Viagra introduces its latest celebrity backer: the devil Nov 20, 2009
But the British public has heard less about his interests in the Turks and Caicos islands. Friday, 20 November 2009. (Yahoo News -- Men's Health)
Grow your own Nov 13, 2009
Davis has been working with conchs nearly 30 years, first to raise them as food in the Turks and Caicos Islands. She started thinking about cultivating conch pearls a few years later. (The Palm Beach Post)
Scientists are first to 'unlock' the mystery of creating cultured pearls from the queen conch Nov 4, 2009
As co-founder of a commercial queen conch farm in the Turks and Caicos Islands, she developed commercial culture of conch from eggs to juveniles. She joined HBOI in 1996, and in 2000, she led an effort that succeeded in inducing egg laying in tank-reared conch, effectively closing the entire life cycle of the queen conch for use in aquaculture. (EurekAlert!)
'Bachelor' Jason Mesnick Pops the QuestionMesnick, who famously had a change of heart after the show, proposes again. Oct 22, 2009
Over the summer, Mesnick and Malaney, a department store buyer from Milwaukee, were spotted on vacation together in the Turks and Caicos islands with Mesnick's son. While they weren't currently living together, she said she planned to move to his hometown of Seattle. (ABC News)
5 spots to dive into the Caribbean Oct 9, 2009
West Caicos Wall, Turks & Caicos Islands ... Turks and Caicos Islands, British West Indies ... La Petite Place, Grace Bay Road, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands, British West Indies. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Tracking sea turtle 'Suzie' on her 900km swim Oct 2, 2009
The turtle, named Suzie by scientists, was released from the Turks and Caicos Islands at the end of June ... Scientists from the Turks and Caicos Islands Turtle Project have secured satellite transmitter tags to the animals' shells ... Scientists on the Turks and Caicos Islands will track the turtles' movements via the internet, using the a computer programme which can plot online maps of the animals' movements each day. (BBC News -- Americas)
LA's Will Rogers State Beach closed until Sunday Sep 26, 2009
An exclusive resort in the Turks and Caicos Islands that catered to celebrities and offered personal butlers and a pillow menu has closed after less than two years of operation. The owner of Nikki Beach Resort Leeward Resort Ltd. - has been placed into receivership, General Manager Jonathan Steers said. (Fresno Bee -- State)
Taxing issue Sep 25, 2009
The Cayman Islands, along with Anguilla and the Turk and Caicos Islands, have been hit not just by the campaign against tax havens but also by the global recession, which has led to a dramatic fall in tourists. Anguilla has also hit its borrowing limits and is warning that it soon may not be able to pay its civil servants. (BBC News -- Americas)
G20: Pledge by pledge Sep 24, 2009
Still to implement agreed tax standards: Andorra, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Belize, Brunei, Chile, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Dominica, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guatemala, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Montserrat, Nauru, Netherlands Antilles, Panama, Philippines, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Singapore, Switzerland, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uruguay, VanuatuSource: OECD. There has been broad backing for... (BBC News -- Business)
Darling Says U.K. Will Ask G-20 for `Blacklist' of Regulatory, Tax Havens Sep 24, 2009
The measures would target countries such as Panama, the Dominican Republic, Turks and Caicos Islands and the banks and hedge funds that operate there. Theyre on an of countries that havent implemented international tax standards. (Bloomberg -- UK)
Top 'Caribbean Escape' closes Sep 15, 2009
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico An exclusive resort in the Turks and Caicos Islands that catered to celebrities and offered personal butlers and a pillow menu has closed after less than two years of operation. More travel stories. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Top 'Caribbean Escape' closes in Turks and Caicos Sep 13, 2009
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - An exclusive resort in the Turks and Caicos Islands that catered to celebrities and offered personal butlers and a pillow menu has closed after less than two years of operation. The owner of Nikki Beach Resort Leeward Resort Ltd. - has been placed into receivership, General Manager Jonathan Steers said. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Storm heads for Bahamas Aug 27, 2009
The storm is likely to bring rainfall of two to four inches (five to 10 centimetres) over the central and western Bahamas, as well as the Turks and Caicos Islands. "Interests in the Bahamas and the southeastern United States should monitor the progress of Danny," the Miami-based centre said in its morning advisory. (iAfrica.com)
