Tag: Turks and Caicos Islands
RCIPS chopper flies to TCI to tackle gang trouble
(CNS): The police helicopter has once again been deployed to the Turks and Caicos Islands following a significant spike in gang-related violent crime resulting in four deaths over the weekend. The governor’s office said that the TCI government had asked Cayman to deploy a chopper from the RCIPS Air Operations Unit to provide them with […]
Police chopper to help in TCI migrant crisis
(CNS): One of the RCIPS H145 helicopters and its crew have been deployed to the Turks and Caicos Islands to support the police there with a worsening migrant crisis in the islands. Seven undocumented Haitians drowned Monday night after a vessel carrying a large number of migrants collided with a TCI marine patrol boat trying […]
Cayman cops involved in TCI target on Haitian migrants
(CNS): Officers from the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service were involved in a joint operation with British and Turks and Caicos Islands police last week targeting Haitian migrants trying to enter the TCI. Officials said that the TCI government had asked for assistance following a “serious upsurge in illegal migrants arriving on the islands from […]
Premier backs storm-hit BOTs’ bid for cash
(CNS): Premier Alden McLaughlin will be going to Miami for a pre-meeting of the Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council on Saturday, the day after his government delivers is 2018 budget, to show solidarity and help his fellow leaders of Caribbean British Overseas Territories lobby for more cash from the UK. McLaughlin said the meeting is […]
Hurricane Maria leaves trail of misery
(CNS): The Turks and Caicos Islands, still literally picking up the pieces from Hurricane Irma, is currently suffering hurricane conditions yet again as the eye of Maria, now a category 3 storm, skims the north shore of the islands. Yesterday Maria ripped across Puerto Rico, killing at least 13 people. The island is still experiencing […]
Cayman reaches out to help BOTs in distress after Irma
(CNS): The Cayman Islands has prepared a humanitarian mission that is flying to Anguilla today, Tuesday, taking teams from the Health Services Authority, Health City Cayman Islands, Department of Environmental Health and Hazard Management, as well as medical supplies, water, non-perishable food and toiletries provided by the Cayman government. Meanwhile, CUC says that seven staff […]
RCIPS assists devastated BVI and TCI
(CNS): The RCIPS chopper has been sent to the Turks and Caicos Islands and 16 Cayman Islands officers are now in the British Virgin Islands to help those islands in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma. According to the RCIPS, the deployment of cops to the BVI was in response to an urgent request yesterday for policing […]
Ex Cayman prosecutor resigns from TCI top legal job
(CNS): The director of public prosecutions in the Turks and Caicos Islands has resigned in the wake of mounting controversies since he was appointed just over one year ago. John Masters, an Australian national, who was at one time a senior prosecutor in the Cayman Islands, has suddenly left both the top TCI post and the […]
Former Cayman prosecutor under fire in TCI top post
(CNS): John Masters, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in the Turks and Caicos Islands and a former senior prosecutor in the Cayman Islands, is under investigation by the country’s Integrity Commission. According to reports from TCI media, a number of complaints have been made about Masters by his staff and other government officials over […]
Misick plans return to political fray
(CNS): The former Turks and Caicos (TCI) premier, Michael Misick, who is currently on trial on a number of serious corruption and money laundering charges, has announced his intention to run for office at the next general elections, regardless his current circumstances. The national poll is expected to take place in February next year. Misick’s […]
Missing jury disturbs Misick’s legal team
(CNS): Lawyers defending the former premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands, Michael Misick, raised concerns about the missing jury as the case against their client opened last week. The corruption trial is taking place in front of a single judge because the defendants have been denied the right to a jury. Andrew Mitchell QC began his […]
