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The source also said that there is also a furniture loan that government took out to furnish the NIB office that now stands in excess of $700,000. A $2.5 million short term loan to ease a salary crisis is still outstanding plus interest, according to the source.

At the news conference, Governor Todd categorically denied that Government owed NIB substantial amount of money, while calling for the NHIB, NIB and the administration to work together to resolve any differences.

“The NIB, the NHIB and the government are together; they are a team. It is not the case that they are in opposition to each other, and also it is not true that the government has arrears in contributions to the NIB,” Governor Todd said.

However, a well-placed source told The SUN that when government wanted to borrow money to participate in the syndicated loan arrangement, NIB provided an undisclosed amount of money and as at March 31, 2010, total arrears to NIB from

Government was 26.2 million – $8.5 million was for contribution receivable, $7.5 million was for surcharges receivable, $5 million as advance payment on the syndicated loan, $2.4 million in rent receivable, $1.5 million for the purchasing of TCI Government bonds, $.7 million as receivable (furniture loan) and $.7million on interest on one another loan.

The source said that part of the syndicated loan arrangement was that government would use some of the proceeds from that loan to bring at least its outstanding obligations for staff contributions up-todate, and according to the source, the administration has been making efforts to reduce the loan, but an outstanding amount still remains.

“So, some of that loan was use to offset outstanding contribution for (government) staff, which pushed it down to the two hundred and eightysomething thousand that I spoke about earlier. So the bottom line is, any representations to the fact that the NIB is not owed substantial amount of money by Government is plain wrong,” the source added.

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The senior officer also pointed out that at the end of March 2010, the NIB had deposited $17.6 million in TCI Bank, $5.5 million in the debenture and $2 million in equity. However, NIB has resigned itself to recover less than fifty percent of its deposit from the failed institution.

However, the source said NIB is expected to recover 100 percent of its $5.5 million debenture capital.

According to the official, an actuary report showed that within the next 30 years, the NIB could go broke since it is currently paying out more money than what it is collecting. To this end the source said the actuary report also suggested that contribution for the higher tier workers should increase as well as the ceiling.

The source said NIB now has $25 million each at CIBC First Caribbean and Scotiabank. At the end of March 2010, NIB $12 million at British Caribbean Bank, which the source said was drastically reduced and now stands at zero dollars. “Now, we don’t have a dime there now,” the source said.

Christie’s International real estate strengthens position in the Caribbean with addition of a new affiliate in the Turks and Caicos Islands

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Estate, the world’s leading luxury real estate network, has awarded Affiliate status to Regency International Estates in the Turks and Caicos for a total of 13 brokerages in the Caribbean.

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exclusively represent the Christie’s brand throughout the Turks and Caicos Islands including the island of Providenciales, which was ranked the best beach destination in the world in 2011 by Trip Advisor.

Wholly owned by Christie’s, the world’s leading art business, Christie’s International Real Estate is represented in more than 40 countries. Regency International Estates joins this carefully selected organization of brokerages with proven records of success in both high-end property sales and exemplary client service.

“A key Caribbean offshore financial center, the Turks and Caicos Islands are increasingly becoming a desirable second-home destination for many affluent Europeans, Americans, Canadians, and British nationals,” says Jarvis Slade, Managing Director— Americas of Christie’s International Real Estate. “We welcome the opportunity to serve this important residential market through our newest Affiliate, Regency International Estates.”

“We are very pleased to welcome Regency International Estates to our invitation-only Affiliate network,“ said Rick Moeser, Senior Vice President of Christie’s International Real Estate.

“Led by Katherine Baryluk and Robert Greenwood, the firm is comprised of seasoned luxury real estate top producers who exemplify the Christie’s International Real Estate standards of quality, expertise, and integrity."

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Being part of the incredible Christie’s International Real Estate network is a great opportunity to further our brokerage in the ultra-high-net-worth

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Long a favored destination for high-net-worth individuals from around the world, the Turks and Caicos are a group of picturesque tropical islands, located approximately 500 miles southeast of Miami. The archipelago’s numerous private islands—such as the star-studded Parrot Cay—are resplendent with pristine white-sand beaches, clear blue waters, secluded bays, and some of the most exceptional beach homes in the Caribbean.

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Classified as a British Overseas Territory, the Turks and Caicos are a tax haven with no property, inheritance, or income taxes. With tourism skyrocketing in 2011, the islands are set for a prosperous future in 2012 and beyond.

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LOCAL NEWS

Interim Government imposes more new taxes on the Turks and Caicos Islands

In a move that clearly demonstrates that its financial and economic strategies in the Turks and Caicos Islands are a massive failure, the Interim Government introduced a new set of taxes to deal with a deficit that has shockingly spiraled out on control.

At a news conference on Wednesday November 16, 2011, Chief Financial Officer, Hugh McGarelGroves announced new measures to strengthen the Turks and Caicos Islands Government finances and increase education and capital spending.

He explained that the Government’s financial position has worsened this year with its overall shortfall expected to increase from the planned $8.5m deficit to a projected $35m if he took no action.

This increase in the deficit has been caused by a combination of delaying new taxation measures earlier this year, slower progress in achieving the public service cost reduction targets and substantial unexpected increases in expenditure on liabilities from the past.

CFO Hugh McGarel-Groves set out taxation measures designed to contain the deficit now and to ensure that the Interim Administration’s strategic objective of returning to a budget surplus is achieved next year.

The increase in revenues will also allow the Interim Administration to respond to public feedback to increase spending this year in schools and other infrastructure areas. Most notably work will begin shortly at the fire damaged Ona Glinton School and at the South Base government offices in Grand Turk made unusable by Hurricane Ike in 2008.

These revenue generating measures, which take effect from 1 December 2011, are: The Customs Processing Fee, which is levied on all imports, will be increased from 4% to 6%.

This will generate an additional $2m this financial year and $6m in 2012/13.

A switch from the Imperial Gallon to the US Gallon for the purposes of import duty and fuel tax calculations. With one Imperial Gallon equivalent to 1.2 US Gallons, and most beverages and fuel imported from the US, this simplifies how the tariff is calculated.

Together the switch to the US Gallon will generate an additional $0.8m this year ($2.4m in 2012/13) from alcoholic beverages, $0.5m this year ($1.6m in 2012/13) from fuel and $0.1m from other beverages this year ($0.2m in 2012/13).

An additional 20% increase in the import duty tariff on alcohol and tobacco raising respectively $1m ($3m in 2012/13) and $0.1m ($0.2m in 2012/13). The TCI Government is also taking action to reduce arrears in payments that it is owed, by recruiting additional revenue collection staff, agreeing stricter payment schedules with its creditors and other stronger initiatives where required.

“I appreciate that no tax rise is ever popular, but I know that the people of the Turks and Caicos understand the importance of getting the public finances back into balance,” said CFO Hugh McGarel-Groves. “If we are to hold elections next year we must ensure the Government achieves its milestone budget surplus in financial year 2012/13.

“Equally importantly we must look ahead and begin to invest once again in the fabric of the Islands. An additional $0.5m will be made available

Chief Financial Officer, Hugh McGarel-Groves

this financial year to improve school buildings and classrooms. This will allow the reconstruction of the Ona Glinton Primary School which was damaged by fire last year. We have also released the first $0.8m of the $3m+ required to refurbish the Hurricane Ike damaged Government buildings at South Base, Grand Turk. The work on these projects will start this financial year and will help provide some extra support for TCI’s depressed construction sector,” he said.

Analysts said that the Interim’ Government’s precarious financial position could have serious implications of the holding of elections to return TCI to self rule, since balancing the budget was a major plank and an important milestone towards that end.

In response to a number of questions on the economy, by SUN Publisher Hayden Boyce, Governor Ric Todd said: “I think you raise here a set of very important issues. To go back to the start and come back to the point of question earlier of what I said from the start; what is said from the start, if you remember, friends was, my objective was to ensure that the eight milestones are met so that we can have elections in TCI by the end of next year.

“That is a very difficult complicated task, I said so then. It requires the effort not just by me but that of TCIG and essentially across these islands. So those of us who, will in the end, have elections in 2012, will also accept the means, which is meeting those milestones. One of those milestones is to stable public finances and restructure government, put the right controls in place in the Ministry Of finance and across government as a whole. The second thing is said is that I want government to be open and transparent, you may not like the things I said, but I hope you will agree that I have been completely open and transparent. I have never held back anything from the people of these islands. I always presented to them the truth when it’s difficult and the truth when it’s hopeful. The other thing I said I would do, is that I want to make the public sector effective to the level of service that people want, and all across the islands people are saying the same thing to me; they say, ‘we

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want a government which is smaller, we want a government that spends less money on some things, and more money on schools, on employability and on capital infrastructure spending’, and what this budget does is exactly responds to those points.”

He added: “It exactly delivers what I said I would deliver spending in areas that people want, which is health care. Everybody said to me, ‘Mr. Governor, we need less hospital treatment, more primary care’. That is exactly what the reforms have done. The last point you asked me about was the plan for the economy, and I also set that out at the time, and it is still the same. It is this, if this country is going to be economically successful to attract investment, to be genuinely a growing tourist economy, it requires fiscal stability, it requires the right government, it requires honest government , it requires the ability to attract sustainable investment.

And as you bear in mind, friends, we are now very close to the announcement of a new hotel on Providenciales and while we look to a proposal for a hotel on Grand Turk, we are very close to signing an agreement for significant investment for the airport in Providenciales. We have started work for a feasibility plan for the South Caicos Airport, we are working to improving the causeway in middle.

So all of these things generate long term economic activities, so that’s the plan, and I believe that that will work and these islands in this country can be prosperous.”

When questioned by Boyce on the astonishingly huge deficit, Governor Todd said: “You are right that the budget deficit this year is bigger than we hoped it would be, and the press release, as the CFO explains, sets out why it is; it is principally to do with unexpected, non-recurrent bills from the past. The objective of this budget is to do two things, first, to get the country back on track to fiscal surplus – what fiscal surplus means, it means that the public finance is stable, it means you are not borrowing money, it means you are able to spend money and exactly what you want to spend it on. And second, it is re-prioritizing spending exactly in line with all the priorities that people have put to me across the islands for the time I have been here. “

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GAYS HAVE RIGHTS TOO

LOCAL COMMENTARY NEWS

By Sir Ronald Sanders

EDITORIAL CARTOON

A statement by the prime minister of Britain, David Cameron, that his government will not provide budgetary aid to governments that violate human rights, including by discriminating against homosexuals and lesbians, has angered sections of Caribbean society.

The angry response may have arisen over a misunderstanding of Cameron’s remarks made in a BBC interview at the end of the 2011 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Perth, Australia from 28 to 30 October.

The remarks were not made at CHOGM itself.

While Cameron did say that his government would not provide general budget support to governments that do not uphold human rights, including the rights of homosexuals, lesbians and vulnerable communities such as young girls, his remarks were not specifically about homosexuals and he did not say that all aid would be withheld. In any event, no independent Caribbean country is a recipient of General Budget Aid from Britain, and, therefore, not one of them would be affected. In this regard, the response to Cameron’s remarks could have benefitted from more careful study.

Cameron did not state a new position. What he said has been the British government’s published policy since earlier this year when the Department for International Development (DFID) conducted a study, involving a wide range of organisations and countries, from which it was decided that General Budget Aid to governments should be linked to good governance, accountability and respect for human rights. British budgetary support is only 16% of the UK’s annual aid budget of £7.46 billion (US$12.1billion).

Nevertheless, the policies, laws and practices applicable to homosexuals and lesbians are real and growing issues in the Caribbean, not only from a human rights stand point but as a public health one too.

At the CHOGM in Perth, an Eminent Persons Group (EPG), of which I am a member, delivered a report to Heads of Government, who commissioned it at their meeting in Trinidad two years ago, on ways to reform the Commonwealth to make it relevant to its times and its people.

Included in the 106 recommendations in the

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report was one that governments “should take steps to encourage the repeal of discriminatory laws that impede the effective response of Commonwealth countries to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and commit to programmes of education that would help a repeal of such laws”. Amongst these laws are those that criminalize homosexuality.

The recommendation proved to be difficult for many African and Caribbean governments. Of the current 53-nations of the Commonwealth, 41 of them retain laws that criminalise homosexuality in particular. Some of these laws dictate that homosexuals should be flogged and jailed. Of the 41 states with such laws, all 12 of the independent Commonwealth Caribbean countries are included.

Remarkably, these laws are relics of the colonial past. They were introduced in the Caribbean by the British Colonial government. But, while Britain, like the majority of countries in the world, has moved on to decriminalize homosexuality, the colonial laws remain in many parts of Africa and the Caribbean.

In Britain, Australia, Canada, the United States and the majority of European and Latin American nations, many homosexuals and lesbians, freed from the criminalization of their sexual preferences, have risen to the top of their careers. Many are captains of industries, government ministers, leading sports persons and even members of the armed forces doing duty in dangerous places such as Iraq and Afghanistan. In the Caribbean, however, homosexuals are marginalised and the majority remain hidden, terrified of the consequences of “coming out”.

Caribbean governments face serious difficulties over this issue. There is a strong prejudice in societies based on both a lack of education and reluctance to engage the issue in public fora. The churches in the Caribbean are the most unyielding, constraining political parties from adopting a more enlightened and modern-day view of the matter.

The facts indicate that 60 million people worldwide have been infected with HIV and 33.3 million presently live with the virus. Over 60% of the people living with HIV reside in Commonwealth countries. The region with the highest rate of HIV/AIDS per capita is the Caribbean. In this sense, the problem for the Caribbean is one both of human rights and public health.

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and jail are reluctant to reveal themselves if and when they become HIV infected. Consequently, they are left untreated and the disease spreads and eventually they die, although the real cause of death is usually hidden.

In any event, the laws criminalising homosexuality are depriving the Caribbean of the use of remarkably talented people in all fields of life who could be contributing to the development and prosperity of every Caribbean country. Some homosexuals have already emerged – despite the laws and the stigma – as outstanding Caribbean citizens, revered not only in the region but in other parts of the world, but they have been persons of great courage and unquestionable ability. Others have simply fallen by the wayside, or are living lives of lies.

On the eve of CHOGM in Perth, Helen Clark, the head of the United Nations Development Programme wrote to Commonwealth leaders pointing out that “it is important and urgent” for them “to promote and secure the repeal of the discriminatory laws which impede effective national HIV responses”. She called for “legislative initiatives and programmes which will repeal discriminatory laws” that “can not only turn back the HIV epidemic, but also improve the health and development of their citizens”. She urged leaders “to seize this opportunity for the Commonwealth to turn a corner in preventing and controlling HIV by embracing the proposals to repeal laws which impede effective HIV responses”.

In part, it was to this urging that the British prime minister was responding when he spoke in the BBC interview of the need to repeal discriminatory laws.

The issue will not go away. Britain’s linking of General Budget Aid to respect for human rights is one response. Others will follow in different ways.

As the international community sees it, homosexuals and lesbians are entitled to rights too, as long as they do not affect the rights and preferences of others.

The Caribbean will have to face up to that reality -- as most of the rest of the world has. The best way to start is by informed public discussion.

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Government backpedals on “health care discrimination”

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By Vivian Tyson SUN Senior Editor

GOVERNOR DAMIAN RODERICK ‘Ric’ Todd said it was a misunderstanding that caused Government to alienate National Health Insurance Plan (HHIP)-paying expatriates and temporary residents from full health care benefits in the TCI. The initial changes to the plan were unveiled on Thursday, November 3, by Governor Todd, while giving a post Advisory Council news conference in Providenciales.

Among the changes announced was to restrict work permit holders and temporary residents who are paying into the system, to on-island primary and emergency care only.

“They (work permit holders and temporary workers) will be directly responsible for care or treatment beyond that provided locally,” an earlier statement distributed by the Governor’s Office said.

The news sparked widespread outrage in almost all areas, especially within the expatriate community, who blasted the decision, forcing Government to change its mind However, during a news conference on Wednesday (November 16, 2011), Governor Todd said that statement was a misunderstanding.

“I want to be clear that everybody

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that pays into the NHIP, be they TCI citizens, Belongers, work permit holders or PRCs, will receive same level of treatment from the medical system here on the islands.

“I am sorry if anyone was led into confusion about this, or was there any misunderstanding, I want to emphasize that the medical treatment is available to everyone who pays in on the same basis,” Governor Todd said.

Governor Todd stressed that the key objective of the Health Care System is to have a regime that is fair and sustainable.

“Now, that means we want to ensure the people who contribute to the system get the care they need. We are shifting resources towards primary health care, we want to make secondary care as good as possible and we want to make sure that tertiary care is given in the right places, in the most cost-effective and best way for every individual,” Governor Todd said.

According to him, the present system is neither affordable nor sustainable, and so it requires reformation so as to make it better for everyone.

“It has always been the intention to apply the same treatment to contributors to the NHIP irrespective of their status. So now we are making that clear, so there is no

Last week’s press release which stated that work permit holders and temporary workers would be denied overseas medical coverage.

misunderstanding and we don’t want anyone to be concerned that they won’t get the medical treatment which they need,” Governor Todd stressed.

Former government minister Royal Robinson, who was project manager for the construction of the two InterHealth Canada-run hospitals and Honorary Jamaican Consul to the TCI Allan Hutchinson, described the decision as blatant discrimination

against one particular bloc of the TCI community.

The decision also rallied members of the expatriate community to call a meeting with Government representatives on Monday (November 14), to discuss the issue.

During the meeting the different nationalities represented lashed out at the policy, which some described as ill-conceived and inept.

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Former Education Minister Lillian Boyce defends awarding scholarships to hundreds of Turks and Caicos Islanders LOCAL NEWS

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FORMER DEPUTY PREMIER and Minister of Education Lillian Boyce says she has no regrets about awarding scholarships to hundreds of young Turks and Caicos Islanders.

And she said the Interim Government should stop criticizing what was a very successful and empowering policy and concentrate on creating employment for the young qualified Turks and Caicos Islands so that they can take their rightful place in their own country.

Mrs. Boyce was responding to a statement made by new Governor Ric Todd at a recent press conference during which he sought to criticise the scholarship policy by using an isolated case of a student who was studying overseas for about 16 years, dating back to when the People’s Democratic Movement was in office.

However, the former Minister of Education under the Progressive National Party (PNP) administration, said that case was the exception rather than the rule.

“Over the past three years, various officials from the British Government and the Interim Administration have been critical of the fact that under my watch as Minister of Education, hundreds of young people in the Turks

giving hundreds of young people from the Turks and Caicos Islands the opportunity to be exposed to higher education. The UK Government has made it more difficult for its own people in England to have access to education, by increasing tuition fees that caused thousands of British students to riot. So I’m not surprised that they would not want to see Turks and Caicos Islanders being qualified and that they would want to keep them down. They see the education of our people as an expense, but to me, spending money on scholarships was always a matter of investing in our young people. Once you are qualified, no one can take that from you.”

Mrs. Boyce said she is satisfied that overall, the scholarship policy had an impressive success rate.

She pointed out that in every education system, there will be successes as well as failures, but she added that young people deserved to be given a chance and it was up to them to make the best use of the opportunities.

She added: “The fact of the matter is that almost every family, every community, every island in the Turks and Caicos Islands benefitted from being awarded scholarships, to the extent that we now have the most

Lillian Boyce and Caicos Islands were awards scholarships. I listened to a recent press conference and heard that the new Governor Ric Todd has jumped on the bandwagon and it is clear that he was not properly briefed, not only on the issue of scholarships, but on other national issues as well,” Mrs. Boyce said.

She added: “I would like Governor Todd and the British Government to know that I make no apologies and I have no regrets whatsoever about

SENIOR EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS

(PERMANENT SECRETARY)

Turks and Caicos Islands Government

Following a public sector reform programme, TCI Government is reducing the number of ministerial departments. Applications are now invited for the Permanent Secretary appointments that will lead the new ministries through significant change.

These posts offer the chance to make a real difference in transforming the effectiveness and efficiency of public services.

Several positions are available and successful applicants will be appointed to the most appropriate ministries.

Applicants will need to be TCI Belongers but need not be currently living on the islands. Previous government experience is not a prerequisite and applications are invited from anyone with relevant leadership and management experience. Applications will be welcomed from current TCI civil servants with relevant experience, skills and potential without regard to current seniority.

Candidates need to be creative and strategic thinkers, with real leadership ability as well as a relevant level of financial understanding. Change-oriented and with a record of getting things done through people, they will be persuasive communicators, orally and on paper, able to manage complex stakeholder relationships. Above all they will be of unquestionable integrity, with the courage to insist on, and exemplify, the highest moral standards and behaviours.

