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 7, 2014
Two Island groups.
Did you know that our Islands are divided into two main groups? The Turks Islands are separated from the Caicos Islands by the 22-mile “Columbus passage” named in honor of Christopher Columbus, based on the controversial claim that Columbus…
June 7, 2014
Salt Cay & Grand Turk Islands
Did you know that our Islands are divided into two groups? The Turks Islands comprise of Grand Turk and Salt Cay. The Caicos Islands, the largest in the chain, comprise of South Caicos, East Caicos, Middle Caicos, North Caicos, West Caicos,…
June 7, 2014
TCI Islands
Did you know that the Turks and Caicos Islands are an archipelago of about forty islands and cays at the southern end of the Bahamas chain. Only six large islands and several small cays are inhabited. The inhabited Islands range from Middle…
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…