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PNP slams Interim Government Continued from page 1

The PNP statement was responding to a document released by the Interim Government called “Restoring Financial Stability to the Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

In that report, the Interim Government said that the Turks and Caicos Islands is in the middle of a financial crisis, adding that as As a result of the actions of the previous administration it has been running a significant budget deficit since 2007 and has accumulated high levels of debt as a result.

The Interim Government also said that following the negotiation of a $79 million last spring, the Government was unable to attract further borrowing on the capital markets, and without emergency UK support it would have been unable to pay salaries or fund public programs.

However, the PNP responded by saying: “We expected that after two years of leadership negativity, the interim administration was ready to offer some semblance of hope to the citizens and residents of this country.

Instead, what we got was a statement that was excessively gloomy, dramatically inaccurate, and hopelessly inadequate to addressing our countries pressing fiscal challenges. What we got from the ministry of finance was no road map to recovery. What we got was another notice from the governor that tougher days are ahead for this country.”

The PNP statement continued: “By the Interim Government’s own admission, the last administration was able to achieve recurrent revenues in excess of $220 million during fiscal

year 2008/2009. In contrast, during the first full year of the Interim Administration’s governance recurrent revenues had fallen to a mere $120 million per annum. This represents a drop in recurrent revenues of $100 million or a 45% decline in government income. Additionally, when the interim administration took office in 2009 they reported approximately $110 million of national debt and this was inclusive of unpaid bills that they claimed they met by the previous administration. Today in just two short years the country has amassed over $260 million in debt and the government has announced that despite three new loans and a public bond offering, the TCI is in the middle of a financial crisis. This is not a natural course of events for any economy over such a short period of time, and one must question the wisdom of the persons in control.”

The PNP said that rather than admitting their own short comings, the interim Government has repeatedly tried to lambaste the previous administration whilst attempting to remove themselves from any perceptions of impropriety and total incompetence.

“The fact of the matter is that the Progressive National Party has presided over the largest period of expansion this country has ever seen.

It is evident to the naked eye that the Interim Administration is concentrating its efforts purely on curtailing expenditure and not doing anything to maintain the country’s revenue base. They have essentially imploded our revenue system and implemented a tax based system that was targeted for these territories for

some time now. In doing so, they have frightened off investors. In the midst of the worst recession this country has ever seen, it is very sad and very unfortunate rather than building bridges, the administration is poisoning wells,” the PNP continued.

“We appeal to the common sense of all citizens of the Turks & Caicos Islands to not become deterred or side tracked by the cunning tactics of the Governor and the Interim Administration to compensate for their incompetence. They are yet again trying to sell us a bad basket of goods and placate us while they implement measures that are not in our best interest. How long must they govern before they take ownership of this mess that they have created? It’s about time they take responsibility and stop blaming the PNP for their failures. If we continue down this path, very soon we will have more civil servants without work; continued spiraling unemployment in our country; increasing debt levels; no further inward investment to stimulate the construction and real estate industries; and total lacking of genuine representation for our people.”

According to the PNP, it was ironic that while the United Nations

committee of twenty-four is convening in the Grenadines to discuss paths to decolonization for colonized countries, the Turks & Caicos Islands has become further under siege and saddled with an oppressive British regime that is determined to suppress the core principles of democracy and human rights that are accorded to all free people.

“This malaise must come to an end,” the PNP said. “With all that is happening in this country, we are sincerely disappointed that the Governor had a moment when he could have put ideas on the table, or try to engage in a thoughtful dialog to fix this country's economic and fiscal problems, decided instead to pour out anti-TCI rhetoric, and pass partisan broadsides against us.

This country needs leadership, this country needs hope. Exploiting people's emotions of fear, envy, and anxiety is not hope; it's not leadership.

It is rhetoric and it smacks of arrogance. We don't need rhetoric. We don't need demagoguery. We need solutions. And we don't need to keep begging the interim administration to improve our economy. If we don't improve our economy today, our children will face a much, much tougher tomorrow.”

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Mark Thompson gets life sentence for killing his girlfriend Keisha Parnell Mark Thompson, the man accused of killing the apartment at the time of the attack was awaken still saddened by her death. We believe that Mark nurse Keisha Parnell to death was sentenced to by the woman’s scream, and chased the attacker should have been sentenced a long time ago, but each time the case came up he acted as if he was life imprisonment by Chief Justice Gordon Ward along the road.

The deceased woman’s family, even though insane, and they had to put it off. in the Grand Turk Supreme Court last Friday (May Even during the trial, he responded to questions 27) after being found guilty by a seven member still grieving from her death, was happy that the trial had come to favourable end. They believe as if he did not understand what was being said to mixed jury.

Thompson was represented by Courtany though that proceedings took too long to get off him, but as soon as he walked outside the court he began to smile; that frustrated us, because we Barnett, while Samantha Williams-Glinton was the ground.

Keisha’s sister, Celia, who spoke on behalf of knew he was trying to stall the case,” said Keisha the prosecutor.

Parnell was stabbed to death hours before the family, said their grief was made to prolong Parnell.

Following the Keisha’s death, Thompson was dawn on September 10, 2008, a few days after by numerous delays courtesy of what she believed Hurricane Ike, at an apartment in Glass Shack, were schizophrenic stunts by the accused man. picked up at his mother’s house later that morning Providenciales, after a man who was later According to her, each time that the matter came and was charged with the woman’s death a few identified as Thompson, broke into the building up, the court was told that Thompson was not fit days later.

It was reported that both were involved in a shared between the decease woman and her to stand trial due to mentally instability, which she relationship which later became abusive, and after brother. said frustrated the family.

“We are happy that the matter ended the way it apparently became unbearable she left the house She was killed while sleeping beside her two children. The slain woman’s brother – Stephen it did. Even though we are happy with the way it and moved with her two children to the apartment Parnell - who was sleeping in another section of ended, our sister cannot come back, and so, we are occupied by her brother.

TCI’s Sonia Bien-Aime is key witness for US Attorney in FIFA scandal The Turks and Caicos Islands has become a key element in a FIFA scandal investigation which could potentially change the dynamics of football administration in the Caribbean, North and Central American Federation (CONCACAF) region.

Vice Captain of FIFA and head of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU), Austin Jack Warner of Trinidad and Tobago has been accused of Bribery and it is reported that the Turks and Caicos Islands Federation is the prime witness in the matter.

As a result of the allegations, Warner described as the most controversial and contentious member of FIFA executive committee was suspended from all football pending a full investigation into the bribery allegations.

His suspension came over claims he conspired with Asian football head Mohamed bin Hammam to buy votes in an attempt to topple returned FIFA President Joseph Sepp Blatter at the congress which was held on Wednesday, June 1 in Zurich, Switzerland.

It has been reported in the world press that the alleged bribe was during a CFU congress held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago in June. The meeting was held to accommodate Hammam, to make his pitch for the FIFA presidency.

It was at that event it was reported that Warner attempted to bribe a number of regional federation

officials, including the TCI, by offering each representative US$40,000, under the guise of gifts, to vote against returned FIFA President Joseph Sepp Blatter at the congress which was held on Wednesday, June 1 in Zurich, Switzerland.

Reports are that the charge was made by the TCI Football Association Secretary General Sonia Bien-Aime.

When contacted, Bien-Aime, who was in Zurich attending the FIFA 61st Congress with President Chris Bryan and Executive Director Neil Coles, said she could not comment length on the matter but noted that she will on her return,.

“Prior to the FIFA Congress, I attended a Caribbean Football Union meeting in Trinidad at which Mohammed Bin Hammam made a presentation in support of his attempt to challenge Blatter as FIFA President. As widely reported around the globe, I Sonia Bien-Aime, on behalf of the TCIFA declined to accept the offered gift," she said in a brief email response.

She pointed out that the meeting created much attention in the media with Blatter's re-election for another four years.

Bien-Aime was said to have told US attorney John S. Collins that she was offered $40,000 in cash as a gift to attend a special summit of Caribbean Football Union (CFU) in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad

and Tobago, but that she had not accepted the gift.

Bin Hammam however has said that he paid travel, accommodation and administrative costs for the meeting.

Collins report also states: “Ms. Bien-Aime stated that the airline ticket she received to attend the meeting had been sent by Simpaul Travel – a Trinidad-based travel agency strongly linked to the Warner family.”

Simpaul Travel was at the centre of a notorious World Cup ticket-touting scandal that saw Warner reprimanded by FIFA. Bien-Aime’s statement, according to football movers and shakers, would form the basis of the FIFA investigation.

The claim is said to have been detailed in a secret report into the allegations compiled by a former US federal prosecutor.

According to the report, delegates to the meeting were told that they had to arrange their travel through the CFU, of which Warner is president, using a form provided with the formal invitation to the meeting.

The invitation, a copy of which is included in the report, states that if delegates did not book their travel through the CFU they could not guarantee reimbursement.

Simpaul Travel was previously investigated by FIFA after it was revealed that tickets for the 2006 World Cup intended for Trinidad and Tobago fans were channelled through the company and sold at a profit of around $1million. Warner owned shares in the company and his son Daryan was said to be a director. Warner received only a reprimand for his involvement in that scandal.

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Letters to the Editor

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Analysis of the TCI delegation to London

By Jamy Williams

This is an open letter to the Governor and the FCO We the people of the Turks and Caicos Islands welcomed the invitation from the FCO, to have individuals from the TCI to attend the Constitutional talk meeting with the British Government in the UK later this month.

However, all of the individuals who are going to represent us the people of these islands do not have a mandate and were all personally selected by one individual and not the voters of these islands.

I am going analyze each member who the Governor personally selected and state my viewpoint, which I am sure many others within our society feel the same way.

Lillian Missick – they don’t want her; we don’t want her. Mrs. Missick is a very nice and well educated individual who is very intellectual, but it is the viewpoint of many Turks and Caicos Islanders and not just me, just me that she does not have a brain of her own I once held her in high esteem, however, she has proven over and over again that she would do anything to hold on to power which she perceives to have. Therefore, Mrs. Missick should call an emergency meeting of the Consultative Forum and ask for all Forum members to vote on selecting a member who would represent that body.

By not doing so, and just being appointed by the governor, and accepting the appointment, proves that she is no more than seeking fame or other words, an uncle tom.

Mrs. Mary Doreen Quelch Misick, I am sure, is not the most qualified individual on the Advisory Council to go. We have persons such as John Smith, Theo Durham and Edith Cox, who would do a much better job representing the people, but the Governor has proven to me this time that he has selected someone who would do anything to hold on to power, knowing that the people of these islands would never elect her to hold public office.

Pastor Bradley Handfield should not attend, as

the people of these islands wish for him not to go.

We have many other pastors and bishops in this country who are one hundred times more qualified and more connected with the real issues of our society and understand the pain and struggles of their people. By the Governor selecting Mr. Handfield and not requesting that the pastors come together and select an individual who would represent that body is a form of dictatorship, similar to that which was once held by Saddam Hussein.

As a matter of fact, persons such as Pastor Conrad Howell, Pedro Williams, Derek Hamilton, Bishop Coleta Williams and Bishop Bryant Cox were all overlooked, for an individual who many have no respect for.

Doug Parnell, yes he is the leader of the PDM, and Clayton Greene who is the leader of the PNP are not going to work together in the best interest of ensuring that we get a Constitution which the people can agree to. I hope and pray that God leads these two individuals and that they find common ground and stand up to the colonial masters and speak as leaders as they should be.

Mr. Willette Swann is our only hope going to London. This man, I hold the utmost respect for, not because he can be my father or grandfather, but because he is one of the most respected lawyers not just in the TCI but in the region. I know Mr. Swann would do his best but he would be working against three individuals who the Governor knows would be on the British side, and two politicians who can’t agree.

This is not a place to send a youth ambassador to speak on something this important that would affect all our lives who call these islands home. It is a shame to see that no one was selected from the TCI Bar Association, Chamber of Commerce, the independent media and the TCI Civil Service Association.

I would go as far as to say that Mr. John Phillips, Sharlene Cartwright, Dr. Linda Williams, Noel Skippings, would be an excellent individuals who had been overlooked and I am sure would have

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made a great and positive impact at this high-level meeting.

Moreover, I believe that the delegation should meet with the people of the TCI before going to London.

There is still time, Mr. Henry Bellingham and Mr. Governor, to prove to the people of these islands that the UK Government is a caring Government and not one which is led by the devil himself.

This was not intended to belittle any member of the delegation or disrespecting the British Government, but I have to call a spade a spade and state the views, cries and opinions of the people.

Protection for the legitimate business interest in turks and caicos islands

By Bill McCollum

The wriTer was under the impression that both The Advisory Council and The Consultative Forum have been established to guide and protect the TCI Nation.

If this is the case why is the nation being subjected to a constant barrage of Regulations and demands flowing out of the FSC which are not backed up by establishment in law?

There is no promotion of this jurisdiction in the area of incorporations as far as anyone can see, quite the reverse.The latest is a "witch-hunt" on annual corporate fees going back as far as 30 years even though such fees have been accepted in the intervening years without question by the Companies Registry, which is now purporting to exact penalties for alleged late payment.

An interesting pattern of "annual returns missing from the Companies Registry" has emerged, namely 1992-1996.Those who have been here long enough

may recall the impact of the "Timco Fire" and the odd hurricane on the Registry's records, when consequently the private sector was asked by the Registry to help them reconstitute those records. To be asked years later to pay penalties because of laxity by the Financial authorities or natural disasters is a disgrace.

So, this is surely an area that both The Advisory Council and The Consultative Forum needs to get a grip on, as the potential is for clients who have supported this area of the nation's business to be abused.

The incorporation business has a record over many years of creating jobs and enhancing Government revenue. I expect there to be a continuation in the present decline in the number of companies registered in TCI but of course this accords with the present administration's policy. As a result of the "witch-hunt" my own group already has clients looking to incorporate in competing jurisdictions.

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Miss Regatta winner wants her prizes fArAh JeAn, The 2011 Miss Regatta Pageant winner, is weighing all her legal options in a bid to retrieve prizes taken from her after it was revealed shortly after she was crowned, that she was a mother.

Jean, who came to The sUn’s office to tell her story, said she was not aware that she was not eligible to enter the pageant because she was a mother, stressing that the contract that the committee made her sign did not indicate anything to that effect.

Jean, who took the sectional prize of best smile on her way to winning the crown, said days before the pageant she was asked to visit a woman at the Clement Howell High School to collect sponsorship money and also to sign the contract.

She said she visited the school with her baby, and upon meeting the woman was asked by her if the child in her company was hers, and she said yes.

“They sent me a contract to sign; I read the contract, and I saw nothing about if you get pregnant that you cannot enter a pageant. I signed the contract, and the same person who gave me the money is the same person who gave me the contract. She saw me with my baby when I went over by the school. She asked me ‘whose baby is that?’ And I said ‘that’s my baby’. She said ‘you entering the pageant, too, aye’? I said ‘yes’.

“That was before she gave me the money. We then went in her car and I signed the contract and then she gave me the sponsorship money for me to get my stuff,” Jean said.

She said minutes before the pageant someone who knew her from Provo asked her if she was the mother of a child and she answered in the affirmative also, not knowing at that point that a mother was not allowed to enter. However, she noted that despite declaring her hand, no one told her even at that point that she could not enter the three-contestant pageant.

Jean said after she was declared winner and was back stage packing her belongings to leave, a group of women who confronted her began to verbally harass her.

“They said I should not be the winner because I am

a Haitian. I got scared and when I asked a member of the committee how am I going to get home, because a lot of South Caicos Girls want to fight me, and she said she don’t know. Another one told me to find a way to home,” Jean explained.

She said committee members, who later had a meeting with her asked to give up the crown and prizes won, which included a laptop computer.

“They took every prize that I got for Miss Regatta and gave it to the first runner-up, even my prize for best smile. The prizes are a laptop, a trip to Parrot Cay, a camera, a basket, a purse, and a hundred dollars for the best smile.

“They did not give me anything. They took everything. I was scared, because I am not from South, they could do me anything over there, so I gave them the crown and all the prizes,” Jean lamented.

But Clemmons said Jean would not go emptyhanded, as she would receive the third place prize, while third place winner in the contest would be upgraded to second place.

However, Jean said she would not take the third place prize because she worked hard to win the contest.

She explained that she had no problem giving back the crown, but since she had put extra efforts to win the prizes she wanted to keep them.

The organisers for the South Caicos Regatta Pageant told The sUn that their event mirrors that of any other international pageant, where it is standard procedure that once someone is a mother, she is not qualified to enter.

In an interview, main organiser, Petula Clemmons, explained that it is customary that a mother or expecting mother is barred from entering pageants anywhere in the world and the Regatta Pageant was no exception.

Clemmons pointed that since it was obvious that Jean – a Haitian national - was not one hundred percent fluent in English someone should have pointed out the rules of the competition to her. She then offered her apology to Jean for the bungling.

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TCI team for London talks announced The Governor’s office has released the names of members of the Turks and caicos islands delegation that will be travelling to London for discussions on the draft constitution on 15 and 16 June.

They are: consultative forum chairperson Mrs Lillian Misick, Advisory council member Mrs Doreen Quelch-Missick, PnP leader Mr clayton Greene, PDM leader Mr Doug Parnell, Mr. Wendell swann of the All-Party commission on the constitution and electoral reform, Pastor Bradley handfield and Youth Ambassador Mr Trevon farrington.

Meantime, Leader of the Peoples Democratic Movement, Douglas Parnell, said in a press release that he has spoken to all other members of the team heading to London and he is calling on the participants to come together in a public roundtable and inform the public of their points of view before heading to London.

“Additionally, we point all persons to our position paper published ahead of the last round of constitutional consultations so that all can know the position of the PDM on the fco’s draft constitution,” Parnell said. “We believe that this is a pivotal and important moment in our history and it is incumbent upon all of us, as a people, that the views of those heading to London are the views that reflect the voice of the people and what is in the best interest of Turks and caicos islands.”

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Pakistani and Indian men in Detention Centre over six months Two men - a Pakistani and an Indian national – who were convicted on illegal entry charges and served their three month prison term almost a year ago, have been languishing at the Detention Centre in Providenciales for the past six months.

The Pakistani has been identified as Nadeem Ur Rehman, while the Indian national is Sadpal Singh.

The SUn understands the men arrived in the Turks and Caicos Islands on November 9, 2010, to work in the ailing construction industry. They were said to have been brought in by a local, but when they arrived, were told that no work was here. As a result, they both sought and acquired jobs outside of their intended professional areas.

