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Incredible though it may seem, even after the massive amounts of "stimulus" monies that were supposedly earmarked for higher education at state and public universities throughout the nation, a great many are now announcing that they will be raising the...
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The British came into the Turks and Caicos Islands a little over 3 months as the Lord and Savior of all things. Having spend in excess of 5 million dollars on a commission of inquiry which effectively destroyed the Island economy and any good...
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It’s bad enough that the territory known as Somalia is in turmoil 365 days a year, but now the waters that surround the war savaged country are looming with want-to-be Jack Sparrows that seem intent on revenge. If we could all take a second to reflect...
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While respondents to household surveys generally rate their local services highly, fiscal prudence is not an attribute they readily associate with their council...If this were true, councils would arguably be unable to deliver the services so prized by...
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Today I was contacted by some readers alerting me to a letter sent to the British Parliament and the Queen on behalf of the People of Turks and Caicos and signed by TCI Journal and Shaun Malcolm. Certainly the world should know that TCI Journal and Shaun...
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I have wondered for a very long time why political orientation is spoken of as being either left or right. When I became old enough to ponder this question—and old enough to care—it just didn’t make sense to me. The history of left...
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Further to my posting earlier on job losses at US wire agency the Associated Press, Gawker has been keeping a running total of job losses in both the United States and in news bureaux elsewhere in the world. The list is being constantly updated as...
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Grant Park has hired Jeff Bennett of Bennett Commercial of Kankakee to serve as an economic development and tax increment financing district adviser. Established in January of 2007, the TIF district includes nearly 90 percent of the village. It also includes...
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There are more heartbreaking stories from the Caribbean island of Turks and Caicos concerning so-called "squatters" forcibly removed from their homes by the British interim government. These are people who have (unwittingly) built their homes on what...
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KEY cross-bench senator Steve Fielding has blasted new rules that ban MPs from criticising other parties in taxpayer-funded correspondence. In a worrying sign for the Government, the balance-of-power senator has joined the Coalition in fury over the rules,...
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