TCI among overseas territories to benefit from €40m fund
By Olivia From Turks & Caicos Weekly News THE TURKS and Caicos Islands and 11 other overseas countries and territories (OCTs) will benefit from €40 million earmarked for sustainable energy and marine biodiversity projects. The news came when leaders of…
US Coast Guard detains dozens of Caribbean migrants in unseaworthy vessels
By Carl Prine From Navy Times The Coast Guard cutter Thetis detained 84 undocumented Haitian migrants approximately 30 miles southwest of Turks and Caicos Islands and repatriated them to the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince. (Coast Guard) While debate rages over…
Invest Turks and Caicos to sit on panel at the Caribbean Hotel Investment Conference & Operations Summit
#Providenciales, October 31, 2018 – Turks and Caicos – Invest Turks and Caicos (Invest TCI) is pleased to announce the Agency’s participation in the 8TH Caribbean Hotel Investment Conference & Operations Summit (CHICOS) being held November 8-9th, 2018 at the…
TCI named Caribbean’s leading beach destination
From TC Weekly News THE TURKS and Caicos Islands featured heavily in this year’s World Travel Awards’ Caribbean and North America gala. The territory won the award for Caribbean’s Leading Beach Destination 2018 and numerous resorts also scooped top accolades….
A year after the hurricanes – In the Caribbean, UNICEF works on developing resilience in children and communities on islands affected by hurricanes
NEWS PROVIDED BY UNICEF Canada PANAMA CITY, Sept. 12, 2018 /CNW/ – A year after two category 5 hurricanes caused destruction across parts of the Caribbean, most children in the affected countries are now back in school and have access to…
TCI heads Caribbean disaster control group
By Olivia Rose From TC Weekly A TCI Government minister has been called on to head a regional disaster management body. Hon. Vaden Delroy Williams, Minister Home Affairs, Agriculture and Human Services, has assumed the role of chairperson of the…
Embracing E-Learning
Embracing E-Learning: OECS Commission and CXC continue collaboration using new Educational Technology Wednesday, June 6, 2018 — The OECS Commission’s Education Development Management Unit and the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) continue their collaboration to support Ministries of Education across the…
The Editor Speaks: Never!
Following on from yesterday’s Editorial “Strange Timing” re the beneficial ownership disclosure order by the Uk Tory government and a suggestion the tourist industry might fill the gap if the financial sector would collapses, I asked one of our leading…
Former prison boss [now in Cayman Islands] calls [TCI] HMP ‘a real mess’
From Turks and Caicos Weekly News HER Majesty’s Prison (HMP) in Grand Turk has received some very harsh criticism from former prison superintendent Steve Barrett. Barret, 55, now serves as the interim prisons director of Her Majesty’s Prison in the…
The Editor Speaks: Garbage and prison
I am not saying that garbage and prisons go together like hell and high water. What I am saying is that the woeful garbage situation and the woeful overcrowded conditions at our prison go together. We could even give it…