A source close to the men’s case, said the individual who allegedly brought them in, took their passports after telling them that he was going to get them stamped. After three days, it was said that the men’s travel documents were unstamped. The employer also reportedly told the men that he would be applying for their work permits but disappeared, leaving the immigrants stranded and penniless.

A few days after he began working here, Singh was picked up

by Immigration officials, who later went to his apartment and apprehended Rehman as well. The two were later charged with illegal entry into the country and sentenced

to three months each at Her Majesty’s Prison in Grand Turk.

After that, the Ministry of Border Control was to decide the men’s fate.

After two months and twenty days, the two were released from prison and brought to the Detention Centre in Providenciales. They were said to have been told that Government would determine whether or not they would be repatriated.

It is understood that both men expressed the desire to stay in the Turks and Caicos Islands and work so as to sustain their families back home. As a matter of fact, this newspaper understands that individuals in the community are willing to sign for them and take them on as employees, but were awaiting reply from Government, who it is understood, is struggling to come up with the repatriation funds for the Indian National.

Singh, it is said is married and the father of three children. His parents are said to be old and unable to take care of his family. Rehman is also said to have a family back in Pakistan and is not certain how they are being taken care of.

Persons in the community, including a group of civic leaders who brought the matter to the media’s attention, said holding the men for such period against their will is a breach of their human rights, and are hoping that the matter reaches decision-makers early enough.

“They are both human beings. It is a breach of the men’s human rights, and I am sure that the Governor’s Office is not aware of it.

I am giving them the benefit of the doubt on that, because I believe if they knew that the men were held at the place so long, they would have done something amicable.

“Either release them on some condition because there is no money to send them back or find the funds somehow to make them return, because no matter how we look at it, it is a clear violation of their human rights. It’s not like they are being held on some severe national security issue. Maybe if that was the case they would have gone home already,” one of the concerned citizens said.

The local Human Rights Commission said it was not aware of the situation until this newspaper made contact, but said it would commence investigation into the case.

The local Government has confirmed the men’s detention and said steps were being made to end their indefinite confinement.

“The Government is presently making a ticket available for the Indian national to be returned to his home. The Pakistani national claimed asylum which UNHCR determined was not a valid claim. He has decided to appeal. The Ministry of Border Control is now awaiting a response from UNHCR,” a statement from the Government Press Office said.

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Sixty Government workers sent home so far sixTy weekly-paid workers were terminated from the Turks and Caicos Islands Civil Service on May 31st.

Forty-one (41) were from the Ministry of Works (including Works Programme), two from the Ministry of Education, 13 from the Former Premier’s Office, one from Ministry of

Home Affairs and three from the Office of Public Service Management.

According to Government sources, these terminations resulted in savings to TCIG of $365,636.70 In April, a press release issued by the Interim Government warned of job cuts, saying that this action will be

necessary because the jobs were not budgeted for, not justified, and in some cases what were supposed to be shortterm jobs ended up being extended for many years.

According to the release, the job cuts are part of “on-going work to tackle the serious budget deficit” and

Police make arrests The royal Turks and Caicos Police in Providenciales charged a man on Wednesday 1st June 2011 for Theft and Unlawful Entry.

According to Sergeant Calvin Chase, this is connection with an incident which occurred on Friday 27th May 2011 at approximately 8:25pm along Grace Bay road Providenciales.

Chase said the suspect was witnessed stealing a hand bag from a tourist by an off duty Detective. The off duty police officer instinctively responded by giving chase and apprehended the suspect behind Danny Buoy’s Restaurant and bar.

This act was applauded by the tourist who was able to get back her hand bag with all its contents.

On Wednesday 31st May 2011

about 12.53 pm the Royal Turks and Caicos Police received a complaint of a Robbery at Nell’s gift shop on Leeward Highway Providenciales. It was reported that two armed masked individuals robbed the business of a quantity of cash and cell phones and utilized a vehicle to make good their escape.

Police were able to apprehend one of the robbers within an hour and is looking for the second suspect who is known to Police.

On Wednesday 31st May 2011 at approximately 9.00pm in Kew Town in vicinity of the Ball Park Providenciales two off duty Detectives witnessed a male subject attempting to snatch a hand bag from a female who screamed for help. The Detectives ran to her assistance with one of them staying with the victim

while the other gave chase and subsequently apprehended the male subject in the vicinity of ACE Plumbing in Kew Town Providenciales. This individual will be charged for Attempted Theft.

The victim commended the Police for coming to her assistance and being able to apprehend the culprit.

The Royal Turks and Caicos Police in Grand Turk are investigating an Aggravated Burglary which occurred on Saturday 28th May 2011 about 4.30am in Breezy Brea, Grand Turk.

This incident resulted in injuries to a male that required hospitalization. A male subject is presently in police custody and the investigation is continuing

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In their press release, the Interim Government sought to blame the “previous administration” for creating the problem that has now caused them to make the tough decision to terminate staff.

Three men found guilTy of aTTempTed murder Three young men who were found guilty of attempted murder, will know their fate on July 22.

Harry McKenzie, Lavard Walkin and Dumoy Browne, were found guilty of attempting to murder Haywood McIntosh.

His Lordship Mr. Justice Richard Williams remanded the men to Her Majesty’s Prisons in Grand Turk and ordered reports on them before sentencing.

McKenzie was represented by Alvin Garland, Walkin, by Ashwood Forbes and Browne, by George Missick. Leonard Franklyn was the prosecutor

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Restoring financial stability to the Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands The GovernmenT of the Turks and Caicos Islands is in the middle of a financial crisis.

As a result of the actions of the previous administration it has been running a significant budget deficit since 2007 and has accumulated high levels of debt as a result. Following the negotiation of a $79 million last spring, the Government was unable to attract further borrowing on the capital markets, and without emergency UK support it would have been unable to pay salaries or fund public programs.

Bankruptcy has only been avoided because the UK Government provided the financial support needed to keep the public sector afloat and now, through $260 million of loan guarantees, with the time and resources we need to tackle the dire fiscal legacy the Interim Government inherited.

The financial package which is now in place buys us the time we need to tackle the fiscal crisis. The UK support does not, however provide money to reverse previous spending cuts or fund significant new expenditure; instead it provides a oneoff opportunity to refinance our existing debt and bring revenue and spending into line.

There is no alternative other than to balance TCIG’s budget by raising revenues and cutting spending; like any household or business, the public sector cannot continue to live beyond its means.

The public debt run up in a short period of time is equivalent to $12,000 for every man, woman and child in the Turks and Caicos Islands. Achieving fiscal stability is not only essential to avoid the spectre of default; it will also provide a major boost to the economy by allowing local businesses to thrive and restoring confidence that the Turks and Caicos Islands are a sound place for investment.

It will be tough, but we must stabilise the Government’s finances now to ensure a quick path out of the current economic difficulties to a more prosperous TCI in future. Being well on

Submitted by the Turks and Caicos Islands Government course to achieve a fiscal surplus by the end of financial year 2012/13 is a key milestone towards setting a date for elections.

The refinancing packageWith the support of the UK Government guarantee, TCIG’s debt has now been refinanced at much lower rates, providing significant savings in debt service costs for the duration of the guarantee. This provides an immediate boost to TCIG’s finances, releasing money for more productive purposes.

The package is made up of a number of elements: • Guaranteed bonds of $170m, payable in full on maturity in five years, at fixed interest of 3.20%. This provides both low cost debt and certainty over our future debt service costs • A five year term loan of $30m, at 0.5% over LIBOR, which is available if desired to repay other more expensive debts of TCIG • A five year revolving bank facility of $60m, at 0.25% over LIBOR, which will fund the projected deficits over the next two years.

• The guarantee comes with a number of conditions to ensure that TCIG takes this opportunity to achieve financial stability; the most important of these is the need to achieve a financial surplus by the end of 2012/13.

The financial package is underpinned by a plan to achieve a surplus and improve our stewardship and management of public money. In broad terms this involves reducing the forecast deficit of $60m in 2010/11 to $8m in 2011/12, and moving to a surplus of $20m in 2012/13. The total deficit will be increased by the amount of net capital expenditure.

This strategy will enable us not only to achieve a surplus in 2012/13, but also to build reserves that will allow us to start to pay down debt, establish a contingency for unexpected events, and invest in infrastructure. Until this is achieved TCIG’s finances will continue to be fragile, and we will be unable to

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invest to help TCI prosper in future.

The 2011/12 budgetReducing the deficit from $60 million in 2010/11 to $8 million in 2011/12 will require action to both raise revenues and reduce expenditure.

The need to reform TCIG’s revenue system has been recognised for many years. Government revenues fell from a peak of $220 million in 2008/09 to around $120 million in 2010/11, reflecting the instability of the existing revenue system and its vulnerability to external shocks - in this case the global economic downturn and its impact on the construction and real estate industries which have been the main sources of Government revenue in TCI. The measures agreed in this year’s budget will set us well on the way to a modern system that will provide value for money and fund essential government services in future.

The cornerstone of the new system is the introduction of Value Added Tax, a broadly based consumption tax which has been successfully introduced in countries world-wide including many smaller economies with a heavy reliance on tourism.

In the Caribbean, it has been successfully implemented in Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Antigua and Barbuda, and St Kitts and Nevis, and it is in the process of being implemented in St Lucia, and St Vincent and the Grenadines. In many instances the revenues raised by VAT have been well ahead of projections.

VAT will provide a stable source of revenue for TCIG, and will stimulate economic growth by removing the distortions of the existing system. It will, however, require a significant amount of preparation, and we have therefore agreed a number of temporary measures to pave the way to VAT, close the budget gap, and avoid a default. We expect that most of these temporary measures will fall away, together with

a number of existing taxes, when VAT is introduced in 2013.

The temporary measures include: • A Customs Processing Fee of 4% on all imported goods • Changes to the system of work permits to raise revenue and make it fairer and more effective • Increases to business licensing and other fees and charges to keep up with inflation, together with simplification and improved administrative efficiency • A carbon tax on electricity, to raise revenues and provide incentives for greater environmental sustainability by the generating companies • A water sales tax on commercial customers and the largest residential customers, which will also encourage water conservation • A sales tax on financial services and insurance premiums We will also review the wideranging concessions and exemptions that were granted in the past, with the aim of ensuring that they are being properly exercised. Where possible we will remove them unless they produce social and economic benefits that would not otherwise occur.

Together with forecast increases in existing revenues, these measures will raise TCIG’s income to around $160 million in 2011/12, rising to around $190 million by 2013/14. At the same time we need to cut expenditure to reverse the rapid and unsustainable growth of recent years and bring it back into line with income.

Staff costs are by far the biggest element of TCIG’s expenditure. The public service has grown much more quickly than the economy as a whole.

It now needs reform to be affordable, able to deliver the services expected by residents and visitors, and offer rewarding jobs for public servants.

Some jobs will have to go in line with the widely accepted target to reduce the cost of the public service by 25%, but we will work to find alternative jobs and provide assistance for the people affected by these changes.

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Good communication skills and team player Detail oriented & organized individual Ability to work shifts, early mornings, late nights, weekends and Holidays.

Clean police record Able to work under pressure Salary $5.00 per hour Belongers need only apply.

Interested person should apply to HR@flyairtc.com or via fax to HR Department 649-946-4040.

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RestoRing financial stability to the goveRnment of the tuRks and caicos islands..cont’d Continued from page 10 Some jobs will have to go in line with the widely accepted target to reduce the cost of the public service by 25%, but we will work to find alternative jobs and provide assistance for the people affected by these changes.

In the meantime the budget for 2011/12 contains measures which will reduce costs by around 10%, an important step toward achieving the 25% target.

Most of this will be achieved by applying existing rules properly, and implementing proper controls over the TCIG payroll. These measures are essential to increase fairness and to release money for use in other areas of government such as education and primary healthcare.

We fully understand that these are difficult times and so we are making transitional arrangements in a number of areas to ensure that the people affected are treated as fairly as possible.

And we are not seeking to recover past overpayments, unless there is clear evidence that the individuals receiving such payments acted improperly or were clearly aware that they were in receipt of payments to which they were not entitled.

We are also committed to making savings in other areas of Government spending, including statutory bodies, scholarships, rents, utilities, communications, travel and procurement, in order to balance the budget, ensure value for money and safeguard the interests of the people of TCI. Capital spending can provide much needed stimulus to the economy of the Turks and Caicos Islands. The state of TCIG’s finances means that the scope for capital expenditure will be extremely limited for the next two years.

Existing commitments for 2011/12 already total $6.4 million, and some high priority projects do not yet have funding, including the rebuilding of Ona Glinton Primary School, the repair of the causeway between North and Middle Caicos, and improvements to the airport at South Caicos. It is likely that some further capital expenditure will be needed in order to continue to provide essential services. We hope to be able to approve new capital projects during the year, depending on revenues, and we will continue to seek additional funding from partners such as the EU for essential capital expenditure.

Improving financial management, reporting and accountabilitySetting and achieving a balanced budget is only the first step in restoring financial stability to TCIG. We also need to exercise proper financial management in order to control revenue and expenditure, monitor performance against the budget, and report the results clearly, openly and regularly.

We have already made progress with this, and we intend to publish quarterly reports setting out actual income and expenditure against the budget and explaining any significant differences together with the action we are taking to correct them.

The first report, covering April to June 2011, will be published in August.

We are also preparing to bring the backlog of financial accounts since 2006/07 up to date, so that we can produce audited financial statements and fulfil our obligations to be accountable to the people of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Building a better futureTCIG has a large structural deficit which will continue to grow unless there are significant reforms. Expanding the TCI economy is vital, but this alone will not close the deficit fast enough to avoid

defaulting on our debts.

We will continue to invest in affordable economic stimulus measures and in administrative and legal reforms to encourage growth and diversification, but this needs to be accompanied by wide-ranging reform to improve the openness and competitiveness of the economic environment.

And any TCI Government faces tough choices - we need to modernise the tax system, cut wasteful public expenditure and implement public sector reforms to improve value for money. The same is true of many other countries, both regionally and globally, that are taking similar action to control their public finances and reduce their debts.

Our aim is to restore and firmly embed the principles of sound financial management, sustainable development and good governance. This will help rebuild confidence in TCI and its ability to manage its public finances. Restoring financial stability to TCIG is essential to help make TCI what we all want it to be - an outstanding place to live and work with equal opportunities for all, and an attractive, welcoming destination for tourism, the central pillar of our economy.

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Beautiful by Nature, Ugly by Choice?”

By David Newlands SUN Reporter (Intern)

To The resT of the world, Turks and Caicos is paradise; a place that industrialization has not touched. Tourists fly from far and wide to see pristine beaches with crystal clear water, and ecosystems filled to the brim with unique wild life.

“Beautiful by Nature” is the slogan that the Turks and Caicos Islands uses to describe itself. It can be seen everywhere: in newspapers, on buildings, in the airports and in stores.

Seeing these words everywhere could fool strangers into believing that the slogan is a part of the islands’ everyday life.

However, looking outside, at the streets and yards, one can see that perhaps the motto is not entirely true.

A person needs not venture far to see that the validity of this motto is questionable, as the streets around the island are obviously being used as ever present trash cans. Bottles, cans and the occasional garbage bag filled with rubbish line the sides of the roads.

Not just on private residential roads either; trash can be found strewn all over Leeward Highway. The barrier which divides the traffic, which was originally

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intended to harbor attractive greenery and flowers hosts cans and broken bottles instead; like a tribute to some perverse dumpster deity. While this problem may seem irrelevant to many who are accostomed to seeing it, it sends a negative message to tourists. It sends a broadcast saying “We don’t care about our country”. It says that the Turks and Caicos is beautiful by nature, but ugly by choice.

At first glance, tackling this issue can be an overwhelming task. It appears to be a massive issue that should be solved by the government, but that is only due to the scale that people look at it. People look at it as the Turks and Caicos being dirty.

They need to look at it from a more focused perspective and think of it not as the Turks and Caicos needs cleaning, but as the road on which they live on needs cleaning.

Individuals impact the country as a whole in a negative sense, so why not impact it in a positive sense. Take charge in your neighborhood. If you see a friend throwing trash on the street, pick it up and scold them for it. Keep our country beautiful. It doesn’t take the government to fix a problem like this. It takes people.

Be willing to get your hands dirty, and help Turks and Caicos live up to its motto.

Take one small step to make it possible for the country to make great leaps as a whole.

The Turks and Caicos sun is pleased to welcome David Newlands as an intern for the summer.

Born in the United States, David was raised in Grand Turk and Providenciales. He has spent the last seven years studying in the American high school and college system. He is currently a student of Green Mountain College in Poultney Vermont, and is majoring in communications.

After being educated in SUn Intern, David Newlands the United States, David expressed his intention and desire to return home to the Turks and Caicos and join the local media community.

David has ambitions to join the radio and television broadcasting in the near future, though he has a passion for writing as well, which is why he is currently working in print media.

Commenting on David’s internship, SUN Publisher & Editor-in-Chief Hayden Boyce said: “We are delighted to have David on our team as a trainee journalist. He is quick study and he has a natural flair for journalism and an obvious wealth of talent. Since our inception we at the SUN have prided ourselves in giving people opportunities to pursue their goals and I’m sure that the practical experience which David will gain here will stand him in good stead in the future.”

Air Turks and Caicos has an opening for the position as

Financial controller

NOTICE Regulation 7 of the physical Planning (Development Permission) Regulations, 1990 An Application, PR10857 by Mr. Gilbert Fitzroy Selver for the Development of a Propane Gas Station has been submitted to the Department of Planning for consideration of Development Permission on 60611/27, South Dock Road, Providenciales.

Anyone wishing to make representation(s) may do so in writing to the Director of Planning, South Base Grand Turk or through the Department of Planning, Downtown, Town Center Mall, Providenciales, within twenty eight (28) day of publication of this Notice.

Notice Date: May 13, 2011

with 15 years or more experience in aviation and business sectors, holding an ACA and BA in accounting from a well established and recognized institution.

Duties shall include: • Management of all company assets • Annual budget preparation with monthly variance analysis • Analysis of profitability for entire group of companies, their products and product line • Ability to initiate and deliver methods and systems for cost savings • Preparation and Reporting of all financial information to CEO/banks • Preparation for and overseeing annual audit • Ability and Experience in initiating new systems to assist with expansion of business • Management Supervision and Mentoring entire staff of Finance department.

Salary shall be commensurate with educational qualification and experience.

Please call 6499464181 ext 4 for more details or send resume to hr@flyairtc.com. Only suitably qualified applications will be interviewed.

