the pinnacle of the automaker’s race engineering, insofar as…
January 6, 2015
Weather for January 7th,2015
GENERAL SITUATION: A DIFFUSED FRONTAL BOUNDARY CONTINUES TO EXTEND ACROSS THE EXTREME NW BAHAMAS AND WILL REMAIN STALLED THROUGH TONIGHT. FOR THE NW BAHAMAS WEATHER: A MIX OF SUN AND…
January 6, 2015
Charlie Hebdo: Gun attack on French magazine kills 12
Gunmen have shot dead 12 people at the Paris office of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in an apparent militant Islamist attack. Four of the magazine's well-known cartoonists, including its editor, were among those killed, as well as two…
January 5, 2015
Speech By the Hon. Attorney General on the Opening of the Supreme Court of the TCI
My Lady Chief Justice, Judges of the Supreme Court, distinguished guests, President of the Bar Council and Colleagues at the Bar, Ladies and Gentlemen. I am pleased to rise to move a motion for the opening of the Supreme Court for the 2015 session…
January 5, 2015
No Ebola case in Haiti, says acting PM
Health officials have dismissed reports that a case of Ebola has been detected in the country. On Saturday, Dr Florence D Guillaume, minister of public health, told the Haitian Caribbean News Network that the reports of an Ebola case being detected…