To download further details, including how to apply, please visit [www.gov.tc] or telephone +1 649 332 7902.

Applications received after midnight on Sunday 27th November may not be considered.

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number of qualified persons ever in the history of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

What the Interim Government now has to do is stop destroying the economy and livelihoods of the people of this country and see to it that our young qualified people are placed in jobs and that they are able to take their rightful place in their own country, instead of stacking the job market with their own people.”

Mrs. Boyce said that the Interim Government’s failure to accommodate young Turks and Caicos Islanders into the job market and provide them with access to higher education is a social time-bomb waiting to explode.

“You have hundreds of students leaving high school every year and they can’t get into the community college and they can’t find work. Then you have scores of students returning from universities and they can’t find jobs in their own country. They have no hope and nowhere to turn. What does the Interim Government think is going to happen as a result of this? Do they care? I don’t think so. We will have a whole set of social issues to deal with if this incompetent Interim Administration doesn’t get its act together. They should wake up before it is too late,” she added.

Police Force appoints Chief Firearms Officer

THE ROYAL TURKS and Caicos Islands Police oversee the processing and licensing of all firearms in the Turks and Caicos Islands. The RTCI Police are in the process of completely revising and enhancing the Firearm Licensing and Processing Program. In consultation with relevant stakeholders and interested parties and with an effort to promote public safety, a process is being developed which involves the effective risk management of firearms and their owners.

In light of this the RTCI Police are ensuring that appropriate processes are developed or enhanced to control the acquisition, possession and ownership of firearms. The process will be also designed to regulate certain types of firearms and weapons, to help develop an appropriate legislation that prevents the misuse of firearms and to enhance public safety.

Assistant Superintendent Darron Williams will be elevated to an Acting Superintendent as the Chief Firearms Officer.

Acting Supt Williams will report

Assistant Superintendent Darron Williams will be elevated to an Acting Superintendent as the Chief Firearms Officer.

directly to the Commissioner of Police during the implementation of the program and will no longer be responsible for matters relating to “A” Division. Acting Supt Williams will have complete control of all matters relating to firearms and ammunition. It is expected that Acting Supt Williams will be tasked with other matters as they arise, i.e. police interaction with Security Companies.

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NOVEMBER 18TH - NOVEMBER 25TH, 2011

By Vivian Tyson SUN Senior Editor

IF AND WHEN ex-premier Michael Misick is charged, the Special Investigation and Prosecution Team (SIPT) will have problems getting him here from the Dominican Republic to face the charges if he refuses to return, since the United Kingdom does not have an extradition treaty with that Caribbean nation.

This was revealed by a SIPT spokesperson who said its investigators are aware that Misick, who resigned as premier in 2009, after coming under pressure from members of his own cabinet and party, is currently living in the Dominican Republic.

The SUN was informed that before Christmas this year several other persons are expected to be charged, and it is speculated that the ex-premier could be one of them.

However, when pressed, the spokesperson would not confirm or

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Former Premier Michael Misick

deny that allegation, but said that some of the persons that the SIPT hopes to charge are outside of the jurisdiction at this time.

Asked to comment on how the SIPT was planning on bringing Misick back to the territory in the event that he refuses to return to answer to charges if and when they are laid against him, the spokesperson said that

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could be a challenge as a result of the current treaty position between the Dominican Republic and the United Kingdom.

The spokesperson did not say whether or not the UK was working to fix that problem.

According to the SIPT source, while the Helen Garlick-led team of investigators had undertaken dozens of high profile cases, this is the most unique, since the investigation outcome will impact the entire country.

The SIPT individual conceded that the probe was arduous since its investigators had to start from scratch owing to the condition that the evidence fleshed out during the commission of inquiry had become worthless, as they would not be admissible in a court of law.

However, the source said the SIPT case became stronger as its investigation, which took them to a number of territories, unwound, as in a number of instances bigger charges came up.

The source said the SIPT

investigations are on track to complete at the end of next year.

As matter of fact, the SIPT spokesperson said they it ready to proceed with trial, but it is up to court to decide, as the presiding judge would want to ensure that the defense is given time to get ready as well.

The source emphasized that the SIPT will apply for trial without jury in all its matters, but also stressed that it would depend on the judge to decide whether or not to grant such requests.

In the meantime, the source said the public should expect to see bribery charges being laid against both the briber as well as the receiver. This could lead to the arrest of several international investors, who have pumped millions of dollars into local projects.

The SIPT spokesperson pointed out that on conviction it would seek to seize assets on the behalf of the Crown.

The proceeds of Crime Ordinance will be implemented to identify the assets.

ANOTHER SERIOUS LEEWARD HIGHWAY/WINDARD ROAD ACCIDENT

A MOTOR CYCLIST was taken to hospital in serous condition last Friday (November 11, 2011) after his bike collided with motor car along the Leeward Highway in the vicinity of Windward Road (Associated Medical Practices). The Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Traffic Enforcement Unit in Providenciales, which is investigation, said the accident occurred at about 2:50pm. The police said the motor cycle was traveling in a westerly direction, while the car was attempting to enter highway from Windward Road. Both vehicles received extensive damage.

The police said a woman, who was the driver of the car and a child passenger were transported to the Cheshire Hall Medical Centre with nonlife threatening injuries.

In the photo members of the Emergency Medical Services transport the injured motor cyclist on a gurney towards the ambulance

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A PUBLIC CONSULTATION on a fair and transparent process for acquisition of Turks and Caicos Islander status was launched by the TCI Government on Thursday, 17 November 2011.

The establishment of a clear pathway to TCI status is one of the eight milestones to be met before new elections are held next year.

The consultation document identifies key considerations and presents a series of questions which it is inviting submissions. The questionnaire can be downloaded from the government website www.gov.tc. The public consultation runs until 17th February 2012.The completed questionnaires should be returned to citizenship@gov.tci.

Questions include whether or not a points system should be used to determine Turks and Caicos Islander status and to award Permanent Residence Certificates (PRCs). This approach had been recommended by a 2004 Immigration Review Commission which attached points to such attributes as age, type of occupation, level of skills, level of income, country of origin, ethnicity and ability to speak and write English.

Another key consideration is the pathway to PRC and the public can have a say on what should be the

qualifying time for a person who qualifies by working; and whether qualification by working should be limited to only certain categories of workers, for example.

Public comment is also invited as to whether or not to maintain the three current classes of PRCs or merge them into a single category without limitation or restrictions.

The three classes are i) those carrying wholly unrestricted rights to work; ii) those carrying the right to work for any employer and in any occupations with specific exceptions; and iii) those carrying no right to work.

People can also express a view on using the migration and citizenship system to attract potential investors in property and business enterprises. They can say what they consider the right level of investment and if the PRC should be issued in advance of making an investment.

The launch of the public consultation was done by the Ministry of Border Control and Labour at a special meeting on Thursday of the Consultative Forum.

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Massive police shake-up on Grand Turk

NOVEMBER 18TH - NOVEMBER 25TH, 2011

By Vivian Tyson SUN Senior Editor

THE HIERARCHY OF the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police will be making drastic charges to the Grand Turk Police Division.

And while Deputy Commissioner of Police Brad Sullivan said the top brass of the force will be meeting with divisional members to get feedback later this month, some are already thinking out loud on what they feel of the impeding move.

Under the new initiative the majority of the specialized units will be scrapped. Those to go under the guillotine include the Criminal Investigations Division, Scenes of Crime, Traffic Section and Community Policing. Those that escape the shakeup for now will be the Marine Division, Air Services and Corporate Services.

The Scenes of Crime personnel, who are normally dispatched at the report of crime, will now work on regular foot and beat patrol. Also under the new measure all police officers that now wear plain clothes during time, including CID Officers, will be returned to force uniform, as the new initiative will not make allowance for duty plain clothes officers.

The disbanding of the units could see some officers losing their allowances, including CID. But while some officers are saying that such action could demoralize the force on that island, the police high command said the move is to foster a strong safety and security programme aimed at effectively and legitimately promoting safe communities.

An electronic letter attributed to Commissioner Farquar, notifying some force members of the move and obtained by The SUN read in part: “All personnel (Scenes of Crime, Criminal Investigations Division, Traffic Section, Community Policing, etc) would fall into one of four shifts. There would no longer be specialized units, not even within the four shifts, with the exception of Scenes of Crime.

“A Scenes of Crime person would be identified for each shift. It is expected that police officers with experience in particular areas would

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Commissioner of Police Colin Farquar

Deputy Commissioner of Police Brad Sullivan

mentor and help others within their shift. There would be a greater expectation of team-work and working together for the safety and security of Grand Turk.”

The Commissioner said the move should create safer communities, reduce crime, increase visibility and improve service delivery on that island.

He said decision is also to optimize force resources, effectively managing human resources, to ensure best practices and foster effective stewardship of material resources.

He added that the changes are designed to achieve an accountable police service; increase trust between the police and the public; develop partnerships to detect and prevent crime; increase community safety; increase professionalism in the delivery of services; improve police training, staff development, personnel policies and practices; and Improve police structure, strategic management, capacity, and practices.

“I strongly believe that our frontline officers should be more involved and accountable in all investigations.

Our front-line officers can be General Duty officers with the ability to investigate minor and some serious crimes from the beginning to the end of the investigation.

“What happens if there is a major investigation? Major investigations that are beyond the scope or capacity of the "A" Division General Duty

personnel will be conducted with the assistance of the Criminal Investigations Division - Providenciales (including Scenes of Crime). Crime scenes can be secured pending the arrival of additional personnel and expertise. As stated, it is expected that all general duty police officers will be able to investigate all minor investigations from start to finish. Inservice training will begin as soon as practical,” the mail continued.

On matter of CID Allowance, the Commissioner said suggestions have

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been made that it should be maintained for those individuals already receiving it for the duration of the project. He however, noted that in the interest of fairness such allowance disbursement should be scrapped.

The Commissioners said that the pilot project would run for six months, during which a review team would be established to monitor the progress and provide oversight.

For his part, Deputy Commissioner Sullivan said the change will also mean that more experienced officers, who are to work day to day with their less experienced counterparts, will be given the opportunity to impart their experiences and knowledge in specialized areas, thereby augmenting the different arms of the force.

“We just get more use out of our resources doing it this way. It just gives us more people on the streets, more high visibility, placing more officers out there, responding to the complaints that we get from time to time,” Sullivan said.

What is described as an “Open Forum” with the general division on that island has been scheduled for Monday, November 12, at 2:30 at the divisional headquarters.

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By Royal S. Robinson, MBE Contributor

I HAVE SAID on a number of occasions that the British, and more particularly the English - do not have the moral authority to treat us the way that they have chosen to do, especially in recent times.

Some of you might remember the ‘Keeler Affair where a Minister traded country secrets for sexual favours from a “lady of the night.” There was the incident that cost Jeffrey Archer his job as well as landing him in jail for a period. He has now become an impressive author! In very recent times, there was the expenses scandal that landed a number of British politicians in jail, fined or out of office for padding the books so that they could receive payment from the taxpayer that was not their just due. That scandal touched Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrats.

In the recent past, we had the British Aerospace Scandal that involved the sale of British made planes to Saudi Arabia. It was alleged that Prince Banda of Saudi Arabia benefitted by having an aircraft purposely built and configured for his travelling pleasure.

The investigation of this corrupt act on the part of British Ministers, Civil Servants and Saudi officials was entrusted to none other than the famed Helen Garlick.

When it became apparent that the web of deceit was going to go way up to the top and engulf a number of the British hierarchy from social to political, that investigation was shut down “in the interest of national security.” It seemed that in order to placate good old Helen, she was sent out into the Caribbean on an unlimited expenses account to investigate the alleged corrupt practices of a few Turks and Caicos Islands politicians, resulting from the biased report of sole Commissioner Robin Auld.

If as Robin postulated, there was so much evidence in abundance, why has it taken over two years to find such evidence? It seems as if they were looking for a needle in a haystack, rather than casting

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their nets on either side and they would have caught fish. What must be clear to all and sundry, is that all the British is concerned with here, is to save face in the international community for their lack of oversight of the Turks and Caicos Islands and helping us to build capacity as we progress on the road to eventual independence.

I would be the first to say that all was not right in TCI. But I can also say that there were sufficient checks and balances, if allowed to work or properly applied, would have righted the ship of state. What is being done now is the taking of a sledgehammer to kill an errant fly. It is a total overreach and could only be based on might and racism. They have the might to do it and racism, because when Ian Smith committed a number of egregious acts in Rhodesia, they stood by and watched.

They were determined in their minds that they would not allow any of the local institutions to work and be tested. They began by dismantling our Legislature that had been duly elected by the people of this country and installed their own puppet regime. Then they started using this regime to first and foremost do away with our automatic right to Trial by Jury that was enshrined in our Constitution for a number of years. Every Constitution is unique to the people of its country. What must clearly obtain, in any Constitution, is that a number of commonalities must be present for universal governance. That is never to say that there should not be anything in it that is peculiar to the people over which it governs. Having taken that right from our Constitution, it is now part of the law of the land now.

Helen and her team, now having reviewed the information gathered, are finding it hard to get a criminal conviction, beyond a reasonable doubt, are now reengineering the system to get a criminal conviction by the lower civil standard, by the preponderance of the evidence method. Clearly there are a number of allegations out there against many Turks and Caicos Islanders, particularly Ministers in the former government and many others who it is alleged enriched themselves unjustly. However, it would have been difficult to prosecute persons on the evidence so far gathered. Now, they have come up with another strategy of using “hear say” evidence to convict persons.

The Shaun Malcolm’s of this world can hide behind anonymity and confidentiality as they did in the Commission of Inquiry, and their submissions would be acceptable in a court of law, and on the basis of that a person can be convicted, without his and his legal representative have the ability to confront him/her so as to ascertain the veracity of what is being alleged.

This is a complete out and out “rigging” of our legal system to force a preconceived outcome. But in all this, we must all remember that, it might be me today and you tomorrow. Because as you can see, they are making sure that their Puppet Forum passes these things so that the finger would be pointed on Turks and Caicos Islanders, misguided though they might be, rather than on the British or others implicated in such misdeeds.

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By law, each defendant is entitled to know and see who the virtual complainant is. With this, if the law comes into effect, persons from the hinterland of Russia can lodge a complaint, and all SIPT and its minions have to say is that those persons cannot appear because of the expense in getting them to Turks and Caicos Islands. This must be one of the greatest farces ever perpetuated on us in the face of two facts. First of all, we do not have to rely on the Federal boats for transportation and anyone can get from London to here within fifteen hours and if the direct flights start early next year as planned, then less than that! If no expense is spared on the jetting around in first class of the Attorney General without any visible benefit to us, then economy tickets could be found to bring accusers here.

It was kind of a circuitous route that I took, but people have to be fully told of the hypocrisy of our colonial masters with respect to the Territories. I could not leave, however, without making reference to the plight of the Civil Service and their struggle under the yoke of the Interim Administration. As Courtney Missick has said, they have changed ‘black, local corruption for white, foreign corruption’. He could say this from his bird’s eye view of our situation. They definitely are going to get rid of the current cadre of Permanent Secretaries.

If they do not go by volunteering for the package, then they would be sent packing before the 2012/2013 budget comes into effect. What is more, advertisement for Permanent Secretaries has been making the rounds.

But is it not curious that no particular qualification is necessary? This is deliberate because they do not want a benchmark to be out there against which persons can be measured. If they were to say as used to be standard previous practice, that the minimum academic requirement would have to be a Masters in Public Administration or an allied discipline, when someone gets the job without that, we can all cry foul. But by doing it this way, it would be difficult to question them on the facts.

I thought that we had gone away from relying on persons who could do a particular job by rote only. Why in hell’s name did we spend so much money training and educating our people, particularly the youth, so that they could become strategic thinkers? “Shooks”, I forgot that the chief of the Forum, in her official capacity and from the “Chair”, pronounced that it was a total waste of resources to have funded the educational advancement of our youths! Now I see the link!

Prize, in your blindness, before your departure, you saw that, and poor, totally sighted me, missed the connection. But it is never too late to see the light of day! Always look for the common thread and you will unravel the garment. The Emperor has no clothes!

My people do not be fooled by the smiling guile of Governor Todd. He is cut from the same cloth as the other deceivers, even if it is the sleeve and not the hem. I do not want you to say, sometime later when he drives the dagger into you, “Et tu Brute”?

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

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Young TCIs must learn of Veterans’ sacrifices - Governor

NOVEMBER 18TH - NOVEMBER 25TH, 2011

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By Vivian Tyson SUN Senior Editor

YOUNG PEOPLE OF the Turks and Caicos Islands should learn more of the sacrifices that Veterans from these islands made during the World Wars, so as to give them a better appreciation of how the ex-service men helped to shape today’s world.

The call came from Governor, His Excellency Damian Roderick (Ric) Todd, during an interview with The SUN shortly after Remembrance Sunday service at St. Monica’s Anglican Church in Providenciales.

Recruits from the Turks and Caicos Islands fought on behalf of Great Britain in the two World Wards: 1914-1918 and 1939 to 1945. It is said that some of them fought in other conflicts following those wars.

Governor Todd said it is critically important for the young to grasp a better understanding of what the Veterans were fighting for and the family members that they left behind to defend such cause.

“I think it is very important for young people to understand exactly what it was that these Veterans went through, and also, of course, to remember that while they are now here at home, they are old, they are respected by their families, their friends, their countryman; they didn’t know that when they left their homes

Governor His Excellency Damian Roderick (Ric) Todd

70 years ago.

“They were going in to face great danger; they were taking great risks to serve their country, and to serve their children and their future generation.

So, it is very important that those things are understood by young people now,” Governor Todd said.

Added Governor Todd: “Remembrance Day is a very important day, not just in Britain and the Commonwealth here in the Turks and Caicos Islands, but across the whole world. Last year I was in Warsaw (Poland) on Remembrance Day, and at the parade there, the snow was falling. So, now, it is a completely different day in November.

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“What ties these events together is that, right across the world people just stop today, and they remember the sacrifice of those who died, and also to remember the Veterans. And today we had the honour and pleasure of meeting some of the Veterans from the British Armed Forces from Wars and conflicts after that. For me, one of the nice points was to meet Uncle Ossie.”

People’s Democratic Movement (PDM) Leader Doug Parnell, who was also in attendance, stressed that it is extremely important that those who fought for our freedom are honoured and given their deserved respect.

“It is extremely important that we honour those who have sacrificed especially with their lives; that we remember them. It is important to recognize that they have helped to make the world a better much place.

It (their efforts) provides you and I the opportunity of freedom and peace, and to pursue opportunities that we would not have, had it not been for their sacrifice,” Parnell said.

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The purpose of this paper is to set out, for public consultation, options for a fair and transparent process for the acquisition of Turks and Caicos Islander (Belonger) status.

Consultative Forum via e mail to: citizenship@gov.tc by Friday 17 February 2012 and the responses will be taken into account in setting in place the new Ordinance, policies and procedures during the first half of 2012.

2. It sets out:

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• The current pathways to permanent residence, citizenship and Belonger status in the Turks and Caicos Islands; together with • the minimum conditions set out in the 2011 Constitution.

8. As a British Overseas Territory, the citizenship that is conferred on a person by virtue of a connection with the Turks and Caicos Islands is British Overseas Territories Citizenship (BOTC), under the British Nationality Act 1981. A BOTC can:

3. It sets out key considerations for a fair and transparent process: • developed as part of a whole system approach; • capable of supporting a long term strategy; • in compliance with international obligations; and • well administered.

• hold a British Overseas Territories citizenship (Turks and Caicos Islands) passport; and • apply to be registered as a British Citizen.

4. The options draw on the relevant recommendations in the 2004 Immigration Review Commission, and are informed by what is done in other jurisdictions.

5. The questions cover:

9. A person acquires Belonger status under Turks and Caicos Islands law in accordance with Section 3 of the Immigration Ordinance. A Belonger can: • hold elected office • vote in TCI elections

• whether PRC and Turks and Caicos Islander status should be determined according to a points system;

• work in the TCI without a permit

• options for the pathway to PRC, and thus BOTC;

• be allocated Crown Land

• options for possible forms of long term temporary residence which would not necessarily lead to permanence, citizenship, nor Turks and Caicos Islander status;

• operate specified reserved businesses.