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Immigration reforms underway in TCI The Turks and Caicos Islands Government is currently carrying out extensive reforms within the Immigration Department.

According to Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Henry Bellingham, this includes the work of registering and responding to applications received in the last five years, including those which were not dealt with under the previous administration.

Bellingham gave the written response in the House of Commons to a question by Andrew Rosindell, who asked how many applications for permanent residence certificates the Turks and Caicos Islands Government has received in each of the last five years.

Bellingham said the Immigration Department of the Turks and Caicos Islands is not able to provide accurate statistics for the number of applications for permanent residence certificates received over the past five years.

“I understand that approximately 2,000 applications for permanent residence certificates were received between 2006 and 2010,” he said.

The following are some other written answers from Bellingham to

questions about Turks and Caicos Islands in the House of Commons on April 26, 2011.

Turks and Caicos Islands: dominican republic andrew rosindell: How many Dominican Republic citizens are resident on the British Overseas Territory of Turks and Caicos.

Mr Bellingham: The Turks and Caicos Islands Government do not hold this information.

Turks and Caicos Islands: haiti andrew rosindell: How many Haitian citizens are resident on the British Overseas Territory of Turks and Caicos.

Mr Bellingham: The Turks and Caicos Islands Government do not hold this information.

Turks and Caicos Islands: Prisoners andrew rosindell: How many inmates are detained in Grand Turk Prison, Turks and Caicos.

Mr Bellingham: On 7 April 2011, the population of Her Majesty's prison in Grand Turk stood at 99; 41 on remand and 58 serving sentences.

Turks and Caicos Islands: radar andrew rosindell: What progress has been made on the Coastal Radar

System project in Turks and Caicos; and when he expects the project to be completed.

Mr Bellingham: Considerable progress has been made on the Coastal Radar System project. The tower and antennae have been mounted and testing is imminent.

The Turks and Caicos Islands Government expect that installation and testing will be completed in the summer.

Turks and Caicos Islands: Redundancy andrew rosindell: How much the Turks and Caicos government spent on redundancy payouts in each of the last three years.

Mr Bellingham: Following the closure of the Turks and Caicos Islands Government-sponsored New Media TV channel in November 2009, US$107,467 was paid in terminal benefits. There were no other redundancy payments in this period. andrew rosindell: How many civil servants have been made redundant in Turks and Caicos in each of the last three years.

Mr Bellingham: 14 staff members of the Turks and Caicos Islands Government-sponsored New Media TV channel were made redundant in

November 2009. There were no other civil service redundancies during this period.

Turks and Caicos Islands: Young Offenders andrew rosindell: How many juveniles are detained in Grand Turk Prison, Turks and Caicos.

Mr Bellingham: On 7 April 2011, there were two juveniles in Her Majesty's prison in Grand Turk.

Turks and Caicos Islands: Youth Custody andrew rosindell: What provision there is for juvenile detention in Turks and Caicos.

Mr Bellingham: In general, custodial sentences in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) are usually only given to juveniles who commit very serious offences. In such instances, juveniles are housed in an area of the prison that is isolated from the general population and are monitored by the Department of Social Development.

The previous practice had been to send juveniles abroad after sentence.

The Ministry of Home Affairs and Public Safety is seeking funding from the TCI Government and the Governor's Office to establish a juvenile facility in TCI.

Career Opportunities

Veranda is currently seeking qualified candidates that have the requirements listed along with an outgoing professional manner. Our ideal candidates must love to work with different types of people, meet challenges with a positive attitude and live the standards of our organization.

General ManaGer To lead and direct the operations and financial activities of a five star luxury resort, maintaining the highest level of guest service and owner satisfaction.

Ensure the selection and ongoing direction of resort team members to achieve the highest levels of integrity, job satisfaction, morale and team spirit.

Job requirements • At least 10 years five star resort/international management experience in Senior Level Hotel Operations • 2 to 3 years of direct related experience as a General Manager for a five star luxury property • Hospitality degree preferable • Strong Rooms or Food & Beverage background • Luxury Brand Hotel Chain experience a must • Delivers business results through effective management of planning, forecasting, improving yield, budgeting, cost management and all aspects of business • Energetic, positive visionary leader, dedicated to motivating and developing team members • Ability to balance many priorities, resolve problems and meet owners and guest expectations • Exceptional communication and customer service skills and live the standards of our organization GrOup DireCtOr Of peOple DeVelOpMent To be responsible for the centralized Human Resources Department for Grace Bay Resorts by overseeing HR and Training strategies for both properties from an operational and strategic standpoint. The successful candidate will work directly with the company’s senior management team, to develop and implement strategic long range initiatives that will support the growth of the Grace Bay Resorts Brand.

Job requirements • 10+ years experience in a Senior Human Resources Role within the hospitality sector • 10+ years experience in the Luxury Market, in Hotels, Resort or Cruise Line Industries • College or University degree in Human Resource Management or equivalent years of experience • Caribbean experience considered a definite plus • 3+ years overseeing a multi-unit Human Resources Department within an organization • Extensive knowledge in Training and Development, conducting Needs Analysis, designing, developing and facilitating training programs that meet the company’s strategic needs

persOnal COnCierGe Ensures that guests have a wonderful vacation experience in regards to atmosphere, service, quality and delivery by personally providing outstanding service levels, coordinating service with other resort departments and adhering to the resort standards. Tracks guest preferences, follows up on guest requests and coordinates with other areas/services to ensure requests, products and amenities are handled flawlessly. Educates guests on the variety of services provided by Concierge and other team members. Treats guests with friendly professionalism and anticipates their needs in creative ways.

• Must maintain a professional appearance and manner at all times • Must be able to interact with internal and external guests maintaining a high level of professionalism • Must be able to discern situations that may require high levels of patience, tact, and diplomacy in an effort to diffuse anger and/or collect accurate information to resolve challenges.

• Must be knowledgeable of local attractions and entertainment, able to give clear, accurate directions.

• A high School Diploma with previous customer service or front office experience in a luxury resort • Good oral and written communications skills publiC areas superVisOr • Able to work flexible hours, weekend and holidays • Full Computer skills • Minimum 3 years of supervisor level experience in a Hotel /Resort • Great communication skills • Strong leadership skills • Knowledge of schedule making and staffing • Familiar with Five Star standards of presentation • Customer Service oriented • Preparation of Inventory supplies and linen • Full knowledge on flooring chemicals • Full knowledge of flooring equipment Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience Interested persons may contact our Human Resource Manager No later than June20, 2011 Email: deleria.simms@verandatci.com Or hand deliver to our office at Veranda Resort and Residences Princess Dr. Lower Bight, Providenciales

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Islandcom Hosts Battle of the Bands S even local bandS are set to take the stage on Saturday, June 25th in Turtle Cove Marina where Islandcom Wireless is celebrating their One Year Anniversary with a Battle of the Bands! Islandcom is bringing their first year to a close in true Islandcom fashion – focusing on the TCI community by spotlighting local musical talent and raising funds for two deserving causes – The Provo Children’s Home and Ona Glinton Primary School.

Admission to the event is free!

Turtle Cove will be open to fans from 4pm with the first band taking the stage at 5:00pm. Don’t be late!

You don’t want to miss the chance to cheer for your favourite bands.

The Battle of the Bands will offer more than just entertainment for your ears. Treat your taste buds to a great mix of food including Mexican treats from newly reopened Hey Jose, grilled delights from Caicos Catering, and your favourite local dishes from Hole in the Wall and Karen Higgs. Bars will also be set up serving an assortment of soft drinks, beer, wine and liquor.

Music will continue throughout the evening with DJ Liquafox and DJ Phantom keeping you entertained between sets. Glow glasses,

necklaces and bracelets will be available as well as official Islandcom Battle of the Bands TShirts. Islandcom will also be giving out prizes and giveaways throughout the night!

Bands will battle it out until 9pm when the coveted title of TCI’s Favourite Band will be announced!

On top of bragging rights, the winning band will take home $3,000 and an iPhone with six months of free service for each member of the

band. The second place band will receive $1,000 and take home a Nokia Touch and Type with three months of free service each.

Winners will be chosen by the fans and a selected panel of judges. The event will culminate with an encore from the winning band followed by a 10pm performance by We Funk Junkanoo and a special surprise to light up the skies!

The seven lucky bands set to take the stage are Hoozya Daddy,

Lee Forbes & the Force, Just Spliff, Bowen Arrow, Keno & Kazz, Kew Band Link and Rasta Generation.

Islandcom is pleased to showcase these gifted local acts and with them put on a great show for all!

Islandcom strives to actively participate in local events in order to support the community, sustain local culture and showcase local talents, especially when benefiting local charities and causes. Special thanks must be given to Turtle Cove Marina for providing the venue in addition to The Wine Cellar, Blue Loos, TCI Waste Disposal, Q’Deano Productions, and Sky Juice. These organizations worked with Islandcom to make this event possible.

A limited number of tables will be available in a VIP Area near the stage. Complimentary champagne and a fully stocked bar generously provided by The Wine Cellar will be available to VIP guests who purchase a table. Proceeds will profit the two benefiting charities.

Businesses are also welcome to make donations to these great causes. If you are interested in purchasing a table or making a donation please contact Islandcom’s Marketing Team at marketing@islandcom.tc.

Career OppOrtunities Grace Bay Club is looking for candidates that have the requirements listed along with an outgoing professional manner. They love to work with different types of people, meet challenges with a positive attitude and live the standards of our organization. Their management style is one that balances a commitment to people and their development with business/financial accountability and delivers an exceptional guest experience.

Director of owner relAtions

AssistAnt MAnAger

Requirements: • Relationship management at executive levels is a critical part of this role – 3 years experience • Communication expertise in dealing with executive management, ownership, investors and guests • Exceptional organizational skills coupled with a drive and ability to deliver customer service excellence • Negotiating skills and budget development and management • Understanding and experience with budgets and strata management • Comfortable with ambiguity and a wide spectrum of tasks • Competency with Microsoft Office Professional products and Opera • Team player, motivated by providing the ultimate experience for clients.

• Must read and speak English fluently. Additional languages an asset.

• Past 5 star luxury experience needed in Housekeeping, Engineering, Finance, Front Office operations, Revenue Management and Interior Design • International Experience in Hotel Management needed Qualified Belongers need only to apply

Requirements: • Five (5) Years Management Experience is 5- Star Resort • Degree in Hospitality Management (for an accredited university) • Knowledge of Business Management • Be able to work with different Nationalities, ability to communicate in French would be an asset • Dealing with a contractors and suppliers • Ensuring security is effective • Carrying our inspections of property and services • Ensuring compliance with licensing laws, health and safety and other statutory regulation • Meeting heads of department and planning monitoring the progress of business strategies Qualified Belongers need only to apply

salary range: Commensurate based on qualification and experience

salary range: Commensurate based on qualification and experience Interested persons can contact our Human Resources Department no later than 30th June 2011 @ (649) 946-5050 Ext. 1050 Email: veronica.clare@gracebayclub.com Fax: (649) 946-5758 P.O. Box 128 Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands, British West Indies

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Over the years, The Torch's two primary issues for comment have been: (1) co-equal inalienable human rights for all citizens and lawful residents of the TCI; and (2) a home-grown free-market based recovery from the current TCI economic crisis.

Regarding human rights, all TCI citizens and residents have defective human rights because the Brits have forced upon us the flawed 1948 UN set of rights that actually prohibits in writing all such rights from being ”exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.” - Article 29[3] of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

UN “purposes and principles” obviously do not include inalienable human rights – those rights which cannot be taken away from you arbitrarily by the state through the simple device of a claim that your exercise thereof is contrary to some ethereal purpose or principle.

Authoritarian states like Zimbabwe, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Cuba the UK, China, etc. consider inalienable human rights to be far too dangerous to “give” to their subjects. The state must be able to assert its dominance over the individual at all times.

The flawed UN set of human rights was then filtered by the Euro-Brits through the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) which renamed the “purposes and principles” exception as the seemingly more benign “public good” exception. The “public good” exception still applies to each and every individual human right listed in the ECHR. The ECHR “public good” exception is the current human rights state of play in the TCI. It was transferred directly into the current TCI Bill of Rights. There has been no suggestion from the Brit High Command that the TCI Bill of Rights will be amended to make our human rights inalienable.

That means every individual who lives in the TCI may only enjoy his or her fundamental human rights until such time as the state determines, sometimes retroactively, that the enjoyment of each such right is somehow contrary to what the state claims, from time to time, is the “public good.” Reasons and justifications for the denial of human rights are rarely statutorily required because it is the state that drafts the statutes.

Presently the “state” is the Brit High Command.

However, consecutive local governments have been just as authoritarian and anti-individual liberty.

The TCI Bill of Rights is an authoritarian's dream.

Any thing at any time can be claimed by the state to be the “public good” such that it is contrary to what some targeted individual has said or done.

This device is what enabled the Brit High Command to revoke the freedom of expression of citizens Devon Williams and Robert Hall with impunity. They could even have rescinded those TCI citizens' free speech rights retroactively had they been of a mind to do so.

The Torch predicts that more TCI citizens will be losing their human rights as this next few years of the Brit Occupation proceeds.

You might wonder how it is that everyone could possibly have the same inalienable human rights at the same time? Easily! If the purpose of a social system is to provide the maximum level of natural human freedoms that do not create harmful conflict, then there is an obvious and natural corollary that permits all individuals to have inalienable rights simultaneously.

In fact, if such a corollary did not exist, it would be immediately and continuously re-invented in any free society.

We all learned this corollary before 10 AM on the first day of school. It is simply that each individual's right to act in certain pre-defined manners extends to the point in time when such a right interferes directly with the exact same set of rights of another individual.

Stated more practically and somewhat accurately, one should always treat others as you would like to be treated yourself.

The Brits have effectively banned this human rights corollary, which is based on natural human goodness, in the TCI. They have created and fostered a social system in which they, and not the rights of other individuals, are the limiting factor for the enjoyment of individual human rights.

This basic natural corollary of human behavior has been trained out of individuals all over the Western world for at least 70 years. Here in the TCI, it has been substantially trained out of islanders by decades of Brit Socialist public education that seeks to diminish the importance of the individual and demean individual thought and action at all times. Brit teachers had begun to teach you how to avoid or ignore this “live and let live” corollary of tolerance by about 1030 AM on your first morning at school.

In the field of philosophy, this destructive incremental de-humanizing process is called collectivism. In economics, it is Socialism. In politics, it is vote-buying demagoguery against any convenient, non-complying targeted group of individuals – the rich, the ex-pats, the oil companies, the Jews, the health

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By The Torch insurance companies, PPC, those who would like to keep what they earn, etc, etc. In civil society, it is the advancement of the welfare-state entitlement mentality that incrementally weakens the character, honesty and self-reliance of individuals. In ethics, it is altruism – the theory that ONLY action for the benefit of others is moral. All action for the benefit of one's self amounts to greed and is immoral.

Regarding The Torch's issue of economic recovery, he believes it is critical to understand that our current economic crisis was caused substantially by the gross constitutional negligence of the Brits. The Brits were our constitutional safeguard against local government corruption. They failed criminally in the discharge of their duties to protect us and our economy.

This understanding is critical to economic recovery not only because the Brits are here to camouflage their responsibility but also because it is a condition precedent to understanding that any economic recovery will occur despite, not because of, the now apparent disastrous Brit Socialist economic plan for the TCI. The Torch has sought to confine himself to the above two issues, but occasionally has to stray, as he does now, into politics when it impacts one of those two issues.

The Torch has no interest whatsoever in voting or participating in any manner in TCI politics. It is none of his direct concern or business. In fact, he came here to avoid voting and politics.

The Torch wishes TCI citizens and their electoral process only the very best for the future. He hopes that nothing but success is accomplished by this process going forward.

The Torch believes that the Brit High Command will introduce some reasonably standard and predictable electoral and voting reform during the next few years of their Occupation. However, as in all human systems, it will be the integrity of the individual humans entrusted to run that electoral system that will determine its eventual level of efficiency in relation to its intended consequences.

Accordingly, The Torch believes that the new electoral and voting system created by the Brits will primarily have the effect of requiring future corrupt TCI politicians to open their corruption accounts and build their retirement mansions somewhere else, likely the DR. Also, better stories will need to be developed to explain the sudden wealth of a person who had always been a waste of space before assuming elected office.

Nevertheless, The Torch does not advocate that the two TCI political gangs should be banned. Some moron has claimed this. It is a fundamentally stupid assertion. Firstly, it simply could not be done.

Secondly, it would violate the fundamental rights of many individuals who should hold those rights inalienably (remember?), and thirdly, if and when honest TCI political candidates ever come forward as independents, as should be encouraged under electoral reform, the two political gangs will simply become less powerful and less significant, as they should, over time.

An educated, thinking, unfettered independent candidate in a reformed electoral system mandating equal TV, radio, newspaper and debate time for ALL candidates would quite simply run circles around the political gangs' compromised and corrupted candidates.

As soon as fund raising and electoral spending are intelligently regulated and made transparent, all candidates will have an equal opportunity to reach thinking minds and their votes. It will take a few election cycles, but it will happen. The political gangs will be compelled to improve their abysmal candidate selection methodology or become extinct.

Once local government is restored in a few years, The Torch believes that the two TCI political gangs will continue to be the source of most low level social, economic and political problems within the TCI for the foreseeable future.

The Torch believes that the two political gangs are inherently and organically corrupt and that there is no chance of reforming them soon, if at all. They are militantly resistant to any fresh approach that embraces transparency or any social system that seeks to empower ALL individual TC citizens equally, not only through inalienable rights but also through EQUAL economic opportunities and an embraced personal responsibility.

Such a system is the exact opposite of what keeps the political gangs in business. Human rights will only be permitted if exercised in a manner the gangs approve. Further, the gangs need unequal economic opportunities, selected and provided by themselves of course, in order to survive. Furthermore, personal

responsibility of islanders would quickly deprive the gangs of their inability to demagogue foreigners and ex-pats for all problems of islanders.

The TCI political gangs are philosophically and ideologically identical. They provide TCI citizens with no new ideas or real policy choices. The entirety of the political platform of each gang can be summed up as, “Vote for us and we will do whatever we want to enrich ourselves and those we favor. If you kowtow and shut up, we will reward you when we get to you.”

There is a theory within US politics that would explain the low quality performance of the TCI political gangs. That theory says that every once in a while, one of the two major political parties selects a candidate simply because he is the “next” guy in line. It doesn't happen often. It happens when a party is at a low-tide of ideas.

The party looks around at the field of available candidates. That guy just died. That guy is divorced.

