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March 7, 2011

Royal holiday for TCI

  The royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton on April 29th 2011 will now be a public holiday for residents of the Turks and Caicos Islands. At its meeting last week, the governor's Advisory Council agreed to mark the special occasion…

March 7, 2011

Advisory Council meets

      At their meeting on Wednesday 2nd March the Advisory Council reviewed a number of papers and…

March 7, 2011

TCJE calls for Governor to respond or else

There is a new group of young leaders in the TCI and they are stepping up the pace to making a difference. The group is called Turks & Caicos for Justice and Equality; they are calling on the Governor to answer the call and if he does not respond…

March 3, 2011

CIMA AND TCI FORM UNION

  The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) has formalized its…

March 3, 2011

PPC DAMAGES LIME’S FIBRE OPTIC CABLE

Severe damage to one of LIME’s fibre optic cables in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands, has significantly impacted on that telecommunications company’s texting, faxing, BBM and internet facilities, while at the same time hampering the…

March 2, 2011

TCI CONFIRMS INTENTION TO ADOPT AUTOMATIC EXCHANGE OF TAX INFORMATION UNDER THE EUROPEAN UNION SAVINGS TAX DIRECTIVE

The Permanent Secretary, Finance, Delton Jones, briefed the Advisory Council at the session on Wednesday 23 February on the policy recommendation for the TCI to progress  from the transitional withholding tax arrangement to an automatic exchange…

February 26, 2011

Fortis to Assist With PPC’s Feeder Rebuilding

A six week project which is part of PPC’s Transmission and Distribution Capital investment…

February 26, 2011

Air fair Hike from Air TCI

Passengers in the Turks and Caicos Islands are coming to grips with the…

February 26, 2011

PPC Science fair

PPC Ltd has partnered with the Ministry of Education in presenting this year’s Science Fair. The Ministry of Education Science Fair 2011 sponsored by PPC Ltd takes place on March 9-10, 2011 in Providenciales and will be held under the theme, “Caring…

February 26, 2011

TCI Budget looks bleak

The new Turks and Caicos Islands budget for 2011-12 is aiming to make 25-percent cuts in spending for public service, statutory bodies and government rents by budget year 2012-13, His Excellency the Gov. Gordon Wetherell announced. The support…