Tag: Turks and Caicos Islands
Corruption case opens against TCI’s former leader
(CNS): The trial of Michael Misick, the former premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands, and eight other defendants began Monday, as the crown opened the case against them for corruption charges that date back 13 years. The prosecution claims that Misick and others were immersed in corrupt land dealings with developers that netted millions […]
Former TCI leader’s latest challenge to trial fails
(CNS): Michael Misick, the former leader of the Turks and Caicos Islands who is fighting for a jury trial in the case against him relating to corruption charges, has lost another courtroom battle. The TCI chief justice ruled last week that Misick’s legal team’s arguments were “frivolous and vexatious” because they had all been heard before, making […]
TCI, like Cayman, faces surge in violent gang crime
(CNS): As Cayman battles its problems regarding gang violence, robberies and shootings, the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) appears to be battling a similar kind of crime wave among its young people. The premier of the Caribbean overseas territory issued a statement Tuesday calling on the police commissioner there, James Smith, who also acted as […]
Local cops head to TCI for police shooting probe
(CNS): Four officers from the RCIPS will head to the Turks and Caicos Islands tomorrow in order to investigate the fatal shooting of a suspect there by the local police service at the weekend. An RCIPS spokesperson said the Cayman police are sending two sergeants and two constables at the request of James Smith, the […]
Misick ‘s Privy Council bid for jury trial fails
(CNS): Michael Misick , the former premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands who is facing corruption allegations, has lost his appeal in the UK’s Privy Council for a jury trial in the increasingly controversial case. In comments that mirror those made by the Cayman Islands own former leader, McKeeva Bush, about the UK authorities, […]