That guy has just been indicted. That guy just quit the race. Photos of that guy are now online. “Hey, looks like it's you!” The candidate selected is selected because he's alive and has been around for a long time.

He's not particularly creative or accomplished but he's still standing and everyone knows him. He's the guy by default. He's “next.”

The results of selecting the “next” guy have always been disastrous for the US because there is then no real competition of ideas in the electoral campaign. The last twice this happened, it was in the Republican party, but it has happened further back with the Democrats as well. The last two “next” guys were Bob Dole in 1996 and John McCain in 2008. These were two completely uninspiring, intellectually conflicted, philosophically confused long time cowardly ditherers who had very simply hung around long enough so as to be “next” at the right time.

The Torch's theory of TCI politics is that both political gangs here always select the “next” guy. If The Torch's theory is correct, this selection process represents a remarkably low level of leadership and service by the two political gangs for the benefit of citizens.

James Alexander George Smith McCartney was before The Torch's time, though he has spoken to several who knew JAGS as life long friends. Close questioning about JAGS over time has resulted, allowing for some natural enhancement of a deceased friend's memory, in an impression of quite a remarkable individual – a true leader and a statesman.

JAGS was never “next.”

Look now at the current and most recent crop of perhaps 15-20 individuals put forth by the selection process of the two political gangs. Assess the personal quality of these individuals. Look, as a small example, at the poorly written, incompetently researched juvenile whining letters some of them have written to the FAC as your leaders.

Look at the level of accomplishment of these individuals before they entered politics. One certainly, and probably two, would score highly in that regard.

The rest are collectively a national disgrace. Had those two individuals come forward independently and not as a consequence of backroom deals and fixes, they would probably have been the first modern effective leaders you have seen since JAGS. But they were corrupted by the selection process instead.

Somewhere in these islands, or perhaps at university elsewhere, are several younger TCI men and/or women of character and dignity. They are interested in politics and how things work in society.

They have not been corrupted by the gangs. They are not beholden. They have free-thinking minds. They certainly have been subjected to Socialist principles.

You cannot get through university without that, but they also will have seen a system, hopefully in the US, based upon personal freedoms and capitalism.

The Torch exhorts you folks to bide your time.

Wait for the Brits to implement their electoral reform.

Then come forward as independent candidates for your local seats. Stay pure and strong in your principles and ideology. When you are approached to be corrupted by the gang elders, tell them you will listen but that you are unalterably convinced that the TCI is still small enough and young enough that a fresh approach to freedom and liberty can work here.

Tell them that new approach is what you have seen work elsewhere. Tell them that new approach is one in which it is the local government's sole function to create a social, economic and political environment in which all TCI citizens have an equal opportunity to succeed, but that it is also one in which there will be completely unequal outcomes based upon personal ability, courage and responsibility, not upon gang affiliation, family name or island of origin. Do not ever be “next.”

We have all seen where the “next” gang candidates will take us. Instead, let's find out where personal liberties and equal opportunities take us. Bide your time. When he assumed office, JAGS was 31.

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TURKS AND CAICOS SUN

JUNE 3RD - JUNE 10TH, 2011

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JUNE 3RD - JUNE 10TH, 2011 TURKS & CAICOS SUN

By David Newlands SUN Reporter

TURKS AND CAICOS SUN

JUNE 3RD - JUNE 10TH, 2011

LOCAL NEWS NEWS LOCAL

Father Bernard Been has big plans for Church of St. Monica

The now official rector of St. Monica (Providenciales) and Priest in Charge of St. George (South Caicos), Reverend Father Bernard Been, was installed at St. Monica Anglican Church on Thursday, June 2, 2011. Though Father Been was in charge of St. Monica and St. George for over six months now, his title as rector was purely unofficial.

A rector is a governing priest of a self supporting church, that is, a church that does not rely financially on the Diocese. Though the priest assumes direct responsibility of the church upon arrival, being named rector involves a ceremony conducted by the Bishop of the Diocese; this ceremony is known as an installation.

Taking over from Father Scott Brennan’s charge, Father Been has been delighted with the acceptance and assistance that he has received from the church in filling Father Brennan’s place. Father Been is not without experience, having served at St. Agnus Anglican Church in Nassau, The Bahamas and the Pro-Cathedral Christ the King, in Freeport. Father Been has particularly strong ties with St. Monica, as his father, Canon

this year, they met at motion in the near future. These St. Monica. Though ideas ranged from a spiritual renewal Father Been was program called ‘Faith Alive’ to worried about his public outreach programs to help lack of experience build community.

The goal of ‘Faith Alive’ is to with the St. Monica community, having renew and reinforce the faith of only been in charge Anglicans in the Turks and Caicos. of the church for four The program reflects upon the months, when he vows made during communicants’ shared the news with baptisms and confirmation. After the congregation, the dwelling upon these vows, the response was, in his members will become more focused words “tremendous”. on their spirituality, thus reawakening With the help of the their faith.

Other programs that Father Been congregation, Father Been successfully planned for the future include public organized and outreach programs to the Turks and Priest in Charge of St. George (South Caicos), Caicos youth; programs such as hosted the event.

Reverend Father Bernard Been Naturally with Boy Scouts and Girl Guides would Lamuel Been, was the priest in charge a successful past, be hosted by Saint Monica, with the during St. Monica’s construction. citizens are curious about the future goal of giving the youth something In an interview with The SUN, it of St. Monica in Father Been’s productive to do while at the same was made clear that Father Been is hands. Asked about what the future time building their character. more than happy to be the rector of holds, the priest told us of his plans, It is clear that if these plans St. Monica, and has had a successful his voice was filled with motivating become a reality, St. Monica has a term so far. One of his most notable passion, as he explained his many bright future in store, as well as the achievements was the hosting of ideas which he planned to put into rest of the Turks and Caicos. the Archdeaconry Conference of 2011 for the Southern Bahamas and Turks and Caicos. This conference has members of the clergy and lay delegates come from the Southern Bahamas and the rest of the Turks and Caicos meet as a unified group, and

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TURKS AND CAICOS SUN

JUNE 3RD - JUNE 10TH, 2011

Police elated at Provo Headquarters’ closure Some memberS of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force in Providenciales are celebrating the exit of the critter and fungus-infested head quarters on Old Airport Road which has been ruled a death trap by the authorities for the past ten years.

The police who once stationed at the rickety building, as of 7a.m., on Tuesday May, were relocated to the Five Cays and Chalk Sound Police Stations on Providenciales. Both stations, which once operated until certain hours of the day, will now be operational on a 24-hour basis, and members of the public are required to make reports in person at any of the two locations.

The police, through its communication arm, are advising the public that calls made to the non emergency police number of telephone number of 649-946-4259 will be answered at the Five Cays Police Station, further explaining that 911 continues to be the number to call in an emergency.

Since his arrival in the Turks and Caicos Islands from Canada, some three months ago, Police Commissioner Colin Farquar has been agitating for better conditions for members of the local police force, including alternative buildings to the ramshackle Providenciales Headquarters –known as the B Division which has been condemned for demolition for sometime now.

Officers, who spoke to The SUN on condition of anonymity, said they were relieved to have been relocated from the termite-ravaged structure, hailing the move by the police commissioner, who, likewise his fellow

The old headquarters on Old Airport Road

Canadian deputy, Brad Sullivan, have been entrusted with the task of managing the police force for two years.

One officer said he indeed liked the spot that the now vacant structure is located but: “I just didn’t like the building. If we had spent one more month in that place maybe some of us

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would have died because officers had begun to complain of feeling ill, and they believed it was as a result of conditions in the building.”

Advising the public on the relocation of that division the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force issued the following statement: “One of

the top priorities of the Commissioner of Police has been to improve the working conditions for the employees of the organization. He has been working tirelessly to find permanent solutions and alternatives for the employees of Main Station however, the conditions at the main station have deteriorated to such a point that an immediate interim solution had to be found.”

The release further stated: “This relocation and the closure of Main Station, Old Airport Road, Providenciales, will come into effect at 7.00am on Tuesday 31st May 2011.

From that time no calls or visitors can be accepted at that building.”

The statement also noted that persons applying for Police Certificates of Character will be able to do so at the Five Cays Police Station during the similar hours as its former location.

The move, the police said, is temporary, and efforts would be made to house the police at a permanent location. The SUN was informed that the B Divisional Headquarters could be housed at the building now accommodates the Providenciales Community College campus, but that has not been confirmed by the authorities.

Come September, the Community College operations will be moved to the New Age Academy and Language Centre, as the operators of that school – Claudette and Bill Clare- had decided to pull the curtains on that institution citing non-collecting of school fees from parents and rising operational costs.

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PPC LIMITED STAFF VACANCY –

BuSiNeSS perForMANCe & CoMpliANCe oFFiCer Applications are invited from interested and suitably qualified persons to fill the position of Business Performance & Compliance Officer in our Business Systems and Information Technology Department.

DeSCripTioN Focuses on fundamental business issues – managing risk, increasing revenues, controlling costs – which the company should address in order to help it achieve extraordinary results. Identify and assist in managing risks inherent in business processes and technology systems that support business objectives, and provide management with the information needed to help them meet their strategic and financial goals and to create sustainable value over the long term. Help execute process transformation, measurably improved operational performance, and optimal organizational structuring.

Advocate good governance, best practices and proactive management approach.

MAiN DuTieS performance Management • Assists in the development of strategies and strategic planning.

• Assist the evaluation of proposed automated systems for feasibility and compliance with the Company’s business objectives.

• Assists Human Resources in the design and implementation of performance management and incentive framework.

• Promotes Value Based Management (VBM) approach to ensure that the Company consistently run on value (maximizing stakeholders value).

• Develop and maintain matrices to improve efficiency and productivity.

• Assists and coordinates implementation of Balanced Scorecard (BSC) or equivalent management system.

• Assists in designing and preparation of executive reporting.

Strategic cost control and revenue enhancement Assists management in implementing controls relating to the following areas: • Provide high level support to the Company’s 5-year Strategic Planning Process.

• Assist Management with special reports such as rate studies and License negotiations.

• Controlling and creating estimates.

• Planning and cost reduction.

• inancial management improvement.

Process Improvement Initiates and manages projects / activities that are pertaining to: • Organizational and procedural restricting.

• Improving process performance.

• Improving Company processes, including outsourcing solutions. risk Management • Assists management in understanding and implementation of Enterprise Risk Management program.

• Advises executive officers on current and emerging electric utility industry risk.

• Assist management in risk analysis of various aspects of business – strategic, operational, financial, or project risks.

• Coordinates documentation and implementation of emergency response plan and business continuity such as but not limited to Hurricane, Fire, Pandemic, Disaster Recovery, Crisis Management.

Sustainability advisory • Advises the executive officers (and the board, if applicable) on the best governance practices.

• Assist in monitoring compliance with laws, regulations and covenants that are applicable to the Company.

• Performs assurance tasks and recommends improvements as needed on areas that will not impair independence and objectivity.

Minimum requirements • Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting.

• CPA, or CIA, or CMA or ACCA • Business Skills – Accounting, Economics, Finance, Legal, Compliance, Human Resources, Audit, Management, Information, Technology, Marketing, Operations, Statistics, Security, Safety.

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• Minimum of 8 years experience in related field – risk Management, Project Management, Accounting, Auditing.

• Advanced Information Technology Skills.

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PPC offers a competitive compensation package for more information contact Human Resources Director Deadline for submission of application is June 10th, 2011. Applicants must submit an up-to-date Resume and a completed PPC Application form to be considered for the position. Please submit to:Director, Human Resources PPC Limited P. O. Box 132, Providenciales Email address: jmissick@ppcltd.tc or by fax 946-4532

PPC LIMITED STAFF VACANCY –

MANAger oF FiNANCiAl SerViCeS Applications are invited from interested and suitably qualified persons to fill the position of Manager of Financial Services in Finance Department.

DeSCripTioN To provide a high level of financial accounting expertise on a timely and cost effective basis that allows the company to meet or exceed the annual targets set for the company.

Work with the Vice President and CFO and all other managers to ensure that all necessary financial controls are operating effectively and efficiently thus allowing the smooth and controlled use of the company’s assets.

MAiN DuTieS Accountable for company-wide accounting and financial reporting functions, including AP/AR/Payroll/General Ledger/Inventory and Cash management.

• Collaborates with external auditors to provide in-depth assistance with periodic financial and inventory audits.

• Maintains and monitors financial policies and procedures, ensuring operational and financial compliance with Group policies • Assists in the annual business plan development, budgeting process and regular forecasting.

• Provides timely and accurate reporting of month-end closings, and financial reporting activities • Contributes to the achievement of business objectives through the accurate and timely identification and resolution of accounting issues/opportunities.

• Establishes cross training as required.

• Monitors the succession plan of subordinates to ensure that the department operates effectively and efficiently.

• Provides coaching, guidance and support, set professional development plans to assist employees to reach their full potential through the Performance Management process.

• Manages the financial system, ensuing maximum productivity and that it meets the needs of the business today and the future.

• Oversees the continuous improvement of Accounting and Financial Processes and the development of the team with the goal to achieve best practices and optimal output.

• Ensures that all finances are properly administered and monitored, including credit control.

• Ensures that appropriate financial regulations and controls are in place and in use at all times.

• Ensures that all financial reporting obligations are met in relation to submissions for funding, for grant aid, for contracts and any other initiatives.

• Identifies, investigates, and analyzes potential operational improvement. As appropriate, based on findings make proposal for operational changes (policy, procedures, processes, etc.)

• Maintains a documented system of accounting policies and procedures • Ensures that sufficient funds are available to meet ongoing operational and capital investment requirements • Maintains banking relationships • Reports to management on variances from the established budget, and the reasons for those variances • Engages in ongoing cost reduction analyses in all areas of the company • Ensures that written performance evaluations of supervised employees are completed as required, provides continuous feedback on personnel performance issues, and takes immediate action to recognize achievements and address deficiencies or problems.

• Ensures compliance with corporate policies, government regulations and GAAP standards • Develops and executes improvement plans on the financial reporting process including updating the Finance Operations Manual for new processes.

• Performing economic evaluations of projects and investments to improve operational performance.

MiNiMuM requireMeNTS • The applicant must hold a professional accounting designation, CA, CPA, CGM, CMA or equivalent • Eight to ten years experience, preferably in utilities or related field. Five (5) of which must have been in a supervisory position • The applicant should have experience in systems implementations and change management situations • As a member of the management team, the successful applicant must understand the corporate vision and successfully gain support for and implement that vision • Excellent team player and team building skills • Good analytical skills • Ability to deliver to strict deadlines and to work under pressure • Goal-oriented • Self motivated • Team player CoMpeNSATioN Salary Grade 15: $79,000.00 - $98,750.00 based on qualifications and ability PPC offers a competitive compensation package for more information contact Human Resources Manager Deadline for submission of application is June 10th, 2011. Applicants must submit an up-to-date Resume and a completed PPC Application form to be considered for the position. Please submit to:Director, Human Resources PPC Limited P. O. Box 132, Providenciales Email address: jmissick@ppcltd.tc or by fax 946-4532

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TURKS AND CAICOS SUN

JUNE 3RD - JUNE 10TH, 2011

Wetherell stacking the constitutional talks deck

By Royal Robinson MBE Contributor

the people of the Turks and Caicos Islands and their Representatives, particularly during the visit of the team from the FCO said clearly and loudly that they wanted their representation to be made directly to the political directorate in London that would be making the final decisions.

The FCO team heard the people.

Having relayed that message to their handlers in London, were able on their last day issue a statement, in conjunction with the Governor’s Office that such a face to face meeting would take place at a date to be announced.

Wetherell started stacking the deck by having a representative of each of the bodies that he hand-picked to be members of the delegation, then as a last resort he added the youth ambassador, a person from the religious sector and the chairman of the All Party Group.

Long before the persons from Wetherell’s groups as well as the religious person were named, the betting throughout the Country was as to who those choices were going to be.

Ladbrook would have been impressed by the virtual certainty of the outcome.

Lillian Missick, Doreen Quelch-Stubbs and Bradly Handfield were the prohibitive favorites. And we were right! That is so because in the recent past of these persons were leaning in the direction, or being fully in the

Royal Robinson MBE

“camp Wetherell”!

This exercise is really going to test the mettle of all concerned and we will find out if persons can put aside their petty differences and step up to the plate on behalf of The Turks and Caicos Islands.

Now let us be frank here! While the Youth Ambassador could have something to bring to the table in a different arena, I find it difficult to see what meaningful role he would play in the discussions on the Constitution!

Will there be a counterpart on the UK side? I seriously doubt that.

It is actions like these that cause persons to have an air of cynicism with respect to the process. Is Wetherell just trying to paint us in the worst possible light in front of the Minister? Do not for one moment discount Wetherell for what he really is. A politician dressed up in diplomatic clothes. Why else

AEP conducts employee fire safety training

staff members at AEP South Caicos recently got the opportunity to participate in fire safety training conducted by Dale Taylor, Divisional Officer of the Turks and Caicos Fire and Rescue Service.

The training session by AEP, sister company of PPC Ltd, gave staff the opportunity to learn basic concepts and procedures of fire safety and the use of various fire safety equipment and protection methods.

After viewing a video of a fire that started in a stadium during a game, participants were made aware of the importance of having regular fire drills at their South Caicos location.

According to Eustace Musgrove, PPC’s Environmental and Safety Officer, who also attended the training, “PPC has Occupational Health and Safety Regulations in place which require staff to be trained to respond to any emergency including fires. The training served as a refresher as to how to use the fire safety equipment such as fire extinguishers and fire alarm systems.”

Musgrove added,“ We were able to test our current evacuation procedures to ensure that they are efficient and effective. The training was well-received by the seven staff members who participated and we encourage other corporate bodies,

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would he be taking such an entourage?

Why is he so hell bent on getting his way? He certainly is not going to put our case forward and would do everything in his power to keep us at the back of the bus.

He is going in August, why not leave well alone? He and his friends now have a vested interest in TCI. He is no longer the dispassionate overseer, but someone who is now, having tasted absolute power, wants to keep it that way for him and his cohorts.

We have to stand up to him and his crew and make it be known to them that this piece of rock and paradise is our and not theirs1 it was our forefathers that stayed here when all was but lost and kept an even keel on things! It is my generation that moved the ball forward without any contribution from them! Now all of a sudden they want to totally cast us aside and install their men to enjoy the fruits of our labour! That really and truly cannot work!

One thing I would tell all of the participants going to London with the label “Turks and Caicos Islanders”, do not forget from whence you came and it would be all of us as well as our children that will have to live and work under the Constitution once agreed!

