August 15, 2014
The Pine Cay Project and DEMA’s Junior Park Warden Program
The Junior Park Warden (JPW) Summer Program officially launched in 2000, with the central theme of fostering stewardship for the environment in the youth of TCI. Graciously sponsored by the Pine Cay Project, this year was no exception as a total of…
August 15, 2014
SHADOW MINISTER CRIES SHAME OF GOVERNMENT
Statement from the Hon Vaden Delroy Williams Shadow Minister, Government Support Services Whilst we are hoping to see some level of repairs for the 14 Government Schools around the Islands, focus has also been turned to the state of the…
August 15, 2014
PDM DEPUTY LEADER AND FIVES CAYS MP BRINGS CRITICAL HOUSE MOTION
Statement From Hon Sean Astwood, Deputy Leader and Five Cays MP There is an increasing and long term problem of children being born in the Turks and Caicos Islands to parents who are not Turks and Caicos Islanders and those children who may have not…
August 14, 2014
LIME Carib CEO Calls For Technology Innovation
The region’s leading telecoms provider that first connected the Caribbean to the rest of the world, LIME, called on regional government ministers and fellow telecoms providers to push for greater broadband penetration, allowing Caribbean nationals…
August 12, 2014
Government Support Services Ministerial Delegation off to Nassau, Bahamas
Hon. George Lightbourne, Minister of Government Support Services, left the jurisdiction accompanied by the Director General of TCI Telecommunications Commission, Mr. John Williams, to attend the 30th Annual Trade and Exhibition Show being held 10th…
August 12, 2014
Public Health Emergency of International Concern on the Ebola Virus
On August 6-7th 2014, the Emergency Committee of the World Health Organization (WHO) convened a meeting regarding the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in West and Central Africa. As a result of this meeting, the Ebola virus disease has been deemed…
August 12, 2014
THE PDM FINDS PASSPORT CHANGES REGRESSIVE AND CALLS OUT GOVERNMENT ON ISSUE
The PDM has issued a release to RTC News, when they first learned of the UK’s intention to issue passports for the Turks and Caicos Islands sometime last year during a Meeting of the Appropriations Committee, when the Permanent Secretary for Border…
August 12, 2014
TCI pledges further focus on economy following full credit report
The Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands has pledged to further improve the islands’ economic prospects and attract new investment following the publication of Standard and Poor’s detailed ratings analysis. Published by the ratings agency…
August 3, 2014
FINAL ALERT ON TROPICAL STORM BERTHA-ALERT#19
…All TROPICAL STORM WATCHES AND WARNINGS HAVE WAS BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR THE BAHAMAS AND THE TURKS AND CACIOS ISLANDS… AT 5:00 PM EDT THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BERTHA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.3 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 73.2 DEGREES WEST…
August 3, 2014
ALERT #18 ON TROPICAL STORM BERTHA ISSUED BY THE MET OFFICE AT 3:00 PM EDT
…TROPICAL STORM WATCH WAS BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS … A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS AND THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS WHICH INCLUDES ACKLINS AND CROOKED ISLAND, LONG CAY, RAGGED ISLAND,…