• options for the pathway from BOTC to Turks and Caicos Islander status; and • a proposal that a new Commission should be set up to oversee the fair and transparent process for acquisition of Turks and Caicos Islander status 6. This paper has been reviewed by the Advisory Council and the Consultative Forum and reflects their comments.

7. The public is invited to consider the questions, and to discuss them with family, friends, colleagues, fellow churchgoers and fellow members of youth and civic groups, such as Red Cross, Rotary, Soroptimists, Chamber of Commerce, and trade associations. 2 Completed versions of the questionnaire can be returned to the

10. Belonger status and BOTC used to be linked, so that acquiring one status would mean you had the other, (and this remains the case in some of the other Overseas Territories) but the law in the Islands was changed in the 1990s so that, while there are some overlaps- for example, a person born in the Islands of a Belonger parent will automatically be both a Belonger and a BOTC- it is possible in the Turks and Caicos Islands to be a Belonger without being a BOTC. And acquiring BOTC by registration or naturalisation does not currently provide any pathway to acquiring Belonger status.

Constitution 2011 11. Section 132 of the Turks and Caicos Islands Constitutional Order 2011 provides that “(1) For the purposes of this Constitution, a person shall be regarded as a Turks and Caicos Islander if that person (a) had immediately before the commencement of this Constitution the status of Belonger or Turks and Caicos Islander by virtue of any law then in force in the Islands; or

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(b) has the status of Belonger or Turks and Caicos Islander under any law for the time being in force in the Islands. (2) An Ordinance shall prescribe the conditions under which a person may be granted the status of Turks and Caicos Islander, and (except in the case of a person who has a family connection with the Turks and Caicos Islands) those conditions shall include, but need not be limited to, the conditions set out in subsection (3).

(3) The conditions referred to in subsection (2) are that – (a) an applicant is a British Overseas Territories Citizen or a British Citizen who either (i) has held a permanent residence certificate for a period of at least five years; or 4 (ii) has been legally resident in the Turks and Caicos Islands for a period of at least ten years; and (b) an applicant is neither serving a sentence imposed by a court for an offence against the law in force in any country nor has been adjudged or otherwise declared bankrupt under any law in force in any country and has not been discharged. “ 12. It was made clear in the public Table 1. Current possible route via PRC or birth in a British Overseas Territory or to a British Overseas Territory Citizen debate on the Constitution that these conditions would be the minimum conditions. Meeting them would not be enough in itself for a person who had Belonger status at the time of his adoption; or someone to qualify for Turks and Caicos Islander status.

• Had been granted Belonger status by the Governor as a person who 13. This consultation exercise is to gather views on the full is the spouse of a Belonger and has lived with his spouse for at least requirements for Turks and Caicos Islander status, which will be five years on the date of the application, or would have done so but for the death of the spouse; or included in the Ordinance.

14. As discussed by the Advisory Council, the scope of this consultation will also extend to the requirements for Permanent Residence, and as advised by them, the moratorium on new applications for Permanent Residence Certificates (PRC) has been maintained for the time being.

• Is the dependent child of someone who qualifies as a Belonger under any of these headings. “Child” is defined in the Immigration Ordinance as a person who has not reached the age of 18 years and who is the child, stepchild, legitimated child or lawfully adopted child of any person.

15. This consultation extends to some other questions relevant to the pathway to citizenship, such as whether there should be provision for some categories of long term temporary residence; and whether there should be categories of temporary worker who may not progress to permanence, and what the term limits for their work permits should be..

18. Section 3 also provides for the grant of Belonger status, apart from on the grounds of marriage, stating that it is a privilege which shall only be granted in exceptional circumstances, and accordingly where the Governor considers that any person has made “an outstanding contribution to the economic and social development of the Islands”. The Ordinance and Regulations do not prescribe an application process for this. The provision was suspended in 2009 and it is intended that it should be replaced by the fair and transparent process which is the subject of this consultation.

16. The requirements for British Overseas Territories Citizenship set out in the British Nationality Act 1981 will inform this consultation, but are not within its scope.

Current requirements for Belonger status and British Overseas Territories Citizenship 17. Under Section 3 of the Immigration Ordinance 1998, a person acquires Belonger status if he • Was born in the Islands and , at the time of his birth, at least one of his parents had Belonger status; or • Was born outside the Islands and at least one of his parents had Belonger status at the time of his birth and at least one of his parents was born in the Islands; or • Was born outside the Islands and lawfully adopted in the Islands by

19. Under Section 15(1) of the British Nationality Act 1981, a person born in the Turks and Caicos Islands on or after 1 January 1983 is automatically a British Overseas Territories Citizen (BOTC) if either parent was a BOTC at the time of their birth, or was settled, ie a Belonger who was not also a BOTC, or a PRC holder, at that time. If they were born before 2006 and the relevant parent is their father, their parents would need to have been married at the time.

20. Under Section 16(1)(a), a child born outside the TCI on or after 1 January 1983 is automatically a BOTC if either parent is a BOTC “otherwise than by descent” at the time of birth. This means that the parent must at the time of birth be a BOTC by birth, adoption, naturalisation or registration in TCI.

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21. People in the following sets of circumstances are entitled, upon application, to be registered as BOTCs: • under Section 15(3): a child under 18 who was born in the TCI on or after 1 January 1983, and one of whose parents has subsequently become a BOTC or obtained PRC, and if over the age of 10 is of good character.

• under Section 15(4), a person born in the TCI on or after 1 January 1983 who has lived for the first ten years of their life in TCI, spending no more than 90 days out of the territory in each of those ten years, and is of good character.

• under Section 17(2), a child under 18, who was born outside TCI on or after 1 January 1983, and either parent was a BOTC by descent at the time of their birth, or a grandparent is or would have become a BOTC “otherwise than by descent”, and the parent has lived in the territory for 3 years, with no more than 270 days absence, and the child, if over 10, is of good character.

• under Section 17(5), a child under 18, born outside TCI on or after 1 January 1983, parent was BOTC by descent at the time of the birth, the child and both parents have been in the territory for the 3 year period ending with the date of the application, child and parents have had no more than 270 days absence, if aged 10 or more the child is of good character, and both parents have consented to the application.

22. There is also a discretionary provision to register a child under 18 under Section 17(1), provided the child, if aged 10 or more is of good character, and “the Governor sees fit to register the child”. The Governor’s discretion on this is exercised according to policy within the territory.

23. Adults can, upon application, be naturalised as BOTCs in the following circumstances: under Section 18(1), a person over 18, of full capacity, who has been ordinarily resident in the TCI for five years with no more than 450 days of absence in total, and for the last 12 months has been a PRC holder, and without absence of more than 90 days, has not been in breach of immigration laws in the qualifying period, is of good character, with sufficient knowledge of English, and intends to live in the TCI if naturalised.

• under Section 18(2), a person over 18, married to a BOTC, of full capacity, has been resident in the TCI for three years with no more than 270 days’ absence in total and no more than 90 days’ absence in the last 12 months, not subject to immigration time restrictions on the date of application and not in breach of immigration laws in the qualifying period.

Applicants are considered to be of good character if they show respect for the rights and freedoms of the territory, have observed its laws and fulfilled their duties and obligations as residents.

Permanent Residence Certificate (PRC) 24. The granting of a PRC in the Turks and Caicos Islands is by statute a decision for the Governor in Council, ie the Cabinet. In practice, applications are currently made to the Ministry of Border Control and Labour, processed, considered, and decided by the Ministry, and put to the Governor for formal approval, and for signature of the Certificate.

25. Sections 14-18 of the Immigration Ordinance provide that a person may apply to the Governor for PRC; that the Governor may grant PRC if the person meets the prescribed requirements; may impose such conditions on the PRC as are prescribed (including that the holder may not work) or as he sees fit to impose; that he may vary those conditions upon application by the holder; and that the PRC may be endorsed as applying to a spouse or dependent children, again subject to conditions, including that they shall not work without a work permit.

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26. Sections 19-21 of the Ordinance cover revocation of a PRC. Section 22 provides that there is no avenue of appeal against a Governor’s decision to refuse a PRC or to impose conditions on a PRC; and that the avenue of appeal against revocation of a PRC or an endorsement on a PRC is to the Supreme Court. 7 27. The criteria which have to be met in order to qualify for PRC, and the conditions which are imposed, are set out in Schedule 2 to the Immigration Regulations and the fees are set out In Schedule 8.

These were recently published by the Ministry of Border Control and Labour, in the context of the arrangements to clear the backlog of PRC cases dating back a number of years. All the backlog cases are being considered against these criteria. In summary, the ways in which a person can qualify under the current law for PRC are as follows: • five years on a self-employed work permit and investment of at least $200,000 (in Providenciales) or$75,000 (elsewhere in the Islands) in a business • five years on a work permit as a skilled worker and investment of at least $200,000 (in Providenciales) or $75,000 (elsewhere in the Islands) in a business or a home for himself and dependents • ten years on a work permit as a skilled worker, no investment • six years on a work permit as an unskilled worker and investment of at least $200,000 (in Providenciales) or $75,000 (elsewhere in the Islands) in a business or a home for himself and dependents • ten years on a work permit as an unskilled worker, no investment as a retired person, having invested not less than $500,000 (in Providenciales) or $125,000 (elsewhere in the Islands • having invested no less than $500,000 in an enterprise in Providenciales in respect of which a development order was made; not less than $150,000 in a Belonger business in Providenciales engaged in the development of condominiums in respect of which a development order was made; not less than $125,000 in an enterprise elsewhere in the Islands in respect of which a development order was made; or not less than $50,000 in an “authorised investment” in the islands of Grand Turk, Salt Cay, South Caicos, Middle Caicos or North Caicos • having been the dependent child of a permanent resident, and is now 18 years old • does not meet any of the above provisions, but has become assimilated into the life and affairs of the Islands.

28. PRC may be endorsed with the right to work in a specified category of employment; or with no right to work; or with the right to work with no limitation or restriction. This is determined according to the heading under which the applicant has qualified. The fees vary from $5,000 to $50,000 according to the route to qualification.

29. A work permit holder who is granted PRC is required by law to pay an “anniversary” fee each year afterwards, equivalent to what they would have paid for a work permit (but can qualify for BOTC after a year). There is also provision for someone who has been resident for ten years (following the grant of the PRC) to apply to have the conditions of their PRC varied so as to enable them to work without restriction or limitation.

Key considerations for a fair and transparent process (1) There needs to be a whole system approach 30. The possible pathways to citizenship and status begin with the decision whether or not a person can enter and work, or live in the Islands, including whether or not they can be accompanied by their spouse and children. The rules on leave to enter and remain, on who can work and when they have to depart, and on which workers can be joined by their dependents, all need to be clearly set out, and firmly and fairly enforced, in order for there to be a fair and transparent process for the acquisition of Turks and Caicos Islander status. The Ministry of Border Control and Labour’s change programme involves strengthening the borders, including by reforms to the visa system; as well clarifying the rules on entry, work and residence; and action to ensure that enforcement and deportation activity are better targeted and more effective.

(2) The migration and citizenship system needs to support a longer term strategy for the demography, economy and community cohesion of the Islands

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31. Managed migration should be part of a comprehensive development strategy, attracting skills and investment to promote growth, while reducing negative impacts. A longer term population policy for the TCI, and its long term managed migration strategy, will properly be the responsibility of an elected government. But putting in the basics of a fair and transparent process now will provide a foundation for migration to be well managed in future, whatever the strategic context.

(3) The system needs to have regard to international legal obligations 32. The policies and procedures need to comply with the TCI’s international legal obligations, such as humanitarian protection, the rights of the child, and the right to a family life. This means, for example, that there should be law, policy and procedures to give effect to the territory’s obligations in respect of humanitarian protection, and the UNHCR has provided TCIG with models from within the region for relevant legislation and policies. And that someone who has lived in the territory for many Table 2. TCI Constitution 2011 Current possible route to Turks and Caicos Islander Status via PRC and/or BOTC years and is of good character (except in the case of a person who has a family connection with a Turks and Caicos Islander) should not be required to leave the territory without very careful consideration of their full circumstances and their ties to the Islands, as they are capable of being simple to understand and administer; and should accordingly be considered for permanent status. As an objective, transparent and predictable. Points can also be adjusted in example, compliance with a Council of Europe Convention has been future in order to respond to changing demographic, economic and translated into a UK policy that a person who has been in the UK social factors, without the need for primary legislation. legally for ten years, or illegally for fourteen, should not be forced to leave, and should therefore be granted indefinite leave to remain 38. Such systems are most useful where the points are awarded for objective factors –age, length of residence, qualifications, finances(settlement) subject to a full consideration of their case.

(4) The rules need to be published, and to be administered so that the applicant and the administrator can make the same calculation, and the scope for discretion and dispute is reduced. Some transparently, fairly and consistently factors, for example a clean criminal record, are probably best 33. Whatever the rules are, the most important part of having a fair established as an absolute requirement before a person is eligible to and transparent process is that they should be published, widely apply, rather than a factor for which points can be deducted. available and well-understood by the public, applicants and the staff responsible for administering them. It is essential that they are seen 39. For example, in Australia, to be eligible to apply for a Skilledto be applied consistently, without fear or favour. Decisions need to Independent visa, the person applying must be 50 years of age or be timely, and well-explained with reference to the relevant law and under, must meet the English language requirement threshold of competent English, must nominate an occupation listed on the Skilled policy.

Occupation List and have a suitable skills assessment for the nominated occupation, and must meet the points test threshold of 65 A points based system? points and pass all health and character requirements.

34. In the Cayman Islands an application for permanent residence is considered by the Caymanian Status & Permanent Residency Board Question 1: Do you think that it would be helpful for the Turks and Caicos Islands to administer decisions on permanent according to a points system. residence and Turks and Caicos Islander status according to a 35. The Immigration Review Commission 2004 recommended (2.4.11 points system? (d) and 2.4.12) that there should be a points system for decisions on permanent residence in the Turks and Caicos Islands, and that it QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PATHWAY TO PRC should attach positive and negative points according to such attributes 40. As set out above in paragraphs 18-30, the current possible routes as age, type of occupation, level of skill, level of income, country of via PRC or birth to British Overseas Territories Citizenship could be summarised as: origin, ethnicity, ability to speak and write English etc.

36. Countries with long-standing routes for permanent skilled migration, such as the US, Canada , Australia and New Zealand have implemented points based systems, as have Denmark and Hong Kong. The UK has a points based system for entry for work and study.

37. Points can be useful for these kinds of decision-making processes,

 Self-employed or skilled worker x 5 years+$200,000=PRC+1 year=BOTC (6 years)  Skilled worker x 10 years=PRC+1 year=BOTC (11 years)  Unskilled worker x 6 years+$200,000=PRC+1 year=BOTC (7 years)  Unskilled worker x 10 years=PRC+1 year=BOTC (11 years)

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Investment of $500,000=PRC +5 years=BOTC (5 years) Other authorised investments=PRC+5 years=BOTC (5 years) Assimilated: 10 years on Government stamp; primary and secondary schooling; or lengthy residence (10/12/20 years)=PRC + 1 year= BOTC (11-21 years or more) Marriage to a BOTC & resident x 3 years+PRC=BOTC (3 years, but no specific provision for PRC) Born in the TCI of a parent who already has BOTC or PRC=BOTC Born in the TCI of parent who acquires PRC or BOTC=BOTC Born in TCI & spends first 10 years here=BOTC. 41. The questions are whether the qualifying periods for PRC should be lengthened; whether there should be some categories of worker who do not have a pathway to PRC; and what additional tests should be applied.

Qualifying for PRC by working: length of qualifying period 42. The Immigration Review Commission 2004 recommended (at 2.4.5) that a person who has held a work permit and resided in the TCI for nine years immediately preceding the application; or (2.4.6) who has legally and ordinarily resided in the TCI for 10 years, should be eligible to apply for PRC. A member of the Consultative Forum has more recently suggested that the qualifying period should be 12 years of unbroken residence.

43. In the Cayman Islands a person who has been ordinarily and lawfully resident for a period of eight years may apply for permanent residence.

44. In the UK, it is currently possible for a person to qualify for indefinite leave to remain after five years on a work permit.

45. Under a points based system the necessary points score could be reached by a combination of length of residence and level of investment, together with other factors. But the territory may wish to set a minimum period of residence as the threshold for eligibility.

Question 2: Should a worker in the TCI be eligible to apply for PRC after five; six; eight; nine; ten; or more years?

Qualifying for PRC by working: should this be limited to certain kinds of worker?

46. There is currently no statutory limit on the time a person may spend in the TCI on work permits. There is a statutory limit on the length of a single permit, at five years for a skilled worker, three years for an unskilled. But it is possible for any unskilled or skilled worker to be here on work permits long enough to qualify for PRC. Attempts have been made to limit this progression, by Ministers announcing that there should be term limits, by the Immigration Board refusing work permit renewals after a certain period or enforcing “breaks” in permitted work, but policy and practice have not always been clear and enforcement has not been consistent.

47. Interest has been expressed in the Cayman Islands system, under which a work permit is limited to seven years and may not be renewed. The worker may be rehired after a break of a year, and may then be granted a work permit for a further seven years, but will never accrue the eight years required for permanent residence. If designated a “key worker”, the permit may be issued for nine years, and the worker may progress to permanence. Designation of a key worker is made by application to the Work Permit Board on a case by case basis, according to the expertise and contribution of the worker. This system is now being reviewed, as it is perceived to be causing difficulties.

48. The Immigration Review Commission 2004 recommended similarly (at 3.14) that the term limit for a work permit should be seven years, and that a new permit should not be issued unless the worker had spent two years outside the Islands, but that an exception could be made for highly skilled, expert workers whose contribution to the economy and society justified allowing them to progress to PRC. 49. There are clearly some difficulties with a system of this kind, where a worker may be allowed to contribute to the economy for lengthy periods of seven years at a time, required to disrupt their lives for one or two years, then to return to contribute for a further seven, but never

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to qualify for permanent status. Seven years is long enough to make a strong connection with the territory. Having a category of people in the territory for lengthy periods who have temporary status and no prospect of progressing can be very damaging to social cohesion.

50. Employers have made representations that the annual cycle of work permit application and renewal is damaging to business, and they would want the predictability and reassurance of a longer term permit.

Migrant workers would also need to know with some certainty what the rules are on the permitted maximum length of their stay, and whether or not they have a route to permanence. Equally, it has been suggested that the system needs, as now, to provide for a regular review by employers of their staffing needs against the availability of suitably skilled local workers. Requiring work permits to be renewed periodically is a useful lever for this.

51. If there are to be distinctions between different kinds of worker, it would seem preferable for the designation of a “key worker” to be by sector/occupation rather than on a case by case basis, for simplicity, transparency and fairness. In Australia and the UK there are “shortage occupation lists” based on analysis of the resident labour market. Any term limits on work permits should be long enough to meet business needs; and to encourage skilled migrant workers to come to the TCI. Question 3: Should there be a clear distinction drawn between those workers who can qualify over time for PRC and those who cannot?

Question 4: If there are to be such distinctions, on what basis should they be made? Should there, for example, be a regularly updated list of designated shortage occupations on the basis of labour market analysis and consultation?

Question 5: If there are to be temporary workers with fixed term work permits who cannot progress to PRC, what should the term limits on their work permits be?

Additional tests 52. Applicants for PRC in the TCI must already demonstrate that they are of good character, in good health, intend to make their principal home in the Islands, and are capable of supporting themselves and their dependents in the Islands.

53. The Immigration Review Commission 2004 recommended (at 2.4.11 and 2.4.12) that other factors to be taken into account would be the “admirable characteristics” which were needed in those who were becoming a permanent part of the community: knowledge of the Turks and Caicos; ability to speak and read English etc.

54. Other administrations (the US, Canada, the UK) require applicants for permanent residence to pass tests in knowledge of the territory; and in English. This is intended to assist with their assimilation.

55. The Ministry of Border Control and Labour is in discussion with the Community College about their courses in TCI Studies (which could be linked to the long-standing “TCI host” programme sponsored by the Tourism Board) and in English language; and about the possibility that the College might administer tests which would form part of the requirements for PRC. Question 6: Do you agree that knowledge of the TCI and of a specified level of English language should be required before any applicant can be granted PRC? Maintaining different classes of PRC or merging them 56. One of the arguments for granting permanent status is to remove the burden and cost to the State of continuing to monitor and manage a migrant who is of good behaviour and has played by the rules. The Consultative Forum has commented on the potential benefits to the Government of not having to police people’s immigration status once they have qualified for permanence. But this argument may need to be balanced against concerns about the resident labour market and the interests of Islanders looking for work.

