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TCI: Declarations of Income, Assets and Liabilities
#Providenciales, May 31, 2019 – Turks and Caicos – The Integrity Commission wishes to inform the public and, in particular, to remind the Specified Persons in Public Life (Declarants), as set out below, that they must file their Declarations of Income, Assets and Liabilities, as required by Section 39 of the TCI Integrity Commission Ordinance, on or before June 30, 2019.
These Specified Persons in Public Life include the following:
- All Specified Persons in Public Life who made their last filing on or before June 30, 2017.
- All persons who are appointed to Statutory Boards, effective April 1, 2019, or thereafter.
- All Specified Persons in Public Life who are appointed, within the TCIG Government, effective April 1, 2019, or thereafter.
- All persons who are no longer sitting members of Statutory Boards, as at March 31, 2019.
- All persons who have resigned their posts, or whose contracts have not been renewed, within the TCIG Government, are required to file within 90 days of the end of their tenure.
- All other persons who are considered Specified Persons in Public Life, but who would not have been aware of their obligation to file, under section 39 the Integrity Commission Ordinance.
Declaration Forms are available at the Commission’s Offices in Grand Turk and Providenciales, or are downloadable from the Commission’s website at: www.integritycommission.tc.
All Declarants are required to deliver their completed Declaration forms, along with the relevant supporting documents, in person, at an office of the Commission.
All Declarations are confidential documents. Please DO NOT submit your completed Declaration form through a third party, OR via electronic or surface mail.
Please be reminded that a failure, without reasonable cause, to file a Declaration is a criminal offence, punishable with imprisonment for 1 year, or a fine of $15,000, or both. In addition, the Commission is, among other things, obligated to publish the fact of such failure in the Gazette.
The Commission may publish, in the Gazette, the names of those persons who have failed to file by June 30, 2019. In any event that the Commission is unable to contact any Specified Persons in Public Life by direct email, or by telephone, the Commission will not be held responsible for a failure on the part of that person to file.
Persons who have filed a Declaration during calendar year 2018, will NOT be required to file in 2019.
Additionally, the Integrity Commission will be conducting ORIENTATION SESSIONS for all new first-time TCI Government Board Members, and new Government Employees, who are designated as Specified Persons in Public Life, as is specified in Schedule 1 to the Integrity Commission Ordinance.
The Integrity Commission will conduct four (4) Orientation Sessions. They will be convened at the places, dates and times that are indicated as follows:
Grand Turk – Integrity Commission Office, Franklyn Missick’s Building, Church Folly; Tuesday June 4, 2019 and Wednesday June 5, 2019, from 9am – 11am.
Providenciales – Integrity Commission Office, C206 Cabot House, Leeward Highway (within the IGA Compound, above the Flamingo Pharmacy); Thursday June 6, 2019 and Friday June 7, 2019, from 9am – 11am.
All new first-time TCI Government Board Members, and new Government Employees, who are designated as Specified Persons in Public Life, are invited to attend any ONE of these sessions. Specifically, these invitations are being directed towards the following listed persons, who are Specified Persons in Public Life, as first-time TCI Government Board Members, and new Government Employees:
| # | Name | Board |
| 1 | Sinanan, Hemant | Accountant General |
| 2 | Missick, Synkero | Chairman, Civil Aviation Authority Board |
| 3 | Saunders, Thomas | Chairman, Parole Board |
| 4 | Handfield, Derry | Chairman, Physical Planning Board |
| 5 | Francis, Urban Jason | Chairman, Ports Authority |
| 6 | Gardiner, Dominique | Crown Counsel, Attorney General Chambers |
| 7 | Been, Godfrey | Director, Airports Authority Board |
| 8 | Garland, George | Director, Civil Aviation Authority Board |
| 9 | Lightbourne, Curtis | Director, Civil Aviation Authority Board |
| 10 | Farr, Sheila | Director, Crown Land |
| 11 | Harvey, Royalton | Director, National Wealth Fund |
| 12 | Mills, Diandra | Director, National Wealth Fund |
| 13 | Walters, Kenrick | Director, National Wealth Fund |
| 14 | Bassett, Joanne | Member, Education Advisory Scholarship Committee |
| 15 | Hunt, Bernadette | Member, Immigration Appeal Tribunal |
| 16 | Parker, Colleen | Member, Immigration Appeal Tribunal |
| 17 | Kemp, Mary | Member, Parole Board |
| 18 | Swann, Larry | Member, Parole Board |
| 19 | Duncan, Thomas | Member, Physical Planning Appeal Tribunal |
| 20 | Williams, Willard | Member, Physical Planning Appeal Tribunal |
| 21 | Harvey, Kevin | Member, Physical Planning Board |
| 22 | Ewing, E. Larvado | Member, Ports Authority |
| 23 | Bain, Karl | Member, Ports Authority |
| 24 | Capron, Albert | Member, Prison Visiting Committee |
| 25 | Harvey, Racquel | Member, Prison Visiting Committee |
| 26 | Smith, Melanie | Member, Prison Visiting Committee |
| 27 | Adams, Jasmine | Member, Prisoner’s Categorisation Board |
| 28 | Lewis, Myrlchina | Member, Procurement Board |
| 29 | Ewing, Maisha | Member, Tourist Board |
| 30 | Hilton, John | Member, Tourist Board |
| 31 | Dickenson, Austin | Member, Zone 1 Work Permit Board |
| 32 | Cunningham, Mary | Member, Zone 2 Work Permit Board |
| 33 | Gardiner, Stellon | Member, Zone 2 Work Permit Board |
| 34 | Lightbourne, Delroy | Member, Zone 2 Work Permit Board |
| 35 | Grant, Tamika | Public Prosecutor, Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions |
| 36 | Williams, Ali | Secretary, Community College Board of Governors |
| 37 | Gray, Diandra | Secretary, Education Advisory Committee |
| 38 | Gibbs, Lillian | Secretary, Immigration Appeal Tribunal |
| 39 | Glasgow, Leonardo | Secretary, Physical Planning Appeal Tribunal |
| 40 | Garland, Charlie | Vice Chairman, Physical Planning Board |
The Commission kindly requests that persons whose names appear on the aforementioned list should confirm the date and time of their intended attendance at one of the Orientation Sessions.
