POLICE COMMISSIONER PRAISES OFFICERS’ COURAGE IN OFF DUTY ARREST

At about 1:03am on Sunday, January 16, 2022, the Police Control Room received a report that shots were fired near to a business premises on South Dock Road, Providenciales. Four ‘off duty’ Police Officers from the RTCIPF who were at the location…

SIGNIFICANT ARRESTS MADE AFTER CRIMES COMMITTED OVERNIGHT

The Royal Turks & Caicos Police Officers responded to a number of burglary reports around Providenciales, which led to the significant arrest of two persons, on the morning of Friday, January 14, 2022. Information was received, which led to…

TURKS AND CAICOS PRODUCES RECORD NUMBERS FOR 2021

The Turks and Caicos Tourist Board is pleased to announce that 2021 was one of the most successful years on record. This, not only owing to the destination being open for business as of July 2019, but due to the Tourist Board’s continued marketing…

Cabinet extends invite to Religious Leaders to discuss COVID-19 protocols

The Turks and Caicos Islands Cabinet sincerely apologizes to the Church Community for unintentionally including Churches and religious events alongside bars and discotheques in a press release on the new COVID-19 regulations. In our haste to…

TCI Observes Earthquake Awareness Week 2022

The Department of Disaster Management and Emergencies will be observing Earthquake Awareness from January 10th to 15th January 2022, and commemorating the fatal Earthquake, which devastated Haiti twelve years ago on January 12, 2010. According to…

Revised National Guidelines for COVID-19 cases

As 10th January 2022, a number of changes to the current guideline on quarantine/isolation take effect. The complete guideline can be found on the Ministry of Health’s website at: https://www.gov.tc/moh/coronavirus/guidance . Some of the main…

EXTENSION OF EXISTING COVID-19 MEASURES AND PROTOCOLS

In response to recent trends that show an increase in COVID-19 numbers here in the TCI, the Government through the Ministry of Health and Human Services is implementing measures that will help blunt transmission and prevent overwhelming…

Murder in Grand Turk

On Monday, residents of the Turks & Caicos Islands, in particular those in Grand Turk, were shocked to be awoken to the news of another murder, the fifth in the last weeks but the first for 2022. Police say that on Monday 3rd January, Officers…

Statement by Hon Rachel M Taylor, Minister of Education on Commencement of School for Term 2 of the 2021/2022 School Year

I use this opportunity to wish all our stakeholders a happy and prosperous New Year. To our committed school leaders, teachers and ancillary staff, I trust you had a warm and memorable Christmas in the company of family and friends. To the new…

RESIDENTS OF TCI URGED TO AMPLIFY THEIR PROTECTION-TAKE THE COVID-19 BOOSTER SHO

Citizens and Residents and in particular our frontline workers, across all sectors of the Turks and Caicos Islands are being urged to get a coronavirus (COVID-19) booster vaccine to top-up their protection. The Health Promotions and Advocacy Unit…