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57. In the UK a person with indefinite leave to remain is free to work without limitation or restriction. A Green Card (permanent residence) holder in the US may work in the United States at any legal work of their qualification and choosing.

58. In the Cayman Islands, when an application for permanent residence is approved, the Caymanian Status & Permanent Residency Board will issue the applicant a Residency and Employment Rights Certificate which entitles him or her a. to accept employment from any employer of his choice; and b. to have reside with him any dependants who were listed in his permanent residence application and who were approved by the Caymanian Status & Permanent Residency Board.

The Certificate may also be varied subsequently to add or remove dependants. but the holder is restricted to working within the particular occupation or occupations specified by the Board. (These will normally be those specified by the applicant on the application form). The certificate may, however, be varied subsequently by the Board if the holder changes occupation.

59. The Immigration Review Commission 2004 recommended (at 2.4.2) that there should continue to be three Classes of Permanent Residency status in the TCI: Class 1, carrying the wholly unrestricted right to work; Class 2, carrying the right to work for any employer and in any occupations with specified exceptions; and Class 3, carrying no right to work.

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Home-Owner’s Permit and the Business Investor’s Permit, each of which would be for 25 years and capable of renewal. It was recommended that the required investment in a home or business should be $500,000 in Providenciales and $125,000 for the other islands. It was also recommended that a long term residence permit holder should be able to apply for permanent residence under the points system once they had been ordinarily resident in the TCI for five years, provided they satisfied the other points requirements in terms of assimilation and contribution to the life of the Islands. .

64. The concept of a temporary but long term residence permit of this kind is fairly unusual. And if it does not allow for progression to permanence, there may be the same potential difficulties with it as identified at paragraph 49 above. One parallel is in the Cayman Islands where there is provision for a Residency Certificate for Persons of Independent Means. To qualify, the applicant must have attained the following financial standing: Where the applicant intends to reside in Grand Cayman, he must satisfy the Chief Immigration Officer • that he has a continuous source of annual income in the amount of CI$150,000, without the need to engage in employment in the Islands; and • that he has invested the sum of CI$750,000 in Grand Cayman of which at least CI$250,000 must be in developed residential real estate.

Question 7: Should the three different categories of PRC recommended by the Immigration Review Commission be introduced, including some with restrictions on work; or should the system be simplified by having a single category of PRC, without limitation or restriction?

Attracting investors

Where the applicant intends to reside in Cayman Brac or Little Cayman, he must satisfy the Chief Immigration Officer

60. Significant interest has been expressed in the potential for using the migration and citizenship system to attract potential investors, in property or business enterprises. An Advisory Council member suggested earlier this year that there should be a category of “Economic PRC” for a fee of $500,000. And, as set out above, the existing criteria for PRC do already provide for a range of investor categories, involving investments from $50,000 to $500,000. There are also provisions for “pre-qualification” whereby an investment can be authorised so that a potential investor can obtain an undertaking that, once they have made the investment, a PRC will be issued. But the necessary policy framework and procedures for this do not seem to have been very clearly established. There are risks with such provisions, if not fairly and transparently managed, to be seen as a way for Governments to “sell” permanent status or citizenship.

• that he has invested the sum of CI$250,000 locally of which at least CI$125,000 must be in developed residential real estate.

61. But there are reasonably well established investor immigration schemes elsewhere. In St. Kitts there is a “citizenship by investment” category, with its own dedicated unit to process applications from people who wish to have the option of holding a St. Kitts passport and are prepared to invest in a home or a capital project in the island. The St. Kitts scheme, which is in the process of being revised, requires an investment of $295,000 for a family of four, which is defined as a “donation”. In St.Kitts it is accepted that citizens by investment will not be ordinarily resident in the island, whereas it is currently a condition for PRC in the TCI, and of BOTC, that the applicant intends to make their principal home in the territory.

62. There are investor programmes in the USA, Australia, Hong King and the UK, all of which grant the investor an initial period of temporary residence, ranging from two to five years, before permanent residence will be granted. The sums of investment required for these are rather larger: USD 500.000; AUD 750,000; HKD 6,500,000; and £1,000,000.

Canada offers an investment immigration programme which provides permanent residence to around 25,000 migrants per annum. Their minimum investment requirement is 800,000 Canadian dollars.

63. It has been suggested that an alternative to permanent residence for investors would be a long term temporary residence permit. The Immigration Review Commission 2004 recommended (at 2.2. and 2.3) that there should be two additional forms of immigration status, the

• that he has a continuous source of annual income in the amount of CI$75,000 without the need to engage in employment in the Islands; and

65. According to informal communication around 500 of these Certificates have been issued by the Cayman Islands authorities.

Question 8: Do you think it should be possible to qualify for PRC purely by investment in the Turks and Caicos Islands? If so, what do think would be the right level of investment?

Question 9: What do you think should be the rules to be attached to this kind of provision? Should investors be required to be ordinarily resident in the territory before getting PRC, as in other administrations? Should it be possible to get an undertaking from TCIG that a PRC will be issued, in advance of making an investment?

Question 10: Do you support the introduction of long term residence permits lasting 25 years for homeowners and business investors? What do you think should be the rules attached to this kind of provision? For example, should it be possible for time spent ordinarily resident in the TCI on such a permit be allowed to count towards qualifying for PRC, if other conditions are met?

An alternative pathway: long term temporary status for workers and their families 66. The Advisory Council has also expressed an interest in a new form of long term temporary status which might be offered to workers who would like to stay in the TCI, have established connections and played by the rules, but who do not wish to progress to PRC or BOTC or Turks and Caicos Islander status, or who may not wish to meet all the requirements, for example in terms of knowledge of the TCI or proficiency in English language. This might also be something which could be provided for those who miss out on PRC or Turks and Caicos Islander status under a possible quota system, as canvassed below.

Such a provision would need to carry some security, protection and entitlements, in the form of length of residence, for example 25 years, and freedom to work, but would not provide a pathway to the other entitlements of BOTC and Turks and Caicos Islander status, including the right to vote.

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67. Experience elsewhere suggests that there may be a substantial proportion of migrants who wish to stay in their adopted country for a significant period of time but who are not interested in full citizenship, perhaps because they are nationals of a country which does not allow dual nationality: in the UK for example, around 40% of those granted settlement do not progress to citizenship. Care would again need to be taken not to create a category of people in the territory for a long time, making a contribution but without permanent status, having children here, but without a full stake in society.

Question 11: Should there be provision for an alternative form of long term temporary residence, with freedom to work, which does not necessarily lead to PRC, BOTC or Turks and Caicos Islander status? What should be the requirements for such a status, and what conditions would be applied?

QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PATHWAY TO TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDER STATUS 68. The questions are, where a person has qualified for PRC and/or BOTC, what further requirements should there be in order to qualify for Turks and Caicos Islander status. The minimum conditions in the 2011 Constitution envisage that a person would have held PRC for at least five years, during which they would have qualified for BOTC; or would have held BOTC by birth in the territory and descent, or birth and residence in the territory, for at least ten years. In other words: (using the current criteria for PRC): Skilled worker x 5 years+ $200,000=PRC+1 Year=BOTC+4 years = minimum threshold for TCI (ie a total of 10 years) Unskilled worker x 10 years=PRC+ 1 year= BOTC+ 4 years=TCI (a total of 15 years). Child born in TCI, qualifies for BOTC under S15(4) after ten years= BOTC + ten years living legally in the TCI=TCI status (total 20 years) 69. The Immigration Review Commission 2004 recommended (at 1.4.1) that a person should be considered for a grant of Belonger status if he or she was ordinarily resident in the TCI and had been so resident for at least 15 years; had held a PRC for at least six years; and was a BOTC. At 1.4.3 the Review Commission set out a range of other considerations and tests, including an interview which would establish a high level of knowledge of and commitment to the Islands; and considerations of the number of dependents, the economic situation in the country, and balance in the Islands at the time of people from different backgrounds, and the distribution of people across the Islands.

70. Some of these considerations would probably best be factored into top-down strategy, such as a quota system (see paragraph 87 below), rather than on a case by case basis. For the process to be fair and transparent, the requirements should as far as possible be objective, evidence-based and quantifiable.

Question 12: What do you think should be the further requirements –including length of residence as a PRC holder and/or BOTC- and what additional tests should be applied, in order for a BOTC to progress to TC Islander status?

71. The 2011 Constitution specifically identified that a British Citizen, with PRC for five years, or ten years’ legal residence, would meet the minimum conditions. The reason for this was that representations had been made that it would not make sense to require a British Citizen to obtain BOTC. But it has been confirmed subsequently that there is no bar to British Citizens obtaining BOTC on the basis of their connection with an Overseas Territory. The expectation would be that British Citizens in the TCI should qualify for TC Islander status by qualifying for PRC; and then meet whatever additional requirements are imposed, without any special dispensation.

Question 13: Do you think British Citizens should be required to obtain BOTC before being eligible for Turks and Caicos Islander status?

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A separate pathway for young people born in the TCI or who have spent their lives here from an early age 72. The Consultative Forum has suggested that there should be separate and specific provision for young people born in the TCI, or who spend their lives here from infancy, to progress to Turks and Caicos Islander status without having to pass the same kinds of test as those who have migrated here in adulthood. As identified above, children born here are either BOTC automatically or are eligible to apply to be registered as BOTC, on the grounds of birth and descent, birth and parental status, or birth and residence. Young people born overseas but who come to TCI when they are infants, and go through primary and secondary schooling here, may qualify for PRC under the assimilation category and then qualify to be registered BOTC. The question is whether these children and young people should be able to progress straight to Turks and Caicos Islander status, at what age, and with what, if any, further tests or requirements.

Question 14 : Do you think that young people born in the TCI should have a separate, specific path to Turks and Caicos Islander status, and if so what should be the rules on this?

OBTAINING TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDER STATUS BY MARRIAGE OR AS A DEPENDENT CHILD 73. A Turks and Caicos Islander should be able to exercise their right to a family life by being joined in the TCI by their spouse. Under the current law the spouse of Belonger can initially be granted a residence permit for five years which confirms they have the right to work. They may then apply for Belonger status on the grounds that they are the spouse of a Belonger and living together. Before either the permit of the Belonger certificate is granted the couple is interviewed and investigations are made to confirm that the marriage is subsisting.

Applications are refused where investigation shows that the couple does not live together.

74. The Immigration Review Commission 2004 recommended (1.2.1) that a non-Belonger spouse of a Belonger should be able to obtain a grant of Belonger status if he/she and the Belonger had lived together after marriage continuously for seven years before the application, and had been ordinarily resident in the Islands for two years prior to the application.

75. The right of Turks and Caicos Islanders to be joined by their spouses needs to be balanced against concerns that marriages may be formed for the express purpose of getting status in the Islands.

76. There is anecdotal concern about the possible targeting of vulnerable people in poor health by unscrupulous migrants (or middlemen) owing to the current provision which allows someone whose Belonger spouse dies within five years to be granted Belonger status as if the marriage would have subsisted until then.

77. The Immigration Review Commission 2004 recommended (at 1.2.2-3) that there should be a criminal offence of making a marriage of convenience, as “a marriage entered into with the primary intention of avoiding or benefitting from any of the provisions of this Ordinance”, carrying a sanction of a fine of up to $10,000 and imprisonment for two years.

78. The Immigration Department has also raised concerns about the current definition of “child” in the Immigration Ordinance, which it is suggested should not necessarily include “stepchild” for the purposes of obtaining Turks and Caicos Islander status. To obtain BOTC the advice from the UK is that a stepchild should qualify as a child only where the relationship has been formalised through legal channels, for example where the applicant was adopted, or the parents were awarded legal guardianship.

79. It would be worth considering applying the same tests, in knowledge of the TCI and English language, to people applying for TCI status on the grounds of marriage as to other applicants.

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Question 15: For how long do you think a couple should be married before a spouse can apply for Turks and Caicos Islander status?

Question 16: Should there be provision for a spouse to obtain Turks and Caicos Islander status if their Turks and Caicos Islander spouse dies before the end of the qualifying period?

Question 17: Should there be a new offence of entering into a marriage of convenience?

Question 18: Should the Immigration Ordinance definition of “child” be reviewed, particularly with reference to stepchildren?

Question 19: Should people applying for TCI status on the grounds of being a spouse have to pass the same tests, such as in Knowledge of the TCI or English language, as other applicants?

THE GRANTING OF TCI STATUS-A NEW COMMISSION? 80. The Immigration Review Commission 2004 recommended (at 1.5) the setting up of a new statutory body, the Citizenship Commission. It was recommended that there should be a deadline each year for applications for TCI status, and that the Commission should be appointed anew each year after that deadline had passed, and would meet to consider those applications made that year. The Commission would apply the points test and would interview candidates. It would meet as necessary to process applications for PRC. There would be no appeal except via judicial review. There would be no power vested in the Governor nor the Executive Council to grant TCI status.

81. This arrangement would have the advantage of being separated from politicians and from the Governor, although the Commission would potentially be appointed by politicians, and might still be applying personal or political views to these decisions.

82. An interesting but distinct model is the Citizenship Commission in Canada which is an administrative body within Citizenship and Immigration Canada, consisting of “citizenship judges” working across Canada who review approximately 180,000 citizenship applications a year. They assess the applications, administer the oath, maintain the integrity of the process, and promote citizenship.

83. In the UK nationality cases are decided on behalf of the Secretary of State by civil servants in Liverpool who follow published guidance.

84. Setting up a new statutory body at this time could be seen to be running against current efforts to rationalise the landscape in TCIG as part of public service reform; and the potential costs of this option would need to be carefully assessed.

85. The Consultative Forum has expressed interest in a new model of District Council which would manage local and community responsibilities, and among other things, would act as First Level Screening Agency for assessing recommendations for Turks and Caicos islander status within the respective community.

Question 20: Should a new Commission be set up to decide TCI Status and PRC applications? How should membership of such a body be determined? Should there be provision for local involvement, for example by the proposed District Councils?

86. The TCI may wish to impose some controls over the application process, rather than simply responding to demand from those who meet the requirements. One such control is the annual cut-off date proposed by the Immigration Review Commission and mentioned above.

87. The territory may also wish to consider setting annual quotas for applicants in different categories. One of the considerations recommended by the Immigration Review Commission 2004 was that consideration should be given in assessing each application to “the desirability of granting Belonger status to applicants with different backgrounds and from different geographical areas so that a suitable

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balance in the social and economic life of the country may be maintained.” As suggested in paragraph 70 above this consideration, if it is agreed that it should be part of the process, would be more fairly and transparently met by the imposition of evidence –based annual quotas than by case by case decisions.

Question 21: Should there be some kinds of control over the numbers of applications for TCI status which can be made and decided each year, for example by a cut-off date and/or quotas?

Regularisation of existing long-term residents?

88. The Immigration Review Commission 2004 recommended (at 1.7) that long-time residents of Turks and Caicos should be “regularised”.

“In line with public sentiment, and as has recently been done elsewhere, the Government should immediately instigate a process whereby persons who have been living in the Turks and Caicos for many years have the opportunity to obtain status as a Belonger or Permanent Resident”. This was not implemented at the time, and it is not clear whether it would command public support now.

Question 22: Would you support the 2004 Immigration Review Commission’s proposal for a one off “regularisation” programme to enable long term residents to obtain Turks and Caicos Islander status? On what basis would such regularisation decisions be made?

Revocation 89. The Immigration Ordinance does not provide for revocation of Belonger status once granted. It does provide for revocation of PRC, on the grounds that the PRC holder (a)Has shown himself by act or speech to be disloyal or disaffected towards Her Majesty (b)Has during any war in which Her Majesty was engaged, unlawfully traded or communicated with an enemy etc (c) Has been convicted of a criminal offence and sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 12 months (d) Has been convicted on more than one occasion of more than one offence against the Immigration Ordinance in any period of five years (e) Has obtained PRC by means of fraud, false representation, or concealment of any material fact (f) Has become unable to support himself and his dependents (g) Has ordinarily resided outside the Islands for a continuous period of five years or more. (h) Has breached any condition imposed on the PRC including working without permission.

90. The Immigration Review Commission 2004 recommended that Turks and Caicos Islander Status should be liable to be revoked by the Citizenship Commission in some of the same circumstances as above, ie providing false or misleading information, obtaining status through fraud, false representation or the concealment of any material fact, criminal conviction, including of a crime which the Commission believes was made possible or facilitated by or connected with the grant of Belonger status to the offender; absence from the Turks and Caicos for more than five years; and, where the holder is the spouse of a Belonger, if the Commission is satisfied that the marriage was a marriage of convenience or if within three years of the grant the marriage has ended.

Question 23: Should there be provision for revocation of TCI Status in the circumstances identified by the Immigration Review Commission?

And finally 91. The public is invited to submit any other comments, considerations or proposals which they would like to be taken into account in the development of a fair and transparent process for the acquisition of Turks and Caicos Islander status.

Question 24: Do you have any additional comments or suggestions which you would like to see taken into account?

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GSAT ENGLISH PAPER 2 Choose ONE question from SECTION A, ONE question from SECTION B and ONE question in SECTION C. SECTION A Choose ONE of the following topics A-D and write a composition of approximately 100-150 words in about three paragraphs. Marks will be awarded for content, punctuation, correct grammar usage, expression and spelling.

Be sure to read over your work carefully.

A. Your parents are undecided as to whether or not you should have a cellular phone. However, you think you are responsible enough to have one. Write a composition explaining the reasons why you should have a cellular phone.

B. Write an essay on the topic "Illegal immigration is a major problem in the Turks & Caicos�.

C. Imagine you are a reporter on the scene of an accident. You have to write for your newspaper. What are the facts? You should say WHO was involved and explain WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, WHY and HOW it happened.

D. Write a story based on the picture below.

SECTION B Choose ONE of the following topics A-D and write a composition of approximately 100-150 words in about three paragraphs. Marks will be awarded for content, punctuation, correct grammar usage, expression and spelling. Be sure to read over your work carefully.

1. The Premier, Honourable Dr. Michael Missick, donated fifteen (15) computers to your school. Write a letter to the Premier to: (a) Thank him for the donation (b) Explain the various ways in which the gift will contribute to your education and the education of other students at your school.

2. Your garbage has not been collected for the past three (3) weeks and because of this you are experiencing unhealthy conditions.

Write a letter to the Minister of Health:(a) Explain the kinds of problems you are experiencing (b) State what you believe will happen if the problem is not solved and ask for her assistance.

3. Write a letter to the Principal of your school to:(a) highlight some of the things you dislike about your school and (b) state what changes can be made to benefit the students who you will be leaving behind after you have moved on to high school.

4. Your parents are thinking of moving away to another island. You do not like the idea.

Write a letter giving at least four (4) reasons why you do not wish to leave your present home.

SECTION C 1. Sexually Transmitted Diseases (a) Describe what is a STD (b) List 4 different types of STD’s (c) From the list explain what they are and there symptoms 2. Human Migration (a) What is Human Migration (b) Why Do People Migrate? (c) What are some of the effects of Migration on a country

Stay tuned next week for more past papers

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Long Service Employees Recognised at FortisTCI’s Awards Ceremony

FortisTCI honoured fifty-six of its employees with Long Service Awards at the Company’s Staff Appreciation and Recognition Dinner.

Human Resources Ms. Judy Missick, who gave the opening remarks at the event, reminded staff that their continued commitment to FortisTCI, and the execution of their daily tasks, give form and shape to the vision and mission of the Company.

Ms. Missick also reminded the employees that the high level of service, which is extended to customers, is dependent to a great extent on the performance of each member of the team, whether employed for one year or thirty years.

Employees serving five or more years with FortisTCI were honoured for reaching these milestones during the Ceremony, with Japhus Rigby receiving a standing ovation for his 30 years with the Company. Representatives from the T&D department also made a heartfelt tribute to Juancita Ewing, who has been with the Company for 28 years but is currently on FortisTCI's President & CEO Eddinton Powell with long service Awardees 25 years and over. Left to Right: Thomas Wilson - 25 years, President & CEO Eddinton Powell, Japhus Rigby - 30 years, Judy Missick - 25 years, Anthony Williams - 26 years, Ernest sick leave.

Ewing - 25 years, Missing - Juancita Ewing - 28 years, Guest speaker Mr. Stanley Marshall, of BNC Consulting Group. Guests were also Fortis Inc’s President and CEO, expressed year ago.”

