May 3, 2022
UKRAINE ADMITS THE ‘GHOST OF KYIV’ IS A MYTH BUT A REASONABLY POTENT ONE
For weeks, an unknown Ukrainian fighter pilot captivated the nation and some of the world with his extraordinary battle feats, becoming a symbol of heroic resistance to Russia’s invasion that came to be emblazoned everywhere. Now, the Ukrainian air…
May 3, 2022
NEW ZEALAND RELAXES COVID-19 TRAVEL RULES
New Zealand welcomed tourists from the U.S., Canada, Britain, Japan and more than 50 other countries for the first time in more than two years after dropping most of its remaining pandemic border restrictions. Tourists will still need to be…
May 2, 2022
TURKS AND CAICOS POST CABINET MEETING STATEMENT
His Excellency the Governor, Nigel Dakin, chaired the 14th meeting of Cabinet on Wednesday 20th April, at the Premier's Office, in Grand Turk. All Members were present. At this meeting Cabinet approved Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure for…
May 2, 2022
Shooting off Leeward Highway claims the Life of a Male
RTC News has learned that at about 10:34am on Saturday 30th April, the Police Control Room received several reports of gunshots being fired at a location off Leeward Highway, Providenciales. The police reported that two armed males were seen fleeing…
May 2, 2022
BA 2 Variant Identified in the Turks and Caicos Islands
On 29th April 2022, the Ministry of Health and Human Services received the results of sequencing of samples which were sent to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA). Samples were submitted by the National Public Health Laboratory in the TCI as…
May 2, 2022
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IN COLLABORATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE LAUNCH FARMING IN SCHOOLS PROJECT
The Department of Education in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture has embarked on a project titled Let it Grow: Sustainability| Responsibility| Entrepreneurship| that seek to establish farms in all public and private schools in the…
May 2, 2022
DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLE NOTICE ON LICENSE PLATES
The Department of Motor Vehicles is asking persons who have previously paid for their license plates and have not yet collected them to please attend the Department of Motor Vehicles offices throughout the Islands immediately to collect their plates…
May 2, 2022
PUBLIC FORECAST FOR TODAY AND TOMORROW
GENERAL SITUATION: A QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS WILL CONTINUE TO DISSIPATE WHILE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED NORTHEAST OF THE AREA MAINTAINS MODERATE TO FRESH WINDS ACROSS THE ISLANDS TODAY. SPECIAL WARNINGS: SMALL CRAFT…
May 2, 2022
Americans favor more support for Ukraine, despite potential economic consequences
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi this weekend told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that additional U.S. support “is on the way.” “We are here to say to you that we are with you till this fight is over,” Pelosi said during their meeting in Kyiv,…
May 2, 2022
Bad news for Biden in latest poll
Americans trust the Republican Party over the Democrats to handle inflation, by 19%; the economy more generally, by 14%; and crime, by 12%, according to the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll. Trust in the Republicans to handle crime is its…