PUBLIC FORECAST NOVEMBER 7TH 2016

GENERAL SITUATION: A SECONDARY COLD FRONT JUST NORTH OF THE AREA IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTHEASTWARDS THROUGH THE ISLANDS BEFORE MERGING WITH A WEAKENING STATIONARY FRONT IN THE VICINITY OF THE CENTRAL AND THE TCI TODAY.       SPECIAL WARNINGS:…

Turks and Caicos airline boosts regional connectivity

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Paris fights for businesses fleeing Brexit London

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Brathwaite stars as Windies end Test win drought

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Clinton, Trump Head to Must-Win States in Final Days of Campaign

Presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are concentrating their efforts on North Carolina and Florida, two states seen by both campaigns as vital to winning the November 8 election. Trump has four rallies scheduled along the East…

UNICEF calls for more investment in violence prevention in Jamaica

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PREMIER EWING HAS TALKS WITH UK OVERSEAS TERRITORIES MINISTER, BARONESS ANELAY

Premier, Dr. the Hon. Rufus Ewing yesterday met with Baroness Anelay, FCO Minister with responsibility for the Overseas Territories and had the opportunity to discuss a number of issues of importance to the Turks and Caicos Islands. Premier Ewing…

Val Kilmer denies Michael Douglas’s ‘misinformed’ cancer claim

US actor Val Kilmer has denied he has cancer, following Michael Douglas's claim that his former co-star is ill. "I love Michael Douglas but he is misinformed," the Top Gun and Batman Forever star wrote in a Facebook post. In a talk in London on…