Resort Report

Same shoreline, new timeline. By Abigail Parnell & Alejandra Parnell ~ Historical Photos By Angela Parnell Long before the Turks & Caicos Islands were being sold as holiday packages by travel advisors worldwide, daily life on the Islands was much different. If you went back in time by 80 years, you would observe many Islanders fetching water ...

Will rock groynes protruding from Grace Bay Beach be allowed? By Ben Stubenberg One day, not far off, we might be standing on a tiny patch of white sand looking out upon Grace Bay and ask, “How did we go so wrong?”  The pristine Grace Bay we know and love faces the prospect of being scarred and carved ...

Exploring South Caicos coral reefs. By Yuqian Zhang, Ph.D. and John DeBuysser ~ Edited by Heidi Hertler, Ph.D. School for Field Studies, Center for Marine Resource Studies, South Caicos Imagine slipping beneath the turquoise waters of South Caicos and descending slowly along a coral reef. At just five meters below the surface, sunlight floods the seascape, illuminating schools ...

Miss International Turks & Caicos 2026 Adesha Gustave By Kathy Borsuk ~ Photos By Watsonne Morency & Tristan Sayao Let’s face it, most “Beauty Pageants” highlight the contestants’ glamour, costumes, figure, walk, poise. Of course these aspects are important, but the Miss International Turks & Caicos pageant goes beyond the superficial to focus on making a difference ...

How the FSC is improving its risk‑based framework. By Dr. Courtney S. Robinson, TCI FSC Communications Advisor The Turks & Caicos Islands Financial Services Commission (FSC) has long applied risk-based supervisory principles to help safeguard the integrity, stability, and reputation of the jurisdiction’s financial services sector. As financial services continue to evolve and new risks emerge, the ...

Mining bat guano on East Caicos. By Jeff Dodge Sometime in the 1870s, John Reynolds discovered that caves on the northwest side of East Caicos contained buried treasure. Not pirate treasure, but valuable none the less. What Reynolds found was that these caves contained guano (or “cave earth” as some called it). This rich fertilizer, left behind ...

Shining a light on Great Sand Cay. Story & Photos By Spencer Bennett In 2023, I joined The Shipwreck Survey on a maritime archaeology expedition to the Turks & Caicos Islands with Dr. Ruud Stelten, Alex Hinton, and Dr. Joost Morsink. Part of this expedition was archaeologically surveying Great Sand Cay and trying to relocate an 18th ...

Shipwrecks of the Turks & Caicos Islands — The Turks Islands (1837 – 1840) By James Jenney, Director of Research, The Bahamas Lost Ship Project Editor’s note:  What struck me in reading this installment was the significance of an “Unidentified” ship lost at sea, and how common this situation had been. How many weeks, months, or years ...

Rewilding with bird allies. Story & Photos By Kathleen McNary, BSc., ALM, PhD In 1960, Rachel Carson inspired the fledgling North American environmental movement with her groundbreaking book Silent Spring. In that work, she hypothesized that the careless degradation of the environment by humans, including the use of toxic chemicals to rid backyards and agricultural fields of ...

Local palm and grass work is becoming a lost art. By Jody Rathgeb ~ Photos By Tom Rathgeb Visitors who pick up a “Made in TCI” basket or hat before they leave the Islands often don’t realize that they’ve purchased much more than a souvenir. That item, made of palm fronds or fanner grass, is an artful ...

The Bahamian Swallowtail By Bill Rhodes I have a confession to make — since I was a boy, I’ve been fascinated with butterflies and their night-flying brethren, moths. So wherever I travel, I always stop to notice the colorful butterflies flying past or sipping nectar from a flower. We are fortunate in the Turks & Caicos in ...

A digital route to market for small-scale fishers. Story & Photos By Marta Calosso and John Claydon, Founders & Directors, FisherFolkFirst Historically, the economy of the Turks & Caicos Islands was dependent on export fisheries: large seafood processing plants were supplied by free-diving fishers working from small boats catching conch, lobster, and fish. The country has since ...

Images of the heritage buildings of North and Middle Caicos Story & Photos By Ann Morgen I have had an abiding interest in the diminutive historic buildings built by former slaves that dot the Caicos Islands. I have found these buildings—sometimes no larger than a hut—in the settlements of Bottle Creek and Kew on North Caicos, and ...

Filling the gaps in the care of people with autism. By Kevens Fleurimont When autism came to our family, we were dumbfounded by the word. We didn’t know what it meant or what to expect. As our journey progresses, we learned that for families like mine, the challenges are not just about managing autism. They are about ...

Trevor Watkins redefines contemporary elegance and style. By Dr. Courtney Robinson ~ Photos By Renau Destine ~ Shot on location at Wind Chime Villa, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands TCI TOP MODEL is the Turks & Caicos Islands’ premier event for Fashion, Beauty, Arts, and Entertainment. The event is designed to give persons residing in the TCI ...