December 17, 2014
Fifa investigator resigns in World Cup report row
Fifa's independent ethics investigator Michael Garcia has quit in protest over the handling of his report into bidding for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. The American lawyer cited a "lack of leadership" at the top of football's world governing body.…
December 17, 2014
Obama Announces Historic Revamp of US-Cuba Relations
U.S. President Barack Obama announced a major shift in U.S. relations with Cuba, after the country’s communist leaders released Alan Gross, an American who had been imprisoned there for five years. In addition to the release of Gross, three Cubans…
December 17, 2014
iNTER-Caribbean Introduces Cacique Rewards
interCaribbean Airways is pleased to introduce Cacique rewards, a new rewards program designed for the frequent and infrequent flyers. Each flight flown on interCaribbean Airways will earn points that can be redeemed for rewards travel both…
December 17, 2014
Shocking baggage rates by InterCaribbean
A new baggage policy at InterCaribbean Airways is drawing criticism as residents say there was no warning of the charges which now tax second and third bags automatically, even for domestic travel. Lots of questions flying across the counter at the…
December 17, 2014
Theft of TCIG’s Stray Dog Traps
The Department of Agriculture is again appealing to members of the public to immediately cease and desist from the practice of theft and deliberate destruction of the equipment used to humanely trap the stray dogs. The Ministry of Environment and…
December 16, 2014
Brent oil price falls below $59 a barrel
The price of Brent crude oil has fallen below $59 a barrel for the first time since May 2009. After dropping below $60, the Brent price then fell to $58.50 a barrel, before recovering slightly to $59.01. Oil prices have now nearly halved since June…
December 16, 2014
Apple defeats $1bn court case alleging anti-competition
Apple has been found not guilty of engaging in anti-competitive behaviour by a jury in California. The long-running suit focused on Apple's 2006 update to its iTunes software which meant only iPods could play music purchased from the store.…
December 16, 2014
N. Korea Calls on UN to Focus on US Rights Abuses
North Korea has requested the U.N. Security Council not probe alleged human rights violations by Pyongyang, but instead investigate what it called "brutal" and "medieval" abuses by the U.S. In a letter late Monday, North Korean U.N. Ambassador Ja…
December 16, 2014
GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES REVIEW OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMISSION
HE The Governor, Peter Beckingham, announced at the Financial Service Commission (FSC) AGM on Friday 12 December that he has finalised arrangements for a review of the body to be undertaken in January 2015. The review will explore the Financial…
December 16, 2014
141 Dead in Taliban Attack on Pakistan School
The siege of a school in Pakistan by Taliban militants has ended, leaving at least 141 people dead, most of them students. Islamist militants wearing military uniforms and strapped with explosives attacked the military-run facility in the…