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 HAITIAN RELIEF EFFORTS IN TURKS AND CAICOS AND JAMAICA.  FOR MORE INFORMATION:

http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/5034307-earthquake-relief-efforts-for-haiti-assembled-in-nearby-turks-and-caicos




 
FOR THE LATEST NEWS VISIT: LATEST NEWS AND ARCHIVES   (news updated on December 14)


12-11-09 People Democratic Movement (PDM) announces shadow cabinet.  http://www.suntci.com/index.php?p=story&id=576

12-6-09  Letter to editor, UK cooking the books by failing to reflect Turks and Caicos' Gross Domestic Product (GDP) earnings: http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4756515-uk-cooking-the-books-in-the-caribbean-to-promote-economic-depression-for-political-gain

12-5-09

Letter to Editor about national health care plan by: CR
http://tciwatch.com/Notesfromourreaders.aspx

Letter to Editor about national main stream news messaging by: BAF   http://tciwatch.com/Notesfromourreaders.aspx

Stuart Yates of The UK Activist writes about conditions in Turks and Caicos.  "Here in the UK there is a deafening silence, I would guess that 99.9% of the population has no idea what is being done in their name."
http://www.theactivist.co.uk/Current.html


12-4-09

THE PEOPLE OF TURKS AND CAICOS PROTEST OUTSIDE THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION DURING HIS CHRISTMAS PARTY. PLEASE TELL US FIRST HAND ACCOUNTS.  http://www.suntci.com/index.php?p=story&id=569

Residents of Five Cays development "terrified" of being left homeless by UK's bulldozers:


12-1-09  In Hope of Restoring Our Nation, By: Alvin Hegner  (MovingForward)  Let's not be distracted by the former administration.  There's no need to keep focusing on past misdeeds. http://tciwatch.com/Commentaries.aspx

New article on Allvoices addressing UK's failure to pay civil servants and other obligations of the people:  http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4723941-the-uk-invaded-turks-and-caicos-and-refuses-to-pay-anything-causing-a-collapse-this-is-not-joke


11-29-09 

The UK cannot pay the salaries of Turks and Caicos' civil servants?  Are you kidding?
Editorial By: Chris Burke     http://tciwatch.com/editorial.aspx


11-27-09 

New Commentary by: I.N.  UK's influx of Brits and firing of Belongers Commentaries

The UK is establishing a police state in Turks and Caicos.  Using citizens to report each other is akin to Nazi Denunciation. http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4676999-british-establish-a-police-state-in-caribbeans-turks-and-caicos-nazi-denunciation-resurrected

11-19-09 An important plea from one of our readers, a TCIslander: "Shaun Malcolm is not the conscience of our people". Notes from our readers

Democracy International?  United Nations?  International community?  Do you know of the civil rights violations in Turks and Caicos?
http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4658152-turks-and-caicos-needs-help-from-the-international-community

11-18-09
Do you know that Shaun Malcolm and TCI Journal wrote to UK Parliament and Queen Elizabeth on behalf of the People of Turks and Caicos (again)?  It's hard to believe, but it's true. Here are my thoughts.  By: Chris Burke  http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcnq7rm4_59fk3v28fk

All of the changes in Turks and Caicos have been shocking since UK direct rule.  How can anybody argue the facts?
http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4645007-taxation-without-representation-the-british-are-overlords-of-caribbean-island-turks-and-caicos



Those who welcomed British direct rule in Turks and Caicos are "foolish to believe that the British would bail us out."  We look like little children and now sovreignty is even further away.  