The evening’s proceedings also saw entertained by the sweet sounds of saxophonist his gratitude stating, “We are here tonight to recognise outstanding achievements and years recipients of FortisTCI’s Customer Service Janardo Laporte and soloist Nicole Cox and of dedication and commitment. Fortis Inc made Training programme, being presented with received a surprise guest appearance by the a promise to staff five years ago when we took certificates from facilitator Bridgette Thomas Company’s mascot Electro Gecko. over ownership of the Company.

We promised to provide you with infrastructural developments, which would enable you to carry out your daily tasks more effectively.

We promised to provide you with the support needed to enhance your workforce, thus creating a Company with human resources necessary to extend reliable and excellent service to all customers.

We have employees here this evening who have served for more than 25 years and that tells me they have faith in the Company and have claimed “ownership” of FortisTCI. I would like tonight to therefore congratulate all staff members for demonstrating the same faith in the Company that we demonstrated five

Peach Caley wins $1000 cash & Netbook from LIME

Mrs. Peach Caley receives gifts from LIME's Doreen Francis

FortisTCI's President & CEO Eddinton Powell presents Japhus Rigby with his Award for 30 years with the Company

LIME delivers in these challenging times with prizes that could be used by the lucky winners of the company’s text to win promotions.

Mrs. Peach Caley from Grand Turk won $1000 cash and a Lenova Netbook from LIME when her number was randomly selected during the draw. Mrs. Caley was excited about the win. She said, “I want to thank LIME for these prizes. This is the first time that I have won anything.”

General Manager, Drexwell Seymour said,

“That is what LIME is all about. We know that customers can make great use of the prizes that being offered and the company is pleased to be a part of bringing joy to the winners.”

Mr. Seymour continued, “LIME knows that customers participated for a chance to win and we would like to thank everyone for making this promotion a success.”

Team LIME congratulates Mrs. Peach Caley and we look forward to see who would be next in the Winner’s Circle.

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Sunday, November 13 was celebrated around the world as Remembrance Day, when people paused to remember those who were killed especially during the two World Wars, and it was no different in the Turks and Caicos Islands, as Remembrance Services were held on the Islands. Governor Damian Roderick ‘Ric’ Todd participated in both ceremonies on Grand Turk and Providenciales. The following are photo highlights from Remembrance Day on Providenciales.

Dignitaries participating in the function

Governor Damian Roderick ‘Ric’ Todd sports a delightful look on his face to meet members of the Girls Guide and Brownies troupe at the event

Commissioner of Police, Colin Farquar read the second lesson

World War II Veteran Oswald ‘Uncle Ossie’ Francis said he was thrilled to have been given the opportunity to lay a wreath on behalf of his fallen colleagues

Governor Damian Roderick ‘Ric’ Todd (right), stand at attention while Police Commissioner Colin Farquar (second right) and Deputy Commissioner Brad Sullivan salute. At left is Ron Curley, Treasurer for Ex-servicemen Association

Police and the judiciary taking part in the service

St. Monica’s Anglican Church Acolytes lead the procession to the Cenotaph and Garden of Remembrance

Governor ‘Ric’ Todd places a wreath on the cenotaph

Lay Magistrate Dolores Connolly delivered the sermon

Members of the Girls Guide and Brownies march along the Leeward Highway in the vicinity of the St. Monica’s Anglican Church

Ex-serviceman Oswald ‘Uncle Ossie’ Francis lays a wreath in honour of his colleagues

Members of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police in attendance at the Remembrance Day Service

Acolyte members of the St. Monica’s Anglican Church participate in the Garden Remembrance proceedings

Howard Hamilton about to lay a wreath on behalf of the Rotary Club of Providenciales

A police officer going through a drill during the event

Leader for the Peoples Democratic Movement Doug Parnell (right) and Assistant Commissioner of Police participate in the service along with other attendees.

Police officers on parade at the event

Commissioner of Police Colin Farquar lays a wreath on behalf of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force

Photos of the wreaths that have been laid at the St. Monica’s Church Cenotaph

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Demi Moore to divorce Ashton Kutcher

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LOS ANGELES— Demi Moore is ending her marriage to fellow actor Ashton Kutcher, she told The Associated Press on Thursday, November 17. Moore, 49, and Kutcher, 33, were wed in September 2005.

The couple's relationship became tabloid fodder in recent months as rumors swirled about Kutcher's alleged infidelity.

"It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that I have decided to end my six-year marriage to Ashton. As a woman, a mother and a wife there are certain values and vows that I hold sacred, and it is in this spirit that I have chosen to move forward with my life.

This is a trying time for me and my family, and so I would ask for the same compassion and privacy that you would give to anyone going through a similar situation," she said in her statement to the AP. The pair frequently used Twitter to communicate with each other as millions of fans followed along.

"I will forever cherish the time I spent with Demi," Kutcher tweeted

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Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore

Thursday. "Marriage is one of the most difficult things in the world and unfortunately sometimes they fail."

Moore said in 2007 that her relationship with the star of "That '70s Show" and "Punk'd" — who is 15 years younger than Moore — "caught us both by surprise."

"If somebody would have said, 'OK, here is the prediction: You're going to meet a man 25 years old and

RIHANNA IS NOT HAPPY LIVING THE SINGLE LIFE

Rihanna’s newest single might be called “You Da One,” but it appears there’s no one in the popstar’s life right now — romantically speaking.

“I’m not dating anyone right now,” Rihanna said as she taped an appearance for Monday’s “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.”

“I’m not dating at all,” Rihanna added.

And the Barbados-born beauty said she’s not exactly pleased with her relationship status.

“I’m not necessarily happy being single. It’s not really that cool,” she said, adding she just doesn’t have the time to focus on romance.

The busy singer told Ellen she likes a guy who can handle the traditional manly-man role.

“I like men that are more aggressive, but mysterious, but I like a man to be very sure,” she said. “I like them to be sure of themselves and know that you’re the man. I’m the lady and the only way for us to make this work is for us to play our roles. You know, I can’t really be the man for you. I don’t want to have to be. I’m the man at work all the time.”

The singer even got a little bold on “Ellen,” suggesting her lack of dating doesn’t do much for her between-thesheets life.

“I do put a lot into my job — most of my time if not all of it. It definitely affects my personal life. My personal life is pretty much non-existent, which is not good, not for the long run. Not for me, not for ‘Her,’” she said, pointing between her legs.

“It’s not fun,” she added with a laugh.

Rihanna added that whole issue prompts her to hit the Internet.

“That’s why I stay on Twitter a lot. So I can conversate with my fans — because I don’t get any booty calls,” she added.

he's going to see being with you and having your three kids as a bonus,' I would have said, 'Keep dreaming,'" Moore said in a 2007 interview with Vanity Fair. "I think it caught us both by surprise, and particularly him."

Kutcher became a stepfather to Moore's three daughters — Rumer, Scout and Tallulah Belle — from her 13-year marriage to actorBruce Willis.

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remained friendly. Moore and Kutcher were photographed socializing with Willis, and the couple attended Willis' wedding to model-actress Emma Heming in 2009.

Moore and Kutcher created the DNA Foundation, also known as the Demi and Ashton Foundation, in 2010 to combat the organized sexual exploitation of girls around the globe.

They later lent their support to the United Nations' efforts to fight human trafficking, a scourge the international organization estimates affects about 2.5 million people worldwide.

Moore can be seen on screen in the recent films "Margin Call" and "Another Happy Day." Kutcher replaced Charlie Sheen on TV's "Two and a Half Men" as is part of the ensemble film "New Year's Eve," set for release next month.

Kutcher's publicist did not immediately respond to an e-mail and phone call seeking comment. No divorce papers had been filed in Los Angeles Superior Court as of Thursday afternoon.

Regis Philbin hosts final "Live!" show

Veteran broadcaster Regis Philbin bid farewell to "Live!" on Friday in a one-hour tribute show.

He's wrapping up 28 years on the long-running syndicated morning show, saying it was just time to bid farewell.

"Every time a contract got to be renewed, I would think about it and say, 'Maybe it's time,'" the 80-year-old Philbin told Katie Couric during a special edition of ABC's "20/20" this week. "Because most of the people my age are gone, long gone. And I just thought this was probably a good time to go."

So what's next for Philbin? He has hinted there may be something else in store, but told Couric, "If nothing comes up, fine, I've done it all anyway, believe me."

Several celebrities showed up this week for Philbin's final farewell: Vice President Joe Biden, David Letterman, Donald Trump, Bret Michaels, Josh Groban, Tony Bennett and former "Live!" co-host Kathie Lee Gifford.

Lots of surprises are in store for the final show. As Philbin takes his final walk on stage, he joked, "I can't take any more surprises."

Philbin and "Live!" co-host Kelly Ripa make their final walk to the "Live!" stage together. They tell each other "I love you."

Lots of good friends are in the audience. "I feel pretty good," said Philbin.

It's impersonation time. Ripa tells Philbin, "There's nobody like you on the planet" prior to a montage of Regis impersonations dubbed "How to 'do' Regis."

Regis Philbin

We're seeing impressions by everyone from Tom Hanks and Ben Affleck to Neil Patrick Harris and Anderson Cooper.

First guest? New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. "You have been New York City's biggest fan for 28 years," Bloomberg said before giving Philbin a key to New York City.

Emma Stone, Anne Hathaway, Justin Timberlake and Selena Gomez are among the stars paying tribute to Philbin via taped video clips.

Family and friends pay tribute to Philbin in a taped video segment. "He's not going to be happy if he stays home," said Joy Philbin, the host's wife of 41 years. So maybe this is not a retirement for Philbin?

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US Attorney General Eric Holder to review the vexing issue of deportees to the Caribbean

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United States Attorney General, Eric Holder has agreed to review the vexing problem of US deportees to the Caribbean noting that a key thing going forward in these cases would be better communication between the United States and the respective country.

Addressing a press conference following briefings with the Attorneys General Barbados, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Kitts, St. Vincent, and Dominica, Holder Holder said that while it is under the laws of the United States that these deportations can take place, more effort has to be made so that these deportations do not disrupt the

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country to which convicts are being sent.

“That is one of the things we will try to work on, to perhaps communicate a lot better than we have in the past, to prepare nations receiving these people better than we have in the past, but to make sure that we do this in a way that does not disrupt the peaceful situations in the nations where these people are going,” said Holder, whose ancestors are from Barbados.

The United States Attorney General said that work was being done to equip these people to effectively handle situations outside of prison, whether it be in the United

States or in the Caribbean.

He said that the aim of these reentry efforts is to have people coming out of the United States prison system, who are less likely to commit crimes again.

“That is one of the things that we have tried to do in the Obama Administration, we have really put an emphasis on what we call re-entry efforts, so that all people coming out of our prison facilities are better equipped to deal with their situations outside of prisons so that they can become more productive citizens whether they are released into the United States or into nations here in the Caribbean,” Holder declared.

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United States Attorney General, Eric Holder

Barbados seeking to save US$600 million on energy alternatives

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Over the next two decades the Barbados government is hoping to cut its oil import bill by about 30 percent, yielding cumulative savings of approximately US$600 million.

Government officials expect that a new loan approved by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) for US$70 million loan will help the island reduce its dependence on fossil fuels by diversifying its energy matrix, promoting sustainable energy sources, and supporting power saving efforts.

The operation, the second in a series of two programmatic loans for the sector, will support policy and legislation moves aimed at promoting renewable energies as well as the rational and

efficient use of fossil fuels.

As a result, Barbados is expected to reduce its electricity consumption by 19 percent by 2029, and to achieve greater efficiencies that expect to yield the US$600 million savings.

Currently, high world oil prices of oil used for power generation means that Barbados residential users currently face one of the highest electricity rates in the world—$0.30 per kilowatt hour.

However, under the IDB-financed plan, the country will aim to have 29 percent of electricity consumption come from renewable sources such as photovoltaic, solar water heating, wind, biomass cogeneration, and waste-to-energy projects by 2029.

The program will also advance plans to

CAYMAN ISLANDS VISA RESTRICTION LIFTED FOR SOME JAMAICANS

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands - Cabinet has agreed to relax the visa restriction for some Jamaicans.

It last week approved an amendment to the Immigration Regulations (2010 Revision), which means that Jamaicans under the age of 15 and older than 70 would be exempt from visa requirements to travel to the Cayman Islands.

However, the status quo which has been in place since 2005 would be maintained for Jamaicans who do not fall within the two age groups.

“Notice of this amendment has been disseminated to the airlines, the Cayman Islands Department of Immigration's Visa Office in Kingston, and to the International Air Transport Association for its Travel Information Manual - a global travel advisory,” a government statement said.

Cabinet had been mulling the proposal to ease visa restrictions since earlier this year.

Two months ago, Governor Duncan Taylor said he would not support an across-the-board waiver of the visa requirement citing risks to internal security.

He said the territory’s Immigration Department does not have the capability to identify fraudulent visas for the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada.

promote the use of biofuels by blending ethanol with gasoline, encourage the use of natural gas as a substitute for other types of fossil fuels, and replace incandescent light bulbs with more efficient alternatives.

The program will enable Barbados to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by around 4.5 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent by 2029; it will support energy sector climate-change initiatives; and will help fund institutional strengthening, public education and awareness, and capacity building drives to promote sustainable energy and conservation initiatives.

The loan is for a 20-year term, with a five-year grace period, and at a variable interest rate based on LIBOR.

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Blaming the opposition, Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham said published accounts of the Boundaries Commission's recommendations on constituency cuts were false.

While admitting that some of the 41 existing constituencies might be removed in the run up to next year's general election, Mr Ingraham said reports naming Montagu, Clifton and Eight Mile Rock were inaccurate and

must have come from the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP).

According to the Nassau Tribune, he said: "In order to reduce the seats by three, we must eliminate three seats. I do not know where the story came from that has been carried in the newspapers. It could only have been leaked by the PLP as to which seats will be eliminated - but it is not a true story."

CAYMAN ISLANDS SAYS NO TO UK FISCAL POLICY DOCUMENT GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands - The Cayman Islands has opted not to sign a fiscal policy document put forward by the UK government that seeks to control spending in the overseas territory.

Premier McKeeva Bush said they have decided to continue negotiations with the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) in light of concerns with some of the recommendations.

In a statement on the status of the proposed Framework for Fiscal Responsibility (FFR), the premier said his government has reservations about the suggestion that it should only borrow to fund capital expenditure, which will yield sufficient revenues to meet debt services costs.

“The Government and I interpret that paragraph 28 of the FFR means, as an example, that separate juvenile remand facilities which are required in order to comply with the Islands' Bill of Rights - scheduled to come into effect in 2013 - could not be constructed, using borrowed funds, because such a facility will not generate a revenue stream to fund debt service costs,” he stated.

“Further, under the Bill of Rights, the Government must build and maintain schools to provide primary and secondary education, free of charge. If in the future Government needed to borrow funds to finance

additional educational facilities, it would appear that the FFR would disallow such borrowing - simply because such facilities would be unlikely to yield sufficient revenues to meet its associated debt service costs.”

The premier further described as “restrictive” a proposal that the entire debt servicing costs of the government, its statutory authorities and companies not exceed 10 per cent of government revenue.

The FFR was developed by economists in the FCO on four basic tenets.

It stipulates that the government should undertake effective mediumterm planning, put value for money considerations at the heart of the decision-making process, demonstrate effective management of risk and should drive the delivery of improved accountability in all public sector operations.

The premier said those principles are “unquestionably laudable and sensible”, but stressed that he would only sign a document that is “mutually” agreed to by both countries.

He disclosed that counterproposals would be discussed with the FCO. The FFR review is expected to be featured prominently in discussions this week between the premier and a representative of the UK government.

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Mr Ingraham said the Free National Movement has been committed to reducing the size of the House of Assembly since first elected.

In 1997, he pointed out how his party cut the number of seats from 49 to 40 - while under the subsequent PLP government, it was increased to 41.

Mr Ingraham said it has always been the FNM's intention to reduce seats to 38, the minimum under the Constitution.

"In terms of how the lines are configured, I am not familiar with the details of that," said Mr Ingraham.

"All I know is the FNM would have drawn equitable and fair lines consistent with its mandate to see as many seats as possible have an equal number of votes, and where they are not equal, ensure the inequality does not exceed a certain percentage."

The Prime Minister said the Family Islands will continue to have 10 seats, even though they have 10 to 15 per cent of the total registered voter population in the Bahamas. Grand Bahama will also maintain its current five seats.

There are now 96,000 registered voters in New Providence, Mr Ingraham confirmed.

He said: "New Providence has 77 per cent of the population and so we are so we are seeking to have 23 seats - which should produce an average

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number of voters per constituency of 4,170 or there about."

Mr Ingraham also confirmed the Boundaries Commission will propose that some constituency names be changed and boundary lines altered.

Responding to recent PLP claims that a smaller number of seats will put a strain on members of Parliament, Mr Ingraham said with boundary changes, constituencies in New Providence will grow on average by 500 voters.

The argument that such an increase would spread MPs too thin is "nonsensical", according to Mr Ingraham.

"I do not understand what they mean by a strain on MPs , the lazy ones among us will always be lazy. I cannot imagine why there would be a strain on an MP in New Providence to visit his constituency and be responsive to them, after all the government gives them $1,500 a month to maintain an office and be available to them," he said.

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• Run Golf Clinics for larger groups needing instruction.

• Organize the Turks & Caicos Junior Golf Program for belongers.

• Assist with organizing the many T & C Charity Golf events at PGC. • Fully co-ordinate group events from start to finish.

• Assist in tournament sales and set up.

• Assist in budgeting and forecasting.

• Assist in a variety of other Professional Golf duties at PGC. REQUIREMENTS • Must have membership in PGA of America or Canada.

• Strong computer skills using Microsoft Word, Excel and Publisher.

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JetBlue continues to expand its Caribbean service

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GREAT BAY, St. Maarten – Budget American airline Jet Blue is continuing its Caribbean route expansion, launching a new service between Puerto Rico and St Maarten from last week.

This is part of its overall expansion strategy in the northern Caribbean, which saw the New York-based carrier introduce a new service to La Romana, Dominican Republic yesterday (November 16) and next month it rolls out its service to St. Thomas and St. Croix, in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The airline currently serves 68 cities in the Americas with 650 daily flights.

The launch of JetBlue Airways daily direct service from San Juan, Puerto Rico’s Luis Munoz Marin Airport (SJU) to Princess Juliana Airport (SXM) in St. Maarten has been eagerly endorsed by St Maarten tourism officials.

“We are very excited about the launch of new daily flights from San Juan as it augments our existing non-stop JetBlue service from New York and Boston and allows travelers from other JetBlue gateways throughout the U.S. to connect to ‘the friendly island’ more conveniently,” Minister of Economic Affairs, Tourism, Transportation and Telecommunications Franklin Meyers said.

“Puerto Rico has become a very strategic and important market for us; this new route to St. Maarten is a natural add. We’re pleased with how the community has responded with a great welcoming and a lot of support,” JetBlue Airways director of route planning David Clarke said.

The direct service from San Juan will occur once daily at 2:00 pm arriving into St. Maarten at 2:56 pm. The new route will provide convenient connections for travelers coming from New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK), Boston’s Logan International Airport (BOS), Hartford Bradley International Airport (BDL), Orlando International Airport (MCO), Tampa International Airport (TPA), Jacksonville International Airport (JAX) and Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport (FLL).

FOURTEEN KILLED IN ST LUCIA TRAFFIC ACCIDENT

CASTRIES, St Lucia - Minister of National Security and Home Affairs Guy Mayers has described last night’s traffic accident that claimed the lives of 14 people as one of the worst in the country’s history.

Police said 13 people were killed when the mini bus on which they were travelling plunged off a cliff into the sea in the south east area of Mount Sion, in Choiseul.

The fourteenth victim died at hospital.

Eyewitnesses said the bodies were lined up on a beach after being pulled from the wreckage.

The passengers were on their way from a funeral.

The St Lucian government has declared three days of mourning in the aftermath of Thursday night’s vehicular accident that claimed the lives of 17 people, including children.

The decision was taken by Cabinet, which met in emergency session to discuss the tragedy in the southwest village of Choiseul.

The tragedy occurred when a mini bus, on its way from a funeral, plunged 50 feet into the ocean Authorities are trying to determine what caused driver Michael Alexander, 47, to miss the turn and veer over the cliff.

Three children and their mother were among the dead, reports said.

An initial assessment confirmed that 13 died immediately after the accident and

another succumbed to injuries at hospital.

Unconfirmed media reports said up to 19 may have died.

Psychologists met with students at a primary school where three of the victims attended.

Leader of the St Lucia Labour Party Dr. Kenny Anthony said it was difficult to find the right words to “express our individual and collective pain and to comfort those who are in grief.”

