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HUNDREDS OF EXPATRIATES, many of them professionals, have been leaving the Turks and Caicos Islands to go either back to their home countries or to other places where they have been offered more lucrative opportunities.

Investigations by The SUN reveal that the majority of those who have already left are Americans, Canadians, Bahamians, Jamaicans and Philippinos.

Businesses across the country have been taking a huge beating as a result of the exodus, with many of them having to shut down, while a great number of the remaining enterprises have been forced to cut back on goods and services to the public.

Other businesses, in the meantime, have been forced to offer profit-altering deals to attract their ever declining customer base, in order to stay afloat.

Over the past six years, the Turks and Caicos Islands experienced tremendous growth, especially in the construction and tourism industries, as investors flocked the territory to claim a piece of the economic pie.

With the construction boom, a number of other opportunities began to open up, and since the local workforce was not sufficient to sustain the phenomenal expansion, expatriate workers were sought to fill the breach.

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600,000 tons of cement and aggregate imported for Airport Construction

CBMS , the chosen subcontractors for the expansion of the Providenciales International Airport, appears to be on the brink of starting its work in earnest with the importation of 600,000 tons of cement and aggregate. A CBMS representative told The SUN that storage of the cement and aggregate ensured that all the materials were in the TCI, so that when the paving of the runway begins, the construction should run smoothly. Currently, soil stabilization work is being carried out at the site, with the laying of the first batch of concrete. Other reinforcement and paving will be done later.

Paving machines are expected to arrive from Trinidad and Tobago in the coming weeks to carry out the work. The cost of the materials was not revealed.

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Those individuals not only came from within the region, North America and Europe, but as far as the Philippines and even Africa. Chinese were also brought in as guest workers on construction sites.

But with the sudden collapse of the United States economy upon which the Turks and Caicos Islands depends heavily for its survival, a number of developments which were being funded by US banks ran into difficulties, causing ripples through the local economy and forcing a number of businesses to either close or make adjustments.

The change in economic fortunes triggered a sudden rush from these shores by the different nationalities, some of whom, months before, would kill to get here. Chinese workers were also sent home, some without remuneration.

A local Philippines representative told this newspaper that up to 2008, there were about 5,000 Philippinos living and working in the Turks and Caicos Islands. According to the source, the majority of them worked as professionals in varying disciplines, but at the ending of that year, the number began to decrease. The Philippines representative said from 2008 until now, more than 2,000 of his fellow men and women have left the country.

“About 2,000 left the country already; they began leaving in 2008. At that time when I checked in the Philippino community, the number was 5,000 plus. The information I received was because of the economy why they are leaving. Some told me that it was because of the (reduction in) salary being offered by some of the companies and stuff like that,” the representative said.

For his part, Allan Hutchinson, the Jamaican Honorary Consul to the TCI, said while he was aware that dozens of Jamaicans have already left, he could give account for about 50 public sector professionals, who have taken up new opportunities especially in Canada. He noted also that another huge batch of Jamaicans have indicated that they would be leaving the government sector soon, due to what they termed as breaches in contractual agreements.

Hutchinson pointed out that many of them have already been offered opportunities in their home country and in Canada, the latter which is making attempts to shore up its population in certain parts of the country. Canada remains the least affected country by the recession in this hemisphere, as some analysts believe that they did not even experience any effects from the economic downturn.

In the Meantime, Donald Metelus, the individual responsible for Haitians affair in the Turks and Caicos Islands, told The SUN that since the start of the year, more that 3,500 Haitians have voluntary left the TCI to take up opportunities, mainly in the construction industry, following news that Haiti was about to see a wave of construction, as the country seeks to begin construction after the January earthquake.

Lack of economic opportunities in the TCI also contributed to them leaving. Earlier this year, groups of Haitians who said they could not find jobs were seen at the steps of the Special Police

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (SPICE) doorstep begging the authorities to send them home.

For his part, CEO for Tropical Shipping, Carl Simmons, informed The SUN that while inward freight continues to experience a freefall with no end in sight, there has been an increase in people shipping their stuff out of the country – a telling evidence of the exodus.

“We still see a number of people leaving the island and exporting their personal effects out of the country. People are moving back to other parts of the Caribbean, the Bahamas, as well as Canada and Europe. Inbound shipping is down and down huge compare to last year this time. Imports this time in comparison to last year this time is down by about 42 percent,” Simmons said.

According to Simmons, the exodus was evidenced in the lack of job opportunities here, saying that a number of the persons leaving the country once worked in the construction industry, which up to two and a half years ago, was a cornerstone for the majority of incomes.

“There is a situation where there are no job opportunities, and no construction going on whatsoever. So, most of these people who are leaving are people who worked in the construction industry and have their families, with their wives or spouses working in other areas and had their kids in school etcetera.

“And there is no opportunity to maintain an apartment or house rental here, so without a job in the construction industry they had to leave. Their kids are out of school, and their wives or their spouses had to return with them,” Simmons noted.

According to the Tropical Shipping CEO, with families leaving, the impact on commerce is taking a beating, since there has been a great decline in consumption, resulting in merchants having to export less.

“So that has caused a decline on import and consumption of food and general merchandise, because the more people leave, the less people are

available to consume the basic needs of the day, so consumer goods are also on a decline. The economic situation affects so many areas and so many people.

“The only industry that is doing really great right now is tourism. When it comes to imports; when it comes to construction; when it comes to infrastructure; not only are they on the decline, they have come to a halt,” Simmons lamented.

He noted also that the decline in imports has also affected Government coffers, since there would be less revenue to collect for the Ministry of Finance to effectively manage it bills. The Tropical Shipping boss does not see a turnaround in the country’s economic fortunes at this time because the areas needed to be shored up for growth and development were still languishing.

“Turks and Caicos, like you know, has got a lot to do with infrastructure and development. If there is no development, there is no growth for the economy at all. Tourism is a huge area, but it is just one area. Growth in this country is based on construction – infrastructure and stuff like that; that is non-existent right now.

“There is nothing going on in Ambergris Cay; there is nothing going on in West Caicos; there is nothing going on in North Caicos; and nothing going on in Provo, which is the bread basket of the Turks and Caicos. And there is nothing going on in Grand Turk. So the imports highly impact us in a negative way,” Simmons said.

Even the medical fraternity has felt the impact of expatriates’ exodus. Dr. Steve Bourne, of Associated Medical Practices, said the dwindling of the population has seen a decline in business for private practitioners.

Speaking in general terms, Dr. Bourne said the members of the expatriate community spend a lot of cash, and when members leave, it would definitely cause a slowdown in business. He, however, blames the exodus primarily on the world economic crisis, which is causing people to leave for greener pastures.

Ambergris Cay /Turks and Caicos Sporting Club in receivership

TURKS AND CAICOS SPORTING Club on the private island of Ambergris Cay has been placed into receivership, the SUN can confirm.

It is understood that the receiver will be appointed by British Caribbean Bank.

The upscale development on the 1,100-acre private equity island offered home sites selling between US$650,000 and US$6.5 million.

From pirates to fleeing British Loyalists to the original Taino Indian inhabitants, Ambergris Cay has a rich history worth exploring. Ambergris Cay is rooted in both the history and culture of the

Turks & Caicos Islands.

The islands, originally inhabited by the Taino Indians, were ultimately colonized by England in the 17th century and soon attracted pirates, British Loyalists fleeing America after the Revolutionary War, Bermudan and Bahamian émigrés and other European settlers.

Colonel Thomas Brown of Atlanta, Georgia was the most prominent of the British Loyalists to receive land grants in the Caicos in the late 1700s.

Ruins from his settlement are still visible on Ambergris Cay today.

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STOP DISCRIMINATION AGAINST BLACKS AND GAYS

BY SIR RONALD SANDERS

Michael Kirby, a former Justice of the High Court of Australia, drew a recent report of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to my attention.

It confirms what Caribbean countries had always heard about the way people of African descent are treated in some Latin American and Caribbean countries, and it also flags-up the legal intolerance and criminalisation of homosexuals and lesbians in the countries of the English-speaking Caribbean because of their sexual preferences.

According to the report, during its 140th period of sessions from 20 October to 5 November 2010, the Commission held 52 hearings and 28 working meetings and concluded that “structural human rights problems still persist in the region.” These include the situation involving people of African descent, women, persons deprived of liberty, and the “gay” community.

The Commission expressed its concern about information it received about persistent practices in the Dominican Republic whereby persons of Haitian descent “who were born in that country” are denied their right to nationality. The Commission believes that Dominican Republic’s argument that “there are no stateless persons in that country, since children born to Haitians in the Dominican Republic can be registered at the Haitian consulate”, is incompatible with the Inter-American Convention and case law of the Inter-American Commission and Court.”

Of course the Dominican Republic is not the only place in which Haitians or persons born of Haitian parents are denied basic rights. In the Turks and Caicos Islands, it was well known that the Haitian migrant community were exploited as a work force and denied the right to become “belongers” or citizens, and in the latter case the consideration was not racial, it was pure and unadulterated xenophobia practiced against people of the same race.

Sadly, this latter phenomenon has also been witnessed in the countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) where discrimination has been ruthlessly applied in immigration controls against people of African descent while a blind eye has been turned to Europeans and other non-black

peoples.

The Commission also reported excessive use of police force against Afro-descendants in Brazil.

The report said the IACHR had “received troubling information about the high rates of crime and police violence in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Espírito Santo, Bahia, and Pernambuco, and heard petitioners' allegations regarding the close link between these violent deaths and racial discrimination”.

Charges of "institutional racism" was also levelled at Brazil and petitioners claim that it contributes to the” high levels of harassment, deprivation of liberty, and executions among the population of African descent in Brazil, as well as the underreporting of violent deaths perpetrated by the police”.

Costa Rica was also fingered in the report for poor human rights practices toward Afro-Caribbean people in the canton of Talamanca. The IACHR was informed that Talamanca has the lowest index of social development nationally, along with the highest levels of extreme poverty and illiteracy in the country.

As a point of general concern, the Commission received what it called “sobering information” about the risk, threats, and the troubling number of murders of human rights leaders and defenders among the Afro-descendant population in various countries of the region.

All CARICOM countries, with the exception of the British Colony Montserrat, are members of the Organisation of American States (OAS) and are entitled to seek election to the IACHR. However, of the seven members now serving on the Commission, none of them are from the Caribbean.

Yet, election to the Commission presents an opportunity for Caribbean states to be watchful of the conditions of people of African descent in Latin American countries. Their membership might also encourage more cases of racial discrimination to be brought to the fore. In these circumstances, it behoves Caribbean governments – who are the only ones who can do it – to propose Caribbean persons for election to the Commission.

But, Caribbean countries also have to be aware of the moat in their own eye while they champion the cause of persons of African descent who are

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The same Commission received information indicating that “12 countries of the English-speaking Caribbean still have laws criminalizing sexual and intimate conduct between persons of the same sex”.

The Commission named these countries as: Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago.

According to the Commission’s report, sentences range from 10 years in prison or forced labour to life imprisonment for consensual sexual conduct between adults of the same sex. The Commission received information indicating that the very existence of such laws perpetuates unwarranted stereotypes, is a cause for fear in the sexually diverse community, and fosters impunity for serious crimes committed against this community.

Other detrimental factors that could be added to this are the spread of HIV/Aids that could result from clandestine same-sex practices, the fear of seeing doctors, and the loss of a productive people who could make a real contribution to Caribbean development in the broadest meaning of that term.

There has been more than a handful of nonheterosexual Caribbean persons who have made a lasting contribution to the Caribbean civilisation and whose worth and dignity have been publicly acclaimed. It is a frightening thought that the significant contribution of these persons could have been denied because of their personal and private sexual preferences.

The issue of decriminalising homosexuality between consenting adults has been confronted squarely in many parts of the world. Homosexuals and Lesbians have served in the highest councils of government, business and the arts, and they continue to do so today.

In the Caribbean, the issue is linked to the doctrines of some religious groups and to their influence on people who vote in elections. Political parties have been loath to fall afoul of voters swayed by some strident religious leaders.

But just as discrimination against persons of African descent must be resisted and overturned wherever it occurs, so too must discrimination against consenting people of a different sexual persuasion – they are a part of our common humanity.

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Government “struggling” to make payments for TCI students on scholarships overseas

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THE GOVERNEMNT OF the Turks and Caicos Islands says it is struggling to make payments to students who are overseas, but added that it is doing everything possible to avoid hardships.

In a press release issued through GIS, the Government said: “We are aware of some cases where students are experiencing difficulty arising from the late payment of subsistence due to TCIG's ongoing financial

A TURKS AND CAICOS Islands man is assisting police in their investigations after executed a search warrant for suspected illegal drugs on his home on Thursday November 11 and found seven (7) Kilos of suspected cocaine and a large quantity of undersized lobster.

Sources told the SUN that the person who is assisting the police with their investigations works with the Fisheries Department.

This newspaper understands that the cocaine find was only a small portion of a much larger quantity which washed up on the shores of the Turks and Caicos Islands in recent weeks.

Sources said several duffel bags of cocaine washed up and may now be on the drug market.

The Turks and Caicos Islands is a transshipment point for drugs entering the United States of America.

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challenges.

Naturally we share concerns about the worry this may cause to students and to parents and we will always do our best to mitigate such problems. However, in the short term we expect to continue to struggle to make payments on time due to the extremely tight financial situation.”

The statement added: “We will seek to prioritise payments and do everything possible to avoid hardship

for students; in the last week we have responded quickly to several requests for urgent payments from both students and educational institutions.

We will be obliged to keep prioritising in this way until we have completed the refinancing of TCIG's debts, probably in the first quarter of 2011; after that exercise is completed we fully expect to be able to make payments on time.”

According to the statement, Government is also undertaking a “full review of scholarships to ensure that all payments are being made in line with TCIG's policy and are properly authorised; stopping any unauthorised payments will release more funds to pay to those students who are properly entitled to receive financial support from TCI taxpayers”.

they are actively working. “ This is a very positive development and one which will make the difference that matters. The appeal continued to please continue to support the RT&CIPF and work with them to take the drugs and guns off the street,” the officer added.

With crime in the Turks and Caicos Islands spiraling out of control and reaching unprecedented high levels, a few weeks ago Governor Gordon Wetherell announced that his interim Government is pursuing “short-term” British help.

“We intend to do this in a number of ways including: pursuing short term British assistance for the police to

specifically target, investigate and arrest those responsible for violent crime; and strengthening the penalties for gun related crime and the illegal possession of guns, on which I will announce more details shortly,” he said He also announced that immediately, the Commissioner of Police Edward Hall has launched a new operation, building on the precedent of Alpha 1 in August and targeted especially on Providenciales.

“This operation will remain in place indefinitely. I urge the public to support the efforts of the Police in bringing to justice those criminals who are a scourge in our society and to assist the Police in every possible way,” he added.

Crime dropping in the TCI

SINCE NOVEMBER 2ND, crime in the Turks and Caicos Islands now appears to have fallen to less than 3 per day on average, according to a senior police officer.

A senior police officer stated that the approach taken by Operation Alpha 2 is having what appears to be a significant effect on crime generally, but most importantly, violent crimes.

“Thankfully, no robberies have been reported since we last made a release, the last such crime being reported on 27 October,” the officer said.

He continued that the public also appear to be getting behind the police in starting to give information upon which

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Property tax will ‘destroy real estate industry’

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THE GOVERNMENT OF the Turks and Caicos Islands has been made to reconsider carrying out a study on the feasibility of implementing property taxes in this jurisdiction, as the Turks and Caicos Real Estate Association (TCREA) said it is vehemently opposed to any such plans.

The Association noted that while it would be open to dialogue, it would not support the establishment of property tax in the territory.

President of the TCI Real Estate Association, Kathryn Brown said her association is totally against any move

by Government to impose such a tax, since it would have a destructive effect on the industry.

“My understanding of the matter is, they are trying to level taxation and an easier way of administering it, because property tax which was brought up is a viable tax to bring in, but I think they found out over the last two weeks that the Turks and Caicos Real Estate Association is definitely one hundred percent against any property tax,” Brown said.

According to Brown, since the majority of the collective association’s clients are foreigners, if such a tax is implemented, it would scare business away from the territory. She noted that the current system which allows for a one time taxation payment should remain.

“The bulk of our purchasers are

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foreigners, and they would rather a stamp duty up front at a one only price, and they don’t have to worry about anything anymore. It could hurt the business in years to come. I think we need stimulation in business right now.

And my understanding is that if any tax is to introduce it would not be before two, three possibly five years.

“This is not an immediate solution as such – but I believe it would hurt real estate business and other businesses because our business helps a number of other businesses; when we sell properties, that’s people coming in and they spending money here, so I think it would damage us severely for some time to come,” Brown explained.

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A recent statement by Acting Governor and Head of the Civil Service, Mark Capes indicated that the weakness in the TCI economy was exposed due to the world recession, coupled with scale of the national debt which he said was accumulated by the former administrations.

