October 6, 2017
Digicel Applies 75% Rebate After Hurricanes
Digicel will be applying a 75 percent rebate to all Postpaid, Home TV, Broadband and Corporate customers’ bills for the month of September, following the havoc wreaked by the recent hurricanes on the Turks and Caicos Islands. This rebate is due to…
October 3, 2017
DOMUS SEMO SANCUS (DSS), A TCI FINTECH COMPANY NOMINATED FOR INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY AWARDS
Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands, 28th September 2017 – Domus Semo Sancus (DSS), a Turks & Caicos Islands financial technology startup created by E. Jay Saunders, has been nominated for 4 A-Team 2017 RegTech (Regulatory Technology) awards for…
October 3, 2017
REOPENING OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS
As a result of the passage of hurricanes Irma on 7 th September and Maria on 21 st September, 80 percent of public schools suffered damages affecting approximately 4,014 students. Immediately following the passage of the storms, the Government…
September 28, 2017
Hugh Hefner, Playboy founder and pop culture icon, dead at 91
Playboy founder Hugh Hefner died Wednesday, Playboy Enterprises, Inc. announced. He was 91. "Hugh M. Hefner, the American icon who in 1953 introduced the world to Playboy magazine and built the company into one of the most recognizable American…
September 27, 2017
World’s second biggest diamond sells for $53 million
The world's second-biggest diamond has finally found a buyer. After failing to sell at a Sotheby's auction last year, the 1,109-carat uncut stone has now fetched $53 million in a private sale to luxury jeweler Graff Diamonds. The seller, Canada's…
September 27, 2017
Twitter testing out doubling character limit to 280
Twitter announced today that it is testing out increasing its character limit from 140 to 280. "Can’t fit your Tweet into 140 characters?" the company tweeted Tuesday afternoon. "We’re trying something new with a small group, and increasing the…
September 27, 2017
Marc Anthony announces relief effort for Maria-devastated Puerto Rico
Latin pop superstar Marc Anthony has announced the creation of SOMOS UNA VOZ (We Are One Voice), a humanitarian relief initiative that brings together celebrities from sports and entertainment to help Maria-devastated Puerto Rico. Anthony joined…
September 27, 2017
Taliban claims it targeted US defense chief’s plane in attack on Kabul airport
The Taliban and ISIS are both taking credit for a rocket attack on Kabul airport early Wednesday just hours after U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis landed in Afghanistan for a surprise visit. A barrage of up to 40 rounds of munitions hit the…
September 27, 2017
Team TCI Takes Gold at 2017 Carifesta in Barbados
Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands: Monday, September 25, 2017 – Despite being the “new kids on the block” when they competed for the first time at the 4th Annual Caribbean Junior Duelling Challenge, Team TCI brought home the Gold as well as…
September 19, 2017
Update on Hurricane Maria
At 5:00 AM EDT/TEUSDAY/19/SEPTEMBER/2017, the center of Hurricane Maria was located near latitude 16.0° North, longitude 62.3° West, or about 715 miles southeast of Grand Turk and is moving toward the west-northwest near 9 mph. This general motion…