July 15, 2016
Robbery at Digicel Grand Turk
Investigators of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force are investigating a burglary of a business establishment that was reported to the Grand Turk Police station yesterday (Wednesday 22nd June 2016). Complainant reported to officers…
July 15, 2016
GOVERNOR ENCOURAGES TCI FATHERS TO FOCUS ON EDUCATION, SPORT AND HISTORY
Speaking to the Senior Citizens’ Fathers’ Day luncheon in Providenciales on 18 June, the Governor, Peter Beckingham, encouraged the fathers of Turks and Caicos Islands to remember the value of encouraging education, sport and tradition among their…
July 14, 2016
TCHTA Addresses Rising Negative Trends
An increase in illegal beach vending as well as tourist harassment is becoming very alarming and is raising concerns among the destination's tourism partners especially its leading private sector association TCHTA. The Association's Board met…
July 14, 2016
QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY PARADE MARKS TO MAJOR ANNIVERSARIES
The Turks and Caicos Islands will join sister Commonwealth nations around the world in celebrating Her Majesty the Queen’s Birthday on Saturday, 11 June 2016. The ceremony will be held on the nation’s capital, Grand Turk, where the annual Queen’s…
July 14, 2016
Jamaican track and field administrators and fans are worried as they await the results of the B sample test of a senior athlete.
The Jamaican athlete is among the 31 athletes from six sports and 12 countries at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China who returned a positive sample during a retesting by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). Unconfirmed reports are that the…
July 14, 2016
US Takes Steps to Further Cut Off North Korea from US Banks
The United States is taking further action to cut off North Korean access to the U.S. financial system, calling the North a "primary money-laundering concern." U.S. banks and other financial concerns are already barred from directly doing business…
July 14, 2016
US Immigration Data Shows Numbers Up, Many from Asia
Legal and illegal immigration to the United States has risen over the past two years, reaching levels not seen since the beginning of the 21st century — and the greatest number of them are coming from Asia, not Latin America. The findings appear…
July 14, 2016
Lawyers file appeal after court subpoenas PNP officials
ATTORNEYS representing Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller and three People’s National Party (PNP) officials in the long-standing Trafigura matter yesterday filed an appeal seeking to halt the proceedings after High Court Judge Justice Lennox…
July 14, 2016
Three Opposition politicians in Antigua on corruption charges
The leader of the main opposition United Progressive Party (UPP) Harold Lovell and two other former ministers have been charged with corruption in connection with three buses donated to the former administration. Lovell, along with former…
July 14, 2016
6th Annual Wine Cellar Golf & Fishing Tournament
This year’s 6th Annual Wine Cellar Golf & Fishing Tournament team made Cheque Presentations to two important charities in Providenciales. The Edward Gartland Youth Centre and the TCI Sailing Association, both were recipients of cheques in the…