The report into corruption and official misconduct in the Turks & Caicos Islands has been posted on the Internet (somewhat irregularly).
Cess pool.
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Turks Report
July 20th, 2009 · Comments Off · Islands
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Cake and Eating It Too
June 22nd, 2009 · Comments Off · Bermuda Politics, Independence, Islands
Last week, the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonisation (aka the Special Committee of 24) approved its annual resolution by which the UN General Assembly would reaffirm that there was no alternative to the principle of self-determination, which was a fundamental human right.
The Special Committee of 24 defines self-determination as free association with an independent [...]
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Turks Tick Tock
June 1st, 2009 · 1 Comment · Islands
After months of waiting, the Commission of Inquiry into corruption and official misconduct in the Turks & Caicos Islands has delivered its final report. The Governor there is expected to make an announcement today.
Our own Dr. Brown has perplexingly tied his boat to the discredited PNP administrations of Michael Misick and Galmo Williams. It is [...]
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Why does TCI bother Dr. Brown?
April 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Accountability, Bermuda Politics
Why is Dr. Brown getting so sweaty about the UK’s intervention in the Turks & Caicos over the allegations of widespread corruption and official misconduct there?
Here’s a clue.
In a speech to the UK Parliament on April 23, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Gillian Merron said the British Government has instructed [...]
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Cheerleader
April 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Bermuda Politics
Last week, the Premier raised a lot of eyebrows with the comment that
“the dissolution of the [Turks & Caicos] government by the UK was the main subject of discussion at the Fifth Summit of the Americas this weekend.”
After all, the scandal-ridden TCI was not on the agenda at the regional summit, leading the Premier’s Chief [...]
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Turks Constitution Suspended
March 16th, 2009 · Comments Off · Accountability, Reform, Transparency
The Governor of the Turks & Caicos has announced that their constitution will be partially suspended for up to two years while the Government of TCI is effectively rebuilt.
It seems that the many governance shortcuts that have been taken in pursuit of rapid growth have seriously undermined the country and, in effect, created a failed [...]
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