VOLUME 9 ISSUE 18

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MAY 11TH, 2013 - MAY 18TH, 2013

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A bulldozer demolishing one of the houses in the Five Cays area.

BULLDOZED!

Several helpless residents weep as their homes are demolished BY VIVIAN TYSON SUN SENIOR EDITOR

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n a move that has been described as inhumane, high-handed and totally irresponsible, government and police officials bulldozed several houses in the area of Five Cays, Providenciales on Friday May 10th, much

to the disgust and anger of several many residents of the Turks and Caicos Islands. Policemen armed with machine guns kept guard as officials from the Department of Lands gave instructions to demolish the houses, including some owned by citizens of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands Dr. Rufus Ewing described the action as “irresponsible and inhumane”, a sentiment echoed by Lillian Boyce, former Deputy Premier and former Member of Parliament for Five Cays, who said it was insensitive, inhumane and heart-breaking for the authorities to have treated

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human beings in such an insensitive manner. The Physically Planning Department, which spearheaded the demolition undertaking, told the media that the area was targeted because it was the fasting growing illegal squatter settlement in all of the Turks and Caicos Islands. Of all the structures demolished, about three of them were almost ready for occupancy, with the majority either coming out of foundation or halfway to the belting area. Commissioner of Lands Tatum Clerveaux told the media that the exercise was a microcosm of a wider project taken by Government to contain illegal squatting in the Turks and Caicos Islands, further explaining that the endeavor was line with the Crown Land Ordinance. And while there has been some level of controversy surrounding the structures that were demolCONTINUED ON PAGE 2


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