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‘DON’T MESS WITH TCI’s VOTING SYSTEM’

many locals reject uk’s plan to move from the traditional first-past-the-post system Residents of the Turks and Caicos Islands have made it abundantly clear to officials from Britain’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and by extension, the United Kingdom (UK) Government, that they have no appetite for any proposed changes to the current voting system that is being used to elect Members of Parliament (MPs) and governments.

This was one of the main points that emerged from the serious of consultative meetings which were held in the various islands by a team of high-level FCO experts over the past week.

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two Charged For 3 kiloS oF CoCaine -Pg5

Female teenager Found dead in Blue hillS -Pg5 PoliCe Sgt. Charged with theFt -Pg7

Jo-anné tyson, 14, from the Clement howell high School in Providenciales, is the 2011 national high School Spelling Bee Champion after outclassing eleven other spellers from high schools across the turks and Caicos islands. For her exploits, Jo-anné walked away with a Compaq Presario laptop computer, a phone courtesy of telecoms company lime, school materials and three trophies, including the championship cup. Jo-anne is pictured here with her coach kordell Campbell-Forbes and Clement howell high School Principal, lloyd Fearon.

Former Civil Servant guilty oF Stealing quarter-million dollarS From tCig -Pg8

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Many locals reject UK’s plan to move from the traditional first-past-the-post system Continued from Page 1

At almost every meeting, the FCO officials were told in no uncertain terms that the proportional representation system which is a major plank of proposed recommendations that will form the new Constitution, should be rejected now, in much the same way that the Alternative Voting (AV) was hammered by close to 70 percent of the UK’s population, including Prime Minister David Cameron, two weeks ago.

Under the new system that is being proposed by the British in the new TCI Constitution, all of the constituencies that now exist in the Turks and Caicos Islands will be scrapped.

Instead of the islands having more than one MP, there will be one MP for Grand Turk, one for Salt Cay, one for Providenciales, one for Middle Caicos, one for North Caicos and one for South Caicos.

The other nine of the 15 MPs will be elected from a separate, or at large list of party candidates or independents, where persons from all across the country will be entitled to

vote for them. The winners will then be chosen following a mathematical formula which would determine who gets the most votes.

Two weeks ago, the UK held a referendum to change their voting system which is identical to what the Turks and Caicos Islands presently has. Some13 million people voted against changing the system while six million were in favour of changing it.

It was a boost to England’s Prime Minister David Cameron who had campaigned hard for a No vote and a blow to Nick Clegg, who had made a referendum on voting reform a condition of the Coalition deal Clayton Greene, the Progressive National Party (PNP) Leader, said the system should not be introduced to the Turks and Caicos Islands, saying that since it was not good for the UK electorate, it should not be good for the Turks and Caicos Islands also.

“The voting system is part of the democratic process that it requires complete involvement if you are going to change it, by the people of the country. And the British Government was right to not do anything to their

voting system until after the referendum. It (Westminster system) is a voting system for the people of Britain. It is a means by which they return their representatives to their highest democratic institution.

“The voting system of this country is the same thing, so, likewise, each of us should have a say in what that voting system ought to be. And on that issue specifically, there ought to be a referendum and let the people of this country decide whether or not they are prepared to continue forward with the first-past-the-post system or whether they wish to have some form of alternative voting.

“This is not something that you can sit down and intellectualize in the halls of justice and in the parliament of the United Kingdom, and then impose it upon the people of a country. Those days are long past,” Greene affirmed.

According to him, it was high time that that the people of the Turks and Caicos Islands be respected as a people with their own desires and interests, which he said is theirs to protect. He pointed out that the interest of the TCI people are sometimes different from the interest of “those who sit in Britain and those who exercise oversight of this jurisdiction.”

“My call would be on that issue, to exclude it from the Constitution, or to put in the Constitution that it would be dealt with by referendum, just as they have done in England,” Greene asserted.

Doug Parnell, Leader of the Peoples Democratic Movement said no proof has been given as to why the Turks and Caicos Islands needs such a system when the electorate has not found fault with the current system.

“There have been a lot of accusations, but they have offered no proof as why we need to change our voting system. And what we are demanding in the Turks and Caicos Islands is British Democracy. And why should we have anything less than what they have? The people and the culture have become accustomed to knowing who their MP is, and have familiarized themselves with it,” Parnell noted.

Parnell said the possibility exists that there could be a small part for Alternative Vote Plus, but it should not be an across the board mechanism, referring to the proposed system as an experiment.

“We are a developing country; we have too much at risk; too much at stake for us to be experimenting with these types of things. It is really too much at stake. We have had several years of no attention being paid to the development of the people and the country. And we cannot afford to get an election wrong where we drift again until we get things right. So I think that system could not work here,” Parnell asserted.

As far as the new proposed Voting System is concerned, an FCO officials told The SUN: “The proposed voting system is commonly used for elections in London, Wales and Scotland. Each voter would get two votes; one for their constituency candidate, and one for a national candidate. The 6 constituency candidates would be elected by the first past the post system used now. The 9 national candidates would be elected using the highest average method to provide a degree of representation proportional to the overall number of votes cast.”

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Teen mom found dead in Blue Hills a 17-year-old female was found dead in her Blue Hills, Providenciales home on Thursday evening, sending shock waves across and throwing a blanket of sorrow over this island and igniting a bonfire of rumours and speculation.

The dead teenager has been identified as Bethanee Humes.

Reports reaching the sUn state that the teen’s body was found in the bathroom of the apartment which she occupied, with her head over the toilet bowl. It is not clear who found her body.

The police were not able to confirm the slew of speculation from the curious crowd that gathered outside the old Myrtle Rigby Health Complex later that a crowd gathered at the Myrtle rigby health complex hoping to view the body of the teen that died afternoon. Some persons were some speculated that she could have unable to comment on her death at this overheard saying that Humes could died from overdose of some kind. time, since the news was sudden and have been raped and then killed. Others However, up to Press time, none of they had not had time to process it. said her death could have been caused these could have been confirmed.

“Can you imagine that a 17 yearfrom pregnancy complications, while old is now lying in the morgue tonight Family members said they were

Two charged in connecTion wiTh Three kiloS oF cocaine two tUrks and Caicos Islanders have been charged in connection with three kilogrammes of cocaine which were found concealed in the panels of a cooler at the providenciales International airport containing seafood and which was destined for the Bahamas. according to a press release issued by police press officer sergeant Calvin Chase, on thursday 19th May 2011 police in providenciales charged sirano Hunt a 21year-old male turks & Caicos Islander and Fredicia Harvey a 26-yea- old female turks & Caicos Islander for possession of a Control drug namely Cocaine, supplying a Control drug namely Cocaine and attempted Fraudulent evasion. the street value of the suspected Cocaine is $60,000.00 Usd. the two accused are scheduled to appear in the providenciales Magistrate's Court # 1, before Chief Magistrate Joan Joyner, on wednesday 25th May 2011 at 9.00am. the turks and Caicos Islands has long been a trans-shipment point for illegal drugs, guns and illegal immigrants entering the United states of america.

for reasons I am sure, could have been avoided? We are losing our young people, and something needs to be done now to stop that,” remarked a bystander outside the former Myrtle Rigby Health Complex, where a huge crowd gathered to glean information about the untimely death.

A police source told the sUn that Humes could have died from fainting spells that she suffered from recently.

According to the source, about three weeks ago, family members said they were unable to find her and thought she had left the house, so they called the police for assistance in locating her.

However, upon searching the house, it was reported that Humes was found in the bathtub on her back in an unconscious state and appeared to be not breathing. She was assumed dead at the time, but when she was taken to the hospital doctors there revived her. the sUn understands that Humes died leaving behind a toddler.

Floyd Seymour not interested in PDM leadership Council/House of Assembly as Contrary to reports in some the PDM-Appointed Member, quarters, former leader of the Peoples took over the reins of that party Democratic Movement (PDM) and exfrom former Chief Minister opposition leader Floyd Seymour is Derek Taylor. not running for leadership of that party.

He led the PDM in the Seymour, in response to queries 2007 general elections but from the sUn on whether or not the could not stem the popularity rumours were true, categorically tide that was behind the former denied the reports. He noted that he PNP government at the time, was hearing the rumours for the first and as such was defeated by a time when this newspaper contacted landslide – 13 to 2. He him, but rubbished such thoughts. however, held on to his South “That is definitely not true. I have Back Salina seat, fiercely no intentions of running for the PDM staving off the PNP Challenge. leadership. This is the first time that I Seymour has been am hearing that I am running for Floyd Seymour regarded by many, including leadership, but I can say no, I am not his detractors, as a fierce fighter running for leadership (of the PDM),” on behalf of the populace, and as such, earned the Seymour said.

Considered by more senior members of the respect of his parliamentary colleagues on both sides PDM as a very bright spark among its ranks, of the political divide.

Seymour, who entered the now defunct Legislative

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DIgICEL CEO JAy SAuNDERS SAyS LIME IS NOT ThE fIRST TO LAuNCh 4g IN ThE REgION the “first” to do so.

Digicel is also gearing up to launch HSPA+ technology across With regard to LIME’s announcement that it will be the first to launch “4G” across the the Dutch Caribbean in a matter of weeks, intends to roll out HSPA+ Caribbean – I would like to take this in Jamaica (once the Claro opportunity to clear up a few important acquisition is approved) and will points.

The motivation for this is to inform steadily bring this to other markets in the near future. consumers and businesses of the facts – LIME’s announcement and help them cut through some of the actually raises more questions than grossly misleading marketing messages it answers as to its commitment to LIME has put out. the customers of the Caribbean.

LIME said it is “first” to launch 4G in Here is a company that is making the region – not the case. Much like it said a big deal out of upgrading its out it was the first to launch Mobile TV – again of date 2G networks to EDGE. not the case since Digicel launched it four Digicel CEO, E. Jay Saunders Meanwhile, Digicel has been years ago in Jamaica. delivering EDGE services across all The truth is LIME will use what is referred to as HSPA+ technology for the services it is calling 4G of its 32 markets across the Caribbean, Central America and the Pacific since 2008. but it is not the first to deploy this technology.

Digicel launched HSPA+ technology in Bermuda and the Digicel prides itself on delivering the best value, best service French West Indies last year (under the banner 3G+). The and best network to customers across the globe. That is why we reason we called it 3G+ is that, at the time, HSPA+ was not continue to be the first to deliver the best and most innovative considered a 4G technology. However HSPA+ has since been technologies to customers having already invested over US$85 re-classified by the ITU (International Telecommunication million in rolling out HSPA+ and WiMAX services across the Union) to be counted as 4G. region and why we continue to ensure that we are on the side of HSPA+ technology delivers speeds up to five times faster the customer at all times and in everything we do.

There is a difference between talking the talk and walking than traditional 3G technologies currently used by LIME in the walk.

Jamaica.

So, it is true to say that Digicel already delivers 4G technology - using HSPA+ technology and WiMAX both Yours Sincerely, classified as 4G technologies by the ITU - in the Caribbean (and E. Jay Saunders specifically in the Cayman Islands and Jamaica) and indeed was CEO Digicel Dear Sir:

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TCI CIVIL SERVICE ASSOCIATION PRESS STATEMENT May 19, 2011

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On Tuesday April 5, 2011 the CSA submitted to the Administration, a list of recommendations concerning Pension, Gratuities and payroll for Civil Servants, past and present. These recommendations were submitted in an effort to engage the Administration in negotiations on these issues.

On Monday May 16, 2011 the CSA President received a response from Mr. Mark Capes and the Attorney General concerning these

recommendations.

The promise of payment of pensions and gratuities to persons who were so entitled, including those persons who were transferred to the New Hospitals last year, was the only positive response stemming from the list of recommendations the CSA submitted. The Administration was informed by the CSA, that the details of the recent response firstly required scrutiny by its Management council, and an indication was made by the CSA Management Council that following their review of the documents, that a scheduled a meeting with the

administration in the coming next week would be required to further discuss the issues at hand.

The CSA again wishes to communicate its appreciation of the Administration’s promise to pay this small fraction of disenfranchised civil servants their long overdue pensions and gratuities, but wishes to indicate that this is but only a small step towards resolving the many issues that are of concern to the CSA and Civil Servants. The CSA remains gravely concerned with the Administration’s reluctance to agree to make provision for the payment of gratuity to the approximately 1100 noncontracted, confirmed Civil Servants, who were employed after April 6, 1992. These Civil Servants under recent policy changes under this Interim Administration would now not receive any benefits upon leaving the establishment, regardless of their years of service. This situation is unacceptable, as other equally deserving Government contracted employees receive 15% of their salary as gratuity at the end of each contract period.

The CSA urges those members to whom benefits have been promised to continue in their support for their fellow Civil Servants whose interests the association must still represent. The CSA will remain steadfast in its efforts to negotiate with the Administration, seek legal advice and take whatever actions that are necessary to correct this and other injustices against the majority or minority of Civil Servants.

CSA Management Council The Lord is our light and our salvation; whom shall we fear? The Lord is the strength of our life whom shall we be afraid?

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Sergeant Brian Statia charged with theft a sergeant in the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force (RTCIPF) has been charged with theft.

According to a press release issued by Police press officer Sergeant Calvin Chase on May 16th, 2011, Brian Statia, who was based in South Caicos, was arrested, charged and granted bail after he appeared in court in connection with his conduct during an investigation on that island where there were allegations

of criminal behavior.

Chase said Statia has been released on bail and he is expected to return to court on June 1st, 2011.

Chase stated: “Sgt Statia has been employed with the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police for the past 20 years. At the time of this allegation he was the Officer in Charge of the South Caicos office. As per the policy of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police, Sgt Statia has been

suspended pending the outcome of the court proceedings relating to this allegation.”

Chase continued: “The Commissioner and other senior officers of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police are saddened by the alleged actions of Sgt Statia; however, the integrity of the Royal Turks and Caicos Police is paramount and all allegations of misconduct will be thoroughly investigated and persons will

be held accountable for their actions.”

In recent months, a police officer has been charged with raping an under-aged girl, two recruits were dismissed from the training programme because the police top brass found questionable evidence about them, and last year two officers were found guilty in Police Court of certain criminal matters stemming from their actions in the execution of their duty.

Brian Statia was based in South Caicos

Provo town hall venue criticised Pastor for the Community Fellowship Centre, Bradley Handfield was made to defend his Leeward Highway church hosting of the Constitutional and Electoral Reform town hall meeting on Monday, May 16, after some attendees claimed that staging the event at the venue was a move to tone them down or shut them up.

According to Pastor Handfield, a request from the Authorities was made to host the town hall meeting at the venue, to which he consented. He stressed that he was never part of any schemes to stage the meeting at his church so as to tone whatever aggression may have been brewing among the people.

“All I did was acted on a request to use the church building, which is a community centre. People use it as hurricane shelter; they use it for Cancer Society meetings and all sorts of other things. Let us not be hypocritical,” Pastor Handfield admonished his detractors.

Some people in the audience claimed that the meeting should have been held at a neutral venue such as the Gustarvus Lightbourne Complex, where attendees would be less afraid to voice their opinions and more inclined to state how the felt.

One of the speakers noted that keeping the meeting at a church was tantamount to the movie – Mississippi Burning – where blacks were ushered into a church and later burnt by their aggressors.

One female attendee who was not amused with the

Members of the audience supported speakers who demanded a return to the 2006 Constitution

decision to host the town hall meeting at the Community Fellowship Centre declared: “This (meeting) reminds me of a movie I watched named Mississippi burning. And often when there is a problem the people are called to the church.

Sometimes the outlaws come to the church and shoot up the people.

In Mississippi Burning, they took the black people in the church and the lit it afire.

“I don’t want to jump the gun, but probably the Reverend (Pastor Handfield) invited you all to have this meeting in this sanctuary. But this ground that we

are standing on his holy ground, and I want you to know that whatever you speak out of your mouths tonight will be judged. If it is lies, you will be held accountable, and if it is true you will be held accountable.”

Notwithstanding the meeting being held in the church, locals did not hold back what they felt. They spoke boldly, cheered loudly and, at times, had to be asked to calm down in order for members of the FCO to continue speaking, as they disrupted the speakers whenever they believed that some things stated were not to their liking.

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Former Government worker convicted of defrauding TCIG of more than quarter million dollars Prosecutors are awaiting a response from the Supreme Court for a date when that court will be able to sentence convicted fraudster Lorraine Kinlock-Bovel who was found guilty in the Magistrate Court for ripping off Government of more that quarter million dollars.

Kinlock Bovel was convicted in the Grand Turk Magistrate’s Court on May for 4, on charges of five counts of misappropriating Government funds amounting to $254,000, after teaming up with her company to defraud Government.

Reports are that Kinlock-Bovel, who was in charge of the Government Computer Unit and also responsible for computer projects, misappropriated the funds by fraudulently billing Government, making the cheques payable to her company in Jamaica, on the false claims that her company was developing Government data base for the Turks and Caicos Islands.

However, investigation showed that no such undertaken was being done, and that Kinlock-Bovel was obtaining the money by means of false pretense. She was later found guilty in the Grand Turk Magistrates’ Court.

Following her conviction, the prosecution made an application for Kinlock-Bovel to be sentenced in the Supreme Court, as it believes the crime deserves stricter punishment.

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Police work to stem robberies Detectives from the Providenciales Criminal Investigation Department spent the better part of Wednesday (May 18) combing areas of the Kew Town community in search of a pair of hoodlums who held up and robbed an electronics store along Airport Road of an undetermined sum of cash and inventory.

While no one was physically hurt during the ordeal, the police said the victims were visibly shaken up. The police said also that based on their information and expertise, the gun used in the robbery was an imitation firearm. The men reportedly wore disguises during the robbery.

Information Officer, Sergeant Calvin Chase, said the incident took place at about 10:30am, saying that even though the gunmen entered one store, persons from other establishment on the complex were inside the electronics store at the time and were robbed also.

