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Residents of the Big South showed Islandcom they take their dominoes seriously at the nail-biting first stop on the Islandcom Wireless National Domino Tournament.

Islandcom took the tournament to the quiet island of South Caicos, where teams from all parts of the community participated in the all-day event.

Turks and Caicos Islands Football Association coaches, teachers and Sports Commission staffers got training in the FIFA Grassroots football initiative last weekend, then helped encourage more than 100 children to get involved in the sport.

A Canadian national is recovering at the Cheshire Medical Centre on Providenciales after being shot during a robbery Friday, Oct. 1, hospital officials have confirmed.

On Oct. 4, preschoolers from various government and private primary schools gathered at the Gustarvus Lightbourne Sports Gymnasium in downtown Providenciales for fun, games and song as part of a weeklong celebration dubbed as “Early Years are Learning Years,” headed by the Education Department.