Turks and Caicos Islands

  • Photo of CARICOM SG congratulates new Turks and Caicos Islands Premier

    CARICOM SG congratulates new Turks and Caicos Islands Premier

    CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has congratulated the Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands Hon Charles Washington Misick and his Progressive National Party (PNP) on their resounding victory in the Territory’s recent General Elections. The Secretary-General also commented the citizens of the Territory for their determination to participate in the polls despite the on-going challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.…

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  • Photo of TCI votes in new Government; Elections Observers say poll was free and fair

    TCI votes in new Government; Elections Observers say poll was free and fair

    Voters in the Turks and Caicos Islands gave a landslide victory to the opposition Progressive National Party (PNP)  of businessman Charles Washington Misick in General Elections held on Friday 19 February 2021. Preliminary results released by the Turks and Caicos Islands Elections Department show the PNP captured 14 of the 15 seats at stake.  The party took nine of the…

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  • Photo of Preliminary Statement – CARICOM Elections Observation Mission to Turks and Caicos Islands

    Preliminary Statement – CARICOM Elections Observation Mission to Turks and Caicos Islands

    PRELIMINARY STATEMENT OF THE CARICOM ELECTIONS OBSERVATION MISSION TO THE GENERAL ELECTIONS IN THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS, 19 FEBRUARY 2021 Pursuant to the request made on the 31 January 2021 by the Office of the Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands for a CARICOM Elections Observation Mission (CEOM) to be deployed to observe and monitor the conduct of…

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  • Photo of Arrival Statement:  CARICOM Elections Observation Mission to the Turks and Caicos Islands

    Arrival Statement: CARICOM Elections Observation Mission to the Turks and Caicos Islands

    Pursuant to the request made on the 31 January 2021 by the Office of the Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands for a CARICOM Elections Observation Mission (CEOM) to be deployed to observe and monitor the conduct of the General Elections scheduled to take place in the Turks and Caicos Islands on 19 February 2021, a three-member CEOM was…

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  • Photo of Election date announced for the Turks and Caicos Islands

    Election date announced for the Turks and Caicos Islands

    The people of the Turks and Caicos Islands vote in General Elections on 19 February 2021. Premier Sharlene Cartwright Robinson announced the date during a political rally of her ruling Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM) on Grand Turk, Saturday night. The PDM won six of the ten constituencies and four of the five At-Large seats in the last elections held in…

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  • Photo of One step closer to new framework for dialogue among CARIFORUM, FCORs, OCTs

    One step closer to new framework for dialogue among CARIFORUM, FCORs, OCTs

    A new framework for dialogue among CARIFORUM, FCORS and OCTs is closer to being completed following a consultation that was held in Barbados over the past few days.   The forum, which is facilitating the establishment of the framework that is expected to improve coordination and collaboration among CARIFORUM and the overseas territories, has met its objectives, according to some…

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  • Photo of Progress, but impact of HIV prevention response inadequate, particularly among key populations – PANCAP Evaluation

    Progress, but impact of HIV prevention response inadequate, particularly among key populations – PANCAP Evaluation

    The Caribbean has made progress in responding to the HIV epidemic, but an evaluation done last year has found that the impact of the prevention response has been inadequate, particularly among key populations. Of concern, according to the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP), is that the annual number of new HIV infections among adults in the Caribbean declined by…

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  • Photo of Implementation  of the Pétion Ville Declaration, a human rights imperative

    Implementation of the Pétion Ville Declaration, a human rights imperative

    This is the position of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, Assistant Secretary-General for Human and Social Development Dr. Douglas Slater, in a statement to mark the observance of International Day for Persons with Disabilities, on 3 December 2018. According to Dr. Slater, the implementation of the Pétion Ville Declaration “will not only contribute towards the achievement of a number of the…

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  • Photo of Band to gather to protect, empower and uplift all persons with disabilities – says Chair of  Advisory Panel for CARICOM Disabilities

    Band to gather to protect, empower and uplift all persons with disabilities – says Chair of Advisory Panel for CARICOM Disabilities

    The  call of Ms. Kerryann Ifill, Chair of the Advisory Panel for CARICOM Disabilities (APfCD), in a message to observe International Day of Persons with Disabilities today, is for “all governments and citizens of the Region to band to gather to protect, empower and uplift all persons with disabilities who are blessed to live among us!. Ms. Ifill lauded the appointment of  CARICOM…

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