June 3, 2014
Ministry Responds to Oseta Jolly Primary School Demonstration
The poor condition of one of the primary schools on Providenciales caught media attention as kids picketed against the uncleanly condition of their classrooms. The kindergarten section of the Oseta Jolly Primary School was reportedly not cleaned for…
June 3, 2014
TCI’S MEN’S NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM AGAINST ARUBA
The Turks & Caicos Islands (TCI) Men’s National Football Team will play against the Aruban Men’s National team – tonight, Friday, May 30th, in a game that will be LIVE STREAMMED. The match, which starts at 8PM EST, will be available on…
June 3, 2014
Almost 2,000′ killed by Syria barrel bombs in 2014
Almost 2,000 people have been killed by Syrian government air attacks in the northern city of Aleppo so far this year, an activist group says. The dead included 283 women and 567 children, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights…
June 3, 2014
Police sacked over hanged girls
Two police officers in India have been sacked for refusing to help search for two missing girls who were later found gang-raped and hanged, authorities say. One officer was arrested while the other fled. Two of the suspected attackers have also…
June 3, 2014
PAHO reports jump in dengue cases
American Health Organization (PAHO) says the number of dengue cases in the Americas, including the Caribbean increased five-fold between 2003 and 2013. According to data presented this week at a high-level regional meeting on dengue hosted by PAHO,…
June 3, 2014
Girls’ Empowerment Day at H.J. Robinson High
Following on from a highly successful ‘Boys Day Out’ in January of this year, the H.J. Robinson High School, through its Guidance Unit, today hosted a school day, exclusively for Girls, the first Girls’ Empowerment Day, under the theme “Cupcakes and…
June 3, 2014
Minister of Health Attends Seminar on Autism
Minister of Health and Human Services Hon. Porsha Stubbs-Smith is currently in Lake Placid, New York, where she’s attending the four-day Can/Am Expertise Exchange 2014, being hosted by the One World Foundation under the theme, “Autism: A New…
June 3, 2014
World No Tobacco Day celebrated in the TCI
The Department of Mental Health and Substance Dependence, Ministry of Health and Human Services joins the rest of the world in celebration of World No Tobacco Day on Saturday, May 31, 2014 under the theme "Raise Taxes on Tobacco" The Department is…
June 2, 2014
Department of Education’s policy review of the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) guidelines
Over 400 students from Primary schools throughout the islands anxiously sat off this morning to begin day one of their GSAT examinations. The Grade Six Achievement Test is a pre-requisite to determining whether those students have the ability to…
June 2, 2014
Deputy Governor’s Public Sector Spotlight for MAY – TCIG Treasury
“Although widely viewed simply as the department solely for the processing of payments, there is much, much more to the Turks and Caicos Islands Government Treasury,” said Anya Williams, Deputy Governor and head of the Turks and Caicos Islands’…