TCI Journal and Shaun Malcolm are "political opportunists" according to main stream national news:
 
What do we really know about Sir Robin Auld?  He is known as an activist judge in the UK  http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcnq7rm4_54n25r6fdd

 

WHAT IS THE "BIG DEAL" WITH THE HOSPITAL CONTRACTS? IS THAT THE REASON WHY THE UK IS IN TCI?

http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4613396-what-caused-the-collapse-of-the-turks-and-caicos-government-was-health-care-to-blame

 

Trumped Up Corruption Charges in Turks and Caicos Cause Government to Collapse
http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4489749-trumped-up-corruption-charges-in-turks-and-caicos-cause-government-to-collapse

Latest Commentary:

November 9, 2009

Why does Gordon Wetherell have the right to make supreme decisions in Turks and Caicos? Commentaries
 
October 30, 2009
Sir Robin Auld, an activist judge, had flawed findings in corruption report:
 
October 28, 2009
Foreign investments in local culture of TCI
 
October 26, 2009    By: Hayden Boyce
David "Jumpy" Hartshorn is invited to be investigated by the
Attorney General for defamation as well as TCI Journal's destructive words 
 Commentaries  A group discussion is started on Google Groups about Hartshorn, please comment here: http://groups.google.com/group/turks-and-caicos-watch?hl=en
 
 
October 23, 2009
By: Chris Burke
Trumped up charges of bribery in Turks and Caicos is a political farce
 
October 22, 2009  By: C.M.
Former Premier Cleared of Rape Charges, Maybe Corruption Charges Were Trumped Up Too
 
 
Recent editorials by Chris Burke:   http://tciwatch.com/editorial.aspx
 
October 21, 2009 - editorial By: Chris Burke
Who is in favor of media censorship - When media is used for politics
 
October 20, 2009 - editorial By: Chris Burke
Why it was important for Boyce to stand up for TCI.  What's next?
 
October 18, 2009 - editorial By: Chris Burke
What is behind your Crown land theory and Dellis Cay? 
 
October 18, 2009 - Note from the editor  - retraction
 
October 16, 2009 editorial By: Chris Burke
Why don't you pick on Richard Berke?
Chris Burke answers a letter from a reader: Editorial
 
October 14, 2009 editorial By: Chris Burke
Scalpel or Hatchet?  How to judge Dellis Cay, the latest resort development to be stalled in Turks and Caicos
 
October 12, 2009 editorial By: Chris Burke
Turks and Caicos citizens who oppose UK take over - don't drag dissenters through the mud
 
October 10, 2009  TCI Journal, why do you use WE when speaking for Turks and Caicos?
 
October 9, 2009 By: Chris Burke October 9, Editorial by Chris Burke     
 "Turks and Caicos citizens speak out about activist agendas"
 
 
WE NEED YOUR OPINION AND/OR SUPPORT.  PLEASE TELL US WHAT IS HAPPENING IN TURKS AND CAICOS IF YOU LIVE THERE.  IF YOU LIVE ELSEWHERE, PLEASE TELL US WHAT YOU THINK OF THIS CRISIS IN THE CARIBBEAN.  YOU CAN REMAIN ANONYMOUS. WE NEVER REVEAL SOURCES. Contact Us
February 5, 2010






January 23, 2010
Editorial: Thoughts on Carlos Simons and the PNP; UK v. Local Governance
http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/5096905-reckless-uk-policies-cause-crisis

Should the matter of UK direct governance be a political platform or should we all be on the side of self determination?
 http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/5083325-uk-invasion-of-turks-and-caicos-is-not-a-political-party-platform


January 21, 2009

Chris Burke responds to Turks and Caicos Net News Article questioning his intentions:



January 21, 2009

PNP Makes Bold Statement to UK in its Press release by Spokesman McAllister Hanchell






January 15, 2009

Sir Robin Auld's Turks and Caicos corruption report is fatally flawed




January 13, 2009

Member of Parliament Andrew Mackinlay could be an ally in helping Turks and Caicos http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/5008597-one-trustworthy-member-of-parliament-so-why-did-he-quit







January 11, 2009

British greed and colonialism cause democratic collapse in Turks and Caicos

http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4954698-british-greed-and-colonialism-this-is-2010-uk






January 4, 2010

The citizens of Turks and Caicos are pawns for political greed






December 20, 2009

UK Abolishes Democracy in its Overseas Territories








December 14, 2009

The People of Turks and Caicos are calling for the UK to Withdraw- The UN Agrees



December 10, 2009

I have a winner for my first weekly raspberry award.  The winner goes to ...





