News from the Turks and Caicos Islands:
Civil recovery team provides update on progress
May 24, 2013
The Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) civil recovery programme began in December 2009 to regain the assets of the TCI taxpayer that were obtained improperly. An account of this extensive maladministration was detailed at length in Sir Robin Auld’s Commission of Inquiry report.
Financial plan approved by Britain
May 24, 2013
The fiscal plan known as the Fiscal and Strategic and Policy Statement (FSPS), which Britain has insisted must contain acceptable revenue measures to replace the currently frozen implementation of value added tax (VAT), has been approved by the UK. The governor informed the Cabinet at its meeting...
Governor’s Cabinet update
May 24, 2013
Governor Ric Todd chaired the meeting of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) Cabinet on Wednesday at the House of Assembly Building on Grand Turk. The premier and all ministers were present at the meeting, with the exception of the deputy premier who was unwell and sent apologies.
Police commissioner on defensive
May 23, 2013
Police Commissioner Colin Farquhar, who has led the Royal Turks and Caicos Police Force for two years and who recently received a two-year extension of his employment contract, has come out in defence of the force on a number of recent issues. The commissioner has claimed there is no basis for allegations that...
Opposition objects to grant of beach access to private entity
May 23, 2013
In response to a question asked by the Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM) opposition at a recent House of Assembly Meeting, Premier Rufus Ewing informed the public that an application had in fact been received for the grant of another beach access on the Grace Bay strip.
Commissioner of Land reverses position on illegal shacks
May 23, 2013
Tatum Clerveaux, the Commissioner of Land in the Attorney General’s Office, has apparently reversed her position regarding the demolition of illegal shacks and residences built on Crown land in Providenciales. According to PTV 8 in a report last Friday, Clerveaux had supported a moratorium...
Cave site road work may get done
May 23, 2013
The opposition and media have asked the government to meet with the contractor who is working on the Causeway repairs and prevail on him to lend a hand by simply adding fill and then grading and rolling the surface of the rough portion of the dirt road providing access to the National Trust Cave Site.
Family Islands power now stabilised
May 23, 2013
Power outages on the family islands, which have plagued the 1,500 residents of North and Middle Caicos on an increasing basis, have now diminished in the last week to ten days. The outages have affected the islands for years, often suddenly shutting off all power to residences, schools and businesses.
Woman pleads guilty to obtaining property by deception in education scam
May 23, 2013
On Friday, Melverne Rita Jane Ewing of Blue Hills, Providenciales, was sentenced to six months imprisonment after she pleaded guilty in the Supreme Court to five counts of obtaining property by deception. In 2011, Ewing obtained money from a number of people in the Haitian community...
Today's bargain, yesterday's burglary, car crime or robbery, say police
May 23, 2013
The Royal Turks and Caicos Police are urging people to make the link between buying stolen goods and fuelling further crime, drug abuse and misery in their community. Officers say that the cheap deals on a watch, jewelry or mobile phone you may be offered on the street or at your door...
TCI targets fast-growing health travel segment with new partnership
May 23, 2013
Turks and Caicos Reservations – a locally based vacation booking service focused exclusively on the Turks and Caicos Islands, has entered into a strategic partnership with Prime Sports Medicine to bring more patients seeking overseas surgery to the Turks and Caicos. The partnership will make travel planning to the...
Miss TCI Universe 2013 lends a helping hand
May 23, 2013
The recently crowned Miss Turks and Caicos Universe beauty queen Snwazna Adams is doing what she loves best: working with the youth. For several weeks, Snwazna Adams, a teacher at the Clement Howell High School, has been serving as pageant coach, facilitating training and grooming sessions...
Premier addresses health care
May 20, 2013
Premier Dr Rufus Ewing has once again attempted to address the lack of adequate health care in the Turks and Caicos Islands. However, all he provided at a press conference last week was a repeat of what Health Minister Porsha Stubbs-Smith stated in the House of Assembly weeks ago.
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