Welcome! This is an unapologetic, agenda-free zone. Just commentaries on current events that’ll move you to think, laugh, rage, and even cry.
Gun laws in TCI: tourists, beware The Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) police arrested another American tourist on Monday for illegal possession of ammunition. No gun was involved. That marked their fifth arrest for the same ammo crime this year. ‘They have all maintained that they did not intend to bring ammunition into Turks and Caicos,’… Read more.
In a November commentary, I made the case for suspending the TCI Constitution. I argued that local officials have fostered a culture of “corruption and serious dishonesty.” And that this has been self-evident for years. Britain suspends TCI Constitution Yesterday, the British government finally released Sir Robin Auld’s Interim Report. It delineates the findings of a Commission of Inquiry into… Read more.
By all accounts, Hurricane Ike was “the worst natural disaster to hit the Turks and Caicos Islands in living memory”. Therefore, it is a testament to our people’s resolve (and God’s grace) that we weathered its fury with little or no loss of life. Preliminary reports indicate, however, that Ike’s 135 mph winds did considerable… Read more.
Talk about anxiety, I’m dreading reports later this afternoon on what property damage they’ve sustained. But I commend Premier Dr. Michael Misick for ordering the airlift of all intensive care and special needs patients to Miami a few days ago. Because chances are very good that many parts of the country will be without power for an extended period – after Ike (now a category… Read more.
My family and friends in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) can be forgiven for thinking that God has decided to punish them for the sins of our leader, the (dis)Honourable Dr. Michael Misick. Because Tropical Storm Hanna has remained centered over the TCI for far longer than forecasters predicted and has been lashing them with a torrent of rain and… Read more.
Hon. Dr. Michael Misick, Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI), might be guilty of many crimes, but, according to a credible witness statement, rape is not one of them. No doubt you recall the sensational allegation of rape an American woman filed against Premier Misick last March. And, no doubt, few people believed… Read more.
But first, a little context seems in order. Last week, the premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI), Michael Misick, launched an extraordinary attack against me in Parliament. He was reacting to what I wrote in my weekly column, which Caribbean Net News (CNN) publishes. He deemed I had committed the cardinal sin of criticizing him for bankrupting our country. Mind you, this… Read more.
A woman has accused Premier Hon. Dr. Michael Misick of rape. And her accusation is spreading like wildfire. Everyone in the Turks & Caicos Islands (TCI) is shocked. But no one is surprised. Michael Misick accused of rape Rumors are that his premiership is going down in flames. Even supporters of his ruling Progressive National Party (PNP)… Read more.
Force Misick to resign like Nixon Premier Michael Misick of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) has become as hopelessly compromised a national leader as President Richard Nixon was in 1974 Of course, in the fall of 1973, Nixon had every right to feel invincible. He was still reveling in a landslide re-election victory, had rendered his political opponents… Read more.
No man is above the law. People in democratic countries generally take comfort in that axiom. But Premier Michael Misick of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) is disabusing us of this comfort. No public interest in prosecuting TCI Premier Michael Misick Kurt de Freitas is the attorney general of the TCI. He has decided… Read more.