Your names will go down in infamy if you side with others against the clear

and expressed will of the people!

All you want-to-be politicians, now is the time to really shine and show that you can serve the people and not self alone! Lillian don’t let the yardstick that you used at the Forum when you said in essence that it would be foolhardy on our part to expect the British Government to have a change of heart, having spent quite a bit of money so far in the process.

Let that history teacher and student in you come to the fore! Pastor Bradley has had his own “come to Jesus moment” in his own church! That is going to be what we will be looking for as he so aptly said, he heard the cries of the people and he is not afraid of anything or anyone!

Even though I might not agree with certain selections and I can say and express that view openly, my only hope is that once the gravity of the situation and the lasting impact that would be felt by all and sundry, we will all go to sleep and wake with renewed vigour to do what is right and just to all of us.

That is my humble prayer!

- Royal Robinson is a former Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance and Health under the Progressive National Party (PNP) Administration.

Early hurricane season action expected With mere days into the 2011 hurricane season, meteorologists are already beginning to eying the Caribbean for a possible development as they said the potential for a tropical depression or an even stronger system to take shape will increase during the upcoming days as wind shear in the region weakens.

Wind shear, the meteorologist said, is currently too powerful and disruptive for the formation of any tropical system. However, once this shear weakens, this in combination with warmer-than-normal surface waters across the Caribbean and lower-than-normal surface pressures could be indicators that the disorganized convection on satellite right now may try to become better organized in the coming days.

It is predicted that if a system is to form in the coming days, it could pose at least residual threat to the Turks and Caicos Islands, as it is forecast to get steered northeastward the direction of Jamaica, Hispaniola or eastern Cuba. Another scenario is that the system could drift into the northwestern Caribbean.

The 2011 season is predicted to be less intense in comparison to last year where there were 17 named storms to this year 16.

This year hurricane names list, for the most part, mirrors that of 2005, with the four devastating hurricane names from that year being retired. Those retired are from the 2011 roster are: • Dennis, which is replaced by Don; • Katrina replaced by Katia; • Rita replaced by Rina; • Stan replaced by Sean and; • Wilma by Whitney.

The list of the names for 2011 Hurricane Names are: Arlene, Franklin, Katia, Philippe, Whitney, Bret, Gert, Lee, Rina, Cind,y Harvey, Maria, Sean, Don, Irene, Nate, Tammy, Emily, Jose, Ophelia and Vince.

Hurricanes are categorized by wind speeds. Storms with a wind speed of 74-95 mph are Category 1; those with wind speeds of 96-110 mph are Category 2; those with wind speeds of 111-130 are Category 3; those with wind speeds of 131-155 are Category 4; and those with wind speeds greater than 155 mph, such as Hurricane Andrew in 1992 and Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005, are category 5.

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The Fortis/PPC Engineering Scholarship Program TURKS & CAICOS SUN

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PPC IS OFFErInG A FOUr yEAr EnGInEErInG SChOLArShIP FOr ThE ACADEmIC yEAr 2011/2012.

RequiRements to qualify foR selection: 1. Applicants must have obtained excellent grades (2 / B or higher) in O’ Level or A’ Level examinations. Subjects must include mathematics and physics.

An Associate Degree from the Turks and Caicos Community College with at least a 3.00 GPA, in science or in engineering, would be an advantage.

2. Applicants must provide a short essay (1,000 words maximum) on how they would be an asset to the company upon completion of the degree and return to the Turks and Caicos Islands.

3. Applicants must provide a notarized copy of the acceptance letter from an accredited university (approved by PPC) in the US, Canada, or the UK. 4. Finalist will be interviewed and one recipient will be selected from the pool.

5. A strong desire to pursue engineering as a career.

6. Candidate must be a belonger and a graduate of a secondary school in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

The recipient will be bonded to the company for four years upon completion of the program and will be expected to intern at the company during holidays.

PPC can provide guidance in helping potential candidates in selecting the universities and engineering programs.

The emphasis is Mechanical and Electrical Engineering.

Applications must be mailed or hand delivered to the attention of Judy Missick, Human Resources Director, PPC Limited, Town Center Mall, P.O. Box 132, Providenciales. Deadline for Submission is June 30th.

Alvejes Desir Overall the scholarship program went well. The experiences I gained at the University of West Florida while pursuing my Bachelors in Electrical Engineering Technology have prepared me to be more efficient and effective in my career. Now that I have completed my degree I look forward to contributing significantly to the PPC team.

Electrical Technician III

Daylon Joseph I started my Bachelor of Science (BS) Degree at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) in spring of 2009. FAU was a great experience, not only did I obtain my BS Degree in Electrical Engineering, but I also placed 2nd in Senior Engineering Design (ED2). The scholarship program that PPC has is next to none and the support from the scholarship coordinators at PPC is the best.

Junior T&D Electrical Engineer

Teandra Thomas Pursuing a degree in Mechanical Engineering.

The scholarship program was an excellent initiative. I have gained a wealth of knowledge and work experience thus far and it is only the beginning of great things to come for both PPC and I.

Still Pursuing Studies

Join the PPC Ltd Team PPC Ltd provides a dynamic work environment for its employees; there is opportunity to grow and excel in any capacity. Ask any of our scholarship recipients how they benefited from the program.

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Guyana celebrated its 45th year of Independence May 26th 2011 and in commemoration the Guyanese community here in the TCI hosted a day of celebration and came out in their national colours. The day began with a church service at Christ is the Answer Ministries officiated Rev. S. Padmore. Afterwards, the activities continued at Central Square with a family fun day.

Members of the Guyanese community, their family and friends participated in songs, dance and enjoyed traditional Guyanese dishes. The Cooperative Republic of Guyana, previously known as British Guiana is a sovereign state on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Caribbean. It is the only state of the Commonwealth of Nations on mainland South America, and it is also a member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).

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‘Better the Devil You Know’

We have all heard the saying, but have we all seen the play?

On Friday, May 3rd this play will be shown at the Tropicana Showroom and Supper Club at 8pm. Written by P. Anthony White, a renowned Bahamian writer, the play will be preformed by a group from St. Agnus Anglican Church, in Nassau, Bahamas.

The story involves couple that was once happily married; together they had a daughter, before eventually divorcing and going their separate ways. The two are reunited years later when their daughter invites them to her wedding. During the time of the wedding, the old couple stays in their daughter’s home, separated only by a dividing wall. During the course of two days, the parents are bombarded with situation after situation, and in the end, realize that they are in love once more.

The play is meant to speak to matters of the heart. Anthony Roberts, the director of the play tries to describe the main point of the play by translating a French saying. “The heart has its reasons, which reason itself does not understand”. The play will have viewers laughing and for some, it will be oddly reminiscent to experiences in the past. Tickets can be bought at Tropicana Showroom and Supper Club for 25 dollars.

The Snack Food Makeover Some people load up on sugary snacks, such as jellybeans and licorice.

People think they're great snacks because they're fat-free. But they're loaded with simple sugars that don't fuel you for very long. The same goes for diet cookies and ice cream, some savory snacks, such as microwavable kettle corn and individual packs of crackers, don't give your body much more than a rush of carbohydrates.

Clean up your snack act Here are some smart snack ideas to get you started: • Enjoy yogurt with almonds and fruit (that way your treat will be serving up dairy, fruit, protein and some healthy fat).

• Pair an apple with low-fat cheese (and you've got some dairy, fruit and protein covered).

• Add low-fat cheese to your favorite salty carb snack. Or team it up with some peanut butter or bean-based dip (and you've upped your dairy or protein intake). Keep in mind that many soy-based chips give you a leg up over potato chips when it comes to protein and fiber, so that's a big plus, too.

Join us again next week for more weight watchers boop camp tips.

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I hope your son don’t have a gun and that would be a D-boy

Alright, already the show goes on Alright, till the morning we dream so long Anybody ever wonder, when they would see the sun up Just remember when you come up The show goes on!

Alright, already the show goes on Alright, till the morning we dream so long Anybody ever wonder, when they would see the sun up Just remember when you come up The show goes on!

[Lupe Fiasco Verse 1] Have you ever had the feeling that you was being had Don’t that … make you mad They treat you like a slave, with chains all on your soul, And put whips up on your back, They be lying through they teeth Hope you slip up off your path I don’t switch up I just laugh Put my kicks up on they desk Unaffected by they threats than get busy on they ass See that’s how that Chi-Town made me That’s how my daddy raised me That glittering may not be gold, don’t let no body play me If you are my homeboy, you never have to pay me Go on and put your hands up, when times are hard you stand up L-U-P the man, cause a brand that the fans trust So even if they ban us they’ll never slow my

plans up!

Alright, already the show goes on Alright, till the morning we dream so long Anybody ever wonder, when they would see the sun up Just remember when you come up The show goes on!

Alright, already the show goes on Alright, till the morning we dream so long Anybody ever wonder, when they would see the sun up Just remember when you come up The show goes on!

[Lupe Fiasco Verse 2] One in the air for the people that ain’t here Two in the air for the father that’s there Three in the air for the kids in the ghetto Four for the kids who don’t wanna be there None for the ones trying to hold them back Five in the air for the teacher not scared to tell those kids that’s living in the ghetto that those holdin back that the World is theirs!

Yeah yeah, the World is yours, I was once that little boy Terrified of the World Now I’m on a World tour I will give up everything, even start a world war For these ghettos girls and boys I’ m rapping round’ the World for!

Africa to New York, Haiti then I detour, Oakland out to Auckland Gaza Strip to Detroit, say hip-hop only destroy Tell em’ look at me, boy!

Alright, already the show goes on Alright, till the morning we dream so long Anybody ever wonder, when they would see the sun up Just remember when you come up The show goes on!

Alright, already the show goes on Alright, till the morning we dream so long Anybody ever wonder, when they would see the sun up Just remember when you come up The show goes on!

[Lupe Fiasco Verse 3] So no matter what you been through No matter what you into No matter what you see when you look outside your window Brown grass or green grass Picket fence or barbed wire Never ever put them down You just lift your arms higher Raise em till’ your arms tired Let em’ know you’re their That you struggling and survivin’ that you gonna persevere Yeah, ain’t no body leavin, no body goin’ home Even if they turn the lights out the show is goin’ on!

Alright, already the show goes on Alright, till the morning we dream so long Anybody ever wonder, when they would see the sun up Just remember when you come up The show goes on!

Alright, already the show goes on Alright, till the morning we dream so long Anybody ever wonder, when they would see the sun up Just remember when you come up The show goes on!

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Sean Kingston remains hospitalized after crash authorities say it doesn't appear alcohol played a role in accident MIAMI- Hip-hop singer Sean Kingston remained hospitalized Tuesday after crashing his watercraft into a Miami Beach bridge.

Publicist Joseph Carozza said there were no updates Tuesday morning on his condition. He added that Kingston's family is grateful for everyone's prayers and support.

Kingston and a female passenger were injured when the watercraft hit the Palm Island Bridge around 6 p.m. Sunday, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesman Jorge Pino said.

The Miami Herald reports that a

passing boater saw the accident and took the two on board his vessel.

Authorities are investigating the crash, and "nothing at this point would indicate that alcohol played a role," Pino said.

A number of hip-hop musicians were in Miami Beach over the weekend for Urban Beach Week.

Kingston rose to fame with his 2007 hit "Beautiful Girls" and was also featured on songs by artists including Justin Bieber.

His self-titled debut album sold over 1 million copies worldwide.

On Twitter, Bieber posted a message of support for Kingston.

Reese Witherspoon to receive MTV Generation Award LOS ANGELES – Reese Witherspoon better make some room on her trophy shelf.

MTV says Witherspoon will receive its Generation Award at Sunday's MTV Movie Awards.

The 35-year-old Oscar winner is being recognized for her range as an actress and for delighting the MTV audience throughout her career. MTV President Stephen Friedman called Witherspoon "one of the most versatile and accomplished performers of her time."

"Saturday Night Live" star reese Witherspoon Jason Sudeikis will host Sunday's ceremony at the Gibson Amphitheater, where Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Steve Carell, Shia LaBeouf, Patrick Dempsey, Cameron Diaz, Selena Gomez and Nicki Minaj are among those set to present the prizes.

Fans voted online for the winners in categories such as best kiss, best villain and best line from a movie. MTV chose Witherspoon, who joins previous Generation Award winners Sandra Bullock, Ben Stiller, Adam Sandler, Mike Myers, Tom Cruise and Jim Carrey.

Sunday's show will also feature a first-look at footage from the latest "Twilight" installment, "Breaking Dawn, Part 1."

hip-hop singer sean kingston

"Got my friend Sean Kingston in my prayers tonight," Bieber tweeted early Monday. "A true friend and big bro. Please

keep him in your prayers tonight as well."

A number of hip-hop musicians were in Miami Beach over the weekend for Urban Beach Week.

In a 2007 interview with The Associated Press, Kingston described his music as a fusion of reggae, pop, rap and R&B. "It's Sean Kingston genre. I have my own genre," Kingston told the AP at the time. "No disrespect to no artist or dudes out there. I feel like I am my own person.

I am doing my own thing."

His music has been unique among hip-hop offerings, as Kingston refused to use profanity.

"To put it in my music, that's not the message I am trying to send out," he said in the 2007 interview. "That's not the type of artist I am trying to be."

rihanna's "man down" video criticized for violence Rihanna's no stranger to controversy and this video has generated plenty of it. The L.A. Times reports, "[t]he Parents Television Council, along with Industry Ears and the Enough Is Enough Campaign, joined together to 'condemn' the video and urge Viacom, BET's parent company, to pull it off the air."

In a statement reacting to the violent content, Industry Ears said, "If Chris Brown shot a woman in his new video and BET premiered it, the world would stop," said Paul Porter, cofounder of Industry Ears and a former voice of BET, in a news release. "Rihanna should not get a pass and BET should know better. The video is far from broadcast worthy."

Of course, Chris Brown has a criminal record for assault. As far as we know, Rihanna doesn't. (He pleaded guilty in 2009 to felony assault against Rihanna.

The two had been dating at the time of the incident.)

But this is more important: Rihanna's been the victim of assault by someone close to her. Isn't it a little much to condemn her for a music video - which is fiction and, more importantly, a music video - in which a character she plays kills

a man for assaulting her?

On her Twitter page shortly before the video's premiere, Rihanna wrote, "ManDownTOMORROW on @BET @106andpark its #Gritty #GULLY #Emotional #JAMRock Very strong underlying message 4 girls like me! #listentoyomama" Late Wednesday and into Thursday, Rihanna shot back, going on a Twitter spree that defended her video and thanked her supporters. Her defense was a mixture of claiming artistic freedom, youth and desire to inspire.

"I'm a 23 year old rockstar with NO KIDS! What's up with everybody wantin me to be a parent? I'm just a girl, I can only be your/our voice!" she wrote early Thursday afternoon. "Cuz we all know how difficult/embarrassing it is to communicate touchy subject matters to anyone especially our parents!... And this is why!Cuz we turn the other cheek! U can't hide your kids from society or they'll never learn how to adapt! This is the REAL WORLD!... The music industry isn't exactly Parents R Us! We have the freedom to make art, LET US! Its your job to make sure they don’t turn out like US"

Naomi Campbell 'shoCked' by “raCisT” Cadbury ChoColaTe ad The Cadbury bunny might soon be the target of a flying cellphone.

Naomi Campbell might be known as a prima donna (and proud of it), but she’s just as sensitive as other celebrities. The 39-year-old supermodel has publicly criticized Cadbury for featuring her name in a print ad that she believes is not only offensive, but also racist. The British company’s latest marketing campaign features a Bliss chocolate bar with the slogan “Move over Naomi – there is a new diva in town.”

According to the Independent, Campbell says she is considering “every option available,” including a lawsuit against Cadbury, owned by Kraft.

"I am shocked,” said Campbell. “It's upsetting to be described as chocolate, not just for me, but for all black women and black people. I do not find any humor in this. It is insulting and hurtful."

Activist groups have voiced their support, including The Operation Black Vote (OBV), which called for Cadbury’s to issue an official apology.

"Racism in the playground starts with black children being called 'chocolate bar',” OBV director Simon Woolley told The Independent. “At best, this is insensitive, and at worst it demonstrates Cadbury's utter disregard for causing offence.”

Naomi’s mother, Valerie Morris, also joined the campaign, saying she was deeply upset by the “racist” advert: “Do these people think they can insult black people and we just take it? This is the 21st century, not the 1950s. Shame on Cadbury."

A Cadbury company spokesman insists the ad was not meant as racist, and that it was simply "a light-hearted take on the social pretensions of Cadbury Dairy Milk Bliss,” but that in light of the response, they are "no longer in circulation.”

The controversal ad

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King Features Weekly Service

September 13, 2010

King Features Weekly Service

September 13, 2010

ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Although practical situations continue to dominate this week, there’s time for the Lamb to indulge in the fun things in life — like maybe taking a special someone out for a great evening.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) This week favors relationships. Take time to renew old ones, and make time to go where new friends can be found. On a more practical note, expect news about a business deal.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You should be seeing some progress on that new workplace situation. Meanwhile, family matters might demand more attention, and you’ll want to set aside time to deal with them.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) A relationship suddenly might present some challenges you never expected.

After talking things out, you might want to consider taking some time to assess what you’ve learned.

LEO (July 23 to August 22) A disappointing response to a request might dampen the Lion’s spirits.

But you might want to ask the reasons behind it. What you learn can be of great importance in a future undertaking.

VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) A oncevolatile situation should be settled by now, giving you a chance to refocus on a project you’ve been planning for. Look for an interested party to rally to your support.

LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) A business mat-

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This freak deal from a pairs tournament produced a wide variety of results, ranging from six hearts doubled

by East-West (making with an overtrick after a diamond lead) to a diamond partscore played by North-South.

The hand was played at dozens of tables, and the most common —15— contract was five diamonds doubled.

Some of those who reached this contract did so following a sequence such as the one shown, while other Souths simply bid five diamonds directly over one club.

At these tables, the opening lead was invariably the queen of clubs, and the outcome now hinged on what East played to this trick.

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ter that unexpectedly turns into a personal situation could create complications.

Best to resolve the matter now before too much harm can be done.

SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Emotions can run high when they involve personal matters that no one really wants to talk about.

But this could be a good time to create the means to a workable outcome.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) A positive response to a workplace request could lead the way to other long-sought changes. Congratulations. A personal situation also takes a welcome turn.

CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Patience pays off, as that once-overwhelming work situation continues to become easier to handle on a one-by-one basis. Look for positive news from a colleague.

AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) It might be a good idea to take more time to reassess your next move in working out a complex situation. You could benefit from a new perspective on the matter.

PISCES (February 19 to March 20) You might want to consider making time to discuss a change of plans with everyone concerned. Be prepared to explain your actions. Also be prepared to listen to alternatives.

BORN THIS WEEK: You have a strong sense of what is right, and you try to work from that foundation.

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granted that the contract was sure to be defeated, didn’t give the matter much thought. They played the nine or ten of clubs on the queen, requesting a club continuation. West obliged, whereupon declarer ruffed, drove out the ace of diamonds and took the rest of the tricks for a score of plus 750.

Other Easts wisely attempted to discourage a club continuation by depositing the three of clubs on the first trick. However, all but one West then shifted to the queen of hearts, and again the contract came rolling home.

At the one table where five diamonds was defeated, West thought over his play at trick two very carefully.

Clearly, his partner’s three of clubs demanded a shift to another suit, but which one?

West reasoned that if the defense had any heart tricks coming, they could not get away, since dummy had no suits that could provide discards. He reasoned further that his partner could hardly be void in hearts, since South hadn’t supported North’s hearts during the bidding.

There was, however, a possibility that East might be void in spades. So West shifted to a spade at trick two, and East happily ruffed to sink the contract. ©2010 King Features Synd., Inc.

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Lobster poachers rob Jamaica of US$132m Poachers have robbed Jamaica of more than US$130 million in lobster meat over the past five years, according to Agriculture Minister Dr Christopher Tufton who, in addition to assuring his regional counterparts that Jamaica will fully enforce its Fisheries Act, has encouraged them to find a regional solution to the problem of illegal fishing threatening all Caricom states.

"Jamaica produces approximately 400 metric tons (MT) of lobsters per year," Tufton told the fourth Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism ministerial council meeting in Antigua recently.

"Approximately one-third of the country's production is exported and the local lobster industry makes about US$8 million per year. A conservative estimate is that poachers take at least twice as much lobster as the country does, and at an average price of US$15 per pound; Jamaica has lost approximately US$132.3 million over the past five years," Tufton said in his discussion paper on 'Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing and Border Security Issues in

Jamaican Waters'.

He said the Jamaican queen conch faced a similar situation where losses due to poaching were at one time estimated as being over 400 MT. However, since 2009, due to the intervention of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), poaching for conch has reduced significantly, albeit it still remains an issue, Tufton said.

He highlighted recent incidents of illegal fishing in Jamaican waters, saying that over the past year the Jamaica Defence Force Coast Guard reported 42 sightings of multiple vessels poaching on the Pedro Bank, but was only able to apprehend three boats.

Two of the vessels seized towards the end of last year contained approximately 6,680 lbs of lobster meat and 4,740 lbs of lobster head meat, he said.

Tufton also pointed to the January 7, 2011 incident in which a Honduran vessel was found fishing illegally in Jamaican waters and which resulted in the injuring of two Honduran fishermen in an encounter with the

Coast Guard.

The minister then told of an incident that, he said, caused Jamaica great concern -- the poaching of sharks.

"On May 8, 2011, the JDF Coast Guard intercepted a vessel of Nicaraguan registration fishing illegally on the North West Ridge of the Pedro Banks, well within Jamaica's archipelagic boundaries," he said. "This in and of itself is disturbing, however, what is of greater concern to Jamaica is the fact that this vessel was fishing for sharks. Jamaica has videographic and photographic evidence of this activity. Eighty-six sharks weighing approximately 2,000 pounds were seized."

These activities, he said, reflect the grave concern Jamaica has for IUU fishing and bring into focus other transnational issues as they relate to criminal activities and border security matters.

"Our intelligence reflects that there is a thriving business in the guns for drugs trade by virtue of using the fishing industry as a guise to carry on these illegal activities," Tufton said.

Jamaica to strengthen laws against Ponzi schemes

FirstCaribbean lays off employees

The Government of Jamaica is seeking to amend the financial statutes, to combat unlawful ponzi schemes.

Minister of Finance and the Public Service Audley Shaw, made the disclosure as he responded to questions from Opposition Spokesperson on Finance, Dr Peter Phillips, in the House of Representatives Tuesday.

Shaw said the amendments will be made to the Securities Act and the Financial Institutions Act, to combat illegal financial operations. He also stated that certain civil remedies are being proposed.

“One of them, which would be a very good example, is that of giving the Financial Services Commission (FSC) the ability, upon sufficient evidence being garnered, to take control of the entity suspected of operating a ponzi scheme. That would be an immediate civil remedy,” Shaw explained.

“Secondly, the possibility of imposing monetary penalties on such illegal operations, and thirdly the possibility of seeking to give the FSC the power, upon taking control, to capture whatever funds remain and be able to distribute those funds and give it back to the investors,” he added.

Shaw also stated that it has been recommended that the FSC be named as a complainant to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in cases against ponzi schemes. He explained that, in the current system, the FSC itself cannot be a complainant, as the complainant has to come to the FSC, which would prepare the files and send them to the DPP. The FSC is an integrated regulator of financial services, brought into existence by the Financial Services Commission Act, August 2001. It administers the Insurance Act, Securities Act, Unit Trusts Act and Pensions (Superannuation Funds and Retirement Schemes) Act. It is responsible for supervising and monitoring 1,980 licensees and registrants, as well as 522 pension funds an

ABOUT 30 FIRSTCARIBBEAN BANK employees have been laid off in Barbados.

According to the Barbados Nation newspaper, country manager Daniel Farmer confirmed the redundancies but stressed there had been no mass layoffs or major restructuring.

FirstCaribbean Bank employees in Antigua, St Lucia, Bahamas and Jamaica have also been affected. “[As] a part of normal business conditions and changes in our business processes and in response to the prevailing economic conditions, FirstCaribbean, like any other business, must continue to make changes to its areas of focus and staffing requirements,” Farmer said.

He added that the bank’s evolving business needs and improvement initiatives had “unfortunately” led to the redundancies.

FirstCaribbean had followed established practices, including consultation with the employees’ representative, the Barbados Workers’ Union (BWU), he said.

“While we regret the job losses as a result of the changing business requirements, we are confident that we will continue to create new opportunities as our business expands,” he said, adding that those made redundant would have the opportunity to apply for new positions being created across the region.

Farmer explained that FirstCaribbean business in Barbados included the regional head office and processing centre.

He said that over the past 18 months the bank had created and filled approximately 600 new positions across the region, the vast majority of which had been filled by existing staff. He said those positions had provided opportunities for “external candidates” in regional communities to become part of the FirstCaribbean team.

Farmer also revealed that the renovated FirstCaribbean branch at Wildey, St Michael was slated to reopen in July and this would provide new service opportunities.

Lamenting the paltry fines imposed on poachers when they are caught, Tufton said that the US$11.60 charged for fishing without a licence and US$2.33 for operating an unregistered vessel do not act as a deterrent unless the vessel is forfeited by the courts.

In an effort to effectively combat illegal fishing, he recommended the harmonisation of legislation across the region, including the synchronisation of closed seasons for lobsters and conch.

"There is no simple, single or short-term solution to IUU fishing as it is not just an issue for the fisheries sector," Tufton said. "Successful responses will require holistic and integrated policies linked to the drivers for IUU fishing. Success will require independent action by states, bilateral action, particularly by adjacent states, and multilateral action. It will involve greater commitment to and implementation of internationally recognised benchmarks for fisheries management and Monitoring, Control and Surveillance arrangements."

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Bahamas Police identify murder file leak suspects The officers who police suspect released the murder scene photos of Nellie Brown-Cox have been identified, Commissioner of Police Ellison Greenslade told The Nassau Guardian yesterday.

Greenslade said, however, that he has not yet decided what punishment the officers will face for allegedly leaking the photos to the public.

Brown-Cox was chopped to death sometime between April 6 and 7. Prince Hepburn, 49, was charged with the murder.

Police found her mutilated body in the kitchen of an apartment on Bougainvillea Avenue, South Beach.

Photos of Brown-Cox’s chopped body, the

blood-filled apartment she died in and the murder weapons used were circulated via e-mail across the country. A police case report was leaked.

“Based upon the investigation that was done into the leaks, and based on what is in the case file, I will give a public statement shortly. I do have the case file on my desk and it tells us clearly who is in breach,” said Greenslade.

“We have to be held to the highest professional standards and we cannot side step where there was a wrong. Where the trust of the public has been breached, where a wrong has been committed, no officer is going to be above the law.”

Greenslade added that he was also forced this

week to discharge three officers for “conduct that is in breach of what is right and decent.”

He said two of the officers were found to have taken illicit drugs after testing positive during random drug tests. A third officer was accused of a number of violations each of which warranted discharge from the force, said Greenslade.

“I go to bed with a clear conscience that I'm protecting the rights of all citizens in this country and we're not going to allow anyone to breach laws and feel they can get away with it,” said the commissioner.

Greenslade emphasized that the officers had internal police trials before being discharged.

Regional tourism officials discuss repositioning of cruise ships BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – A delegation from the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) has held talks with officials from the Florida Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) on the repositioning of cruise ships from the region. A statement issued by the Barbados based CTO, said that the delegation, headed by its Chairman and St. Kitts and Nevis Tourism Minister, Ricky Skerritt said the talks centred on tackling “the issue of the mass repositioning of cruise ships from the southern Caribbean in the summer months and to improve the overall competitiveness of the

Caribbean for summer cruising.

The CTO has expressed concern over the continued massive loss of cruise business, particularly from the southern and eastern Caribbean, due to the seasonal repositioning of vessels from the Caribbean to other ports.

The region’s tourism development agency says this practice results in significant economic loss to local businesses and economies during this prolonged period of economic slowdown.

“We ask that together we begin a new examination of the issues related to this concern so that the Caribbean,

especially those islands farther to the east and south, can become more competitive in the summer cruise business without compromising the financial performance of the cruise lines,” Skerritt said, adding that he hoped for a viable solution that would result in a win-win situation for the cruise lines and the Caribbean.

The CTO statement said that the meeting last week also provided both sides an opportunity “to listen to each other’s concerns and to explore ways to confront the situation in a manner that is mutually beneficial.

“Both sides agreed to a broad frame-work which includes conducting and sharing “a substantial amount of information- gathering and research”. They have also designated representatives from both teams to

follow-up on ideas related to marketing and product development, and to report on progress made when the group meets again at a proposed meeting in June,” the statement said.

The cruise industry is a significant component of the region’s tourism mix and the Caribbean remains a highly desirable winter cruising destination.

In 2010 the region’s cruise passenger arrivals grew by six per cent, continuing the phenomenal growth experienced over the past four decades with the numbers climbing from just over one million cruise visits in 1970 to over 20 million last year.

“CTO leaders want this strong consumer demand for the region in the cruise industry to be developed year round, with more summer business resulting,’ the statement said.

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House passes $42.3B homeland security funding bill WASHINGTON – The GOPcontrolled House on Thursday passed a $42.3 billion budget for the government's homeland security efforts after a debate that demonstrated resistance for some of the spending cuts required under austere budget times.

The measure passed 231-188 after lawmakers eased cuts to popular grant programs for local fire departments and after GOP conservatives tried but failed in several attempts to add millions of dollars to a variety of border security initiatives.

It's the first of the 12 annual spending bills funding the day-to-day operations of federal agencies for the budget year beginning Oct. 1. It's also the first concrete step to implement the budget blueprint approved by House Republicans in April.

The homeland security measure bears a $1.1 billion cut of almost 3 percent from the spending levels for the ongoing budget year that were enacted in April in a compromise between House Republicans and

President Barack Obama.

But far more stringent spending bills — they contain cuts to health research, student aid, food aid for lowincome pregnant women and energy efficiency programs — will follow this summer.

Republicans focused the homeland security cuts on port and transit security grants, awards for high-risk cities, and grants to local fire departments to help them with salaries and equipment purchases, proposing to slash them by $2.1 billion below Obama's requests — cuts of more than half.

On Wednesday a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers restored $320 million in cuts to grants for fire departments by a sweeping 333-87 vote, but only by imposing an unrealistic cut on the agency's bureaucratic operations.

Border state Republicans like Reps. Ted Poe and Michael McCaul of Texas were less successful in attempts to add money to favored programs.

Poe sought $100 million for detention

beds to hold illegal aliens facing deportation and $10 million for cell phone towers along the U.S.-Mexico border. McCaul pressed for, among others, a $50 million amendment for drone aircraft, helicopters and boats to patrol the border. The amendments were ruled out of order under House rules.

The cuts to grant programs freed up funding for core homeland security programs like border security, immigration control, airport security and the Coast Guard. An amendment

by Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., designed to boost airport screening operations undertaken by private companies instead of federal workers was adopted 219-204.

The measure adds almost $2 billion above the administration's request for Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster relief accounts, which were already facing a $3 billion or so shortfall before the recent wave of tornadoes in Missouri and Alabama and flooding along the Mississippi River.

The legislation cuts off funding for

new advanced airport scanners that have sparked outrage over their revealing images of travelers' bodies.

The measure denies the administration's $76 million request for an additional 275 scanners.

Bdgetary factors rather than protests from privacy advocates sparked the cut. The Transportation Security Administration is trying hard to modify the machines so that they won't produce revealing images, but the software isn't yet ready.

The underlying measure wouldn't affect the 500 or so machines already in place at 78 of the nation's airports or the 500 just funded in a recent spending bill.

An amendment by Reps. Justin Amash, R-Mich., and Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, to prohibit TSA from relying on the advanced screening machines as the primary means of screening passengers was defeated 300-123.

Also Thursday, the House began debate on a $72.5 billion measure funding veterans programs and construction projects at military bases.

Cell phones may Mitt Romney makes his second presidential bid official cause brain cancer, WHO experts say

For Iowans, Mitt Romney “Today’s economic news – is oddly both a frontfalling markets brought about runner and an underdog in by fears of a double-dip the Republican race for the recession – is an appropriate presidency as he battles backdrop for Mitt Romney’s GOP perceptions that he announcement for president,” might not be their best said David Kochel, Romney’s choice.

Iowa adviser.

Romney leads in the Speaking in a windy, polls here and nationally, outdoor setting at a fellow but with a scaled-back Republican’s Bittersweet campaign effort in Iowa, Farm, Romney said Obama he’s an underdog for the raised taxes, piled up caucuses here in early regulations, gave more power February. to union bosses and rammed Today in pastoral New through “a disastrous national Mitt Romney Hampshire, Romney, 64, health care plan.” made official his presidential “This president’s first intentions, saying he would restore states’ answer to every problem is to take power from authority over dozens of government you and from your local government and from programs, repeal “ObamaCare” and make your state so that his so called experts in America No. 1 in job creation.

Washington can make decisions for you,” he “I’m Mitt Romney and I believe in said. “And in each of those decisions we lose America and I’m running for president,” said more of our freedom.”

Romney, a wealthy former business executive Romney’s announcement speech didn’t and former governor of Massachusetts. touch on social issues — gay marriage, guns, It’s Romney’s second shot at the White abortion — but tossed out tea party catch House, and some Iowans consider this year to phrases such as “we the people” and said: be his turn for the Republican nomination – “Who is it that rules this great nation? You not unlike Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, do!” and John McCain, who each lost once, then Romney’s strategy is clearly more focused advanced in the relatively orderly and on New Hampshire, home of the second voting hierarchical GOP procession to the top. contest in the nominating calendar. He has Iowa supporters called Romney the one campaigned there eight times since last candidate in the 2012 Republican field who summer, compared to two trips in that time to understands the economy and knows how to Iowa, which holds the nation’s leadoff turn America back to prosperity. caucuses.

Cell phones may cause brain cancer, a panel of experts reporting to the World Health Organization (WHO) announced Tuesday.

After reviewing dozens of studies that explored a possible link between cancer and the ubiquitous handheld phones, the experts classified cell phones as "possibly carcinogenic to humans" and placed them in the same category as the pesticide DDT and gasoline engine exhaust.

The panel determined that an increased risk for glioma, a malignant form of brain cancer, appears associated with wireless phone use.

Globally, it's estimated that 5 billion cell phones are in use. "The number of users is large and growing, particularly among young adults and children," the International Agency for Research on Cancer said in a news release issued Tuesday.

The IARC made the announcement in Lyons, France, based on the work of 31 scientists from 14 countries. It will present its findings to the WHO, which may then issue its recommendations on safe cell phone use.

Experts said children are especially vulnerable.

"Children's skulls and scalps are thinner. So the radiation can penetrate deeper into the brain of children and young adults. Their cells are dividing at a faster rate, so the impact of radiation can be much larger," Dr. Keith Black, chairman of neurology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, told CNN. Until Tuesday's announcement, the WHO had said that cell phones were safe to use.

There has been conflicting research in recent years on the health hazards posed by cell phones. As recently as February, British researchers reported that cell phones do not increase the risk of brain cancer.

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NATO issues apology over Afghan civilian deaths The Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) has tendered an apology for an air attack that left at least 14 civilians dead in south-western Afghanistan on Saturday, reports said.

A joint statement issued Monday by the security alliance's senior Generals - Gen David Petraeus, Lt Gen David Rodriguez and Marine Maj Gen John Toolan - said Nato's top priority was to prevent civilian deaths and that it took such cases very seriously.

Afghan officials had earlier said that up to 12 children and two women were killed in the attack by Nato aircraft

on a compound in Nawzad district of Helmand province.

The incident had been condemned

by Afghan President Hamid Karzai who said the US had been repeatedly warned over raids that killed civilians and this was his last warning. Moreover Karzai urged Kabul's Ministry of Defense to stop what he described as "arbitrary" operations by foreign forces.

"The President called this incident a great mistake and the murdering of Afghanistan's children and women, and on behalf of the Afghan people gives his last warning to the US troops and US

officials in this regard," an official release had said.

According to the Generals, the air raid began after a US Marine had been killed and five insurgents holed up inside the compound in Nawzad district kept firing at ISAF troops. Even as they admitted that civilians had been present inside the building, the military Commanders put the civilian death toll at nine.

Further the Nato statement said a full investigation had already been launched and that ISAF would "ensure that we make amends with the families

Obama reveals new Commerce Secretary nominee US President Barack Obama Tuesday announced his choice to replace outgoing Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, who is stepping down to become the U.S. ambassador to China.

Obama picked former energy company executive John Bryson as his choice to head up the Commerce Department, saying Bryson will play an important role in promoting American businesses abroad.

"In this new role, John will be able to draw on decades of business experience across a range of industries -- from his role on the boards of major companies like Disney and Boeing, to his leadership in the clean energy industry," Obama said. "That's the expertise that will help us create new jobs and make America more competitive in the global economy."

