June 10, 2014
DEMA’s Environmental Stewardship Awards: 6 June 2014
The Department of Environment and Maritime Affairs (DEMA) will be hosting the annual Environmental Stewardship Awards, on Friday 6th of June, 2014. The award ceremony coincides with World Environment Day and World Oceans Day held on the 5th and 8th…
June 10, 2014
Hon. A Missick attends UWI’s Finance and General Purpose Committee Meeting
The semi annual meeting of the UWI’s Finance and General Purpose Committee was held on Thursday 29th May, 2014 at the Cave Hill Campus in Barbados. Representing the Turks and Caicos Islands was Deputy Premier and Minister of Education Hon. Akierra…
June 10, 2014
Help for Turks and Caicos Islands companies from the UK’s Trade and Investment Overseas Network
Turks and Caicos Islands companies seeking to target new international markets, can now do so with the help and advice of the UK’s Trade and Investment (UKTI) Overseas Market Introductory Service. With a UKTI presence in over 100 markets the…
June 10, 2014
TURKS AND CAICOS POST CABINET MEETING STATEMENT
His Excellency the Governor, Peter Beckingham, chaired the meeting of the Cabinet at the Hilly Ewing Building, in Providenciales, yesterday Wednesday, 4th June 2014 where all Ministers were present. At this meeting Cabinet: Advised the Governor to…
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…