He said the situation was not helped by a legacy of poor public financial management and the overexpansion of the public service that will this year cost the TCI $72 million, representing 60% of the revenues the country expects to collect of $120 million.

To this end, the Acting Governor argued that it was imperative that a review of the country revenue system be reviewed and where necessary revised as part of the Government’s comprehensive programme of public finance reform.

“That is why, earlier this year, the Government initiated a review of the

TCI’s tax system and options for the future, conducted by Professor Roe. This work involved representatives from business and professional groups.

Professor Roe’s revenue study, published in February, made a number of recommendations which the Government is taking forward. We are now progressing this important work.

EU-funded revenue consultants have last week started a project to follow-up the Roe recommendations,” Acting Governor Capes said He noted that a wide range of options for current and potential new revenue sources would be assessed, along with improvements to TCIG's tax administration system, explaining that no decisions would be taken without comprehensive modeling of the effect on TCI's economy and widespread consultation with the public, the business community and Consultative Forum.

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PNP and PDM leaders speak out against trial without jury law

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LEADERS OF THE two major political parties in the Turks and Caicos Islands have come out strongly against a law passed on Tuesday, November 9, by the Consultative Forum abolishing trial by jury.

The law was among a raft of recommendations by Sir Robin Auld, the sole commissioner of last year’s Commission of Inquiry to investigate allege Government corruption in the country. Sir Robin cited the move in his recommendation as to eliminate outside influence on the judiciary.

Both the People’s Democratic Movement (PDM) and the Progressive National Party (PNP) have voiced their objections to the new law.

The Bill which was deferred from the previous meeting was passed by a margin of nine votes for to six opposing. Those voted in favour of the Bill were Acting Governor and Head of the Civil Service Mark Capes, Attorney General Hugh Sheppard, Lillian Missick, Delton Jones, Cynthia Astwood, Patricia Simmons, Ft. Scott Brennan, David Bowen and Guillaine Brutus.

Those voted against it were Charlene Cartwright, Dr. Linda Williams, Rev. Derek Hamilton, Drexwell Seymour, Courtney Missick and Karen Delancey.

According to Government, the Bill provides for an application to be made before the Court for a defendant to be tried by a Judge.

A statement from the Governor’s Office explained that the Attorney General in providing further clarification on the provisions of the Bill has stipulated that presiding judges must hear both prosecution and defense arguments before determining whether trial is to be by judge or jury and that the decision can be contested at the Appeals Court.

PDM Leader Douglas Parnell noted that now that the law has been implemented, it should be prescriptive and used very sparingly and in rare circumstances, noting that it should not be allowed to become the norm.

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where there can be trial without jury.

Will be an arguing point for the party in its bid to have the TCI Constitution returned; that is happening in the magistrate’s court now, and there could be cases that we would not be able to find the right jury pool especially in a small jurisdiction. In any case, it should be very prescriptive and use in a very sparing manner. I don’t thing it will be used willy-nilly or across the board,” Parnell noted.

The PDM Leader argued that trial by jury was lost more than a year ago, when parts of the Constitution were suspended, and during that time there has not been any report of Turks and Caicos Islanders being disenfranchised under the system.

Parnell argued that now that trial without jury is official, there should be guidelines for the judges, so that they do not take it onto themselves to lay down their own rules, especially those which seek to trample upon the human rights of Turks and Caicos Islanders.

In the meanwhile, Progressive National Party (PNP) Leader, Clayton Greene, blasted the move as a retrograde step, claiming that it would set back the Turks and Caicos to the 1960s – the height of the civil rights campaign era.

Quoting Lord Devlin, who remarked that trial by jury was a lamp to show that freedom lives, Greene said the move by the Consultative Forum to do away with the law, was a

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sign that the freedom Lamp was running out of oil, also claiming that freedom in the Turks and Caicos Islands as we knew it, was on its death bed.

“I am disappointed. I had hoped that we would have stood together as a people and voted against it (trial without jury recommendation), because clearly, the overwhelming majority of people in this country are not in support of this legislation. So, I was saddened when the Consultative Forum voted as they did,” Greene remarked.

The PNP leader predicted that in three years when this new law is in full force problems will inevitably

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“What we said yesterday (Tuesday) as a people is that we have no confidence in the abilities of our own to be fair, to be able to comprehend things, to be able to hold on to something that they had to fight so hard to get, because in countries like the United States people like me and you were never part of a jury pool.

“We enjoyed that right today, because somewhere down the line, people fought for our freedom. It became clear that none of us was free until all of us were free; until eventually people like me and you, who had no property, no education, no land, no nothing, just because of our membership with humanity (that) we were able to become members of juries,” Greened noted.

He pointed out that the decision to hold jury trials is to engender fairness in the judiciary and to allow the accused to be judged by his peers and not by arbitration.

“One of the reasons we decided to have jury trials was to move away from arbitrary governments. Even in a civil trial you can require a jury; what that does say is that we are going to allow all decisions to be tried by your peers, so that government who maybe able to influence judiciaries would find it hard to do, when there are ten or 12 independent-thinking twelve people,” Greene said.

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Government reviewing collapse of TCI Bank

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GOVERNMENT HAS ASKED the Financial Services Commission (FSC) to conduct a review of the FSC’s oversight of TCI Bank and the circumstances that lead to the application for a Court Order to place the bank in to Provisional Liquidation.

This was revealed by Chief Executive of the Turks and Caicos Islands, Mark Capes, who said that the review, which is being conducted at Board level, is nearing completion and will be submitted to the Governor shortly.

On October 29th, Supreme Court judge His Lordship Mr. Justice Richard Williams concluded that TCI Bank Limited will be put into full liquidation.

That followed nearly seven months

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of negotiations lead by the Provisional Liquidators Deloitte and Touche, who the Court had instructed to try to find a suitable buyer for the bank with the necessary investment to put it back on course for the long term.

Capes said the decision to finally close TCI Bank will have been a difficult one for the Court.

He added: “The Court has expressed throughout how conscious it is of the hardship that would be caused if the bank had to be put into full liquidation.

Commercial matters of this kind are always very complex. The closure of TCI Bank will be a significant blow for many in the community. Not only local shareholders who had placed their trust

in the Bank’s board and risked their money on the bank’s future, but particularly for the depositors who are now likely to lose some of their savings.”

Capes said it is because a commercial failure of this kind can have a serious impact on ordinary depositors, that the Governor announced earlier this year that the Government would progress steps to introduce a depositor protection scheme in the TCI. “Since then we have held constructive discussions with the TCI’s banking community on depositor protection and improving the regulatory framework for banks in the territory.

These will continue with the banks with

David Smith may face US prosecutors soon

OLINT BOSS DAVID SMITH is said to be close in reaching an arrangement with the United States authorities in Florida, where he has indicted on 23 financial crimes charges arising from his failed Ponzi Scheme.

Smith's attorney, Oliver Smith, who was quoted by the Jamaica Gleaner by next week, he would have a clearer picture as to when his client will be handed over to the US authorities, stressing that the Olint point man was not being extradited and had not negotiated a plea deal.

Smith was sentenced by Chief Justice Gordon Ward to six-and-a-half year at Her Majesty’s Prison in Grand Turk, after pleading to two counts of fraud and two counts of money laundering – four of the 30 charges that he was originally slapped with when he

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was arrested last year.

"They (US authorities) reached out to me saying, 'Given the fact that you don't intend to fight any extradition request, will you consent to him coming up'?"

I am going to speak to my client about this and it is highly likely he will agree,” the attorney told the Gleaner.

Prosecutors in the US unsealed a 23-count indictment in the US District Court in the Middle District of Florida, Orlando Division, charging Smith with four counts of wire fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering and 18 counts of money laundering to conceal specified unlawful activity.

Apart from Olint, the other firms integral to the alleged scheme, according to the indictment, are the Florida-based I-Trade FX, LLC or I-Trade, in which

a view to reaching a conclusion that meets the requirements of investors and depositors and enhances the reputation of, and confidence in, the TCI,” nhe noted.

“Discussions have included progressing plans for an independent assessment of options for establishing the most appropriate safe guards for depositors and ensuring that the supervisory framework for banks in the TCI is fit for purpose and meets international standards. Accordingly, the Government has been in negotiations with international organisations to ask for support in carrying out these assessments. Although negotiations are still ongoing, I am pleased to confirm that the International Monetary Fund has agreed to provide technical assistance early next year.”

David Smith is the majority capital investor with an investment of over US$2 million, and JIJ Investments.

The scheme to defraud, according to the indictment, began before February 2005 and continued through to on or about July 15, 2008 in Orange County, Florida; in the Middle District of Florida; Jamaica; The Turks and Caicos Islands; and elsewhere.

There is also a motion for the forfeiture of Smith's assets, directly or indirectly accumulated through the alleged scheme and assets traceable to the scheme.

These assets include, but are not limited to, a property in Florida paid for with a downpayment of US$159,881; all precious gemstones, precious metals and jewellery recovered on or about January 14, 2010 from the residence of Tanya Masone; US$40,103 transferred from David Smith to Bette Gordon and her husband Paul Gordon, as part of a US$199,985 wire transfer conducted on or about July 24, 2006. US authorities are also seeking a forfeiture money judgement of US$128 million.

HAB LIMITED

HAB Limited is seeking a suitably qualified individual to fill the following position. Only candidates who meet the minimum requirements will be considered.

SENIOR ACCOUNTS OFFICER

Job Description • Responsible for all aspects of company accounting up to production of Trial Balance.

• All Balance Sheet reconciliations, including bank, credit card accounts and supplier statements.

• Preparation and reconciliation of Sales and Accounts Receivable reports.

• Reconciliation and preparation of bank deposits.

• Payment of purchase invoices and raising cheques, as required.

• Preparation of weekly and monthly payroll, along with monthly NHIP and NIB summaries • Preparation of Strata invoices, Monthly Rental Statements and corresponding with owners on a monthly basis.

Requirements • Should have at least (ten) 10 years experience in an Accounts Office.

• Must hold a minimum of a Degree in Accountancy.

• Must be proficient in Quickbooks and Visual One PMS. • Must have a good understanding of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).

• Work with minimal supervision.

The salary range for this position is $30,000 - $40,000 per annum, commensurate with experience, training and education. Interested applicants should contact Veronica Rigby via email by November 22, 2010 at ronnie@habgroup.com or by fax 649-946-5191. Position is available immediately. Suitable applicants will be contacted by email or telephone to schedule an interview and practical examination.

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Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it!

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By Royal Robinson

EVERYONE KNOWs that I was not one of those persons advocating for the direct intervention of the British through the Interim Administration.

However, I did realize that there were some weaknesses in our system of administration, that could have been corrected over time with the correct technical assistance.

If it was not clear before, it is abundantly so now, that these guys who are in charge do not have the interest of the average Turks and Caicos Islander at heart!

One of the things that they have kept harping about is the lack of revenue available to government and the bad state of our financial affairs.

There is no news there.

I know that under former Minister of Finance Floyd Hall, something was being done to rectify the situation, but there were serious opposition to some of the measures.

When I became the Minister of Finance, we reviewed all of the available data and came up with a sensible and workable plan to stimulate the economy, ensure job growth and security and in so doing ensure that government revenue would be enhanced.

Part of the plan included, but was not limited to, the consolidation of the then debt, and borrowing sufficient to be able to invest in infrastructure projects that would give the private sector the confidence to invest in this country. It must always be remembered the inward investment vehicle is the engine of growth here! When that is stops, then nothing meaningfully happens. The bulk of these guys have not a clue as to what to do in a small and growing economy. Their solutions revolve around taxes and more taxes!

When Hon. Galmo Williams and I were leading the government, we had several meetings between the Governor’s economic advisors and ours, and we thrashed out a viable plan.

It was on the basis of this type of cooperation that the Governor and the then Chief Executive Martin Stanley were advised to let a process such as that, continue to play out and bear fruit!

But these guys could not see past their agenda, which was to take over and be in charge.

Now today, they are presiding over the worst economic prospects that this country has ever faced. They have only themselves to blame!

Of course, they were ably aided and abetted by Turks and Caicos Islanders who, though they were well

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meaning, were obviously misguided!

You see, a lot of them did not grow up in an era when the British were in charge of everything, and therefore do not appreciate that it was only after Turks and Caicos Islanders were driving the process, that any meaningful development began to take place in this country.

That runs through the gamut of education to infrastructure! They did not see the need to invest in the Community College or to build the road linking Lorimers to Bambarra.

They could not see that a port in North Caicos was essential to the development of North Caicos and Middle Caicos. They did not see that linking North Caicos to Middle Caicos by the causeway, would bring those communities together.

Let us look at some of the things that some of us clamoured for, and how they are now being used to our demise.

We said that the political directorate was not allocating land to “Belongers” effectively. What is happening now, is that there is hardly any being granted, and what is now being done is that a serious revision of the valuations has taken place, so that the land is out of the reach of the ordinary “Belonger”. And what that is creating is a significant landless class without being given the leg up on the ladder of success.

We then said that the Civil Service is not responding to our applications or requests for information.

Their solution to that, is to systematically weed out the senior persons with institutional memory, bring in advisers, two per department, pay them exorbitant salaries while cutting civil servants pay.

We said that the Premier should not have had a security detail, but both

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Mark Capes and the Governor have!

We said, send the politically appointed advisors home, but the Governor has a truck load of them; some being paid salaries of $25,000 per month and living in condos!

I suppose $5,000 to $7,000 was too good for Turks and Caicos Islanders and they are not getting any greater value for money because the selection process was not competitive and there are a lot of them who are only collecting their allowances and having fun in the sun at our expense.

No matter how they couch it, we will pay. You remember the recent report of Tuberculosis in this country?

That was one of them! They are not being screened for any communicable diseases prior to coming here. That is putting our people at risk!

The Governor borrowed $80million-plus last year/early this year! That has evaporated and we hardly felt any of its impact on the economy. Now they are negotiating to borrow additional money and I just hope that this process is more transparent than the previous one, and that it is directed at stimulating the lagging economy.

The other issue that I would like to deal with is that of land tax. This is the dumbest idea that these fellows have come up with at this juncture.

Even Dave “Jumpy” Hartshorn, who was on the forefront of inviting the British intervention, “leaked” the document to the Weekly News and in the trailer said that it was time to leave this country! That’s how bad it is.

We as Turks and Caicos Islanders have to wake up and smell the coffee!

The hatred of one another that has been allowed to fester has become fertile ground for these guys to do what they feel to do in their self interest and not ours.

These guys are the masters of “divide and conquer”. They are using the “you got, but I didn’t” to drive a wedge between us, while they are living like kings at our expense; and it seems as if we are oblivious to that!

From what we see going on now in this country, all of the advances that our parents have made, and we have added to, would be for naught. The middle class in this country made up mainly of us would in a few short months be wiped out. The effect of educating of our children would be of no value, because they would have nothing to aspire to. All that I can say is to beware of the wolf in sheep’s clothing. At the end of the day, they have somewhere to return to. We do not have that luxury.

I cannot end without commenting on the arrogance of Mark Capes. When he dissed a person of the caliber of Dr. Linda Williams, who is just trying to get information that is pertinent to what is going on, that is certainly crossing the line. The Mark that came to us years ago has returned and transformed into a monster!

•Royal Robinson is a former Deputy Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands under the Progressive National Party (PNP) Administration.

POSITION AVAILABLE Turks and Caicos Sporting Club is seeking a suitable applicant to fill the post of:

PLUMBER Essential Functions: • Maintaining all aspects of the Treatment Plant (watering, osmosis station, water heater, pools, lodging) in accordance with international standards • Maintain inventory of spare/repair parts and tools • Ordering of spare parts to ensure consistent functioning without discontinuity • Ensure all work sites are left in a usable and safe condition • Keep work shop clean and in order • Reports to the Director of Facilities • Any other duties as may be assigned Requirements - Applicants must have and or be: • at least three (3) years of experience in plumbing • a high school diploma or equivalent • attentive to details and self-motivator • able to understand and speak English fluently • able to work with little or no supervision • physically fit, dependable and hard working • in possession of clean police record and valid TCI Driver’s License • willing to reside on Ambergris Cay Salary Range: $6 - $7 per hour Closing Date for Applications is Friday, November 26, 2010 Applications must be addressed to: Ms. Dorothea Malcolm Human Resources Director Turks & Caicos Sporting Club @ Ambergris Cay Unit 66, Salt Mills Plaza, Grace Bay Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands E-mail: dorothea@ambergriscay.com Tel: (649) 941-3777 Fax: (649) 941-3778

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Consultative Forum met to debate important bills

The Consultative Forum Meeting, Tuesday 9th November 2010, to debate a series of Bills referred to the Forum by HE the Governor, present questions for oral answers to the Chief Executive and PS Finance, and receive presentations on the Education System and Quality of Life in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

The Forum continued debate on this Bill which was deferred from the last sitting, and voted by nine votes to six to recommend its adoption.

