October 29, 2013
Crime & Incident Reports October 24, 2013 and Friday October 25, 2013
The Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force are investigating a number of incidents reported between Thursday October 24, 2013 and Friday October 25, 2013 within the districts of Providenciales and North Caicos, including: Discharging…
October 29, 2013
Fatal Boating Incident takes the life of a male
The Royal Turks & Caicos Islands Police Force is continuing their investigations into the apparent drowning of a man off North Caicos. A male contacted operators at the 911 Call Centre at approximately 12:01PM and informed the operator that a…
October 23, 2013
Pakistani PM Urges US to Stop Drone Strikes
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has reiterated his country's demand for an end to U.S. drone strikes inside Pakistan. In an address at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington Tuesday, Mr. Sharif said he wants to see U.S.-Pakistan relations…
October 23, 2013
TCIG Announces Revised Procedures and Fees, for Visas, Permits
The Ministry for Border Control and Labour today Tuesday October 22, 2013 announced revised and new fees and procedures for several categories of Visas and Permits. Effective November 1, 2013 the following will apply: Visas The following…
October 23, 2013
An American Airlines Boeing 757 had an emergency landing in Provo
RTC News has learnt that at 10:10am Department of Disaster Management and Emergencies, Providenciales Office, received a call from 911 informing the department that an American Airlines Boeing 757 from Port of Spain Trinidad, Trinidad enroute to…
October 23, 2013
SHADOW MINISTER CALLS FOR TRADE POLICY
The Minister of Finance, Investment and Trade's response to questions I posed to him during the sitting of the last House of Assembly confirms my belief that our Country does not have a sound trade policy in place. Based on my observation, it…
October 23, 2013
Peoples Democratic Movement Position on the Attorney General
Within recent months, we in the Opposition have heard “rumblings” from within the governing Party suggesting that there is dissatisfaction with the Person of the Attorney General. What began as an inaudible rumble became clearer AFTER the Acting…
October 23, 2013
GSS to Address the Flooding of Roadways in Providenciales
The Ministry of Government Support Services (GSS) is working on measures that are expected to reduce flooding along the roadways in Providenciales. In light of the recent heavy rains and subsequent flooding, Ministry Officials have reviewed the…
October 20, 2013
DEPUTY GOVERNOR CELEBRATES FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE
Deputy Governor Her Excellency Anya Williams is celebrating one year in that post. “On the occasion of my first anniversary as Deputy Governor and head of the Public Service of the Turks and Caicos Islands, I would like to take this opportunity to…
October 20, 2013
Digicel TCI Update on its Saturday, 12th October network outage.
On Saturday, 12th October 2013, during one of the worst lighting storms the Turks & Caicos have experienced in years, multiple lighting strikes caused damage to critical equipment within Digicel TCI’s Core network, resulting in the majority of…