“Two robbers, masked, robbed the institution of cash and some cell phones. Currently the police are conducting some investigation in that area. We are doing a number of operations that relate to this robbery

A police line which stretches across the entrance and exit of the complex tells the tale of a serious incident

as we speak. The robbers were armed with an imitation firearm, which was a flare gun,” Chase said.

According to the police, before escaping, the robbers snatched the keys to the establishment with which they used to lock the victims inside.

Chase told media representatives that over the past week, the police have received

approximately three reports of robbery along the Airport Road area, which he said has raised serious concerns among members of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force, who he said have since stepped up their drive to arrest such situation.

“That is of great concern to us, and we are putting some measures in place, to see if we can get these criminals off the street, who are committing these robberies. One report is one too many, but of late we have had , on this Airport Road here, reports of robbery, which are of great concern to us,” Chase pointed out.

He noted that the previous reports of robberies along the Airport Road strip was said to have been committed by two men also, but could say whether or not the police suspect all the crimes were orchestrated by the same hoodlums.

“What we will do is to look at all the information we have and put it together to come up with the best available conclusion to say if it the same persons involved in all of the crimes. We will be looking at all the descriptions, all the information that we have and put it in our system to come out with a general idea to see if they are the same persons,” Chase noted.

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FCO team says it wants to help reach milestones needed to return to elected government MeMbers of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) team who were in the Turks and Caicos Islands over the past few days conducting public consultations on a new Constitution, say they want to work together to help this country reach the milestones needed to return to elected government.

And, having listened to a wide range of comments, criticisms and suggestions from residents of all the inhabited islands, members of the team promised that they will “report faithfully all of these points, and more, back to Ministers in London."

In a media statement issued Thursday, the FCO team said: "We’re very grateful to everyone who has attended and contributed at the public meetings this week. In the meetings so far, we have heard clearly the strong feeling that the draft constitution has created and we will be reporting this back quickly and accurately to Henry Bellingham when we return to the UK. We are already giving consideration to possible changes to the draft to present to the Minister.”

Noting that many important issues have been raised, the FCO team added: “We recognise the concern about the

proposed increase in the Governor’s reserve powers. We know that the issue of Belongership, and the word itself, is problematic to many in TCI. Many people have commented on the proposed change to the voting system, either to express their preference for ‘first past the post’ or to seek more information on how the draft system will work. And there has been vocal support for the 2006 constitution. We have heard several calls for a referendum on whether to accept the proposed 2011 constitution.”

Their statement continued: “Amongst these points, we’ve heard that other proposals in the draft have found support. Many people are pleased that there is provision for a Director of Public Prosecutions in the draft and we have heard from several people who are pleased that the new voting system will give them a representative in the House of Assembly.

We hope everyone will understand that our work and the work of Kate Sullivan has been to ensure that TCI does not return to the difficult times of recent years.”

In light of the concerns raised by TCI residents at the meetings, The SUN sought clarification from the FCO team

on some of the key points.

In relation to the widening and strengthening of the Governor's reserved power, an FCO official stated: “The key point here is that the decision to use reserved powers will not be made lightly. But we accept that the reliance on the Governor’s discretion alone has been unpopular. We are already looking at possible alternatives to present to the Minister.

Many have worried that the Governor is now unaccountable to the people of TCI. This is not the case. The Governor will always be held accountable to the rule of law, as well as the Secretary of State and Her Majesty the Queen. Anyone can write to the Secretary of State if they have concerns about the conduct of the Governor. This can be done online at http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/ministerialfeedback-form.”

As far as the new proposed Voting System is concerned, the FCO officials said: “The proposed voting system is commonly used for elections in London, Wales and Scotland. Each voter would get two votes; one for their constituency candidate, and one for a national candidate. The 6 constituency candidates would be elected by the first

past the post system used now. The 9 national candidates would be elected using the highest average method to provide a degree of representation proportional to the overall number of votes cast.”

In relation to the contentious issue of the Deputy Governor, the FCO official stated: “There has been much debate about this section of the constitution and some have felt that we do not believe that a Belonger is capable of being Deputy Governor.

That is not true and we did not mean to cause offence. We can see why the Deputy Governor should be a Belonger and will report to the FCO Ministers the strength of feeling expressed on this issue.”

When questioned about the possibility of referendum, the FCO representative added: “We acknowledge that there is a strong depth of feeling in TCI for some form of referendum-whether on accepting the new voting system or whether or not to accept the draft constitution. It is for Ministers in London to decide whether a referendum takes place. We will pass the strong feelings on this issue back to them to help inform their decisions.”

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Clement Howell student, Jo-Anne Tyson is National Spelling Bee Champion Fourteen-year-old Jo-Anné Tyson from the Clement Howell High School in Providenciales is the 2011 National High School Spelling Bee Champion after outclassing eleven other spellers from high schools across the country.

At the end of the final round, JoAnne’ carved out a hard-fought final round against Maranatha’s Maiya Maden, who placed second in the competition.

For her exploits, Jo-Anné walked away with a Compaq Presario laptop computer, a phone courtesy of telecoms company LIME, school materials and three trophies, including the championship cup.

An elated Kordell CampbellForbes - Jo-Anné’s coach – showered her with praises, describing her as dedicated at what she did, which was why she emerged champions.

“When we walked in the room (Gustarvus Lightbourne Sports Complex) this morning, she said to me, ‘that laptop is mine’, and I said, well go for it, and she did go for it,” Campbell-Forbes said.

The Clement Howell High School Principal, Lloyd Fearon also had equal praises for Jo-Anné.

“She goes about doing what she does quietly but she is very committed at what she does, and I congratulate her for making the Clement Howell

Jo-Anné, winner of the 2011 National High School Spelling Bee Competition is flanked by Coach, Kordell Campbell-Forbes and Principal Lloyd Fearon, shortly after being declared the winner

High School proud. If she continues along that path, she will do well at whatever she does,” Fearon said.

Jo-Anné, is the daughter of The SUN’s Senior Editor Vivian Tyson, who also declares his daughter is a

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model of dedication and discipline.

“Shortly after Jo-Anné was declared the winner, I called her mom (Angela Tyson, the Reservations Manager at Grace Bay Club) at work to tell her the good news and she was elated, because we knew the hard work that she put in going into the contest.

“She would stay up late at night ensuring that she went through the words without a hitch. Overall she exhibits sheer dedication and commitment to her school work, ensuring that projects are done before

going to sleep. From time to time we have to be reminding her that she needed her rest to meet the next day,” Tyson said.

Destiny Handfield of Raymond Gardiner High took third place, while her team mate, Trevente Williams walked away with the award for acquiring the most bonus points.

The participating schools were British West Indies Collegiate, Clement Howell High School, HJ Robinson High School, Maranatha High School, Marjorie Basden High and Raymond Gardiner High.

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Former PDM Leader Floyd Seymour says the UK is ‘messing’ with TCI’s Constitution The economic, poliTical and social conditions under the stewardship of the British Government was laced with all kinds of descriptions during Monday night’s (May 16) town hall meeting on Providenciales, but probably the most profound was that given by former Opposition Leader Floyd Seymour.

Seymour caricatured the TCI as an automobile and the British Government as a carwash operator, in his contribution to the Constitutional and Electoral Reform Debate held at the Community Fellowship Assemblies of God Church along the Leeward Highway.

According to Seymour, when the people of the TCI took their car (country) to the car wash (the UK), they expected the carwash operator to thoroughly clean it only. But instead the operator opened the vehicle’s bonnet and began fiddling with its transmission, regulator and other vital parts, causing the vehicle to render out of commission.

“This whole process reminds me of you taking your car to a carwash and you expect the people to clean your car and give it back to you. You don’t expect them to pull your

Floyd Seymour

transmission apart; you don’t expect them to mess with your regulator. You expect them to clean the car and give it back to you.

“You are messing with our Constitution. You are messing with our tax structure. You take the country and are making a mess of it, and it seems you don’t know what you are doing,” Seymour asserted, to deafening cheers and laughter.

Seymour pointed out that there

should never have been any discussions concerning the Constitution, since none of the issues dealt with during the Commission of Inquiry had to do with constitutional matters, but corruption and systemic weakness in Government, and should have been addressed from that standpoint.

“The things spoke about during the Commission of Inquiry did not have anything to do with any constitutional issues. The fact is we have a Financial Ordinance that governs financial proceedings, which has been outdated since 1980; there is nothing being done with that. There are issued with the Land Ordinance; there are issues with the Crown Land Ordinance, and nothing is being done to address that – not a single piece of legislation.

“You are here dealing with constitutional issues, and the matters deal with during the Commission of Inquiry had nothing to do with constitutional issues,” Seymour said.

Seymour also slammed the UK Government for not dispatching government ministers to meet with the TCI people, instead of sending “civil servants’, tagging the move as

disrespectful to the people, since the three representatives – Ian Hendry, Constitutional Advisor; Susan Dickson, Legal Counsel; Helen Nellthorp, FCO Assistant Director – were mere messengers.

“We should be sitting down with decision-makers in the UK and talk about the issues of the Turks and Caicos Islands,” Seymour asserted.

He said the process through which Belongerships are granted should not be enshrined in the Constitution, but instead be left to the people to decide how they want that system to work.

He called for that section to be ripped from the pages of the draft Constitution and kept off the table until the TCI returned to local, so as to allow the parliament of the day decide upon the method.

The former opposition leader also slammed the UK Government for squeezing the power from future local elected representatives and hand it to the Governor in the form of reserved powers, stressing also that if the Constitution were to allow for such a move, the electorate would be electing a body of Advisory Council members, which would not have any power to enact meaningful laws.

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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.

Waitress Requirements: • 1-2 years restaurant service experience, with five star experiences as an asset.

• Punctual, detail oriented, able to work split shifts when required • Physical ability to move throughout the property constantly to provide support to team.

• Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines at the same time.

• Must be competent with a PC, Macros experience is an asset.

• Must be personable, professional, flexible, always smiling and helpful • Must be a team player driven to deliver exceptional customer service.

Qualified Belongers need only to apply Salary Range: Commensurate based on qualification and experience sOus Chef Requirements: • Education from a formal culinary institution is required. Kitchen terminology required.

• Perform mathematical calculation including but not limited to conversion of recipes, inventories etc • Advanced culinary and artistic skills, cooking methods, knowledge of all different kitchen departments and product identification.

• Prepare weekly rosters and payroll reports.

• Ensure that all check lists are completed, Haccp, production, etc.

• Enforce Health and Hygiene regulations within the kitchen and heighten staff ’s awareness of good personal and food hygiene practices and procedures, i.e. cleaning of kitchen, storage, handling of food, etc.

Qualified Belongers need only to apply Salary Range: Commensurate based on qualification and experience hOusekeeping supervisOr Requirements: • Possess 2 years experience in a Supervisory role at a high-end resort • Possess knowledge of proper cleaning techniques, requirements, and use of equipment • Assisting the Executive Housekeeper in the day –to-day management and operation of the Housekeeping Department • Possess knowledge of proper cleaning supplies and chemical handling.

• Assist the Executive Housekeeper to supervise the Housekeeping Staff, ensuring the standards of the hotel are met • Assist with administration duties, such as timesheets and tracking lost and found property.

• Perform the Executive Housekeeper’s duties when not unavailable Qualified Belongers need only to apply Salary Range: Commensurate based on qualification and experience frOnt OffiCe reCeptiOnist Requirements: • Must be educated at least high school level with a good command of English • Must have a pleasant telephone manner and good general communications skills.

• Must be computer literate and familiar with Opera system & Microsoft Office package use • Must be willing able to work in shifts and on holidays and week-ends.

• Able to implement and carry through role with little or no supervision • Minimum 3 years experience with 3-5 star property A passion for delivering exceptional levels of guest service

Qualified Belongers need only to apply Salary Range: Commensurate based on qualification and experience sOmellier Requirements: Grace Bay Clubs Food and Beverage operation is looking for a Sommelier that will be responsible of all aspects of the hotels wine program. He/she directs, implements and maintains a service and management philosophy, which serves as a guide to respective staff.

• Ensure that dining patrons are able to find a wine with their budget that fits their tastes and complements their food.

• Must be computer literate and familiar with Opera system & Microsoft Office package.

• You will work with the kitchen to find suitable wines to pair with dishes on the menu.

• You will also work on the floor of the restaurant, helping customers to decide the exact wine that best meets their needs.

• You will have at least 2 years experience as Head Sommelier in a 4/5 star establishment, International experience required, been a successful salesman in the previous restaurants you have worked, worked with wine lists that cover all the regions represented in our wine list. (United States, South America, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Europe) and have an education as Sommelier.

Qualified Belongers need only to apply Salary Range: Commensurate based on qualification and experience COOk Requirements: • Certification of culinary training or apprenticeship.

• High School Diploma of equivalent vocational training certificate • Dependable, organized, team player.

• Sanitation certificate.

• Must read and speak English fluently.

• Must have general culinary skills & either be a graduate from a culinary school with three to four years of high standard cooking experience.

Qualified Belongers need only to apply.

Salary Range: Commensurate based on qualification and experience hOusekeeping rOOm attendant Requirements: • Ensure the cleanliness of all hotel areas.

• Assist in all Housekeeping responsibilities, cleaning of all guest rooms, stocking amenities and linens.

• Perform any other tasks or projects as directed by the Housekeeping Management to continue high levels of guest care.

• Ensure inventory is used properly and in supply at all times.

Qualified Belongers need only to apply Salary Range: Commensurate based on qualification and experience interested persons can contact our human resources department no later than 30th June 2010 @ (649) 946-5050 ext. 1050 email: veronica.clare@gracebayclub.com or krystal@gracebayclub.com fax: (649) 946-5758 p.O. Box 128 providenciales, turks and Caicos islands, British West indies

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NIB COURT NEWS The following persons appeared in the Magistrate’s Courts in Providenciales on May 18th, 2011.

PROvIdENCIalES 1. National Insurance Board vs. Precious Treasures Complaints: a. 17 counts of failing to pay National Insurance Contributions as an Employer, in the amount of $23,912.00 for the period December 2009 to February 2011. b. 17 counts of failing to pay National Insurance Additional Charges as an Employer, in the amount of $29,912.40 for the period December 2009 to February 2011.

Total Outstanding: $53,824.40 Status: Matter adjourned for July 21, 2011 Brief Notes: The matter was mentioned in Magistrate’s Court #2. Hon. Magistrate Clifton Warner presided. The defendant was present (previously bond by the court). The matter was adjourned for July 21, 2011.

2. National Insurance Board vs. Chinson Pastries Complaints: a. 10 counts of failing to pay National Insurance Contributions as an Employer, in the amount of $8,612.00 for the period February 2010 to February 2011.

b. 10 counts of failing to pay National Insurance Additional Charges as an Employer, in the amount of $8,429.89 for the period February 2010 to February 2011.

Total Outstanding: $17,042.67 Status: Matter adjourned for July 21, 2011 Brief Notes: The matter was mentioned in Magistrate’s Court #2. Hon. Magistrate Clifton Warner presided. The defendant was present (previously bond by the court). The matter was adjourned for July 21, 2011.

3. NaTIONal INSURaNCE BOaRd vS. BaT SECURITy Complaints: a. 1 count of willfully obstructing a Compliance Inspector in the exercise of his powers by refusing to produce wage records on being required to produce such wages records for the purpose of ascertaining whether contributions are payable.

Status: Matter withdrawn (Defendant complied) Brief Notes: The matter was mentioned in Magistrate’s Court #2. Hon. Magistrate Clifton Warner presided. The matter was resolved and as a result withdrawn from the court.

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.

GrOup exeCutiVe Chef/f&B DireCtOr (Chef N B) to be responsible for overall Food & Beverage and culinary operations for Grace Bay Resorts by overseeing concepts for front and back of the house operations, creating the total guest experience. The successful candidate will have demonstrated experience in achieving food & beverage revenues, profit and guest satisfaction goals by developing and implementing menu designs and concepts that are current with international and local trends, ensuring that the Grace Bay Club and Veranda are culinary destinations.

Requirements: • 10+ years experience in a Senior Culinary Role, either as Executive Chef or Culinary Director • 10+ years working in a Luxury Market, in Hotels, Resorts or Michelin Star Rated Restaurants • Extensive culinary skills, with exposure and intimate knowledge of international cuisines and food trends • A strategic thinker skilled at identifying company development opportunities as it relates to overall food & beverage strategic growth of the Brand

KiDs tOwn COOrDinatOr

• Responsible for the children’s program design, implementation and evaluation at GBR • Organizes and facilitates all children’s programs, lessons, activities including leading/instruction of some or all activities • Seeks to optimize all sources of revenue generating opportunities for KT (i.e. holiday camps, after school clubs, retail, etc.)

• Inventory/ordering of all KT supplies (books, toys, VIK, retail, arts & crafts, water sports equip) • Ensures a safe and clean environment in Kid’s Town and Tree house at all times • Creates weekly hotel kids programs and events and KT staff

schedules Requirements: • Bachelor's degree in education, child development, recreation or related field in conjunction or equivalent years of experience • Expert swimming skills (min Lifeguarding cert), and general knowledge of most water sports; should have a minimum instructor level certification in at least two teachable water sports (i.e. kayaking, SCUBA, kite boarding) and be able to lead and teach all program activities must have current First Aid and CPR certifications and be an excellent swimmer (lifeguard certification preferred) • Must have First Aid Instructor certification or higher and a strong background in wilderness First Aid, survival and camping skills

fOOD & BeVeraGe ManaGer

Requirements • At least 5 years five star Food & Beverage experience. Caribbean experience considered an asset.

• At least 5 years five star restaurant management experience, • Degree in hospitality desirable • International experience & multi-lingual to assist our international clientele would be an asset • Energetic, positive and dedicated to motivating and developing team members • Knowledge of fine wines • Must be competent with a PC and Micros experience is an asset.

• Assists with strategy, budgeting, cost management and delivering on objectives • Exceptional communication and customer service skills and lives the standards of our organization

Line staff pOsitiOns inCLuDe: puBLiC area attenDants & serVers Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience interesteD persOns May COntaCt Our human resource Manager no later than May 20, 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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ECONOMIC RECOVERY SUGGESTIONS The Torch brings forward four more economic recovery suggestions for consideration, improvement and advancement to the Brit High Command on a transparent public knowledge basis.