The Bill provides for an application to be made before the Court for a defendant to be tried by a Judge. The Attorney General in providing further clarification on the provisions of the Bill noted that the Judge must hear both prosecution and defense arguments before determining whether trial is by judge or jury and that the decision can be contested at the Appeals Court.

Members opposing the Bill expressed confidence in the jury system to deliver with fairness.

Supporters sought to dispel concerns raised about leaving a verdict in the hands of a single judge by noting, inter alia, that a majority of cases are heard by a single magistrate.

The Forum discussed and recommended adoption of new measures to strengthen the fight against the possession and use of illegal firearms.

The Firearms (Amendment) Bill significantly increases the penalties for the unlawful possession

of firearms. The Firearms Related Offences (Detention and Bail) Bill allows the police to detain a person reasonably suspected of committing a firearm offence for 48 hours.

A senior police officer may seek further extensions of up to 14 days to an aggregate of 28 days. The measure seeks to ensure that persons suspected of possession of firearms are kept off the street and away from the public.

The Theft (Amendment) Bill provides for the imposition of new stiffer penalties for persons who use firearms in committing robberies and assault.

The Forum was told that Government was considering the possibility of a firearms amnesty which will also serve the purpose of publicizing the new stiffer penalties.

The Forum recommended approval of an amendment to the Customs Bill to facilitate introduction of an upgraded Customs clearance system called ASYCUDA World.

The provision for electronic data entry is expected to lead to increased government revenue, reduced clearance times for importers, and a paperless environment.

The Forum debated the related Business Licensing (Amendment) and Turks and Caicos Investment Agency (Amendment) Bills and agreed to defer a vote on these measures until additional information is provided at a future meeting.

Member Guilaine Brutus in a presentation to the meeting expressed wide ranging concerns about the Education System in the TCI. Members decided that Ministry and Education Department officials will be invited to update the Forum on the Education sector. The Forum also received a statement from Member Dr. Linda Williams in which she urged greater clarity in dealing with matters affecting public servants and public sector institutions.

Chair of the Forum Lillian Misick speaking after the meeting said: “The Forum has dealt with some very difficult matters in this meeting and I want to thank all of my colleagues for their dedication and time to help rebuild the Turks and Caicos Islands.

We must seek to build and strengthen our institutions and get our people to develop confidence in the role these institutions can play in the orderly development of the TCI moving forward. Members can aid the process by serious research into what is not working satisfactorily and bringing to the Forum well thought out recommendations for change. This period of the interim administration provides an important opportunity to learn and prepare well for the future.�

The Consultative Forum bid farewell to Clerk of the Forum Dudley Been who was attending his last meeting in that capacity and wished him the best in his future endeavors.

Local real estate market upbeat

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By Vivian Tyson SUN Senior Editor

THE TURKS AND CAICOS Islands real estate market is expecting further resurgence having seen sales increased by whopping 28 percent at the end of August over the corresponding period last year.

Kathryn Brown, President of the Turks and Caicos Islands Real Estate Association, said she is hopeful that the market will experience further growth, as the indicators are pointing in that direction.

“Sales have increased approximately 28 percent, which was the end of August 2010 year to date over last year. I have not got the figures for year-to-date of October, but I am looking for a very good season and an increase in sales over 2009,” Brown said.

Brown noted that the period ending August to October is traditionally slow for the real estate market, since hotels are closed and fewer visitors come to the TCI. She said when the figures for the period come in, it would show whether or not the slow period this year was better than last year.

“During that period most of the hotels are closed because it is the slow season, and as you may know, most of

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The real estate market in the TCI took a hit after banks, especially in the United States, crumbled . A number of local projects were affected, including the Ritz Carlton Molasses Reef development in West Caicos

our customers are foreigners, and so, during that time, the real estate market does not do as much business,” Brown indicated.

A worrying sign for Brown and the Real Estate Association as the winter season approaches is the level of crime, including armed robberies and shooting which has reared its ugly head recently in the Turks and Caicos Islands generally and Providenciales in particular. According to her, the rising crime could scare away prospective investors.

“Based on what is happening we believe that we should see more sales in the coming months. We certainly are hoping that when money starts

streaming up in other countries they are going to find us appealing to invest in. As things move forward we are hoping that the crime situation gets settled and we don’t scare our visitors off. Not withstanding that, I am looking for a very good season and an increase in sales over 2009,” Brown said.

When The SUN interviewed Brown in the summer, she noted that while its members had seen increase in sales especially from Canada, they were also seeing an uptick in sales locally, since the banks were beginning to lend again. She noted at the time that the bump in sales out of Canada was due to the strengthening

of that country’s dollar.

The real estate market in the TCI took a hit after banks, especially in the United States, crumbled taking the housing market with it. As a result of those collapses, a number of local projects were affected, including the Ritz Carlton Molasses Reef development in West Caicos, which was being funded by Lehman Brothers – one of the US financial entities affected by the sub prime real estate market. A number of other resort developments went into receivership due to dwindling buyers, resulting in their lenders stepping in a seizing ownership.

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Late prostate cancer diagnosis dangerous

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ONE OF THE REASONS men diagnosed with prostate cancer in the TCI are finding it difficult to cope is that the majority of them have been analyzed with the disease in its advance state, this according to Dr. Rufus Ewing, Director of Medical Services.

Dr. Ewing who was speaking at the TCI Cancer Society’s annual fundraising banquet held this year at the Seven Stars Resort in Providenciales on Saturday, October 30, said that the majority of the prostate cancer diagnoses confirmed in men found that they have been in their advance stages, and as a result, were more difficult to tackle medically.

“I would like to see more men get tested earlier, so that we can have a hundred percent earlier detection because that would help us to manage the situation even better than if they waited too late to get tested,” Dr. Ewing said.

He noted that while, there is no known cure at this time, if the disease is detected early, medical procedures could me implemented to thwart the ailment before it becomes uncontrollable.

In the meantime, President for the TCI Cancer Society, Lucille Lightbourne, is also asking especially local women to take better care of themselves when it comes to breast cancer, since, although white women are more prone to develop the disease, black women are more likely to die from it.

IMMEDIATE OPENINGS

KITCHEN STEWARD Duties Include: • Clean & sanitize all areas of the kitchen.

• Operate dishwashing machine in a safe, accident free manner Starting salary $5.70 per hour plus service charge.

PASTRY CHEF Requirements: • Experience with, and are comfortable preparing a variety of different cuisines in a fine dining environment • Knowledge of food preparation techniques and health/safety requirements Starting salary $20,000 per annum commensurate with experience.

SPA THERAPIST/ ESTHECIAN Requirements: • Diploma in massage therapy or equivalent.

• Prior experience in a 5-star luxury environment.

• Extensive knowledge of Eastern style massage, wraps, facials and other treatments.

• Proficiency in English.

Duties Include: • Providing spa treatments to resort guests and day spa guests.

• Maximize the revenue of the department through massage and retail product sales.

• In addition to performance of the essential functions, this position may be required to perform a combination of supportive functions, with the percentage of time performing each function to be solely determined by the supervisor.

Starting salary $5.65 an hour plus commission and service charge SPA SUPERVISOR Requirements: • Must possess and demonstrate the ability to interact with all

Dr. Rufus Ewing

“A new breast cancer case is diagnosed every 2.2 minutes. Breast cancer represents approximately 26 percent of all cancers in women. Men also get breast cancer but their cases account for about one percent of the total. Overall, white women are more likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer but black women are more likely to die from the disease and dying younger also,” Lightbourne said.

The Cancer Society Head said women’s risk for breast cancer increases with age, saying that more

guests and team members effectively with tact and diplomacy in line with Regent standards.

• Willingness to work varying schedules, split shifts, nights, weekends and holidays to reflect the business needs of the hotel.

Duties Include: • Assigning work tasks and coordinate activities of spa attendants to ensure cleanliness and prompt, courteous service to guests.

• Responding to guest needs, issues, comments and problems to ensure a Regent luxury experience and enhance future sales.

• Maximizing revenue through thorough knowledge of spa • Services to train staff and increase sales.

Salary $8.50 an hour not including service charge.

FINANCIAL CONTROLLER Requirements: • BA/BS Degree • At least 5 years financial management experience at a property of similar size and quality with at least 3 years of international.

• Advanced knowledge and skills in computer systems, Excel hotel applications • Demonstrated understanding of interdepartmental relations and expectations in the luxury hotel market • Previous and in depth experience, understanding and application of management contracts • Solid training in all areas of Accounting from A/P, A/R, General Ledger, Credit, Collections, Audit, Inventory control, Payroll, Budgeting, Costing, P&L preparation and analysis, etc Duties Include: • Managing the day to day operations of the accounting department and overseeing staff • Assisting executive management, department ownership and related associations with the production of financial reports, detailed analysis and business outlook • Prepare, present and provide interpretation of operational reports as they impact the business finances • Coordinating internal and external audits Salary $70,000/Negotiable – Commensurate with Experience, Training & Education WASTE WATER PLANT OPERATOR MECHANIC Duties • Maintaining and cleaning plant equipment • Provide testing of all sediment and PH/Chlorine • Replacing of all motors and filtering systems • Operating testing equipment needed for the sanitary operation of plants Starting salary $7.00 per hour plus service charge.

ROOM ATTENDANT/PUBLIC AREA ATTENDANT Requirements:

Requirements for all Applicants: • Prior experience in a similar role at a property of similar size and quality.

• Hardworking team player with excellent people skills and genuine desire to serve others.

• Ability to read, write and speak English proficiently.

• Ability to stand and exert well-paced mobility for up to 8 hours in length.

• Willingness to work nights, weekends and holidays as required to meet or exceed guest expectations at all times.

• In addition to the performance of the essential functions, employees may be required to perform

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than 50 percent of all breast cancer occurs in women without any identifiable factors other than age. She noted that since advancement has been made in the area of research and more effective treatments, there is hope, since 89 percent of all women diagnosed with the disease five years ago were still alive.

Two cancer survivors – Mrs. Leila Robinson and Rev. Chad Archbold, who are cancer survivors, gave the audience a taste of what they went through when diagnosed with the disease.

Mrs. Robinson - the mother of Lisa Hall, wife of former deputy premier Floyd Hall; Allan Robinson, Vice President of PPC and Judith Robinson, Senior Sports Development Officer for the TCI – told of the emotional horror that she went through when diagnosed with the disease, but said with support from family, friends and the Cancer Society, managed to pull through. Her testimony drew tears especially from her children.

Archbold also spoke of a lump he felt under one of arms, and when he learned that it was cancer, was scared, but also with support, managed to pull through.

Guest speaker at the function, Susan Nowrouzi, Registered Clinical Dietitian of Baptist Health International, told the audience healthy eating plays a pivotal role in warding off of cancers, encouraging her audience also to make vegetable a vital part of their diet.

• Ability to work with heavy cleaning machinery.

Duties Include: • Ensuring that standards of cleanliness and organization are met at all times in assigned areas.

• Responsibility for care and maintenance of all equipment and machinery.

Starting salary $5.25 an hour plus service charge.

LANDSCAPING PROJECT MANAGER Requirements: • Minimum of five years experience in managing the landscaping department of a 5 star Luxury Caribbean Resort.

• Ultimate knowledge of Zone 9 Caribbean landscaping.

• Vast knowledge in horticulture, native plant species and chemical usage towards the prevention of plant disease and insect control.

• Must have extensive experience with Irrigation systems and landscape maintenance.

• Must have strong supervisory skills and demonstrated experience managing a grounds department.

• Must be able to give direction and expertise in areas of basic landscaping, tool safety, chemical usage and operation of lawn equipment.

Duties Include: • Impeccable maintenance of grounds and landscaping.

• Assists in supervising and participating in grounds work.

• Ability to identify areas for improvement and keeps abreast of latest trends in regards to plants, irrigation, landscape maintenance and chemical applications.

• Managing overall cleanliness of work, storage and space areas.

Starting salary $35,000 per annum commensurate with experience and qualification.

DOMESTIC WORKER Requirements: • Ability to work with heavy cleaning machinery.

Duties Include: • Ensure that standards of cleanliness and organization are met at all times in assigned areas.

• Responsibility for care and maintenance of all equipment and machinery.

Starting salary $5.25 an hour plus service charge WAITER/WAITRESS Duties Include: • Serve food and beverages to guests in a prompt manner and anticipate guest needs.

• Knowledge of food and beverages on the menu included. Mix drinks and be aware of any menu items which are not available.

Starting Wages $6.50 per hour/Commensurate with Experience.

supportive functions, with the percentage of time performing each function to be solely determined by the supervisor.

• Regular attendance is essential to the successful performance of these positions. Employees with irregular attendance will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment.

Interested applicants should apply to the Regent Palms, in person, for a first interview Monday through Friday 10AM to 12PM and bring along a recent C.V. Appointments may also be made by calling the Regent Palms Human Resources department at 946-8666 during business hours.

New Age Academy & Language Centre celebrates 10th anniversary

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NEW AGE ACADEMY & Language Centre – the only learning institution in the Turks and Caicos Islands that simultaneously caters to standard education while facilitating students for whom English is a second language - celebrates its 10th anniversary this year.

Established on November 5, 2000, New Age Academy and Language Centre, which is located Downtown Providenciales, behind Shining Stars Pre and Primary School was created as a response to fulfilling the need to access education by persons who English is not their first language, according to principal for the institution, Claudette Munroe-Clare, who is joint director of the institution with her husband William ‘Bill Archie’ Clare.

New Age Academy and Language Centre, according to Munroe-Clare, is also in the business of providing language and communications-based training, secretarial and translations services to the government and the community.

However, based on the success that the school has had, it has attracted

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Students take part in a song during the graduation ceremony recently

a growing number of indigenous students, making up the seven nationalities enrolled there.

New Age Academy and Language Centre is on par with the most achieving primary and high schools in the country, having recorded commendable success at the GSAT and CXC Examinations over the years.

Its past students have gone on to either enrolling some of the top colleges around the world or have achieved successes in their area of study.

PROVO GOLF CLUB

Turks & Caicos Water Company d.b.a. Provo Golf Club is seeking a suitably qualified individual to fill the following position. Only candidates who meet the minimum requirements will be considered.

HORTICULTURIST

Must be knowledgeable and experience in the areas of Plant Pathology, Plant Propagation, Entomology, Integrated Pest Management, Soil Science and Landscape Design Principles.

REQUIREMENTS

• Must have a Bachelor of Science Degree in Horticulture.

• Should have at least 10 years or more experience working on a Golf Course.

• Requires knowledge of landscape construction and materials.

• Must be proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel.

• Must be self-motivated and willing to work long hours.

The salary range for this position is $55,000 - $62,000.00 per annum, commensurate with experience, training and education. Interested applicants should contact Veronica Rigby via email by November 22, 2010 at ronnie@habgroup.com or by fax 649-946-5191. Position is available immediately. Suitable applicants will be contacted by email or telephone to schedule an interview.

Carl Henri Memé, a past student has gone on to become a certified professional accountant (CPA).

Earlnisha Forbes is now a Student at Johnson and Wales University.

Cassandra Barron is now a police officer. Jerome Nobermann is now a certified electrician.

Hakeem Cumberbatch is now a student at the prestigious Samuel Jackman Prescod Polytechnic institution in Barbados.

Mardouchee Gracia has been the first to be awarded a full CSEC Business

Studies Certificate. Antonella Badolie Evenou and Marcel Jean Joseph are now Assistant Teachers at New Age Academy.

Other achievements include first place student in Science for GSAT in 2010, awarded to Evanson Fils. New were Winners in the High School Category of the Pictures in Paradise Photography Competition. They also won the first British West Indies College Basketball Tournament. They claimed first and third positions at the recently held National Sports Commission Inter High Cross Country Competition.

In 2009, New Age was crowned national champion of the High School AIDS Debate Competition, going on to place third at the Model United Nations Session held in Nassau, Bahamas. It also placed second in the 2010 Tourism Speech Competition.

As a mark of celebrating its tenth year of existence, New Age Academy and Language Centre, celebrated with devotional worship at the Firm Foundation Ministries and a staff luncheon at the Carambola Grill and Lounge.

Munroe Clare concluded: “We, the directors William Clare and me, Claudette Munroe-Clare, take this opportunity to wish the staff and students God’s richest blessings. To the community of Providenciales we extend our warmest appreciation.”

VACANCY NOTICE

ISLAND TOUR SPECIALISTS

Applications are invited from qualified employees for the position of Island Tour Specialists.

The successful applicant will be responsible for daily sales and marketing for tours in Turks & Caicos Islands. He/She should satisfy the following minimum requirements: The preferred qualifications/skills are:-

• At least 3 years experience in sales or marketing • Excellent communication skills • High School Certificate or Diploma • An extensive knowledge of Turks & Caicos Islands and its attractions • Excellent command of the English Language • Have excellent Public Relations, marketing, sales and selling techniques • Applicants must be enthusiastic and self motivated • Have the ability to maintain and manage a running database to reflect revenue earned • Have the ability to develop marketing plans to create and generate extra revenue • Be professional, positive, open-minded and energetic • Be able to work on their own initiative as well as be a “self-starter” • Understanding and ability to work in a multi-cultural environment • Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills • Certificate in marketing or sales will be an asset • Proven knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite Remuneration: $5.60 per hour plus monthly commission. All applications, accompanied by an up-to-date resume should be sent to the following e-mail mforbes@islandroutes.com no later than November 12, 2010.

