October 14, 2014
DEPUTY GOVERNOR SPOTLIGHTS PUBLIC SERVICE FOR OCTOBER
In the October edition of the Deputy Governor’s regular articles that mark and celebrate the contribution of public servants to the Turks and Caicos Islands, the head of the civil service this month turns the attention of the 'spotlight’ programme…
October 14, 2014
NATIONAL YOUTH AMBASSADOR 1ST NATIONAL HERITAGE DAY ADDRESS
To all Turks and Caicos Islanders, residents and visitors, today we celebrate our 1st National Heritage Day. Today is the day in which we celebrate all that was inherited from past generations, maintained in the present, and bestowed to future…
October 14, 2014
GONZALO TO BECOME A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE BY THURSDAY
NEWS ITEM ON HURRICANE GONZALO ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 11 AM TUESDAY 14TH OCTOBER 2014. …GONZALO IS MOVING NORTHWESTWARD OVER THE OPEN ATLANTIC OCEAN…STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED TO RESUME LATER…
October 14, 2014
JP Morgan Chase posts $5.6bn profit
US banking giant JP Morgan Chase has reported a $5.6bn (£3.5bn) profit for the three months to 30 September. The quarterly results represent a marked improvement on a year earlier, when the bank made a $380m loss. This was the result of setting…
October 14, 2014
Shillingford, Miller rescue Windies A
A defiant unbroken eighth-wicket stand of 92 between Shane Shillingford and Nikita Miller saved West Indies A from a possible innings defeat on the third day of their opening four-day 'Test' against Sri Lanka here yesterday. Asked to follow on after…
October 14, 2014
Obama Urges More ‘Robust Commitments’ to Combat Ebola
President Barack Obama spoke with world leaders and was briefed by his public health and national security teams Monday on international and domestic efforts to confront the Ebola epidemic. U.S. public health officials are “rethinking” the way they…
October 14, 2014
Haitians banned from UN Ebola mission in Africa
After news appeared on social networks that the United Nations was recruiting volunteers to respond to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, authorities in Haiti sprang into action. A statement released last week, signed by the ministers of health,…
October 13, 2014
Suarez scored his first Uruguay goals since the World Cup
Ex-Liverpool striker Luis Suarez scored his first Uruguay goals since the World Cup finals and his suspension for biting in a 3-0 friendly win over Oman. Suarez, 27, is serving a nine-match international ban from competitive games after biting…
October 13, 2014
Nicki Minaj fails to snatch solo UK number one single
Nicki Minaj has failed to capture the first UK solo number one single in her own right as her song Anaconda was beaten into third place in the chart. The US singer was routed by Meghan Trainor, who galvanised pole position with All About That Bass.…
October 13, 2014
Oil prices see further declines
Global oil prices have fallen again amid worries about slow global growth and reports that key oil producers want to maintain current output levels. Brent crude fell to a near four-year low of $87.74 a barrel earlier, before recovering some ground…