Turks and Caicos Islands News

A property developer who attempted to build a luxury hotel and spa resort in the Caribbean has been accused of bribery involving high-ranking Government ministers.

McAllister Hanchell, former Turks and Caicos Islands minister of natural resources, was interviewed and subsequently arrested and charged by the special investigations and prosecution team .

John Vasatka has been named General Manager at The Veranda Resort in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands.

In a story Feb. 1 about a court judgment against U.S. real estate developer Tim Blixseth over the Turks and Caicos Islands' claim he failed to pay sufficient tax on the purchase of a small island, The Associated Press reported that an attorney for Blixseth will file a lawsuit against another party in the transaction, Gary Di Silvestri.

The Caribbean bank of Tory peer Lord Ashcroft faces demands to hand over documents relating to the collapse of a company whose subsidiary is accused of benefiting from a culture of corruption.

Andy McSmith is a senior reporter at The Independent. He has vast experience in political journalism and has also appeared on documentaries for BBC Radio 4. Lord Ashcroft, the billionaire Conservative peer, knew companies he controlled were doing business with corrupt politicians on the Turks and Caicos Islands but did nothing to stop them, the ... (more)

The Turks and Caicos Islands has been awarded a $9.29 million judgment against a former U.S. billionaire and timber magnate who founded an uber-exclusive resort in the Montana Rockies.

Andy McSmith is a senior reporter at The Independent. He has vast experience in political journalism and has also appeared on documentaries for BBC Radio 4. Michael Ashcroft, the billionaire peer who for years bankrolled the Conservative Party, has been accused of hiding his business involvement in a Caribbean state whose government was brought ... (more)

Adam Kyle Kennedy, age 23 passed away early Tuesday, January 24th in Gulf County.

The Tuscany recently received recognition in the Best Service and Luxury categories in the Caribbean and was just awarded with being #2 in the entire Caribbean as one of the top 25 hotels and resorts by the TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Awards.

This 2003 file photo shows tourists sunbathing on Boracay's fourkilometer, sun-kissed strip of shoreline called "White Beach". AFP PHOTO A travel website has named the Philippines' famous Boracay island as the best beach in Asia.

The woman who raised Cody Gorlick, the victim of an apparent drug overdose on the weekend at SAIT, said she believes her grandson didn't die from drugs.

The woman who raised Cody Gorlick, the victim of an apparent drug overdose on the weekend at SAIT, said she believes her grandson didn't die from drugs.

A street pastor notorious for run-ins with authorities got himself banned from City Hall for one year - but he was goading police to do much more to him during a protest Tuesday.

Here's a deal: You set aside a dollar for your retirement and, in return, Canadian taxpayers will give you $23.30 to supplement that nest egg.

Spencer Antle's Island Company makes swimsuits, resort wear, sunglasses, and sunscreen.

Miles of cream-coloured beach, postcard turquoise seas and a lightly beaten tourist trail: this is Grace Bay, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands, and I its resident for one happy week.

Once our troops wrung necks. Now our MPs wring hands. An improvement, but a reminder of how our power has shrivelled George Osborne at talks in the Xinjiang room of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.