These are: (1) suggestions for a format for a bi-partisan TCI Economic Recovery Team; (2) proposal for a complete revitalization of the TCI Police Force at the full expense of the constitutionally grossly negligent Brits; (3) the establishment of Executive Residency Information Center(s) to target tourists and business visitors as potential RIPE (Rich Investor Professional Executives) customers for a proposed Executive Residency immigration status; and (4) a proposal for a re-branding the TCI image.

(1) The Torch has requested in the most respectful way he knows that the two TCI political gangs, or some combination of their upper echelon memberships, form a bi-partisan TCI Economic Recovery (ER) Team to evaluate, organize and package economic recovery suggestions received from individual islanders and residents and to submit same to the Brit High Command.

The ER Team should be apolitical – none of the usual meaningless BS about “empowering our people.” Government’s sole legitimate purpose in the economy is to create a level playing field, NOT to pick winners and losers, as demonstrated by the last two entitlement-conscious local governments. You don’t empower people by giving them something for nothing. That de-powers them. Worthy individuals empower themselves. Those who are not worthy should step aside, watch and learn. That apparatus should have nothing to do with government.

The ER Team should pursue a value-based business-only approach. We do NOT need any more demagoguing!

An ER Team is critical because islanders will have no political or legislative input during the next few years of the Brit Occupation. The Brits have effectively co-opted islanders’ input into the political process by selecting two consultative bodies composed only of completely docile and subservient islanders. Then even those hand-picked servants were targeted for further co-opting by the Brits, evidence the budget con.

Brit consultative meetings with the public re the constitution and other issues are shams and provide no effective input by islanders. They are for show only.

Individual approaches to the Brit High Command by individual islanders or residents will be ignored unless the individual is extremely wealthy and therefore perversely considered by the Socialist Brits to be worthy of schmoozing. It is amazing how those who ideologically despise wealth as a concept are so strongly personally attracted to those who have it, evidence the Brits selection of John Phillips to replace the courageous Drexwell Seymour.

Phillips is a businessman who will pursue only the enhancement of his own businesses, as he should do.

His interests may or may not parallel the interests of individual islanders and residents from time to time.

All that remains available to those islanders and residents is economic input in the manner suggested

by The Torch.

Fortunately, the economy is fundamentally important and it is also where the Socialist Brits are particularly clueless. A bi-partisan ER Team would provide an effective transparent method to affect our shared economic future. It will also hold the Brits accountable in the future for the foreseeable consequences to our economy of their failures to consider and act upon our suggestions.

Each publicly-disclosed package of suggestions moved forward to the Brits by the ER Team should be in a clear, organized business-like format similar to a bill being brought forward to a legislature. Each should contain a statement of the specific problem addressed, a brief analysis of the root base cause(s) of that problem, numbered proposals for legislative and/or administrative action, reasons why each action would resolve or improve the targeted problem, a financial impact analysis of the package, a proposal for financing of each package based upon the extent to which Brit constitutional negligence contributed to the problem addressed and an executive summary of the package.

Each package should deal with a separate issue pertaining only to economic recovery, thereby permitting the Brits to respond to each submission quickly and efficiently, if they are of a mind to do so.

Each package of suggestions brought forward should contain a reasonable time limit for written

acceptance, rejection with reasons or request for further specific input by the ER Team. All submissions and the Brit responses would be publicly available. It should be made clear to the Brits that no private correspondence or backdoor communications would be tolerated. Anything submitted to the ER Team would be disclosed to all citizens.

Packages would be submitted simultaneously to the Foreign Affairs Committee of the UK Parliament.

The Torch recommends that selected UK media receive them also.

A lawyer will be needed on board to guide the ER Team. Someone with legislative drafting experience would also be useful.

(2) If you accept that law and order is a condition precedent for our economic recovery, then you’ll know that there will be no economic recovery until the TCI police force is fixed.

Under Brit constitutional responsibility and supervision, the police force has been minimized, underpaid, ill-equipped and progressively demoralized for years. The predictable result is a progressively dangerous situation for all islanders and residents and an obvious bar to new RIPE customers.

There is no enforcement of low level law and order. Road traffic enforcement is nonexistent. Petty property crimes are actively ignored by the police as being, “without malice.” Can you imagine a vandal acting without malice? In any event, when did malice become a requirement for crime?

The cops actually know that they are ineffective and so they avoid taking reports whenever they can.

Can you blame them?

During our spate of home burglaries, the meticulously taken and immediately ignored crime report merely adds the insult of time wasting to the injury of the crime. Further, can you imagine a small island population where every handler of stolen goods, if not every thief, is not known to the cops who live in that small community? Yet detection is virtually zero.

Nor is there any apparent cooperation between police and customs in terms of tracking stolen goods being shipped out. No doubt this would offend some islanders’ sensibilities.

Islanders and residents fear retribution from testimony against known criminals and know that there will be no protection from the hapless cops or even support from others in the community. It is a vicious devolving cycle of petty crime that could only be camouflaged for so long by the pervasive white collar crime of the Tauwhare-Misick period.

The Two Mounties must know by now that they’ve inherited a shambles and that they alone are micturating against the tide. Not sure what their contracts are like or what the personal integrity of each gentleman is, but there will come a point at which, without substantial and unconditional Brit financial input, as we don’t have the money, it will be time for each Mountie to walk away – as a matter of both personal and professional integrity.

The Two Mounties can do nothing without proper equipment and Brit or US trained cops. There is no local money available for anything like that type of upgrade.

The pay and benefits of cops needs to be doubled or even tripled, but not for the current set of cops as they exist today. They are not the right stuff. Perhaps a few of them will be, but if you simply throw money at this set of cops, you’d simply lock in a group of better paid bad cops for years to come.

Any semi-competent existing cop who wants to go to Hendon for the physically and mentally tough 7-month course, all expenses paid by the Brits, should be sent. If he or she completes the course, then he or she becomes a real cop and that’s when the pay and benefits should be doubled or tripled. If the course is not completed successfully, the candidate will understand in advance that his or her employment will be terminated. If you want the pay, you put up or get out.

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The remaining plods can then either go to Hendon themselves or get out of the way themselves. New hires would require Hendon or similar US/Canadian training. In 3 years, by normal attrition and proper hiring and training protocols we’d have a fully trained police force.

The alternative to fixing the police force at the full expense of the constitutionally negligent Brits is that our reputation for law and order continues to decline, no new customers will come and we change the name of Provo to either Butch-Land or Detroit Island. Either will be valid.

(3) As the reader may know, The Torch has proposed the establishment of a new immigration status to be known as Executive Residency. This would not replace any existing immigration status. For example, there would still be a retirement category of either permanent or annual residency. The retirement category would become our second most valuable immigration category for our customers.

Executive Residency would permit any crimefree, disease-free, business owner, professional, author, artist, actor, musician, designer, programmer or anyone else who could run his or her business or occupation from the TCI to live here full time without any available path to citizenship.

The Executive Residency permit holder would be required to make some appropriate real estate purchase and to pay all immigration fees that apply. He or she would not be permitted to solicit or accept business from within the islands without a prior adjustment to immigration status and the obtaining of a business license. A first offence in this regard would require termination of Executive Residency status.

Executive Residency permit holders would naturally pump the local economy, pay customs and other government fees, not take local jobs and would hire and train locals in their businesses.

Obviously, such a program is dependent upon a change to the current immigration statute. Equally obviously, such a program would not succeed with a built-in Brit VAT, energy tax, evidence of aggressive Brit Socialism or a culture of disrespect and preying upon such new customers, as has occurred in the past.

More appropriate would be a written promise that the TCI would remain VAT-free, property and income tax free and Socialism free for a minimum of 20 years.

Executive Residency Centers, advertised at all ports of entry, would be an effective method of advising tourists and business visitors of the existence of the Executive Residency program and of disseminating printed and verbal information about it.

Executive Residency Centers would augment the private actions of TCInvest-registered and license Executive Residency Consultants, who would also advertise online and elsewhere for RIPE’s and actively headhunt RIPE businesses worldwide. The Executive Residency Centers would hand out a list of approved Executive Residency Consultants.

(4) Branding is important in today’s competitive market for RIPE’s. A recognizable, consistent and meaningful brand is as important as the quality of the product itself. That shouldn’t be true, but it is. You need both form and substance for any successful marketing campaign today.

Don’t take The Torch wrongly. There is nothing wrong with “Beautiful by Nature,” but it is essentially a tourism brand. It is not appropriate for competition for RIPE’s. Perhaps it could be wrapped into a broader branding system. Perhaps a separate branding of the proposed Executive Residency program is all that’s needed.

The Torch suggests a pirate motif. It is always popular, but particularly so now. With a wary eye on the shysters at Disney, a pirate image and some clever piratical sayings are needed.

The Cayman Islands have that little turtle image as their symbol. We could use a pirate image. The TCI has actual pirate history. Also it would be a subtle recognition and renunciation of the actual piracy of the Tauwhare-Misick years. Some would appreciate the tongue in cheek.

There could be a competition amongst local artists and business students to design a pirate logo and better marketing phrases for Executive Residency than these: “Pirates Wanted,” “Welcome to the Caribbean, Love,” “Ye Treasure Be Safe Here,” “Eat, Drink and Be Merrie.” No, Wetherell. Your predictably Socialist suggestion of “Surrender the Booty” is rejected.

The Torch – you hate him because you know he’s right. In fact, The Torch is right 98% of the time, and hey, who cares about the other 3%? :)

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Albray Butterfield Jnr. slams UK for giving Portugal billions in bail-out money Colin Roberts of the UK FCO. LocaL businessman aLbray (Which I might add is a UK butterfieLd Jnr. Is strongly Territory and a situation in which criticising Britain’s involvement in the OVERSEER’S /UK an economic bailout package for Portugal that has been approved by Government is part responsible for European Union (EU) finance the social and economic state-ofministers and which includes a £4.2 affair the TCI found itself in billion contribution from Britain.

2009).”

“As a proud Turks and Caicos Butterfield continued: “Fast Islander, I find this latest revelation forwarding to 2011, to now have exposed to the world that while the very offensive, prejudice and UK Government was saying NO to disrespectful,” Albray said in a bailing-out the TCI (their own short commentary to the SUN. territory) for a measly and up to “The issue that I have found so $400 million (if you include the offensive... is the outright blatant prevention of TCI Bank Limited hypocrisy and prejudice displayed from collapsing, and a few much internationally by the UK need infrastructure projects such as Local businessman Albray Butterfield Government towards the Turks and the construction of new public school Caicos Islands (TCI),” Albray said. buildings, etc), the UK Government was “Since taking control of the TCI by the UK simultaneously negotiating with the IMF a £67.5 billion Government in 2009 (which at the time, was a long bail-out package for the country of Portugal (a non UK overdue and necessary intervention that I undeniably territory) of which the UK is contributing £4.2 billion supported), the UK Government has allowed the towards Portugal's bail-out.”

The £67.75 billion package, subject to strict citizens and the economy of the TCI to further suffer and fall deeper into bankruptcy by announcing to the austerity measures agreed by Lisbon, is the second to world within days of taking over that: "...the UK commit the UK to financial guarantees which will only Government will not be taking the British Tax Payers be called upon if Portugal defaults on the loans it raises Money to bail-out the Turks and Caicos Islands..." -Mr. thanks to the EU-IMF combined bailout deal.

Senior Technician

(acTiVaTinG, DeSiGninG, SPLicinG, enGineerinG & TroUBLinG ShooTinG) Primary objectives of the Job Duties: Utilize Computer Aided Design software to design plant extension and system rebuilds/upgrade projects. Prepare cost estimates for minor and major plant extensions. Activate and trouble shoot nodes, trouble shoot and correct internet system problems, splice and maintain the Fiber Optic system when necessary. Act as the company’s primary liaison with Residential, Commercial and Multi Dwelling Unit construction developers. roles and responsibilities: • Understand and follow all company safety standard and practices including but not limited to: vehicles safety, proper placement of traffic signs and cones. Understand and follows accident reporting procedures.

Understand and follows applicable Electric Safety Code rules and regulations • Have the ability to troubleshoot and maintain head-end equipment (fiber optic lasers, fiber optic splitters, modulators and RF combination network).

• Supervise and train field technicians • Have the ability to read and interpret, organize, update and maintain complete set(s) of system prints • Related to repairs to optimize system faults when necessary.

• Utilize Signal Level Dsam-3600b meters w/voip/Web Browser and path track field view • Must be willing and able to handle special projects • Perform all job functions with the appropriate safety measures • Must be capable of carrying heavy equipment and climbing 32ft ladders • Must be able to work flexible hours, including weekends and holidays • Have a valid driver’s license and the ability to operate large vehicles in a safe manner • Liaise with Express High speed internet-TCT to troubleshoot internet problems • Inspect, test and repair cable and fiber equipment at WIV various

locations.

• Verify that repairs are made to the satisfaction of the customers’ and meet company’s standards.

• Determine the serviceability of residences deemed not serviceable according to the company’s billing database. Communicate the status of serviceability to the customer service department.

• Prepare costs estimates if construction is necessary to service a residence or commercial establishment • Responsible for the coordination of design information exchange and timeliness of construction activities between WIV and developers to ensure construction projects are designed and completed within a timely manner and within established cost guidelines.

• Prepare bill of materials for supplies and materials required for construction related projects • Communicate with and assist field technicians with revisions to strand and design maps of existing cable facilities • Assist with the upkeep required for the Satellite farm • Drive company vehicle and ensure vehicle is properly maintained • Perform other duties in keeping with the position Qualifications and requirements: Education: BSc in Electronics or Mechanical Engineering or equivalent approved training courses in electronics Experience: Five years experience related experience • Must have experience in general drafting and the ability to use tools, Instruments, and materials normally used in such activities.

• Must have extensive knowledge of equipment characteristics, capabilities and limitations. Must have the ability to make sketched diagrams accurately.

Skills and workings conditions • Excellent communications skills with external and internal customers • Must be committed to providing exceptional customers service (both external and internal) at all times. Have the Ability to keep to schedule with minimum supervision.

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where on limited to standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral diagram, or schedule form.

• Proficient in CAD Software and preparation of engineering design and costs estimates for new build, rebuild and upgrade projects.

Salary: $35, 000.00 - $40,000.00 per annum Plus additional benefits Contact: TCT by Express High Speed Internet P.O. Box 679 Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands administrator@wiv.tc or fax 946-4866 no telephone calls please

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Less intense hurricane season predicted this year Climatologists in the United States are predicting another busy hurricane season for 2011, and the local authorities are once again reminding the general public to begin making preparation to meet the period which begins on June 1 and ends on November 30.

Although the 2011 season is predicted to be less intense in comparison to last year where there were 17 named storms to this year 16, preparedness is still being encouraged.

According to the Department of Disaster Management and Emergencies, (DDME) TCI residents should be reminded that it is never too early to commence preparations for hurricane season.

“In fact, everything done throughout the year should be done as part of our preparedness and mitigation activities,” a news release from that office stated.

Dr. William Gray from the Colorado University predicts that of the 16 named storms this season nine will result in hurricanes, five of which will become major hurricanes ranging between categories 1 to 5.

The preliminary forecast in December last year called for 17 named storms in 2011. The latest forecast reduced that number to16. The number of storm days was also reduced from 85 to 80. The possibility of continued warmerthan-normal Atlantic conditions seems less certain, and that brought the adjustment in the number of named storms.

Hurricanes are given names listed

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alphabetically in chronological order. The list of hurricane names will be from the first letter of the alphabet A - W, but will exclude the names beginning with “Q” or “U”. There are six lists that normally rotate. The list only changes when there is a hurricane that is so devastating that the name is retired and another name is chosen to replace it.

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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High Court judge issues sound warning to land scammers

By Vivian Tyson SUN Senior Editor

HigH Court Judge Mr. Justice Richard Williams is sending a strong warning to scammers of Crown Land and other state properties that examples would be made out of them for their dastardly deeds when they face his court.

Justice Williams issued the warning shortly before sentencing 64 year-old Crown Land conman Thomas Ewing, who a jury found guilty of illegally selling Government land to unsuspecting victims to construct dwelling homes in Five Cays, Providenciales.

Ewing was found guilty by the seven-member mixed jury on all 14 counts of obtaining property by deception in the Supreme Court on Thursday, May 12, and was sentenced to a total of 34 years, but will only serve four.

On one of the counts, Ewing was sentenced to four years in custody; on eleven of the counts the judged imposed a three year prison term for each crime; while on the other two he was given three and a half years prison term each. However, the sentences are to run concurrently which means that Ewing will only spend four years behind bars.

“It is the duty of the court to

ensure that all those who feel that they may act in this way understand that there will be consequences and that the court will deal with them in a manner that should deter others. It is clear that these were prevalent offences in Five Cays,” Judge Williams pointed out.

According to Mr. Justice Williams, the ripping off of the victims - all of whom were Haitian Nationals - by Ewing, has impacted them significantly, as they were under the impression that they were paying for land which they would obtain under the law.

“They all wanted to build and make a home on the land. Sadly for Mr. Joanel Saintage, the subject to count 2 and 3, he had paid $9,000 to Mr. Ewing and he told us he spent a further $50,000 on the building costs for the part built which has since been demolished as he was not occupying the property at the time.

“The other purchasers have all been left in limbo as, to date, the Authorities have, despite letting them remain in the respective properties, not felt able to permit legal registration of that land and a transfer of legal title to them for those properties,” Justice Williams said.

The court was told that between 2007 and 2008, Ewing sold Crown Land to a number of Haitian residents, telling the unsuspecting victims that

the previous administration gave him the land for housing development purposes.

Ewing also told the victims that he had Physical Planning Department papers to prove that he was the rightful owner of the land, but never provided those documents even upon demand by the purchasers.

The victims, some of whom gave testimonies during the four-day trial, told the Court that they purchased the land for at least $12,000, and were given receipt by Ewing with his signature on it, but receipt did not state what the transaction was all about.

