Britain says it has suspended the government of the Turks and Caicos Islands and imposed direct rule after allegations of systemic corruption and "serious dishonesty".
The U.S. Coast Guard has called off its search for as many as 79 Haitians missing after a boat capsized near the Turks and Caicos Islands, a spokeswoman said early Thursday.
When Colorado-born developer Mark Durliat discovered the Grace Bay Club hotel, located on the Caribbean island of Providenciales (part of Britain's Turks and Caicos group), it looked like the perfect investment: a hotel on a beautiful stretch of beach, in an up-and-coming tourist destination with a stable government and no restrictions on foreign ownership. After raising $17 million from investors, he bought the property in 2001 with plans to turn it into a premier resort.
Britain says it has suspended the government of the Turks and Caicos Islands and imposed direct rule after allegations of systemic corruption and "serious dishonesty".
The U.S. Coast Guard has called off its search for as many as 79 Haitians missing after a boat capsized near the Turks and Caicos Islands, a spokeswoman said early Thursday.
When Colorado-born developer Mark Durliat discovered the Grace Bay Club hotel, located on the Caribbean island of Providenciales (part of Britain's Turks and Caicos group), it looked like the perfect investment: a hotel on a beautiful stretch of beach, in an up-and-coming tourist destination with a stable government and no restrictions on foreign ownership. After raising $17 million from investors, he bought the property in 2001 with plans to turn it into a premier resort.
Rescue crews scoured the Caribbean Sea on Tuesday for a plane that took off from the Dominican Republic en route to the Turks and Caicos Islands, the Dominican Republic Civil Aviation agency said.
Ivy Peltz is like many people who go on tours or cruises alone: She doesn't like to room with strangers, but she also hates paying a single supplement -- the fee many travel companies levy on singles who want their own two-person room.
Ike strengthened to an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm Saturday near the Turks and Caicos Islands with winds near 135 mph, said the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida.
Tropical Storm Hanna, the first of three tropical storms lined up across the Atlantic, was expected to make landfall somewhere from Florida to North Carolina before Friday evening, forecasters said.
Hurricane Hanna slumped to tropical storm strength while grinding away at the Bahamas and other Atlantic islands on Tuesday, while also threatening the U.S. East Coast
Olga strengthened into a tropical storm Tuesday after making landfall on Hispaniola and soaking the Dominican Republic, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said.
Gilchrist & Soames said Monday it was recalling toothpaste made in China that it had distributed to hotels in more than a dozen countries, after discovering the product contained a chemical used to make automobile antifreeze.
Now legally a wife but hardly desperate, Eva Longoria returned to the set of Desperate Housewives Monday after a three-week wedding celebration and honeymoon.
Standing barefoot on the asphalt after his race, 17-year-old Yohan Blake, a junior sprinter from St. Jago (Spanish Town, Jamaica), was simmering down last Saturday. After burning up the track with a 45.40 personal split in the anchor leg of the 4x400 meter relay team, Blake was left to critique his performance in the 113th running of the Penn Relays.
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Three deaths in Grenada are being blamed on Hurricane Ivan after the powerful storm swept across the Caribbean island nation devastating its capital, St. George's, according to the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA).
Hurricane Frances, a Category 4 storm, continued its path toward the Bahamas on Wednesday, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida.
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