July 13, 2017
MINISTERS CONTINUE ENGAGEMENT WITH OVERSEAS TERRITORIES AS PART OF BREXIT PROCESS
UK ministers met representatives of the Overseas Territories attended the second Joint Ministerial Council in London Minister for Exiting the European Union Robin Walker and Foreign Office Minister Lord Ahmad on (Wednesday, 12 July) met leaders and…
July 13, 2017
Contracts and Procurement Unit Hosts Contractors Workshop Around the Islands
The Contracts and Procurement Unit within the Office of the Deputy Governor in collaboration with the Project Management Division in the Ministry of Infrastructure, Housing and Planning recently hosted a 'Contractor's Workshop' around the TCI. The…
July 13, 2017
FOOD FOR THOUGHT CELEBRATES COMPLETING FIRST YEAR OF SUCCESSFUL BREAKFAST PROGRAMME
Popular Italian Restaurant hosts intimate family style dinner in its enchanting pizza garden, raising over $8,500 for the charity’s new food bank project. On Saturday 8 July 2017 almost 100 guests filled the charming pizza garden at Bella Luna to…
July 4, 2017
CARICOM Heads of Government meet this week
The Thirty-Eighth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will take place in Grenada 4 – 6 July 2017, under the Chairmanship of the Prime Minister of Grenada Dr. Rt. Hon Keith Mitchell. Following…
July 4, 2017
TCI Hospital launches revised Fall Prevention Program
Turks and Caicos Islands Hospital has implemented a revised program of best practices in fall prevention to help minimize the incidence and severity of falls. While not every patient fall is preventable, the health care facility has utilized a…
July 3, 2017
DECR WARNS OF MEGA ONE TRITON – SAFETY HAZARD
The Department of Environment and Coastal Resources (DECR) would like to advise that members of the public are to keep a safe distance from the Mega One Triton wreck, on Governor's Beach, Grand Turk. The vessel, a former cargo ship which ran a…
July 3, 2017
Zika Update – “Small bite, Big Threat”
Over the past year there have been concerns expressed about the possibility of infection with the Zika virus. While there were a number of countries in the Caribbean which have reported a high number of cases, the Turks and Caicos Islands have been…
July 3, 2017
TCI CUSTOMS TEAM TRAVEL TO CAYMAN ISLANDS FOR TRAINING
On Tuesday, June 6th, 2017 a delegation comprising of members of the Turks & Caicos Islands Custom Department travelled to the Cayman Islands. The purpose of the trip was to focus on strengthening our enforcement initiatives and capacity…
June 30, 2017
TCI Hospital attends International Infection Prevention Conferences
A team of clinicians from Turks and Caicos Islands Hospital recently attended the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) 44th annual conference in Portland, Oregon on June 14-16 2017, which is the premier forum…
June 29, 2017
Scotiabank will once again host HIV Regional Testing Day
Scotiabank once again hosts its HIV Regional Testing Day in 17 islands across the Caribbean, including the Turks and Caicos Islands. The initiative is intended to increase public participation in voluntary testing and counseling, prevent the spread…