The victims further told the court that upon pressuring Ewing to give them their documents for ownership of the land, he kept telling that he would provide it soon, but never did. They also told the court that Ewing instructed that that in the event that the Physical Planning Department queried their development, they were to tell representatives that the homes were his.

The Haitian victims further testified that they had no idea that the land belonged to Government, saying that if they had known, they would never have purchased the pieces of real estate.

Ewing was presented by Chal Misick of Chalmers and Co., while Leonard Franklyn was the lead

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prosecutor on the matter for the crown.

After hearing mitigation and other submissions on Ewing’s behalf, Judge Richard William handed down the sentence.

In November of 2009, the Authorities knocked down a number of unfinished concrete dwellings in the Five Cays area. Some of the houses had roofs on windows on them, and were awaiting occupation at the time of their destruction.

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Boutique Hotel for Middle Caicos The Physical Planning Department has granted Grand Caicos Holdings Ltd. the green light to construct a boutique hotel on Middle Caicos when that body held its monthly board meeting recently.

That development has been the most substantive since the TCI plunged into recession some three years ago, which has resulted in the crippling of especially the construction industry which, for the most part, has been the main source of employment for locals.

Grand Caicos Holdings was given conditional approval to subdivide and create 24 residential parcels, one parcel for the construction of the boutique hotel, another parcel for open space and one road parcel Boutique hotels usually are considerably smaller than mainstream hotels, often ranging from three to 50 guest rooms. They differentiate themselves from larger chain/branded hotels and motels by providing personalized accommodation and services / facilities.

Sometimes known as "design hotels" or "lifestyle hotels", boutique hotels began appearing in the 1980s in major cities like London, New York, and San Francisco. Typically boutique hotels are furnished in a themed, stylish and/or aspirational

manner.

Another submission of note which was approved by the Physical Planning Board is a project submitted

by Luca Achille Giovanni Giuseppe to develop townhouses consisting of two 2- storey building each containing six 2 - bedroom units, boat dock, swimming pool, pool bar and ancillary facilities on Providenciales.

Thomas Wayne Alexander Gray application to construct one 2-storey building containing eight 1-bedroom apartment units and two 2-bedroom apartment units and ancillary facilities on Providenciales, was another construction of note.

The construction of a two-storey building by Bryant Renwick Cox, to contain a meat market on the lower floor and two 2-bedroom apartment units on the upper floor and ancillary facilities in Providenciales was another development worthy of mentioning.

Also approved by Physical Planning Board is an application to regularize a single family dwelling house, guest dwelling (duplex) containing two bedrooms each, swimming pool, pool side buildings and ancillary facilities, and submitted

by Ezekiel Ebenezer Hall and Ariene Ernestine Hall in Providenciales.

Other developments that were

approved for Providenciales included: • The relocation of a seven-foot chain link fence by Sodalco Ltd. • Temporary toilet facilities by executive Tours CC. Ltd. • A temporary parking lot by the Turks & Caicos Islands Airports Authority • A 10 foot high/ 75 foot long concrete private wall submitted by C.R. Hotel Limited • Change of use from two bedroom apartment unit to convenience store submitted by Vernard Alcin Handfield • The opening of a bar and restaurant

by South Side Marina Ltd • Extension to existing warehouse (storage) and small office space / enclosed fenced for hard standing cables / equipment rack / water cistern / ancillary facilities by P. P. C Limited• Regularization of existing storage building by Vernard Alcin Handfield • Single one-bedroom dwelling/office space/ancillary facilities submitted by Delphine Ianthe Williams-Scott • Modifications to approved building to create primary school and dwelling unit by House of Prayer Ministries • Boat House/Mooring Facility submitted by South Side Marina Ltd. Four applications from North Caicos were given the green light by the Physical Planning Board

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Parthenon Ventures Ltd. was given extension of time to implement a grant of development permission.

Permission was also granted to James Middleton Head for the development of dock/boat lift/storage building and ancillary facilities.

Sandy Point Investors (Holdings) Ltd. was also given the go ahead for a subdivision to create 75 residential parcels, one commercial parcel and one road parcel, likewise to Mark Douglas Mitchell for the development of a private boat dock, boat lift, gazebo and ancillary facilities.

Two applications were given conditional approval for Grand Turk.

Derek Marlon Astwood’s two-storey building containing four 2-bedroom units and ancillary facilities, and TCI Government Property Enclosure to build a boundary wall and fence were the two give the nod, while an application by Herbert Ingham to construct a retail center was deferred.

The sole application from South Caicos - a two- story building containing a retail store on the lower floor and two 1-bedroom dwelling units on the upper floor and ancillary facilities - Requel Althea Basden was approved by the Board.

An application from Ambergris Cay was also granted, as the Turks and Caicos Sporting Club was given the approval for a subdivision to create 30 residential parcels, one commercial parcel and two road parcels.

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Former supporters of British want them gone Some TurkS and Caicos Islanders who confessed to have agitated for the British to temporarily take over the running of the country, but now are sorrowful that they did, are calling for the UK-administration to have a change of heart also and pull-up stumps.

A number of persons at different levels of the social strata had advocated for the United Kingdom Government to step in and take over the reins of the country, if only temporarily, after coming to the conclusion that the Michael Misick administration was not acting it their interest.

They believed it was a good thing for the British to step in and regulate the governance of the country so as to plug the holes of corruption for future administrations. They however said they were saddened at the way things were going, and believe it was high time that the UK direct rule curtains be drawn.

At least one of those confessions came out during the Providenciales leg of the Constitutional and Electoral Reform town hall meeting at the Community Fellowship Centre Assemblies of God Church located along the Leeward Highway, on Monday (May 17) One of the speakers - noted attorney-at-law Beryn Duncanson admitted to being one of those

L-R: Helen Nellthorp- Assistant Director for the FCO; Ian Hendry- Constitutional Advisor and Susan Dickson- Legal Counselor for the FCO

supporting UK intervention, being convinced that the country was headed down the wrong path.

Duncanson, a member of the All Party Commission, which drafted an alternative Constitution, noted that the time had elapsed for direct rule to end since it has so far been a dismal failure and proved counterproductive to the forward movement of the country.

“Those of us, sober-minded Belongers, who were in favour of British intervention and the suspension of the Constitution – I am one of those – and I regret it. I regret supporting the British suspension of the Constitution,

because of what we have been experiencing and have been seeing happening,” Duncanson revealed.

Similar utterances of initial support for British intervention into Turks and the Caicos Islands affairs by successful businessman Albray Butterfield Jr., caused him to resign from his deputy leader posts, after movers and shakers within the party pressured leader Clayton Greene to have him axed.

Butterfield, during a news conference, said he advocated for the British to intervene in the operations of the country but said that he felt they had used up their goodwill capital and it was

time for them go. Nonetheless, party rank and file members mounted a relentless campaign to push him from the position.

Meanwhile, Duncanson stressed that whatever goodwill that was drummed up for the suspension of the Constitution has been squandered by the British Government. Duncanson declared that the British Government was barking up the wrong tree, when it moved to overhaul the Constitution, saying that the problem was with certain areas of legislation which needed to be tweaked.

“There was no constitutional crisis that brought us to the mess that we are in,” Duncanson pointed out.

He bemoaned the fact that Governor Wetherell now wields absolute power where he does not have to listen to anyone to make decisions, which the attorney said was not a good thing.

When it was announced sometime ago that it was recommended by Commissioner Sir Robin Auld that the TCI Constitution be suspended and the UK institute direct rule, PNP high ranking member Don-Hue Gardiner publicly declared that he would take a PDM government any day over British rule.

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John Orr completes term as CEO of FirstCaribbean; CIBC executive Douglas “Rik” Parkhill appointed new CEO Michael Mansoor, chairMan of FirstCaribbean International Bank, today announced that CIBC senior executive Douglas “Rik” Parkhill has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of FirstCaribbean effective in September, pending regulatory and government approvals.

Mr. Parkhill will replace current FirstCaribbean Chief Executive Officer, John Orr, who will be returning to CIBC as Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and Strategy, following the conclusion of his threeyear term leading the bank.

Mr. Parkhill has been with CIBC since 2008, most recently serving as the Managing Director and Global Head of Capital Markets Sales and Cash Equities in CIBC’s Wholesale Banking unit. He has more than 20 years of experience in the global financial services industry, serving clients in Canada and around the world. Before joining CIBC in 2008, he was co-CEO of the Toronto Stock Exchange.

"On behalf of the Board, management and employees of FirstCaribbean I want to express my gratitude to John Orr for his leadership, and I am very pleased to welcome Rik to our organization," said Mr. Mansoor.

“Rik is a seasoned financial services executive who is known as a skilled leader and for having a strong employee and client focus. He has the right combination of leadership and industry experience to lead FirstCaribbean at the current stage of our company's development and in the present economic environment.”

Mr Mansoor continued: “Rik’s global financial services experience as well as his leadership capabilities make him an ideal successor for the CEO position. In addition, his relationships within CIBC will greatly benefit FirstCaribbean as we continue to seek new opportunities for collaboration and growth in the years ahead.”

"I am looking forward to the challenges and opportunities of this new role,” said Mr. Parkhill. “My first priority will be to meet and get to know the people of FirstCaribbean. I have

Development Program and served in a number of retail roles in the Cayman Islands, Antigua, Grenada, St Vincent and the Grenadines and St. Lucia.

• Kiyomi Daniel has been confirmed as FirstCaribbean’s chief Financial officer following her interim appointment in February. She joined FirstCaribbean in 2003 as a manager in the financial reporting group. She was promoted to Group Financial Controller in 2006 and most recently was named Chief Accountant for the FirstCaribbean Group. Ms Daniel is a Chartered Accountant.

She is originally from Trinidad and Tobago and now resides in Barbados.

Douglas “Rik” Parkhill

already heard many great things about the talent and skills of the people here and look forward to hearing from them about the potential of this business moving forward.”

"The past three years as the CEO of FirstCaribbean have been a wonderful experience for me," said Mr. Orr. "I want to thank the FirstCaribbean management and all 3400 employees for their support and their dedication in providing the people of the Caribbean with exceptional financial advice, products and services.”

Mr. Orr will remain as CEO until September, when Mr. Parkhill is expected to assume the role.

Mr. Parkhill will be supported in his role by a team of highly experienced banking executives including several new appointments also being announced today: • Tom crawford, Managing Director, retail, Wealth and small Business Banking has announced he will retire from FirstCaribbean after nearly 40 years with the CIBC Group. In order to effect an orderly transition of his duties, Mr Crawford will be appointed Vice Chairman, providing Senior Coverage to key clients and supporting the CEO on a number of key strategic

John Orr

initiatives for a period of time.

• rolf Phillips will assume the role of Managing Director, Retail, Wealth and Small Business Banking and will report to the Chief Executive Officer.

Mr Phillips has more than 30 years of diverse banking experience in the Caribbean, with both FirstCaribbean and Barclays dating back to 1980. He is a graduate of the Bank's Internal Accelerated Management

• Daryl hosein will join FirstCaribbean as Chief Accountant, pending regulatory approval. Mr Hosein joins FirstCaribbean from COBSCO (CIBC Offshore Banking Services Corporation) where he is currently CFO. Mr Hosein has had many years of experience as a finance professional including eight years within the CIBC Group. He is a Caricomm national and resides in Barbados with his wife and three children.

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The Clement Howell High School Music Department received $6,000 worth of equipment thanks to the benevolence of telecoms giant LIME. The official presentation of the well-needed equipment was made on Wednesday (May 18), at the school. LIME boss, along with a throng of staff members were in attendance to mark the event.

These three students pose with the newly-acquired musical instruments

Principal for the Clement Howell High School Lloyd Fearon, leads the devotional exercise at the event

Some of the musical instruments donated to the Clement Howell High School courtesy of telecoms giant LIME

Some instruments still wrapped in plastics are seen in the music room

LIME Country Manager Drexwell Seymour tries his hand at the saxophone

Students perform a choreographed piece specifically for the occasion

These music students are models of concentration as they play for the audience

This trio of students sings a song dedicated to LIME

Clement Howell High receives all kings of musical instrument from LIME

Vice Principal for the Clement Howell High School, Hugh Adams, making remarks concerning the school’s music department

Althea Been from LIME presents the symbolic cheque to Head of the Clement Howell High School Music Department, Jermaine Reid

LIME TCI Country Manager Drexwell Seymour tells of the delight in donating the items

LIME personnel, students and members of the media packed the Clement Howell High Music room for the event

This student demonstrates the playing of the tambourine

A student plays on the newly-acquired keyboard donated by LIME

Teachers of the Clement Howell High School blend their voices together during the event

Music teacher, Jermaine Reid, gives an overview leading to the acquisition of the musical instruments from LIME TCI

Education Officer Louise Thomas, having fun playing on one of the tambourines

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LE REVE FOURTH ANNUAL GALA BALL POSTPONED

PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands: Monday, May 16, 2011 - Organizers of the Le Reve Gala Ball announced that its “Mardi Gras” themed cocktail affair scheduled to be held on Saturday, June 11, 2011, at The Veranda Resort on Grace Bay Beach has been postponed until further notice.

“Our patrons have become accustomed to an upscale, well-organized event, said Ms. Michelle Swann, President of the Le Reve Gala Ball. After much deliberation, we concluded that the current economic climate does not support the production of an event that is synonymous with the Le Reve brand, and we have therefore postponed the event until further notice.”

The organizing committee extends its sincere apologies for any inconveniences caused.

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Oprah Winfrey’s Farewell Show: Maria Shriver, Tom Cruise & More Celebs Join the Finale!

After 25 years, Oprah Winfrey is saying farewell to her hit daytime talk show.

Next Wednesday, May 25, the highlyanticipated final Oprah Winfrey Show will air! The exact format/topic of the show remains unknown, but let’s just say Oprah gets surprised many times by some of her favorite celebrity guests/pals. Details from the taping yesterday at the United Center in Chicago, Ill., have been revealed and it was certainly a farewell extravaganza!

Oscar winner Tom Hanks hosted the first hour of “Surprise Oprah! A Farewell Spectacular,” according to The Hollywood Reporter.

“Now Oprah, I know you do not like surprises. Let me see if I can put you at ease. There was an English playwright who said there’s no surprise more magical than the surprise of being loved, and that is what tonight is all about… pulling off this little show at the United Center has been the best kept secrets,” Tom began before introducing the first surprise guest, Tom Cruise, who refrained from jumping on any couches.

“You looked like you were 10 when you on my show in 1988. And what was up with my hair?” Oprah joked, acknowledging that Tom was a guest on the show about 12 times.

Since the taping took place in the house that Michael Jordan built, it was only fitting that the Chicago Bulls all-star himself was part of the grand farewell.

“You’ve inspired me,” Michael told Oprah, quipping he could help her find a job if she need it.

Maria Shriver also took part in the

oprah Winfrey wiped away tears as celebrity after celebrity surprised her during a farewell double-episode taping of "the oprah Winfrey Show" that will precede her finale. "thank you is not enough, but thank you," Winfrey told the crowd of 13,000 gathered at Chicago's united Center on tuesday, May 17 for "Surprise oprah! a Farewell Spectacular." "For your love and your support, thank you."

finale, amid her very public separation from husband of 25 years, Arnold Schwarzenegger, who announced yesterday that he’d fathered a child out of wedlock with one of their former household employees.

“Well Oprah, for more than 30 years, you bestowed the most amazing friendship on me, given me love, support, wisdom and most of all truth,” Maria said.

Oprah stood strong next to Maria, keeping her arm tightly around her the entire time. It has been rumored that Maria will get her own show on Oprah’s network, OWN.

‘Dougie’ rapper M-Bone Slain in Drive-By Shooting INGLEWOOD, Calif. – M-Bone of the rap group Cali Swag District, which scored a hit last year with the song "Teach Me How to Dougie," was killed in a weekend drive-by shooting as he sat in a car outside a liquor store, police said Monday, May 16.

The 22-year-old Inglewood man, whose real name is Mante Ray Talbert, was sitting in the driver's seat of his car shortly after 10:30 p.m.

Sunday.

"Another car pulled alongside, gunshots were fired, and the victim was struck twice in the head," Lt. James Madia said. A man sitting in the passenger seat of Talbert's car was not injured, Lt. Gabriel Garcia said.

Talbert was pronounced dead at a hospital.

Lt. Steve Overly said the motive for the attack was under investigation.

Several theories have been put forward on social media sites and detectives were following up on some of those to see if they were credible, he said.

Talbert was "the victim of a random act of violence," Cali Swag District's publicist Greg Miller said in a statement.

"He was a hardworking, passionate artist and dancer that will be deeply missed," Miller said.

Dozens of friends, fans and

M-Bone of the rap group Cali Swag District

family members gathered outside the liquor store Monday evening and held a vigil for Talbert.

Cali Swag District's hit "Teach Me How to Dougie" is based on the "Dougie" dance, which first appeared in Texas and is noted for its leaning stances, shoulder and arm movements.

The dance was not only performed in dance clubs and the streets but by celebrities as well, from Wolf Blitzer to Washington Wizards star John Wall; even first lady Michelle Obama recently performed the dance as part of her "Let's Move" initiative.

"Teach Me How to Dougie" spent several months in the top 10 of Billboard's hot rap songs. The group also performed the dance on several television shows.

Madonna didn’t perform, but dubbed Oprah her only living female hero.

“She is a self-made woman who has been at the top of her game for 25 years.

And she is still kicking (butt),” Madonna professed.

“You don’t have children of your own, but you have mothered millions,” Jada Pinkett Smith shared, who hosted the second hour of taping with husband, Will Smith, on stage.

Oprah and her lucky 20,000 audience members were also treated to musical performances by Beyoncé, Rascal Flatts, Usher, Jamie Foxx and

Stevie Wonder.

The talk show host’s longtime boyfriend, Stedman Graham, was also on hand to honor his beloved — “Honey, you are so special, and I am so happy…

I’m so proud of you,” Graham said.

