November 2, 2012
Man arrested and charged for a series of serious offences.
A sufficiency hearing date has been set for a 31 year old male who appeared in the Providenciales magistrate’s Court yesterday (Wednesday 31st October) afternoon on gun related charges. The young man was arrested in Providenciales on Tuesday 30…
November 2, 2012
Tourism Environmental Awareness Month
The Turks and Caicos Islands Tourist Board is once again making plans to host its annual Tourism Environmental Awareness Month (TEAM). The Tourist Board will officially launch TEAM this coming Monday, November 5th, 2012 at 11:00am at the…
October 30, 2012
Signing Signal $500M Three Hotels Deal for Grace Bay
Three agreements have been signed that will see three luxury resort style hotels built at a cost of $500m in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands, by His Excellency Governor Ric Todd and developer Desarrollos Hotelco Group it was announced…
October 29, 2012
Beached Vessel Unlikely to Affect Grand Turk Port Traffic
A 700 ton trading vessel, Mega One Triton registered in St Vincent and the Grenadines, has drifted and beached at the Governors Beach On October 25, 2012, in close proximity to the port of Grand Turk due to the high winds and rough seas resulting…
October 29, 2012
PFAU Publishes first Political Party Donations Registers
The Integrity Commission's Political Financial Activities Unit (PFAU) has begun receiving weekly donation returns from the Political Parties who have now registered with the Commission. The weekly returns are required to be submitted to the…
October 29, 2012
Candidates’ nomination forms and declarations of eligibility published
The Supervisor of Elections Dudley Lewis has published the completed nomination and declaration forms for the candidates who have put themselves forward for the General Elections on November 9. The 37 nominees including 2 independent candidates were…
October 29, 2012
Turks & Caicos Continues Progress to March 2013 Budget Surplus
The Turks and Caicos Islands Government (TCIG) remains on course to meet is strategic objective of returning a surplus this financial year according to the administration’s report on quarter two (Q2) financial performance published today, Mon, 29…
October 29, 2012
Applications for 2013/14 Chevening Scholarships now open for TCI applicants
Applications for Chevening Scholarships, the prestigious global scholarship programme of the UK government, are now open today, 29 October 2012. RTC News learnt that the deadline for applicants from the British Overseas Territories is Mon, 1 Dec…
October 28, 2012
$1.7m RECONSTRUCTION OF HJ ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL TO BEGIN
For quite sometime residents of Grand Turk have been calling on H.E Governor Todd and the Interim Administration to repair the HJ Robinson high School. RTC News has learnt that a $1.7m contract to begin the construction of new classrooms, offices…
October 27, 2012
TCIAA Sets The Record Straight with Audit Report
Earlier this week HE Governor Rick Todd released the overdue audited report from 2007/2008 through to 2012 to the public. RTC News today received a statement from the Turks & Caicos Airports Authority setting the record straight that their…