AUGUST 19TH - AUGUST 24TH, 2013
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MERVIN COX WINS CASE AGAINST AG BY HAYDEN BOYCE
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ocal businessman Mervin Cox, and two of his associated companies, Coxco Construction and Coxco Airport Company, have won a significant case which was brought against them by Attorney General Huw Shepheard and lawyers for the Civil Recovery Unit and Special Investigations and Prosecution Team. Chief Justice Edwin Goldsborough on August 6th handed down a judgment in favour of Cox and his companies and ordered that the Attorney General pay the businessman’s legal costs plus interest. The case, which was originally heard on May 21st, this year, centered around an originating summons in which the AG was seeking an order that Cox and the two companies disclose the minimum documentation necessary, or in the absence of documents, the minimum information necessary to identify payments made to political parties and/ or government ministers over the period 1998 to 2010. This covered a period when both the People’s Democratic Movement (PDM) and the Progressive National Party (PNP) were in power. In a ruling that was delivered in a hushed and expectant courtroom, the Chief Justice said that lawyers for the Attorney General made a “fall at the first hurdle”.
LOBSTER SEASON OPENED IN THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS ON THURSDAY 15TH AUGUST 2013. In a message to mark the occasion, Minister of Home Affairs and the Envoronment, Hon. Amanda Missick said there is no doubt that fishermen, plant operators, and exporters as well as islanders look forward to this season. She noted that the season this year is shorter than previous years, because in recent years, DEMA has recorded a significantly decline in the lobster catch. In order to allow lobsters adequate time to complete their reproductive cycles and facilitate the recovery of the stocks, the opening of season was post-
poned until August 15th. The season will close at its usual time on March 31st, which is just prior to the commencement of breeding cycles. Missick said she realized that the shortened season will cause some difficulty for stakeholders; however, these measures are necessary to ensure the recovery of lobster stocks, in accordance with sound principles of sustainable management of our fisheries. In this photograph, Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands Hon. Dr. Rufus Ewing poses with a lobster at the Fish Plant in Five Cays.
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