Obama said that Bryson's experience in clean energy will be critical for the country's future.

"A key to achieving our export goal will be promoting clean energy in America. It's how we'll reduce our dependence on foreign oil," Obama said. "That's how we'll encourage new businesses and jobs to take root on our shores."

He added, "John understands this better than virtually anybody. Throughout a distinguished career in which he's led

US President Barack Obama and Commerce Secretary nominee- John Bryson

nonprofits, government agencies, and large companies, he's been a fierce proponent of alternative energy."

Obama noted that Bryson was a cofounder of the Natural Resources Defense Council before going on to serve on the California Public Utilities Commission and rising to become chief executive of Edison International, the parent company of Southern California Edison and Edison Mission Group.

"John headed the company for almost 20 years, during which time he helped Edison become a leader in solar and wind power, and [took] innovative approaches to proving the profitability of clean energy," Obama said.

More than 200 immigrants missing off Tunisia coast TUNIS, Tunisia – At least 200 immigrants are missing and two are dead after a fishing boat carrying hundreds of immigrants sank off the coast of Tunisia in a storm, the official news agency reported Thursday.

The boat was believed to have set sail from Libya and was en route to Italy with an estimated 800 would-be immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa and Asia on board, including women and children, the report said.

The boat stalled some 20 miles off the Kerkennah islands in southern Tunisia on Tuesday night in foul weather that also hampered rescue operations.

Some 570 passengers were rescued by the Tunisian coast guard and army throughout Wednesday. Authorities attributed the large number of missing to the stampede to get off the ship and board inflatable rafts during the storm, as well as a lack of resources mobilized in the rescue.

Survivors were transferred to the Choucha refugee camp on the Tunisian-Libyan border. The camp is providing shelter to sub-Saharan Africans and others who have fled months-long conflict between Libyan ruler Moammar Gadhafi and rebels.

Seven injured survivors were transferred to the emergency department at the University Hospital Habib Bourguiba in Sfax and two pregnant women were sent to the maternity ward, the report said.

in accordance with Afghan culture."

Meanwhile, the White House said it shared Karzai's concerns and took them "very seriously."

The Karzai government has repeatedly called for an end to nighttime raids saying that it enabled Taliban-led insurgents to fuel antiAmerican feelings among the Afghan population. However, the raids which form the cornerstone of the security alliance's counter-insurgency operations, have reportedly helped to eliminate several top militant commanders.

Pentagon To Classify CyberAttacks As 'Acts Of War' The United States is in the process of classifying statesponsored cyber-attacks on its computers as acts of war and is set to publish military guidelines on cyber security in the coming weeks, according to the Pentagon.

"A response to a cyber-incident or attack on the US would not necessarily be a cyber-response. All appropriate options would be on the table," Pentagon spokesman Colonel Dave Lapan told reporters late Tuesday.

He added that a final version of Pentagon's cyber defense strategy for responding to attacks on government computer networks, power grids or other utilities would be ready within in two to three weeks.

Separately, the Wall Street Journal quoted Pentagon officials as saying that the move to classify cyber attacks as acts of war is aimed at discouraging hackers who threaten national security by attacking the country's nuclear reactors, power supply grids or mass-transit system.

"If you shut down our power grid, maybe we will put a missile down one of your smokestacks," the Journal quoted an unnamed military official as saying.

Meanwhile, the New York Times reported citing White House officials that any military response to a cyber-attack would be employed only as a "last resort" after all other efforts to thwart the attack fail.

The developments follow a cyber attack on US defense contractor Lockheed Martin on May 21. The company said in a statement released last Saturday that it was the target of a "significant and tenacious" hack recently, but insisted that the attack was foiled before any critical data was stolen.

Last month, an international strategy statement on cyber-security issued by the White House stated that the United States would "respond to hostile acts in cyberspace as we would to any other threat to our country."

"We reserve the right to use all necessary means diplomatic, informational, military, and economic - as appropriate and consistent with applicable international law, in order to defend our nation, our allies, our partners and our interests," said the White House statement issued on May 16.

The US Defense Department claims that more than 100 foreign intelligence organizations have attempted to hack into American networks in recent years. The worst of such cyber-attacks against the US military is said to be the one in 2008, when a malicious software on a flash drive struck computers at the US Central Command.

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Deadly E. Coli Outbreak Claims 16 Lives as it Spreads Across Europe The deadly E. coli outbreak in Germany is spreading to other parts of Europe.

The Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC), a dangerous form of E. coli that so far killed 16 people and infected 1,169 others in Germany, is causing panic among the European community.

The infection causes internal bleeding, diarrhea and renal failure and is partly resistant to antibiotics, scientists say. EHEC can result in haemolytic-uraemic syndrome (HUS), a form of kidney failure caused by E. coli that is potentially fatal.

Germany has confirmed 373 cases of HUS. In Sweden, 41 people have E. coli infection, of whom 15 have

developed HUS. Denmark has six HUS cases, the Netherlands three and the UK two.

A few infections have also been recorded in Austria, Spain and Switzerland. Czech health officials have confirmed the country's first case of the E. coli epidemic.

An American tourist who just arrived in the Central European country after a trip to northern Germany, where she had eaten vegetable salads, is hospitalized in Prague.

Researchers had warned against eating lettuce, cucumbers and raw tomatoes from northern Germany, where most cases were reported, as a disproportionate number of patients had eaten these foods.

JAPANESE PM SURvIvES NOCONFIDENCE MOTION, vOwS TO QUIT AFTER MANAgINg CRISIS A no-confidence motion moved by the Opposition against the Japanese government of Prime Minister Naoto Kan was defeated in the Parliament on Thursday.

The main Opposition Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), its ally New Komeito and the conservative Sunrise Party of Japan jointly tabled the motion in the Lower House of the Diet on Wednesday evening.

When the motion was put to vote on Thursday morning, 293 members rejected it, while 152 voted for it indicating that the Opposition lawmakers failed to attract enough support from the ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ).

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan Some DPJ lawmakers, including former party leader Ichiro Ozawa, had reportedly hinted at supporting the no-confidence motion.

The Opposition needed the support of more than 80 members of the ruling party to get it passed in the 480-member Lower House, which would have forced the Cabinet to resign or dissolve the House for a snap poll.

However, speaking at a DPJ parliamentary party meeting ahead of the vote, Kan said that he was planning to step down once his government completed its response to the earthquake and tsunami as well as the nuclear crisis at the quake-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

Kan came to power last June, replacing Premier Yukio Hatoyama who resigned owning responsibility for disputes over DPJ campaign finances and relocating U.S. troops.

The 63-year old activist-turned-lawmaker was Japan's fifth Prime Minister in five years. Since then, he survived several attempts by his opponents to force him to step down. But this was the first time that he faced pressure from his party ranks.

The no-confidence move against Kan came at a time he has been pilloried for his handling of the quake and tsunami triggered nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant and reconstruction of the post-March 11 Japan.

Kan has faced criticism from within the DPJ when the country is still struggling to contain the after-effects of the multiple disasters.

The March 11 magnitude-9 earthquake and tsunami that killed more than 15,000 people and left over 8,500 others missing across a swath of northeastern Japan was a further blow to a country with the world's largest public debt.

High-level radiation leak following explosions and fires triggered by the tremor forced the Fukushima Daiichi power plant's operator Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) to scrap four of its six reactors.

About 50,000 families who lived within the 30-kilometer radius of the stricken atomic power plant were forced to evacuate under government orders over radiation fears.

Germany discarded vegetables from Spain over reports that Spanish cucumbers were the source of the deadly bacteria.

Irish retailers removed Spanish organic cucumbers from their shelves, while Russia banned imports of vegetables from Germany and Spain in the wake of the mounting death toll.

Jorge Brotons, the president of Spain's fruit and vegetable export federation, told a news conference that almost all European countries had stopped buying Spanish produce.

"There is a domino effect on all vegetables and fruits," he said, adding that the import ban was costing Spanish exporters 200 million euros ($288 million) a week.

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Meanwhile, the Spanish government has demanded compensation for affected Spanish growers due to a baseless panic caused by a German finding last week that Spanish cucumbers were the source of the virulent super-bacterium.

German State Agriculture Secretary Robert Kloos admitted mistake in Hamburg Hygiene Institute's conclusion that it discovered the bacterium on cucumbers imported from Spain.

Spain's Deputy Prime Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba threatened that it may take legal action against the authorities in Hamburg.

The German authorities ignored the origin of the bacterium, Rubalcaba said, stressing that it was not in Spain.

He said warnings against Spanish cucumbers would possibly be lifted on Wednesday on the European market.

He called for a campaign to restore the image of Spain's "excellent" agricultural products.

12 per cent drop in HIV Infections among youth A global report on HIV prevention says that a 12 per cent drop in HIV infections has been recorded among young people in the last decade Five million people in the age group of 15-24 have HIV, down 12 per cent from 2001, but an estimated 2500 young people are infected with HIV every day, according to the report published on Wednesday.

Young women and adolescent girls face a disproportionately high risk of infection due to biological vulnerability, social inequality and exclusion, a study conducted for the first time on HIV infections among young people has found.

The report titled "Opportunity in crisis: Preventing HIV from early adolescence to young adulthood" was jointly published by UNICEF, UNAIDS, UNESCO, UNFPA, ILO, WHO and The World Bank. The report identifies factors that elevate their risk of infection as well as opportunities to strengthen prevention services and challenge harmful social practices.

"For many young people HIV infection is the result of neglect, exclusion, and violations that occur with the knowledge of families, communities, social and political leaders. This report urges leaders at all levels to build a chain of prevention to keep adolescents and young people informed, protected and healthy," said UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake. "UNICEF is committed to this cause. We must protect the second decade of life, so that the journey from childhood to adulthood is not derailed by HIV," he added.

According to the report, an estimated 5 million young people aged 15-24 were living with HIV in 2009. Among the 10 to 19 year age group, an estimated 2 million adolescents are living with HIV, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa. Most of them are women, who do not know their status. Globally young women make up more than 60 per cent of all young people living with HIV. In sub-Saharan Africa that rate jumps to 72 per cent.

"Our success with improving access to anti-retrovirals means more young people are surviving with HIV, but many are still unaware of their status," said World Health Organization Director-General, Dr. Margaret Chan. "WHO is committed to helping improve adolescents' access to HIV testing and counseling and to making sure that health services address their needs for prevention, treatment, care and support," she added.

FAMILY ADOPTS BEAR Matevz Logar plays with brown bear (Ursus arctos) cub Medo in Podvrh village, central Slovenia June 1, 2011. The Slovenian Logar family has adopted the three-and-half-monthold bear cub that strolled into their yard about 30 days ago. Although the family would like to prepare a fenced enclosure for it, veterinary authorities would prefer to move it into a shelter for wild animals.

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Goldman Sachs subpoenaed for financial crisis role Reuters) - New York prosecutors have asked Goldman Sachs to explain its behavior in the run-up to the financial crisis, the latest investigation that has cast a pall over the reputation of the largest U.S. investment bank.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc now faces probes by several government authorities into derivatives trades it executed in late 2006 and 2007. On Thursday, sources close to the matter said Goldman received a subpoena from the Manhattan district attorney, who joins the Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission in examining Goldman's actions.

Separately, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is investigating Goldman as part of a broader probe into the mortgage operations and securitization practices of seven banks. A source familiar with the situation said Schneiderman's office met Goldman executives and attorneys in the past two weeks.

The probes follow a scathing report by U.S. lawmakers that cast Goldman as a central villain of the financial crisis and accused it of misleading clients about mortgagelinked securities.

The report by a Senate subcommittee, headed by Democrat Carl Levin, said Goldman offloaded much of its subprime mortgage exposure to unsuspecting clients as the market for such securities was starting to tank. In some cases, the bank dragged its heels when clients wanted to get out of their losing positions, according to the report.

The investigations do not imply the bank or its top executives will face criminal or civil charges, but they display a growing interest by prosecutors to build a case against Goldman, legal experts said.

"They have subpoena power to get certain records, correspondence, emails and they're trying to find out every last detail that could prove fraud," said Peter Berlin, an attorney who represents defendants in whitecollar cases.

The U.S. Department of Justice is also likely to subpoena the bank, The Wall Street Journal reported recently.

The Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus Vance, is not seeking new documents, according to one source, but wants to ask further questions about the information contained in the Levin report.

Vance, the son of former U.S. secretary of state Cyrus R. Vance, said earlier this year he wanted to use a farreaching 1921 law called the Martin Act to toughen penalties for securities fraud.

The state attorney general's probe is largely being conducted under that statute, according to the source familiar with that case. The state can seek civil or criminal charges, while the Manhattan D.A. can only pursue criminal charges, potentially making its burden of proof more difficult.

Still, the Manhattan D.A.'s office has used the Martin Law to crack down on white-collar crime in the past.

High-profile cases the office prosecuted using the Martin Act include brokerage firm A.R. Baron & Co and ex-Tyco chief Dennis Kozlowski.

In a statement, Goldman said: "We don't comment on specific regulatory or legal issues, but subpoenas are a normal part of the information request process and, of course, when we receive them we cooperate fully."

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SCATHING REPORT The probes into the behavior of Goldman and some of its peers signal increasing determination by U.S. government agencies to investigate the actions of banks in the years leading up to the financial crisis and to determine whether misdeeds by executives made the meltdown worse.

One of the first big cases was the Securities and Exchange Commission's civil fraud suit against Goldman last year over the bank's failure to disclose information linked to a complex mortgage security.

Goldman settled those charges in July without admitting or denying guilt, but it did express regret for failing to disclose information.

Goldman's shares fell as much as 3.4 percent as news of the subpoena emerged on Thursday, but then took

back much of their losses and closed 1.3 percent down at $134.38. The stock has been declining since January, but its sell-off has accelerated since the release of the Levin report and it is now approaching its 52-week low of $129.50.

Even if there is a low likelihood of successful civil or criminal action against Goldman Sachs, continued pressure from politicians and the public could still hurt the firm, Sanford Bernstein analyst Brad Hintz wrote in a note on Wednesday.

"We believe that Goldman's clients will begin to rethink their relationship with the firm and the franchise will ultimately suffer," Hintz wrote, adding the bank would be wise to make amends with the public soon.

But other veteran analysts said recently that concerns about the Goldman investigations are overblown and little will likely come from them.

JPMorgan analyst Kian Abouhossein raised his rating on the bank to "overweight" from "neutral" earlier this week and said possible negative news is already reflected in the bank's share price.

However, some investors take a more negative view.

"When the government has you in its cross-hairs, it takes forever to get out of it," said Matt McCormick, portfolio manager at Cincinnati-based Bahl & Gaynor Investment Counsel.

"Shareholders need to understand, this is going to be an ongoing risk for years."

Hackers attack anotHer sony network, post data A hacker group has engineered yet another attack on the computer networks of Sony Corp, a setback to the Japanese company's efforts to move past a security crisis that erupted in April.

The group, which calls itself LulzSec, said on Thursday that it broke into servers that run Sony Pictures Entertainment websites, and then compromised the personal information of more than 1 million Sony customers.

Sony officials could not immediately be reached for comment.

It posted some of the data it accessed on the Web -- including the names, home and email addresses, and passwords of some customers.

But said it did not have the resources to extract and publish all of what it collected.

"From a single injection, we accessed EVERYTHING," the hacking group said in the statement. "Why do you put such faith in a company that allows itself to become open to these simple attacks?"

This is the latest embarrassment in an ongoing security crisis for Sony, which discovered in April that hackers had broken into its networks, stealing data from more than 100 million accounts. Nobody has claimed responsibility for that attack.

But Sony's networks have since become a target for hackers looking for holes that will allow them to get into servers located around the globe. Sony had confirmed at least four other break-ins prior to the attack on Thursday.

LulzSec had claimed responsibility for one of those attacks, an assault on Sony Music Japan.

The group took credit for Thursday's attack in a note posted on its website. It said it had hacked into a database that included unencrypted passwords as well as names, address and birth dates of Sony's customers.

The original attacks, considered the biggest in Internet history, prompted the Japanese electronics giant to shut down its PlayStation Network and other services for close to a month.

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Facebook founder Zuckerberg say ownership contract forged NEW YORK – An alleged contract and emails that a New York man says entitle him to a huge stake in Facebook are forgeries, the online social network's founder Mark Zuckerberg said.

In a filing in the U.S. District Court in Buffalo, New York, on Thursday, Zuckerberg said he has declared under oath that he neither signed the alleged contract with Paul Ceglia, nor wrote or received any related emails.

He asked a federal judge to order Ceglia to immediately turn over the alleged original contract and emails, and for permission to inspect Ceglia's computers.

"Zuckerberg and Ceglia never discussed Facebook and they never signed a contract concerning Facebook," the filing said. "The contract is a cut-andpaste job, the emails are complete fabrications, and this entire lawsuit is a fraud."

Christopher "Kip" Hall, a partner at

DLA Piper representing Ceglia, did not immediately return requests for comment.

Thursday's filing escalates the stakes as Ceglia, a wood pellet salesman from Wellsville, New York, tries to show he contracted in 2003 for 50 percent of Zuckerberg's interest in what became Facebook, which is privately held.

Forbes magazine in March estimated Zuckerberg's net worth at $13.5 billion.

Analysts have said Facebook could be worth $70 billion should it go public, perhaps in 2012.

In Thursday's filing, Zuckerberg acknowledged signing an agreement with Ceglia, but that it concerned work Zuckerberg did for StreetFax.com, a website that posted photographs of traffic intersections for use in the insurance industry.

Zuckerberg hopes to use forensic testing on Ceglia's documentation. "When this testing confirms that all of these documents are forgeries, this lawsuit will

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end," he said.

Ceglia sued last July, saying he made a contract with Zuckerberg for an 84 percent Facebook stake.

After he changed law firms, Ceglia filed a complaint that discussed the alleged contract and emails from 2003 and 2004 when Zuckerberg was a student at Harvard University.

In a February 2, 2004 email discussed in the complaint, Zuckerberg was said to have resisted a clause that could have given Ceglia a stake greater than 80 percent, and instead suggested "that we officially return to 50/50 ownership."

Zuckerberg said forensic examiners reviewed his Harvard email account and found none of the alleged emails.

He also called Ceglia allegedly forgetting about the contract for seven years "incredible on its face," and recounted his prior run-ins with law enforcement.

This included an instance in 2009

Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg

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Beach Soccer Ballers rule Beach Football

The Beach Soccer Ballers carved out an exciting a hard-fought extra-time 8-7 win over Caribbean Predators in the final of the inaugural Women’s Beach Football competition on Sunday, May 29.

