OFFICE OF THE PREMIER DR. THE HON. RUFUS W. EWING MBBS, FRCS, DM, MPH, FACS, MP MINISTERIAL STATEMENT

Mr. Speaker I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate The Rt. Excellent Theresa May on her appointment as the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Territories and likewise The Rt. Hon. Boris Johnson as the new Foreign Secretary…

MOONLIT JAZZ ON THE BEACH

Turks and Caicos singer and performer Chrystal Charles, commonly known as TESS, will be hosting a summer moon, toes in the sand session on Friday, August 19, 2016 at 8 p.m. TESS, who has now entered full time into the entertainment field, is once…

A New Look for PDM

DOWN TOWN, PROVO, JULY 20, 2016 – The Peoples’ Democratic Movement (PDM) today officially introduced a new look. A recently updated logo design for the PDM is displayed on billboards erected throughout the Turks & Caicos Islands (TCI) and also on…

PUBLIC FORECAST FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT SATURDAY 30TH JULY 2016 ISSUED BY DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLGY AT 6 AM

 PUBLIC FORECAST FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT  SATURDAY 30TH JULY 2016 ISSUED BY DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLGY AT 6 AM  GENERAL SITUATION: A SERIES OF MULTI-LAYERED TROUGHS ALONG WITH AN UPPER LEVEL LOW IN THE VICINITY OF THE SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS WILL GENERATE…

Usain Bolt named in Rio 2016 Jamaica squad after injury scare

Usain Bolt will defend both his Olympic 100m and 200m titles and the 4x100m relay title after being named in the Jamaica team for Rio 2016. There had been worries over his participation after he injured a hamstring at the national trials. The…

Italian mafia boss Bernardo Provenzano, 83, dies in jail

Italian mafia boss Bernardo Provenzano has died in jail, aged 83. Provenzano, dubbed "The Tractor" for his ruthless trait of mowing people down, was arrested and jailed in 2006 after spending 43 years on the run. He was said to have taken over…

David Cameron prepares to hand over to Theresa May

David Cameron will leave Downing Street for the final time as PM later, with Theresa May waiting to replace him. Mr Cameron will face his last Prime Minister's Questions in the Commons, before heading to Buckingham Palace to tender his resignation…

St Lucia opposition warns gov’t against victimising supporters

CASTRIES, St Lucia — The main opposition St Lucia Labour Party (SLP) yesterday said it would take very seriously, its role in the new parliament and called on the Allen Chastanet government to ensure that people who voted in favour of the party in…

All students to sit technical subject in June 2017 exam

KINGSTON, Jamaica  — Come June 2017, all high school students will be required to sit a technical or vocational subject in their exit examinations. Those subjects will be done in conjunction with four others, including mathematics and English…

India Dalit couple hacked to death over miniscule debt

A man from India's Dalit community has been beheaded and his wife hacked to death after a row over a 15 rupees (22 cents; 16 pence) debt in Uttar Pradesh state. Police said the couple were murdered by an upper caste grocer on Thursday when they told…