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Michael Misick Arrested In Rio de Janeiro
[Updated] Former premier of the Turks & Caicos Michael Misick, was arrested this morning [Dec 7] in Brazil. Mr Misick fled the TCI earlier this year after Interpol issued an international arrest warrant for him in connection with allegations of corruption. Mr Misick was detained at the Santos Dumont Airport in Rio de Janeiro, the Associated Press... Read more of this article
PNP Returns To Power In Turks & Caicos
Three years after it was removed from office due to a corruption scandal, the Progressive National Party [PNP] is reported to have won the Turks and Caicos General Election. Just over 7,000 people were eligible to vote in the election, which was held under a new constitution, The PNP, which was led by former Premier Michael Misick from 2003 to 2009,... Read more of this article
Turks And Caicos To Hold Election Tomorrow
Three years after Britain suspended the government and took control of the Turks and Caicos Islands, voters are heading to the polls on Friday [Nov 9] to elect a new government. 37 candidates had been nominated to contest the elections with the Progressive National Party [PNP] and the People’s Democratic Movement [PDM] each nominating 15 candidates,... Read more of this article
TCI Swears In Judge For Corruption Cases
Acting Turks and Caicos Governor Patrick Boyle has sworn in Justice Paul Harrison, a Jamaican national, as a Supreme Court Judge to preside over criminal cases arising out of the Commission of Inquiry that began in the territory in 2008. That commission investigated allegations of high-level corruption in the British Overseas Territory, which led to... Read more of this article
White Paper: ‘UK Determined To Tackle Corruption’
[Updated] The new white paper on the Overseas Territories states that “the UK is determined to tackle corruption in all its forms,” a report from Cayman News Service said. “The Government has responsibilities towards the people of the Territories and of the UK to ensure the good governance of the territories,” the report states. “The Government... Read more of this article
UK Sets Date For Turks & Caicos Elections
The Turks and Caicos Islands will hold elections on November 9, three years after Britain suspended the government of following allegations of widespread corruption. British Foreign Secretary William Hague said, “Three years ago Sir Robin Auld’s Commission of Inquiry identified a high probability of systemic corruption in government and the... Read more of this article
Misick Seeks Asylum After Interpol Issues Warrant
Former premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands Michael Misick announced he has sought political asylum in an unnamed country after Interpol issued an arrest warrant for him in connection with allegations of government corruption. The Special Investigation and Prosecution Team [SIPT] in the Turks and Caicos said they obtained the Interpol arrest warrant... Read more of this article
Turks & Caicos Politicians Appear In Court
Two politicians were granted $175,000 bail when they appeared in a Turks and Caicos Court on corruption charges last month, reports the island’s local media. The leader of the Progressive National Party [PNP] and former Speaker of House Clayton Greene and former government minister McAllister Hanchell, were each granted $175,000 bail when they... Read more of this article
UK Release Results Of Public Consultation
The need for a diversified economy and lack of sufficient infrastructure were the two most commonly cited challenges inhibiting economic development in the British Overseas Territories, according to a recent report. Yesterday [Mar.13], the U.K. Foreign Office released the results of the public consultation surrounding the development of the U.K Government’s... Read more of this article
TCI’s PNP Seeks Independence Referendum
Turks and Caicos Progressive National Party — which was ousted from power when the UK imposed direct rule in the wake of accusations of corruption — said that if it wins the next election it will seek a referendum on Independence. The Cayman News Service reported that, “The General Council of the Progressive National Party has issued... Read more of this article
No Foul Play In Former Resident’s Death
Turks & Caicos police have ruled out foul play in the death of a 41-year-old former Bermuda resident whose body was discovered floating in the ocean. Canadian businessman, sailor and triathlete Mark Gushing [pictured at far right aboard his boat] was found dead in the water off Sandpiper Beach in the Leeward area of Providenciales on October 17. The... Read more of this article
Former Resident Dies “Mysteriously” In TCI
A Canadian businessman, sailor and athlete who lived in Bermuda in the 1990s has died in what are being described as “mysterious circumstances” in the Turks & Caicos Islands, a local newspaper is reporting. Mark Glusing, 41, [pictured at far right aboard his boat] was found in the ocean in the Leeward area of Provo on Monday morning,... Read more of this article
Former BDA Deputy Governor Reappointed
Mr Mark Andrew Capes served as Bermuda’s Deputy Governor from 2006 until 2009 when our present Deputy Governor David Arkley filled his position. Since 2009, Mr. Capes has been serving as Chief Executive of the Turks and Caicos Islands Government. He has now been appointed Her Majesty’s Governor of St Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan... Read more of this article
Premier Comments On Turks & Caicos Elections
Dr Ewart Brown today [Oct 1] called a decision by the UK Government to extend the suspension of general elections in Turks and Caicos past the original July 2011 deadline a “dreadful delay.” The TCI Legislature, portions of their constitution and elections were suspended in August 2009 in the wake of corruption allegations within the government.... Read more of this article
Burchall: Brother Territory In Trouble?
[Written by Larry Burchall] As reported by the Jamaica Observer, the Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands is hurting. The Observer reports that TCI “Government could do well with the millions in revenues earned yearly from work permits and residency fees.” The Observer says that in TCI investments have stalled, jobs are drying up,... Read more of this article
Former BDA Governor Accused of “Living Large”
Mark Capes, a former Deputy Governor of Bermuda, has been accused of “living large and in charge” on the Turks and Caicos taxpayers, while simultaneously agreeing to slash civil servants salaries by 10 percent. Mr Capes also served as Acting Governor of Bermuda for a short time in 2007, following the departure of Governor Sir John Vereker,... Read more of this article
