The Turks and Caicos Islands are a British Overseas Territory consisting of the larger Caicos Islands and smaller Turks Islands,two groups of tropical islands in the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean and northern West Indies. They are known primarily for tourism and as an offshore financial centre. The resident population in July 2021 was put at 57,196,making it the third-largest of the British overseas territories by population.
The British West Indies (BWI) were colonised British territories in the West Indies:Anguilla,the Cayman Islands,Turks and Caicos Islands,Montserrat,the British Virgin Islands,Antigua and Barbuda,The Bahamas,Barbados,Dominica,Grenada,Jamaica,Saint Kitts and Nevis,Saint Lucia,Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,British Guiana and Trinidad and Tobago. Other territories include Bermuda,and the former British Honduras.
Belonger status is a legal classification normally associated with British Overseas Territories. It refers to people who have close ties to a specific territory,normally by birth or ancestry. The requirements for belonger status,and the rights that it confers,vary from territory to territory.
The governor of Anguilla is the representative of the monarch in the British Overseas Territory of Anguilla. The governor is appointed by the monarch on the advice of the British government. The governor is the highest authority on Anguilla,but daily business is handled by local Anguillan elected officials. The main role of the governor is to appoint the premier of Anguilla.
Arthur Christopher Watson,was a British colonial administrator and politician who served as Governor of Montserrat,Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands and the British High Commissioner to Brunei.
Mabel Maame Agyemang is the current Chief Justice of the Turks and Caicos Islands. An expert superior court judge with a judicial career spanning decades,Justice Agyemang served in the judiciaries of the governments of Ghana,The Gambia and Eswatini prior to her current role in the Turks and Caicos Islands. She was also the first female Chief Justice of The Gambia.
Louise Esther Blenman is a former Appellate Judge of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court and the current Chief Justice of Belize. She was the first woman to ever be appointed to the post. On 22nd November 2022,she was sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the High Court and the Court of Appeal after the successful passage of the Senior Courts Act.
The 36th CARIFTA Games was held in the National Stadium on the island of Providenciales,Turks and Caicos Islands,on April 7–9,2007. Detailed reports on the results were given.
Mark Andrew Capes is a British diplomat who served as the Governor of Saint Helena,Ascension and Tristan da Cunha from 2011 to 2016. He was replaced by Lisa Phillips. His previous roles have included diplomatic appointments in Austria,Nigeria,Portugal,Jordan,Yugoslavia,the Turks and Caicos Islands and New Zealand,and appointments as deputy governor in Anguilla and Bermuda.
Timothy John Foy is a former British civil servant and territorial governor. He served as Governor of Anguilla from August 2017 through December 2020. During his inaugural address,he stated that economic development and improving public safety would be his key priorities as governor.
Ena Collymore-Woodstock,OD,MBE is a Jamaican barrister and magistrate who throughout her career broke many barriers for women. After being orphaned,she joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service and trained as a radar operator,serving in Belgium and Britain. When the war ended,she earned a law degree and returned to Jamaica to become the first woman Court Clerk,Crown Solicitor,and Resident Magistrate. When the Juvenile Courts were established in the country,she served as its chair from 1964 to 1967 and then as a Senior Resident Magistrate until her retirement in 1977. Post-retirement,she served as magistrate for the Turks and Caicos and Anguilla. For her contributions to the development of Jamaica,she was honored as a member of the Order of the British Empire and Jamaica's Order of Distinction.
Dee-Ann Kentish-Rogers is an Anguillan politician,lawyer,and former model,beauty pageant titleholder,and athlete. A member of the Anguilla Progressive Movement,Kentish-Rogers has served as the Minister for Education and Social Development in the government of Ellis Webster since 2020. She has also represented the constituency of Valley South in the House of Assembly since 2020.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Anguilla is part of the ongoing global viral pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19),which was confirmed to have reached the British Overseas Territory of Anguilla on 26 March 2020. On 26 April 2020,all patients had recovered and on 22 November a new imported case was announced.
Nigel John Dakin is a British diplomat who served as Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands between 15 July 2019 and 29 March 2023.
Palmavon Webster is an Anguillian lawyer and politician. She is a former member of the House of Assembly of Anguilla and leader of the opposition.
This page details the match results and statistics of the Turks and Caicos Islands national football team.
Margaret Ramsay-Hale is a Jamaican lawyer and judge. She is currently serving as a justice of the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands,a position that she has held since 13 January 2020. Ramsay-Hale was previously the first female puisne judge and the first female chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
The following lists events that happened during 2022 in the Caribbean.
The Caribbean Territories Order 1991 is an Order-in-Council issued by the Privy Council of the United Kingdom abolishing the death penalty for murder in the British Dependent Territories in the Caribbean.