Love was everywhere, and Oprah couldn’t have been more touched.

“I feel the love! And I thank you for it,” she said with tears streaming down her cheeks. “Thank you for being a part of this great night, this celebration for what you have done for The Oprah Winfrey Show … your being here tonight… honors me in the deepest way possible.”

Lady Gaga overtakes Oprah atop Celebrity 100 LOS ANGELES — The men and women on the Forbes annual Celebrity 100 list — the most powerful people in the entertainment business this year — earned $4.5 billion over the last 12 months by starring in films, playing basketball, walking the catwalk and more. But they also rose to the top by garnering influence.

These days that means mastering social media. Lady Gaga topples Oprah Winfrey from her No.1 spot on our list, which she's given up for only the third time in seven years. Gaga is there not just because of the $90 million she earned with a monster tour, but also because of her 32 million Facebook fans and 9.5 million Twitter followers — aka Little Monsters — who helped move 1 million digital downloads of her recent single, "Born This Way," in only five days.

Oprah doesn't fall far though. The daytime talk maven, who earned $290 million last year, comes in second. Winfrey's earnings sank $25 million partially due to a reduced payday at SiriusXM. She still earns big from her syndicated show and from the stars she's spawned, including Dr. Phil (No. 18) Rachael Ray and Dr. Oz. Maybe it would help if Oprah took a lesson from No. 3 Justin Bieber. The Biebs debuts on our list at the tender young age of 17, with $53 million earned over the last 12 months thanks to concerts, music sales and a 3-D documentary movie that grossed $100 million at the global box office.

The Celebrity 100, which includes film and television actors, TV personalities, models, athletes, authors, musicians and comedians, is a measure of entertainmentrelated earnings and media visibility (exposure in print, television, radio and online). Forbes also measure social media power by looking at each celebrity's presence on Facebook and Twitter.

Despite problems on and off the golf course, Tiger Woods still makes the top 10, ranking sixth with $75 million in annual earnings. Having a much better year: Leonardo DiCaprio. The star makes the biggest leap on our list this year, rising from 71st place to 15th, thanks to two huge movies: "Shutter Island" and "Inception." Will Smith returns to our list this year thanks to the upcoming "Men in Black III," in which he'll reprise his role as Agent J. Notable drop-offs include Britney Spears, who ranked sixth in 2010 but stumbled this year because she didn't tour. With the Harry Potter franchise coming to an end, Daniel Radcliffe (who ranked 82nd last year) also failed to make the cut.

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Today I Don't Feel Like Doing Anything I Just Wanna Lay In My Bed Don't Feel Like Pickin' Up My Phone So Leave A Message At The Tone 'Cause Today I swear I'm Not Doin' Anythin'

Woo Hoo Ooh Woo Hoo Ooh Ooooh Ooh Ooh

I'm Gonna Kick My Feet Up Then Stare At The Fan Turn The TV On Throw My Hand In My Pants Nobody's Gon' Tell Me I Can't

Tomorrow I'll Wake Up Do Some P90X Meet A Really Nice Girl Have Some Really Nice Sex She's Gonna Scream Out "This Is Great!"

(Oh My God! This Is Great!)

I'll Be Lounging On The Couch, Jus' Chillin In My Snuggie Click To MTV So They Can Teach Me Howda Dougie Cause In My Castle I'm The Freakin' Man Oh Oh

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Yes I Said It I Said It I Said It 'Cause I Can Today I Don't Feel Like Doing Anything I Just Wanna Lay In My Bed Don't Feel Like Pickin' Up My Phone So Leave A Message At The Tone 'Cause Today I Swear I'm Not Doin' Anythin' Nothin' At All

Nothin' At All Woo Hoo Ooh Woo Hoo Ooh Ooooh Ooh Ooh

I Might Mess Around, and Get My Collage Degree I Bet My Old Man Would Be So Prouda Me But Sorry Pops You'll Just Have To Wait Oh Oh Yes I Said It I Said It I Said It 'Cause I Can Today I Don't Feel Like Doing Anything I Just Wanna Lay In My Bed Don't Feel Like Pickin' Up My Phone So Leave A Message At The Tone 'Cause Today I swear I'm Not Doin'

Anythin' No I Ain't Gonna Comb My Hair 'Cause I Ain't Goin' Anywhere No No No No No No No No No Ohhh I'll Just Strut In My Birthday Suit And Let Everything Hang Loose Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yes I Said It I Said It I Said It 'Cause I Can Today I Don't Feel Like Doing Anything I Just Wanna Lay In My Bed Don't Feel Like Pickin' Up My Phone So Leave A Message At The Tone 'Cause Today I swear I'm Not Doin' Anythin' Nothin' At All Woo Hoo Ooh Woo Hoo Ooh Ooooh Ooh Ooh Nothin' At All Woo Hoo Ooh Woo Hoo Ooh Ooooh Ooh Ooh

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ARIES (March 21 to April 19) The week promises a calmer aspect. Although there might be some lingering effects of a recent job problem, things should continue to ease up. Also expect a change in a home-based situation.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) If you feel uneasy about a colleague’s suggestion, it might be that your wise inner Taurean guide is alerting you to a potential problem. Stepping away could turn out to be the right thing to do.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) A family get-together opens up new opportunities for renewing ties. It can be especially effective in dealing with disagreements that should have been, but never were, fully resolved.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) You might be surprised at the response you get to a recent decision. You might be even more surprised by the reasons behind it. In any event, you’ll learn something important.

LEO (July 23 to August 22) Your aspects favor resolving any tensions left over from a recent incident. You might want to consider having a “clear the air” talk as soon as you can. A call can lead to a change of plans.

VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Avoid repeating yourself. If your first few efforts fail to connect, maybe it’s because you haven’t found the right way to get your message across. Try changing your approach.

LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Good intentions plus a strong resolve to suc-

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The problem of which long suit to establish in notrump play, when there is a genuine choice, does not always lend itself to hard and fast rules.

While general bidding principles can be memorized to help one arrive at the proper contract, there are relatively few corresponding principles to direct declarer to the best line of play.

Take this case where South is in three notrump and starts —17— with seven sure tricks. The two more he needs must come from either spades or clubs. In selecting which suit to attack, South should not be influenced by generalities

ceed can take you where you want to go. Don’t give up just because someone suggests you might be pursuing an impossible cause.

SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) An unexpected setback can be a blessing in disguise. Use it to recheck your facts and how you’ve presented them. Meanwhile, look for ways to expand your contacts.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) You should finally be seeing a positive change in a recent personal situation. However, an on-the-job matter might need more attention than you realized. Stay with it.

CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) While you should be close to completing an important matter, you still need to focus on being focused. But things ease up in time for weekend fun with family and friends.

AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) A certain matter might take an unexpected turn. Don’t simply accept it; ask for an explanation. What you learn might be helpful in shifting the situation around to your benefit.

PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Projecting a positive attitude helps restore calm even when you’re confronting some pretty stormy situations. Stay the course.

The outcome will be well worth your efforts.

BORN THIS WEEK: While you enjoy tradition and stability, you also appreciate the good things that change can bring.

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such as always attacking the longest and/or strongest suit.

Instead, the decision should be based on plain common sense — that is, which suit is more likely to produce the desired result.

If spades are attacked, he should ask himself, will nine tricks surely materialize?

The answer is probably, but not certainly. Thus, in the actual deal, if South wins the heart lead and finesses the jack of spades, he will go down after East wins with the queen and returns the ten of spades. Dummy’s strong spades eventually prove to be declarer’s weakness.

But if South takes the time to ask himself whether he should attack clubs instead, he finds that making 10 tricks is an absolute certainty. Regardless of how the East-West cards are divided, declarer cannot be stopped from scoring three clubs, three hearts, two diamonds and two spades after forcing out the ace and queen of clubs.

In this particular case, simple logic leads South to conclude that the clubs are a safer bet than the spades.

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Jamaica and Dominican Republic in cement war JAMAICA- A cement war is brewing between Jamaica and the Dominican Republic following what Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce Karl Samuda said were attempts to block the sale of Carib Cement in that country in what is described as “a classic case of the application of nontariff barriers”.

Last week, Samuda gave authorities in the Dominican Republic a deadline within which the latest shipment of Carib Cement should be cleared before his ministry utilises measures available to it to protect the local cement industry. Samuda would not go into details on what some of those steps would be but said they could be very ‘drastic’.

Jamaica — a major market for the Dominican Republic — imported 126,000 metric tonnes of cement from that country last year.

“The underlying factor that is of significance is that we stand ready to defend our local producers against any form of non-tariff barriers that may be put against them,” Samuda warned.

“We are very, very discouraged and disappointed at what we have been witnessing over the past 15 days,” Samuda said at an emergency press conference. He said the ministry had stayed out of the issue so far with the hopes that a settlement could be arrived at between the company and the Dominican Producers Association of Portland Cement — an association of cement manufacturers in the Dom Rep that Carib Cement boss Anthony Haynes characterised as a cartel.

“So we just want to register our objection as the ministry responsible

minister of Industry, Investment and commerce Karl Samuda

for the promotion of export and for the expansion of local production, and we want to make it absolutely clear that we expect the Dominican authorities to use their good office to have this product cleared no later than the next 24 to 48 hours so that they can get on with the business of trading,” Samuda said.

In April this year, Carib Cement shipped 2,500 metric tonnes of cement, valued at US$250,000 ($21.25 million), to a customer in the Dominican Republic. It was the second shipment since the company began exporting to that country in March last year.

However, up to earlier this week the cement was not released from the wharf and no reasons were given for its containment. As a result, Carib Cement has already accrued US$50,000 ($4.25 million) in demurrage and face another US$3,500 ($297,500) per day for each day that the cement is held at the ports.

Samuda said the stance of the

man gets 19 years for killing uS girl in tobago PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad — A judge on Monday sentenced a man to 19 years at hard labor for stabbing to death an American teenager on the southern Caribbean island of Tobago.

Sean Antoine, 28, was convicted in April of killing 14-year-old Kitty Pepe of Keene, New York. They had dated previously but had broken up before he repeatedly stabbed her on July 1, 2005, at the home where she had been staying with her mother in the seaside town of Charlotteville.

Antoine faced a possible death sentence if convicted of murder, but jurors convicted him of manslaughter after he testified the girl had taunted him, a defense that outraged the girl's family. The lesser charge meant he could be sentenced to as little as the time he had already served since his arrest.

Justice Geoffrey Henderson said at the sentencing hearing in

Scarborough, the capital of Tobago, that Antoine did not deserve the lesser charge of manslaughter and the sentence was intended to send a message it is inappropriate for men to be involved with underage girls.

Wayne Sturge, Antoine's attorney, said after the hearing that he considered the sentence reasonable and did not plan to appeal. Under the laws of Trinidad and Tobago, he will only have to serve about 14 years of the sentence.

Kitty had visited the island occasionally since 1997 while her mother worked on sea turtle conservation efforts in Tobago, which had long been considered peaceful but has been shaken by a number of violent attacks on foreigners in recent years.

The girl's family previously said they were hoping that Antoine would be sentenced to life in prison because of the violence in the attack.

Dominican Producers Association is highly unreasonable given that both Jamaica and Dominican Republic are CariForum partners, and are both signatories to the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). “It is a larger country than ours and notwithstanding that we have been accepting imports from that country,” Samuda said. “It is an emerging difficulty which has very serious implications for regional trade and for domestic production and especially at a time when Jamaica is seeking to get out of its economic difficulty by expanding exports and this ministry has been promoting and encouraging our local producers to produce for exports,” he said, noting that Carib Cement has been one such company to heed the call to seek external markets.

“I must applaud the Cement Company for simply not just objecting to the incidence of imports into Jamaica, but to take the bold move to compete in the Dominican market. So in other words if you are exporting to us, fair trade and the rules of trade dictate that we must be able to compete in your market,” Samuda said.

The minister said Carib Cement has complied with all the necessary requirements of the country, including its standards for the cement product and showed a ‘certificate of conformity’ as proof of this compliance.

“Their equivalent agency to our Bureau of Standards has visited and have satisfied themselves as to the integrity and the quality of the product that is made by Carib Cement,” Samuda said. “They can have no issues

with the quality of the cement.”

He said the real issue is that of competition as the first shipment of Carib Cement to that country “sold off overnight”.

“That is the only thing we have identified now, because there is no legal requirement why this product should not enter the Dominican Republic and they have used strategy to prevent our product from being cleared so that the Cement company and the purchaser of that product can go about their business of trading in the normal, acceptable way,” he argued.

Haynes, in the meantime, said given the support of the ministry and the attractiveness of the Dominican Republic market, he would continue to pursue exports there despite the resistance.

“Its a very important market because it’s close, it has a very good price and we have no intention from retreating from that market,” he said. “I have confidence in the minister that this will be resolved early and I have confidence also because there is no basis really for doing it. We have been through a very meticulous, a very bureaucratic process that took almost a year with getting the certification, getting the test results, building a history. So this is a non-tariff barrier approach which I think is a very crude, very heavyhanded approach and I don’t think it’s going to continue. Even when I look at the press reports coming out of the Dominican Republic, there is a sort of negative reaction from its citizens from what most people realise is a cartel.”

SIX St. LucIa men charged wIth rapIng twO uK wOmen CASTRIES, St. Lucia – Police in St. Lucia have charged six local men with raping two British women who were volunteering on a conservation project on the mountainous Caribbean island, officials said Wednesday.

The six men, who were not identified by investigators, were recently arrested in connection with the May 10 nighttime assault on the two British women, police said in a statement. They are due in court later this month.

The women, ages 24 and 31, were working on a wildlife conservation project with British-based Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust and St. Lucia's Ministry of Agriculture when they were assaulted by six men wearing masks on an isolated stretch of Grande Anse beach, on the island's Atlantic coast.

Resident British High Commissioner Karl Burrows described the attack as "a dreadful crime." He advised British visitors to the island to exercise caution as they would anywhere else, saying that crimes against British tourists were not widespread in tourism-dependent St. Lucia.

"We have about 75,000 British visitors to St. Lucia every year and the vast majority of visits are incident free," Burrows said.

But it was the second attack on visitors here in the last two months.

In early March, three gay American men were attacked and beaten in their vacation home in the southwestern town of Soufriere.

A Ministry of Agriculture official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press, said the government has launched an investigation to determine how the two female volunteers came to be alone on the isolated beach at midnight. Normally, officers from the ministry accompany foreign students undertaking assignments in isolated areas, the official said.

Officials with Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment

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Former Trinidad PM Patrick Manning suspended from Parliament PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The People’s Partnership coalition used its overwhelming majority in the Parliament on Monday night to vote in favour of an immediate suspension of former prime minister Patrick Manning , who had been found guilty by the Privileges Committee of contempt.

The eight-member Committee had last weekend submitted its report after it met to discuss allegations Manning made against Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar regarding the construction of her private home.

Manning, who had asked to be excused from Monday’s parliamentary session where the report was debated and who did not appear before the

Privileges Committee, had accused her Government of carrying out the agenda of those who financed them in the election campaign, those "who were involved in the drug trade".

Charging that Government was undermining the anti-drug effort put in place by his administration, Manning had said the private residence cost TT$150 million (US$25 million) telling legislators “to what conclusion do you expect us to come? They were struggling to build that house before the election".

The Prime Minister denied the accusation and the Committee stated that despite having invited the former prime minister to appear before it to answer the allegations against him and

Sweden and US give $2.6 million to Haiti'S diSplaced PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Sweden and the U.S. are providing $2.6 million to Haiti to help prevent sexual assaults in the settlement camps that emerged after last year's earthquake and to fight child trafficking, a foreign aid group said Tuesday.

The International Organization for Migration, or IOM, said it received $1 million from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency to install solar lights in 20 of the more established settlements in the Port-auPrince area. The funds will also provide counseling and other services for survivors of sexual violence in the camps that house an estimated 680,000 people.

The January 2010 earthquake killed an estimated 300,000 people and displaced 2 million others.

Just as settlements popped up in the quake's aftermath so did reports of sexual assaults. Relief groups like IOM say survivors of sexual assault often don't know where to go to report the crime or seek medical attention.

The rest of the money — $1.6 million from the U.S. State Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons and UNICEF — will go to combat child trafficking, another problem exacerbated by the quake.

IOM plans to strengthen a project that helps reunite children with their biological parents, some of whom passed off their children to strangers because the earthquake destroyed their livelihoods.

New Bermuda Opposition Leader sworn in HAMILTON, Bermuda – Attorney John Barritt will be sworn in as Opposition Leader on Tuesday after seven legislators belonging to the United Bermuda Party (UBP) quit to join the newly formed One Bermuda Alliance (OBA). Barritt replaces Kim Swan who resigned on Monday.

The seven legislators - Barritt, Trevor Moniz, Cole Simons, Bob Richards, Louise Jackson, Grant Gibbons and Patricia GordonPamplin –quit the 47-year-old party that ran the island for 30 years until it was ousted from power by the Progressive Labour Party (PLP) 13 years ago.

“Seven of us have resigned from the UBP. It’s been clear for some time that the people of Bermuda want a unified opposition.

They want a new day,” said Moniz.

The seven parliamentarians say their action is the only way to move forward with a temporary court injunction preventing them from signing the merger papers as members of the UBP. The former UBP MPs will team up with three Bermuda Democratic Alliance (BDA) legislators - Shawn Crockwell, Mark Pettingill and Donte Hunt - to form the new opposition party, with 10 MPs in the House of Assembly under the OBA banner.

The three BDA MPs were among five MPs who quit the UBP after the 2007 general election.

As a result of the latest defection, only party leader Kim Swan and Charlie Swan will represent the party in Parliament.

In the last general election, the PLP won 22 seats to the UBP's 14.

to be heard on numerous occasions, "the Member has refused to respond to the allegations before the Committee and has requested adjournments of the Committee's proceedings for a variety of reasons".

By a vote of 25 to nine, Parliament voted to accept the findings of the Privileges Committee.

“Mr. Patrick Augustus Mervyn Manning is accordingly suspended from the service of this House with immediate effect," Speaker Wade Mark said after the vote.

