April 16, 2025
Jamaica deploying fresh troops to Haiti
Kingston, Jamaica (JAMAICA GLEANER) — A 21-member CARICOM Joint Task Force-Haiti (CJTF-H) relief team comprising members of Jamaica's security forces will be deployed to Haiti to support the Multinational Security Support (MSS) Mission there, the…
April 16, 2025
Judge orders Trump officials to testify about efforts to return wrongly deported man
GREENBELT, Maryland, April 15 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Tuesday demanded U.S. officials provide documents and answer questions under oath about what it had done to secure the return of a man wrongly deported to El Salvador, ramping up an inquiry…
April 16, 2025
China Q1 GDP growth beats expectations, but US tariff shock dims outlook
BEIJING, April 16 (Reuters) - China's first-quarter economic growth beat expectations, underpinned by solid consumption and industrial output even as policymakers brace for the impact of U.S. tariffs that analysts say pose the biggest risk to the…
April 16, 2025
TCI Builds Regional Resilience with Advanced Training in Arbovirus Detection and Surveillance
In a stride towards enhancing regional health security, the Turks and Caicos Islands proudly hosted a week-long, high-level laboratory training focused on strengthening the diagnostic detection and surveillance of arboviruses. Held from 24 – 28…
April 15, 2025
Male Charged with Unlawful Entry
On Saturday, 12th April 2025, between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 7:10 a.m., officers from the Tactical Unit and the Serious Crimes Unit executed a search warrant at a residence in Leeward Palms, Providenciales, as part of ongoing investigations. The…
April 15, 2025
BRUNO LEXIMA gets three years for Dangerous Driving
The Supreme Court in Grand Turk has sentenced 34-year-old BRUNO LEXIMA of Kew Town, Providenciales, to three years' imprisonment following a fatal traffic collision that occurred on Millennium Highway in November 2020. Lexima appeared before the…
April 11, 2025
NYC sightseeing helicopter plunges into river, killing 6, including family of Spanish tourists
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City sightseeing helicopter broke apart in midair Thursday and crashed upside-down into the Hudson River, killing the pilot and a family of five Spanish tourists in the latest U.S. aviation disaster, officials said. Mayor…
April 11, 2025
La Nina exits after three weak months, leaving Earth in neutral climate state
WASHINGTON (AP) — See you later La Nina, we hardly knew you. La Nina, the natural cooling flip side of the better known and warmer El Nino climate phenomenon, has dwindled away after just three months. The La Nina that appeared in January, months…
April 10, 2025
Employment Services extends survey
The Inspectorate Unit within the Employment Services and Labour Department is announcing an extension to its ongoing survey regarding Service Charges within the Turks and Caicos Islands. Originally launched on 14th March 2025, for four weeks…
April 10, 2025
Turks and Caicos Islands Nominated in the Conde Nast Traveler’s 2025 Readers’ Choice Awards
The Turks and Caicos Islands have been nominated in the Beaches, Countries, and Islands categories of Conde Nast Traveler’s 2025 Readers' Choice Awards. Grace Bay Beach is nominated in the Beaches category, while the overall destination is nominated…