TCI News
TCI: Press Release: Oswald Skippings
#Providenciales, November 30, 2018 – Turks and Caicos – A reported three medical emergency evacuations are reported last night from one island (Grand Turk) and that may not be the total for the week thus far including all the Islands.
Why as a country with record breaking revenue reserves which government is not ashamed to boast about, we continue to present ourselves as a mediocre, backward third world country.
It is not necessary for an accountant to confirm that the amount of money spent on medical evacuation charters and return airfares, hospital bills etc far exceed what it would cost to house and pay the necessary doctors to deal with the illness that have become so prevalent in our communities throughout the Turk and Caicos. Are specialists allowed in Cayman and not allowed in the Turks and Caicos?
Where is the financial management at governmental levels, where is the national health management at governmental levels, where is the hospital management, why has InterHealth Canada not been brought to account in spite of all the hot political rhetoric that was spewed out by opposition officials who are now in government?
There has to be accountability and the lack of it is causing our people too much, including their lives. Because of our complacency and duped political addiction to political parties, these parties know that they will be re-elected one time or other, therefore they take the voters for granted and allow the country to go down the drain knowing the voters are not serious about their welfare and wellbeing and that of their country.
I myself am presently hospitalized abroad, but it does not matter. That does not mean that I should relax and relent while my country suffers, because in sickness or in health I have my country at heart. In fact, what is not worth dying for is not worth living for.
The silence on this InterHealth Canada issue is now deafening by the same persons who were then in opposition and are now in government. Their pre 2016 interest and fervor in Parliament and on the campaign trail to deal with this InterHealth Canada issue, have died a quiet death. Why are we being treated this way with such negligence and disrespect thinking that we could be ignored and misrepresented at this level while our country is going to hell in a political basket.
Where are the voices that put pen to paper at the polls? Where are the educated minds that are simply standing by and allowing this masquerade to prevail simply because of party affiliation? Is your party more important than you 
and your welfare? Is your party more important than that of your children and your country.
We are dying like flies, sick like we are epidemic stricken, abused in jobs, denied employment, denied representation and every other ill and injustice that we can imagine.
What does it take for us to wake up while we still can, we are allowing this degrading of our nation and the lack of governmental performance to become the norm and consequently we are being demoralized, diminished and destroyed as a people.
Politics is ruining our nation, we need to check ourselves and unite in a non partisan manner that embraces the best we have to offer as candidates to represent, deliver and lead us forward, onward and upward. Help us dear God!
Release: Oswald Skippings
Wilkie Arthur
Freelance Court Correspondent
#TurksandCaicos, May 21, 2024 – A gruesome discovery was made around midday today (Sunday, May 19th, 2024) when police and fire rescue teams responded to a call at a location on Blue Hills Back Road, off Millennium Highway. The area, situated next to the Fortis Sub-Station, is accessible via a long, secluded dirt road.
Upon arrival, authorities found a vehicle completely engulfed in flames. The vehicle was later removed by police after being alerted by
an anonymous source to its burnt-out location. Local residents indicated that the fire had been ignited around 2-3 a.m. earlier that morning, but authorities were not notified until later in the day.
Residents could not provide details about the individual inside the vehicle or even discern its color due to the extensive damage caused by the fire. Videos of the discovery location are available, but footage of the vehicle itself will be provided once it has been located. The vehicle was reportedly still burning when police arrived at the scene.
Official Royal TCI Police Report:
Media Release – May 19th, 2024: Active Investigation Officers of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force (RTCIPF) are currently on the scene of a vehicle fire in the Blue Hills, Providenciales area. Acting on received information, officers arrived at the location along North Side Close and discovered a burnt vehicle with what appeared to be a body inside.
The RTCIPF is conducting a thorough investigation to determine the circumstances of this incident. As this is an active investigation, more details will be provided to the public as they become available.
May 21, 2024 – The Turks and Caicos Islands have clear laws prohibiting the possession of firearms and or ammunition without a licence and strict penalties in order to serve and protect the community. Our Firearms Ordinance, which was amended in 2022, states that:
No person (other than a licensed gunsmith in the course of his trade) shall have in his possession, discharge or use any firearm or ammunition unless he is the holder of a firearm licence with respect to such firearm, or in case of ammunition he is the holder of a licence for a firearm which takes that ammunition.
Firearm and/or ammunition offences carry a mandatory minimum custodial sentence of twelve years plus a fine. Where a court finds there are exceptional circumstances, the sentencing judge has discretion, under the law, to impose a custodial sentence and a fine that are fair and just in the circumstances of each case rather than impose the mandatory minimum.
The Chief Justice is advancing sentencing guidelines in respect of the application of exceptional circumstances. Wider work is also ongoing with criminal justice partners to review the efficiency and effectiveness of case progression, in driving justice outcomes.
It is the traveller’s responsibility to ensure their baggage is free of firearms and/or ammunition. Permission from an airline carrier does not constitute permission to bring firearms or ammunition into the Turks and Caicos Islands. Travellers are also strongly advised to search their luggage before they travel to the Turks and Caicos Islands to ensure they do not bring in forbidden items inadvertently. Such offences will result in arrest.
The Turks and Caicos Islands is a British Overseas Territory with a common law legal system, and reserves the right to enforce its laws. All persons, including visitors, must follow lawful process.
The Turks and Caicos Islands welcomes all visitors but reminds travellers that persons in the Turks and Caicos Islands do not have a constitutional right to carry firearms. Equally, the importation of firearms, ammunition (including stray bullets), and other weapons is strictly forbidden, unless licence to do so has been issued by the Commissioner of Police.
#TurksandCaicos, May 21, 2024 – Officers from the Serious Crime Unit (SCU) of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force have made a breakthrough following boat thefts in the TCI.
On May 19, 2024, FARIDSON JEAN BAPTISTE, a Haitian national, was charged with the following offences:
- Theft of TCI boat Marauder
- Theft of TCI boat Jupiter
- Theft of TCI boat Team Baja
- Handling Stolen Goods
- Assisting Illegal Entry into the TCI
Mr JEAN BAPTISTE was initially detained on April 5 th 2024, while attempting to enter the TCI on a high-powered boat that was reported stolen. At the time of the interception, thirty (30) irregular migrants were being transported.
Mr JEAN BAPTISTE remains in custody pending a court date. The arrest and subsequent charges against Mr Jean Baptiste follow a complex, multi-jurisdictional investigation by the SCU and the Haitian National Police.
These investigations resulted in the recovery of boats and other property stolen from the TCI, which were retrieved from several locations in Haiti.
The recovered property has an estimated value of over $1.2 million.
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