CDB publishes TCI Country Poverty Assessment Report
From Caribbean Development The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has published its Country Poverty Assessment Report for the Turks and Caicos Islands for the period 1999 -2012. The comprehensive study which may be accessed via the Bank’s website assesses the social…
Caribbean Sailing Association annual conference to take place in Antigua
By Alison Sly-Adams During the last weekend of October, Antigua will play host to some of the most influential people in yacht racing from around the region when the Caribbean Sailing Association’s (‘CSA’) Annual Conference takes place. Planned over three…
The Australian woman behind an $80 million recall of dangerous cable
By Jenni Ryall From Mashable SYDNEY — An Australian woman is at the centre of a dangerous cable recall, where dangerous materials were imported from China before being installed in as many as 40,000 Australian homes and businesses. Lu Luo…
Elite Referee/Assessor Course opens in Florida
From CONCACAF SUNRISE, Florida – CONCACAF Vice President Alfredo Hawit launched the confederation’s Elite Referee and Assessor Course on Thursday during a ceremony that also honored those match officials who worked at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The annual gathering…
Six reefs in disputed Spratlys turned into islets by China
From Want China Times China’s proactive campaign to assert its territorial claims over most of the South China Sea has taken another step after satellite images revealed that six reefs in the disputed Spratly Islands have been effectively turned into…
Hotter under the water:
Hotter under the water: a look at the world’s most interesting underwater hotels By: Financialist Staff Photo courtesy of Deep Ocean Technology (Discus 1) Dubai already boasts a bevy of architectural wonders. It’s got the world’s tallest building—the 2,722-foot Burj…
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Beauty, brains and business
By Michelle Martin From The Voice One woman’s dream to reinvent the beauty pageant to include all ages, shapes and sizes IN AMERICA, the pageant industry is big business. Actresses like Halle Berry, Vanessa Williams and media mogul Oprah Winfrey…
Terror aid claims reinstated against U.K. bank
By Mark Hamblett, From New York Law Journal U.S. nationals who were victims of terrorist attacks in Israel have another chance to pursue claims that the National Westminster Bank supported Hamas by handling money for the Palestine Relief & Development…
Former Cayman Islands Chief Magistrate sworn in as Chief Justice of TCI
From Jamaica Observer Daughter of eminent Jamaican lawyer Ian Ramsay sworn in as chief justice of Turks & Caicos PROVIDENCIALES, Turks & Caicos Islands (CMC) – Jamaican-born Justice Margaret Ramsay-Hale was Monday sworn in as the first female chief justice…
NASA has determined where the mysterious jelly-doughnut rock on Mars came from
By Dina Spector NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell Univ./Arizona State Univ./Business Insider Attached image shows Pinnacle Island in the lower left corner and where the piece of rock had been before it appeared in front of the rover. Scientists have confirmed that a strange-looking…