A number of Parliamentarians were absent from the 41-member Chamber when the vote was taken.

Earlier, Leader of Government Business, Dr Roodal Moonilal who piloted the motion to have the report debated, said that the Committee took an inordinate amount of time on this matter—six months—and therefore could not be accused of "rushing" to take action against Manning.

He dismissed Opposition charges that the Privileges Committee had moved with indecent haste to make a contempt finding against the former prime minister.

“There are people in this country who believe they are untouchable, and they can commit a wrong and no one dares to touch them. But they on this side, anybody on that side could touch them," he said.

He said the message the Parliament was sending was that: "no one on your side and on this side is above the law. And the recent evidence suggests that no one in the Government is above the law and no one in the Opposition must be above the law as well”.

In dismissing the Opposition claims that Manning was not given sufficient notice of the Privilege Committee’s meeting, Moonilal asked

Former trinidad and tobago prime minister patrick manning

whether the Committee had to put up a neon sign advertising the meeting.

He also dismissed a call that the prime minister should have been questioned by the Privileges Committee where the three opposition members would have had an opportunity to gauge her response as well as challenge some of her statements she submitted.

Moonilal said nowhere in the bundle of 500 pages of the report and the verbatim notes of the Committee's meetings did the Opposition asked that Persad-Bissessar be interviewed.

“Why would the Parliament examine the person against whom allegations are made, rather than the person making the allegations. He who alleges must prove," he said, adding that this is the system.

Moonilal said he was certain that despite threats to challenge the issue in court, he was certain the former prime minister would not do so, having regard to the high cost of paying for senior counsels if he lost.

Opposition legislators had argued that the Privileges Committee made several blunders including the fact that at no time was Manning told that the Committee intended to proceed and to make an adverse finding of contempt against him and that there had been a breach of natural justice in the whole affair.

Manning was in Cuba receiving medical treatment.

caribbean governmentS Have killed tHe toUriSm indUStry, SayS cHta boSS Governments in the region have practically killed the tourism industry.

This charge comes from CEO and director general of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) Alec Sanguinetti.

Addressing members of the media last week at the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Investment Conference (CHTIC) at Iberostar Hotel and Resort in Montego Bay, Jamaica, Sanguinetti lamented: “We have repeatedly said that Government must not kill the golden goose, but the goose is already half dead. There is not much more to kill.

“We (the industry) have become the bullseye for taxation by governments.”

Sanguinetti, who has repeatedly asked governments not to further tax the sector, said taxation was making the industry unprofitable. Tourism accounts for 12.8 per cent of the region’s gross domestic product (GDP).

He noted that the lack of airlift was still a significant concern, and added: “We are recovering from the unstable global crisis and tourism must be given key, top priority.”

The CHTA head said apart from airlift, security, capital and regional integration “are vital to investment in the region”.

CHTA president Josef Forstmayr said Caribbean hoteliers were pleased with China’s investment in the industry.

“We are excited about the Chinese investment. China must continue to expand their surpluses in the international arena,” Forstmayr stated.

He added that many of the developments already in the pipeline were stopped, but there was some measure of resurgence and refinancing of some projects.

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Martelly looks to rebuild Haiti Back in 1995 when he was a flamboyant musician with few political aspirations, Michel Martelly quipped that he'd dance naked atop Haiti's National Palace if elected president – a move emblematic of many Haitians' low esteem for the post.

Now president, instead of dancing on the building, he'll be trying to rebuild it – physically and symbolically. The white palace still lies in ruins more than a year after a magnitude-7.0 earthquake toppled thousands of buildings in the capital and killed at least 300,000 people.

Haiti's challenges include nothing short of rebuilding a nation plagued by poverty and dependent on foreign aid, an immense task for any country. For Mr. Martelly, a political novice with little support among the elite, the task will take on added difficulty.

Yet, in a country long failed by its leaders, Haitians opted for the carnival performer over establishment candidates. When it was announced in March that Martelly had beaten former first lady Mirlande Manigat, a respected career academic, by a 2-to-1

Michel Martelly stands with his wife Sophia and their children as the Haitian national anthem is played in Port-au-Prince during his inauguration.

margin, Haitians gathered in front of the electoral council office and sang, "The country is for you. Do what you like with it." Haitians inaugurated Martelly on May 14. Many seem optimistic that he can succeed where so many before him did not.

"Haitians have a lot of hope that the Martelly government can be

Perry Christie disappointed by PLP leak BAHAMAS- Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Leader Perry Christie said yesterday he intends to remain focused despite controversy that has emerged over the selection of candidates for the upcoming general election.

Christie’s response came amid widespread discussion over an exclusive Nassau Guardian story that revealed three prominent PLPs wrote to Christie suggesting that certain PLP MPs ought not to receive the nomination to run on the party’s ticket.

“This year, the PLP is putting forth an extraordinary group of candidates — an exciting new generation of candidates with new ideas along with some seasoned political veterans with expertise and governing experience,” Christie said.

“Each and every candidate is required to undergo a vigorous vetting process — a process that is open, fair and transparent. All voices are welcome, and the process is both balanced and inclusive.”

The letter was written by former Parliamentarian George Smith, former PLP Chairman Raynard Rigby and Philip Galanis, who coordinated the PLP’s failed 2007 reelection bid.

They suggested that the party would lose the next election if it ratifies Shane Gibson (Golden Gates); Vincent Peet (North Andros and the Berry Islands); Obie Wilchcombe (West End and Bimini); V. Alfred Gray (MICAL); Anthony Moss (Exuma); and Picewell Forbes (South Andros).

The party has already ratified Leslie Miller (Blue Hills) and Arnold Forbes (Mount Moriah) but the authors of the letter are asking

Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Leader Perry Christie Christie to review those choices.

They suggested those men have been embroiled in controversies that would reflect badly on the party during the campaign.

Responding to the story, Christie said, “Of course, not everyone is happy with all results.

It is disappointing that the personal correspondence of some dissenting voices was leaked to the press.

Disappointing — but not distracting; I remain focused on supporting the excellent candidates and hardworking activists that comprise the PLP.” Christie added, “Leaked letters and political games come with the territory, unfortunately, but the longer I’m in politics, the more confident I am about what really matters — putting forward the ideas and policies that can help The Bahamas in this new century.

“I’m looking forward to a vigorous debate this campaign — a debate about which party and policies will best support Bahamians and put their interests first.”

different," says Chavannes JeanBaptiste, founder of the influential Peasant Movement of Papaye, a rural grass-roots organization.

Haiti became the world's first officially independent black nation when it revolted against the French in 1804. But decades of corruption and mismanagement had turned it into the Western Hemisphere's poorest country by the time of the January 2010 earthquake. Three decades of dictatorial rule by François "Papa Doc" Duvalier and his son, "Baby Doc," beginning in 1957, were followed by a dizzying succession of coups d'état. Current President René Préval is the first elected leader to successfully complete two full terms without being chased from office.

Enter Martelly. The son of a petroleum-plant supervisor, he grew up in a strict middle-class family and went on to become the brash kompa singer "Sweet Micky," famous for mooning the crowd and for his crass lyrics. His music won him fans at home and abroad among the diaspora – Haitian-American rapper Wyclef Jean gave him a cameo on an album and endorsed him for president – providing an immediate support base during his campaign as an outsider who could challenge the status quo.

What he lacks in support among the political class he makes up for in backing from the United States, the nation's largest aid donor. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton flew to Haiti in January to ensure Martelly advanced to the March 20 runoff after allegedly fraudulent first-round results knocked him out. She welcomed him to Washington last month for his first postelection trip abroad.

"Change is coming May 14," he said in Washington. "My focus … is to revive and modernize Haiti's economy as its new president and provide free access to education,

moving people out of tents by jumpstarting reconstruction and focusing on the agriculture sector. In short, it's a new day for Haiti."

Education is technically free in Haiti. But fewer than 1 in 4 Haitians has graduated from high school or university, according to the Haitian Institute of Statistics and Informatics.

To pay for an overhaul, Martelly would like to tax international money transfers and phone calls. He has also pledged to pursue new foreign loans and invest in agriculture to cut back on shocks from food inflation – up 36 percent worldwide in the past year.

Haiti imports most of its food, including 80 percent of its rice, once grown in abundance. Poor Haitians have resorted to eating small cakes made from dried mud when prices for rice and other staples are high.

"The two things he has focused on – education and agriculture – are the most important areas for many Haitians," says Mr. Jean-Baptiste. "As president, we want him to uphold those promises."

The lofty agenda will prove challenging. "I think it's going to be very difficult for him to accomplish some of his goals," says Charles Henri Baker, a prominent Haitian businessman and two-time presidential candidate. "The big challenge initially will be parliament."

Negotiating the sharp-elbowed world of Haitian politics will require the help of experienced handlers, says Michael Shifter, president of the InterAmerican Dialogue in Washington.

"The problem is really that he's completely inexperienced," says Mr. Shifter, who met with Martelly in Washington last month. "The first major obstacle is just establishing a government that works. If he can put a good team together, that alone would be a major accomplishment."

To head his transition team, Martelly named as an adviser Daniel Supplice, a US-trained ethnologist and sociologist who held various government positions from 1973 to 1986 during the Duvalier regime. With most of Martelly's team still unnamed, observers wait to see who he taps for prime minister – a key position that could set off political jousting with the outgoing president's party, INITE (Unity), which will likely control parliament and have a say in choosing the candidate.

The outgoing president has said INITE lawmakers will work with the Martelly administration. If that promise turns out as empty as Martelly's vow to dance naked on the palace, Haitians may be left wanting.

"Haiti has been this way for a very long time," Jean-Baptiste says. "In reality, changing it is not easy."

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Former IMF chief Strauss-Kahn granted $1M cash bail Accused rapist Dominique StraussKahn was granted $1 million cash bail by a Manhattan judge this afternoon after prosecutors announced he had been indicted for trying to rape a hotel maid.

Supreme Court Judge Michael Obus said that Strauss-Kahn, 62, can be released on bail with a GPS-enabled bracelet.

The judge also said Strauss-Kahn must have one armed guard with him at all times and have a $5 million insurance bond backed by US property.

Strauss-Kahn, a French citizen, is expected to spend another night at Rikers Island before the bail package is signed off on Friday morning.

The judge also set an arraignment hearing, when Strauss-Kahn will formally answer charges, for June 6.

At the start of the hearing, prosecutors said that Strauss-Kahn had been indicted for sexually assaulting a hotel maid.

His lawyers promised that, if released, he won’t flee to France. They also asked that Strauss-Kahn be placed under house arrest in New York and wear an electronic device to monitor his movements.

The defense team had made a similar request on Monday that had been denied by another judge.

Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance spoke after the bail matter in an apparent attempt to address French media criticism that Strauss-Kahn was being singled out for unfairly harsh treatment.

Strauss-Kahn's indictment was voted Wednesday by "An independent body comprised of 23 impartial jurors," Vance told reporters. "The work of the

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Manhattan District Attorney’s Office will be guided in this case, as it is every case, by one principle: to do whatever is right, without fear or favor, wherever that might lead," he said.

Strauss-Kahn is charged with attacking a 32-year-old maid on Saturday afternoon at his Manhattan hotel suite. The West African immigrant told police that he chased her down a hallway, forced her to perform oral sex and tried to remove her stockings.

Strauss-Kahn has spent five humiliating days in custody after he was grabbed off an Air France jet and busted on felony sex charges on Saturday for an alleged attack on a 32year-old woman working as a maid at the tony Sofitel New York hotel in Midtown, where he'd been staying on a still-unexplained visit to New York.

Strauss-Kahn, wearing an open

PlAnKing goeS virAl DeSPite DeAth, injury SYDNEY – Planking, the Australian craze of lying face down stiff in often bizarre places for a photo op, claimed another victim when a man was critically injured after being thrown from the roof of a moving car when his planking went bad.

The 20-year-old New South Wales man was in an induced coma after falling head first in Invernell, Channel 9 news reported.

He is still luckier than a Brisbane man who fell to his death from a seventh-floor balcony in a planking stunt on the railings on Sunday.

The fad took off when rugby league star David "Wolfman" Williams -- a renowned planker -showed off his skills on live television after a try in March, lying stretched out on the ground. The scene has been taken up by YouTube, where it has gotten nearly 100,000 views. For added emphasis, he repeated the stunt on Channel 9's anchor desk.

"People are trying to out-do each other by planking on structures or in precarious positions, putting

themselves and others at risk," said Queensland police in a statement.

"The potential for disaster increases as more and more risks are taken to get the ultimate photo." The obsession started off innocently enough, with plankers targeting landmarks, parked police cars, dishwashers or each other. But they gradually got extreme, with smokestacks, industrial machinery, animals and railway tracks all becoming planking sites.

Despite the accidents, the craze shows no signs of abating.

The Planking Australia Facebook page has 141,000 followers, a remarkable figure for a country of just 22.5 million. By contrast, the "100,000 that Hate Planking" page has managed to find just six followers.

As one fan put it on Facebook: "Planking... No brains or skill required!!!"

What's next? Some say "pillaring," the vertical version of planking.

collar shirt and charcoal suit, appeared stoic in Manhattan Supreme Court as the judge listened to both sides.

The defense argued that StraussKahn is not a flight risk, although the prosecution countered that he was since he was on a Paris-bound plane at the time of his arrest.

Prosecutors called Strauss-Kahn's exit on Saturday "unusually hasty."

"Our position is that there is no bail package that will insure his return," said Assistant DA Artie McConnell.

"We have a defendant in this case who has shown an propensity for compulsive criminal conduct."

McConnell also argued that fitting Strauss-Kahn with a bracelet "is really not sufficient at this time."

A lawyer for Strauss-Kahn, William Taylor, said Sinclair had rented an apartment in Manhattan where her husband could be confined and watched by an armed monitor.

“In our view, no bail is required to confirm Mr. Strauss-Kahn’s appearance," he said. "He is an honorable man."

His wife, New York-born millionaire art heiress and journalist Anne Sinclair, 62, and daughter from a previous marriage, Camille StraussKahn, 26, a Columbia University grad student, were in the gallery as StraussKahn was led into the courtroom.

Sinclair gave Strauss-Kahn a tightlipped smile before the hearing began.

Some 100 reporters packed the courtroom as Strauss-Kahn awaited the judge's decision.

The decision was the latest chapter in an astounding turn of events that saw the high-flying lothario plunge from dizzying heights of power and prestige to land in an 11-by-13 foot isolation cell on Rikers island, where he was so distraught prison brass put him on 24hour suicide watch.

In the days since his arrest, a series of lurid stories have emerged, with women from Strauss-Kahn's past coming forward to accuse him of obnoxious sexual behavior or worse.

Even the madam who provided hookers for horndog ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer jumped into the act.

Kristin Davis, 35, claims StraussKahn was once a client with an appetite for high-price hookers, The Times of London reported.

This as Strauss-Kahn resigned Wednesday night as head of the IMF, saying he "needed all my strength, all my time, and all my energy to proving my innocence."

The hotel maid has been kept out of sight along with her 15-year-old daughter by the Manhattan DA's office, who've stashed them in an undisclosed location.

Strauss-Kahn yesterday resigned as director of the IMF, saying he needed to focus on clearing his name.

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Trump not running for President After a roller-coaster flirtation with a presidential bid, Donald Trump bowed out of the 2012 contest in true Trump fashion on Monday, saying that while he would not be a candidate this year, if he had run, he would have been able to win the primary and the general election too.

"I maintain the strong conviction that if I were to run, I would be able to win the primary and ultimately, the general election," Trump said in a statement on Monday. "I have spent the past several months unofficially campaigning and recognize that running for public office cannot be done half heartedly. Ultimately, however, business is my greatest passion and I am not ready to leave the private sector."

Trump, who had contemplated running for president in years past, seemed poised take the plunge this time around. He even had a tentative date set for a campaign announcement: May 25 in the atrium of Trump Tower in New York City.

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mogul had even settled on campaign consultants to help steer his potential White House bid. Trump had already made two visits to New Hampshire within the last month and had a series of events planned in that state and in Iowa over the next few weeks.

"This decision does not come easily or without regret; especially when my potential candidacy continues to be validated by ranking at the top of the Republican contenders in polls across the country," Trump said in the statement.

"I have spent the past several months unofficially campaigning and recognize that running for public office cannot be done half heartedly."

In the end, however, his decision almost certainly had more to do with his lucrative NBC television contract for his "Apprentice" franchise than anything else. Trump was running out of time to decide whether he would sign on for another season of the "Celebrity Apprentice." Sources close to Trump said negotiations ran to the 11th hour with reports of Trump on hourly calls throughout the weekend

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with NBC executives trying to convince him to continue to helm the show.

Some news reports cited NBC offering Trump as much as $60 million to renew his contract, and sources said that NBC told Trump that the network had lined up three years worth of sponsors for "The Apprentice" -- but only with Trump's participation in the show.

This is not the first time Trump has passed on a presidential bid. He previously considered running in 1988 and again in 1999, when he nearly ran on the Reform Party's ticket. He first started making noises about potentially running in 2012 in several media appearances in Oct. 2010.

Over the last few months Trump enjoyed a meteoric rise to the top of many national presidential polls thanks, in part, to name recognition that far exceeded that of any other potential candidates vying for the GOP nomination.

In the most recent ABC NewsWashington Post poll from last month,

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Trump was running in second place, behind only former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. And a Gallup survey of GOP voters from April 25 through May 8, found Trump supported by 16 percent of Republicans; tied for first place with former Arkansas Mike Huckabee, who announced over the weekend that will not enter the race. (The same survey found that the number of Republicans who dislike Trump stood at 44 percent).

iRan Rejects us sanctions as psychological waRfaRe TEHRAN – Iran accused Washington of engaging in "psychological warfare" after the U.S. Treasury added an Iranian state bank to its list of blacklisted companies, semi-official news agency ISNA reported on Wednesday.

The United States on Tuesday blacklisted Iran's Bank of Industry and Mine saying it was taking part in an increasingly sophisticated government campaign to evade international sanctions.