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By Vivian Tyson SUN Senior Editor

A COMMUNITY IN THE Turks and Caicos Islands stands to receive a $30,000 makeover thanks to the Community Christmas Campaign project - an initiative launched by telecoms company Digicel.

The campaign, which the company said was to promote community spirit, was unveiled on Monday, November 8, during a luncheon at Grace’s Cottage, Point Grace Resort in Grace Bay. The occasion was also used to promulgate Digicel’s new line of handsets and eyecatching products that would be available in time leading up to the festive holidays.

Thirteen communities have been preselected to take part in the competition. They are the NJS Francis Ball Park and HJ Robinson Reading Room in Grand Turk; a road project in Salt Cay; the Salina Wall in South Caicos; Horse Stable Beach rejuvenation in North Caicos; The Doris Robinson Community Park in Middle Caicos; in Providenciales the projects are - a basketball and community park in Kew Town, the Long Bay/Juba Sound community park, Leeward Palms Community Park, Clementina Walkin Community Park and Affordable Homes Community Park in Blue Hills, the Enid Capron

Marketing Manager for Digicel TCI, Ava-Dayne Kerr highlights the promotions for the coming Christmas seas at the media luncheon

School Park in Five Cays and the Bight Basketball Court in the Bight.

Head of Marketing for Digicel, Ava-Dayne Kerr, said the winning community will be the one that received the most text voting to 5051.

A lucky member of the public will also stand the chance of winning a year’s supply of Digicel products and services along with what is described as a mega shopping spree at Graceway IGA Supermarket if adjudged the ‘Loudest Fan’.

According to Kerr, to qualify, customers are encouraged to upload

THE AUSTRIAN CONSULTING COMPANY HUMAN DYNAMICS

(www.humandynamics.org) is the lead partner of an international Consortium which will implement the European Union funded project: “Technical Support for the Legislative Review in the Turks and Caicos Islands” (Project duration: 15 months, start date: immediately) For this purpose, we are seeking a staff member for a full-time position to join our project team in Cockburn Town in the capacity of

OFFICE MANAGER/ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

Key duties and responsibilities: • Establish and maintain an efficient project office • Manage the financial and administrative elements of the project implementation • Carry out organisational and administrative tasks for the daily office work as well as for the organisation of project seminars, conferences, meetings and other events • Provide assistance to international and local consultants (travel arrangements) • Perform other administrative and secretarial duties as required Required qualifications: • At least 2 years of experience in similar positions, preferably with international organisations, public institutions or internationally working companies • Knowledge of bookkeeping and accounting • Good computer skills, particularly Microsoft Word, Excel and Power Point • Excellent inter-personal skills • Ability to work under pressure and maintain deadlines • University degree is desirable

To apply, please send your application (CV and cover letter) including the reference “Office Manager” by email to: jakob.zeidler@humandynamics.org Closing date for applications: Thursday 18 November 2010 cob

pictures and videos on the Digicel Facebook page at www.digiceltci.com, to show ways that they are bringing public awareness to their preferred project. Members of the media will be asked to participate in the judging of the Loudest Fan category.

“On top of winning $30,000 for your community, you get to also walk away with a gift. If you make the loudest noise for your community project – if you upload pictures and videos on Facebook, if you get persons to interact, and draws the media’s attention to your community project –

E. Jay Saunders explains the products and services that Digicel has to offe

you also have a chance to walk away with a Christmas gift. And that Christmas gift is a mega shopping spree at IGA and year’s worth of products and services from Digicel,” Kerr said.

In the meantime, Digicel has announced drastic reduction in its Blackberry line of handsets, some of which can be had for as low as $299, and any purchase guarantees the prepaid customers up to $75 free credit and the post paid customers a year’s free Blackberry data or $120 cash back.

STAPHAN JENNINGS SEEKS 1 DOMESTIC WORKER Salary $50.00 per week Contact 241-5472 INTERNATIONA l BEAUTy SAlON

seeks 1 Haird Stylist Must have at least 5 years experience professional and courteous able to work long hours Apply to the Manager P.O Box 401 Provo or Contact 344 1296

DOMESTIC WORKER/ ClEANER

needed to work at a school Provo Christian School Salary $150 per week Please contact 941 5775

IMPRESSIONS BEAUTy SAlON is seeking one Cosmetologist to work Full time.

Salary $250 per week Contact Kilsys 341 1021

Press Statement from Mr. Galmo Williams,

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Former Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands

DURING THE PAST Two weeks the country has witnessed two important stakeholders in the tourism industry, berating each other on who is responsible and should get the credit for the upcoming inaugural flight of Continental Airlines to our shores.

The public spat between CEO of Turks Caicos Islands Airport Authority, Mr. John Smith and Acting Director of Tourism, Mr. Ralph Higgs is more about satisfying their own egos rather than seeking what is best for our struggling tourism driven economy of which they are stewards. As the 2010/2011 tourism season approaches, there are many other issues both these gentlemen can find to update our local and international partners on particularly in these changing and tough economic times. It is clearly evident that they both have missed the mark on taking a professional approach to working together.

Every citizen of this country in some

direct or indirect way has a role to play in the development and promotion of these beautiful islands. There is no one single individual that is responsible for the tourism growth our country has seen in the past 12 years. It because of the work of past Ministers of Tourism such as Michael Misick, Oswald Skippings and Wayne Garland who put in hard work and dedication by placing our country on the tourism map which we now enjoy. They obviously did not work alone, the work of past Directors of Tourism such as Cliff Hamilton, John Skippings, Cesar Campbell and Lindsey Musgrove cannot be forgotten.

These persons, collectively, were instrumental in broadening our destination to new markets and bringing on board a number of new airlines.

What does this current scenario about who should get credit tells us about our

country and our government? Firstly, about our country, it tells the world that our destination is vibrant and offers world class accommodations and amenities with the most beautiful turquoise waters par none in this region. Secondly, it says about government that there are persons who still believe there is an “I” in the word “TEAM.” Further it shows all of us how unaware that those who hold senior positions in government have failed to realize that government with all its different parts, work together to serve the people. There is a collective goal the government has which is to serve and protect these islands and in every aspect of its national growth.

Obviously, both the CEO of TCIAA and the Acting Director of Tourism have failed to realize that they need to work together to preserve and protect our main industry: tourism.

Mr. Galmo Williams, Former Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands

The Family of Claudette Rigby thanks the people of the TCI OUR MIRACLE

WE THE FAMILY of Claudette Rigby rejoice in her restoration. Through God all things are possible. We glorify God and give him thanks for the great work He has done in restoring Claudette to us. We know that she survived the attack for a reason.

God is still in the miracle-working business. Those of you who doubt God, just take one look at her. At our lowest, God gave us strength, comfort and assurance. He said in his word, I will not leave you nor forsake you.

It is close to eleven months, since she was attacked and left for dead with one of her best friends. We miss him dearly and his memory will always be cherished by Claudette and us.

You see, approximately eleven years ago, Claudette was very, very sick. We thought she would die.

Among the male friends she had, he was the only one who would come and visit her and take her for rides. He would say "come go with me to catch some fresh air". He would bring her food and encourage her to eat and live.

He was a dear friend to her. The friendship began way, way back. Our deepest sympathy to his family.

We write to thank you the people of the Turks and Caicos and the expatriate community, for your support.

Those of you who formed search parties, those of you who comfort and prayed for her when she was found, the Pastors, family and friends who gathered at my sister's house for prayers for her recovery after she was flown to North Broward, Pastors and members of various Churches

Those of you who contributed financially, we thank you. God will reward you.

To the Police Investigating Team, God did not bring Claudette through to leave her. The culprit or culprits must be brought to justice. Claudette cannot assist you, just keep the fires burning.

Claudette Rigby

throughout the Turks and Caicos for your continued prayers, those of you who called and said I am praying for you and your words of comfort, immediate family members who were instrumental in seeing that she was airlifted to Florida without delay, Doctors and Nurses at the Myrtle Rigby Health Complex, Trinity Air Ambulance, Doctors & Nurses at North Broward Hospital especially the staff at the Intensive Care Unit, Doctors and Nurses at Shepherd Center, Piedmont Hospital, Shepherd Rehab Center in Atlanta, Georgia and SouthHealth Rehab Center in Sunrise, Florida, please accept our thanks.

God places people in our lives for reasons, sometimes we never understand. Special thanks to our Boss, Hugh O'Neill who is like a father to Claudette. He did not give up on us and kept our chairs in the office vacant; and to our dear friend Mark and Dale who was always there. Special thanks to Brian Hogan and his Staff at the National Health Insurance Office for ensuring that Claudette received the additional rehab care that she needed.

Some person(s) will say I/we did it.

That is my faith.

To our family, for your support, love and strength, God has taken us through and he will continue to look after us. No weapon formed against us shall follow.

Again, a special thanks to all.

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POSITION AVAILABLE

Turks and Caicos Sporting Club at Ambergris Cay is seeking a suitable applicant to fill the post of:

PAINTER

Essential Functions: • Maintaining all furniture and buildings in accordance with international standards • Maintain inventory of paints/tools • Ordering of all paint to ensure consistent functioning without discontinuity • Ensure all work sites are left in a usable and safe condition • Keep work shop clean and in order • Reports to the Director of Facilities • Any other duties as may be assigned Requirements - Applicants must have and or be: • at least two (2) years of experience as a painter • attentive to details • able to understand and speak English fluently • able to work with little or no supervision • physically fit, dependable and hard working •in possession of clean police record and valid TCI Driver’s License • willing to reside on Ambergris Cay Salary range: $6 - $7 per hour.

Closing Date for Applications is Friday, November 26, 2010..

Applications must be addressed to:

Ms. Dorothea Malcolm, Human Resources Director Turks & Caicos Sporting Club @ Ambergris Cay Unit 66, Salt Mills Plaza, Grace Bay Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands E-mail: dorothea@ambergriscay.com Tel: (649) 941-3777 Fax: (649) 941-3778

DEOMARDO CLARKE SEEKS

1 OPERATOR

Salary $15.00 per hour Must have at least nine years experience Interested person should contact 242-4354

HAB MANAGEMENT LTD.

CLEANER

Responsibilities: The successful applicant will be responsible for the general cleaning of communal areas, sweeping and mopping of floors, cleaning of windows and removal of trash. The applicant will also be responsible for any other duties assigned in regards to general cleaning.

Requirements: The successful applicant must be able to work with little to no supervision, should be physically fit, hard working and reliable.

Wages: $6.00 per hour

Interested applicants should contact Veronica Rigby via email by November 22 , 2010 at ronnie@habgroup.com or by fax 649-9465191. Suitable applicants will be contacted by email or telephone to schedule an interview.

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POSITION AVAILABLE

Turks and Caicos Sporting Club at Ambergris Cay is seeking a suitable applicant to fill the post of: Essential Functions:

PAINTER

• Maintaining all furniture and buildings in accordance with international standards • Maintain inventory of paints/tools • Ordering of all paint to ensure consistent functioning without discontinuity • Ensure all work sites are left in a usable and safe condition • Keep work shop clean and in order • Reports to the Director of Facilities • Any other duties as may be assigned Requirements - Applicants must have and or be: • at least two (2) years of experience as a painter • attentive to details • able to understand and speak English fluently • able to work with little or no supervision • physically fit, dependable and hard working • in possession of clean police record and valid TCI Driver’s License • willing to reside on Ambergris Cay Salary range: $6 - $7 per hour.

Closing Date for Applications is Friday, November 26, 2010..

Applications must be addressed to: Ms. Dorothea Malcolm, Human Resources Director Turks & Caicos Sporting Club @ Ambergris Cay Unit 66, Salt Mills Plaza, Grace Bay Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands E-mail: dorothea@ambergriscay.com Tel: (649) 941-3777 Fax: (649) 941-3778

CASA BLANCA CASINO SEEKS

CASINO SLOT MANAGER

3-5 yrs Casino Slot Management games master certificate 10-12 years slot tech experience Salary $18.00 per hour Contact Casa Blanca Casino 9413737 2 DICE DEALERS 2/3 years experience

2 OR MORE TABLE GAMES DEALERS $12.50 per hr 1 MAINTENANCE WORKER – Knowledge of plumbing and electrical work $12.50 per hr Contact PH- 941-3737 or 244-4665

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNIT Y AdministrAtive AssistAnt An Insurance Agency and Brokerage is seeking a dynamic, outgoing proactive person, with a background in Administration and Customer Service with a minimum of 2 years experience in General Life Insurance.

Job entails the processing of applications, policy documents, client renewals, supervision and assistance with claims. Secondary languages will be an asset along with any accounting knowledge or computer training with In-Visage Software Systems.

Interested persons, kindly send resumes to: Human Resource Manager P.O. Box 355 Providenciales Or Via Facsimile to 941-3988

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Oseta Jolly Primary School topped off Health and Family Month, which was celebrated in October, with its Eating Healthy Day, on Friday, October 29 on the school grounds.

On display at the event was a variety of foods which help to create healthy bodies and minds. The theme for the event was cultivating healthy minds; building strong bodies, and saw the various classes at the institution making displays.

In addition to the schools, at least two businesses which specialized in healthy foods and drinks were invited to make presentations. Danny Williams of Healthy Treats and Deli, located at Market Place in Providenciales, spoke in depth to the students and others in the audience about the benefits of eating fruits and vegetables. The students and guests also learnt the medical benefits of certain fruits and vegetables. A presentation was also made by health food restaurant – Froots, which is located at Courtyard Plaza, along Leeward Highway in Providenciales.

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4. Oseta Jolly Primary PTA President, Melanie Smith, looks on pleasingly as students perform a healthy living song 5. Heartlyn Wright, Vice Principal for Oseta Jolly expresses her appreciation for persons who assisted in day’s event

6. A teacher explains the various legumes on display, to her students

7. Students listen attentively as a representative from Healthy Treats and Deli explains the various juices that the establishment sells 8. Students view the various displays

9. Danny Williams of Healthy Treats and Deli explains the benefits of eating a banana everyday

10. Guidance Councillor Mrs. Winsome HeronFearon gives an overview of the event

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National Breast Cancer Awareness Month Types of breast cancer There are several different types of breast cancer that can be divided into two main categories - noninvasive cancers and invasive cancers. Noninvasive cancer may also be called "carcinoma in situ." Noninvasive breast cancers are confined to the ducts or lobules and they do not spread to surrounding tissues. The two types of noninvasive breast cancers are ductal carcinoma in situ (referred to as DCIS) and lobular carcinoma in situ (referred to as LCIS).

It is known that hormones in a woman's body, such as estrogen and progesterone, can play a role in the development of breast cancer. In breast cancer, estrogen causes a doubling of cancer cells every 36 hours. The growing tumor needs to increase its blood supply to provide food and oxygen. Progesterone seems to cause stromal cells (the woman's own cells to send out signals for more blood supply to feed the tumor. * Non-invasive breast cancer. The majority of non-invasive breast cancers are DCIS. In DCIS, the cancer cells are found only in the milk duct of the breast. If DCIS is not treated, it may progress to invasive cancer.

In LCIS, the abnormal cells are found only in the lobules of the breast. Unlike DCIS, LCIS is not considered to be a cancer. It is more like a warning sign of increased risk of developing an invasive breast cancer in the same or opposite breast. While LCIS is a risk factor for invasive cancer, it doesn't actually develop into invasive breast cancer in many women. * Invasive breast cancer. Invasive or infiltrating breast cancers penetrate through normal breast tissue (such as the ducts and lobules) and invade surrounding areas. They are more serious than noninvasive cancers because they can spread to other parts of the body, such as the bones, liver, lungs, and brain.

There are several kinds of invasive breast cancers. The most common type is invasive ductal carcinoma, which appears in the ducts and accounts for about 80 percent of all breast cancer cases. There are differences in the various types of invasive breast cancer, but the treatment options are similar for all of them.

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What's My Name?

[Rihanna] Ooh na na, what's my name Ooh na na, what's my name Ooh na na, what's my name Ooh na na, what's my name Ooh na na, what's my name Whats my name, whats my name

[Drake] I heard you good with them soft lips Yeah you know word of mouth The square root of 69 is 8 something right?

Cuz I've been tryna work it out, oooow Good weed, white wine I come alive in the night time Okay, away we go Only thing we have on is the radio Ooooh, let it play, say you gotta leave But I know you wanna stay You just waiting on the traffic jam to finish girl The things we could do in twenty minutes girl Say my name, say my name Wear it out, its getting hot, crack a window, air it out I can get you through a mighty long day Soon as I u go the text that i write is gon say...

