February 9, 2016
Digicel Play subscribers top 10,000 mark
Telecommunications company Digicel says subscribers to its home entertainment service, Digicel Play, has surpassed the 10,000 mark mere months into its launch. In a press release on Sunday, the company said that the milestone was “a testament to the…
February 9, 2016
Bahamas police seize millions in drug bust
Bahamas police say they have seized more than four million US dollars in cocaine after searching a container at the Freeport Container Port on Sunday. They said the 161 packages of the drugs were found after a team of law enforcement officers…
February 9, 2016
Miss Alexandria Missick appointed to Director of Legal Services at Fortis
FortisTCI is pleased to announce the appointment of Miss Alexandria Missick to Director of Legal Services within the Executive Services Division. The appointment was effective on Monday, January 11, 2016. Miss Missick obtained her Bachelors of Law…
February 9, 2016
Soroptimist International Evening a great success
This past Friday February 5, 2016 the members of Soroptimist Club of Grand Turk hosted its main fundraising event under the theme” A night of Culture: Food, Dress and Entertainment”. The event was well supported by members of the community of Grand…
February 9, 2016
InterCaribbean Airways Announces New Flights to Havana
interCaribbean Airways today announced that commencing on May 3, 2016 interCaribbean Airways will launch its new nonstop services to Havana's Jose Martí International Airport (HAV), from Providenciales (PLS), Turks & Caicos Islands. With this…
February 9, 2016
$291,000 from contingency funds approved
His Excellency the Governor, Peter Beckingham, chaired the 4th meeting of the Cabinet last Thursday, 4 February 2016, at the Hon. Hilly Ewing Building on Providenciales. All Ministers were present at this meeting Cabinet: · Approved the…
February 3, 2016
Latin Heath Ministers Hold Emergency Zika Meeting
Latin American health ministers agreed Wednesday on a public information campaign and boosted the number of medical workers to fight the mosquito-borne Zika virus, which poses the greatest threat to pregnant women. The 14 officials — including…
February 3, 2016
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association to visit TCI
The Turks and Caicos Islands Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association will host four Parliamentarians from the Houses of Parliament Canada comprising: Alexandra Mendes – MP – Liberal – Leader of the delegationTodd Doherty – MP from…
February 3, 2016
Obama Reaffirms Religious Liberty in First Visit to US Mosque
President Barack Obama, on his first visit to a U.S. mosque as president, says Americans "too often" conflate Islam with terrorism. "We're one American family," Obama told Muslim-Americans at the Islamic Society of Baltimore. He said the entire…
February 3, 2016
Sandals Foundation and the Bob Marley Foundation have officially launch the Women Helping Others
Two of the Caribbean’s most influential brands, the Sandals Foundation and The Bob Marley Foundation, are joining forces to address the chronic issue of gender inequality in the Caribbean with the introduction of Women Helping Others Achieve (WHOA).…