June 3, 2014
Girls’ Empowerment Day at H.J. Robinson High
Following on from a highly successful ‘Boys Day Out’ in January of this year, the H.J. Robinson High School, through its Guidance Unit, today hosted a school day, exclusively for Girls, the first Girls’ Empowerment Day, under the theme “Cupcakes and…
June 3, 2014
Minister of Health Attends Seminar on Autism
Minister of Health and Human Services Hon. Porsha Stubbs-Smith is currently in Lake Placid, New York, where she’s attending the four-day Can/Am Expertise Exchange 2014, being hosted by the One World Foundation under the theme, “Autism: A New…
June 3, 2014
World No Tobacco Day celebrated in the TCI
The Department of Mental Health and Substance Dependence, Ministry of Health and Human Services joins the rest of the world in celebration of World No Tobacco Day on Saturday, May 31, 2014 under the theme "Raise Taxes on Tobacco" The Department is…
June 2, 2014
Department of Education’s policy review of the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) guidelines
Over 400 students from Primary schools throughout the islands anxiously sat off this morning to begin day one of their GSAT examinations. The Grade Six Achievement Test is a pre-requisite to determining whether those students have the ability to…
June 2, 2014
Deputy Governor’s Public Sector Spotlight for MAY – TCIG Treasury
“Although widely viewed simply as the department solely for the processing of payments, there is much, much more to the Turks and Caicos Islands Government Treasury,” said Anya Williams, Deputy Governor and head of the Turks and Caicos Islands’…
May 30, 2014
Deputy Premier plays key role in Commonwealth Women’s Parliamentary Conference
The Deputy Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands Hon, Akierra Missick is expected to play a leading role in the three day Commonwealth Women Parliamentarian’s Association International conference, which got underway in Nassau, Bahamas Tuesday 21…
May 27, 2014
Could it be that seeds of discourse are being sewn with G-SAT just around the corner?
A reliable source clarified to RTC News that neither the ministry nor department of Education, is responsible for giving students mock exams and further, that students did sit those mock exams. RTC News also understands that there are no major…
May 27, 2014
PDM challenges changes to GSAT exam papers
With just a mere couple of days before students sit the Grade Six Achievement Test (G-SAT), the People’s Democratic Movement has taken exception to what it refers to as major changes to this year’s G-SAT examination. It has come to our attention…
May 27, 2014
Robust Growth in First Quarter Tourist Arrivals
The Turks and Caicos Islands Tourist Board has released its latest statistics, which indicate overall tourist arrivals to the Turks and Caicos Islands grew by 41% in the first quarter of this year, with robust growth recorded across all major source…
May 22, 2014
Finance Minister withdraws the Business Licensing Amendment Bill 2014 in the House of Assembly
Members of the Opposition Peoples Democratic Movement and other stakeholders in the business community, will get to make an input into how business is done here in the TCI. Minister of Finance Hon. C. Washington Missick made this known to members of…