May 4, 2022
Uncontrolled Crime, Inflation, Economy & Immigration by Leader of the Opposition
Salutations Mr. Speaker, the Nigerian Novelist Chimamanda Adichie in “the danger of a single story” warns that if we hear only a single story about a person, a country, or an event, we risk a critical misunderstanding, and it leads to the loss of…
May 4, 2022
Budget 2022/23 Speech – Hon. Erwin Jay Saunders – Minister of Finance and Trade
Thank you, Mr. Speaker! I rise with humility and gratefulness to make my maiden budget presentation in this the People’s House as Minister of Finance Investment and Trade of these beautiful by nature Turks and Caicos Islands. I thank the Almighty…
May 3, 2022
TCI LEADER OF OPPOSITION PLEADS FOR NEW ELECTION FOR THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
Today, during the sitting of the House of Assembly, the Leader of the Opposition the Honourable Edwin Astwood expressed his views over the Commission of enquiry for the British Virgin Islands where Premier Andrew Fahie is leader of that country.…
May 3, 2022
56-YEAR-OLD MAN STRUCK AND KILLED BY LIGHTNING
On Monday 2nd May, 2022 at about 2:00pm, the Police Control Room received a report that whilst on a boat in the Pine Cay area, a man was believed to have been struck by lightning and was unconscious and unresponsive. At about 3:15pm, the boat…
May 2, 2022
TURKS AND CAICOS POST CABINET MEETING STATEMENT
His Excellency the Governor, Nigel Dakin, chaired the 14th meeting of Cabinet on Wednesday 20th April, at the Premier's Office, in Grand Turk. All Members were present. At this meeting Cabinet approved Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure for…
May 2, 2022
Shooting off Leeward Highway claims the Life of a Male
RTC News has learned that at about 10:34am on Saturday 30th April, the Police Control Room received several reports of gunshots being fired at a location off Leeward Highway, Providenciales. The police reported that two armed males were seen fleeing…
May 2, 2022
BA 2 Variant Identified in the Turks and Caicos Islands
On 29th April 2022, the Ministry of Health and Human Services received the results of sequencing of samples which were sent to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA). Samples were submitted by the National Public Health Laboratory in the TCI as…
May 2, 2022
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IN COLLABORATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE LAUNCH FARMING IN SCHOOLS PROJECT
The Department of Education in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture has embarked on a project titled Let it Grow: Sustainability| Responsibility| Entrepreneurship| that seek to establish farms in all public and private schools in the…
May 2, 2022
Ministry of Planning to Introduce a Transport Infrastructure Master Plan
The Ministry of Physical Planning and Infrastructure Development have recently announced their collaboration with UK company, Mott MacDonald Ltd to develop a Transport Infrastructure Master Plan for the Turks and Caicos Islands. The purpose of the…
May 2, 2022
DEPUTY PREMIER & PRIVATE STAKEHOLDER SHARE VIEWS ON IMF DISCUSSION OF A BROAD-BASED CONSUMPTION TAX
RTC's Damian Wilson, spoke to the Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance, Investment and Trade, Honorable Erwin Jay Saunders on Tuesday, 19th April. Hon. Saunders gave a detailed explanation of what a broad-based consumption tax is and how it would…