New COVID restrictions are in effect officially as of September 1st,2021.

New COVID restrictions that were approved at last Cabinet meeting held on 25 August are set to come into effect officially tomorrow, 1 September. The measures include the following: • No person shall host an event consisting of 50 persons or more…

Delta variant threatens to slow the jobs recovery in the U.S.

The US jobs recovery is about to get a reality check. It was a strong summer, with nearly 2.5 million jobs added back between May and July even as the Delta variant started to increase Covid-19 infections — but economists are now growing cautious…

TCI Hospital prepares to implement “MyCareCorner” patient portal

Turks and Caicos Islands Hospital is preparing to implement a secure online portal that provides enrolled patients with convenient 24-hour access to certain personal health information within their medical records from anywhere on the internet.…

Visitors bowled out for 60 in losing first Twenty20

New Zealand were bowled out for 60 to equal their lowest Twenty20 total as Bangladesh won the first of their five-match series by seven wickets. The visitors won the toss in Mirpur and opted to bat, but their top four fell for just nine runs. Tom…

Barbados to re-open all schools online on Sept 20

The Barbados government Tuesday said that all classes will be fully online when the new school term begins on September 20. “We believe, and after discussions this morning with the various representatives of the trade union movement, as well as the…

THREE MEN IN CUSTODY FOLLOWING GRAND TURK ROBBERY

Police Officers on the Island of Grand Turk are investigating a Robbery that took place on Tuesday, August 31st, 2021 around 12:00 p.m. Reports to the police control room are that a bar and restaurant located along Front Street was robbed of cash…

POSTPONEMENT OF EFFECTIVE DATE FOR BAN OF USED RETHREADED TIRES AND VEHICLES OLDER THAN 10 YEARS

The Ministry of Home Affairs, Transportation, Broadcasting, Energy and Utilities and Telecommunications Commission, in collaboration with the Ministry of Immigration and Border Services and the Office of the Premier in a release to RTC News has…

Former R. Kelly worker claims singer used to make women fight each other as punishment

R. Kelly's sex trafficking trial continued Tuesday with Suzette Mayweather, former employee, taking the stand to testify against the singer, alleging he would force his live-in girlfriends to fight one another as a form of punishment. New York Daily…

Turks and Caicos Islands Scores a Silver in CFU Under-14 Challenge Series

Caribbean Football Union (CFU) staged the 2021 Girls Under-14 and Boys Under-14 Challenge Series on August 22-29. In previous years, different countries hosted groups. This year’s editions were all in one place- Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic,…