March 17, 2016
Snorkel Clinic will open up a whole new world for students
School students will have an opportunity to discover a whole new world at a snorkel clinic next week. The clinic, slated for Wednesday 23 March, is a School for Field Studies initiative and will be held in collaboration with AMANYARA, the Edward C.…
March 17, 2016
TCIG HR Manager Receives Human Resource Management Certificate
The Office of the Deputy Governor would like to extend heartfelt congratulations to Human Resource Manager, Keisha Taylor on the obtainment of her Human Resource Management Certification. In January 2015, funding was approved from the United Kingdom…
March 17, 2016
Police Officer sustained injuries in shooting incident
On Thursday 17th March 2016, at approximately 1:22 am an officer in the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force sustained injuries in a firearm related incident that occurred in the area of Kew Town, Providenciales. The officer was treated at…
March 16, 2016
Officers trained to operate new speed Measurement Devices
19 officers of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force have been trained and Certified to operate new Speed Measurement Devices. Both Doppler Police Traffic Radar, as well as Police Speed Laser. Four of the students have gone onto an…
March 16, 2016
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…
March 16, 2016
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…
March 15, 2016
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…
March 15, 2016
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…
March 15, 2016
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…
March 15, 2016
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…