AP: Turks and Caicos Ex-Leader Blasts British Takeover Aug 19, 2009
Michael Misick, who is facing a criminal investigation, urged the 23,000 people on this island chain south of the Bahamas not to respect any laws or decisions made by the London-appointed governor. "I also call on all TCIs to unite and fight against the occupation of the foreign invaders," Misick said in a statement released to the news media. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
The Brits Have Taken Over Turks and Caicos. Is Canada Next? Aug 19, 2009
Turks and Caicos Islands, Grace Bay BeachThe British Foreign Office announced last week that it had and would dissolve the Cabinet and legislature ... Photograph of Turks and Caicos Islands by Medioimages/Photodisc. (Slate)
Ex-Turks PM accuses UK Aug 16, 2009
The ousted prime minister of the Turks and Caicos Islands has hit out at the UK government for imposing direct rule amid corruption allegations ... "Public services will continue to be run by people of the Turks and Caicos Islands, as indeed they should be, but I hope we can now begin to run them better," he said ... Are you in the Turks and Caicos Islands. (BBC News -- UK)
Alan Maas, Breanne Boccia were married in May at Spanos Park West (5) Aug 12, 2009
The two spent their honeymoon on a nine-day Princess cruise out of New York that visited the Bahamas, Bermuda, San Juan, Puerto Rico, St. Thomas and the Turks and Caicos islands. They have made their home in Stockton. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Boat with suspected illegal immigrants intercepted Aug 11, 2009
News of this week's rescue of 100 Haitians off the Turks and Caicos Islands coast - and the announcement that so far, 15 had died and about 70 others were u 00003026 naccounted for - was met with heavy sighs from South Florida residents familiar with the struggle of those living in the Western Hemisphere's poorest nation. 6 hurt as boats collide near Discovery Bay. (Fresno Bee -- State)
Miranda on Orlando, fashion and family Aug 2, 2009
Before arriving in Sydney she spent seven days travelling between New York, Los Angeles, Miami and the Turks and Caicos Islands. The latest topless photos of her were taken while she was in the Caribbean, which she took in her stride, having posed topless for Rolling Stone, the latest Pirelli calendar and yesterday almost for The Sun-Herald. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
US calls off Haiti boat search Jul 31, 2009
US Coast Guard officials have called off their search for about 70 migrants from Haiti whose boat capsized off the Turks and Caicos Islands. Fifteen people have already been confirmed dead, and 118 were rescued. (BBC News -- Americas)
WOW: Club Med at $99 per night Jul 31, 2009
The perfect spots for friends and single getaways include the beach resorts in Turkoise of the Turks and Caicos Islands; Columbus Isle, Bahamas; Cancun-Yucatan, Mexico; Ixtapa, Mexico; Punta Cana, Dominican Republic; Sandpiper-Port Saint Lucie, Florida; Caravelle on Guadeloupe-French West Indies and Buccaneer's Creek on Martinique in the French West Indies. For couples, the resorts are the same as above except for Turkoise, which is definitely more for a singles crowd. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Island police keep up search for Haitian survivors Jul 31, 2009
Hubert Hughes, the deputy commissioner of police in the Turks and Caicos Islands, said authorities decided to keep up their search in part because a survivor was found Wednesday afternoon on West Caicos. The young man was the last of the 119 survivors to be found and the first in more than a day. (WSVN-TV Miami, FL)
Haitians risk tragedy on sea excursions to America Jul 30, 2009
News of this week's rescue of 100 Haitians off the Turks and Caicos Islands coast - and the announcement that so far, 15 had died and about 70 others were unaccounted for - was met with heavy sighs from South Florida residents familiar with the struggle of those living in the Western Hemisphere's poorest nation. "We're constantly cautioning Haitians and others not to take to the seas because the voyages are so treacherous," said Cheryl Little, the executive director of the Florida Immigrant... (Anchorage Daily News)
Recession stems oft-fatal boat migration Jul 30, 2009
In the Caribbean, dozens of people remained missing after their overloaded sailboat capsized Monday after leaving impoverished Haiti, where migrants routinely try to reach the United States, the Bahamas or Turks and Caicos Islands to escape misery in the Western Hemisphere's poorest nation. Click for related content. (MSNBC -- International)
Hopes dim for Haitians in shipwreck Jul 30, 2009
PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos - Rescue teams scanned the clear blue waters off the Turks and Caicos Islands Wednesday with fading hopes of finding dozens of Haitian migrants whose sailboat struck a reef and shattered in the waves ... "The waves broke the boat apart," Samuel Been, minister of public safety for the Turks and Caicos Islands, said after talking with 10 survivors. (MSNBC -- International)
Boat hits reef - 15 Haitians dead, more missing Jul 30, 2009
Rescuers searched by sea and air Tuesday for nearly 70 Haitians after an overloaded sailboat ran aground and capsized in reef-studded waters off the Turks and Caicos Islands, killing at least 15 migrants fleeing the poverty of their homeland. More News. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Maritime disasters over decades Jul 29, 2009
July 26 or 27, 2009: A sailboat overloaded with Haitian migrants capsizes off the Turks and Caicos Islands. Police recover 11 bodies and about 70 people are believed to be missing. (India Times)
70 Haitians missing after boat capsizes Jul 29, 2009
PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos - The US Coast Guard used boats, airplanes, and a helicopter to search the warm, shallow waters off the Turks and Caicos Islands yesterday for some 70 Haitians believed missing after their overloaded sailboat capsized. Rescuers pulled 113 survivors from reefs, and police recovered 15 bodies. (Boston Globe)
* Refugee boat capsizes, at least 85 Haitians missing Jul 29, 2009
AP, PROVIDENCIALES, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS Wednesday, Jul 29, 2009, Page 7. At least 85 people are missing after a boat carrying Haitian migrants capsized and sank off the Turks and Caicos Islands, the US Coast Guard said yesterday. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Haitians adrift as boat hits reef Jul 29, 2009
PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos - Rescuers searched by sea and air Tuesday for nearly 70 Haitians after an overloaded sailboat ran aground and capsized in the reef-studded waters off the Turks and Caicos Islands, killing at least 15 migrants. The boat was carrying an estimated 200 people - men, women and teenagers - when it struck a reef near West Caicos, part of an archipelago that has proved to be deadly for Haitians fleeing the poverty of their homeland in rickety vessels. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Hope Fades for Almost 70 Lost Haitians Jul 29, 2009
More than 100 survivors who clung to wreckage or razor-sharp reefs for hours in the waters off the Turks and Caicos Islands were plucked out by rescue boats Monday night and Tuesday - five managed to swim 2 miles to shore ... "The waves broke the boat apart," Samuel Been, minister of public safety for the Turks and Caicos Islands, said after talking with 10 survivors. (CBS News -- Politics)
Dozens missing as Haitian boat capsizes Jul 28, 2009
Boat carrying about 200 Haitians capsizes near Turks and Caicos Islands ... (CNN) -- Dozens of Haitians went missing after a boat carrying about 200 of them capsized Monday near the Turks and Caicos Islands, the U.S. Coast Guard said. (CNN -- International)
Boat Carrying Haitian Migrants Capsizes Jul 28, 2009
(AP) A vessel carrying as many as 200 Haitian migrants capsized near the Turks and Caicos Islands on Monday, the U.S. Coast Guard said ... In May 2007, an overcrowded sloop carrying more than 160 migrants capsized off the Turks and Caicos Islands. (CBS News)
Sprint provides services to airline Jul 9, 2009
Pinnacle Airlines operates 141 regional jets in the United States, Canada, the Bahamas, Mexico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Turks and Caicos Islands as and. The company is a subsidiary of (Nasdaq: PNCL), based in Memphis. (Memphis Business Journal, TN)
Man of the water Jul 1, 2009
He's filmed in the Amazon, in Polynesia, around the Solomon Islands, the Mediterranean, Aldabra in the Seychelle Islands, Cocos Keeling, Australia, and the Turks and Caicos Islands in the North Atlantic. In 50 years of exploring sea caves and canyons, few marine creatures escaped his lens. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Hotels hop on the handheld bandwagon Jun 19, 2009
Last month, the three Gansevoort hotels in Manhattan, South Beach and the Turks & Caicos islands began lending Sony Reader Digital Books, handheld devices that allow users to peruse downloaded literature. Having readers (available for complimentary use on a first-come, first-served basis) appeals to carry-on aficionados who don't want to lug lots of reading material, says Gansevoort New York sales and marketing director Suzi DeAngelis. (USA Today -- Tech)
Disney sets out to make 'The Passion for kids' Jun 16, 2009
The Turks and Caicos Islands are set to return to direct British rule as early as Wednesday after an inquiry found the overseas territory was rife with political corruption. An adventurer will be left in the Canadian wilderness for 12 weeks with nothing but a backpack to make the latest extreme reality show. (Yahoo News -- 'The Passion of the Christ')
