June 20, 2014
Militants Attack Iraq’s Main Oil Refinery
Sunni Islamist militants have attacked Iraq's main oil refinery, causing damage to the site in the latest stage of a surge that has included seizing territory across northern Iraq. The militants clashed with security forces at the refinery…
June 20, 2014
IMF in warning over Argentina ruling at US Supreme Court
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that Argentina's legal defeat in its fight against hedge fund investors may have wider implications. On Monday, a US Supreme Court ruling sided with bondholders demanding Argentina pay them $1.3bn…
June 20, 2014
US Feds cuts growth forecast
The US Federal Reserve has cut its growth forecast for 2014 due to the harsh winter weather. The central bank is now predicting growth of between 2.1% and 2.3% for this year, down from its March forecast of 2.8% to 3%. However in its accompanying…
June 20, 2014
Sandals cuts communication costs by 44%
Sandals Resorts International (SRI) reported a 44 per cent decrease in its communication costs just one year after implementing a Pan-Caribbean closed-user group (CUG) solution from Digicel Business. The communication solution enables unlimited…
June 20, 2014
Saltans & Stingers tied 2 a piece
In the GTBA, this morning I told you about Fridays game, where the Salt Cay SALTONS took game 3 in overtime to defeat the Good Street STINGERS , Player of that Game was Jay Harvey who scored 22 Pts , had 16 Rebs and 3 blocks to take a 2-1 lead in…
June 20, 2014
Commonwealth Games Announcement of Athletes for 2014 Games
The Commonwealth Organization has named the official team representing the Turks & Caicos in Glasglow in a few weeks. As stated by the Minister of Sports in the House of Assembly, Richardia Missick will represent the TCI in shooting and is the…
June 20, 2014
US seize Benghazi raid ‘ringleader
A suspect in the September 2012 raid on a US diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya that left four Americans dead has been captured, the Pentagon has said. Ahmed Abu Khat-a-llah was taken into custody in a secret raid in Libya on 15 June. He is now…
June 20, 2014
Clashes on approaches to Baghdad
Iraqi government forces are engaged in heavy clashes with Sunni insurgents who have made major advances in the past week. Parts of the city of Baquba - just (37 miles) from Baghdad - were briefly taken over by the rebels. Reports say 44 prisoners…
June 20, 2014
Trinidad Parliament approves fingerprinting of visitors, deportees
The Trinidad and Tobago parliament Monday approved of legislation allowing for the authorities to finger print visitors and deportees entering the country. But opposition legislators voted against the Miscellaneous Provisions Administration of…
June 20, 2014
Second annual Fisherman’s Tournament in Grand Turk
This weekend the second annual Fisherman's Tournament will kick off in the Capital Grand Turk. Seamus Day told RTC News that “Each year we use the Game fishing tournament as a vehicle to raise funds for worthy causes.” Last year the organization…