“Last night, I spoke to a father who lost three children.

Understandably, he was totally devastated. Today, I learned that the mother also perished. It was so very difficult to console him,” he said.

“The deaths do not belong to the families alone. They belong to all of us. For this reason, we must grieve as one family and one nation.”

Caricom Chairman, St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister Dr. Denzil Douglas has extended condolences to Lucians.

“During this period of mourning, please be assured of our Nation's and region's prayers and support. We are especially mindful of the psychological and emotional difficulties being experienced by survivors of the accident and those family members, friends who mourn the loss of their loved ones so tragically and pray for their continued protection and healing in the fullness of time,” said Prime Minister Douglas to his St. Lucian counterpart.

CARIBBEAN NEWS LOCAL NEWS

NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION SALES

FirstCaribbean International Bank (Bahamas) Ltd as Chargee pursuant to the Registered Land Ordinance hereby gives Notice that it will cause to be sold by Public Auction the following scheduled properties outside the offices of Miller Simons O’Sullivan, Upper Floor, East Wing, The Beatrice Butterfield Building, Butterfield Square, Providenciales at 10:00 a.m. on December 16th 2011.

1. Title No. 10304/142, 143, 144, Central, Grand Turk Registered Proprietor: Whale Watchers Ltd Comprising 0.96 acre parcel containing a partially complete commercial development located on Front Street, Grand Turk with potential to be used for office or residential units.

2. Title No. 61110/25, Long Bay Hills, Providenciales Registered Proprietor: Hugh Williams and Kimberly Ewing Williams Comprising 0.89 acre parcel with a partially complete residential building on a residential lot in the Long Bay area. Neighbourhood is residential although sparsely developed. Property is on the south side of an unpaved cul-de-sac in Long Bay Hills residential sub-division. The property is elevated at its roadside section and the land slopes down steeply in a south-easterly direction.

3. Title No. 10406/88, East Suburbs, Grand Turk Registered Proprietor- Lorraine/Laureen Williams Comprising 0.21 acre parcel containing an apartment building with two single storey apartments, both with two bedrooms. The property is accessed by an asphalt surfaced main road via the gated entrance of the two apartment properties. The approximate gross external floor area of the whole apartment building is approximately 2,976 square feet, including the area of the covered decks amounting to 576 square feet.

4. Title No. 60905/211/K12 & K13 Leeward Going Through, Providenciales Registered Proprietor- TCM Associates Ltd This property is located in a mixed use development known as The Regent Village and is close in proximity to many of the commercial tourism developments on Grace Bay beach. The development has a central courtyard with landscaped gardening, street lighting, stone paved footpaths, covered walkways and CCTV security throughout the property. The existing occupiers are restaurants, bars, shops and services. There is also office space and a substantial two story covered car park at the rear of the development. Each of the units is separately metered and has a restroom and ducted centrally air-conditioned system. These units are partially fitted for new tenants.

5. Title No. 60609/24, Norway & Five Cays, Providenciales Registered Proprietor- Claudine Pratt Located on the south-western tip of Providenciales, in the area known as Norway & Five Cays. A two story house on 1.03 Acres of land. The house is not yet completed with only snagging items, minor finishing items and some site works left to be completed. Once completed the gross floor area of the residence will be 2,435 square feet. The property benefits from approximately 120 linear feet of iron shore frontage onto the Chalk Sound with impressive 180 degree views being enjoyed to the west.

6. Title No. 60715/210 Cheshire Hall & Richmond Hill, Providenciales Registered Proprietor: Lincoln Hudson Ferreira Comprising 0.54 acre parcel with bare land containing dense indigenous bush and mature trees and is accessed via turning off the unpaved Turtle Creek Drive. The subject land fronts the canal.

7. Title No. 60505/250, Blue Hills & Stamers Run, Providenciales Registered Proprietor: Samuel Jules Comprising 0.26 acre parcel with bare land containing indigenous bush and small trees. The property is located between Blue Hills and the northern part of Kew Town and is accessed by turning on Bible Street, the second turning on Blue Hills Road, heading towards the T-junction and taking the northern hand turn to the end of the road and the property is the last lot on the left below the ridge land.

8. Title No. 60719/110 Cheshire Hall & Richmond Hill, Providenciales Registered Proprietor: Finbar Grant Comprising 0.59 acre parcel with a two-storey detached residence, a guest suite and a single-storey guesthouse and is located in the residential sub-division in Discovery Bay. The two-storey detached residence has four/five bedrooms, two and a half bathrooms, library, a substantially complete cinema room, laundry room, kitchen, breakfast room, family room and a separate office. The guest suite contains a bedroom, bathroom and a kitchenette. The single-storey guesthouse contains a studio with a bedroom and bathroom and a separate efficiency unit with a bathroom, bedroom and kitchenette. The property also contains a swimming pool and a concrete boat dock.

9. Title No. 50500/249 K8 Whitby, North Caicos Registered Proprietor: Thomas Chal Misick

Comprising a two bedroom condominium unit on the second floor of the St Charles condominium development on Horsestable Beach with a floor area of 1,580 square feet and an oceanfront covered balcony extending top 272 square feet. The condominium consists of a master bedroom suite including closet space and master bathroom with the second en-suite bedroom designed as a lockout unit, entrance foyer, powder room, living/dining room and kitchen.

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Confronting anxiety about China's growing political and economic clout, President Obama announced a strategic shift by the United States to reassert its role as the dominant military power in the Pacific as it pulls back from post-Sept. 11 wars.

Speaking Thursday in the Australian capital, Canberra, Obama pledged to support the dispatch of more U.S. troops, joint training operations and military exercises in the Asia-Pacific region as the Pentagon draws down in Iraq and Afghanistan.

He called the commitment to boost the U.S. military presence a top priority.

"The United States is a Pacific power, and we are here to stay," Obama said in an address to the Australian Parliament.

Although initial steps to broaden America's security umbrella in the region appear more symbolic than dramatic, Obama's message marked a clear change after Washington's nearconstant focus on battling terrorism over the last decade. Many governments in Asia considered Islamic extremism secondary to broader economic challenges and the growing assertiveness of China.

Obama, who is midway through a nine-day trip to Hawaii, Australia and Indonesia, is seeking to strengthen military and trade alliances to ease potential sources of conflict.

"After a decade in which we fought two wars that cost us dearly, in blood and treasure, the United States is turning our attention to the vast potential of the Asia-Pacific," he said.

"With most of the world's nuclear powers and some half of humanity,

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Asia will largely define whether the century ahead will be marked by

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conflict or cooperation, needless suffering or human progress," he added.

Cuts in U.S. defense spending to help rein in huge budget deficits "will not — I repeat, will not — come at the expense of the Asia-Pacific," he said.

It has been clear throughout Obama's trip that his focus is on China.

The United States does not fear China's rise, he said at a news conference Wednesday with Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard. But he said that Chinese leaders must "play by the rules of the road."

"So where China is playing by those rules, recognizing its new role, I think this is a win-win situation," he said. When they're not, "we will send a clear message … that they need to be

on track in terms of accepting the rules and responsibilities that come with being a world power."

Regional tensions have risen in recent years as China asserted a claim of broad sovereignty over the South China Sea. It has joined long-standing territorial disputes in resource-rich waters near the coasts of Vietnam, Malaysia and the Philippines.

China's military has become more active in the region. Officials in Manila have complained that Chinese forces entered Philippine waters or airspace six times this year, once when a frigate allegedly fired toward a Philippine fishing boat. Vietnam has complained that Chinese vessels cut the cables of ships conducting seismic surveys.

KUWAITI PROTESTERS STORM PARLIAMENT

THOUSANDS of Kuwaitis have stormed parliament after police and elite forces beat up protesters marching on the Prime Minister's home to demand he resign. ''Now, we have entered the house of the people,'' said opposition MP Mussallam al-Barrak, who led the protest with several other MPs and activists, calling for the dissolution of the parliament over corruption.

The demonstrators broke open the parliament's gates and entered the main chamber, where they sang the national anthem and then left after a few minutes. Police had used batons to prevent protesters from marching to the home of Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Mohammad al-Ahmad al-Sabah, a senior member of the ruling family, after staging a rally outside the parliament.

Witnesses said at least five demonstrators were injured.

This was the first political violence in the oil-rich Gulf

state since December, when elite forces beat up protesters and MPs at a public rally, though activists have been holding protests since March.

Tension has been building in Kuwait over the past three months since it was alleged that about 16 MPs in the 50-member parliament received about $US350 million in bribes.

The opposition has been leading a campaign to oust Sheikh Nasser, whom it accuses of failing to fight corruption, which has become widespread.

On Wednesday, about 20 opposition MPs boycotted a parliamentary session, a day after the government and its supporters succeeded in rejecting a bid by the opposition to quiz Sheikh Nasser over allegations of corruption.

After the rejection, three opposition MPs filed a fresh request to question him over allegations of graft involving MPs and illegal overseas money transfers.

Syria told to stop the slaughter - or else

WITH almost 4000 Syrian protesters dead in eight months of government attacks, the Arab League has issued a three-day ultimatum insisting that Syria halt the violence or face further economic consequences. ''We shall stop wasting time,'' the Qatari Foreign Minister, Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani, said after the league's meeting.

But already there are questions about the effectiveness of another Arab League deadline, coming four days after it announced it was suspending Syria from the organisation over its failure to comply with another resolution calling for an end to the attacks on civilians.

Meanwhile, the rebel Free Syrian Army, created in July by defectors from the regular army, announced it had formed a temporary military council to oust President Bashar al-Assad's regime and protect civilians from ongoing army violence.

The council aims to ''bring down the current regime, protect Syrian civilians from its oppression, protect private and public property, and prevent chaos and acts of revenge when it falls''.

Colonel Riyadh al-Asaad, the leader of the Syrian Free Army who is based in Turkey, will chair the council.

It is believed Free Syrian Army fighters attacked

a military intelligence base in the Damascus suburb of Harasta early on Wednesday, reportedly killing six soldiers in one of the most daring raids since antigovernment protests began in February.

Despite the increasing threats to the Syrian regime, including a call this week from Jordan's King Abdullah for Mr Assad to step down, violence against civilians continued across the country.

Activists say at least 24 people have died since the Arab League announced Syria's suspension.

Despite activists' frustrations with the pace of the Arab League response, Rami Khouri, the director of the Issam Fares Institute of Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University of Beirut, believes they are right to move slowly. ''You have got to keep the door open … you want to avoid a war situation that destroys the country,'' said Mr Khouri, who believes the Arab League actions are ''extremely significant''. ''The economy has been ravaged by the instability inside the country, and the sanctions are aggravating that even more. ''Business people who have until now been supportive of Assad are quite jittery … it could trigger political changes if some people who support the government decide to jump ship.''

The European Union banned all imports of Syrian oil in September, as well as placing 13 Syrian officials on a sanctions list, including Mr Assad.

The United States has imposed similar measures. However, Syria commentators such as Joshua Landis, the director of the Centre for Middle East Studies at the University of Oklahoma, said it was doubtful sanctions alone would tip the Assad regime from power. ''What sanctions do very effectively is make people poor and hungry,'' he wrote on his Syria blog. ''Governments are good at passing along the pain. ''The problem with sanctions is that they destroy national institutions … and make building democracy all the more difficult when the offending regime is finally overturned.''

Attacks against foreign embassies in Syria have also continued, with France's Foreign Minister, Alain Juppe, announcing that the ambassador, Eric Chevallier, had been recalled following a rise in violence against diplomatic missions.

Morocco also recalled its ambassador after crowds attacked the embassies of Morocco and the United Arab Emirates in Damascus, Agence FrancePresse reported.

Tension increases at protests

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The interaction between police and Occupy Wall Street demonstrators grew markedly more confrontational on Thursday, with clashes breaking out across Lower Manhattan and each side accusing the other of unwarranted violence.

The altercations erupted as protesters sought to demonstrate that a raid on their encampment early Tuesday hadn't weakened their resolve or decreased their numbers. A day of raucous rallies and protests suggested that it had not, posing what could become a continuing challenge for Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his police commissioner, Raymond Kelly.

There was definitely a lot more tensions on the streets today," said Christopher Dunn, executive legal director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, who monitored the protests.

Mr. Dunn said he saw "a level of physical confrontation" between the police and protesters that hadn't been present in past Occupy Wall Street demonstrations. "I think there's some real anger on the protesters' side over the eviction and some of it is probably the police are starting to lose their patience," Mr. Dunn said.

New York Police Department spokesman Paul Brown disputed that idea: "Within the larger group of nonviolent protesters there has always been a smaller core looking to foment trouble."

Activists staged a series of demonstrations throughout the day, starting with a morning attempt to march on Wall Street that led to clashes with police and ending with a massive union-backed rally in Foley Square that was largely peaceful. The events had been planned before the Tuesday raid.

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Bloomberg sought to pin the blame for trouble on demonstrators. He ticked off a list of injuries suffered by the officers, most of them minor. "Even in the face of this antagonism, the police maintained incredible restraint," Mr. Bloomberg said.

And on Twitter, press aides sparred with reporters who they thought were getting facts wrong or weren't being fair to City Hall.

Thursday's attempt to block access to Wall Street was clearly aimed at jolting the daily rhythm of the financial system. Protesters wanted to delay the ringing of the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange, exactly the sort of disruption that Mr. Bloomberg and his aides have proudly said the city has avoided. On Thursday, the NYPD responded forcefully.

The bell rang on time, but demonstrators made life difficult for those who were trying to get to work.

Police made it hard for demonstrators.

On Pine Street, Ben Farnan sat Occupy Wall Street participants are arrested at the intersection of Nassau and Pine Streets. They stopped in his gray Jaguar as protesters were marching to toward Wall Street before the opening of the stock exchange when they were met

by NYPD in riot gear and street closures. marched between cars. He had driven in from Long Island unaware of the For much of the past two months, Six other police officers had been planned demonstrations and was trying Occupy Wall Street and the NYPD had injured, Mr. Kelly said. There were a to get to work on Wall Street. been in something of a stalemate. slew of injured protesters, too. Ten "It's crazy," he said. "I'm hoping it's Activists spent most of their time protesters taken into police custody over very shortly." tending to their encampment in Zuccotti needed medical attention, Mr. Kelly Officers in riot gear clashed Park while staging periodic marches said. Many others were hurt but not repeatedly with chanting protesters in and rallies elsewhere. Police, arrested. the narrow streets of the Financial meanwhile, let the protesters be unless The mayor worked to shape the District. Police would disperse they blocked traffic or were otherwise day's narrative. Flanked by white-coat- demonstrators in one place, only to disruptive. clad doctors at Bellevue, Mr. have them coalesce again in another.

That has changed. Nearly 200 people had been arrested by the time Messrs. Bloomberg and Kelly gave a late-afternoon press briefing on Thursday at Bellevue Hospital. They were there visiting Officer Matthew Walters, who they said suffered a cut to the hand when a protester threw a starshaped glass object at police.

18 KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN KILLED AS PACKED MINIBUS PLOUGHS INTO TRUCK

An overloaded school minibus crashed head-on with a truck in rural western China on Wednesday, killing at least 18 kindergarten children on their way to class, officials said.

Two adults - the driver of the minibus and a teacher at the kindergarten also died in the accident, said an emergency official surnamed Fan. News of the crash ignited public anger across China, highlighting an underfunded education system that especially shortchanges students in remote areas.

The bus had nine seats, but Fan said it was jammed with 62 children and two adults when it collided with the truck in China's Gansu province, leaving the orange school vehicle crumpled and twisted. Authorities blamed the overloading for the accident, the official Xinhua News Agency said.

Four children and the bus driver died at the scene, said Fan, the director of the emergency office of the Gansu provincial work safety bureau. Gao Shaobo, head of traffic police in Zhengning county, where the school is located, later said that 20 people had died and 44 were still hospitalised - two in critical condition and 12 with serious injuries.

The impact of the crash drove the front of the minibus back into the seats, ripped open the top and buckled the sides of the vehicle, while the front of the truck was damaged only slightly. Xinhua reported that the truck was loaded with coal, but Gao told state broadcaster CCTV that it was used to transport stones but was empty at the time of the accident.

The bus was on its way to the Little Doctor Kindergarten on the outskirts of Qingyang city after picking up the children - aged 5 and 6 - when the accident happened, Gao said.

"The van was driving on the wrong side of the street. Both the truck and the van were going at high speeds at the time," he said. The two people in the truck were not injured, and the driver has been detained, he said.

The bus was run by the kindergarten, Xinhua said, citing Li Yuanqing, a government press official with Zhengning county.

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Attempted assassination charge in shooting at White House

LOCAL NEWS WORLD NEWS

WASHINGTON — Federal authorities on Thursday charged a 21year-old Idaho man with attempting to assassinate President Obama — saying he had told one friend that the president was “the Antichrist” and that he “needed to kill him,” according to a complaint filed in federal court. The man, Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez of Idaho Falls, who is accused of spraying bullets from an assault rifle at the residential floors of the White House last week, was also “convinced the federal government is conspiring against him” and had become “increasingly more agitated” before he disappeared from Idaho last month, the complaint said.

The complaint was filed in conjunction with a brief appearance by Mr. Ortega-Hernandez in a federal courthouse in Pittsburgh on Thursday afternoon. He had been arrested on Wednesday at a hotel near the town of Indiana, Pa., and officials intend to bring him back to the District of Columbia to face the assassination charge, which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.

Mr. Ortega-Hernandez was shackled and dressed in a white prisonissue jumpsuit. He spoke only briefly

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during the hearing, muttering “yes ma’am” when asked by a magistrate judge if he understood his legal rights.

Law enforcement officials had been hunting for Mr. OrtegaHernandez since Friday night, after discovering evidence linked to his identity in a black Honda Accord with an Idaho license plate. The car was found abandoned on the lawn of the United States Institute of Peace, about seven blocks west of the White House and near a bridge over the Potomac River.

Minutes earlier, at least two witnesses had seen the car pause on Constitution Avenue in front of the Ellipse — a grassy field between the White House and the Washington Monument — as gunshots were fired out of its passenger window, after which the vehicle sped away, according to the complaint.

A search of the car found a Romanian-made semiautomatic rifle with a “large scope” mounted on its top, nine spent cartridges, and large amounts of ammunition of the same size as a bullet later found at the White House. Two of Mr. OrtegaHernandez’s acquaintances in Idaho said he owned such a weapon, the

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complaint said.

On Wednesday, agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation searched the area around the White House and located “several confirmed bullet impact points on the south side of the building on or above the second story,” where the first family’s residential quarters are located.

President Obama and his wife, Michelle, were out of town at the time of the shooting, just after 9 p.m.; it is not clear if the authorities have evidence showing whether Mr. OrtegaHernandez believed that the president was at home. The Secret Service has declined to say whether the Obamas’ daughters, Sasha and Malia, were in the residence.

It was not clear why it took so long to discover the bullets. But Daniel Bongino, a former Secret Service agent with the presidential protection division, said in an interview that the search for bullet damage on the building and grounds would have been like looking for “a needle in a haystack” and was most likely conducted slowly and methodically to avoid missing or damaging any evidence.

Mr. Ortega-Hernandez’s family

Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez

had reported him missing in Idaho Falls last month, after he drove away in the Honda Accord, the complaint said. The Secret Service has said it did not have Mr. Ortega-Hernandez on record as having made any threats against the president. But after the shooting, several acquaintances said he had been fixated on Mr. Obama.

Besides the one friend who told investigators that Mr. OrtegaHernandez had said he believed the president was the “Antichrist” and that he needed to kill him, another friend said he stated “President Obama was the problem with the government,” was “the devil,” and that he “needed to be taken care of.” The second friend also said he appeared to be “preparing for something.”

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Billions lost by Olympus may be tied to criminals

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TOKYO — Japanese officials say that at least $4.9 billion is unaccounted for in a financial scandal at Olympus and are investigating whether much of that money went to companies with links to organized crime. In a memo prepared by investigators and circulated at a recent meeting of officials from Japan’s Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission, the Tokyo prosecutor’s office and the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, officials say they are trying to determine whether Olympus worked with organized crime syndicates to obscure billions of dollars in past investment losses and then paid them exorbitant sums for their services.

The memo — a copy of which was obtained by The New York Times from a person close to the official investigation — appears to link the Olympus losses for the first time to organized crime groups.

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It also suggests that investigators believe illicit payouts from Olympus went far beyond the roughly $1.4 billion in merger fees and acquisition payments that have come under recent scrutiny, potentially making it one of the biggest scandals in Japanese corporate history.

