LETTERS

Prev    Next  Letter: Freedom of speech and anonymity Friday, August 14, 2009 While I do understand people's need for anonymity when they wish to publically criticise systems, practices and policies, I would take issue with the Torch when he/she indicates that TC Islander critics are in a more comfortable position than expatriate critics because "The Government's too close". read more... Letter: Open letter to the Premier Friday, July 17, 2009 As an unemployed Belonger, I have nothing but time on my hands. Therefore, I am using my "idle" hands and mind to observe, analyze and address the myriad social, economic and (as a direct result) psychological issues that abound throughout the Turks and Caicos archipelago. What a SNAFU! read more... Letter: Turks Islanders, the only endangered species in its own habitat Friday, July 17, 2009 Our country is heading for great disaster. As the subject highlights, we are slowly becoming an endangered species right in our own country and if we don’t stand up now I am afraid later may be too late. Many of us stay here, but only a few live here. Our country is faced with a myriad of problems. read more... Letter: Response to Lloyd Stubbs Friday, July 10, 2009 Mr Lloyd Stubbs, an operative of the PNP party, has been posting his own answer to the governor’s actions and showing his support for the Williams administration. I cannot agree with the position that Mr Stubbs presents. Therefore I am submitting my take on his position point by point. read more... Letter: The British or Mugabe who made this ruling Wednesday, July 8, 2009 I can't believe that the British would resort to such primitive measures today in this 21st century. The suspension of the constitution is a slap in the face for all Turks and Caicos Islanders and the law abiding, country loving members of the Progressive National Party (PNP) who went as far as to even... read more... Letter: Open letter to Gilbert Morris Wednesday, July 8, 2009 We noticed that on the recent interview with Cheryl Shand and Douglas Parnell you claimed to be non-political. Those who have read your paper, your articles and watched your antics can not accept this. Therefore, I submit for all to see how I figured out that you are in fact political. read more... Letter: Stimulus bill - thank you, TCI politicians Tuesday, June 30, 2009 I own a vacation home in Providenciales. I invested over 2 million dollars building it. I used a Turks and Caicos Islander contractor. I didn't get any duty exemption on my materials, so I think I contributed over $300,000 in import duties. My neighbour also owns a vacation home here. read more... Letter: The British, the Turks and Caicos Islands constitution and the Belonger Tuesday, June 30, 2009 Just the other day our Premier Hon Galmo Williams pursuant to Article 55(1) of the Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution Order 2006, advised His Excellency the Governor to prorogue the House of Assembly effective August 21, 2009, and to dissolve the House of Assembly pursuant to Article 55(2) of the Constitution. read more... Letter: Robinson responds Friday, June 26, 2009 Thank you for allowing me to respond and respond accurately to the false and misleading statements posted by the individual writing over the name of Ms Imogene Williams, a name which she admits is false. It is irresponsible to post letters of this nature which have no resemblance to the truth. read more... Letter: Free speech gone in the Turks and Caicos Islands Friday, June 26, 2009 I sat with my mouth open as the Hon Arthur Robinson moved a motion in the House of Assembly to ban people like me from the TCI for attacking the Government and the Opposition. People everywhere are calling me about this. I have been coming here to the Turks and Caicos Islands for 10 years... read more... Letter: TCI court of appeal hearing - a rough guide Friday, June 26, 2009 It may be helpful for some of your readers to have the forthcoming hearing of the Court of Appeal in London placed in some context. I hope it will be clear that if the constitution here is partially suspended, power is not being handed to some half crazed dictatorial Ayatollah, but to Her Majesty the Queen. read more... Letter: Admit the facts Monday, June 15, 2009 If there were any doubts in Mike's or Gillie's mind about the widespread support for the Governor and, by extension, the suspension of the constitution, the recent Queen's birthday parade should have erased those doubts. Mike and Gillie were not there, but I am sure they must have received reports. read more... Letter: The sexual abuse laws passed by the PNP government are all a big joke Wednesday, June 10, 2009 This child abuse law that they are pushing through the Turks & Caicos Islands House of Assembly is quite interesting, isn’t it? There are so many instances of child abuse that we cannot write them down in one single document. The Bill against child abuse comes at a time when the real culprit, Mike Misick, is out of power. read more... Letter: Spiritual mercenaries Monday, June 8, 2009 A mercenary is a hired soldier. If country A and country B are at war, and country A is short of soldiers, and it