February 3, 2016
Latin Heath Ministers Hold Emergency Zika Meeting
Latin American health ministers agreed Wednesday on a public information campaign and boosted the number of medical workers to fight the mosquito-borne Zika virus, which poses the greatest threat to pregnant women. The 14 officials — including…
February 3, 2016
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association to visit TCI
The Turks and Caicos Islands Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association will host four Parliamentarians from the Houses of Parliament Canada comprising: Alexandra Mendes – MP – Liberal – Leader of the delegationTodd Doherty – MP from…
February 3, 2016
Obama Reaffirms Religious Liberty in First Visit to US Mosque
President Barack Obama, on his first visit to a U.S. mosque as president, says Americans "too often" conflate Islam with terrorism. "We're one American family," Obama told Muslim-Americans at the Islamic Society of Baltimore. He said the entire…
February 3, 2016
Sandals Foundation and the Bob Marley Foundation have officially launch the Women Helping Others
Two of the Caribbean’s most influential brands, the Sandals Foundation and The Bob Marley Foundation, are joining forces to address the chronic issue of gender inequality in the Caribbean with the introduction of Women Helping Others Achieve (WHOA).…
February 3, 2016
Civil Service in Action Committee Launched
The Civil Service Association which is a very vital organ of the public service and has an opportunity to play a very key role in making representations and doing other work on behalf of civil servants in government, was very active during the…
February 3, 2016
Clement Howell High get their hands dirty for World Wetlands Day 2016
Clement Howell High School assisted the Department of Environmental & Maritime Affairs (DEMA), the Turks and Caicos National Trust and the Turks and Caicos Reef Fund (TCRF) in celebrating World Wetlands Day 2016. 18 Students from the school…
February 2, 2016
Preliminary Electors List 2016
Turks and Caicos Islanders now have the opportunity to view the 2016/17 Electors List Published today Friday January 29, 2016. The Supervisor of Elections Lister Dudley Lewis again remind Electors that they have fourteen (14) days from today January…
February 1, 2016
WHO Declares Zika a Global Health Emergency
The World Health Organization has declared Zika to be global public-health emergency. At a special meeting of researchers and health officials on the virus in Geneva Monday, the WHO said Zika is "public health emergency of international concern."…
February 1, 2016
Cuba’s Castro in France for historic visit
Cuba’s President Raul Castro began an official state visit to France on Monday, his first ever to Europe, which is being seen as a key step in rebuilding his island nation’s ties with the West. The Cuban leader was welcomed under the Arc de Triomphe…
February 1, 2016
Speed Boat with illegal migrants makes landfall
Officers of the Royal Turks & Caicos Islands Police Force (RTCIPF) in conjunction with Immigration Task Force have launched an investigation after the discovery of a speed boat in the North West Point area of Providenciales earlier this……