Olympus, a maker of medical imaging systems and digital cameras, recently announced that an internal investigation had found that the company used a series of money-losing acquisitions to hide investment losses in the 1990s, keeping those losses off its books for decades. Olympus has said a panel of third-party experts is still tallying numbers on how big the losses were.

The company has said that all the transactions went toward masking losses. It has denied rumors that it sought the aid of Japan’s notorious

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organized crime syndicates, known as the yakuza, to help orchestrate a coverup.

But according to the investigators’ memo, Olympus made payments amounting to many times the losses it sought to hide, and investigators suspect much of the additional money went to crime groups.

Olympus paid a total of 481 billion yen, or $6.25 billion, through questionable acquisition payments, investments and advisory fees from 2000 to 2009, according to the memo, but only 105 billion yen has been written down or otherwise accounted for in its financial statements. That leaves 376 billion yen, or $4.9 billion, unaccounted for, according to the memo.

The memo says investigators believe that over half of that amount has been channeled to organized crime

Branson Empire to buy bank owned by Britain

LONDONThe British and about £150 million in government agreed on Thursday capital notes issued by Virgin to sell Northern Rock, the lender Money. It also has an option to it nationalized more than three receive another £50 million to years ago, to Virgin Money, £80 million depending on when which is controlled by Richard and whether the company sells Branson, in a deal that represents shares in an initial public a loss for Britain’s taxpayers. offering in the next five years.

The government is to receive Virgin Money is buying £747 million ($1.18 billion) in Northern Rock’s savings bank cash, and the total proceeds could and mortgage lender, which reach as much as £1.03 billion if had a net asset value of £1.1 certain conditions are met. That billion at the end of June, compares with the £1.4 billion according to U.K. Financial the government injected into the Investments, the organization retail bank in 2010 after it split that managed Northern Rock Northern Rock into two. on behalf of the government.

Richard Branson It is the first sale of banking The government is assets the British government retaining control of Northern acquired during the financial crisis to avoid a Rock’s asset management business, which is collapse of the financial sector. The government currently operating with a mortgage book worth still owns large stakes in Royal Bank of about £47 billion. When the government Scotland and the Lloyds Banking Group, which nationalized Northern Rock in 2008 it injected it is eager to sell at a profit. £27 billion into the entire bank, according to “The Northern Rock sale is a very good U.K. Financial. result for the government because losing the Wilbur L. Ross Jr., the investor and chief risk is better than going for profit,” Howard executive of WL Ross & Company, which Wheeldon, a strategist at BGC Partners, said. invests in distressed financial assets, helped “But it was the relatively easy one for the finance the Virgin Money takeover. A Middle government to get off its back. The real test is Eastern sovereign wealth fund contributed less going to be R.B.S. and Lloyds.” than 10 percent of the financing, Virgin Money Northern Rock ran into trouble when the said. credit markets seized up in 2008 and was no Virgin Money pledged to keep all 75 longer able to finance its operations. Panic Northern Rock branches and not to lay off any spread quickly among its customers, who of the 2,100 employees in the next three years, wanted to get their money back, creating a run U.K. Financial said. But all the branches will on the bank. The government had to step in and be rebranded as Virgin Money. Its headquarters Northern Rock was nationalized. will remain in Newcastle, in northeast England.

“The sale of Northern Rock to Virgin The acquisition would add a million customers Money is an important first step in getting the to Virgin Money’s three million. It would also British taxpayer out of the business of owning add £16 billion in deposits and £14 billion in banks,” said George Osborne, the chancellor of mortgages. the Exchequer.

The transaction is subject to approval by As part of the agreement, the government is the British financial regulator, the Financial to receive an additional £50 million ($79 Services Authority, and the European million) in cash in the second quarter of 2012 Commission.

syndicates, including the country’s largest, the Yamaguchi Gumi. The memo does not make clear whether Olympus knew about those links. But if confirmed by investigators, an association with organized crime could prompt a delisting of Olympus shares from the Tokyo Stock Exchange, under the exchange’s rules.

The memo suggests that Olympus may have been coerced by organized crime syndicates that knew about or helped with previous cover-ups to channel ever-increasing funds out of the company.

“Olympus was exploited over its cover-up totaling losses of 50 billion yen, and since 2000, over 200 billion yen has disappeared into the underground economy,” the memo said.

Olympus officials said Thursday that they had no immediate comment.

EURO DEBT WORRIES SHIFT TO SPAIN AND FRANCE

PARIS — Italy, the third-largest economy of the euro bloc, has spent days struggling in the market spotlight.

On Thursday, however, investors turned their attention to the No. 2, France, and No. 4, Spain, whose borrowing costs spiked during the day. Spain auctioned about 3.6 billion euros, or $4.8 billion, in 10-year debt Thursday, but had to pay 6.97 percent — the most it has had to pay since 1997, before the advent of the euro, and well above the 5.43 percent it paid at a comparable auction in October. Borrowing costs above 6 percent are considered dangerously high, and at 7 percent are considered unsustainable over the longer term, as interest payments crowd out other spending.

France paid 2.8 percent to sell bonds maturing in July 2016, up from the 2.3 percent it paid in October, and the spread between French and German 10-year bond yields, a measure of market confidence, widened to more than two percentage points, the widest since the creation of the euro more than a decade ago.

Market intervention from the European Central Bank helped turn the struggling euro zone bonds around, however, and yields fell for the day. By the close of trading in Europe an investor who bought the Spanish securities — for which the yield fell to 6.42 percent on the secondary market — would have made money.

The markets wobbled as Chancellor Angela Merkel’s German government again refused to back the kind of strong action — like the issuance of joint euro zone bonds and making the European Central Bank a so-called lender of last resort for governments — that many economists say is essential to halting the euro zone sell-off.

France is also seeking Mrs. Merkel’s support for using the central bank to bolster the European Financial Stability Facility, the main euro zone bailout vehicle.

“I’m convinced that none of these approaches, if applied right now, would bring about a solution of this crisis,” Bloomberg News quoted Mrs. Merkel as saying in a speech. “If politicians believe the E.C.B. can solve the problem of the euro’s weakness, then they’re trying to convince themselves of something that won’t happen.”

Mr. Monti, Mrs. Merkel and President Nicolas Sarkozy of France spoke on Thursday and, in a joint statement, agreed on the need to accelerate previously agreed-upon measures to ensure financial stability and growth in the euro zone, Reuters reported.

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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who has tapped into an anti-Washington vein in his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, was paid to counsel the U.S. Chamber of Commerce after he left Congress.

The Chamber, the largest lobbying organization in Washington, paid Mr. Gingrich about $840,000, according to people familiar with the arrangement, or about $120,000 a year for seven years beginning in 2001, to serve on an informal board of advisers to its president and senior staff. He served as a "fellow," along with about a dozen other former government officials.

Mr. Gingrich, who left Congress in early 1999, is far from the first lawmaker to leave office and then earn corporate consulting fees. But the Chamber of Commerce work comes on the heels of disclosures that he earned at least $1.6 million from mortgage giant Freddie Mac. "We've had some problems with the Chamber," said Adam Brandon, spokesman for FreedomWorks, a national organization that helps organize local tea-party groups, noting its approval of the economic stimulus. The Chamber took issue with parts of the 2009 spending package but supported the final legislation.

Mr. Gingrich's recent surge in

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opinion polls has been partly the result of his ability to tap into the anti-establishment sentiment of teaparty backers. In a recent CNN survey, he drew support from 29% of Republicans who call themselves teaparty supporters, a higher share than any other candidate. But many teaparty activists oppose the tax breaks and policy measures that the Chamber works to secure for its members, calling them meddling in the free market. As for Freddie Mac, it is widely blamed by Republicans for contributing to the housingmarket meltdown. Mr. Brandon noted that many FreedomWorks members disapprove of the government's relationship with Freddie.

R.C. Hammond, Mr. Gingrich's spokesman, said the speaker is still "the best anti-establishment, antiWashington candidate."

Mr. Hammond said Mr. Gingrich's years in Washington, in both the public and private sectors, have put him in the "best position to actually break up the status quo in Washington.…He understands why the system is broken and how it can be fixed."

Mr. Gingrich's assignment with the Chamber of Commerce was to attend dinner or lunch with Chamber officials every few months and to serve as a sounding board on various economic issues, people familiar with the arrangement said. Mr. Gingrich

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TCI LOTTO GAMES LTD Phone: 941-5763

Operational General Manager

TCI Lotto Games Ltd. Is now accepting applications/resumes for an Operational General Manager.

The position involves the general operation and supervision of a gaming operation from the main office on Providenciales. Successful applicants must possess the following qualifications and must be fluent in English: 1. A minimum of five years experience working in a fast paced environment as well as a positive attitude and aptitude to work in a customer service oriented business; 2. Exceptional communication and customer service skills (is a must); 3. Trustworthy and dependable; 4. Excellent communication, writing and computer skills; 5. Must be willing to work flexible hours including weekends and holidays; 6. Good organizational and problem solving skill; 7. Clean criminal record; 8. Unblemished employment history Those applicants with required qualifications and/or skills will be contacted for an interview.

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didn't lobby for the organization.

His campaign said his clients also included Microsoft Corp., among others. A Microsoft spokeswoman said the company belonged to a think tank created by Mr. Gingrich that promoted free-market solutions to health-care problems.

With Mr. Gingrich gaining traction in the Republican primary campaign, some of his rivals for the nomination have begun to question his private-sector dealings. After a campaign event Wednesday in Webster City, Iowa, Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota said that Freddie Mac and sister organization

Fannie Mae were at the "epicenter of the financial meltdown in this country…and whether former Speaker Gingrich made $300,000 or whether he made $2 million, the point is he took money to also influence senior Republicans to be favorable toward Fannie and Freddie."

The Gingrich campaign said Mr. Gingrich didn't lobby for Freddie Mac by contacting lawmakers on its behalf. Instead, it says, he was paid to think about Freddie's problems and provide advice.

For years, Fannie and Freddie offered lucrative jobs to officials exiting the government. Thomas Donilon, President Barack Obama's top national-security adviser, was a top Fannie Mae lobbyist for six years, until 2005. The current White House chief of staff, Bill Daley, served on Fannie's board. After Mr. Gingrich left Congress in 1999, his chief of staff, Arne Christenson, joined Fannie Mae as its senior vice president for regulatory affairs, a position he held until early 2004.

At the Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Gingrich was one of about a dozen former government officials from both political parties who served as fellows. Others included former Democratic White House chief of staff Mack McLarty and former Republican White House chief of staff Andy Card.

PRELIMINARY NOTICE OF AUCTION SALES FirstCaribbean International Bank (Bahamas) Ltd, as Chargee, pursuant to section 72 of the Registered Land Ordinance, hereby gives notice that it will cause to be sold by Public Auction the scheduled property outside of its offices at 1271 Leeward Highway, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands at 10:00 am on Friday, November 25, 2011.

1. Title No. 61004\05 Juba Salina, Providenciales Comprising 0.60 acres residential ocean view property consisting of a detached single-storey residential home which includes an open plan living and dining area, kitchen, three bedrooms, two bathrooms and utility room. In addition, there is also a detached two-storey building comprising a garage, an unfinished studio unit, office and an upper level studio apartment with bedroom, large living area, kitchen and bathroom. Total gross floor area is approximately 4,930 square feet.

Registered Proprietors, Olympia Technologies Ltd. For more information please contact Mr. Corey Clarke, CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank, Head Office, Bridgetown, Barbados (Tel: 246 467 1654/email: corey.clarke@cibcfcib.com) or MCKNIGHTS International Law Firm, Attorneys at Law, 46 Salt Mills Plaza, Grace Bay, Providenciales (Telephone 649-941-2330/Fax 649941-2331/email: admin@mcknights.tc).

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IMMEDIATE OPENING WAITER/WAITRESS

Requirements • One year experience in fine dining restaurant Luxury Resort as a waitress/waiter • Must be able and willing to work all days and shifts Duties Include: • Server food and beverages to guests in a prompt manner.

• Knowledge of food and beverages on the menu up-sell and maximize revenue • Prepare, arrange and serve food or drinks that are attractive and appetizing to the guests.

BARTENDER

Requirements: • Must have 3 years experience as a bartender in branded luxury resort • Must have advanced knowledge of beverage preparation and service of alcoholic beverages with ability to mix, garnishes and present drinks using standard ingredient recipes.

• Must be able and willing to work all days and shifts Duties Include: • Maintain proper and adequate set-up of the bar on a daily basis and cleaning of bar area on closing.

• Requisitioning and stocking of all beer, wine, spirits, paper products, etc. and produce based projections from the daily functions sheet.

• Maintaining stock, cutting and storing of all fresh fruit and vegetable garnishes, juices and other perishables daily to insure product quality.

POOL AND BEACH ATTENDANT

Requirements: • Must be able to work in all outdoor element, rain, sun, etc. as required • Must be able to work long hours on feet • Must be able to lift 30lbs or more • Must be trained and certified in CPR, First Aid. • Life guard experience is a plus • Must be able and willing to work all days and shifts Duties Include: • Creating a luxury guest experience through delivery of high level service for all pool and beach services

FINANCIAL CONTROLLER

Requirements: • BA/BS Degree or equivalent.

• At least 10 years experience.

• At least 5 years management/supervisory experience at a property of similar size and quality.

• At least 3 years of international multi-unit property experience.

• Post secondary degree or equivalent qualification by experience • Advanced knowledge and skills in computer systems, most specifically, Excel Spreadsheet Solutions.

• Complete understanding of Executive Committee level functions.

• Demonstrated understanding of interdepartmental relations and expectations in the luxury hotel market.

• Sound knowledge of both European and American Accounting Plans.

• Previous and in depth experience, understanding and application of management contracts.

• Thorough understanding of H.O.A. contracts and contractual management.

• Solid training in all areas of Accounting from A/P, A/R, General Ledger, Credit, Collections, Audit, Inventory control, Payroll, Budgeting, Costing, P&L preparation and analysis, etc.

• Ability to inspire, develop and train people for promotion.

• Must be able and willing to work all days and shifts Duties Include:

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• Managing the day to day operations of the accounting department and overseeing the staff.

• Assisting executive management, ownership and related associations with the production of financial reports, detailed analysis and business outlook.

• Directing departments in the preparation and consolidation of financial budgets and projections.

• Prepare, present and provide interpretation of operational reports as they impact the business finances.

• Developing and maintaining chart of accounts and master lists.

• Actively involved in yield management and revenue enhancement.

• Coordinating internal and external audits.

COCKTAIL SERVER

Requirements: • 3-5 years experience working in a luxury restaurant environment • Throughout knowledge of wines and mixed beverages • Excellent communication skills • Ability to understand the guest, internal and external, and meet and exceed the needs of both the guest and the company • Ability to provide genuine service through actions that display selfconfidence, grace and courtesy to guests and colleagues • Must be able and willing to work all days and shift Duties Include: • Offering beverage suggestions and taking guest orders • Exhibit knowledge of all cocktails, beverage items and wine list • Demonstrating knowledge of resort, in-house facilities and local information to respond to guest questions • Maintaining cleanliness and appearance of outlet • Adhere to legal and/or Regent Policies and Standards

EXECUTIVE HOUSEKEEPER

Requirements: • Must have minimum 10-12 years experience as an executive housekeeper in branded luxury hotel/resort • Post secondary degree or equivalent qualification by experience • Must have knowledge of Opera (Fidelio) hotel operating system • Must have knowledge of laundry operations • Must have experience managing large department (50 or more employees) • Ability to train coach and counsel staff • Ability to determine appropriate staffing levels based on anticipated business, and create staffing schedules which optimize the balance between desired profitability, guest demands and employee desires • Thorough understanding of the elements and components of luxury services, set-ups and supplies • Must have financial knowledge and ability to analyze P & L statements, develop operating budgets, forecasting and capital expenditure planning • Must have advanced knowledge of standard software applications • Good communication and relationship building skills to interact effectively with managers and unit owners.

• Must be able and willing to work all shifts and days Duties Include: • Develops and implements business strategies for the housekeeping department • Develops annual operating and capital expenditures budget for department • Manages the operation of the housekeeping department including guest rooms and public space areas.

• Inspects rooms, public space and back-of-the house areas continually and adjusts operations accordingly • Oversees inventory, purchasing, disbursement, cost control for all linens, Cleaning supplies, guest rooms and restroom and laundry supplies, etc.

• Adheres to brand marketing, sales and quality standards • Coordinates room availability with the Front Office Manager and room maintenance with Director of Engineering Interested applicants should apply to Regent Palms, and bring along a recent C.V., or by emailing to marjorie.dorsett@regenthotels.com, no later than December 2, 2011

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Search is on for Provo golf champs As the excitement of the Ryder Cup subsides, Provo Golf Club is bracing itself for another two days of high drama.

This weekend sees the TCI’s best golfers gather to do battle for the honour of being crowned club champion.

And if previous tournaments are anything to go by, it promises to be a keenly contested affair, with more than 45 members taking part.

Director of golf, Dave Douglas, said: “The big events are coming thick and fast and this weekend should be fascinating. What is nice about the club championship is that it takes handicaps into account and so it is so hard to predict where the winner will come from.

“We are all just getting our breath back

following the Ryder Cup weekend, at which we saw the North Americans win for the first time in six years. The Americans will now be looking to take that form into this individual event but of course the Rest of the World players will be out for revenge.

“Along with the Ryder Cup, the Turks and Caicos Amateur, Last year's winners Jumphol Srinark and Chris Pretorious the President’s Championship and the Rizzoli tournament, this is one of our biggest Defending the men’s title will be Jumphol events of the year.”

Srinark who shot a two over par 146 over 36 holes The 36-hole championship will feature six last year, while Chris Pretorius (170) will be out to men’s flights and three women’s, with competitors regain the ladies crown. teeing off between 8.30am and 11 am on both days.

Douglas added: “Jumphol and Chris are expected to do well again but the format means high handicappers can really compete with the lower handicappers.

“That makes for exciting golf and I’d urge anyone interested to come down, watch the action and enjoy our fantastic facilities.”

The Sailrock under 11 Boys League

MVP Nickello Pierre presented by coach Peter McKnight

The Sailrock under 11 Boys League continues to produce exciting games as the future footballing stars of the TCI continue to fight it out very Saturday morning.

Last weekend Sky Blues managed to hold out 0-0 against the Green Galaxy before narrowly losing out 2-1 against the Orange All Stars. Junior Paul and Joovens Joseph scored for the All Stars and Jules Jennings netted for the Sky Blues.

The Red Devils defeated the All Stars by the same margin as Jack Small scored twice, Joseph scored again for the team in Orange.

However, the Red Devils could not make it two wins in a row as they fell 3-1 against the Green Galaxy.

Jack Small was again on the score sheet for the Devils but it was not enough to deny

the Galaxy who earned a well deserved victory with goals coming from Evance Joseph (2) and Nickello Pierre.

The Red Devils are still leading the league standings but the other teams are closing the gap with just four games left to play.

MVP for Week 4 was Nickello Pierre Results Week 4 Green Galaxy 0 Sky Blues 0 Red Devils 2 (Jack Small 2) Orange Allstars 1 (Joovens Joseph) Sky Blues 1 (Jules Jennings) Orange Allstars 2 (Junior Paul, Joovens Joseph) Green Galaxy 3 (Nickello Pierre, Evance Joseph 2) Red Devils 1 (Jack Small)

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Super 7’s round robin phase ends this week

The Super 7's Football League will finish its roundrobin phase next week with six teams vying for the top four play-off sports. Air Turks and Caicos and AFC Academy have already qualified for the final stage and will be joined by two teams from the chasing bunch that include Pedagogue FC, AFC National, SWA Sharks and HAB Harriers.

This weeks games saw Air Turks and Caicos brush aside Pedagogue FC with a 5-1 win. The educators opened the scoring through Daniel Clayton as he latched on to Alex Cranston's clearance but that only seemed to spur on the Flamingoes as they hit back with three quick goals to take a 3-1 half time lead with David Archer scoring twice and Lagneau Brumvert also getting on the score sheet.

The second half was a fairly even affair until two late goals from Peterson Evariste and Stephen Derilien gave the league leaders a comfortable victory.

In the second game AFC National had to withstand a late comeback from the Sharks to hold out for a 3-2 win. Luis Turbyfield opened the scoring with a fierce strike to put National ahead before Bobby Kwatt latched on to a defensive error to double the lead. Reinaldo Garcia pulled one back for the Sharks before Kwatt added a third goal for National. However, an impressive solo goal from Courtney Tain set up a tense finish but neither team could add to their tally and AFC National held on for a 3-2 win.

