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Attorney General’s Chambers Launches 2026 Student Photo Competition
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FROM THE ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING COMMITTEE
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Attorney General’s Chambers Launches 2026 Student Photo Competition
Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands, 13 February 2026 – The Attorney General’s Chambers is inviting students across the Turks and Caicos Islands to participate in its 2026 Student Photo Competition.
The Chambers is seeking a student-taken photograph to be featured as the official cover image for the Revised Edition of the Laws of the Turks and Caicos Islands 2026 (USB and Online Version).
The competition is open to all primary, high school, and college students up to 22 years of age who are attending school in the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Students are encouraged to submit photographs that capture the beauty or culture of TCI including landmarks, beaches, historic buildings, nature, or other special places.
Submission Period: 16 February 2026 – 27 February 2026
Email Entries To:
Cash prizes will be awarded:
1st Prize – $600
2nd Prize – $400
3rd Prize – $200
The winning photograph will appear on the official 2026 Revised Laws publication and will be publicly announced.
For further information, please contact the Attorney General’s Chambers at
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ATTORNEY GENERAL ATTENDS IDB MEETING AIMED AT STRENGTHENING ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AND COUNTER-TERRORIT FINANCING EFFECTIVENESS IN OUR REGION
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FROM THE ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING COMMITTEE
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TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS: ATTORNEY GENERAL ATTENDS IDB MEETING AIMED AT STRENGTHENING ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AND COUNTER-TERRORIT FINANCING EFFECTIVENESS IN OUR REGION
Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands - Friday, 13 February 2026:
Sunday, 8 February 2026 —Attorney General Hon. Rhondalee Braithwaite Knowles OBE KC is today attending an event hosted by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) on the margins of the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) Plenary in Mexico City.
The event addresses key priorities across both the preventive and operational dimensions of AML/CFT focusing on Regional experiences on Criminal Extortion and Public-Private Partnerships.
The fifth round FATF Plenary under the two-year Mexican Presidency of Elisa de Anda Madrazo takes place in Mexico City, Mexico on 11–13 February following working group meetings on 9-10 February.
The Attorney General’s attendance is part of the delegation from the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force, the regional affiliated body of the FATF chaired by the Attorney General of Barbados, Hon. Dale Marshall SC. Braithwaite Knowles KC is currently Deputy Chair of the CFATF on behalf of the Turks and Caicos Islands. She is accompanied at the meetings by Ms. Shayone Handfield Gardiner who leads the International Division of the Attorney General’s Chambers.
Commenting on the meeting, Braithwaite Knowles KC said “Understanding regional perspectives and experiences is key to advising the Government on its strategic policies to combat money laundering in the Turks and Caicos Islands. The invitation to attend today’s event as part of a regional group working in the global network to increase effectiveness demonstrates recognition of the important leadership role the Turks and Caicos Islands plays in our regional efforts as well as our commitment to achieving global standards.”
The Turks and Caicos Islands will be assessed by the CFATF in 2028. Collaborative work is ongoing between public and private actors to work together to produce more effective results to combat illicit finance in the Turks and Caicos Islands.
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PRESS RELEASE: SURVEY FOR THE 2025 REVISED EDITIONS OF THE LAWS
PRESS RELEASE
FROM ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS
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SURVEY FOR THE 2025 REVISED EDITIONS OF THE LAWS
Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands – Thursday, 16th October 2025: The Attorney General’s Chambers under the authority of the Revised Edition of the Laws Act is working on producing a revised edition of the Laws of the Turks and Caicos Islands. The Revised Edition of the Laws will contain all of the Laws of the Turks and Caicos Islands, with an update of the laws to include all laws enacted and brought into force from 1 April 2021 to 31 December 2025. The expected date of delivery of the Revised Edition of the Laws is April 2026.
This Revised Edition will also see an overhaul of the laws to rename all Ordinances to Acts as a consequence of the Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution (Amendment) Order 2024 and the Citation of Acts of Parliament Act 2025. This will bring the Turks and Caicos in line with other jurisdictions where legislation enacted by the Parliament is styled as “Acts of Parliament”.
The Attorney General’s Chambers would have available for sale and distribution copies of the laws in print and USB containing the Laws of the Turks and Caicos Islands as of 31 December 2025.
To facilitate the preparation of sufficient printed volumes in binders, a survey is being carried out to assess how many persons, from amongst the Judiciary, Legislature, legal fraternity, the Public sector and the community at large, will be interested in purchasing a copy of the printed volumes of the Laws and in USB format
The public and other stakeholders are encouraged to take the survey. The survey is available on the general government’s website and the Attorney General’s website. The survey period will run from 16th October 2025 to 22nd October 2025.
To access the survey, please visit the following www.gov.tc/agc.
Or click the link provided below:
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- GOVERNMENT INVITES FEEDBACK ON THE PROPOSED BAIL BILL 2025
- THE ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING COMMITTEE HOSTS SERIES OF NATIONAL MONEY LAUNDERING/ TERRORISM FINANCING / PROLIFERATION FINANCING RISK ASSESSMENT WORKSHOPS FOR THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS
- TESHARNA WILLIAMS APPOINTED AS CROWN COUNSEL
- TAMIKA SIMMS WILLIAMS APPOINTED AS CROWN COUNSEL
- ATTORNEY GENERAL SWORN IN AS ACTING GOVERNOR