June 5, 2014
Maleficient rules at the box office
Disney live-action film Maleficent, starring Angelina Jolie, has debuted at the top of the North American box office, taking $70m (£41m). The film, based on the villain from Sleeping Beauty, has given Jolie her biggest box office debut to date.…
June 5, 2014
Airline profits in 2014 to be hit by China
The global airline industry's profit forecast for this year has been cut amid fears over China's economic growth, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said. The trade body predicts airlines will make $18bn (£10.7bn) in profit in 2014,…
June 5, 2014
Apple unveils iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite
Apple CEO Tim Cook took the stage at the company's annual Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco on Monday to announce the latest features for iPhones, iPads and Macs. Apple (AAPL) unveiled iOS 8, an update to the operating system that…
June 5, 2014
Brothers murdered execution style in Trinidad
Police are searching for the gunmen who stormed into a house in Morvant and shot and killed, execution style, two brothers, including a nine-year-old on Sunday. Police said the gunmen entered the house and ordered the occupants, including…
June 5, 2014
Maya Angelou ‘the brightest light’ says Barack Obama
US President Barack Obama has led the tributes to Maya Angelou, describing the poet, author and activist as "one of the brightest lights of our time". He hailed Angelou, who has died aged 86, as "a brilliant writer, a fierce friend and a truly…
June 4, 2014
CDB gives update of the 44th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors
Caribbean countries ended 2013 on a more solid economic footing than it had done since the start of the 2007/2008 global economic recession, according to figures released by the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB). The CDB, which is…
June 4, 2014
WIV CEO addresses problems with service
WIV’s CEO, E. Jay Saunders, says WIV is working feverishly to address the issues and to improve upon the Customer Service Experience. In a release to RTC News, the CEO said: As part of its commitment to delivering unmatched cable TV and broadband…
June 3, 2014
Ukraine PM Yatsenyuk in Russia border demand
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has called on Russia to control its border to stop "terrorists" from crossing into his territory. Mr Yatsenyuk said Kiev could solve the crisis quickly if Moscow stopped meddling in the situation. But…
June 3, 2014
The French government faces a 14bn-euro black hole in its public finances
French President Francois Hollande has raised income tax, VAT and corporation tax since he was elected two years ago. The Court of Auditors said receipts from all three taxes amounted to an extra 16bn euros in 2013. That was a little more than half…
June 3, 2014
Drug bust in Caribbean Sea nets nearly US$388 million in cocaine
The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency says its Office of Air and Marine aircraft while on night patrol in the Caribbean seized 93 bales of cocaine weighing more than 5,180 lbs and worth more than US$387,700,000. (Three hundred…