Earlier, the All Star Shrimps trounced New Wave Warriors by an 8 to 3 margin with the league’s leader goal-scorer, Christina Hinds netting 6 goals.

Ballers main striker Sarah Cenary, who went into the final with about four goals adrift of Hinds, went in search of double glory – to make her team champion and lift the leading goal-scorer title.

The Ballers, who dominated the league winning eight of their nine games – started out by making easy pickings of the Predators, but as the game wore on were made to work hard.

After the first of the three-part period, the Ballers were up 5-1 in the contest. But the undaunted Predators clawed their way back into

the contest and leveled the score-line at 6-6 before in goal for the Shrimps. the final regulation time whistle. The tie was Following the final, an award ceremony was achieved by Predators Simone Smith’s long range held. Giving his reflection on the league, National effort seconds before the final whistle.

Coach and League Co-ordinator Mathew noted: Both teams had chances to win the game as “The league has been a tremendous success. Good the impressive Kadine Delphin almost grabbed crowds were treated to many high scoring and a late winner for the Predators but it was Cenary competitive games and Beach Soccer has become who took advantage of a defensive error to give an important part of the TCIFA's development the Ballers victory. programme.”

In the play-off for third place, the Shrimps League Champions - Beach Soccer Ballers; took control early in the second period as Hinds League Runners Up - Caribbean Predators; Third scored 6 goals to make sure she finished as the place - All Star Shrimps; Team MVP's, Beach leagues top goalscorer on 56 goals, three ahead Soccer Ballers - Sarah Cenary, Caribbean Predators of Cenary.

- Kadine Delphin, New Wave Warriors - Gaya Jancilia Cox scored a hat-trick for the Warriors, Smith, All Star Shrimps - Christina Hinds; Most Gillian Vernice and an own goal rounded out the valuable Young Player - Yarileny De La Cruz; Top scoring for the Shrimps. MVP for the day was Goalscorer - Christina Hinds (56); League MVP Jacinda Alfrena who pulled off many great saves Sarah Cenary.

Tina Hinds about to score one of her six goals

Gaya Smith

Sarah Cenary league MVP

Yarileny De La Cruz Young MVP

Ballers, Women's Leaue champions

Sarah Cenary (right) in action

Tina Hinds top goalscorer

Da Conch Shacks Men's Beach Soccer League

Northern Star FC claimed another impressive win in the Da Conch Shack sponsored Beach soccer League at the weekend. Their 10-5 victory against the Stingray Strikers has given them a six point lead at the top of the league standings.

The scorers for Northern Star were Ralph Pierre (4), Matt Green (2), Steve Wilson (1), James Rene (1), Kenton Webb (1) and an own goal. Phil Shearer (2), Haroon Swaby (1), Rodney Davilmar (1) and Fritz Evariste (1) scored for the Stingrays.

In the other game on the fixture Provo

United got back to winning ways with an 8-6 victory against the Conch Shack Shockers. A young United team were led by Herby Magny (3 goals), Junior Stevens (2), Michael Erskine (1), Jacques Etienne (1) as well as an own goal.

The Shockers fought hard as Nickenson Agelus led the attack with four goals, Pierre Joseph (1) and an own goal but it was not enough on the day as Provo United took back second spot in the standings. The league has three weeks of regulation games to play before the championship finals on the 26th June. MVP for the day was Rodney Davilmar of Stingray Strikers.

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Provo Amateur Basketball Association Primary School Fun Day

Schools competed against each other in basketball games

The students enjoying the activites at the fun day

Six schools participated in the first ever Provo Amateur Basketball Association Primary School Fun Day. The schools competed against each other in basketball games.

At the end of the day, Enid Capron Primary School emerged as champions when they defeated New Age Academy.

Third place went to Ianthe Pratt Primary after they defeated Precious Treasures Primary. British West Indies collegiate and a combined school with players from

Provo Amateur basketball association fun day a success

Students playing a game of basketball

various primary schools also participated.

The students also enjoyed a dance from Clement Howell High School Steppers dance group, face painting, cartoon characters, hooplas and refreshments.

The P.A.B.A wishes to thank all schools, parents, volunteers, Sports Commission, the Basketball Federation and the public at large for their continued support and do look forward to working with you to enhance the sport of Basketball in Provo and the TCI at large.

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Sail Rock U13 league moves into high gear

Week three of the competitive Sailrock U13 Boys League saw extremely competitive matches. The teams are evenly matched and it is the desire of the players that dictates the result on any given day.

The first two games saw Five Cays FC going up against Blue Hills Shark and Leeward Knights tackling Long Bay Revolution. In a very even match, Five Cays came out ahead thanks to a sterling performance from Kevin Simons who bagged 4 goals to lead the boys from Five Cays. Blue Hills fought hard and thanks to goals from Jeff “T” Desvales (2) and Makenson Cadet, they came close but eventually lost the game by 4 goals to 3. Five Cays played a good passing game with Ras Diamond making his return and was instrumental in creating quite a few chances for Five Cays.

In the Long Bay v Leeward match Gabriel Diotte continued his consistent performance and led his team with a hattrick. Thus game was fast paced and saw each team creating quite a few chances. In the end both teams had to settle for a draw with Leeward Knights getting brace from Cole Nick son and Romeo Outten chipping in with a goal.

In their second game Leeward (fast becoming the “draw specialist”) drew 0-0 with Five Cays with both team playing hard and creating chances but failing to put them away. Blue Hills then comprehensively beat Long Bay Revolution 3-0 with a brace from Mackenson Cadet and one from Mordechea .

Overall this was a good week for watching some attractive football from the U13 players. It was a tight race for this week MVP given the consistent play of all the players including Gabriel Diotte, Mackenson Cadet, Ras Diamond, Padraig O’Sullivan and others. The award this week however goes to Wilkens …for his creativity and general all round play.

The league continues June 5 with 4 more games.

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Bolt’s sports bar to expand to London in 2012 The (Kingston Live Entertainment) KLE Group stated that they plan to open a Usain Bolt-branded Tracks & Records Sports Bar in London, England within a year in order to take advantage of the 2012 Olympic Games in that territory.

Tracks & Records, a 7,000 square foot US$1.2 million ($102.7 million) restaurant/bar opened earlier this month in Market Place in Kingston, on the same grounds as Fiction Club, also operated by KLE. “We want to go to London in 2012 whether as a temporary set-up or as a permanent set-up,” stated Tina Matalon, KLE principal, at the Jamaica Observer Foodie Seminar held last week Wednesday at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston.

The KLE Group’s other main principals also include Gary Matalon and Kevin Bourke. Bolt, the 100- and 200-metre world record holder, is an investor in the venture.

“We couldn’t afford to offer him a licence deal so we offered him an equity stake in the business,” KLE director Gary Matalon stated in response to a query at the seminar.

The KLE Group said that a major

Usain Bolt - Olympic and World record holder

“challenge” in setting up the business included government bureaucracy.

“Government delays cost us millions but we persevered and Tracks and Records was born,” stated Tina Matalon.

Demand for the Olympic Games is growing rapidly with more than a million ticket requests already received by officials for the men’s

100-metre final, according to the Sun newspaper in London. The final is expected to include Bolt, the current champion and world record holder. In February, the Sunday Observer reported that seats at the Olympic Games will cost Jamaicans a high of $100,000 to as little as $2,760 at today’s exchange rate.

The plan for London follows a

Gayle return up West Indies to selectors West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) CEO players as they come along and that Dr Ernest Hilaire has not ruled out the would be the ideal situation to have return of Chris Gayle and Jerome Taylor to and the Board would want to have the regional squad for the upcoming such a situation," Hilaire said.

Digicel Series versus India.

"As long as we have senior Hilaire suggested on Wednesday players who are willing to perform evening that the Jamaican duo have not that role as mentor and provide been excluded, but left the matter up to the support for the young players regional selectors. He did hint, however, coming in, the Board will always be that cricketers' attitudes will play a big role receptive to having players like that in the selection of the squad. in the team."

"I think at the end of the day the Whoever fits those objectives, selectors will sit and select the players they Hilaire added, will be "welcome" in feel will best represent the West Indies and the regional squad. within the selection policy," Hilaire told the Asked about Gayle's claim that Express following a forum to discuss the he was left to fend for himself after WICB's new draft 2011-2016 strategic plan being injured at the 2011 World Cup, at the National Cricket Centre in Balmain, Hilaire explained that there is a Couva. medical panel of "physios and But having been embroiled in doctors" that manages injured Chris Gayle controversial exchanges between senior players on behalf of the WICB. players—particularly Gayle, veteran Guyanese left-handed "In (Gayle's and Taylor's) particular case the Board bat Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Taylor—in recent times, actually, after it received all the information from the medical Hilaire was careful in choosing his words and added: "The panel, put out the the chronology of events in how the panel selectors will pick the team they think can best represent the managed the players...I have no question in my mind that West Indies." the professionals involved have been doing an excellent job, Hilaire stated that senior WICB officials do not interfere and the players (are still) expressing dissatisfaction. If in selection matters, but pointed out that selectors must somebody is dissatisfied, you have to find out find out why follow the policies as laid out by directors. they're dissatisfied and to make sure it doesn't happen again.

"The directors do not sit at selection committee " meetings, I do not interact with the selection committee About the Board's new strategic plan, Hilaire is when they are deliberating," the CEO stressed. "But at the confident the WICB can raise the standard of the regional end of the day, (selectors) will stand to scrutiny as to whether game, despite similar failings in the past. that team is in keeping with (WICB) policy, the same way So how will this time be different? the public will ask them questions."

"I think you will notice this time that the Board is The St Lucian conceded that senior players are determined to take a course of action which might be necessary to the continuity of the team and said the Board's difficult for some to accept, might be controversial for aim is to build "a new culture" for the Windies squad. some," Hilaire related, "but you will see a determined effort "You need senior players who can help nurture the other to transform West Indies cricketers."

recent announcement by KLE to open its second branch in Falmouth, Trelawny in order to take advantage of heavy tourist traffic related to the newly opened cruise ship pier. She stated that other places of interest included the US cities of Atlanta and New York.

The Falmouth cruise ship pier — a 95,000 square metre property — was built by Royal Caribbean Cruise Line (RCCL) in collaboration with the Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ) with the aim to create a one-stop entertainment complex comprising of shops, boutiques, parks, restaurants and bars with an expected 700,000 passengers annually. RCCL will develop and manage 300,000 square feet of shoreside buildings in three phases. The PAJ is expected to earn ground rent from RCCL of around US$3 million a year and a percentage of all gross revenues from the project.

The Falmouth pier will provide a boost to the tourism industry with visitors looking for a unique Jamaican experience and KLE sees great opportunities there. Bolt was born in Trelawny.

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Tiger still highest-paid athlete The business of Tiger Woods has been taking on water the past two years.

Sponsors like Accenture, AT&T, Gillette and PepsiCo have jumped ship since his November 2009 car crash and the resulting scandal. His golf course design business has been hammered by the economic downturn. His winless streak on the course is at 20 months and counting, and the former No. 1 golfer in the world is now ranked 13th.

Woods’ annual earnings have plummeted $50 million over the past two years.

Yet Tiger Woods is still the highest-paid athlete in the world – and it isn’t even a close call. Woods earned $75 million over the past 12 months, easily outdistancing second-ranked Kobe Bryant, who made $53 million.

Woods can thank two long-term sponsors for his hefty income. Nike signed Woods to a five-year, $40 million deal when he turned pro in 1998. Electronic Arts released its first “Tiger Woods PGA Tour” videogame

in 1998.

The two companies have built significant businesses on Woods’ back, and his paychecks from both have grown. Nike launched its golf division with Woods essentially holding up the brand; last year it reported sales of $638 million. EA released its 14th Woods videogame in March, and the game racked up record first-week sales of 225,000 units; that topped the old sales record, set in 2007, by 17 percent.

EA and Nike combined are responsible for more than half of Woods’ $75 million in earnings.

Bryant leads 15 basketball players that made the list, more than any other sport. Bryant added Turkish Airlines and Mercedes-Benz’s Smart Car to his endorsement portfolio this year. His $24.8 million salary with the Los Angeles Lakers is $4 million more than any other NBA player. No. 3 on the list is Miami Heat forward LeBron James, who earned $48 million over the past year.

Our earnings figures are derived

from salaries, bonuses, prize money, appearance fees, licensing and endorsement income in the 12 months ending May 1. We do not deduct taxes or agents’ fees.

This year’s 50 highest-paid athletes earned $1.4 billion combined, or $28 million on average. That’s down 11 percent from a year ago, thanks in large part to the drop in Woods’ earnings and the inactivity of Floyd Mayweather, who hasn’t fought in 13 months after appearing at No. 2 on last year’s list with earnings of $65 million. The minimum to make the list was $18.8 million, compared to $21 million in 2010.

Another big factor in the drop in athlete earnings is the NFL lockout.

The owners locked out players in March, and very few contracts were signed beforehand, including no blockbusters with big signing bonuses in the short offseason.

Last year’s NFL draft class also failed to land a player on the list. The

Shaquille O'Neal announces retirement ORLANDO, Fla. -"He's physically imposing; Shaquille O'Neal, the man he has an imposing smile. In with four rings, 28,596 the game, he imposed his career points and scores of will, and he has done it for nicknames, has finally quite a long time. It's been a decided to call it quits, great run here, and we're ending one of the most going to miss him greatly. colorful careers in NBA We hope we can find ways history that will surely to keep him involved in the culminate with a Hall of game."

Fame induction.

Stern added later in a "I'm going to miss the statement: "On behalf of competition. I'm going to the NBA, its teams, and his miss, you know, the chase for millions of fans around the the ring. You know, I'm world, I want to thank Shaq actually going to miss for everything he has everything," O'Neal said on meant to the league and to "SportsCenter" on the sport of basketball, shaquille O'neal Wednesday. both on and off the court.

He added: "Father Time has caught up We wish him and his family all the best." with Shaquille O'Neal."

O'Neal retires fifth all-time with 28,596 O'Neal, 39, revealed his retirement earlier points, 12th with 13,099 rebounds and second Wednesday using the new social media tool only to Artis Gilmore among players with Tout, a real-time video messaging service, to more than 2,000 baskets with a .582 field goal announce to fans: "We did it. Nineteen years percentage. baby. I want to thank you very much, that's "I'm a little bit sad," said Pat Riley, the why I'm telling you first, I'm about to retire. Heat president who was also the coach in 2006 Love you, talk to you soon." when O'Neal won a title in Miami. "It's the end "Once a businesman, always a of an absolute 20-year career. Great, great businessman," O'Neal said with a smile later player. ... The league's going to miss Shaq. I'm Wednesday. "I am the emperor of the Celtics sure Shaq will do something big and beyond." spokesman Jeff Twiss says that O'Neal has not LeBron James tweeted: "What a career for notified the team of his plans.

Shaq Diesel!! The most dominating force to "It was a pleasure to play with the Big ever play the game. Great person to be around Fella," Celtics teammate Kevin Garnett through as well. Comedy all the time!!" a statement released by his management O'Neal, who's a shoo-in for the Hall of company. "It was most definitely a life Fame, said he isn't sure which team he'll enter experience. My big brother from a different under. mother. It's love all day and I wish him nothing "I'm a humble and modest person so but the best. The game's gonna miss you. Look hopefully I get inducted. Let's just start there out world, here comes Shaq." first," O'Neal said on "SportsCenter." He "He's a giant," commissioner David Stern added, "We'll just have to wait 'til that said Wednesday at the NBA Finals in Miami. happens, and then I'll make that decision."

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top two picks, Sam Bradford and Ndamukong Suh, signed rich contracts with guarantees of $50 million and $40 million, respectively, but most of that money has not yet been paid out. Last year nine NFL players made our list, but this year only three made the cut, led by No. 13 Tom Brady at $31 million.

Once again women are underrepresented among the top-earning athletes. Tennis player Maria Sharapova is the only woman who cracked the top 50 for the second straight year. She ranks 29th with earnings of $24.2 million, largely from her lucrative Nike deal, which pays her royalties on her lines of tennis apparel and Cole Haan shoes.

The top 10: 1. Tiger Woods, $75 Million 2. Kobe Bryant, $53 Million 3. LeBron James, $48 Million 4. Roger Federer, $47 Million 5. Phil Mickelson, $46.5 Million 6. David Beckham, $40 Million 7. Cristiano Ronaldo, $38 Million 8. Alex Rodriguez, $35 Million 9. Michael Schumacher, $34 Million 10. Lionel Messi, $32.3 Million

Blatter reelected FIFa presIdent Sepp Blatter was re-elected unopposed as president of FIFA, the world governing body for football, on Wednesday June 1 after his only rival candidate was forced to back out of the race over bribery allegations.

The 75-year-old Swiss was supported in his quest to become FIFA's president for a fourth consecutive term by 186 of the 203 member associations. He will now be the FIFA president until 2015.

"I thank you for your trust and confidence from the bottom of my heart," Blatter said after his unchallenged victory in Zurich on Wednesday. "Today something marvelous happened and I'd simply like to tell you I'm deeply moved and honored.

It's a challenge, a new one for me, and I accept it."

"Our pyramid is intact, the base, the foundation is strong and together we have four years to continue on our path and do our job," Blatter noted. He added, "We will put FIFA's ship back on the right course in clear, transparent waters. We need some time to do it, but we shall do it.

Blatter's only rival in the presidential race, Mohamed Bin Hammam, president of the Asian Football Federation, was forced to withdraw his candidacy after he was suspended over bribery allegations on May 29.

Hammam and CONCACAF president Jack Warner were provisionally suspended by FIFA's ethics committee over allegations that they bribed members of Caribbean Football Union (CFU) to secure their support in the election against Blatter.

Both Hammam and Warner have rejected the allegations and denied any wrongdoing. Although Hammam had appealed his ban, he was denied entry into the FIFA congress meeting held Wednesday.

Earlier in the day, the English and Scottish Football Associations had attempted to delay the election amidst allegations of corruption within the FIFA, but they were only supported by 17 member associations.

In his address to FIFA congress ahead of the election postponement motion, English FA chairman David Bernstein said delay was "to allow time for an additional candidate or candidates to stand and compete in an open and fair election."

He added that only "by doing so will the winner have proper credibility over the next four years."

Blatter's re-election comes amidst a corruption scandal triggered by allegations that Qatar had bought the right to stage the 2022 World Cup. He, however, has been cleared of any wrongdoing by FIFA's ethics committee.

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