Volume 8 Issue 28

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JULY 14TH - JULY 21ST, 2012

VOLUME 8 No. 28

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LEGAL AID ISSUE

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The judge hearing cases against former Cabinet Ministers, lawyers and developers has given the Registrar of the Supreme Court two weeks to sort out legal aid for the defendants “as a matter of urgency”. Mr. Justice Paul Harrison made the ruling in the Turks and Caicos Islands High Court in Providenciales on Wednesday July 11, when he adjourned the plea and directions hearings until November 12th, 2012. “Settling the issue of legal aid is essential to the entire case…Two weeks should be enough time for the defence counsel and the Registrar to meet and resolve this matter,” said Judge Harrison. “That is the only way we can regard the defendants as being properly protected and represented…I would like to avoid the possibility of any defendants being unrepresented.” On trial are Floyd Hall, McAllister Hanchell, Lillian Boyce, Jeffrey Hall, Clayton Greene, Chal Misick, Lisa Hall, Richard Padgett, Melbourne Wilson, Samuel Been, Quinton Hall and Earlson Robinson. The case against Jak Civre was dropped by the prosecution because of his age and medical condition. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2

THEO DURHAM RESIGNS FROM ADVISORY COUNCIL PAGE 7

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LIME MAKES ANOTHER COMMITMENT TO GO GSAT

Telecoms giant LIME pledged its commitment to bankroll the Go GSAT Programme for the 2013 campaign, with $20,000 symbolic presentation to the Education Department during its 2012 GSAT presentation inside its former corporate office along the Leeward Highway in Providenciales on Thursday, July 14. Director for Education Edgar Howell explained that the money would go directly to the GO GSAT Programme from LIME, so as to enable students to access the online study. He said the role of the Department of Education in the programme is to collect the names of students that would participate in next year GSAT and forward them to the administrators of the programme. The administrator would then create a pass code for each student and pass them on to the Education Department, which in turn would forward them to the respective schools for them to distribute the codes to the students. All information under the GO GSAT Programme is shared with LIME for probity purposes. In photo, Acting General Manager, Althea Been symbolically presents the giant check to Howell.

TEACHERS LEAVING TCI FOR CANADA PAGE 9

FORTIS RESPONDS TO HIGH FUEL FACTOR CHARGES PAGE 11

INTERNATIONAL WARRANT FOR DR. CEM KINAY PAGE 23


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