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Monday, February 8, 2010

Colin Roberts, the current Director of Overseas Territories at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in London, indicated during a recent visit to the TCI that he expects elections to occur in here by April 2011, fourteen months from now. Governor Gordon Wetherell, when dissolving the internal government... read more...



Monday, February 8, 2010

There seems to be some confusion over the size of the new Salt Cay Sixth Senses Development as proposed by Devco CEO Stefan Kral. On three occasions, one local television station has indicated that the development is a 60 million dollar investment, but newspapers have indicated the size at 200 million dollars. read more...



Monday, February 8, 2010

Public statements by Governor Gordon Wetherell, Interim Government CEO Mark Capes and Britain’s Director of Overseas Territories Colin Roberts, are beginning to provide some insight into the costs of the investigative process and potential prosecution of former premier Michael Misick. read more...



Other News

LOCAL NEWS

Monday, February 8, 2010

Getting from Texas to the Turks and Caicos Islands is now much easier with the return of American Airlines' nonstop flight every Saturday from Dallas beginning February 13, 2010. The President of the Turks and Caicos Hotel and Tourism Association Karen Whitt is herself from Texas and is currently there leading a sales campaign. read more...


COMMENTARY

Monday, February 8, 2010

Former Minister of Health Lillian Boyce has spoken out using her husband’s newspaper, the TCI Sun, as a sounding board to welcome the new hospitals. “What I see can easily compare with hospitals anywhere in Miami or any part of the developed world,” she said. However, the hospitals here fall far short... read more...


 
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