August 20, 2018
Greece emerges from eurozone bailout programme
Greece has successfully completed a three-year eurozone emergency loan programme worth €61.9bn (£55bn; $70.8bn) to tackle its debt crisis. It was part of the biggest bailout in global financial history, totaling some €289bn, which will take the…
August 20, 2018
BAHAMAS AND TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS PUBLIC FORECAST 20TH AUGUST, 2018
PUBLIC FORECAST FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT MONDAY 20TH AUGUST 2018 GENERAL SITUATION: A BROAD SURFACE TROUGH WILL MOVE WESTWARD ACROSS THE BAHAMAS GENERATING SOME CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY. SPECIAL WARNINGS: BOATERS SHOULD BE VIGILANT FOR WATERSPOUT……
August 20, 2018
POLICE INVESTIGATE STRING OF GUN-RELATED INCIDENTS
The Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force is investigating the circumstances surrounding a shooting incident which occurred near the Blue Hills roundabout shortly after 4:00 a.m., Sunday, August 19th, 2018. According to police media relations…
August 20, 2018
TCI CADETS ATTEND BIENNIAL CARIBBEAN CADET CAMP IN BARBADOS
On Sunday, August 5, 2018, three instructors, along with a cohort of 16 cadets, left the Turks and Caicos Islands to join other cadets from across the Caribbean region in Barbados for the Biennial Caribbean Cadet Camp held this year, 5-19 August…
August 20, 2018
BLUE HILLS STORE ROBBED
Providenciales Police are seeking the public's help with information into a robbery that took place at a Bay Road Store on Wednesday, August 15th, 2018. According to reports, shortly after 1:00 p.m., an armed masked man approached the store cashier…
August 20, 2018
PERMANENT RESIDENCE SUBMISSION
PUBLIC NOTICE PERMANENT RESIDENCE SUBMISSION The Department of Registration & Citizenship, under the Ministry of Border Control & Employment, wishes to advise the general public of the following: Persons submitting applications for…
August 15, 2018
ATTEMPTED ROBBERY IN GRAND TURK
ATTEMPTED ROBBERY IN GRAND TURK Police on Grand Turk are investigating an attempted armed robbery, which occurred Monday, August 13, 2018. According to 911 Central, at 9:13 p.m., armed masked men attempted to rob a North Back Salina Grocery Store.…
August 15, 2018
CARPHA concludes risk of getting zika in the Caribbean low at this time
The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has concluded that zika virus transmission in the Caribbean region has been interrupted, and that the risk to residents and visitors to the region of acquiring Zika is low. This follows a review by CARPHA…
August 15, 2018
Guyanese Government commits to hiking teachers’ pay
MINISTER of Education, Ms. Nicolette Henry, said talks between the Government of Guyana and the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) held last Thursday were not concluded but rather, some aspects of the union’s terms were agreed and a decision was taken for…
August 15, 2018
Serena Williams loses to Petra Kvitova at Cincinnati’s Western & Southern Open
Former world number one Serena Williams says she is at the start of a "long comeback" after losing 6-3 2-6 6-3 to Czech Petra Kvitova in Cincinnati. The second-round loss comes on the back of her heaviest career defeat, a 6-1 6-0 loss to Britain's…