December 9, 2009

A summary of events in Turks and Caicos sent to a country leader








December 8, 2009

Overseas territories losing confidence in Chris Bryant's leadership - Parliament expense scandal involves Chris Bryant

http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4770448-uks-overseas-territories-losing-confidence-with-chris-bryants-leadership





December 4, 2009

The Beacon challenges The Torch's open letter to The Sun
By: The Beacon

December 3, 2009

A history of British interference in the Caribbean for 2 centuries.  A perspective
By: Adrian Holman




TCI JOURNAL AND UK CREATING A CLIMATE OF FEAR FOR THE PEOPLE OF TURKS AND CACOS - WHO WILL BE THEIR NEXT TARGETS



LINK BETWEEN THE DUBAI FINANCIAL COLLAPSE AND TURKS AND CAICOS.  UK LOANS TO DUBAI WILL CRUSH UK ECONOMY, BUT TCI PAYS THE PRICE  By: Adrian Holman

WHY ARE CROWN LAND USAGE LAWS BEING CHANGED IN TURKS AND CAICOS?  By: Chris Burke




WORLD NEWS VINE LORD ASHCROFT:

THE CARIBBEAN FACES YET ANOTHER CORRUPTION ALLEGATION  - A PROMINENT UK POLITICIAN IS THE TARGET.  WHAT'S BEHIND THIS?  CONSERVATIVE V. LABOUR PARTY WITH TURKS AND CAICOS AS THE POLITICAL PAWN? 

FINALLY IT IS ADMITTED THAT DAVID "JUMPY" HARTSHORN OF PROJETECH IS BEHIND THE TURMOIL IN TURKS AND CAICOS


"Yes David Hartshorn is a builder who got sick and tired of being bullied by the system." Admits a spokesman for Hartshorn  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/how-ashcroft-became-the-banker-to-paradise-1824138.html

It is true.  Hartshorn, a competing developer, is in charge of all of this political turmoil.  I work on behalf of civil rights, anti-colonialism and UK corruption exposures.  This act by the UK has been duplicated in other parts of the world.  Guyana and Cayman are rumored to be next.  In fact there is an "enquiry" now in Cayman for which they are charging the Cayman government millions of dollars to conduct.

I am not sure what is behind all of the financial ins and outs with Lord Ashcroft.  It would require months of research.  What I am concerned by is the phony enquiry conducted by one man who is known as an activist judge who made these conclusions on his own and abolished all the people's right to a jury trial in the islands. This has eye brows being raised that UK has already determined decisions.

I know that several businessmen and developers have been wrongly ensnared into this mess and it has crippled the economy in TCI. 

Brad Lamb in Canada just lost his resort development due to UK's interim governments failure to declare his land a bona fide transfer.  So it's easy to see why the international community has lost confidence in TCI.

That Hartshorn felt squeezed out of the system and retaliated by casting false doubt and innuendo about resort developments ... well I can only ask him if all of this world chaos was worth his feelings.  UK was all too happy to "jump" on board with "Jumpy" Hartshorn's accusations, so I blame them too.  You can manipulate all sorts of facts.  Jumpy did so by hiding behind and backing a so-called news media site using Shaun Malcolm to make reports and respond to phony letters to the editor and other stunts to create false public opinion. 




BLOGCRITICS.ORG POSTS BY: CHRIS BURKE

  
NOW PUBLISHED ON BLOGCRITICS: 
 
For TCI Journal Truth is Subjective By: Chris Burke Published by Blogcritic.org: http://blogcritics.org/politics/article/turks-and-caicos-political-blogging-activists1/

 

World Nations Condemn Great Britain's Direct Rule Over Turks and Caicos Islands

By: Chris Burke published October 6, 2009

http://blogcritics.org/politics/article/world-nations-condemn-great-britains-direct/#

 

Turks and Caicos legal case examined, Cem Kinay v. TCI Journal;  (Google Subpoenaed for IP Addresses to Expose Identity of Anonymous Bloggers)
By: Chris Burke
 
FOR GOVERNMENT PRESS RELEASES: Politics with new UK government

 

 

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In response to: Is the TCI Journal fair?
Published on Monday, March 2, 2009Published in TCI Weekly News 

Dear Sir:

On Thursday February 26, the Turks & Caicos Net News posted a letter purportedly authored by Shaun O. Skippings, which asked, Is the TCI Journal fair?

