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InterHealth Canada – TCI Hospital promotes Patient Safety with fun team building activity
#Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands – InterHealth Canada – Turks and Caicos Islands Hospital hosted a team building activity across medical centers called ‘The Amazing Race’ during the months of November and December to reinforce various organizational practices (ROP’s) for patient safety.
Teams were required to out-smart and out-race their fellow competitors’ in brain teaser exercises across numerous checkpoints with the ultimate goal of getting to the finish line in the quickest net time. Participants comprised of employees from facilities management and clinical departments.
Each checkpoint required teams to complete a challenge to receive their next clue as a reward. Teams were mandated to present evidence of task completion, similar to the format used in real health care accreditation assessments.
Bonus time credits of 30 minutes were granted for certain tasks and deducted from the end finish time. Other activities for staff included health and wellness screenings and a raffle for health prizes. Below is an outline of the instructions given to participants during the Amazing Race component.
- IN ORDER TO COLLECT YOUR FIRST CLUE:- Look at the jar of kettle corns. Guess how many kettle corns are in the jar. Write your guess on your notepad and hand it to the gatekeeper. If your team is off by more than 50 candy corns, she will tell you if your guess is too high or too low. If your guess is not within 50candy corns, you must wait one full minute before guessing again. Once your guess is within 50 candy corns, you will receive your first clue.
- CLUE NO. 1- CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON YOUR FIRST CLUE, BUT TO MOVE ON, THIS IS WHAT YOU MUST DO… FIND ME IN THE ROOM WHERE MANAGERS MEET TO COMPLETE YOUR NEXT FEAT. [ANSWER: BOARD ROOM]
- ROAD BLOCK – IN ORDER TO RECEIVE YOUR NEXT CLUE YOUR TEAM MUST WORK TOGETHER TO UNSCRAMBLE THE FOLLOWING PHRASES THAT REPRESENT REQUIRED ORGANISATIONAL PRACTICES – ONCE CORRECTLY COMPLETED, YOU CAN CONTINUE YOUR JOURNEY. COLLECT YOUR NEXT ENVELOPE TO VIEW CLUE NO.2.
- CLUE NO. 2- YOUR NEXT TASK LIES AHEAD, PLEASE DO NOT CEASE, FIND IT WHERE WE REST THE DECEASED. [ANSWER: MORGUE ENTRANCE]
- SPEED BUMP- HIGH FIVE!- ALL TEAM MEMBERS MUST GIVE A PSA/PORTER/CLEANER A HIGH FIVE AND TELL THEM JOB WELL DONE! THE RECIPIENT OF THE HIGH FIVE MUST SIGN TO SAY THAT THIS CAME TRUE, THEN MOVE ON TO RETRIEVE THE NEXT CLUE. FIND ME WASHING ALL DAY LONG, CLEAN AND WARM IS WHERE I BELONG. [ANSWER: LAUNDRY DEPARTMENT]
- CLUE NO. 3- TO FIND YOUR NEXT CLUE, GO TO WHERE AT 38 WEEKS YOU ARE DUE, SHUUU! DON’T FLUTTER LIKE A BIRD, I’M SITTING WHERE YOU WRITE ON ME BUT LEAVE NO WORDS. [ANSWER: MATERNITY FRONT DESK]
- CLUE NO. 4- VISIT THE DEPARTMENT WHERE YOU ENTER WITH ALL THE PARTS YOU’VE GOT. HOWEVER, WHEN YOU LEAVE, YOU MAY NOT. [ANSWER: SURGICAL SUITES]
- SPEED BUMP- TAKE THREE GROUP PICTURES WITH FIVE DIFFERENT CONSENTING PATIENTS HOLDING “THE WORLD QUALITY DAY”- “TCI HOSPITAL BUILDING QUALITY RELATIONSHIPS ONE PATIENT AT A TIME” SIGN. COLLECT THE NEXT ACTIVITY FROM THE LADIES WHO HELP US REMEMBER WHAT WE SAY… USING HOURS TAKING MINUTES AWAY…[ANSWER: EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OFFICE]
- ROAD BLOCK- “THE PITCH” EACH TEAM MEMBER MUST HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH TWO PATIENTS IN THE OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING SCRIPT:- “Good Day Sir/ Madame, We at the TCI Hospital need your help to ensure that every patient in our care is kept safe from any harm. The patient is also a part of the team. As part of the care giving team we need you to always raise concerns, ask questions and speak up if you don’t understand what is being communicated. Please also remember, clean hands makes for safe care. Ask your health care provider to clean their hands before touching you. Together we can ensure safety for all. Thank you.”
- YOU ARE ALMOST DONE; THE PATIENT MUST NOW SIGN TO ENSURE THAT THIS TASK WAS WON. COLLECT THE NEXT CLUE WHERE THE HOSPITAL WELCOMES YOU! [ANSWER: MAIN RECEPTION DESK]
- CLUE NO. 5- HERE’S WHAT YOU MUST DO- GO TO THE OFFICE WHERE BUGS ARE BANNED AND BE SURE TO SHOW YOUR HAND. [ANSWER: INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL DEPARTMENT]
- SPEED BUMP- THIS IS A MUST, CLEAN HANDS WE MUST TRUST! ALL TEAM MEMBERS MUST DEMONSTRATE CORRECT HAND WASHING TECHNIQUES WITHIN A 20-30 SECOND WINDOW.
- CLUE NO. 6- QUICK!!! TIME IS WASTING, YOU’RE ALSO DONE, HOWEVER YOU MUST RETURN TO WHERE YOU’VE BEGUN..ALL CLUES IN HAND.
PRESS RELEASE: INTERHEALTH CANADA, TCI (Jan 20, 2020)
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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Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands – Wednesday, 11 February 2026: The Informal Settlements Unit (ISU) coordinated a multi-agency enforcement operation on Thursday, 29 January 2026, led by the Planning Department, with support from the Crown Land
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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