December 30, 2017
Obama says social media is ‘corroding social discourse’ in interview with Prince Harry
Former President Barack Obama was interviewed for the first time since leaving office last January by Prince Harry in an interview that aired this morning on BBC’s Radio 4. The two discussed social media, with Obama warning that caution is…
December 30, 2017
Fatal NYC fire started by 3-year-old playing with stove, official says
New York (CNN)A 3-year-old boy's screams alerted his mother that a fire had erupted in their first-floor apartment in the Bronx on Thursday night. The boy had been playing with the burners on the kitchen stove, New York fire officials said Friday.…
December 30, 2017
Public Forecast for 12 PM 29th December 2017
THIS IS THE PUBLIC FORECAST FOR 12:00 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FRIDAY 29TH DECEMBER 2017. GENERAL SITUATION: A SURFACE TO LOW LEVEL TROUGH WILL LINGER ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS TODAY…MEANWHILE DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE NORTH OF THE…
December 30, 2017
NEW YEAR MESSAGE FROM HUGH RILEY SECRETARY GENERAL CARIBBEAN TOURISM ORGANIZATION
Bridgetown, Barbados (28 Dec 2017) - This has been a challenging year for Caribbean tourism. While the first half of the year saw exciting growth in both tourism infrastructure and tourist arrivals over the previous year, in September we were hit…
December 30, 2017
Illegal Sloop Landing
During the evening of December 28, 2017, the Marine Branch of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force ferried an illegal sloop into Ship Yard Providenciales. The forty five feet vessel was intercepted after authorities received a call from a…
December 28, 2017
Digicel TCI Spreads Holiday Cheer to S.N.A.P. Center
Providenciales, Turks & Caicos- In the midst of preparing for one of the busiest seasons of the year, the Digicel team shifted their focus towards spending meaningful moments and spreading holiday cheer with the students from the Special Needs…
December 26, 2017
It’s a Girl! – The Christmas Day Baby
Turks and Caicos Islands Hospital wishes to congratulate a couple on receiving the best present they could have possibly imagined on Christmas Day - a bouncing baby girl weighing 7 pounds, 9 ounces. Destin Naye Gaia Buckingham was born at 4:48pm on…
December 22, 2017
Plane Crash in Five Cays
At about 5:33pm on Saturday 23rd December 2017 a report was received of an aircraft crash near to the Smithco Petrol Station in Industrial Drive Providenciales. Upon the arrival of the emergency services (Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force,…
December 21, 2017
Delegation from the Turks and Caicos Islands attends high level meeting on Universal Health in the 21st Century
Honorable Edwin Astwood, Minister of Health, Agriculture and Human Services attended a high level meeting on Universal Health in the 21st century: 40 years of Alma-Ata on December 11-12, 2017, in Quito, Ecuador by invitation from the Pan American…
December 18, 2017
Ian Boyne is Dead
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Veteran journalist and deputy chief executive officer of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Ian Boyne is dead. Boyne who was recuperating for some time after he was rushed to the University Hospital of the West Indies on…