[Rihanna] Not everybody knows how to work my body Knows how to make me want it But boy you stay up on it You got that something that keeps me so off balance Baby you're a challenge, lets explore your talent [Chorus] Hey boy I really wanna see if you can go longtemps with a girl like me Hey boy, I really wanna be with you Cause you just my type Ooh na na na na I need a boy to take it over Looking for a guy to put in work, uh Oooooh, oooooh

go Hey boy I really wanna see if you can longtemps with a girl like me Hey boy, I really wanna be with you Cause you just my type Ooh na na na na I need a boy to take it over Looking for a guy to put in work, uh Oooooh, oooooh Ooh na na, what's my name Ooh na na, what's my name Ooh na na, what's my name Whats my name, whats my name

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me Ooh na na, what's my na me na my s at' wh , Ooh na na me na my s at' wh , Ooh na na my ats wh , me na Whats my name

[Rihanna] I'd be Baby you got me, and aint nowhere that Than with your arms around me Back and forth you rock me sper So I surrender, to every word you whi in Every door you enter, I will let you [Chorus] go Hey boy I really wanna see if you can longtemps with a girl like me Hey boy, I really wanna be with you Cause you just my type Ooh na na na na I need a boy to take it over Looking for a guy to put in work, uh Oooooh, oooooh

to You're so amazing, you took the time figure me out point of Thats why you take me, way past the turning me on me losing You bout to break me, I swear you got my mind

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CONTROVERSIAL BEAUTY QUEEN SAYS HER FIRST BABY IS DUE IN MAY

Controversial beauty queen Carrie Prejean has a bun in the oven.

"We are just so excited," the threemonths-pregnant Prejean, 23, told FOX411.com on Wednesday. "I'm due in May on my grandmother's birthday.

She recently passed away, so that's very special to us."

Prejean wed Oakland Raiders quarterback Kyle Boller in July.

She said they started trying for a family about a month after their big day.

"I'm trying to stay healthy, but it has been tough. I've been getting night sickness. We've started thinking about names, but we are keeping it to ourselves for right now. It has been fun looking at baby books."

They plan to find out the sex of their child next week.

Boller, 29, said he couldn’t be more thrilled for fatherhood.

"I have the most beautiful pregnant

Carrie Prejean and husband Oakland Raiders quarterback Kyle Boller

wife ever, we are so in love and this was just the best news when we found out a couple of weeks ago," Boller said.

Prejean made headlines last year when pageant judge Perez Hilton asked her if she supported gay marriage. "In

my country, in my family, I think that I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman," she replied. "No offense to anybody there, but that's how I was raised and that's how I think it should be, between a man and a woman."

She later almost lost her crown when semi-nude photos of her began hitting the web, but Donald Trump, who owns the Miss USA and Miss Universe organizations, allowed her to keep her title because he said "the pictures taken were fine."

On June 10, however, Prejean was fired for violating her contract and "unwillingness to make appearances on behalf" of the organization, according to pageant officials.

But in an in interview with Access Hollywood, Prejean claimed otherwise: "None of this would be happening right now if I just said, 'Yeah, gays should get married. You're right, Perez Hilton.'"

SINGER PINK EXPECTING FIRST CHILD

Random House earns highest nonfiction sales since Clinton memoir NEW YORK — Former President George W. Bush's memoir "Decision Points" sold at least 220,000 copies through its first day of release, with more than 20 percent generated by e-book purchases.

Random House Inc. announced Wednesday that opening-day sales, which include preorders and represent 95 percent of accounts reporting, was the publisher's highest for nonfiction since former President Clinton's "My Life" debuted with 400,000 sales in 2004. Bush's book came out Tuesday with an announced first printing of 1.5 million copies.

Random House said that e-sales were 50,000 so far, a number unthinkable when Clinton's book came out.

"It shows the digital market's rapid growth," said spokesman David Drake of the Crown Publishing Group, a Random House division.

Bush has been actively promoting the book, giving interviews to Matt Lauer, Oprah Winfrey and Sean Hannity among others.

Reviews so far have been mixed, as they were for "My Life" and for virtually all presidential memoirs.

The Wall Street Journal's Daniel Henninger wrote that Bush's book "contains delightful and telling personal observations," while Jonathan Yardley of The Washington Post found "Decision Points" to be "competent, readable and flat."

No word yet on the color of the bundle, but Pink's a mommy-to-be!

A source tells the new Us Weekly (on newsstands Wednesday) that the singer, 31, and husband Carey Hart, 35, are expecting their first child.

"She's 12 weeks along," says the insider. "She

wanted to do it between tours, when she has some time off."

The source adds that after the duo’s 2008 separation, “Pink was determined to make the relationship solid. Now she’s really happy, and she’s excited she got pregnant so fast! She’ll be a brilliant mother.”

Former "Tonight Show" host Conan O'Brien returned to television on Monday, more than nine months after he lost his coveted network job, and poked fun at his downsized gig on a cable channel.

His opening monologue, predictably, revolved around his unceremonious departure from the NBC role he had coveted for years and his arrival at TBS, whose lineup includes old sitcoms like "King of Queens" and "Everybody Loves Raymond."

"Welcome to my new show. It's called 'Conan,'" the bearded 47-year-old comic told the audience at a Burbank soundstage around the corner from his old employer. "People ask me why I named the show 'Conan.' I did it so I'd be harder to replace.

"This is an exciting night," he added. "I'm really glad to be on cable ... The truth is, ladies and gentleman, I have dreamed of being a talk show host on basic cable ever since I was 46.

"And things are already going very well. I am happy to report right now ... that we're already No. 1 in TBS's key demographic -- people who can't afford HBO." O'Brien's seven-month tenure at "The Tonight Show" ended in January amid a botched programing overhaul at NBC, which had designated him Jay Leno's successor several years earlier.

Leno was given a variety show that aired weeknights at 10 p.m., but its low ratings angered network affiliates. The struggling network decided to restore Leno to his old 11:35 p.m. slot, and O'Brien refused an offer to follow him a half-hour later. He received a $45 million exit deal, and announced in April that he would launch a new show at TBS. He spent the enforced break nursing his

wounds, embarking on a national comedy tour, and basking in the outrage directed at NBC on his behalf by his fans.

The TBS show followed a traditional format: O'Brien delivered one-liners to a studio audience; repaired to his desk where he cracked wise with his long-time sidekick Andy Richter against a lunar backdrop; and then interviewed a pair of actors on the promotional trail, Seth Rogen and Lea Michele.

Somewhat unconventionally, he ended the show by strapping on a guitar and singing along with White Stripes frontman Jack White on a cover of Eddie Cochran's "Twenty Flight Rock."

A running, pre-taped gag depicted O'Brien being machine-gunned -- "Godfather"-style -- by NBC hitmen.

Another bit showed him on the job-search trail.

His first interview, with Don Draper of the 1960s advertising drama "Mad Men," goes badly when the executive tells him, "It's 1965 and you're two years old." Jobs at Burger King and as a children's party clown also go badly. Finally TBS offers him a contract that promises to pay him "MUCH LESS." O'Brien gladly signs on.

In reality, O'Brien is reportedly earning at least $10 million a year at TBS, comparable to what he was earning at NBC. Syndication and foreign sales will also boost his payday.

Critics said the show failed to break much new ground. Variety said "very little in the premiere could be called inspired."

USA Today warned O'Brien to drop the jokes about his joblessness. "He's made millions. He'll make millions. Stop crying on the national shoulder. Unlike many Americans, you've got a job. Get on with it," it said.

Conan O’Brien returns to TV in downsized role

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ARIES (March 21 to April 19) This year, instead of jumping into the whole holiday prep scene, move in a little at a time. You’ll appreciate the sense of control you’re more likely to enjoy.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) The separation between the Bovine’s head and heart is never as far apart as it seems. Both senses work best when they come out of logic and honesty.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) The best way to keep those pre-holiday pressures under control is to just say no to taking on new tasks while you’re still trying to work with a heap of others.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) News means a change might be on its way, but what does it hold? Don’t just ask questions; make sure you get answers you can trust.

LEO (July 23 to August 22) Old friends and new have one thing in common: Both your longtime and newly minted pals have much wisdom to impart.

VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) With time running out, this is a good time for you to show ‘em all what those Virgo superorganizational skills can do.

LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Librans and holidays are made for each —13— other, especially if children

FAMOUS HAND

No doubt the most grueling event on the American Contract Bridge League’s annual tournament calendar is the three-day Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams. The format is board-a-match, which means that a team can win or lose a board by as little as 10 points, so every trick is critical.

Because stamina is a major factor, most teams have six players, allowing two to rest while the other four play.

Traditionally, a disproportionately —13— low number of women take part in the Reisinger, and very few of them make it to the final round.

For these reasons, the accomplishment of Rita Shugart in the 1998 Reisinger is all the more remarkable.

Playing on a four-member team comprised of Andy

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and animals are going to be part of your joyous season.

SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Time is getting too short to allow a spat to taint the holiday season.

Restart your relationship and reschedule holiday fun times.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Seeking advice is laudable.

You might learn far more than you thought you could.

Stay with it.

CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Continuing to assess changes works toward your getting your new project up and ready.

Trusted colleagues remain ready to help.

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Cayman Islands opposition leader Kurt Tibbetts quitting

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In a broadcast statement early Wednesday afternoon, the leader of Cayman’s opposition People’s Progressive Movement announced that he would step down from that position.

According to the Caymanian Compass newspaper, Kurt Tibbetts’ resignation as party leader and as leader of the opposition will take effect early in 2011 by which time a new leader will have been chosen. Mr. Tibbetts is expected to stay on as a member of the Legislative Assembly for the remainder of his elected term.

“Nothing is going to change except that someone else will shoulder the responsibility of leadership,” he said.

It was not immediately clear, however, whether Mr. Tibbetts would seek re-election. He did say he would remain involved in politics as a member of the People’s Progressive Movement.

“This is as important to me as it has ever been,” he said. “I am not going anywhere.”

Mr. Tibbetts said he would hold a public meeting Thursday night at the Seafarer’s Hall to explain his reasons for stepping down as PPM leader.

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The Cayman Islands’ Constitution requires that government or opposition leadership changes be announced at least 60 days in advance of their taking effect. The Opposition Leader is appointed by the Cayman Islands Governor once a majority of elected opposition party members assent to that individual’s leadership.

Mr. Tibbetts said they would hold a special conference to hash out leadership issues early in 2011 and hold a party convention later in the year. He said he would stay on as party leader until those matters were resolved.

“There will be no time when the party does not have a functioning leader,” he said.

A new leader is not the only change in store for the PPM. Mr. Tibbetts said that a deputy opposition leader – a position that does not currently exist – would be elected at the conference, as well as new general secretary, a position he said has been vacant for some time.

In addition, party chairman Anton Duckworth, during a previous interview with the Observer on Sunday, indicated he might not remain in that position over the medium-term.

AIR CANADA TO CHARGE CARIBBEAN TRAVELLERS CAN$20 FOR SECOND BAG

Air Canada says it will charge passengers CD$20 for a second checked bag on its Caribbean flights beginning in January.

Canada’s largest carrier said that it adjusted its checked-bag policy to match other airlines. Its main competitor, WestJet, announced a similar charge last week.

Customers purchasing Economy Class tickets starting November 11, 2010 (Tango, Tango Plus and Latitude fares) for travel on or after January 19, 2011 on domestic Canadian, Caribbean, Costa Rican and Mexican flights will now be charged $20 for a second checked bag, in line with other carriers.

Air Canada's second bag policy for flights to and from the U.S., Europe and other international destinations remains unchanged. The policy allows for a car seat and stroller to be checked as additional pieces of baggage free of charge. The fee for a second checked bag will not apply to Air Canada Prestige, Elite, Super Elite members or Star Alliance Silver and Gold members. Executive Class and Executive First customers continue to receive an allowance of three checked bags on all flights, regardless of destination.

Air Canada is Canada's largest domestic and international fullservice airline providing scheduled and charter air transportation for passengers and cargo from 60 communities large and small across Canada to more than 170 destinations on five continents. Canada's flag carrier is the 15th largest commercial airline in the world and serves 31 million customers annually. Air Canada is a founding member of Star Alliance, the world's most comprehensive air transportation network serving 1,160 airports in 181 countries.

“Frankly, I’m getting a bit too old to be sitting in this chair,” Mr. Duckworth said in the interview, which was conducted in early October. He did not elaborate.

There has also been speculation that Bodden Town MLA Anthony Eden, who will be 67 by the time of the 2013 elections, will not seek office again. Mr. Eden has not addressed that issue publicly.

If Mr. Tibbetts and Mr. Eden were not to run in 2013, that would leave George Town MLAAlden McLaughlin, East End member Arden McLean, and Sister Islands representative Moses Kirkconnell as the three remaining elected opposition party members.

The party leader and deputy leader must both be elected members of the Legislative Assembly.

Mr. Tibbetts said any of his current elected colleagues have the qualities he would look for in the next PPM party leader.

“Either one of my colleagues would be able to fill that position,” he said. The George Town MLA said he took full responsibility for the PPM’s general election loss in 2009.

He also said there is a clear need

Barbados is to get a Tourism Master Plan to chart the direction of the industry for the next decade, and Barbadian input at all levels is being sought.

At a launch of the White Paper on tourism development, which will inform the Tourism Master Plan, Minister of Tourism Richard Sealy said Barbados’ $1.2 billion-dollar tourism industry was too important to continue to be operated in an “ad hoc, loose manner”.

Addressing tourism stakeholders at the LLoyd Erskine Sandiford Centre in Barbados, Sealy said the White Paper would set out the national tourism policy for Barbados, Government’s vision, and an overall framework for tourism development for the future.

And he specifically credited late Prime Minister David Thompson with the idea of a tourism master plan, saying it was part of Thompson’s vision for the development of Barbados, while he was Leader of the Opposition.

According to Sealy, there was “an absence of an appropriate policy framework for the tourism industry” at that time and he said Thompson had

leader of Cayman’s opposition People’s Progressive Movement, Kurt Tibbett

to bring “new blood” into the party.

“Immediately after the 2009 general election, I advised my PPM colleagues that I should not be the one to lead the PPM in the next general election,” Mr. Tibbetts said.

“However, that was not the moment to create further worries in the movement.”

He said the party needs to sort out the question of new leadership ahead of the 2013 elections to be effective.

“We will win,” Mr. Tibbetts said, referring to the next general election.

made a commitment to embark on such a plan whenever he took over the reins of Government.

The recently reactivated Tourism Advisory Council headed by Dr Sherma Roberts has been charged with leading the process for the development of the White Paper.

Roberts told the meeting: “The ultimate goal is that we have an end product in the White Paper and in the Master Plan that will represent the people of Barbados and how they see tourism impacting their lives.”

She added that the document would provide the strategic direction for the development of tourism in Barbados over the next ten years.

There will be public consultations at town hall meetings across the island, while an online forum is being provided for people in the diaspora and others unable to attend the public meetings to make their contribution.

Roberts anticipated a discussion document formulated by the Tourism Advisory Council would be widely distributed and would provide “a basis to kick-start the conversation about the White Paper”.

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Cholera outbreak reaches Haiti's capital

CARIBBEAN NEWS A three-year-old boy from a Port-auPrince tent city has been confirmed by health authorities to have contracted cholera, proving that Haiti's growing epidemic has spread from outlying areas to the country's crowded capital.

The boy was tested after being taken to the Bernard Mevs/Project Medishare hospital on Oct 31 suffering from severe dehydration, nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea. He was treated with oral rehyrdration, IV fluids and antibiotics and released.

Doctors are testing another 120 people suspected of suffering from cholera.

Samples from patients in Port-auPrince are being tested in a laboratory to confirm the presence of vibrio cholera bacteria, which has already killed at least 544 people in Haiti, Gabriel Timothee, director of the health ministry, said.

The bacteria could put an estimated 2.5 million to 3 million inhabitants in danger, nearly half of whom have been living in tents or under tarps in easily flooded

JAMAICAN MAN ALLEGEDLY KILLED OVER BAD WEED A man who police said fatally stabbed another man and hid his body in a barrel in bushes, was remanded into custody when he appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court Tuesday.

Michael Wheatley, 21, of Tavares Gardens, Kingston 11, is charged for the July 2 murder of Lenford Williams, also of Tavares Gardens.

Allegations are that on the day in question at about 1:00 am, Williams was at his home watching television when the accused barged into his room and accused him of giving him 'bad weed'.

The two reportedly got into a struggle and the accused pulled Williams from his room onto the stairway where he stabbed him several times with a knife.

It is further alleged that the accused then placed Williams' body into a barrel and hid it in bushes in the community before returning to the house to wash away the bloodstains and hide the murder weapon.

Following the killing, residents were alerted and the accused was held and beaten and was then handed over to the police.

But Wheatley has denied that he is the killer.

