February 2, 2014
DEPUTY SWORN IN AS ACTING GOVERNOR
His Excellency the Governor Peter Beckingham will represent the Turks and Caicos Islands at two regional events next week, 2-7 Feb 2014. He will meet with his fellow UK Overseas Territories Governors from Anguilla, Bermuda, the British Virgin…
February 2, 2014
CABINET MEETING HELD IN THE CAPITAL ON WEDNESDAY
His Excellency the Governor, Peter Beckingham, chaired the meeting of the Turks and Caicos Islands’ (TCI) Cabinet on Wednesday, 29th January 2014 at 9am at the NJS Francis Building on Grand Turk. All Ministers were present. At this meeting…
February 2, 2014
THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND HOME AFFAIRS RESPONDS TO RUMORS
In response to recent queries by RTC News about the recruitment practise at HM Prison, The Ministry of Environment and Home Affairs and Her Majesty’s Prison Service would like the general public to know the following: The Ministry and TCIG work…
February 2, 2014
Departments of Environment and Agriculture leads TCI in Celebration of Wetlands Day 2014
This Department of Environment and Maritime Affairs (DEMA) and the Department of Agriculture will spearhead the commemoration of the 2014 World Wetlands Day, February 2, 2014. The international theme for the day is Wetlands and Agriculture: Partners…
February 2, 2014
THE OPPOSITION ON THE RUMORED “PAYROLL TAX”
The People Democratic Party in a release to RTC News informed us there maybe new taxes on the horizon in the form of Payroll Tax. The release reads: "Recently, there has begun a public discourse on new taxes to be implemented by the government.…
February 2, 2014
Google poised to execute long-delayed stock split
Google is finally ready to split its stock for the first time, more than three years after co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin began discussing a move engineered to ensure they remain in control of the Internet's most powerful company. The…
February 2, 2014
Wal-Mart lowers profits guidance
Wal-Mart has trimmed its trading outlook for this year, citing a range of one-off costs including the closure of some stores in China. The world's largest retailer said profits were likely to be at, or below, the lower end of financial forecasts.…
February 2, 2014
Argentines jockey to cope with economic turmoil
Prices are soaring, foreign reserves are falling and the peso has had its sharpest slide in 12 years. Instead of rioting, though, Argentines are falling back on tried and true survival skills learned in earlier, more dire times. Some are hoarding…
February 2, 2014
IMF predicts economic growth for St Kitts-Nevis
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is predicting economic growth as high as three per cent for St Kitts-Nevis in 2014. An IMF mission Friday ended a three-day visit to the twin island Federation conducting reviews of the three-year…
February 2, 2014
Pressure mounts for Apple to expand its horizons
Apple reshaped technology and society when Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone seven years ago. Now, the trend-setting company is losing ground to rivals that offer what Apple has stubbornly refused to make: smartphones with lower prices and larger…