Confirmation may be done via email to complianceofficer@integritycommission.tc, or via telephone at 1-649-338-3333 or 1-649-946-1941.
This Public Notice, to the named Declarants, of the convening by the Commission of its Orientation Sessions, is a ‘last ditch effort’ to contact the Declarants. Other efforts by the Commission’s Compliance Department to make contact have failed.
Should you have any queries, please feel free to telephone the Commission’s Senior Compliance Office in the Commission’s Grand Turk Office at 1-649-338-3336, or to visit the Commission’s Grand Turk Office, or its Providenciales Office, at your convenience, between the hours of 8.30am and 4.30pm, on Mondays to Thursdays, or between the hours of 8.30am and 4.00pm, on Fridays.
Respectfully yours,
Greg Christie
Director, TCI Integrity Commission
Almost two million visitors recorded in 2025
PROVIDENCIALES, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS – The Turks and Caicos Islands saw an increase in stayover arrivals in December, seven percent higher than the corresponding period in 2024.
Preliminary data suggests that stay over arrivals by air for the month of December was 66,427 in comparison to 62,610 in December 2024.
From January to December 2025, preliminary visitor arrival numbers totalled 640,754; on par with the number recorded for the same period of 2024.
Stay Over Arrivals YTD December 2024/2025
The first quarter of the calendar year attracted the largest number of arrivals with visitor arrivals three percent higher than the first quarter of 2024. Reduced airlift from the United Kingdom and the United States, most notably the Virgin Atlantic and JetBlue services, was however felt from the second quarter (April to June). As a result, visitor arrivals dropped three percent in the second quarter.
By the third quarter of this year (July to September), geopolitical and economic conditions in the key source markets, namely the United States, led to further contraction of arrivals. In the last quarter of 2025, arrivals were impacted in October due to the passage of Hurricane Melissa but additional airlift from the USA and Canada resulted in an increase in arrivals in November and December.
Mr. Paul Pennicook, Interim CEO Consultant of Experience Turks and Caicos, said December’s increase in stayover arrivals is an encouraging indicator of the sustained interest in the Turks and Caicos Islands as a premier destination.
“While we note and continue to monitor geopolitical shifts that affect us, Experience Turks and Caicos is focused on increasing marketing initiatives in our primary source markets. We have spent the last two years investing in groundwork such as crucial travel advisor training to assist them in selling the destination more effectively. In the next fiscal, we will be building on those initiatives with co-op activities with partners as well as out of home advertising to increase visitation to our destination,” he said.
In Cruise, the preliminary count of passenger arrivals for the month of December 2025 was 129,346, a 22 percent increase over last December. This growth follows the berthing of 11 additional ships in Grand Turk this month.
From January to December, the cruise sector continued to outperform the same period last year, as the 1.3 million total cruise passengers recorded, marks a five percent Year-on-Year increase. 
The cruise sector experienced significant growth in the first quarter of 2025, with passenger arrivals surpassing last quarter by 53 percent. In the second and third quarter however, several cruise lines adjusted their itineraries as vessels were pulled from the fleet or from the Caribbean region, which resulted in fewer passengers.
Arrivals dropped seven percent and 10 percent in the second and third quarters, respectively. Double digit growth was recorded in the last two months of Quarter 4. This growth however, was not sufficient to outweigh the drop in arrivals experienced in October, following the cancellation of cruise calls due to the passage of Hurricane Melissa. Despite the late-quarter rebound, arrivals for the final quarter of 2025 closed six percent below the same period in 2024.
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Unit, the Turks and Caicos Islands Border Force, and security provided by the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force. The operation, carried out at three different locations in Providenciales, formed part of ongoing government efforts to address unauthorised development and illegal occupation of land in accordance with governing legislation.
The operation commenced in Blue Hills, where five Section 58 Enforcement Notices were issued on unauthorised structures identified on Block and Parcel 60502/48.
Enforcement activity then moved to a second location off the Leeward Highway near Caicos Lodge, where six Section 58 Enforcement Notices were issued on additional unauthorised structures on Block and Parcel 60802/66.
The final phase of the operation took place in The Bight, where three unauthorised structures were removed, with all debris cleared from the site in keeping with established safety and environmental protocols.
The Informal Settlements Unit remains committed to working alongside its partner agencies to support lawful development, protect public and private land, and ensure that planning regulations are enforced in a coordinated and transparent manner across the Turks and Caicos Islands. Similar joint operations will continue as part of the Government’s wider strategy to address unauthorised development and informal settlement activity.
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