Month: February 2011

February 26, 2011

Brazil judge blocks Amazon Belo Monte dam

A Brazilian judge has blocked plans to build a huge hydro-electric dam in the Amazon…

February 26, 2011

Ivory Coast: Rebels take western town Zouan-Hounien

Ivory Coast rebels fighting to oust President Laurent Gbagbo have taken control of a town in the west of the country, Mr Gbagbo's forces confirm. The rebels, who control the north of the country, seized the town of Zouan-Hounien in an overnight…

February 26, 2011

Libya unrest: Britons urged to leave on final flight

Britons still in Libya are being urged to leave on the final government-chartered flight from Tripoli later. There are thought to be fewer than 500 Britons left in Libya, many of them oil workers in desert regions. Foreign Secretary William Hague…

February 26, 2011

Libya: United States announces sanctions

The United States is to impose unilateral and multilateral sanctions on Libya, including halting operations from the US embassy in Libya. The US was acting "to put pressure on the regime" to cease the violence, White House spokesman Jay Carney…

February 23, 2011

TCI Civil Service Association Management Council Meets Governor and His Team

The Turks and Caicos Islands Civil Service Association Management Council met with His Excellency…

February 23, 2011

TCHTA PRESENTS 2011 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The first Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Turks and Caicos Hotel and Tourism Association…

February 23, 2011

US coast guard to stay in TCI waters

  The Turks and Caicos Islands will not be alone in the fight against illegal drugs and migration as many feared when the UK announced that they plan to withdraw their ships from the Caribbean as part of a cost cutting exercise. There will still be…

February 23, 2011

TCI reef fund established

Two dedicated divers and part-time Turks and Caicos Islands residents have formed the Turks and Caicos Reef Fund to raise money to compliment and supplement government efforts to help preserve the country’s pristine coral reefs. Through the sale of…

February 23, 2011

Tourist Board debt free

Acting Director for Tourism, Ralph Higgs, has declared that the TCI Tourist Board is now practically debt-free. The institution has managed to erase the $8 million deficit that has crippled its operations in previous years. Higgs pointed out that…

February 23, 2011

Bahamas groundbreaking marks new generation of resorts

Baha Mar, the largest single-phase resort development in the history of the Caribbean,…