pays soldiers from other countries, or even from country B, to fight for them, those hired soldiers are called mercenaries. Any country or side that pays the most money gets the mercenaries to fight. read more... Open Letter to Oswald Skippings Saturday, June 6, 2009 Your most recent commentary which, as always, is lucid, extensive and has brought to light all the relevant details. You have favoured us with your take on the unemployment problem. There is not one word of untruth in the piece but  I feel you have fallen short of making the most important point. read more... Letter: What's good for the goose is good for the gander Thursday, June 4, 2009 The long awaited Final Report of the Commission of Inquiry is finally here. It arrived in Turks and Caicos Island at a time when the majority of its people are quite confused, as to how the British Parliamentarians are embroiled in a massive expenses scandal, that might well see the fall of the Labour Party. read more... Letter: Some CARICOM countries don't want independence Wednesday, May 20, 2009 CARICOM once again are making fools of themselves. They are talking about decolonisation, when countries like the Turks and Caicos Islands, Bermuda, and the Cayman Islands, to name a few of the British Overseas Territories, do not want independence. The people of the Turks and Caicos Islands demonstrated this. read more... Letter: Environment assaulted Thursday, May 14, 2009 For months now, we have been talking about the stealing of our assets by greedy, selfish, foolish politicians. It appears that no one has noticed the deliberate attack on the environment by the looters and crooks. Star Island, Nikki Beach, Cruise Ship Centre in Grand Turk, the Salt Cay Marina, Dove Cay and Long Cay... read more... Letter: TCI Cabinet yesterday (Misick) vs British Cabinet today (Brown) Wednesday, May 13, 2009 Ever since my first letter entitled ‘The British or Mugabe who made this ruling’, which some media refuse to carry because of fear of the British, you will remember I spoke out calling the suspension of the Constitution "a slap in the face of all Turks and Caicos Islanders", and I asked the people of TCI to take note. read more... Letter: Investor confidence Monday, May 11, 2009 The recent events in the Turks and Caicos Islands, which culminated in the Commission of Inquiry, have eroded investor confidence. Legitimate, honest investors turned away from these islands when they learned that if they wanted to do business, they would have to lie by paying the real value for land. read more... Letter: Help is on the way Friday, May 8, 2009 Just like the development in Salt Cay, the TCU may have the same implications - appearance! TCU could be a classic example of need to CYA (can you assist to keep your nose clean)!  TCU - If in good times, when in power and shady deals are made; in bad times when, those shady deals are attacked. read more... Letter: Ministers are responsible and Governors ought not to have the final say Friday, May 8, 2009 I watched the dying embers of the interview with Ava-Dayne Kerr, of New Media Network, with Premier Galmo Williams and Deputy Premier Robinson. One may say that Ms Kerr gave an insightful, powerful and needling interview. She is a good journalist. She is doing her job and she must be congratulated. read more... Letter: Exercise in futility Thursday, May 7, 2009 Why are our people allowing the PDM and the PNP to continue wasting our money? It costs this country a lot of money to have worthless meetings of the House of Assembly. All the PNP and PDM representatives live outside Grand Turk. Whenever they come up for meetings, plane fares, meals, etc. have to be paid. read more... Letter: Wanting to help Wednesday, May 6, 2009 “If it is God’s plan (and I believe it is) for us to lose parts of our Constitution to get our attention.”  This is a one line from a letter to the editor appearing in the TCI Net News, and just to see and read the line tells how some people say things, not realizing what it means and how it sounds. Let me explain. read more... Letter: Real self determination Wednesday, May 6, 2009 The former Premier is attempting to sue Her Majesty’s Government on the grounds of self-determination. What a case, and an opportunity for lawyers to collect some easy legal fees. This issue of “self-determination” is an interesting matter for the people of the Turks and Caicos Islands to consider. read more... Letter: We will only unite after we realise 'Nothing just happens' Tuesday, May 5, 2009 My fellow Turks & Caicos Islanders, please allow me to share with you what God has placed in my spirit. We have all made our comments in respect to the Commission of Enquiry and the political situation in our country. Unfortunately, for the most part, whatever we had to say has labeled us with either the PDM or the PNP. read more... Letter: Milking the poor Saturday, May 2, 2009 I have just read of the three tax bills that the PNP government is forcing on our poor people and, in some cases, the tourists that are our life blood. Gillie must realise that he and his bunch of idiots are the ones that helped to put this country in the mess that it is in. He