The Ritz-Carlton Opens In Turks and Caicos
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company on Tuesday opened The Ritz-Carlton, Turks & Caicos, marking the debut of the iconic luxury hospitality brand in TCI. …
Salt Cay is Open for Business with no Covid Cases and 95% Vaccine Uptake
A Turks and Caicos Islands Government official announced that Salt Cay is the first island to be fully opened due to its outstanding uptake of the Covid-19 vaccine. All of the island’s residents with the exception of three persons have been inoculated against the Coronavirus. The announcement was made by the Hon. E. Jay Saunders, Minister of Health and Deputy Premier during his post Cabinet press conference on May 20. Saunders said that 66 people in Salt Cay have been inoculated for the Coronavirus, which is just about everyone. This vaccine uptake, he said, puts the island of Salt Cay …
Turks and Caicos Islands Supreme Court begins live stream of trials
The Turks and Caicos Islands Supreme Court on Monday made history when for the first time it began televised proceedings live via the internet. A murder trial, the Crown vs Jumillo Isma, was streamed live to the world from the Grand Turk Supreme Court. According to Magnetic Media, Jury trials have resumed after being stopped by the coronavirus pandemic and with that, video links are now feeding the trials to the world wide web so anyone can watch. Some attorneys had disputed the airing of the trials so widely. It may be, they argued, a form of witness tampering or …
Carlos Simons Reappointed as Turks and Caicos Supreme Court Judge
Queen’s Counsel, Carlos Simons has once again been appointed a judge to the Supreme Court of the Turks and Caicos Islands. His appointment took effect from April 1, 2021. Same as his first appointment in February last year, this will be a temporary assignment and he will serve on the bench for one year. His appointment in 2020, made him the first indigenous Turks and Caicos Islander to become a judge in the Islands. At the recommendation of the Judicial Services Commission, Simons was sworn in last week by Governor Nigel Dakin for the second time. Commenting on the appointment …
Explorer to attempt 1st human-powered crossing of Turks and Caicos Islands
Toronto-based explorer Mario Rigby spent two years crossing the African continent on foot. Last summer, he paddled the length of Lake Ontario in 20 days. Now, the Canadian-Turks and Caicos Islander is returning home to paddle, run, hike, cycle and swim across the eight main islands that make up the Turks and Caicos archipelago. If he succeeds, he’ll be the first known person to make the crossing. The six-day expedition scheduled for the end of April will rival the difficulty of his past feats, Rigby said. The mission will be gruelling, but it’s also a sentimental one that will connect him to …
Luxury Vacation Rentals Increase 400% Over Pre-Covid Levels
The luxury vacation rental market is experiencing a bright light at the end of the long COVID-19 tunnel. The widespread distribution of vaccines, especially in the United States and the United Kingdom, with a population yearning to travel, has created an unprecedented demand for the vacation rental industry. Affluent travelers constrained by the pandemic are determined to fulfil their travel dreams as soon as they possibly can. Also, with many guests deferring dates from 2019 and many others making new bookings, space for the rest of this year and into 2022 will be at an absolute premium. Exceptional Villas, the …
New Legal Aid Rules Comes Into Force in Turks and Caicos
A new set of Legal Aid Rules made by the Chief Justice of the Turks and Caicos Islands came into force on 8th February, 2021. …
Turks and Caicos Judiciary launches online portal with legal information
The Turks and Caicos Islands has launched a portal to provide its populace with free and easy access to judicial information. The portal, referred to as the Turks and Caicos Islands Legal Information Institute (TCILII), is the first of its kind in the Caribbean and can be found at tcilii.org. The judiciary-led initiative is to ensure that legal practitioners and the public alike, have free access to legal material necessary to advance and inform the protection of their legal rights. The initiative is one driven by the new Chief Justice Mabel Agyemang, who in brief remarks said the need for …
TCI suffers highest % of GDP loss due to COVID-19 impact on tourism
According to Visa service provider Official-esta.com, Turks and Caicos suffered the highest percentage of GDP lost due to the financial impact of Covid-19 on world tourism. The country has lost USD$94 million in revenue representing 9.2% of GDP, and is among five other Caribbean nations occupying the top 10 list. The Caribbean islands which have suffered the highest percentage loss in GDP, alongside the Turks and Caicos Islands are Aruba, Antigua and Barbuda, St. Lucia and Grenada. The United States, from which most tourists visit the TCI, reported the most Covid-19 cases (5.7 million cases) and has suffered the biggest …