U.S Government shutdown continues
The federal government on Thursday entered its second day of a shutdown amid an impasse on Capitol Hill over competing congressional spending bills. The Senate floor was open Thursday, but the chamber was not voting due to Yom Kippur. The Senate is,…
White House hasn’t received Hamas response as deadline looms
The White House has not received Hamas' response to the peace plan they put out on Monday, press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Thursday. They still “expect” Hamas to accept the plan, Leavitt said. In the meantime, Gaza's Hamas-run…
Sean Combs’ ex-girlfriend says she was never sex trafficked
One day before Sean "Diddy" Combs' sentencing, the rap mogul’s former girlfriend is pushing back on prosecutors’ claims that she was sex trafficked or involved in prostitution. Virginia Huynh — the ex-girlfriend identified as "Victim 3" in the…
Grand Turk gets Youth Media Expo
Grand Turk was recently buzzing with creativity as students at H. J. Robinson High got a closer look at careers in the media and communications industry. The Youth Media Expo connected them with professionals in areas like podcasting, filmmaking,…
TCI ELECTED CHAIR OF THE CARIBBEAN ASSOCIATION OF PROBATION AND PAROLE
The Turks and Caicos Islands has been elected as the new Chair of the Caribbean Association of Probation and Parole (CAPP), following the Association’s 2nd Annual Conference held in Saint Lucia on September 4–6, 2025. Director of Rehabilitation and…
Federal government shuts down after Senate fails to pass funding measures
Both Republican and Democratic proposals that would have funded the government past Tuesday failed in the Senate during the eleventh hour, effectively shutting down the government at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday. The federal government ran out of money…
Jane Goodall, famed primatologist, anthropologist and conservationist, dead at 91
Jane Goodall, the most prolific primatologist of a generation, has died. She was 91 years old. "The Jane Goodall Institute has learned this morning, Wednesday, October 1, 2025, that Dr. Jane Goodall DBE, UN Messenger of Peace and Founder of the Jane…
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs opposes request from ‘Mia’ to give victim impact statement
Sean "Diddy" Combs is opposing a prosecution request to allow his former assistant -- who testified under the pseudonym "Mia" -- to deliver a victim impact statement at his sentencing hearing on Friday. "Simply, she is not a victim of anything,"…
Enforcement Operation Conducted in Kew Town
A joint enforcement operation, comprising teams from the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force Tactical Unit, Drone Support, TCI Regiment, and TCI Border Force, was conducted this morning in Kew Town. The patrols were conducted at informal…
TCI Welcomes Frontier Airlines Again
Frontier Airlines has officially announced plans for a non-stop weekly flight from the world's busiest airport Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International to the Howard Hamilton International Airport in Providenciales. Josh Flyr Vice President of…