January 29, 2012
French tourist dies after DIVING ACCIDENT
RTC News understands that on Thursday January 26, at around 9.30am a 55-year-old French tourist was rushed to the emergency department of the Cheshire Hall Medical Centre following a diving incident off Provo. The patient was brought to shore by…
January 24, 2012
TCI 2012 Population Count Begins January 25th
The 2012 population and housing census which will count every person and house in the TCI, officially begins Wednesday, January 25th 2012. Months of preparatory work concluded today Monday 23rd January when the census field workers, including…
January 24, 2012
Two accidents in Grand Turk
Two young men in Grand Turk, are lucky to have escaped with their lives when the vehicles they were driving in, received extensive damages over the weekend. The first accident occurred during the early hours of Saturday morning when Roderick…
January 24, 2012
48 Hour Crime Recap for 23rd January
The Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force in its 48 Hour Crime Recap for Providenciales has noted that Police on that island responded to eight reports of serious nature, inclusive of Seven (7) Burglaries; one on Leeward Highway, Blue Hills,…
January 24, 2012
Strengthening Primary Health Care in the TCI – Blue Hills Community Clinic
In keeping with the decisions of the Health Care Funding Challenge, the Ministry of Health and Human Services (MOHHS) is pleased to announce that plans are being put in place for the opening of the Blue Hills Community Clinic in Providenciales in…
January 24, 2012
His Excellency Governor Ric Todd to host a media briefing on the civil recovery programme
His Excellency the Governor will on Tuesday January 24th host a media briefing by Mr.Laurence Harris, partner in charge of Edwards Wildman Palmer, the international law firm undertaking the civil recovery programme here in the TCI. The briefing…
January 22, 2012
Governor’s Office Paper ON TCI MILESTONES
The Milestones on the Way to Elections The 2009 Commission of Inquiry (CoI) report identified a high probability of systematic corruption in the Turks & Caicos Islands (TCI) elected government and others. The Inquiry also found a serious…
January 22, 2012
MILESTONES ON THE WAY TO ELECTIONS
His Excellency Governor Ric Todd on Thursday, 19th Jan 2012, published the first of a series of quarterly reports outlining progress against the milestones. These are a summary of the principal legal and administrative changes and safeguards to be…
January 22, 2012
“UK gives Overseas Territories nothing”
The call this week by Mr. Andrew Rosindell MP for UK Overseas Territories to be represented in the UK parliament has stirred a considerable amount of interest amongst TC Islanders. Mr. Rosindell is chairman of the British Overseas Territories All…
January 22, 2012
Statement by the Ministry of Border Control and Labour
An unusually high number of new citizens are being sworn in by the Governor’s representative this week on the island of Providenciales. According to a release from the Ministry of Border Control and Labour, this was due to there being a gap of…