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Turks and Caicos Islands News Archives for September 2009

Sep 30, 2009 | MiamiHerald.com

A cruise ship pullout could be an economic detriment to Caribbean nation

A recent decision by Miami-based Carnival Cruise Lines to drop Antigua and Barbuda from its seven-night Southern Caribbean cruise itinerary could cost the tourist-dependent nation more than $40 million, the country's tourism minister told The Miami Herald Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Antigua and Barbuda Travel, Travel, Antigua and Barbuda, Central America, World News

Mon Sep 28, 2009

Borders Today

Hawick sailor makes his postmark

A HAWICK sailor has helped launch a set of commemorative stamps to illustrate the different naval uniforms worn through the ages.

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Related Topix: Hurricane, Weather, Hurricane Ike, Central America, World News

Sat Sep 26, 2009

MiamiHerald.com - Miami & Ft. Lauderd...

Body of soldier missing for decades back in Neb.

Emergency crews in Costa Rica found two more bodies in mountain villages hit by a 6.1-magnitude earthquake, raising the death toll to at least 18 people, the Red Cross reported.

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Related Topix: Earthquake, Natural Disasters, World News, Central America, US Coast Guard, US Military, US News, Flood

Guardian Unlimited

British territories are moving on tax

Britain's overseas territories accused of being tax havens are progressing quickly towards G20 goals on fiscal transparency Britain's overseas territories are not often in the international political limelight but when world leaders meet in Pittsburgh for the G20 meeting, places as diverse as the Cayman Islands and Turks and Caicos Islands, ...

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Related Topix: Cayman Islands, Central America

Fri Sep 18, 2009

Associated Content

Turks and Caicos Islands

The Turks and Caicos Islands is a self-governing overseas British territory. Turks and Caicos comprise a chain of 40 islands and cays sitting between the Bahamas and Cuba in the Caribbean, with Providenciales being the largest of the islands.

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Related Topix: Travel, World News, Turks and Caicos Islands Travel, Central America, Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Ponce de Leon, FL

Wed Sep 16, 2009

Living Church

Bishop Marray to Assist in East Carolina

The Diocese of East Carolina has invited the Rt. Rev. Santosh K. Marray, former Bishop of Seychelles, to begin assist the Rt.

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Related Topix: Central America, World News, Anglican, Religion

Mon Sep 14, 2009

Hotel Online

The Year-old Nikki Beach Resort in the Turks and Caicos Islands...

TheYear-old Nikki Beach Resort in the Turks and Caicos Islands Shuttered; Leeward Resort Ltd., Owner of the Property, Enters Receivership September 12, 2009 - PROVIDENCIALES, Turks And Caicos Islands -- The Nikki Beach Resort in Providenciales, one of the Turks and Caicos Islands' most luxurious resorts, announced on Friday that it has closed after ...

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Related Topix: Central America, World News

Jamaica Gleaner

The dollar whine

Long before I knew that there was such a thing as 'dollarisation', I wondered why we didn't simply transact all business using the United States Dollar instead of our ever-declining Jamaican dollar .

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Related Topix: Central America, World News, British Virgin Islands

Sat Sep 12, 2009

FOX 4 Florida

Top 'Caribbean Escape' closes in Turks and Caicos

An exclusive resort in the Turks and Caicos Islands that catered to celebrities and offered personal butlers and a pillow menu has closed after less than two years of operation.

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Related Topix: World News, Central America

Mon Sep 07, 2009

The Freeport News

PM says people would drive TCI/Bahamas talks

Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham yesterday called the populations of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands "one people" that history has separated, and although he said the time may come to explore the possibility of creating a federation between the two countries, he said he wouldn't "want to put the cart before the horse." "There are a ...

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Related Topix: World News, The Bahamas, Central America, Hubert Ingraham, Canada

Sat Sep 05, 2009

The Oregonian

Antigua: Banker replaces disgraced regulator

ST. JOHN'S, Antigua - A veteran banker has replaced Antigua's disgraced financial regulator, who was fired for ties to an alleged US$7 billion swindle by jailed Texas financier R. Allen Stanford.

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Related Topix: Texas, World News, Central America, US Politics, US News

Thu Sep 03, 2009

Techdirt

How Far Should Google Go To Protect User Privacy In Lawsuits?

We've already discussed the ridiculous circumstances under which a model, Liskula Cohen, ended up getting a judge to order Google to reveal an anonymous blogger who Cohen felt defamed her by calling her a "skank," among other things.

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Related Topix: Central America, World News

Tue Sep 01, 2009

Read/Write Web

Google May Hand Over Caribbean Journalists' IP Addresses

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / August 31, 2009 2:59 AM / Google has reportedly sent a letter to a high-profile Caribbean investigative website called The TCI Journal saying it will supply the IP addresses used to access the Journal's primary GMail account unless the Journal supplies a legal counter-motion within the next two weeks.

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Related Topix: Journalism, Santa Clara, CA, Central America, World News

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