“Your honour a assume dem assume seh a me do it but is not me,” Wheatley told Senior Magistrate Judith Pusey when the matter was raised.

However, he was remanded into custody and his matter rescheduled for mention on November 29 as the legal aid attorney who is assigned to his case was absent.

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Family members wait with victims at a facility

encampments since their houses were destroyed in the Jan 12 earthquake.

He said many of the hospitalised patients were believed to have recently arrived from parts of Haiti such as the Artibonite Valley, where the epidemic was first registered and has done its most ferocious damage.

More than 6,400 of the known 8,138 cases to date have been in the agricultural region, clustered around the Artibonite River.

At least 114 of the people suspected of having the disease in the capital are in the Cite Soleil slum, the expansive oceanside shantytown at the

capital's far northeastern edge and its closest point to the valley.

Since its discovery in late October, the disease has spread to half of Haiti's 10 administrative regions, or departments. More than 200 people have been hospitalised in the West department, where Port-au-Prince is located.

Cholera had never been documented in Haiti before its appearance last month.

In little more than three weeks it is suspected of infecting tens of thousands of people, though only about a quarter of people infected normally develop symptoms of serious diarrhoea, vomiting and fever. Nearly 4 per cent of the thousands hospitalised have died, most from extreme shock brought on by dehydration.

Officials are concerned that floods triggered by Hurricane Tomas on Friday and Saturday could exacerbate the spread of the disease, which is transmitted through the consumption of faecal matter contained in contaminated water or food.

Half-million dollars in aviation technology for Lynden Pindling International Airport Nearly $500,000 worth of aviation technology will be integrated into the Lynden Pindling International Airport, according to an executive of the Florida-based company selected

by Nassau Airport Development (NAD) to implement the systems.

According to the Nassau Guardian, President and Chief Operating Officer of AirIT Chris Keller said the new software for the $409.5 million project will be identical to the technology utilized in Miami International Airport, and it will enable operations at LPIA to run more efficiently.

“When complete, the airport will have a full sweep of operational software tools that allow the airport to more effectively manage resources at the airport,” Keller said. “The airport [will] benefit from one vendor and multiple technologies and they’ll benefit from economies and cost savings because [AirIT] can lower the cost of implementation and deployment of these systems.”

AirIT is an information technology products and services company that specializes in the air transportation and seaport industry and provides an array of operations, passenger processing and business management systems.

Keller also mentioned that a local technology company will offer assistance on the project with AirIT, as Capital City Computers will be lending a helping hand.“It is important to have somebody familiar with the local practices in business and somebody who can support us who has the necessary tools on island,” Keller said. “It’s just not having a local company that helps us support [the systems], but they are

involved on the implementation of that project.”

Keller said his company had already begun work in the country and is targeting next February as a target date for the new technology to be fully implemented.

The LPIA expansion has been making headway and is gearing to get all phases of the project in motion, with NAD recently announcing details on the tendering of stages 2 and 3 of the development. The company is seeking local subcontractors to assist in the final stages, where approximately 400 jobs will be created during the peak of construction during the final phases.

Phase Two of the airport

expansion, estimated at $123 million, includes selective demolition of the current U.S. departure terminal and construction of a new 226,000 sq. ft. international arrivals terminal. The project will also include the addition of approximately 200,000 sq. ft. of asphalt apron rehabilitation and the removal and rebuilding of existing parking facilities.

The final stage of the project includes a 112,000 sq. ft. international departures and domestic arrivals terminal, 30,000 square feet of asphalt apron rehabilitation and minor landslide improvements. The cost of that phase is estimated at $84 million.

MYSTERY WOMAN FOUND SHOT DEAD IN NASSAU

Police are still working on identifying the country's latest murder victim, a woman who was found on the premises of a gas station yesterday with multiple gunshot wounds to her back.

The woman, considered to be a "Jane Doe" by police, was found lying face down on the forecourt of the Kemp Road Service Station, located on Parkgate and Kemp roads, sometime after 2am yesterday.

Late last night, residents in the area said the woman - who was found wearing a brown sweater and long jeans pants - had only recently moved to Nassaul from Abaco.

It was unclear whether or not the deceased had any family members in New Providence.

Leon Bethel, head of the Central Detective Unit, said police received a call that a woman was shot. They assisted with calling the paramedics.

The victim was taken to hospital via EMS personnel where she was eventually pronounced dead.

Information on the incident was "sketchy" up to press time, as the police did not have any immediate leads on the matter.

It is believed that damage was done to the property of the service station as a result of the shooting.

Hulan Hanna, Assistant Commissioner of Police, said the woman "seems to be a young person" from all indications.

UK PM calls for prosecutions after violent demo

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LONDON – British Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday condemned violence that erupted during a demonstration against government plans to triple university fees, and police acknowledged they were unprepared for the mayhem.

Cameron said "the full force of the law" should be used against protesters who smashed windows, lobbed projectiles and stormed a London office tower housing the headquarters of his Conservative Party.

"People long in our history have gone to marches and held banners and made protests and made speeches and that's part of our democracy," Cameron said in Seoul, South Korea, where he is attending a G20 summit.

"What is not part of our democracy is that sort of violence and lawbreaking. It's not right. It's not acceptable and I hope that the full force of the law will be used."

More than 50,000 students, lecturers and supporters marched through London Wednesday against

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A demonstrator smashes a window of a building in Millbank during a student protest in central London.

plans to raise the cost of studying at a university to up to 9,000 pounds ($14,000) a year — three times the current rate — in the largest street protest yet against the government's

Cargo bomb found in UK could have exploded over U.S.

LONDON – A bomb found on board a cargo plane at a British airport last month could have exploded over the eastern seaboard of the United States if it had not been defused, British police said on Wednesday.

Al Qaeda's Yemen-based wing has claimed responsibility for sending two U.S.-bound parcel bombs that were intercepted in Dubai and Britain in October.

The bombs, addressed to synagogues in Chicago, were found in computer printer cartridges.

The device found in Britain was taken off a cargo plane at East Midlands Airport north of London on October 29.

"Forensic examination has indicated that if the device had activated it would have been at 10:30 hrs BST (0930 GMT) on Friday, 29 October 2010," London police said in a statement.

"If the device had not been removed from the aircraft the activation could have occurred over the eastern seaboard of the U.S.," they said.

British Prime Minister David Cameron said last month he could not rule out that the East Midlands bomb may have been intended to explode over Britain.

The police said the cargo plane arrived at East Midlands Airport from Cologne at 2:13 a.m. (0113 GMT) on October 29. It left just over two hours later after the suspect package had been removed.

The bomb was only deactivated by explosives officers when they removed the printer cartridge from the printer at about 7.40 a.m. -- less than three hours before it was set to explode.

French Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux said last week one of the two parcel bombs was defused just 17 minutes before it was due to explode.

Governments, airlines and aviation authorities around the world have been reviewing security since the foiled plot, the latest of a number involving aircraft.

sweeping austerity measures.

Hundreds of demonstrators scuffled with police and burned placards outside Conservative headquarters as dozens stormed the

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lobby, scattering furniture, spraying graffiti and chanting.

Fourteen people, including seven police officers, were treated for minor injuries. Police said 50 people were arrested and bailed pending further inquiries.

Protest organizers condemned the violence by a minority, but images of masked protesters smashing windows dominated TV news bulletins and newspaper front pages on Thursday.

Metropolitan Police chief Paul Stephenson acknowledged that the force had failed to anticipate the violence, and initially had only 225 officers on duty to handle the crowd. He said it was "an embarrassment to London and to us."

"Certainly I am determined to have a thorough investigation into this matter," Stephenson said.

Cameron's government plans to triple tuition fees and cut funding to universities as it strives to slash 81 billion pounds ($128 billion) from public expenditure over the next four years.

Clinton offers Netanyahu security pledge on peace talks

NEW YORK – It added that any Secretary of State Hillary future Palestinian state Clinton assured Israeli should be based on its Prime Minister Benjamin 1967 borders with Netanyahu on Thursday "agreed swaps" of that Israel's security territory, holding out the requirements would be prospect that Israel might fully taken into account retain some of the in any future peace deal occupied West Bank in with the Palestinians. exchange for giving the In a move that could Palestinians other Israeli allow Netanyahu to territory. persuade his governing Israeli officials said coalition to back a new Netanyahu has pushed freeze on Israeli Clinton for broad new settlement construction, U.S.-Israel understandings Clinton and the visiting on Israel's security needs Israeli leader ended a in any eventual peace marathon round of talks agreement.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in New York with a "The chances of strong declaration of Washington's reaching a peace agreement will be improved "unshakable commitment to Israel's security significantly by achieving comprehensive and to peace in the region." security understandings between Israel and the "The prime minister and the secretary United States," Netanyahu said before agreed on the importance of continuing direct Thursday's talks began. negotiations to achieve our goals," the two Israel wants a long-term military presence sides said in a joint statement, which did not in the Jordan Valley along the eastern border mention the settlement issue directly. of a future Palestinian state as well as financial But Clinton repeated that the peace talks - help to pay for security arrangements that - which have hit an impasse over the would be necessary if a peace deal is achieved. settlement issue -- could yet yield an Thursday's talks marked the Obama independent Palestine living next to Israel administration's latest attempt to restart the "with secure and recognized borders that direct peace talks that began in Washington on reflect subsequent developments and meet September 2 but were suspended by the Israeli security requirements."

Palestinians three weeks later when "Those requirements will be fully taken Netanyahu refused to extend a 10-month into account in any future peace agreement," limited building freeze in West Bank the joint statement said. settlements.

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Democrats pressing Pelosi to step aside

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WASHINGTON – In a fresh sign of turmoil among defeated Democrats, a growing number of the rank and file say they won't support House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a politically symbolic roll call when the new Congress meets in January.

"The reality is that she is politically toxic," said Illinois Rep. Mike Quigley, one of several Democrats who are trying to pressure Pelosi to step aside as her party's leader in the wake of historic election losses to Republicans last week.

Pelosi startled many Democrats with a quick postelection announcement that she would run for minority leader. She has yet to draw an opponent for the post.

Party elections are scheduled for next week, although a postponement is possible.

In the interim, Pelosi's critics have become more vocal in their efforts to retire her from the party leadership.

There's "starting to be a sense that this may not be as much of a done deal as people might have thought," Rep. Jason Altmire said of Pelosi's quest to remain the top Democrat.

"If enough people come out and voice a little discomfort with the idea of her continuing on, maybe she would

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi

reconsider," said the Pennsylvanian, one of a handful of Democrats who said he won't cast a ceremonial vote for her.

The election of a party leader occurs behind closed doors. A separate election for speaker to be held on Jan. 5, a few hours after the House convenes for the first time, is a very visible one. One member of each party is typically nominated, and each lawmaker is then called by name to stand and declare a choice. The event is customarily televised live.

Defections from party discipline

CALLS TO INSPECT A380 ROLLSROYCE ENGINES

PARIS – The European Aviation Safety Agency has ordered airlines to carry out new inspections of the RollsRoyce engines on the Airbus A380 superjumbo after analysis of one which blew up on a Qantas flight.

The Australian carrier was forced to ground its entire fleet of A380s after the mid-air blast last week which forced the plane to make an emergency landing in Singapore. No one was injured in the incident.

Preliminary analysis showed that an oil fire may have caused the "uncontained failure" of the Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine, the EASA said Thursday on its website.

The agency said it therefore "requires repetitive inspections" of certain parts of the engine "in order to detect any abnormal oil leakage, and if any discrepancy is found, to prohibit further engine operation."

The agency's instructions were considered as "interim" and further "mandatory" actions might be considered after results of the ongoing investigation are completed.

The Qantas incident prompted serious safety worries over the world's biggest passenger jet.

The Australian carrier revamped its flight schedule to exclude the six flagship A380s, potentially for "weeks", after the blow-out which also led to Singapore Airlines putting three of its superjumbos out of action.

A spokesman told AFP that Qantas's A380s, which service long-haul routes connecting Australian cities with Los Angeles and London, would not be used for at least a few days.

Qantas is among a group of carriers conducting urgent safety checks of the A380s' Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines as investigators work to determine what caused last Thursday's blow-out over the Indonesian island of Batam.

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are rare in such circumstances, but several Democrats said they would not support Pelosi. They did not specify how they would vote instead.

Despite the criticism, one prominent ally, Rep. George Miller of California, said Wednesday night that Pelosi enjoys the support of the "overwhelming number of members of the caucus" for a new term as party leader.

"There has always been in the caucus and there always will be in the caucus people who want to distance themselves from the leadership. That's not new. I think that's a very small percentage," Miller said.

Pelosi's spokesman, Brendan Daly, added that the speaker has strong support throughout the caucus and "is grateful for the confidence that her colleagues have placed in her to become House Democratic leader."

Most of the Democrats who say they would not support Pelosi are moderates from conservative districts who have toiled to distinguish themselves from their liberal leader, and who watched dozens of likeminded Democrats go down in defeat after Republicans savaged them in TV advertisements as lapdogs of the San Francisco congresswoman.

Quigley stopped short of saying he would oppose Pelosi on a public vote, but others did not.

"You would find an unusual number of people not voting for the nominee of their party" if Pelosi were the choice, said Rep. Jim Matheson of Utah.

"There's a growing number of people in the caucus saying, 'Why's she running for minority leader in the first place?' We just got thumped in this election in a major way, and to act like we can just go back and do the same thing over again. It just seems like a very obvious situation when change is called for," Matheson said.

Rep. Dan Boren, D-Okla., another conservative, said through a spokesman that he, too, plans to vote against Pelosi in public and private.

Rep. Mike Ross, D-Ark., strongly suggested as much in a statement in which he said he wouldn't back Pelosi "for House Democratic leader or any other leadership position in the Congress."

Democrats lost at least 60 seats in last week's elections, with a handful of races yet to be settled. Many of the defeats came in conservative or swing districts, and many of her critics are lawmakers who survived narrowly.

Man pleads guilty to killing 3year-old Illinois girl

JOLIET, Ill. – For eight months, Kevin Fox sat in a jail cell as a suspect in his 3-year-old daughter's death, knowing prosecutors wanted him executed and that the real killer was free.

On Wednesday, Fox sat just a few feet away from Scott Eby as the convicted sex offender pleaded guilty to the suburban Chicago girl's sexual assault and murder. In a clear voice, Eby said the word "guilty" six times — ensuring he will spend the rest of his life behind bars for the death of Riley Fox. In exchange for the 39-year-old's plea, prosecutors agreed not to seek the death penalty.

The courtroom was packed with dozens of friends and family of Riley, many wearing pins with a photograph of the girl nicknamed "Rileybugs" on them. The gallery was silent as Eby entered his plea, ending a six-year ordeal in the highly-publicized case.

Kevin Fox, who was exonerated by DNA evidence, was the first to take the witness stand and read a statement in which he talked about his time in jail.

"I would always wonder what you were doing with your freedom," he said. "If you were lying, watching TV or if you were picking your next victim."

He said that once he left court, he would drive Eby from his mind.

"After today you will no longer be a part of my memories of my daughter," he said looking up from his notes, staring directly at Eby. In horrific details, Assistant Will County State's Attorney Michael Fitzgerald told the judge how Eby, in a five-page letter, admitted

that on June 6, 2004, he had been drinking and using cocaine — a combination that gave him the urge to break into Riley's Wilmington house and molest her.

Eby said he put a bandanna over his face before entering the house, put his hand over Riley's mouth and put her in the trunk of his car.

He described then driving to a nearby forest preserve, duct-taping her wrists and mouth and sexually assaulting her on the floor of a men's room.

"Eby wrote that it was stifling hot that day, that he must have pulled down his bandanna because he looked down and stated that Riley Fox was staring at his face," Fitzgerald said.

Eby told authorities he knew the girl could identify him and panicked, taking her to a nearby creek and holding her "under the water by the shoulders until he couldn't feel her struggle anymore."

Many in the courtroom openly wept.

Melissa Fox spoke of the joys of watching her daughter and how she liked to sing, dance, tell jokes and catch butterflies. But, as her voice cracked, she also told Eby what he took when he held her daughter's head under water. Tears welled in Eby's eyes as the girl's mother spoke.

"She would never have the opportunity to play with her friends, have sleepovers, get her driver's license, go to homecoming or prom, go to college, get married or have a family of her own," Fox said. "I didn't get a chance to say goodbye or give her a last kiss or hug. Instead, I visit a headstone that I decorate for holidays and her birthday."

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Travelers disembark nightmare cruise amid cheers

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oshua Vest, of Fullerton, Calif., is hugged by his mother, Donna Baldwin, left, and Deanne Miller after he exited the Carnival Splendor cruise ship, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010, in San Diego

SAN DIEGO – Six tug boats pulled a stricken cruise ship to shore Thursday morning amid cheers from a waiting crowd, bringing the nearly 4,500 passengers and crew back to friends and family after three days of limited food, smelly toilets and dark cabins.