Iran's Presidential Candidates Trade Barbs Jun 6, 2009
Ahmadinejad accused Rafsanjanis son of corrupt dealings with the Norwegian state-owned oil company, STATOIL, a scandal that rocked Iran after the Norwegian police raided STATOIL headquarters in 2003 and discovered payments to a consulting company in the Turks and Caicos Islands with links to Rafsanjanis son. Holding up a file and a photograph of Mousavis popular wife, Zahra Rahnavard, a university president, Ahmadinejad claimed that her doctorate degree was fake because she had entered a... (Newsmax)
Nigeria: U.S. Seeks Briton Over Halliburton Bribe Scandal May 10, 2009
The Swiss accounts include cash linked to Tesler's Gibraltar-registered vehicle, Tristar, and money passing through other secretive offshore entities in Panama, Liechtenstein, the Bahamas, the Turks & Caicos islands and the Seychelles. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, one of the ex-heads of state suspected to have benefited from the bribe has been forced to defend himself publicly from allegations of corruption since the Tesler indictment was made public. (allAfrica.com)
Inquiry finds rampant corruption in tourists' tropical playground May 2, 2009
the actor has a home in Parrot Cay, Turks and Caicos Islands ... THE Turks and Caicos Islands are a well-heeled relic of the British empire where the Union Jack still flies. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Turks and Caicos rejects British takeover plan Apr 30, 2009
Attorneys for the former premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands are challenging Britain's right to dissolve the territory's Cabinet and legislature. They argue in a court document filed Wednesday that Britain also cannot suspend parts of the constitution or remove trial by jury as proposed. (OregonLive, OR -- News)
British tax havens: Sinking assets Apr 8, 2009
But corruption in the Turks and Caicos Islands, which might soon require direct rule again from London, are a harbinger of what may happen closer to home as the crackdown on offshore tax havens gets tougher, gaining momentum from the G20 summit this week. Jersey and Guernsey, two islands less than 100 miles from Britain, owe 50% and 40% respectively of their income to financial services. (The Economist)
Budget could bring tax rises as A... Apr 6, 2009
He will also tell British Overseas Territories, such as Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, the Turks & Caicos Islands, Gibraltar, the British Virgin Islands and Anguilla, to implement their pledges to commit themselves to new international standards. Some appear on the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development s grey list of jurisdictions that have so far not made good their promises. (New York Post -- Business)
$11 trillion parked in tax havens Apr 4, 2009
The list also has names of Panama, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent dines, Samoa, San Marino, Turks and Caicos Islands and Vanuatu. Read business stories in. (India Times)
24 hrs of tweets Mar 27, 2009
Ashton Kutcher (@aplusk) and his wife, Demi Moore (@mrskutcher), were on their way back from the Turks and Caicos Islands in the Caribbean, where they had attended the wedding of Bruce Willis, Ms. Moore's ex-husband, to model Emma Hemming. They twittered about going through customs in Miami. (Globe and Mail)
Yippee Kai-Yay, mother-in-law! Willis weds for a second time Mar 24, 2009
The couple wed in a small, private ceremony at the Die Hard star's house in Parrot Cay in the Turks and Caicos Islands on 21 March. It is the second marriage for Willis, who divorced actress Demi Moore after 13 years together in 2000. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Turks and Caicos PM resigns early Mar 24, 2009
The premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands has resigned after a probe found "clear signs" of corruption in the UK overseas territory, reports say. Michael Misick, who has denied claims of selling Crown land for personal gain, will stand down a week early, according to the AP news agency. (BBC News -- Americas)
Bruce Willis ties the knot a second time Mar 24, 2009
The actor s publicity agency, Rogers & Cowan, says in a statement Sunday that the 54-year-old Willis married Emma Heming in a small, private ceremony at his home in Parrot Cay in the Turks & Caicos Islands. Also Online. (KHOU.com, TX)
Bruce Willis ties knot with underwear model Mar 23, 2009
Moore's husband, Hollywood actor Ashton Kutcher, was also at the event in the Turks and Caicos islands, the spokesman said. Heming, 32, is a model for the racy Victoria's Secret line of lingerie. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Willis weds; Ford and Flockhart engaged Mar 23, 2009
