March 19, 2019
Solutions for transformation in focus for CDB’s 49th Annual Meeting
Solutions and strategies to drive economic and social transformation in the Caribbean will feature prominently when the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) holds the 49th Annual Meeting of its Board of Governors in Trinidad and Tobago on June 5 and 6,…
March 19, 2019
UK PM Theresa May to formally ask for delay
Prime Minister Theresa May is writing to the EU to formally ask for Brexit to be postponed. One ministerial source told the BBC the longer delay could be up to two years, amid reports of a cabinet row, but No 10 said no decision had been made. EU…
March 19, 2019
Caribbean Footballer Wes Morgan signs deal to remain at Leicester
Veteran Jamaica international Wes Morgan has penned a new one-year deal with Leicester City, just days after scoring a dramatic late winner against Burnley in his 700th appearance in club football. The 35-year-old entered last Saturday's contest at…
March 19, 2019
Haitian government collapses
Six months after being sworn into office, the government of Prime Minister Jean-Henry Céant was forced out of office Monday after the Lower Chamber of Deputies voted overwhelming to censure the administration. The move came as Prime Minister Céant…
March 19, 2019
MIKE CLERVEAUX NEW HAZARD MITIGATION & GIS SPECIALIST
The Turks and Caicos Islands civil service is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Mike Clerveaux to the post of Hazard Mitigation & GIS Specialist within the Department of Disaster Management and Emergencies (DDME). For the past three…
March 19, 2019
TCI OBSERVES WORLD KIDNEY DAY
The Ministry of Health, Agriculture, Sports and Human Services joins the rest of the world in observing World Kidney Day on the 14th of March under the theme “Kidney Health for Everyone Everywhere”. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a public health…
March 19, 2019
Janet Jackson & others to enter the Rock Hall of Fame
Radiohead, Roxy Music and Janet Jackson will join the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next year, alongside Def Leppard, The Zombies, Stevie Nicks and The Cure. The seven inductees are the biggest intake since 2004; and bring the total number of acts in…
March 19, 2019
Mercedes hands U.S. plant an ultra-luxury mission
In a stunning new chapter of Mercedes-Benz's expansion in North America, the automaker plans to build an ultraluxe Maybach model exclusively at its plant in Alabama, where the rarefied sedan nameplate will be applied to an SUV. The new Maybach,…
March 19, 2019
PROJECT ANNOUNCED TO ENHANCE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
A collaborative project to develop an evidence base of environmental data, for policy formation and evaluation, on the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) and the British Virgin Islands (BVI) has been announced. Funded by UK Darwin Plus it focuses on the…
March 19, 2019
Mark Wilkinson Appointed as Radio Communications & Telecommunications Specialist
Mr. Mark Wilkinson has been appointed as the Radio Communications & Telecommunications Specialist at the Department of Disaster Management & Emergencies within the Turks & Caicos Islands Government. Mark is a graduate of the Art Williams…