Escorted by Coast Guard cutters, the nearly 1,000-foot Carnival Splendor reached the dock at about 8:30 a.m. PST and the first group of passengers walked down a ramp about an hour later, dragging rolling suitcases behind them and entering a tent on the dock. With the ship's elevators out of order, port officials estimated it would take about four hours for everyone to leave the ship.

People on the decks and about 100

onshore cheered loudly as the ship reached the dock, while all along the harbor, tourists, joggers and fishermen stopped to snap photos.

High up on a ship railing, someone had stuck a sign thanking the Coast Guard and a hand-drawn U.S. flag.

"We're so happy to be getting off.

Everybody's been cheering and clapping," passenger Fahizah Alim, 26, of Sacramento, said by cell phone.

"It's been like a nightmare," she said.

"There's been no food, no power, no electricity, no flushing toilets. I spent the night tossing and turning in my cabin in the dark."

Seventy-five buses were arriving to drive passengers north to Long Beach,

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where the Splendor is based. Passengers also were given the option of staying overnight at San Diego hotels.

Gary Grabel of Los Angeles said he was packing his bags. "We're looking forward to spending a couple of days in San Diego to kind of catch up on my vacation," he said by cell phone.

He was among 250 magicians on board for a conference who performed for the guests after the power failed.

"I did magic for hours," he said.

The ship left Long Beach on Sunday for a seven-day trip to the Mexican Riviera, only to return days early without ever reaching the beaches vacationers had hoped for. A fire in the engine room knocked out power Monday morning, leaving passengers with no air conditioning, no hot food, no hot water, no casino. The swimming pool was offlimits because there was no way to pump chlorine.

Aboard the ship, lines for cold food stretched for hours during the days after the power went out. Navy helicopters flew in Spam, Pop Tarts and canned crab meat and other goods for the passengers and crew, passengers said.

Some passengers carried food to others who used walkers and canes and couldn't climb up nine decks of stairs to reach the food lines, Alim said.

"We have not had a hot cup of coffee in four days," she said. "This was my first cruise and it was no luxury, no fun."

However, passengers spent their last night drinking free wine and beer at the bar and singing old songs.

Paul Patrick Sr., 50, of Riverside, said his daughter, Sabrina Klinge of Laguna Hills, was married on Saturday and was on her honeymoon cruise. The 27-yearold texted her father on Wednesday saying it was dark and she was living on Pop-

Tarts.

"It was supposed to be this beautiful cruise and it turned into a nightmare," he said. "Nothing like it was advertised in the brochure."

As the ship approached San Diego, she sent him another text message: "We see land!"

In a follow-up cell phone call, Klinge told her father that she was hungry and did not want any salads or sandwiches when she arrived, he said.

"Steak and lobster?" he replied, jokingly. "You mean they don't have steak and lobster on the Splendor? I thought you liked Spam."

After the Splendor docked, Gerry Cahill, chief executive of Carnival Corp.'s Carnival Cruise Lines told passengers via ship's intercom: "I'm very sorry" and added: "I would like to thank you for all your patience and understanding that you showed throughout the situation."

Cahill earlier said the crankcase on one of six diesel generators "split," causing the fire. He said he doubted other ships in the Miami-based company's fleet were at risk.

The ship was 200 miles south of San Diego and about 44 miles off shore when the fire killed its power.

"We've never had anything like this happen before, so I really don't think we have any risks to other ships," he said at a news conference Wednesday. "This is a very unusual situation."

Carnival first planned to haul the ship to the Mexican port of Ensenada, not far from a movie studio complex used to film "Titanic," and bus passengers to the U.S. But the cruise line decided it would be better to go a little farther to San Diego, sparing passengers the 50-mile bus ride to the border. San Diego also offers more transportation and hotel options.

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Steele may face challengers for GOP chairmanship WORLD NEWS

WASHINGTON - Republicans are aggressively recruiting a challenger to Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele, whose tenure as party chief has been marked by ill-chosen comments and questions about finances.

The RNC must decide in January whether to keep Steele. Republicans, looking to oust President Barack Obama in 2012, are considering a chairman who would operate more behind the scenes and let Rep. John Boehner, likely the next speaker of the House, take the lead as the party's main spokesman.

"I think we need to move to a nutsand-bolts type of candidate who will get back to the fundamentals, who will make the trains run on time and raise money," said Saul Anuzis, a committee member from Michigan and former state party chairman who is weighing a bid for chairman. "I'd rather have that than a talking head who wants to be the face of the party."

Henry Barbour, a nephew of Republican Governors Association chairman and Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, has reached out to a halfdozen potential candidates who would challenge Steele if he seeks to keep the chairmanship. The younger Barbour, who is one of the 168 voting members of the RNC, is looking for candidates who could rally an anti-Steele voting bloc when members meet Jan. 13-16.

Among the names being considered are David Norcross, a former New Jersey party chairman, and

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Wisconsin GOP chairman and RNC lawyer Reince Priebus, who ran Steele's 2009 bid for chairman.

Another possible candidate, Connecticut GOP Chairman Chris Healy, is talking about a run but hasn't made a decision. Even so, he is highlighting his work as a fundraiser, a traditional role for the national committee chief.

"I've shown I can grind money out of a stone and actually get a lot for it," Healy said.

After losing a bruising presidential race against Obama in 2008 and facing minority status in the House and Senate, RNC members elected Steele their chairman and chief spokesman.

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But his bombastic style irritated some party members and heavy spending under his watch drew fiery criticism.

"My leadership style is different.

I'm not cut out of the same mold as others," an unapologetic Steele told reporters last Friday at the RNC's headquarters on Capitol Hill.

Instead of hoarding donor dollars, he quickly sent cash to state parties, paying for 350 staffers from Maine to California. He went on a 48-state bus tour, an effort to rally the party base but effectively a chance for Steele to meet with RNC members who will decide his fate.

And Steele sent cash — and himself — to Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, U.S. territories that, like U.S. states, get three votes each when deciding leaders.

Steele says he has not decided whether to seek a second term. But his choice hinges on whether he can hold together support or whether the committee members decide they want a chairman who is less familiar with the spotlight and more comfortable raising money and building technical details of campaigns.

Voters on Tuesday gave Republicans at least 60 new seats in the House. Republicans picked up 10 governorships; the party also gained control of 19 state legislative chambers

and now hold their highest level of state legislative seats since 1928.

Since then, Steele has met with reporters and touted the RNC's efforts to deliver victories. He repeatedly said the RNC deserves some credit for the turnaround.

"I inherited a party that no one wanted to be a part of," he said.

Yet, for some, those victories were in spite of Steele.

"As successful as things were on election night, the RNC could have played a more effective role in making it a more successful night in the U.S. Senate races, the gubernatorial races and the U.S. House races," said Healy.

The RNC trailed Democrats by $15 million in fundraising, is in debt and was largely overshadowed by third-party groups that, in a few months, have raised almost as much as Republican National Committee has since January 2009.

The RNC has raised more than $79 million this year and has spent all of it — and then some. The RNC ended September with about $3.4 million in cash on hand and $4.6 million in debt.

The RNC also took out a $2.5 million loan in September.

Steele had started the job with a $23 million surplus.

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Australia to hold constitutional referendum on Aborigines

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MELBOURNE – Australia announced a national referendum on recognising the country's Aborigines in the constitution, in a bid to improve conditions for the chronically disadvantaged community.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Australia had a "once in 50-year opportunity" with parliamentary support and widespread public backing, three years after former leader Kevin Rudd's historic apology to the native people.

"We came to government knowing that change was needed on an emotional level as well as a practical level," Gillard said.

"The recognition of Indigenous Australians -Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples -- in the Australian constitution is the next step in that journey."

Australia has not held a referendum since 1999, when a move to become a republic was rejected. In 44 referendums since 1901, only eight have passed.

Gillard said it was vital to build consensus before holding the vote, which will not take place for at least 12 months. The only other referendum dealing with Aborigines was in 1967 when an overwhelming majority voted that they should be counted as part of the population.

Gillard established an expert panel to examine the question and report back by the end of 2011, and said the vote could be held before or in conjunction with the next national election, due in 2013.

The move comes almost three years after Rudd, then head of Gillard's ruling Labor party, delivered an historic apology to Aborigines, the country's original inhabitants, for wrongs committed since white settlement in 1788.

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Once thought to number more than one million, Aborigines now account for just 470,000 out of a population of 22 million, and suffer disproportionately high rates of disease, imprisonment and unemployment.

Aboriginal men have a life expectancy 11.5 years shorter than their non-Aboriginal counterparts.

Aboriginal women die 9.7 years sooner than nonAboriginal women.

Gillard said Australia's first peoples had "a unique and special place" in the nation but the government's plans to close the gap could not succeed without greater respect and recognition.

"For too long there has been a false divide between working practically and working to generate trust. I think these two things go together," Gillard said.

"Now is the right time to take the next step and recognise the first peoples of our nation... to build trust and respect," Gillard said.

The minority Greens party made Gillard promise to hold a referendum on Aborigines before agreeing to form a coalition government with her after she failed to win an outright majority at August polls.

Greens senator Rachael Siewert said Australia would only get "one shot" at the vote and it would be "a long time before we get to do it again."

Gillard went further, saying she was "certain if this referendum doesn't succeed there will not be another one like it."

Mick Gooda, the country's commissioner for Aboriginal social justice, said the vote would have a dramatic impact on the self-worth of Aborigines.

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According to a Newspoll survey published last month for Griffith University law school 75 percent of Australians thought it was important to have a referendum on recognising Aboriginal history and culture in the constitution.

Griffith's Ron Levy said "bold thought" was needed on ways to engage the community in a debate on the question. A referendum can only succeed when a majority yes vote is achieved in a majority of states.

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Internet search leader Google Inc is not building a social network to compete with Facebook, a company executive reiterated on Thursday, despite an intensifying rivalry between the two leading Internet groups.

"We're not working on a social network platform that's just going to be another social network platform," Google's head of mobile product development, Hugo Barra, said in

answer to a question at the Monaco Media Forum.

"We do think that social is an ingredient for success for any app going forward, search and advertising being probably the best two examples that I would mention. So that's how we're thinking about the problem."

Social networking has exploded in popularity and begun to reshape the balance of power in the Web industry.

Facebook, launched in 2004, has more

than 500 million members.

Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said in September the company intended to add "layers" of social networking to its sites, rather than unveil a flashy product, but his remarks failed to quash speculation about a Google social network.

Google owns the social network Orkut, which is popular in Brazil and India but has failed to expand significantly beyond those markets.

Bank of England says economic outlook still uncertain

The Bank of England has warned that the outlook for the UK economy remains uncertain.

Governor Mervyn King said the recovery was likely to continue, but its strength depended heavily on developments in the world economy.

The Bank's quarterly inflation report said rising raw material prices, energy bills and next year's VAT rise meant inflation would remain high next year.

But it is expected to fall below the Bank's 2% target in two years' time.

Adding to the uncertainty are government cuts which could trigger a slowdown in construction, Mr King said, which has been a key driver in recent faster-than-expected economic growth.

The most recent gross domestic product (GDP) figures showed growth of 0.8% in the third quarter of this year. In the three months before that, the economy grew by 1.2%.

Speaking to reporters, Mr King said a sharp slowdown, however, was unlikely.

Charts in the extensive report show the Bank believes there remains only a very small possibility of the economy beginning to shrink again.

If the 9 members of the MPC can't agree on the best path for the UK, I wonder whether it's fair to expect the G20 to agree on the best path for the world. �

Commenting on the report, the Institute of Directors agreed the economic outlook was currently almost impossible to read.

"Uncertainty is written all over this report, and rightly so," said chief economist Graeme

designed to benefit them at the expense of others.

"If we fail to recognise that there is a genuine collective interest," he said, "then it will be lose-lose and every country will be worse off." He said the alternative was to return to protectionism, which would be damaging for all.

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Leach.

"There are so many competing forces towards sustained recovery or recession, the economic models are overwhelmed." Mr King said that as government spending was set to grow more slowly, the strength of the recovery depended "heavily" on developments in the rest of the world.

Consequently, he had a warning for the G20 countries, who are preparing for this weekend's meeting in South Korea.

"The biggest... risk we face is from bad news from the world economy and in particular the euro area.

"The world economy is facing difficult and dangerous times. I hope the G20 meeting this weekend will have a cooperative message rather than those we've been getting in the last few months and weeks," Mr King said.

There has been concern recently that some economic policies and proposals from some major economies have been

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The Bank's report also noted there was a wider-than-usual range of views among Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) members.

Recent meetings have seen growing disagreement between the Bank's MPC members with a three-way split in the vote at the end of the MPC's last meeting.

Seven of its members voted for no change to interest rates and no additional stimulus spending, one person wanted to see rates rise, while another member voted to see QE restart.

Mervyn King said this meant the MPC was operating as it should be.

As a cricket fan, he compared the readiness of his committee to the approach of the England team.

"Like the English batsmen preparing to defend the Ashes, watching carefully, perfectly balanced in the crease, ready to play forward or back according to the length of the incoming delivery... the MPC will watch the incoming data carefully, ready to adjust policy in either direction in order to keep inflation on track to meet the 2% target in the medium term."

He gave no clear indication, however, of the future direction of interest rates, nor whether there would be more money injected into the economy through its programme of quantitative easing.

This week, Google internally announced plans to boost salaries by 10 percent in a move widely seen as an effort to staunch a stream of engineers and managers leaving Google for faster-growing rivals like Facebook.

Google also said recently it planned to block Facebook and other Web services from accessing its users' information, accusing Facebook of failing to reciprocate.

ILO says global jobs recovery volatile and uneven

Global employment is witnessing a volatile and uneven recovery, with the manufacturing and construction sectors hardest hit and health a rare bright spot, the International Labor Organization (ILO) said on Wednesday.

"In 2010, the global economy seems to have entered into a new stage where divergence and volatility in a number of labor markets have significantly increased and uncertainty over the stability of the recovery remains high," the ILO said in a report.

The report was based on figures covering 13 economic sectors in 51 countries, ranging from the United States and Germany to Russia, the Philippines and India.

In the first half of 2010, manufacturing and construction, especially in Europe, lost more jobs than any of the other sectors surveyed, while employment losses continued in wholesale and retail, the report said.

Health, it noted, had 2.8 million more jobs in the 51 countries surveyed at the end of the first quarter this year than it did two years previously.

The report did not analyze why some sectors were doing better than others. ILO economist Elizabeth Tinoco said the volatility varied not only across sectors but also across emerging economies like China, South Africa and Brazil as well as richer nations.

Financial services, which last year showed signs of recovery, saw jobs fall in the third quarter of 2009 and had been rising and falling quarter to quarter since then, reflecting restructuring in the United States and Britain.

Agriculture, the ILO said, remained resilient although volatile in the first 6 months, with a year-on-year job total decline of 1.1 percent over the first quarter, driven by a 5.9 percent drop in Asia due to extreme weather.

On Monday the ILO said unemployment in the G20 -- a steering group of leading world economies, both developing and developed -stood at 70 million or nearly 8 percent of the total workforce and looked set to grow strongly.

Holiday shopping battle starts to get pitched

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NEW YORK - From free shipping from Wal-Mart to Sears stores open on Thanksgiving for the first time, the battle for holiday shoppers' dollars has begun in earnest.

The early competition to break through shoppers' caution about spending promises savings for those willing to buy amid an economy that's still worrying many. It also promises convenience.

Retailers are offering deals anytime, anywhere their customers want, through websites, smart phones and Facebook.

Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving that typically kicks off holiday shopping, is not only being marketed as "Black Friday week," but for a growing number of stores, "Black Friday month."

As for Thanksgiving, some retailers like Sears and Gap's Old Navy hope shoppers will head to stores after they finish their turkey feasts. On the Web, Kohl's Corp. and Target Corp. are among many merchants dramatically stepping up deals that day, counting on that holiday to be one of the busiest days of the year online.

"Everything is faster and sooner," said Dan Grandpre, editor-in-chief of Dealnews.com, which opened an office in Dublin, Ireland, a few months ago to monitor the frenetic pace of offers, From free shipping from Wal-Mart to Sears stores open on particularly during the holidays. Dealnews is based Thanksgiving, the battle for holiday shoppers' dollars has begun in Huntsville, Ala. in earnest. The early competition to break through shoppers' Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is clearly going for the caution on spending promises savings for those willing to buy. jugular in the holiday retailing fight. It announced Thursday that it will offer free shipping on nearly That concept isn't new, but many stores are 60,000 online items — with no minimum purchase joining Walmart in trying to speed up the turnaround requirement. The offer, which includes most time, says Noam Paransky, retail strategist at Kurt electronics, jewelry and toys, will run through Dec. Salmon Associates.

20. Return shipping is also free, or items can be "Retailers are trying to be in front of customers returned to a local store.