is trying to blame it all on Mike, but he cannot. read more... Letter: Leave our Constitution alone Thursday, April 30, 2009 As we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Commonwealths, I can’t help but think of the threat to the loss of democracy being lashed out to the Turks and Caicos Islands. It is so appalling to believe that our Governor, HE Wetherell, is so hell-bent on becoming the non democratic leader of our country. read more... Letter: Let my conscience be my guide Wednesday, April 29, 2009 I thank all of those who have ever read or commented on anything that I have ever written… to “God be the Glory”. I sometimes marvel at the way we think. We are too afraid to criticize or be criticized. In the youth vernacular, you are “hating” when you offer criticisms, and according to “Blessme”, I am not my brother’s keeper. read more... Letter: Perturbed by letter from Timus Williams Monday, April 27, 2009 I read the letter written by Timus Williams and was perturbed by a number of points made. I am not getting into the ranting and raving, repetitive incoherent aspects of it; I will leave that to the readers to judge. Anyone who has read most of my previous writings knows that I am no mouthpiece... read more... Letter: Killer lionfish Monday, April 27, 2009 I read your articles on the lion fish. This fish is more deadly and disastrous than one could imagine. Firstly, it destroys the fish, that destroys plant life, that more or less prevents the coral from thriving. It is this coral that other fishes find food on which they live. It is the fishes that other bigger fishes and marine life feed on. read more... Letter to the Governor: Diligence will produce the right ending Friday, April 24, 2009 Please be assured, His Excellency, that we will have the patience to see this through and see it done correctly. I believe I can speak not only for myself, but for my close friends, neighbours, and associates within the Peoples Democratic Movement, who I have been in contact with these past 24 hours. read more... Letter: Facts are facts, and they stand Friday, April 24, 2009 Timus Williams, I was very surprised at the content of your letter referring to Floyd Seymour and myself. If you believe that anything reported in the article was incorrect, I suggest you advise TCI Net News accordingly and I am sure they will be prepared to print a retraction if the facts have been reported incorrectly. read more... Letter: Please take your hands off Clarence Selver, Mr Seymour and Mr Tapfer Thursday, April 23, 2009 Having read your “news” item, April 17, 2009, on the labour issue at the Verandah Project, I am wondering whether the TCI Net News is really a news organisation or is it a gossip rag for PDM leader Floyd Seymour and his mouthpiece David Tapfer. Mr Tapfer, tell me, what has Clarence done to you to deserve this? read more... Letter: British takeover was not heavy handed, it was long overdue Wednesday, April 22, 2009 We need to invite the Premier of Bermuda, Dr Ewart Brown, to visit the islands and to see what is going on. First of all, the vast majority of Turks & Caicos Islanders support and endorse the much needed intervention of the British government. The right thinking members of the TCI public overwhelmingly... read more... Letter: Keeping civil servants in check Saturday, April 18, 2009 I was born at Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands. What I have seen, read from Caribbean Net News and listened to PTV in Miami, I feel convicted that the British have made the right decision. During the two years that the British will be ruling the country I would hope and pray that the British will require annual audits. read more... Letter: News publications stand strong Friday, April 17, 2009 Having read “CB’s” letter to the editor of the TCI Journal on April 16, 2009, I am minded to respond to it and the other churlish accusations about editors printing letters where the identity of the writer remains unknown. This is a right of persons functioning in a democratic society. read more... Letter: Response to Davin Williams Wednesday, April 15, 2009 My article was not meant as a promotion of the PDM and was written only to point out that Berke and Malcolm seem to be promoting the TCI Journal and in doing so assign credit to themselves for something neither they nor the Journal is entitled to, bringing the Inquiry to the TCI. read more... Letter: Response vs. Response Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Richard Berke, while I have attempted to restrain myself I find I must comment on your response posted today to my commentary of April 13. You start by calling me a malicious liar. I stated that your letter to the Weekly News commenting on the arrest of a woman for possession of cannabis... read more... Letter: David Tapfer: No longer relevant Tuesday, April 14, 2009 David Tapfer is a malicious liar. His personal attack and the comments he makes about me in his commentary posted to the TCI Net News on Monday April 13 are a complete, total and intentional misrepresentation of material facts. I did not, and have not ever defended the use of illegal drugs. read more... Prev    Next