Lavern Smith Plead Guilty to firearm charges

On Wednesday 9th March 2016, Lavern Smith of the Bight Providenciales, who plead guilty for Carrying a firearm and three counts of carrying ammunition will be sentenced on Monday 21st March 2016. The facts are, on Tuesday 27th October 2015 at around…

Police confirm death of 16 year old in South Caicos

Investigators of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force are confirming the death of a 16 year old female on South Caicos yesterday. At around 4:21pm (Monday 14th March 2016) Police Officers responded to a home on Swann Street, where the…

GOVERNOR AND DEPUTY GOVERNOR LAUNCH NEW PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN PUBLIC SERVICE AND BUSINESSES

The Governor and Deputy Governor announced on 7 March an initiative to bring private sector expertise to the public sector. Under the overall programme recently launched by the Deputy Governor of "Vision 20/20: Creating Excellence in the Public…

TURKS AND CAICOS POST CABINET MEETING STATEMENT

His Excellency the Governor, Peter Beckingham, chaired the 8th meeting of the Cabinet on Wednesday, 9 March 2016, at the Hon. Hilly Ewing Building on Providenciales.  All Ministers were present. At this meeting Cabinet: ·         Agreed to the use…

TOURISM STATISTICS 2015 – TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS

The Turks and Caicos Islands welcomed and hosted some 1,315,268 million tourists to its shores in 2015. Backed by an 8.1 percent increase in stay-over arrivals, the destination continues to reach new heights with noted growth in stay-over arrivals…

Police visits Dock Yard

Investigators of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force are investigating a number of offences that occurred over the past weekend. On Saturday 5th March 2016 around 1:49 am complainant reported that he heard a loud noise from the outside…

Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force are investigating a number of offences

Investigators of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force are investigating a number of offences that occurred over the past weekend. On Saturday 5th March 2016 around 1:49 am complainant reported that he heard a loud noise from the outside…

Police update for Turks & Caicos

Complainant reported that at 10:45 pm on Tuesday 8th March 2016, he parked his White Toyota Corolla car in his yard in Kew town before going to bed. Upon waking up the next day he discovered where some unknown persons stole the stereo and battery…

PDM LEADER RESPONDS TO ALLEGATIONS OF DISHONESTLY SERVING THE PEOPLE OF TURKS AND CAICOS

It is rather unfortunate but I have found it necessary to respond to misinformation placed in the public domain regarding my role and that of my Party in the drafting, presentation and carriage of the  Retiring Allowances (Legislative Service)…

North and Middle Caicos Causeway Officially Reopened

The Minister of Infrastructure Housing and Planning, Hon. Amanda Missick, confirmed that the  reconstruction of the North/Middle Caicos causeway has been completed and that that Causeway is now fully open to traffic between the two islands.   The…