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March 9, 2011

Zhivargo Laing impressed by The Turks and Caicos

It is no longer the rustic retreat with a distant chance of becoming a highly sought after destination; The Turks and Caicos has a myriad of accolades and awards to solidify that it is now one of the most famous and fabulous vacation escapes in…

March 7, 2011

UK to pay for Special Investigation bill

The people of the Turks and Caicos Islands will soon no longer have to bear the costs of…

March 7, 2011

Turks and Caicos lawyers up in arms over special prosecutor’s letter

The Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) Bar Council has received a letter from the British-funded…

March 7, 2011

CLEAN UP TCI

The Department of Planning will be embarking on a massive cleanup drive throughout ALL communities of the Turks and Caicos Islands.   In order to curtail and eliminate the problems of unsightly properties, which are destroying the visual…

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…