The report into corruption and official misconduct in the Turks & Caicos Islands has been posted on the Internet (somewhat irregularly). Cess pool.
Entries Tagged as 'Turks & Caicos'
Same Playbook
June 25th, 2009 · Comments Off · Islands
You have to wonder if King Ewart and Iron Mike are using the same playbook. It’s all so familiar. From the sitting of the Turk’s rump Parliament yesterday: At one point Misick compared Governor Wetherell to a known racist, finally saying the Governor himself was a racist dictator. The Speaker told the former premier he [...]
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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 [...]
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Turks Tick Tock
June 1st, 2009 · Comments Off · 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 [...]
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Corrective Action
May 12th, 2009 · Comments Off · Accountability, Bermuda Politics
The Premier has taken a vocal stand in support of the discredited Government of the Turks & Caicos Islands, which is soon to be replaced by an interim government while the extensive allegations of corruption and official misconduct are investigated. Many have asked why he is taking this stance, and how Bermuda stands to benefit [...]
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Why does TCI bother Dr. Brown?
April 30th, 2009 · Comments Off · 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 [...]
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Cheerleader
April 27th, 2009 · 1 Comment · 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 [...]
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That’s What Friends Are For
April 20th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Bermuda Politics, Media
The Premier has once again come out blasting the UK’s intervention in the Turks & Caicos Islands as “unusually harsh and heavy-handed”. Ewart Brown said the dissolution of the British Overseas Territory’s government by the UK was the main subject of discussion at the Fifth Summit of the Americas this weekend. Hmm, well, maybe not. [...]
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Ultimate Irony
March 17th, 2009 · Comments Off · Accountability
In referring the Premier’s sadness over the to the terrible situation facing the people of the Turks & Caicos following a Commission into official corruption, and clouded future of Michael Misick, the local news sternly informs us that: “Mr. Misick, who was the guest of honour of the Progressive Labour Party at their annual banquet [...]
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 [...]
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