"Americans try to exaggerate by using media as a propaganda tool ... It is just psychological warfare and the media should not pay attention to such things," Iran's Economy Minister Shamseddin Hosseini was quoted as saying

by ISNA. The U.S. Treasury said it labeled the Bank of Industry and Mine as a proliferator of weapons of mass destruction for handling transactions on behalf of two previously sanctioned institutions, Bank Mellat and EuropaeischIranische Handelsbank.

It was the 21st Iranian state bank added to the U.S. blacklist.

The U.N. Security Council has imposed sanctions on Tehran for refusing to freeze its uranium enrichment program, which Western powers suspect is aimed at producing a nuclear weapon.

Iran denies the allegation and says its nuclear program is for peaceful energy needs.

Russia will not back u.n.

Resolution on syRia: Medvedev SKOLKOVO, Russia – President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday that Russia would not support a U.N. Security Council resolution on Syria if it were similar to the resolution authorizing military intervention in Libya.

"I will not support such a resolution, even if my friends and allies ask me," Medvedev said when asked whether Russia would back a Syria resolution "analogous" to the one that paved the way for air strikes to protect civilians in Libya.

French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said on Tuesday that France and Britain were close to getting enough votes to adopt a resolution on Syria provided that it is not blocked by veto-wielding permanent members Russia and China.

Medvedev did not say whether Russia would use its veto if a

resolution on Syria comes to a vote.

He reiterated allegations that the NATO-led coalition has gone beyond its mandate in Libya and said Moscow opposes foreign intervention in Syria, where President Bashar al-Assad has used the army and police to try to crush pro-democracy protests.

"President Assad has announced reforms, it is necessary to make these reforms effective and not try to pressure (Syria) with resolutions."

"It's necessary to let states themselves choose their own path of development and give the Syrian leadership the opportunity to resolve the internal problems that exist there."

Russia abstained from the vote on the March resolution authorizing intervention in Libya.

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China denies it is conduit for North Korea-Iran weapons trade BEIJING – China rejected Wednesday reported allegations by U.N. diplomats that it was a transshipment point for banned nuclear missile technology between North Korea and Iran.

U.N. diplomats said in the report, obtained by Reuters over the weekend, that North Korea appeared to have been exchanging ballistic missile technology and expertise with Iran in violation of Security Council sanctions.

The report did not identify China, but said North Korean-Iranian missile trade went via a country neighboring North Korea, which diplomats at the United Nations told Reuters was China.

"I completely deny such a view," Assistant Chinese Foreign Minister Hu Zhengyue told reporters at a briefing. He did not elaborate.

Hu's response was stronger than those of Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu Tuesday. In a faxed statement, she did not outright deny the report by a

U.N. panel.

But she said the document did not have the authority of the Security Council and said China scrupulously upheld punitive U.N. measures against North Korea.

China blocked Tuesday the publication of the U.N. expert panel's report that suggests North Korea and Iran have been sharing ballistic missile technology in violation of U.N. sanctions, diplomats said.

"On the issue of denuclearisation on the Korean peninsula, the Chinese position is crystal clear," Hu said. "We have nothing to hide."

Jiang said the U.N. report "does not represent the position of the Security Council, and nor does it represent the position of the relevant Security Council sanctions committee."

Statements that China was the trans-shipment site for banned cargo were anonymous accusations, said

Jiang.

"I am not willing to make any comment about such claims from anonymous sources," she said. "But I can tell you that China is conscientious and responsible in enforcing Security Council resolutions."

If the U.N. report is true, it could underscore U.S. concerns that China is not applying enough resources to detect and stop North Korea's illicit nuclear trade.

China is North Korea's only major ally, and its economic and diplomatic support has been important in shoring up its otherwise isolated neighbor. China also buys large amounts of oil from Iran, which is largely shunned by the West.

But China has also pressed North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons ambitions, and has supported Security Council resolutions that condemned North Korea for its nuclear tests and authorized sanctions.

Schwarzenegger reveals he had child with staffer LOS ANGELES – Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has acknowledged that he fathered a child with a member of his household staff, a revelation that apparently prompted wife Maria Shriver to leave the couple's home before they announced their separation last week.

Schwarzenegger and Shriver jointly announced May 9 that they were splitting up after 25 years of marriage.

Yet, Shriver moved out of the family's Brentwood mansion earlier in the year

after Schwarzenegger acknowledged the child is his, The Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday.

"After leaving the governor's office I told my wife about this event, which occurred over a decade ago," Schwarzenegger told the Times in a statement that also was sent to The Associated Press early Tuesday. "I understand and deserve the feelings of anger and disappointment among my friends and family. There are no excuses and I take full responsibility

Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Arnold Schwarzenegger's household worker and mother of his ‘love child’ Mildred Patricia Baena wife Maria Shriver

for the hurt I have caused. I have apologized to Maria, my children and my family. I am truly sorry.

"I ask that the media respect my wife and children through this extremely difficult time," the statement concluded. "While I deserve your attention and criticism, my family does not."

Schwarzenegger's representatives did not comment further. A spokesman for the former first lady told the Times she had no comment.

Shriver has broken her silence and responded to the news that her estranged husband, former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, fathered a child with a member of his household staff 10 years ago.

"This is a painful and heartbreaking time," said Shriver, 55.

"As a mother, my concern is for the children. I ask for compassion, respect and privacy as my children and I try to rebuild our lives and heal. I will have no further comment."

The Times did not publish the former staffer's name nor that of her child but said the woman worked for the family for 20 years and retired in January.

In an interview Monday before Schwarzenegger issued his statement, the former staffer said another man — her husband at the time — was the child's father. When the Times later informed the woman of the governor's statement, she declined to comment further.

The child was born before

Schwarzenegger began his seven-year stint in public office.

Shriver stood by her husband during his 2003 gubernatorial campaign after the Los Angeles Times reported accusations that he had a history of groping women.

Schwarzenegger later said he "behaved badly sometimes."

In his first public comments since the couple announced their breakup, Schwarzenegger said last week that he and Shriver "both love each other very much."

"We are very fortunate that we have four extraordinary children and we're taking one day at a time," he said at a Los Angeles event marking Israeli independence. Their children range in age from 13 to 21.

Since his term as California governor ended in early January, Schwarzenegger, 63, has hopscotched around the world, his wife nowhere in sight. While the "Terminator" star appeared confident about the future since exiting politics, cutting movie deals and fashioning himself as a global spokesman for green energy, Shriver, known for her confidence, seemed unsettled.

Shriver, 55, maintained her own identity when her husband entered politics, though she gave up her job at NBC. Their union was often tested in Sacramento, where the former action star contended with a rough seven years of legislative gridlock, a budget crisis and lingering questions about his fidelity.

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Wife of Mubarak released but still faces probe The wife of Egypt's ousted president was released from detention on Tuesday after giving up assets but is still being investigated, said an official leading a probe into whether she amassed wealth illegally.

Suzanne Mubarak, who denies charges that she abused her husband's influence for unlawful personal gain, was admitted to hospital on Friday after suffering symptoms of a heart attack. She has been detained in the same hospital as her husband.

Former President Hosni Mubarak, 83, is also being investigated for abuse of power, embezzlement and responsibility for the deaths of some protesters during the 18 days of unrest that led to his overthrow on February 11. He is still in detention.

"Suzanne Mubarak was released pending investigations after she gave up her assets of 24 million Egyptian pounds ($4 million) to the state," Assem el-Gohari, the head of the illicit gains authority, told state radio.

A state television channel said Mubarak would apologize to Egyptians and would also return assets to the nation. This could not immediately be confirmed.

The report adds to speculation among Egyptians about the fate of the couple, who were both reported to have suffered heart problems at the moment they would have had to be transferred to jail for questioning.

Instead, both were held under guard in hospital in Sharm el-Sheikh, the Red Sea resort where they had been living in a villa after Mubarak was pushed from office.

"Both Mr and Mrs Mubarak had heart problems as soon as they were ordered to be detained, well fool me once but don't fool me twice," said Mohamed Yassin, 26, a financial adviser.

The former president was hospitalized on occasion in power, most recently for gallbladder surgery in March 2010.

A judicial source had said earlier that Suzanne Mubarak would be released after posting bail, though the graft body said there was not bail.

Some Egyptians said they were frustrated that the president's wife had been freed from detention, even if the probe was still going on.

"She should be detained. I know Egyptians have kind hearts ... but the state and the people have rights and it is an insult to the state if someone steals its money and gets released," said Mansour khalil, a fabrics factory owner in his 50s.

But others said that, given her age and previous position, it was time to let her go.

"At the age of Suzanne Mubarak, it is humiliating for her to be put in jail, and now after she agreed to give back her money and assets then I think it is okay if she gets released," said Younis Abdellah, a general manager at a state firm.

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Queen Elizabeth seeks reconciliation on four-day Irish tour DUBLIN – Queen Elizabeth II made a powerful statement Wednesday night expressing "deep sympathy" to all who had suffered as a result of the troubled relations between England and Ireland.

She did not apologize for any British actions during the bitter conflicts between the two neighbors but said it is clear mistakes were made.

"To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts and deep sympathy," she said at a state dinner hosted by Irish President Mary McAleese. "With the benefit of historical hindsight, we can all see reland's president Mary Mcaleese (l) speaks with britain's Queen elizabeth at the convention centre in dublin May 19, 2011. things which we would wish had been done differently or not at all." scheduled comments during a Northern Ireland, created in 1921, The queen, whose visit has been planned four-day visit to Ireland — remained in the United Kingdom. highlighted by memorable scenes of the first ever to the republic by a Ireland stayed neutral in World friendship and forgiveness, reigning British monarch.

War II and offered condolences to emphasized the positive in the rest Her journey of reconciliation Germany over Adolf Hitler's death. of her brief speech, saying no one in also took her on Wednesday to the It broke all symbolic ties with past centuries could have imagined site of a notorious massacre where Britain by declaring itself a republic the bonds of friendship that now British troops killed 14 Irish in 1949 and offered sympathy and a unite England and Ireland. civilians in 1920. The large sports relatively safe haven when the Guests were surprised, and stadium is a revered spot for Irish modern IRA in 1970 began shooting delighted, when she opened her nationalists who mourn those who and bombing in Northern Ireland. remarks by speaking in Gaelic, died there during the conflict with But after Britain and Ireland Ireland's official national language. Britain. joined the European Union in 1973, The queen then proposed a toast to This was the site of the original and as the bloodshed in Northern the people of Ireland, and said, "I "Bloody Sunday," a day when Ireland spilled over into the Catholic love these clinking glasses," after the British forces opened fire on south, the governments in London champagne flutes were raised and civilians at a major sporting match and Dublin gradually found between Dublin and Tipperary. It has common cause. clinked.

Her speech may disappoint never been forgotten, but the queen's Their cooperation provided the those who wanted a formal apology visit was seen by some as a step essential bedrock for Belfast's Good from the British monarch, but others toward healing.

Friday peace accord in 1998. IRA will feel she came quite close to Britain and Ireland spent disarmament and a coalition acknowledging British misdeeds in decades in frosty opposition government of Northern Ireland's the fight against the Irish following Ireland's 1919-21 war of British Protestant majority and its independence movement. independence and the creation in Irish Catholic minority eventually The speech marks her only 1922 of the Irish Free State. followed.

Obama plane needs two attempts to land; no danger EAST GRANBY, Connecticut – Air Force One had to pull out of its first landing attempt at a Connecticut airport with President Barack Obama on board on Wednesday, but landed easily on its second try with no danger to Obama or other passengers.

The presidential aircraft pulled out of its landing approach at 9:50 a.m. EDT due to bad weather, the Federal Aviation Administration said. The pilot executed a climb and circled the airport, before making a second approach and landing safely 15 minutes later.

"The pilot was in the process of landing but due to weather, the pilot decided to circle around and then landed the plane, this is a standard and safe procedure," White House spokesman Nick Shapiro said.

The Boeing 747 aircraft landed at 10:05 a.m. EDT at Bradley International Airport near Hartford, where there was heavy cloud cover and a light rain falling.

Air traffic around any airport is restricted when the president's plane is in the area, so no other aircraft were involved.

Air traffic controllers were working with Air Force One as it approached Bradley, but the decision to go around was made by the pilot, the FAA said.

Passengers reported that nothing seemed unusual as the plane descended through low clouds before landing.

Obama left the aircraft with Janet Napolitano, his secretary of Homeland Security, then walked across the tarmac to greet well-wishers before his motorcade left for the ride to New London, where he delivered the commencement speech at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.

The incident on Wednesday was the second involving a White House plane within the past month.

On April 19, a plane carrying first lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden, the wife of Vice President Joe Biden, aborted its landing at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington due to an air traffic control error.

That jet, a Boeing 737, also circled the airport and landed safely.

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Europe demands that next IMF chief comes from EU BRUSSELS – Europe's top officials closed ranks Thursday to demand that the IMF's next leader be one of their own, someone with enough technical expertise and political savvy to handle the continent's relentless debt crisis.

Frenchman Dominique StraussKahn, who has been widely praised for his leadership of the Intentional Monetary Fund and its involvement in solving Europe's woes, resigned Wednesday to devote "all his energy" to fighting sexual assault charges in New York.

The move heated up simmering debate over his successor, with Europe aggressively staking its traditional claim to the post even as Frenchman Dominique Strauss-Kahn resigned "all his energy" to fighting sexual fast-growing nations like China and to devote assault charges in New York.

Brazil say it's time to break that monopoly and seek an IMF chief because of any tradition, they insisted, from a developing nation. The but because intimate knowledge of Washington, D.C-based organization Europe's debt crisis should be a is empowered to direct billions of critical element of any candidate's dollars to stabilize the global portfolio. economy.

"From a European point of view, Hours after Strauss-Kahn's it is essential that the appointment resignation, everyone from the will be merit-based, where European Commission to the German competence and economic and chancellor to the French finance political experience play the key minister — herself a potential role," said Olli Rehn, European candidate — said the replacement Commissioner for Monetary and should come from Europe. Not Economic Affairs. "And in this

current juncture it is a merit if the person has quite solid knowledge of the European economy and decision making."

There is no indication yet when a decision will be made. But a meeting of the G-8 — a group of eight developed countries — takes place next week in the seaside resort of Deauville, France, and all the major decision-makers will be there.

France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde has in recent days been touted in many European capitals as a good choice. A sharp, articulate negotiator, she has a strong international reputation and impeccable English after living in the United States for many years.

"I am convinced that she is a good candidate. I made a few trips with her to Asia. I was able to verify her popularity among ministers of large emerging countries," France's transport minister, Thierry Mariani, told France-Info radio Thursday.

Despite Lagarde's popularity, Mariani was the first member of the French government to speak about her publicly.

That's partly because she is a member of French President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative UMP party,

UK gives £4.2bn to Portugal bailout An economic bailout package for Portugal approved

by EU finance ministers includes a £4.2 billion contribution from Britain.

The £67.75 billion package, subject to strict austerity measures agreed by Lisbon, is the second to commit the UK to financial guarantees which will only be called upon if Portugal defaults on the loans it raises thanks to the EU-IMF combined bailout deal.

The first package - for Ireland - is already coming under fresh scrutiny, with Dublin using talks in Brussels today to argue for cheaper interest rates on its bailout loans.

Meanwhile the first EU bailout package granted to Greece a year ago - with no British involvement is also under the spotlight amid signs that the bailout system is not pulling the eurozone out of its deepening debt crisis.

Last night finance ministers were warned to abandon "brutal austerity" as the answer to the debt crisis and instead give struggling countries a chance to restore collapsing economies.

An emergency resolution agreed at a conference of trade union leaders in Athens said the drastic measures so far taken in the form of financial bailouts for Greece and Ireland - and now Portugal - in return for severe domestic public spending cuts were plunging the countries further into debt.

As Chancellor George Osborne joined his colleagues for a review of the Irish bailout terms and consideration of a second bailout for Greece, the general secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation, John Monks, told the ETUC Congress in the Greek capital that the EU-IMF arrangements were too tough to give scope for economic growth.

In a letter to the ministers Mr Monks said: "The ETUC calls on you to immediately change course.

Brutal austerity, both in terms of public finance and in terms of wages, is not working but is instead undermining the economies of countries such as Greece and Ireland."

Mr Osborne, flying back to London this afternoon, has ruled out any UK involvement in a

and if Sarkozy openly pushes for her candidacy, that could fuel the widespread belief in France that the accusations against Strauss-Kahn were part of a conspiracy to knock him off what appeared to be his march toward the French presidency.

Lagarde herself mentioned no names but said she too supported a European for the job.

"I'm a true European and I'm convinced that Europe is the way to go, as far as we are concerned," she told reporters on a visit to a French supermarket. "I am a convinced European and I think that for such a candidacy, the Europeans must be united."

In Berlin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel pushed for a quick decision on a successor to StraussKahn and underlined her hopes for another European.

"It is of great significance, of course, that we find a quick solution," she said in Berlin Thursday, without naming specific candidates.

The IMF's executive board released a letter from Strauss-Kahn on Wednesday in which he denied the allegations against him but said he felt he must resign to protect his family and the IMF.

second Greek bailout, but could not avoid a share of the Portuguese bailout burden, as all EU countries are committed under a 60 billion euro European Financial Stability Mechanism which runs until 2013.

About £3.2 billion of the UK exposure will be covered by the mechanism, with the remaining £1.1 billion coming from the UK's participation in the International Monetary Fund.

IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn should have been at the Brussels talks, but was replaced by a deputy after being arrested in New York in connection with an alleged sex assault in a hotel.

EU finance ministers have joined IMF officials in insisting that the organisation's continuing crucial involvement in the European debt crisis and its resolution is not affected by the absence of Mr Strauss-Kahn, who has been remanded in custody in a New York jail.

But in Athens, concern remains that the absence of the IMF chief from the economic hot seat will put at risk Greek prospects of a successful rethink of its mounting debt problems.

The IMF, which is yet to make a decision over Mr Strauss-Kahn's future, said it remains "fully operational" despite his arrest.

