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World Obesity Day – Tackling the Obesity Epidemic Globally and in the Turks and Caicos Islands
Magnetic Media
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March 4, 2025
Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands – Tuesday, 4 March 2025: Obesity and being overweight have reached epidemic levels worldwide, posing an increasing threat to public health. This year’s theme for World Obesity Day, 4 March 2025 “Changing...
SIDS must hold major banks, rich nations to account on climate finance pledge
Jamaica Observer
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June 22, 2025
Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation with responsibility for water, environment, climate change and the blue and green economies, Matthew Samuda (left) greets Dr Milton Clarke, environmental specialist at...
Erin strengthens into Category 4 hurricane in Caribbean
The Detroit News - Michigan
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San Juan, Puerto Rico — Hurricane Erin exploded in strength to a Category 5 storm in Atlantic waters just north of the Caribbean on Saturday, rapidly powering up from a tropical storm in a single day, the National Hurricane Center said. While the...
Turks and Caicos Islands Human Rights Commission Conducts Facility Review at His Majesty’s Prison, Grand Turk
Magnetic Media
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February 8, 2025
Montego Bay, Jamaica, February 8, 2025 – Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Franklin Witter, is assuring egg farmers that their call for the removal of the General Consumption Tax (GCT) on eggs is being...
Consultants Visit Turks and Caicos to Advance Plans for Agro-Park in Kew, North Caicos
Magnetic Media
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February 28, 2025
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE Minister of Tourism, Environment, Agriculture, and Gaming Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Island 25th February 2025 – The Hon. Zhavargo Jolly, Minister of Tourism, Agriculture, Fisheries, Environment and Gaming welcomes a...
Hurricane Erin gathers strength after lashing U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico with heavy rains
CBC/Radio-Canada
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August 16, 2025
Hurricane Erin has re-intensified into a Category 4 storm on Sunday, with the U.S. National Hurricane Center warning of life-threatening surf and rip currents along the U.S. eastern seaboard this week. The hurricane had weakened to Category 3...
VoX now representing Experience Turks & Caicos Islands in Canada
Travel Press
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April 24, 2025
VoX International Inc. has been awarded the Canadian representation contract for Experience Turks & Caicos Islands (TCI). VoX will develop and undertake strategic travel trade and consumer marketing initiatives as well as public relations efforts...
Turks and Caicos Islands Human Rights Commission Launches Training on Child Rights in Primary Schools
Magnetic Media
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February 1, 2025
New structure is expected to place renewed emphasis on employee, community and client relationships as bank harnesses internal talent to lead new phase Donna Wellington Bridgetown, Barbados. 29th January 2025. The Caribbean’s leading financial...
Hurricane Erin rapidly intensifies to Category 5, flooding risks loom for Caribbean Islands
Hindustan Times
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August 16, 2025
Hurricane Erin exploded in strength to a Category 5 storm in the Caribbean on Saturday, rapidly powering up from a tropical storm in a single day, the National Hurricane Center said. Hurricane Erin: A tourist poses for a photo inside a sentry box...
Starship became a fireball on the company’s South Texas launch pad
Houston Press - Texas
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June 19, 2025
Welp, SpaceX has done it again. That’s right, a brand-new version of Starship, the world’s largest rocket, exploded in a blinding fireball on Wednesday night at the Elon Musk-led company’s launch site in the recently incorporated town of Starbase,...
Hurricane Erin explodes in strength to a Category 5 storm in Caribbean
Global News
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August 16, 2025
Hurricane Erin exploded in strength to a Category 5 storm in the Caribbean on Saturday, rapidly powering up from a tropical storm in a single day, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. While the compact hurricane’s center wasn’t expected to hit...
Last country without soccer team takes the field
Ynet
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August 16, 2025
The Marshall Islands, long considered the last country on Earth without a national soccer team, played its first official match this week — a 4–0 defeat to the U.S. Virgin Islands that officials nonetheless hailed as a historic achievement....
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS GOVERNMENT (TCIG) – SPACEX INCIDENT PUBLIC ADVISORY #3: RECOVERY OPERATION – AAIB AND SPACEX ARRIVAL ON ISLAND
Magnetic Media
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January 24, 2025
Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands, 23rd January 2025 – The Turks and Caicos Islands Border Force recently intercepted illegal handheld gambling devices coming through Howard Hamilton International Airport. Often disguised as everyday...
RBC NOT LEAVING TURKS AND CAICOS
Newsline TCI
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February 21, 2025
RBC Royal Bank wishes to refute reports which suggest it will be terminating banking operations in Turks and Caicos Islands. Ms. Ericka D. Rolle, RBC Managing Director for The Bahamas & Turks and Caicos, said: "RBC has been a proud partner of...
Hurricane Erin Critical Dominican Republic Alert 2025: Green Warning Issued as Storm Approaches
teleSUR
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August 16, 2025
Hurricane Erin Dominican Republic alert: 8 provinces under green alert as Category 1 storm brings rain, wind, and dangerous surf to the Caribbean nation. Related: Hurricane Flossie Intensifies to Category 2, Threatens Mexican Pacific Coast with...
KuCoin Pioneers UBS uMINT Collateral Support via DigiFT
WFMZ - Pennsylvania
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Setting a New Industry Standard by Enabling Liquid, Safeguarded Collateral That Links Traditional Finance and Digital Asset Investment Through Robust Technology Infrastructure PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands, Aug. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ --...
A Turks and Caicos Wedding to the Tune of Afrobeats: How We Pulled It Off
Conde Nast Traveler
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February 25, 2025
Like so many modern couples, Gabriella Lourie and GT Svanikier met first on a dating app. It was the summer of 2020 in Brooklyn, and COVID-19 was ravaging the city, so their first date was spent outdoors. Their “big pandemic love story,” as...
Turks & Caicos’ Provo Air Center expands private jet terminal services to South Caicos
Travel Daily News
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March 21, 2025
Provo Air Center expands to South Caicos, enhancing private jet services and supporting the luxury travel market, including the new Salterra Resort & Spa. PROVIDENCIALES, TURKS AND CAICOS – Provo Air Center, the premier independent Fixed-Base...
CDEMA Strategic Meeting in Turks & Caicos Renews and Readies Disaster Management
Magnetic Media
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April 17, 2025
Deandrea Hamilton Editor April 17, 2025 – Bahamian and Turks and Caicos travelers and other foreigners heading to the United States are being strongly advised to rethink what they post online, as new U.S. immigration measures take aim at...
Turks and Caicos Islands: Postcards from paradise, voices from the shadows
Daily Star
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January 20, 2025
Located in the British West Indies, Turks and Caicos Islands' white sand beaches, turquoise waters, and year-round pleasant weather make them an ideal destination for those who love tropical getaways. As the islands boast some of the world's most...