Let us first begin by openly acknowledging that in fact, there is no person named Shaun O. Skippings. This particular letter, and others like it that have been published under that same name in the past, are clearly authored by a collection of people who are quick to slander and defame others, but are in fact, too cowardly to sign their own names to the accusations they publicly make.

This low-class and spineless tactic of collectively hiding behind a fake name to illuminate personal or private indiscretions of those they choose to target, or to make bogus accusations against people like Shaun Malcolm or Oswald Skippings, is reminiscent of the tactics and attacks perpetrated over the past few years by PNP ministers and their corrupt operatives when these same two gentlemen were attempting to expose PNP corruption and government malfeasance.

And, I find it rather ironic, hypocritical and very disingenuous that at the very instant this collection of people identifying themselves as Shaun O. Skippings is indignantly asking “Is it fair for people to hide behind fake names and launch attacks at everyone in sight without being man or woman enough to identify themselves?”, they are the ones who are actually hiding behind fake names and launching attacks without being man or woman enough to identify themselves.

Again, the real irony here is that those individuals making up the Shaun O. Skippings alter ego and disseminating false accusations are in fact PDM who fear that Shaun Malcolm and Oswald Skippings may be in contention for the leadership of that party. That fear is understandable when one considers that the PDM party has been leaderless for much of the past six years and continues to be so today.

The Shaun O. Skippings alter ego accuses the TCI Journal of having “summoned their expat supporters and have recruited Shaun Malcolm as their spokesperson”.

Please!... That ridiculous comment hardly warrants a response, except to say that anybody who personally knows Shaun Malcolm knows that Shaun Malcolm is a spokesperson for nobody but Shaun Malcolm.

Those Shaun O. Skippings of the PDM who hide their identities are quick to criticize the prospect that anybody would entertain the idea of a third political party. Could it be that those who may be considering the third political party alternative are doing so because of the in-fighting, back-biting and personal attacks that certain PDM members are now perpetrating against other PDM members?

Why did I not hear those same voices criticizing the PDM when the PDM was openly entertaining the idea of a power-sharing arrangement with the PNP leadership who, at that time, were already known to be liars, cheats, rapists, thieves, money launderers and were morally bankrupt in every sense. Where was their collective indignation then?

While I will acknowledge that the TCI Journal has posted many commentaries from both Shaun Malcolm and Oswald Skippings that have been accusatory of others, in each case these men have signed their own names to their accusations, unlike those who now anonymously accuse them of misdeeds.

The Shaun O. Skippings statement “The Journal for the most part writes letters under a number of fake names” is a blatant lie.

The TCI Journal Editors sign their commentaries and attribute their opinions to themselves. The Journal, much like the Turks & Caicos Net News, cannot prevent independent contributors from concealing their identities with initials or pseudonyms (as evidenced by the Shaun O Skippings.submission).

Another accusation that Shaun O. Skippings cannot substantiate is the false statement “they (the TCI Journal) have even written under Shaun Malcolm's name, as he most times does not know what is said in his articles”. This is another feeble attempt to disparage the character of Shaun Malcolm.

It is an intentional misrepresentation of materials facts and an untrue Shaun O. Skippings statement that “up to now no one has revealed themselves as the editor of the Journal”.

The PDM leadership knows exactly who the TCI Journal Editors are. They have spoken to them on a number of occasions in the past. It’s no secret. This is yet another example of an intentionally false accusation.

Rest assured, if PDM members continue to lash-out and attack one another in the same unprofessional fashion demonstrated in the Shaun O. Skippings letter, the PDM party will surely be doomed to extinction.

Richard Berke
 
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