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February 23, 2011

US coast guard to stay in TCI waters

  The Turks and Caicos Islands will not be alone in the fight against illegal drugs and migration as many feared when the UK announced that they plan to withdraw their ships from the Caribbean as part of a cost cutting exercise. There will still be…

February 23, 2011

TCI reef fund established

Two dedicated divers and part-time Turks and Caicos Islands residents have formed the Turks and Caicos Reef Fund to raise money to compliment and supplement government efforts to help preserve the country’s pristine coral reefs. Through the sale of…

February 23, 2011

Tourist Board debt free

Acting Director for Tourism, Ralph Higgs, has declared that the TCI Tourist Board is now practically debt-free. The institution has managed to erase the $8 million deficit that has crippled its operations in previous years. Higgs pointed out that…

February 18, 2011

Jet Blue Launches 16th destination to Turks & Caicos

JetBlue Airways is pleased to launch its award-winning,…

February 18, 2011

PRESS STATEMENT BY CARLOS W. SIMONS QC CONSTITUTIONAL AND ELECTORAL REFORM; LOOKING ROUND THE CORNER

With Kate Sullivan’s revised constitutional and electoral reform recommendations having…

February 18, 2011

PDM delegation returns from London

Members of a delegation of the Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM) returned last weekend after a busy week in London networking with British government officials, including members of the House of Commons and House of Lords and other organisations…

February 18, 2011

Talks with PDM leader useful, says Britain’s Lord Jones

Britain’s Lord Nigel Jones has described talks with Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM) leader Doug Parnell in London last week as “useful and encouraging”. The Liberal Democrat peer and Parnell met during the TCI politician’s week-long visit to…

February 17, 2011

Consultation to begin on European Union funded revenue study

TCIG has today released a presentation charting the macroeconomic and…

February 17, 2011

Jitney crashes in Provo

The Turks and Caicos Police are again asking residents to desist from using illegal jitneys as a mode of transportation. This comes after reports of a jitney running off the road earlier today along the Millennium Highway in which no one was…

February 17, 2011

CRIME in the TCI down during 2010

Total crime dipped by six per cent last year despite an alarming surge in armed robberies. There were 2,736 offences recorded between January 1 and December 31st 2010 compared to 2,896 incidents in 2009. Commissioner of Police Edward Hall said armed…