Bruce Willis married his girlfriend, model Emma Heming (below), at his home on the Turks and Caicos islands in the Caribbean Saturday, the actor's rep told. Willis's daughters, Rumor, 20, Scout, 17, and Tallulah Belle, 14, and their mother, Willis's ex Demi Moore, were all present, as was Moore's current husband, Ashton Kutcher. (Boston Globe)
03/23: Bruce Willis' New Wife, Jessica Szohr , Ed Westwick ... > Mar 23, 2009
1 of 23 Bruce Willis married model Emma Heming Saturday at his home on Parrot Cay, on the Turks and Caicos islands in the Caribbean. More Galleries. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Bruce Willis Marries Model Emma Heming in Private Ceremony Mar 23, 2009
The actor's publicity agency, Rogers & Cowan, says in a statement Sunday that the 54-year-old Willis married Emma Heming in a small, private ceremony at his home in Parrot Cay in the Turks & Caicos Islands. The couple met through mutual friends more than a year ago. (Fox News)
U.K. Readies Turks & Caicos Takeover on Finding of `Systemic Corruption' Mar 18, 2009
March 17 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. Prime Minister s government prepared to take control of the Turks & Caicos Islands after a report pointed to widespread corruption in the territory, a move the islands premier called draconian. . (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
U.K. ready to oust Turks and Caicos government Mar 17, 2009
Britain said on Monday it was ready to remove the cabinet and elected assembly of a Caribbean colony, the Turks and Caicos Islands, after an investigation found evidence of widespread corruption. A Commission of Inquiry was set up in July last year to look into whether there had been corruption involving past or present elected members of the islands' House of Assembly, the 21-member parliament. (Globe and Mail)
UK action over Turks and Caicos Mar 17, 2009
Self-government in the Turks and Caicos Islands, a UK dependency, is set to be suspended after ministers were accused of incompetence and likely corruption. The Foreign Office is threatening to suspend large parts of the Turks' constitution and hand power over to the governor of the West Indies territory. (BBC News -- Americas)
Stowe settles $173m dispute on eve of trial Mar 2, 2009
The case was set to examine deductions claimed for the 65-year-old's private jet in 1987, boat expenses paid by his company, Griffin Coal, and management fees paid to various companies in a number of tax-haven jurisdictions, including the Turks and Caicos Islands, Nauru, Cyprus, Fiji and Jersey. The largest part of the tax bill, $121 million in tax, interest and penalties, was linked to a deal involving a subsidiary of Griffin Group. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Salmonella found in products from Texas peanut plant Feb 24, 2009
The recalls have extended beyond American borders to Aruba, Australia, the Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, the Cayman Islands, Haiti, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, St. Maarten, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, the Turks and Caicos Islands, and the United Kingdom. The recalls also have reached into some surprising products, such as bird food. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
Synthia SAINT JAMES Celebrated by Women's City Club of Pasadena Feb 22, 2009
She traveled to the Turks and Caicos Islands, to celebrate her birthday and for inspiration for a new series of seascapes, which will be added to her ever expanding Seascapes Revisited Series, inspired by her many trips to the Caribbean, Hawaiian, Tahitian and Fijian islands. SAINT JAMES is currently booking speaking engagements, appearances and exhibitions for 2009 a special year for us all. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
How is the economy changing the way we travel? Feb 19, 2009
And starting in April, Carnival Pride will sail from Baltimore year-round with visits to popular destinations, including the Bahamas, Florida and Grand Turk in the Turks & Caicos Islands. Spencer Brown said cruises continue to offer amazing deals to fill their ships. (USA Today -- Travel)
Ex-Broker From Canada Indicted in $26 Million Fraud, U.S. Prosecutors Says Feb 13, 2009
Georgiou, who was a registered investment professional until he was banned as a broker in 1995, worked with others in the U.S., Canada, the Turks and Caicos Islands and the Bahamas, according to the statement. The group sold stocks when they reached an artificially inflated price and used those values as collateral to obtain loans in brokerage accounts at two Bahamian firms, Magid said in the statement. (Bloomberg -- Canada)
A Hidden Gem in West Java Feb 7, 2009
During resort stints in the Turks and Caicos Islands, chef Felix Sienatra cooked for the likes of Bruce Willis, the Kennedy clan and the moguls of Silicon Valley. But the 43-year-old has never been one for glitz and glamour, and now that he's back in his native Indonesia, he's probably happier than he has ever been. (Time.com)