NOTICE

An application has been put to the Department of Planning for granting the permission for the construction of a Gas Station (Propane) on Parcel No.60611/27, South Dock Road, Providenciales, PR10857.

The Department of Planning is expected to be advised of any objections to this application before approval.

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Sony Chief warns on Game Network Security Risks TOKYO—Despite spending weeks to resolve a massive Internet security breach, Sony Corp. Chief Executive Howard Stringer said he can't guarantee the security of its videogame network or any other Web system in the "bad new world" of cyber crime.

Mr. Stringer's comments in a phone interview Tuesday with The Wall Street Journal, ahead of a New York roundtable discussion with reporters, come on the heels of a trying month for Sony. The company partially restored two of its online game systems and a streaming movie and music service over the weekend after shutting the services for several weeks when a breach compromised the personal information of more than 100 million account holders.

While Sony has restored part of the PlayStation Network—an online game system for its PlayStation 3 videogame console—in the U.S. and Europe and bolstered security measures, Mr. Stringer, 69 years old, said maintaining the service's security is a "never-ending process" and he doesn't know if anyone is "100% secure." He said the security breach at PSN, Sony Online Entertainment, an online game service for personal-

computer users, and its Qriocity streaming video and music network could lead the way to bigger problems well beyond Sony, or the gaming industry. He warned the attacks may one day target the global financial system, the power grid or air traffic control systems.

"It's the beginning, unfortunately, or the shape of things to come," said Mr. Stringer. "It's not a brave new world; it's a bad new world," he said.

The interview and roundtable were Mr. Stringer's first public comments addressing the security woes, other than a May 5 letter on Sony's PlayStation blog, apologizing for the inconvenience caused by the suspension of the two services.

The problems surrounding Sony's network of videogames, movies and music dealt a blow to Mr. Stringer's long-held strategy to marry its hardware products with content from its entertainment businesses. He has pursued that vision since becoming the company's first non-Japanese CEO in 2005, deeming it essential to Sony's survival and competition with Apple Inc.'s lineup of devices connected to its iTunes library and store.

The situation has also exposed Mr. Stringer's management to criticism,

overshadowing the earnings bounceback made by Sony after two years of losses.

Mr. Stringer said it was still too early to assess the financial impact from the outage. Sony announces its full-year results on May 26.

It has been Kazuo Hirai, the head of its videogame and consumer electronics units and Mr. Stringer's choice to one day succeed him as the head of Sony, who has been on the front lines of restoring the services and investigating the data theft, which included users' names, addresses and, possibly, credit-card information.

He said Mr. Hirai's familiarity with PSN allowed him to restore the service "faster than anyone else would." Mr. Stringer, who said his support for the network strategy hasn't wavered, saw his role as the one to ask tough questions and put together a team to get results.

"If anything happened in this period that was positive, Kaz demonstrated coolness and leadership and reliability absent of disagreement and dissidence that was very impressive," he said.

In a separate interview, Mr. Hirai said Sony has done everything possible to make sure that its online

systems are secure. If an attacker is still able to get around those security walls, there are safeguards in place to prevent them from gaining access to Sony's data.

"We have done everything possible and reasonable to make sure that a system is secure from attack," said Mr. Hirai.

Mr. Stringer disagreed with the criticism from politicians and Internet privacy advocates that the company should have alerted subscribers to the threat of a possible data theft sooner.

Sony shut down PSN on April 20 when it found evidence of an unauthorized intrusion and possible data transfer from its servers, but it didn't reveal the data breach to users until April 26. The company said it didn't know conclusively until April 25 that some personal information had been accessed.

Mr. Stringer said talking publicly about its suspicions before gathering evidence would be "irresponsible."

"We were trying to find out in a very volatile situation what had happened and when we did we relayed it," said Mr. Stringer. "If your house has been burglarized, you find out if you've lost something before you call the police," he said.

We are currently seeking a qualified applicant to fill the position of

Stevedore REQUIREMENT: • Minimum of 3 years experience in Stevedoring work.

• Must be in good health to meet the demands of physically challenging work.

• Must be available for emergency calls and be able to work at nights and weekends.

• Must be Crane Inspection and Certification Bureau certified (CICB) in Basic Safety and Riggings • Must be able to speak fluent English language STEVEDORING WORK AT THE PORT OF PROVIDENCIALES AND/OR THE PORT OF GRAND TURK: • Tie-up and release of ship shore lines.

• Discharging of containers from ship.

• Back loading of empty containers.

• Discharging cement/blocks from ships.

• Discharging of bulk aggregate and sand from ships.

• Assist in Loading of full container loads (FCL) onto trucks.

• Stocking palletized cargo.

• Stocking empty units/containers.

• Disposal of garbage and debris from ships and port facilities.

• Assist with the maintenance and cleaning Equipment.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ARE TO: • Discharge and Backload all vessels • Mooring and Unmooring of all vessels • Carry out all other duties as directed by the Supervisor Salary Range: US$10.00 per hour ALL APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED By MAy 27TH, 2011.

Human Resources Manager Provo Stevedoring Ltd. P.O. Box , South Dock Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands Fax: (649) 946-4828 Email: cagreene@provostevedoring.com

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LIME beats Digicel in basketball

Who says that competitors cannot have fun?

Staff from Team LIME took on the challenge of a friendly basketball match with competitors from Digicel. This event was organized by the Amateur Athletic Association during their All Star Weekend.

The Technicians from Team LIME decided that they would play basketball as a way to encourage camaraderie among team members and they would often organize a game just for fun. It was during one of those informal sessions that the invitation came to play in the friendly game with Digicel.

Team LIME, led by player/coach Manford Seymour and assisted by the LIME Powerhouse team provided the push that was needed to defeat Digicel in the basketball match. Jerry Clerveaux was named as Most Valuable Player during the game.

Manford said, “We could not have won without Kenny Grant, the Enforcer. Kenny and

the guys played well to give LIME the victory over Digicel.” Team members who played during match were: Rashard Goddard, Ray Missick, Kenny Grant, Jerry Clerveaux, Manford Seymour and Cassidy Hamilton.

General Manager Drexwell Seymour said: “Job well done! It was great for LIME to have a friendly game with the competition. It is good and it allows you to hone your skills and it was all in good fun. Good job team.”

The All Star weekend was a highlight to a transformational period within the world of basketball in Providenciales and the Turks & Caicos Islands.

Director of Sports, Alvin Parker gave an overview of the activities and the new changes in the basketball arena. He said, “The All Star Weekend was a success because it was done differently from times past. The newly re-formed Provo Basketball Association has revitalized the sport and there are large crowds who come to

Blue Hills Sharks on top of Sail Rock U13 League

The Blue Hills Sharks

The Blue Hills Sharks have moved to first place after the opening games in the Clausura portion of the Sailrock U13 League.

They won both their games defeating Leeward Knights by 4 goals to 2 and overcoming Five Cays FC by the odd goal in 3. Rodrigo Vazques chipped in with 3 goals and “Wilkens” bagged a brace over the two games. In other matches Long Bay Revolution took care of Five Cays FC by the score of 3 to I and had to settle for a hard earned 1-1 draw against Leeward Knights.

This opening round saw many of the TCIFA Boys Center of Excellence going up against their colleagues and this provided for tough and entertaining games.

The competition resumes this weekend with each team playing too games.

MVP for the week was Idlin Beloni.

On a sad note, last week games sounded the farewell of Karl Shand Snr the much beloved coach in the Association’s boys programme. Karl was a pillar of virtue, discipline and reliability and was responsible for fine tuning most of the younger players so that they could progress to the Center of Excellence.

His generous nature was exemplified in his readiness to assist some of the boys in obtaining boots and other equipment. We wish Karl all the best as he makes his sojourn to Jamaica to take up employment there. He will be sorely missed.

support the games. He spoke about the Pastors versus the Coaches game that was played during the All Star Weekend where the Pastors took home the prize.”

The Turks and Caicos Basketball Federation has a new mission which Mr. Parker shared: “To use basketball to change the lives of the young people in the communities where the players live”.

Players from various teams went into the schools and spoke to the students about real life situations using basketball as a tool.

The Five Cays Knights and Five Cays Flyers were two teams that visited the Enid Capron Primary School to share there. The Harbour Ballers visited the Ianthe Pratt Primary School and shared in their morning’s devotion.”

It is more than just a basketball; it is the passion that is displayed by team members working together to be a part of a game that is being elevated from just throwing a ball in a hoop to positively impacting lives.

Godfrey Been 1ST VP for English Caribbean Softball Confederation

A new softball organization for the Caribbean was formed in The Bahamas this past weekend as representative of the English Caribbean organized E-CASC, the English Caribbean Softball Confederation Delegate representing the Turks & Caicos, British Virgin Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, Aruba, Jamaica, and The Bahamas adopted a resolution presented by the International Softball Federation’s vice president for the area, Rommel Knowles and formed E-CASC. Following the adoption of a draft constitution, delegates elected the following officers: President, Burkett Dorsette, Bahamas; 1st Vice President, Godfrey Been, Turks & Caicos Islands; 2nd Vice President, Neville Smith, British Virgin Islands; 3rd Vice President, Andy Cruz, Aruba; and Directors, Francisco Chirino, Aruba; Ted Miller, Bahamas; Santana Rigby, Turks & Caicos Islands; Dennis Clarke, Jamaica; and Warren Brooks, US Virgin Islands. Gregory Christie was appointed Secretary General.

Support for the new organization was offered by the President of the ISF, Don Porter, who along with ISF Vice President, Dale McMann were on hand for the meeting.

McMann give delegates an update on the ISF Development Programme and how they can help their programmes through this avenue.

Porter offered the support of the ISF and spoke to delegates about the needed commitment to grow the young organization.

During Porter’s stay he embraced the opportunity to view games at the Government Departmental League, the Old Timer’s League and the New Providence Softball Association and to throw out a ceremonial pitch at each field.

E-CASC was borne out of a desire by the English speaking countries in the region to reestablish the CAST (Caribbean Amateur Softball Tournament), which became defunct in 1977.

It was back in the 1970s that the countries of Jamaica, The Bahamas, Belize, and Bermuda got together and organized a ladies softball competition that became known as C.A.S.T., the Caribbean Amateur Softball Tournament.

The tournament was designed to enhance the progress of softball in these countries, which led to these eventually enjoying much success in the region.

The countries played for what was known as the Herman Sporri Cup, an award made available by Mr. Sporri of Jamaica. Competition was an annual, alternating between the countries that were apart of the programme.

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Usain is world's most marketable athlete World and Olympic 100 and 200 metres champion Usain Bolt has replaced NBA star LeBron James as the most marketable sportsman on the planet according to the website sportspromedia.com. The second annual ranking of the world's 50 most marketable athletes is published in the June issue of the Sportspro magazine.

With athletes ranked according to their marketing potential over a three-

year period. James drops to second in the list, with Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo ranked third.

The list comprises the 50 athletes deemed by SportsPro to offer value for marketing money if signed today to a long-term global endorsement deal.

Like last year, Sportspro said, the list has been designed and compiled to shed light on where the value might lie across the industry, and as a basis for

discussion - both a snapshot of the moment and a three-year forecast.

The 2011 list has 16 new entries but only five women. There are 19 Americans on the list, six Britons and, in all, representatives from 19 countries. 18 sports are represented, including seven racing drivers and seven basketball players. Six footballers make the list.

Comprehensive commercial

analysis of each and every athlete in the list, detailing their inclusion and explaining their ranking, is available in the June edition of SportsPro. The top ten 1. Usain Bolt, 2. LeBron James, 3.

Cristiano Ronaldo, 4. Lionel Messi 5. Lewis Hamilton, 6. Carmelo Anthony, 7. Sebastian Vettel, 8.

Michael Phelps, 9. Caroline Wozniacki, 10. M.S. Dhoni

Richardson praises Windies for rare win GEORGETOWN, Guyana — West Indies team manager Richie Richardson has praised the team for the fantastic showing in the first Test against Pakistan, which the home team won by 40 runs on Sunday.

The Windies played outstanding cricket at the Guyana National Stadium to take a 1-0 lead against the visitors in the two-match series. "I am very pleased with the way the team played and the way the team won the match. I thought Pakistan had the better part of the pitch, but it was great to see the way our players applied themselves and went out there and played their hearts out.

"The bowlers stuck to the task and did a fantastic job. We also saw some resolute batting when it was required. So I'm very, very pleased for the team and the way they went about the job," the former West Indies captain said.

Richardson, who played 86 Test and

224 One-Day International matches for the West Indies, suggested the performance in the last game was in keeping with the programme to build a formidable team for the future.

"What we are trying to build is a team. We are working on the total team concept, where players will have the confidence to go out and perform and know they have a role to play. There is wonderful camaraderie among the players and the management staff and we are hoping for this to continue and for the team to continue the brilliant work on the field," he said.

Richardson added: "It is very important at this level, at any level, to have a very strong team. If you are going to depend on just two of three players you are not going to be consistent. Everyone stuck to the plans and it was a very impressive showing by individuals and by the team as a whole."

The West Indies won the low-scoring match, thanks to a brilliant fourth-day spell from skipper Darren Sammy, who won the Man-of-the-Match award for his match figures of 7-45. He received superb support from pacer Ravi Rampaul, who also took seven in the match and legspinner Devendra Bishoo, who took four wickets in the first innings.

In the latest ICC Test match player rankings released yesterday, Sammy vaulted 16 places to rise to 29th position.

Rampaul has jumped 36 places to the 58th spot after match figures of 7-75, while Bishoo has entered the top 100 in 81st place after figures of 4-68 and 0-56.

Richardson outlined that it was a total team effort and it was the hard work that went into the preparation for the match, which helped the team to deliver during the four days. The West Indies have now won the last three matches on this tour and will be looking for more success during the last Digicel Test in St Kitts. which bowls off on Friday.

"The players have all grown to

West Indies team manager Richie Richardson

appreciate that they have to mentally and physically be prepared to play any format of the game and they have all bought into what the head coach Ottis Gibson and fitness trainer Hector Martinez-Charles have been doing," Richardson added.

OFFICE ASSISTANT

Chef de Cuisine Chef de Cuisine will train and manage kitchen personnel and supervise/coordinate all related culinary activities; estimate food consumption and requisition or purchase food; select and develop recipes; standardize production recipes to ensure consistent quality; establish presentation technique and quality standards; plan and price menus; ensure proper equipment operation/maintenance; and ensure proper safety and sanitation in the kitchen.

The Chef must have the ability to manage in a diverse environment with focus on client and customer services are essential to success in this role. Previous experience with control food and labor cost, demonstration cooking, menu development, and pricing and development of culinary team preferred.

The ideal candidates will possess a bachelor's degree or related culinary degree with eight or more years of industry and culinary management experience.

Overnight Cleaner Applicant must have one year experience in a five star Resort, knowledge of cleaning process and attention to detail. Applicant must have good communication skills.

Bartender/Mixologist Applicant must be experienced in mixing and serving drinks in high volume environments, with quality, professionalism and style. Certificate desirable. Applicant must be computer literate and experienced with Micros POS. Good communication and customer service skills.

E-mail Cover letter outlining your interest and supporting experience, along with your resume to hr@Wymara.com.

F Chambers, a modern law firm in the Turks and Caicos Islands is seeking an Office Assistant to join its young vibrant team of Professionals.

Job Duties • Maintaining files and databases • Prepares reports, presentations, memorandums, proposals and correspondence • Monitor office operations • Schedules appointments and meetings for executives and upper level staff • Serves as the go-to for office inquiries and conflicts • Manages staff schedules • Tracks office supply inventory and approves supply orders • Be the first point of contact for the office • Answer all telephone calls Required Skills • Excellent oral and written communication skills • Detail oriented and works with a high degree of accuracy • Highly organized and flexible • Ability to multitask and meet changing deadlines • Must be self directed and able to complete projects with limited supervision • Maintains staff confidentiality • Working knowledge of email, scheduling, spreadsheets and presentation software Job Requirements • 2 years or more related experience • Minimum: High School Diploma • Belongers need only apply.

All resumes and cover letters should be sent to: 2 Southern Shores Building One, P.O. Box 666, Leeward Highway, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos, Telephone: 1 649 339 6275 Fax: 649 339 7777 Email: HR@fchamberslaw.com

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Commercial and Operations Director Job Description – Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, this challenging role will require you to manage the day to day operating functions of the customer care, human resources, product development, pricing, carrier services, marketing and sales functions. As part of this role you will be responsible for ensuring that the revenue targets set by the organisation are achieved. You will also be responsible for training all new recruits in the relevant areas.

You should possess at least 5 years relevant experience with a proven track record in product management and development, pricing, market analysis, customer care, sales and marketing ideally gained in a Telecoms environment.

MAY 20TH- MAY 27TH, 2011

Pricing • Develop business cases for price changes and promotions • Implementing and testing price changes and price promotions • Keeping up to date with competitor pricing and promotions • Analyzing the impact following a price change or promotion Customer Care • Managing Customer Care team • Implementing and managing a retention program for prepaid and postpaid customers • Responsibility for front office / drop in customers • Liaise with Jamaica Team leaders with regard to TCI customer care • Ensure customer care is informed (and trained if required) of new ads, promotions, price changes and product launches.

• Working with customer care agents to ensure customers do not cancel and receive excellent service when they visit the office.

Operations • Working with legal and technical teams to implement new number ranges • Complete monthly board report and board presentation.

• A BSc degree in Management or a business/marketing related discipline • Excellent management and interpersonal skills • Good understanding of the Mobility market.

Sales • Manage the sales team • Drive the department to ensure that sales targets are achieved

Responsibilities will include:

Marketing • Manage the marketing team • Design and execute all marketing campaigns

Products •Working with all departments to develop, implement, test all new products or new product features •Completing monthly products reports •Monitoring daily, weekly, monthly products statistics •Keeping up to date with competitor offerings •Working with marketing to drive product revenues

Only Belongers apply. Salary Based on experience Interested applicants should forward their resumes to hrtci@digicelgroup.com

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