24/7," Paransky said. With the wider adoption of Wal-Mart's free offer comes on top of similarly smart phones, "it's exploding this year." aggressive free shipping programs from Target and Facebook.com recently launched its Deals J.C. Penney. Wal-Mart's deal adds to the discounter's program, teaming up with a number of stores Site to Store program, which lets customers buy an including Penney and Gap Inc. The offering allows item online and have it shipped free to their local shoppers to "check in" using smart phones to these Walmart store for pickup. shops and reap rewards or discounts.

Walmart.com is even testing a service at nearly The intense marketing is happening in a season 800 stores that lets customers see inventory and in which shoppers are expected to spend only a little purchase products right from home. The online more than last year. Unemployment is still stuck orders are usually ready to be picked up at a store close to 10 percent, and consumer confidence has within four hours. been anemic for months and months.

NISSAN RECALLS 586,000 FRONTIER, XTERRA VEHICLES

DETROIT– Nissan Motor Co Ltd is recalling nearly 600,000 Frontier pickup trucks and Xterra sport-utility vehicles because of risks the steering shaft could crack due to corrosion.

No accidents have been associated with these risks, Nissan said in a press release on Thursday.

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The National Retail Federation expects a 2.3 percent increase in spending to $447.1 billion. That would fall short of the 10-year historic average of 2.5 percent, according to the retail trade group.

Online, the prospects are brighter. Online research firm comScore Inc. expects anywhere from 7 to 9 percent growth compared with a year ago, when business was up 4 percent over the previous year, according to its calculations. About 10 percent of holiday sales are made online, according to Forrester analyst Sucharita Mulpuru.

"You clearly have a consumer who is restrained.

So you have this drive to encourage consumers to spend," Kevin Mansell, Kohl's president and CEO, said in an interview with The Associated Press. But a bigger factor is "retailers have to move with the consumer, and the consumer wants ultimately flexibility of buying. You have to move with her."

Against this background, the holiday deals have come in rapid-fire succession. In the past 24 hours, Best Buy Co. announced it's discounting a number of its electronics items this Friday and Saturday. For example, it has a 40-inch LCD HDTV for $399.99.

Retailer Kmart said it's letting customers who buy items online pick up purchases on the same day at more than 600 locations. The retailer, owned by Sears Holdings Corp., also announced customers can now buy items through the Kmart2go mobile web site or smart phone applications and select in-store pickup. The apps also can be used in-store for product information.

But many are also not waiting to give shoppers a sneak preview of what type of come-ons they'll find the day after Thanksgiving: — Target will offer discounts both online and in stores. It's offering a Thanksgiving Day sale online with deals including discounts of up to 50 percent off on electronics such as cameras, TVs, a Blu-ray player and video game console. In stores, Target will have 25 early morning Black Friday bargains, 11 more than last year.

— Staples is offering deals from 6 a.m. to noon including a $499.98 HP Laptop with an Intel Celeron 900 Processor marked down to $299.98.

— The Disney Store plans to offer 20 percent off most items until 10 a.m. It also plans to open 110 locations at midnight.

Internet faces turbulent times

The internet could face years of instability as it moves to a new addressing system, one of the network's original architects has warned.

Vint Cerf, one of the fathers of the internet, spoke as the UK was urged to begin using the new addressing system.

With current addresses due to run out in 2012, nations and businesses must get on with switching, said Mr Cerf.

During the switch internet links could become unreliable, making sites and services hard to reach, Mr Cerf said.

"This has to happen or the internet will stop growing or will not be growable," he said of the move to the addressing system.

The net has grown to its current size using version 4 of its addressing scheme (IPv4), which allows for about 4.3 billion addresses.

Estimates suggest that this pool of addresses will be exhausted by the end of January 2012.

A system with a far larger pool of addresses has been created, called IPv6, but progress towards using it has been sluggish.

He criticised global businesses, saying they were "short-sighted" for not making the shift sooner.

"They cannot grow their business if they do not have an address space to grow it into," he added.

"The business community needs to understand that this is an infrastructure they are relying on and it needs to change for them to continue to grow and to rely on it," Mr Cerf said.

The problem of the switchover will be exacerbated, said Mr Cerf, because the two addressing systems are not compatible.

As parts of the internet do eventually convert to IPv6 those trying to get at the parts still on IPv4 may not reach the site, resource or service they were after.

The net would not stop during the switch, said Mr Cerf, but access could get "spotty".

That instability could last years, he suggested, as even search giant Google - his current employer took three years to get its IPv6 network up and running.

Some nations, such as China and the Czech Republic, had made great strides in using IPv6 but others had not even started.

"There is turbulence coming," said Nigel Titley, chairman of RIPE, the body that hands out Europe's allocation of IPv4 addresses.

He said it was only a matter of time before the shortfall of addresses started to hit business.

Attempts to get more people online, close digital divisions or to boost e-commerce could all be hampered by a lack of addresses, Mr Titley said.

The key to accelerating the shift to IPv6 would be making internet service providers (ISPs) offer the service to their customers, he said, something too few were doing at the moment.

"Sooner or later BT is not going to be able to provision a new broadband customer," said Mr Titley. "That's when the accountants might wake up."

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Clive Lloyd on a major mission in Sri Lanka

While the West Indies cricket team is on a tour of Sri Lanka, West Indian cricket legend Clive Lloyd will be in town on a different mission – to inspect and report back to the International Cricket Council (ICC) whether the three Sri Lankan venues that are to be used for next year’s ICC World Cup would be ready on time.

Sources said that ICC which publicly expressed confidence on a few previous occasions are now sweating at the prospect of the Sri Lankan venues not being ready in time for the showpiece event after receiving the latest reports on the venues at Hambantota, Pallekele and Premadasa Stadium.

ICC team was to visit Sri Lanka on October 29 for an inspection, but Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) had reportedly made some frantic efforts through a highly respected top Sri Lankan official attached to the ICC and had been able to postpone the visit by two weeks.

International media reports claimed last week that the ICC has raised the venue issue with SLC and expressed apprehension at the venues being completed by the December 31 deadline, one month beyond the Host Agreement venue-completion time of November 30, 2010.

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West Indian cricket legend Clive Lloyd

The report quoted sources in Dubai, that the ICC’s venue consultant, Eugene van Vuuren — on the basis of the progress report of the construction work he has received — has told the ICC event manager Chris Tetley, that he does not expect the facilities at Premadasa, Hambantota and Pallekele to be ready by December 31.

Apart from the three Sri Lankan venues, two Indian venues Chennai and Mumbai have also raised concern

Three bid to host regional Twenty20

Antigua, Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago have submitted bids to host the Caribbean Twenty20 Championships of 2011 and 2012.

The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) announced on Tuesday that the three venues will now be assessed by its Bid Review Committee headed by director Gregory Shillingford, the president of the Leeward Islands Cricket Association, and former chief executive officer.

"It is a new model inviting territories to host matches in regional tournaments and appropriately it starts with the most exciting of the tournaments - Caribbean T20 which proved to be successful in its launch in 2010," said Shillingford in a WICB media release.

He added: "The territories, which have submitted bids and are confident of meeting the criteria, will be held to meeting standards and WICB will be held to meeting obligations in terms of both cost and benefits."

The Bid Review Committee will have this weekend to consider seven key criteria in choosing the venues before the WICB makes the official announcement Monday coming.

The WICB noted the committee would have to consider contributions of the hosts to the event, cost of hosting matches, potential revenue opportunities, strength of the commitment to host, record of honouring commitments, the quality of event management during previous WICB tournaments and venue readiness.

The regional governing body also requires venues to have international standard lighting and at least one giant replay screen, so they can be favourably considered for hosting the CT20, which will be a televised 'live' event.

The other members of the Bid Review Committee are WICB director, Enoch Lewis; the chairman of the WICB's finance committee, Steve Camacho; the WICB corporate secretary, Nelecia Yeates; the WICB commercial manager and new WICB event manager, Cindy McLean.

Next year's CT20 will be held from January 9 to 24.

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with only a little over 100 days left for the start of the quadrennial event at Dhaka on February 19, 2011.

Mumbai is scheduled to host the final at the Wankhede Stadium on April 2.

Tetley has remarked in a note that, “It would appear that progress has not been as good as he (Eugene van Vuuren) expected in recent weeks at these venues. The venue can only be considered to have been completed once all utilities and finishing’s have been installed and the venue is fully operational.”

Tetley has also observed, “It’s often the case that completing the interiors to the necessary standard takes far longer than anticipated, not to mention dealing with the inevitable snag-lists that are always a feature of newly constructed facilities.’‘The ICC has now sought a full report from all 13 venues about (a) date for total completion of all work, including construction and interior services and fixtures, (b) assessment of progress at the date of the report, (c) outline of work still to be completed at the date of the report, (d) photographic evidence of all aspects of the venue to support the assessment of progress and outline of work to be completed.

With Jamaica's kit sponsorship deal with Italian sports goods manufacturers, Kappa, nearing an end, the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) is working around the clock to secure a new one for the national programme, with five leading brands reportedly in talks with the Captain Horace Burrell-led administration.

It was Burrell who put pen to paper in a US$1.7-million two-year deal with the Italians in 2008, one which was said to be the most lucrative in Jamaica's footballing history.

However, this agreement will expire on December 31 this year.

It should be noted that Kappa has retained an option to renew the deal to outfit Jamaica's nine national men's and women's football teams.

At present, Jamaica is the only national football programme that is supported by Kappa, with Italian clubs Roma and Sampdoria, Spain's Valencia, as well as English outfits Fulham and Portsmouth, among their global partners.

Speaking from Mexico, where he is away on official business, Burrell confirmed that negotiations were ongoing with Kappa, as well as several other major sports goods manufacturers.

He also mentioned that the teams would continue to don Kappa gears, even after the expiration of the current contract, until a new agreement is struck, whether it is with the Italian manufacturers or another company.

"We are continuing to look at a number

The latest ICC report on World Cup venues has been sent to Campbell Jamieson, General Manager (Commercial), ICC, David Richardson, General Manager (Cricket), ICC and Dhiraj Malhotra, World Cup Coordinator, ICC and also to Indian and Sri Lankan officials.In June this year, Vuuren reported that all venues in Sri Lanka were on track barring the Premadasa Stadium. A view which was also backed up by the ICC’s pitch consultant, Andy Atkinson, at the time who said the Premadasa was a “worry” for him.

Despite these concerns, Secretary of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) interim committee Nishantha Ranatunga told media earlier in October that he was confident of satisfying the ICC during an inspection scheduled for later that month.

“We are on course with the time schedule given to us by our contractors. We are more than confident that we can satisfy the ICC delegation when they visit Sri Lanka in November. They are expected to give their nod to the three Lankan venues – R. Premadasa Stadium, the Pallekele Stadium and the Hambantota Stadium,” Ranatunga said.

of options at this point. I'm not able to say much right now, as you can understand, but we are examining a number of options going forward," said Burrell. "We are talking to a number of equipment manufacturers and as soon as we are in a position to confirm a new deal either way, then we will be more prepared to go into details. Until such time, we will continue to wear the Kappa brand."

While stating that, though, Burrell underlined that his administration was looking out for the best possible deal and would not rush the process.

"There are about five interested companies at this point, and I can say that we have been talking to some of the top brands and the reception has been largely positive so far. We see this as a good opportunity for our potential sponsors, and it can certainly be a mutually beneficial agreement," Burrell stated. "We don't really have a time line in terms of signing the deal, we just have to continue the negotiations until we are able to land a new deal - the best one we can find."

He added: "What we have to remember is that Jamaica is a small country and, as such, we have to be grateful to whosoever takes the decision to become a kit provider because, unlike countries like Mexico, USA and Canada, where there are huge populations, we have, comparatively speaking, a very small population, and unless you are exceptional as it relates to your performance, acquiring kit sponsorship is not necessarily the easiest thing to do."

Cost of London Olympics trimmed $46.9 million

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LONDON – The projected cost of staging the 2012 London Olympics has been lowered by $46.9 million, according to the quarterly financial report released Tuesday.

The report estimates the final cost of the Olympics and Paralympics at $11.6 billion, after $32.3 million was cut from the budget of the main stadium. That includes a savings of $11.3 million by scrapping a planned fabric wrap around

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the venue.

Olympic Delivery Authority chief executive David Higgins said organizers have saved a total of $1.2 billion since construction began.

He said nearly 75 percent of the venues and infrastructure were complete in the Olympic Park in east London, with the roof of the handball arena the latest to be finished. The track cycling arena, or velodrome, is expected to be the first

Bill Clinton hopes last pitch nets 2022 World Cup

NEW YORK – Former President Bill Clinton will make his final pitch to help his home country secure hosting duties for the 2022 World Cup when soccer's governing body meets next month in Switzerland.

Clinton, honorary chairman of the USA Bid Committee, will lobby the FIFA Executive Committee on December 1 in Zurich to bring the event to the United States for the first time since 1994.

"I'm pleased to stand on behalf of our nation for something as important and meaningful to the American people and citizens throughout the world as the FIFA World Cup," Clinton said in a statement on Monday.

"I am committed to this effort because I have seen firsthand the powerful unifying force of the FIFA World Cup, bringing together people of all ages, backgrounds, and beliefs.

Clinton represented the United States earlier this year at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and has worked closely with the USA Bid Committee's board of directors on initiatives to promote the bid.

The former president has previously said a major benefit to the country's World Cup bid is all proposed U.S. host cities already have existing stadium and transportation infrastructure necessary to host games.

Japan, South Korea, Australia and Qatar are also aiming to land the 2022 World Cup. The winner will be announced December 2.

venue completed in the park by early 2011.

"We are in the home straight, but are not complacent and are focused on maintaining progress in the months ahead," Higgins said.

The cost of the aquatics center could increase by $17.8 million if work is sped up to hit the completion date of July 2011.

The complexity of completing the waveshaped roof — the architectural showpiece

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of the Olympics — was blamed for the added costs.

During the period covered by the report — July 1 to Sept. 30 — $63.1 million was used from the original $4.3 billion contingency fund. There is $1.8 billion in contingency remaining.

The total public sector budget for the Olympics is $15 billion — triple the original estimate when London successfully bid to host the games in 2005.

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struck Harris and LAS VEGAS – A Las Vegas court has ordered boxer Floyd threatened to beat his Mayweather Jr. to stay away sons if they tried to call from his former girlfriend and for help, taking cellular their two sons after telephones from Harris prosecutors say he hit her and and the children during threatened to beat his children the scuffle. if they called 911.

Mayweather, 41-0 The 33-year-old with 25 career Mayweather was not required knockouts, took an 18to appear at a hearing Tuesday month break from before Las Vegas Justice of boxing after stopping the Peace Diana Sullivan on England's Ricky Hatton eight misdemeanor and felony in the 10th round to charges.

Sullivan gave claim the World Boxing Mayweather a week to pay Council welterweight $31,000 in bail. title on December 8, Authorities allege Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. 2007.

Mayweather also took mobile After surrendering phones belonging to Josie Harris and his sons his crown and seeing Filipino star Manny following the Sept. 9 dispute.

Pacquiao replace him as the pound-for-pound Mayweather faces charges of felony coercion, grand larceny and robbery, and king, Mayweather returned to win misdemeanor domestic battery and unanimous decisions last year over Mexico's Juan Manuel Marquez and last May from harassment.

He could face up to 34 years in prison if fellow American Shane Mosley.

Boxing fans hoped to see Mayweather convicted on all charges. He is due back in climb into the ring against Pacquiao in 2010 court Jan. 24.

Unbeaten former world boxing champion but negotiations between the fighters broke Floyd Mayweather Jnr did not appear down and with a courtroom fight upcoming Tuesday at a for Mayweather, chances for them to meet in Prosecutors claim that Mayweather 2011 appear slim.

Murray calls for more sensitive tennis scheduling

PARIS – Andy Murray on called for players on the men's ATP tour to be given longer runs on similar playing surfaces during the season.

The world number four reached the third round of the Paris Masters after a 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 win over Argentine David Nalbandian, but admitted he had initially struggled to adapt to the super-fast court at the Bercy indoor arena.

Murray, seeded third, had

to significantly reduce the tension in his racquet strings mid-way through the match, but said he had no problem playing on quicker surfaces.

"I like varying surfaces," said the Scot, who will play Croatian 13th seed Marin Cilic for a place in the quarter-finals.

"I like all the different surfaces, and indoor tennis should be fast.

"But it's annoying when it changes week to week. Last week (in Valencia) was one

of the slowest courts we've had all year, and here it was lightning quick.

"It would be nice for the players to have a run of tournaments on the same surfaces. It's tough to play tennis week in, week out if you're always changing the surface. You're not going to play your best tennis after just two days."

Murray required attention to a right wrist injury at 2-2 in the final set but said the speedy manner in

which he sewed up victory means he should be able to continue to compete in the tournament.

"My wrist feels OK," he said. "I've had a few problems with it in the past.

"I felt quite a sharp pain.

I got the trainer on to have a look at it. It feels fine now, so we'll have to wait and see how it feels tomorrow (Thursday).

"It might be a bit bruised, but I think it should be OK for the rest of the tournament."

Andy Murray

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