Bail Granted as Investigations Continue
RTC News understands that officers of the Safeguarding and Public Protection Unit (SPPU) of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force (RT&CIPF) are continuing investigations into allegations of child abuse being reported. Following…
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs gets 50 months in prison
Sean “Diddy” Combs has been sentenced to 50 months in prison for his conviction on two prostitution-related offenses. He gets credit for time served since his arrest. Combs has already spent 12 months at the Metropolitan Detention Center in…
Rape Accused Denied Bail
EDWARD RICHARD CHRISTOPHER PHILLIPS,44, a British citizen, residing in the TCI appeared before the Magistrate court today. Phillips has been charged with three counts of rape which occured in Providenciales. The charges were laid on October 1st,…
Border Force Thanks Public for Safe Return of Canine Officer
The Turks and Caicos Islands Border Force confirmed to RTC News that the brown Cocker Spaniel reported missing earlier today has been safely recovered. The canine, a valued member of the Border Force K9 Unit, was returned in good health thanks to…
India in command against the West Indies in the opening Test
Centuries by Dhruv Jurel, Ravendra Jadeja and KL Rahul, have left West Indies with a herculean task if they are to avoid a heavy defeat against India in the opening Test match at the Narendra Modi Stadium. Jurel scored an impressive 125, Jadeja…
MSF says Haiti sinks deeper into a crisis as health facilities close
The non-government organization, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Friday said that as the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, sinks deeper into a crisis marked by violent clashes between armed groups and police forces, there has been an increase in the…
Earthquake rattles three Caribbean islands
An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.8 rattled several cities in the Caribbean on Friday, but there were no immediate reports of damage of injuries. The Trinidad-based Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the St. Augistine campus of the Universty of the…
U.S Government shutdown continues
The federal government on Thursday entered its second day of a shutdown amid an impasse on Capitol Hill over competing congressional spending bills. The Senate floor was open Thursday, but the chamber was not voting due to Yom Kippur. The Senate is,…
White House hasn’t received Hamas response as deadline looms
The White House has not received Hamas' response to the peace plan they put out on Monday, press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Thursday. They still “expect” Hamas to accept the plan, Leavitt said. In the meantime, Gaza's Hamas-run…
Sean Combs’ ex-girlfriend says she was never sex trafficked
One day before Sean "Diddy" Combs' sentencing, the rap mogul’s former girlfriend is pushing back on prosecutors’ claims that she was sex trafficked or involved in prostitution. Virginia Huynh — the ex-girlfriend identified as "Victim 3" in the…