In the final game HAB Harriers kept their play-off chances alive with a 3-2 win over Provo Golf Club. Sanjay Campbell twice found the net to give the Harriers a 2-0 lead before Jacques Etienne pulled one back. Provo Golf Club were guilty of profligacy throughout the game and Craig James scored late in the game to appear to give the Harriers their second win before Etienne again gave his team hope with another well taken goal but it was not enough on the day as he team eventually went down by a 3-2 margin.

Next week will see the end of the first phase and with six teams fighting for positions it promises to be an evening of goals, excitement and drama.

MVP for week 6 was Sanjay Campbell of HAB Harriers

Red Devils burn Cheetahs in The Red Devils opened their account with a 3-0 win over the Striking Cheetahs as Yarileny De La Cruz scored a hat-trick.

In the main game of the day the Devils claimed the all important win against the White Wolves 3-2, a game which would determine who held the top spot. Waldine Pierre and Cessia Johnson scored for the Wolves but goals from Lomekiah Thompson, Sydney lawson and Yarileny De La Cruz gave the Devils the win.

In the other games, two victories for the Green Dragons have given them an outside chance of winning the league as they are now in second place above the Wolves on goal difference. Yarielca De La Criz scored twice as the Dragons beet the Cheetahs 2-0 and then scored four goals along with Jenny Fleurenvil as they beat the Titans 8-0.

The Titans also managed a win as they beat the Yellow Jaguars 2-1, Guerline Hall scored for the Jaguars but Makayla Ellis and Ella Foley scored a goal a-piece for the Titans. The Jaguars however also managed a win as Guerline Hall's solo goal proved enough to remove the White Wolves from the top spot. The final round of games will be played this week followed by the presentation of

trophies.

Head Coach Gillian Vernice was pleased with the day’s action. "Week after week the girls are improving. They are very enthusiasitic and each of them is trying hard to impress us coaches so they can become members of our Girl's Center of Excellence." Technical Director Matthew Green added "we have sixty girls in this league at the moment and next year we intend to expand it even further as well as create Beach Soccer Leagues for our young players.

We also aim to put together a U15 Girls National Team in 2012 Action from the Sailrock Girls Under 14 competition that will play in a regional tournament sailrock U14 Girls League and with only two games with the likes of Jamaica and the Bahamas.The remaining they are strong favourites to claim the future for women's and girls’ football looks very title. Both the Green Dragons and White Wolves promising." have an outside chance to finish in first place but MVP for Week 4 was Jenny Fleurenvil who they will need to win both their last two games and attends the TCI Comprehensive School. hope other results go in their favour.

The Red Devils have a six point lead in the

In the games played in the Provo Basketball League Friday 11th November 2011; Cobras defeated the Philipinos 66-49 in Game One. Rico Clare of the Cobras shot 26 points, while Jai Cabrera of the Philipinos registered 8 points and grabbed 8 rebounds.

In Game two Flyers defeated predators 49 to 36 with Rudy Fuford of the victors scoring 16 points.

Troy Saunders of Predators also shot 16 points. He also grabbed 11 rebounds.

In game 3, South Caicos defeated Lions 51 to 40. D. Dean of the South Caicos team scored 18 points. Marcus Lightbourne of Lions registered 11points and 16 rebounds.

In the games played on Saturday, November 12, Knights got by Customs 47 to 41 in Game One, with Aundro Germain of shooting 13 points and grabbed 12 rebounds. Keno Wilson of Customs also registered 13 points and six rebounds.

In Game Two, Police defeated Cobras 59 to 53. K. Doughty of the Police shot 21 points and held onto 15 rebounds. Gino Agenor of the Cobras scored 13 points.

So far South Caicos is the only team in the contest with an unblemished record having won every game from their four outings. Other competitors Flyers won three games and lost one, the same as Predators.

Knights won two games and lost one; Customs also won one and lost two, the same as T.C Crystal Lions. Cobras won one while losing three likewise the Steelers; Police won one while losing the other in their two-game outing, while Philipinos have lost all of their three games.

The games continue this weekend with South Caicos doing battle against Customs and Philipinos try to get their first win against the Flyers.

South Caicos on top in Provo Leaders Sharks suffer Baskeball League double loss

With two weeks left to play, Blue Hills Sharks are still in top spot in the Sailrock U13 Boys league despite losing both their games last weekend.

The Sharks were on the end of two 3-0 defeats by Leeward Knights and Five Cays FC. In the other fixtures Long Bay Revolution tied 2-2 with Leeward Knights and beat Five Cays 2-1.

Blue Hill Sharks are still firm favourites to win the league but it is no longer a forgone conclusion as it seemed two weeks ago.

MVP for week 4 was Sameer Tolani

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JAMAICAN sprinter Steve Mullings was found guilty of a doping violation at a disciplinary hearing into the circumstances under which he tested positive for the prohibited substance Furosemide during the National Track and Field Senior Trials in June.

The United States-based athlete has been absent from all sittings of the case. He has, however, denied any wrongdoing.

The Jamaica Anti-Doping disciplinary panel, chaired by attorney-at-law Lennox Gayle, announced the verdict at the Jamaica Conference Centre yesterday.

The other members of the panel are Dr Japheth Ford and FIFA referee instructor Peter Prendergast.

During his thorough summation Gayle said that, given the evidence provided, the panel is "comfortably satisfied that there was an anti-doping violation" on Mullings' part.

Gayle concluded: "We have come to the unanimous verdict that Mullings is guilty of having the banned substance

Furosemide in both the A and B samples."

The sentencing has been delayed until 2:00 pm on November 21 to give the JamaicaAnti-Doping Commission (JADCo) sufficient time to retrieve documents from the local governing athletics body.

The documents are said to contain specific information relating to Mullings' previous doping ban in 2004 and could be crucial in determining the magnitude of the pending sanction.

The 28-year-old could face a life ban from the sport after being handed a two-year punishment for the 2004 offence Furosemide, commonly advertised under the brand name Lasix, is a drug that increases the release of fluids and other substances from the body. The potent diuretic can be used to mask the presence of other drugs.

Under the International Association of Athletics Federation and World Anti-Doping Agency liability rules, competitors are responsible for anything that goes into their system.

Nineteen Jamaican athletes have been sanctioned/banned after testing positive for prohibitive substance in their bodies.

Despite the guilty verdict by a JADCO disciplinary panel against Steve Mullings, the number stays at 19 as this was Mullings' second failed drug test after being suspended for two years following a previous failure in 2004.

The substances have varied from anabolic steroids to painkillers and stimulants.

Merlene Ottey, who had tested positive for Nandralone, was, however, exonerated due to technical problems with the testing of her B sample.

Former Vere Technical triple jumper Trevor Black has the dubious history as being the first to be caught and banned, then there was sprint hurdler Robert Foster.

Since then, sprinters Aston Morgan, Mullings, Patrick Jarrett and in 2008 Julien Dunkley, as well as long jumper James Beckford; shot putter Dorian Scott and triple jumper Suzette Lee, as well as an unnamed schoolgirl, have all failed tests for

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Is food your passion?

Well if so, O’Soleil & LunaSea Resturants under new management at the beautiful Somerset Resort invites applications from suitable qualified Turks and Caicos Islanders to fill the following vacant positions.

Applicants must have a passion for serving others and willing to work week ends, nights and public holidays.

EXECUTIVE CHEF Requirements include but are not limited to: • Creativity and menu development desired to revitalize our food operation.

• Lead, motivate and encourage our culinary team in achieving the best and highest level of service.

• Preparing, cooking and presenting food in accordance with productivity standards, cost controls and forecast needs.

• Assist in the development of annual budget.

• Create and implement new menus and individual menu items for outlets based on current food trends and regional taste.

• Develop innovative menu selections for special banquet themes and parties in accordance with client budgetary considerations and expectations.

• Monitor staff performance, product quality and production flow; foster improvement where necessary.

• Extensive knowledge of menu development, insight to marketing, cost and wage control.

• Thorough knowledge of food products, standard recipes and proper preparation • 5 Star luxury hotel experience required.

• Minimum of 5 years executive management experience required.

Salary Negotiable EXECUTIVE SOUS CHEF / SOUS CHEFS Requirements include but are not limited to: • Assist Executive Chef in overall responsibility for activities of cooks and other personnel involved in preparing, cooking and presenting food in accordance with quality standards, productivity standards, cost controls, and forecast needs.

• Monitor team performance, product quality and production flow.

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• Ensure compliance with health, safety, sanitation and alcohol awareness standards.

• Train, supervise, schedules and assist in evaluating staff.

• Supervises kitchen staff in the proper preparation, cooking and garnishment of various menu items.

• Assist in the development and enforcement of policies to control food cost and quality.

• Ensure proper receiving, storage (including temperature-setting) and rotation of food products so as to comply with Health Department regulations.

• Lead menu planning activities.

• Schedules culinary staff so that proper coverage is maintained while keeping payroll cost in line.

• 5 Star luxury hotel experience required.

• Minimum of 2 years management experience required.

Salary Negotiable

LINE COOKS Requirements include but are not limited to: • Able to do repetitive work • Able to prepare food according to Resturants guidelines • Knowledge of cooking procedures • Able to communicate with Prep Cooks & Wait staff • Knowledge of kitchen equipment • Knowledge of safety rules for kitchen equipment • 5 Star luxury hotel experience required.

• Minimum of 2 years experience as a line Cook required.

Salary Negotiable RESTAURANT SUPERVISORS Requirements include but are not limited to: • Oversee and supervise daily operations of the restaurants.

• Participate with operation management team to originate, plan, develop and implement long and short term goals.

• Monitor integrity of restaurant operation and the provision of services.

• Delegate and oversee bartending, kitchen supervision and table service duties.

• Oversee menu planning, pricing and banquet operations.

• At least 2 years experience in supervisor role.

Salary Scale: $8.00 to $9.00 per hour based on qualification and experience.

a variety of substances ranging from ganja to stimulants and including anabolic steroids.

In 2009, five athletes -- Yohan Blake, Allodin Fothergill, Sheri-Ann Brooks, Marvin Anderson and Lanceford Spence - tested positive for a stimulant taken at the National Senior Trials for the Berlin World Championships. They received threemonth suspensions.

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Lockout forces NBA to scrap games through December

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The fate of the National Basketball Association (NBA) season remained in limbo after players filed a lawsuit against the governing body and another two weeks of competition were scrapped. As expected, players filed a class action lawsuit against the NBA, setting the stage for a complicated legal battle to resolve their bitter labor dispute.

The court action came as the NBA formally notified teams that all regular season games through to December 15 had been canceled, extending the delay to six weeks after the first month of games was already lost. The season was

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supposed to start on November 1.

The moves came a day after players rejected a contract offer that included plans for a shortened season, saying the terms were unacceptable and they wanted to pursue legal action.

The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Northern California, was brought on behalf of named plaintiffs, Carmelo Anthony, Chauncey Billups, Kevin Durant, Kawhi Leonard and Leon Powe.

The suit seeks to represent NBA players and other prospective professionals while the defendants include the league and its 30 member

SUSPENDED PACKER GETS SIXYEAR JAIL TERM

Johnny Jolly

Johnny Jolly, the suspended Green Bay Packers defensive lineman, was sentenced in Houston to six years in prison Thursday for violating the terms of his probation for a drug conviction. State District Judge Denise Bradley imposed the sentence despite tearful pleas from Jolly and his mother, Phyllis Jolly, to allow him to be treated for his addiction to codeine instead of going to prison.

“I want to go to rehab to get help,” Jolly told the judge as he wiped away tears with a tissue.

A 6-foot-3, 325-pound lineman, the 28-year-old Jolly was charged with possession of a compound containing codeine, a controlled substance, after a traffic stop in Houston in October. He was also charged with tampering with evidence for attempting to conceal the substance from the investigating officers. Jolly’s truck was pulled over after he was seen throwing a bag out the window.

Jolly pleaded guilty in April to a codeine possession charge in a deal that wiped out an earlier charge and spared him prison time unless he stumbled again.

Jolly, who grew up in Houston, was a sixthround draft pick of the Packers in 2006 after playing at Texas A&M. He was a starter for Green Bay in 2008 and 2009. He sat out the next season after being suspended indefinitely by the N.F.L. in July 2010.

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teams.

"Rather than competing for the players' services," the lawsuit said, "defendants have combined and conspired to eliminate such competition among themselves for NBA players through group boycotts, concerted refusals to deal, and agreements on restricting output and fixing prices."

The lawsuit seeks triple damages as a result of the antitrust violations.

The latest collective bargaining agreement that players turned down Monday, called for a 50-50 split of basketball related income between the

owners and players and would have provided for a 72-game season to start on December 15.

The National Basketball Players Association also said it would no longer continue in collective bargaining and would dissolve the union to become a trade association in order to pursue legal action against the NBA. A shift from the negotiating table to the courts sets the stage for a potentially lengthy battle with the entire NBA season hanging in the balance.

The NBA, which claims it lost $300 million last season with 22 of its 30 teams in the red, locked out players on July 1.

Players, who received 57 percent of basketball income in the previous contract, also are at odds with the owners over rules governing contracts and free agency. They have been locked out for almost five months.

Astros get new owners and a different league

MILWAUKEE — Baseball’s yearly general managers’ meetings and quarterly ownership meetings, held jointly this week here at the Pfister Hotel, ended Thursday with a sequence of activity that ensured significant changes to the sport moving forward. The Houston Astros will move from the National League Central to the American League West, Commissioner Bud Selig announced.

The realignment will most likely occur before the 2013 season, he said.

Meanwhile, the ownership of the Astros, after a unanimous vote of approval Thursday by team owners, was officially transferred from Drayton McLane, who owned the team for 19 years, to a group headed by Jim Crane.

Selig also said Thursday that the number of wild-card teams in each league would be increased to two. That change, Selig said, could occur as soon as 2012.

“This was, in my opinion, what I think will prove to be a very historic day in this sport,” Selig said.

Baseball’s last realignment occurred before the start of the 1998 season, when the Milwaukee Brewers moved from the American League to the National League. The latest realignment would place 15 teams in each league and 5 in each division, ensuring that interleague games would take place every day of the season.

The addition of a second wild-card team in each league, meanwhile, will require a play-in game or another series before the start of what is called the division series.

“The greatest thing this sport has going for it is its history and its tradition, and the more you’re around the more you understand that,” Selig said.

“You try to disturb that as little as you can. But I think this is great for the long term.”

The sale of the Astros, for over $600 million, was first announced in May and finally approved after a long investigation of Crane and his large group of investors by baseball’s ownership committee and executive council.

Jim Crane's purchase of the Houston Astros was approved Thursday, clearing the way for two 15-team leagues and another two wild-card teams in a single-game elimination perhaps as soon as next fall.

“It was a long vetting process,” Selig said of Crane. “Sometimes in life you have to go through all that. We did. We spent an enormous amount of time. I’m very comfortable today telling you he has put together a really blue-ribbon group.”

These announcements were made against the backdrop of continuing talks between baseball and the players association for a new collective bargaining agreement. The realignment and scheduling changes were characterized Thursday as a collaborative effort.

Rob Manfred, baseball’s executive vice president for labor relations and human resources, said he was “really confident” the deal would be completed in the near future.

“I think we will finish an agreement,” Manfred said. “It’s a process. It’s hard to pick exactly when anything is going to happen. But I think that we’ve made good progress, and I’m hopeful we’ll push it through.”

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New Brain Study to Test 100 Former NFL Players

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The researchers studying a degenerative brain disease in former athletes plan to test about 100 retired NFL players to try to learn how to diagnose the condition during life. For now, the only way to confirm Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy is by examining brains after death. The Boston University center that has analyzed the brains of more than 70 former athletes is starting a three-year study of living patients. The Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy at BU's School of Medicine also will recruit 50 retired elite athletes from non-contact sports as a comparison group, co-director Robert Stern told The Associated Press on Thursday.

The first subject completed the two days of extensive testing Wednesday and Thursday.

Until CTE can be diagnosed during life, it's impossible to develop treatments or to determine how to prevent it, Stern said.

"We need answers on this disease really quickly," he said.

Co-director Dr. Ann McKee has found CTE in more than 50 former athletes; in the past year alone, the list has included sports stars Dave Duerson of the NFL and Rick Martin of the NHL. Linked to repeated brain trauma, CTE is associated with symptoms such as memory loss, impaired judgment, depression, and,

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eventually, progressive dementia.

The study, called DETECT, is the first on CTE funded by the National Institutes of Health. The goal is to find differences between the NFL players and the athletes who haven't experienced repeated blows to the head.

Subjects are flown into Boston for a wide variety of tests. On the first day, they spend a total of about two hours in scanners at Brigham and Women's Hospital for different kinds of neuroimaging. The second day takes place at BU's medical school and includes a spinal tap, a lengthy psychiatric interview, neurological and cognitive testing and blood work.

The NFL players must be offensive and defensive linemen, linebackers or defensive backs, because those positions involve the most repeated brain trauma. The subjects are between the ages of 40 and 69 and suffer from some symptoms associated with CTE. They all had long football careers to ensure an extensive history of blows to the head. Multiple concussions are not a requirement — partly because players may not even know they had a concussion, and partly because the evidence suggests CTE can occur simply through play after play of knocks to the head.

The NFL and the players' union are helping the center to contact

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former players. Stern said the initial response had been "extremely positive."

"There's a sense that former players want to be able to do something to not only potentially help themselves but also to help get the research moving quickly to help others in the future," he said.

The athletes in the comparison group will include retired swimmers and tennis players among others, recruited through college alumni associations and sports leagues.

"You'd be surprised at how many sports we exclude because we don't know for sure there's not a problem," Stern said, such as distance running, with the jolting of the head at every step.

Two more subjects are lined up for December, then the pace will pick up in January. The athletes are promised confidentiality.

The researchers hope genetic testing and other analyses help them eventually determine why some athletes who receive repeated blows to the head develop CTE and others don't. Dr. Robert Cantu and Chris

Nowinski, a former Harvard football player and professional wrestler, are the other co-directors of the center.

Stern, a professor of neurology and neurosurgery at BU's medical school, also studies Alzheimer's. The recent progress made in diagnosing that disease during life encouraged him that the same could happen with CTE. The grant, received in August, is also supported by the National Institute of Neurologic Diseases and Stroke, the National Institute on Aging, and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. There are 20 coinvestigators, including researchers at Harvard, Penn and Columbia. The center is still seeking additional funding to complete the study.

The center is also conducting a study called LEGEND of more than 1,000 athletes from a variety of sports using yearly telephone interviews, online questionnaires and a saliva sample for genetic testing to try to learn more about the development of CTE.

Jacques Kallis Passes Milestone but SA Stumble

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Peter Siddle (R) of Australia celebrates with teammates the dismissal of South Africa's, Jacques Kallis after he was caught out by Usman Khawaja during the second and final test cricket match of the series in Johannesburg, November 17, 2011.

JOHANNESBURG - Jacques Kallis became the fourth leading run-scorer in tests as he passed 12,000 runs but South Africa ruined the party by being bowled out for 266 on the first day of the second test against Australia on Thursday. South Africa were in a strong position thanks to half-centuries by Kallis (54), AB de Villiers (64) and Ashwell Prince (50), but they lost their way after tea as Australia took six wickets for 25 runs in 11 overs.

The home side were all out in 71 overs, having won the toss and chosen to bat at the Wanderers.

Paceman Peter Siddle claimed three for 69, while spinners Nathan Lyon and Michael Clarke took two wickets apiece as South Africa let a weakened Australian attack off the hook in perfect batting conditions.

The visitors were a man down for most of the day after seamer Shane Watson limped off with a hamstring strain after bowling just 3.5 overs.

South Africa had the bowlers at their mercy as Kallis and Hashim Amla (19) added 80 runs off just 85 balls for the third wicket and their collapse was down to loose strokeplay more than anything else.

Kallis lashed his 54 off just 41 balls before casually flicking Siddle to midwicket.

Amla fell three overs later, edging a slash off debutant Pat Cummins to second slip, before De Villiers and Prince combined to put South Africa back in control with a fifth-wicket stand of 112.

The left-handed Prince began the final-session collapse when he shimmied down the pitch and drove off-spinner Lyon to deep mid-on.

De Villiers fell five balls later as a loose pull shot skied the ball over bowler Siddle's head, Cummins doing well to run backwards and hang on to the half-chance.

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