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Rumors of the sun setting on the British Empire have been slightly exaggerated. The dominion Britain still exercises over the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI), my mother country, attests to this. As it happened, I was in the vanguard of TCIslanders who called on the British Government in 2008 to assert its dominion by suspending the… Read more.
Yesterday, after several delays, Sir Robin Auld submitted the Final Report of the Commission of Inquiry into possible government corruption and other serious dishonesty in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) to Governor Gordon Wetherell. This Report is expected to recommend partial suspension of the TCI Constitution. It will also propose reforms to address systemic… Read more.
Reprinted from Caribbean Net News caribbeannetnews.com Published 19 June 2008 Why have government officials in the Turks and Caicos Islands seemed so indifferent to corruption, and so immune from prosecution? That’s the question I’ve fielded from UK and American colleagues for years, especially as clear and convincing evidence of mismanagement and self-dealing piled up,… Read more.
[NOTE: Last week Thursday the Premier of my mother country, the Turks and Caicos Islands, got into a street fight with members of the opposition party. And it has incited still-simmering and very partisan passions. Therefore, I wrote the following article hoping that it will shed more light than heat and lead to a constructive… Read more.
