March 19, 2019
MIKE CLERVEAUX NEW HAZARD MITIGATION & GIS SPECIALIST
The Turks and Caicos Islands civil service is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Mike Clerveaux to the post of Hazard Mitigation & GIS Specialist within the Department of Disaster Management and Emergencies (DDME). For the past three…
March 19, 2019
TCI OBSERVES WORLD KIDNEY DAY
The Ministry of Health, Agriculture, Sports and Human Services joins the rest of the world in observing World Kidney Day on the 14th of March under the theme “Kidney Health for Everyone Everywhere”. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a public health…
March 19, 2019
Janet Jackson & others to enter the Rock Hall of Fame
Radiohead, Roxy Music and Janet Jackson will join the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next year, alongside Def Leppard, The Zombies, Stevie Nicks and The Cure. The seven inductees are the biggest intake since 2004; and bring the total number of acts in…
March 19, 2019
Mercedes hands U.S. plant an ultra-luxury mission
In a stunning new chapter of Mercedes-Benz's expansion in North America, the automaker plans to build an ultraluxe Maybach model exclusively at its plant in Alabama, where the rarefied sedan nameplate will be applied to an SUV. The new Maybach,…
March 19, 2019
PROJECT ANNOUNCED TO ENHANCE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
A collaborative project to develop an evidence base of environmental data, for policy formation and evaluation, on the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) and the British Virgin Islands (BVI) has been announced. Funded by UK Darwin Plus it focuses on the…
March 19, 2019
Mark Wilkinson Appointed as Radio Communications & Telecommunications Specialist
Mr. Mark Wilkinson has been appointed as the Radio Communications & Telecommunications Specialist at the Department of Disaster Management & Emergencies within the Turks & Caicos Islands Government. Mark is a graduate of the Art Williams…
March 13, 2019
Ex-Trump chief gets 43 more months in jail
Donald Trump's ex-campaign chief Paul Manafort has been jailed for 43 more months on charges stemming from the Russia investigation. It comes a week after the 69-year-old was given a 47-month prison sentence for fraud in a separate case. The latest…
March 13, 2019
PUBLIC FORECAST FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT WEDNESDAY 13TH MARCH 2019
GENERAL SITUATION: A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS WITH HIGH PRESSURE RAPIDLY BUILDING IN ITS WAKE. SPECIAL WARNINGS: BEACHGOERS AND BOATERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR MODERATE TO ROUGH SURF AND THE HIGH RISK OF…
March 13, 2019
Swiss and French climbers died in avalanche
Two of three climbers who died in an avalanche on Ben Nevis on Tuesday are understood to have been from France and the other from Switzerland. Swiss authorities have confirmed the death of one Swiss national and that another was injured. The…
March 13, 2019
Fatal attack in São Paulo
At least five students have been killed in a shooting at a school in São Paulo state in Brazil, police say. One adult was also killed in the attack at the Professor Raul Brasil state school in Suzano. Two "armed and hooded adolescents" had carried…