WORLD TSUNAMI AWARENESS DAY 5TH NOVEMBER 2016

In December 2015, the United Nations General Assembly designated Saturday 5th November 2016, as World Tsunami Awareness Day. The date for the annual celebration was chosen in honour of the Japanese story of "Inamura-no-hi", meaning the "burning of…

Premier Attends Meetings in the UK with OT Counterparts

Premier of the TCI the Hon. Dr. Rufus Ewing is in the United Kingdom this week to address critical matters with the head of the OT. During the press conference held on Sunday last, the Premier highlighted the points of interests. Premier the Hon…

PREMIER EWING TO ADDRESS CRITICAL MATTERS WITH UK GOVERNMENT AT JMC

Today the Premier and Minister of Health, Agriculture and Human Services, Dr. The Hon. Rufus Ewing will join other political Leaders of the United Kingdom (UK) Overseas Territories as they prepare to meet with Baroness Anelay, Minister of State for…

Venezuela’s gov’t, opposition agree to tone down rhetoric

Members of Venezuela's opposition sat down with the government for talks aimed at defusing the nation's political crisis as embattled President Nicolas Maduro seeks to fend off an intensifying campaign seeking his removal. The talks that extended…

Clinton fends off FBI email fallout as polls narrow

Hillary Clinton battled to contain renewed FBI focus on her emails Sunday as Donald Trump blitzed western states in the tightening race for the White House. Nine days before the vote, the 69-year-old former secretary of state hit the campaign trail…

New Election Date Set

Premier the Hon. Dr. Rufus Ewing kick started his rally in Providenciales on Saturday night. As the final speaker, the Premier announced a new date for the elections quite different from the one set in the House of Assembly. R.T.C.'s Chris Jarrett…

New Governor issues a release on upcoming TCI elections

HE the Governor over the weekend has issued the following release to RTC News on the upcoming elections. "It has been brought to my attention that the Proclamation, fixing the election date for 5 December 2016, will not give officials sufficient…

Election Date Announced

Premier Hon. Dr. Rufus Ewing today announced December 5th 2016, as the date for the general elections in the Turks and Caicos Islands. He made the announcement in the House of Assembly in Grand Turk. - Credit: TCI Sun

EU OCTA Innovation Leader Visit to TCI

Brussels, October 25 -­­ Milan Jezic von Gesseneck, Leader of EU OCTA-­­Innovation is visi tingTurks and Caicos Islands October 24th- October 28th to assist the government with the identification of opportunities and measures to be developed to…

Man arrested and charged for imitation firearm

On Tuesday 25th October 2016, a 27year old male of Five Cays Providenciales was charged for Carrying Imitation Firearm with intent to endanger life. The arrest which occurred on Thursday 20th October 2016, stemmed from a report of a fight and…