March 16, 2016
IDB, OAS warn Caribbean to strengthen cybersecurity
Leaders of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Organization of American States (OAS) have called on the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean to step up their efforts on cybersecurity following the release of a new study,…
March 16, 2016
Policeman in Trinidad to stand trial for trafficking Colombian women
In Trinidad and Tobago’s first human trafficking case, a 55-year-old suspended police officer has been committed to stand trial on 13 charges of human trafficking and prostitution. Constable Valentine Eastman was yesterday found to have a case to…
March 16, 2016
Non-payment of taxes main weakness in region’s economies, says ECLAC
The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has called for measures to tackle nonpayment of taxes, cautioning in a just released report that tax evasion is one of the main weaknesses of the tax systems in the…
March 16, 2016
Officers trained to operate new speed Measurement Devices
19 officers of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force have been trained and Certified to operate new Speed Measurement Devices. Both Doppler Police Traffic Radar, as well as Police Speed Laser. Four of the students have gone onto an…
March 16, 2016
Lavern Smith Plead Guilty to firearm charges
On Wednesday 9th March 2016, Lavern Smith of the Bight Providenciales, who plead guilty for Carrying a firearm and three counts of carrying ammunition will be sentenced on Monday 21st March 2016. The facts are, on Tuesday 27th October 2015 at around…
March 16, 2016
Police confirm death of 16 year old in South Caicos
Investigators of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force are confirming the death of a 16 year old female on South Caicos yesterday. At around 4:21pm (Monday 14th March 2016) Police Officers responded to a home on Swann Street, where the…
March 16, 2016
Caricom Secretariat gets energy monitoring equipment under GIZ/REETA Programme
Energy monitoring equipment was handed over to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat on Tuesday, 8 March 2016. The equipment, worth more than US$20,000, was donated by the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) through the…
March 15, 2016
Paba development league finals
The curtains came down on the 2015-2016 PABA Development league as the Wesley Methodist Sting Rays defeated the Tci Community College Admirals in a nail biting game. The fans were treated to an exciting game of many lead changes and spectacular…
March 15, 2016
GOVERNOR AND DEPUTY GOVERNOR LAUNCH NEW PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN PUBLIC SERVICE AND BUSINESSES
The Governor and Deputy Governor announced on 7 March an initiative to bring private sector expertise to the public sector. Under the overall programme recently launched by the Deputy Governor of "Vision 20/20: Creating Excellence in the Public…
March 15, 2016
TURKS AND CAICOS POST CABINET MEETING STATEMENT
His Excellency the Governor, Peter Beckingham, chaired the 8th meeting of the Cabinet on Wednesday, 9 March 2016, at the Hon. Hilly Ewing Building on Providenciales. All Ministers were present. At this meeting Cabinet: · Agreed to the use…