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Names of business persons who met with Henry Bellingham in TCI revealed in House of Lords

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OFFICERS FROM UK BORDER AGENCY ON ASSIGNMENT IN TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS SHARON TAYLOR, ACTING Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Border Control and Labour, has announced that the Ministry has recently welcomed the arrival of two officers from the UK Border Agency, who will, along with the existing UK Immigration Adviser, Lorraine Rogerson, support the Ministry in its continuing programme of change and improvement.

All three officers are supernumerary, and are fully funded by the UK. Their work is overseen by the Permanent Secretary, Clara Gardiner, and her senior team.

Their assignment is part of ongoing support from the UK for a programme of training and capability building in the Ministry. Earlier this year two officers from the UKBA Nationality Department ran a week long workshop on the application of British Nationality law in the TCI; and a UKBA regional officer, based in Kingston, Jamaica, provided training in forgery detection, together with a colleague from Canada.

The UK also funded a training mission by the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in February of this year.

This capability building programme is also intended to include specific training assignments for individual TCI officers.

The Ministry has provided regular updates on its business plan and change programme to the Advisory Council and Consultative Forum, and will continue to provide reports.

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THE NAMES OF the business persons who met with Overseas Territories Minister Henry Bellingham when he visited Turks and Caicos Islands in July this year, have been revealed in the House of Lords in London.

According to the Lords Hansard, on September 5th, Lord Ashcroft, who is a prominent businessman in the Turks and Caicos Islands, asked Her Majesty's Government who were the "leading Provo business people" referred to in the press release issued by the Governor's office that the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Mr Henry Bellingham, met during his visit to the Turks and Caicos Islands in July.

Overseas Territories Minister Henry Bellingham The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Lord Howell Bellingham) met a number of leading of Guildford) replied: “The business people during his visit Parliamentary Under-Secretary of including the following at a dinner on State for Foreign and Commonwealth Providenciales on 16 July: Mr Cecil Affairs, my honourable friend the Arnold, Manager - Scotia Bank; Mr Member for North West Norfolk (Mr John Phillips, Mac Motors; Mr

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Andrew Mann, Tropical Images; Mr Albray Butterfield Jr, Butterfield Gold; Mr Kevin Froemming, President, Unique Vacations- Beaches; Mr Clayton Thomas, La Vele; Mr Drexwell Seymour, General Manager - Lime; Ms Tanya Parnell, Chamber of Commerce; Mr Washington Misick, Prestigious Properties and Mr Lou Patane, Property Developer.”

Meantime, on August 11, Lord Jones of Cheltenham asked Her Majesty's Government how many responses they have received to the publication on the new draft constitution for the Turks and Caicos Islands; and how many of these responses support the new constitution.

The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Lord Howell of Guildford) replied: “Twenty-one emails were sent to the constitutional inbox. All commented in detail on aspects of the draft constitution that

were of interest to them. None of these responses indicated either support or opposition to the draft constitution.”

Lord Jones also asked Her Majesty's Government what is their planned timetable for introducing a new constitution in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Lord Howell stated: “The Order in Council containing the new draft constitution was made by the Privy Council on 13 July 2011 and was laid before Parliament on 20 July 2011.

The new constitution will be brought into force when sufficient progress has been made against the milestones identified in my honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Henry Bellingham's Written Ministerial Statement of 9 December 2010, Official Report, WS56. This will enable the elections to take place.

The new constitution must be in force no later than 30 days before the elections can take place.”

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COMMENTARY

Too many Chinese workers: Is the response racist?

By Sir Ronald Sanders

EDITORIAL CARTOON

Chinese workers labour round the clock delivering projects on time and within budget unlike workers in many other parts of the world. Yet, where ever the Chinese have undertaken projects, there has been an element of resentment by sections of local populations. Is this resentment a form of racism or xenophobia? Or, is it that the terms of foreign aid have not been explained sufficiently?

These are the questions this commentary will explore.

But, first, I return to two issues raised in my last commentary entitled: “Let the People Speak”. I said that only 9 of the 14 independent Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries would be attending a China-Caribbean Economic Forum in Port-of-Spain. The 5 other countries would not attend because they recognise Taiwan as a legitimate state – something that China disputes vigorously.

Since the commentary was written, I have learned that the Chinese government extended an invitation to all 14 independent CARICOM countries. This is a grand gesture by China, if only because it would have allowed CARICOM countries to engage China collectively at the Forum.

However, it is unlikely that the 5 countries would attend for fear of upsetting Taiwan. In any event, it is difficult to see how China would have pursued any possible economic projects that might have arisen in the 5 Taiwan-linked countries. It is most unlikely that the Chinese government would have blessed projects in countries that insisted on maintaining the Taiwan connection.

In opening the door for the Taiwan-5 to attend the Port-of-Spain Economic Forum, China may have been doing nothing more than showcasing the opportunities that switching from Taiwan to China might provide. Nonetheless, it is to China’s credit that it did not exclude the Taiwan-5 from the Forum.

In this sense, China treated the countries of CARICOM as the “Community” they claim to be.

Hopefully, the Forum will lead to a joint foreign policy approach to China by the 9 CARICOM countries that could result in a negotiated long-term

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trade, aid and investment treaty. It would be in the interest of the CARICOM countries to do so collectively. They could bargain with China much more effectively together than each of them now does individually.

Of course, this would require an effective regional co-ordination body; something that would have to be set-up for the 9 because, even if the CARICOM Secretariat could overcome its weakness as a co-ordinator for regional projects, the costs could not come out of a budget to which the Taiwan5 contribute.

Despite all this, it would be very beneficial if the Chinese-9 in CARICOM would explore with China the possibility of a long-term treaty arrangement for trade, aid and investment that other CARICOM countries could join when and if they wished to do so.

The second matter that arises from my last commentary was the observation that nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) in China require a link to a government institution in order to qualify for charitable status without which they could not survive. A senior Chinese official in the Caribbean region told me: “We might hope them not to go furiously against the government, however, we don't expect them to be government-akin or affiliated.

That would be too tall an order nowadays, even for China, wouldn't it?”. In the interest of accuracy, I have requested official clarification of whether or not Chinese law mandates that NGOs require a link to a government institution to qualify for charitable status.

Turning now to the use of Chinese labour on Chinese projects that are funded by grants or loans, my previous commentary recognised that there is unquestionably more than a little grumbling about the predominant use of Chinese workers in a number of countries in which China is executing projects.

A response from a former international public servant of Caribbean origin was as follows: “Why are we grumbling? Foreign aid is strategic not philanthropic. Is Chinese labour on projects any different from the "technical assistance" that comes with USAID, CIDA, DFID, EU and Bretton Woods

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We are committed to excellence in journalism, educating and informing our readers, serving and satisfying our advertisers and assisting in the overall development of the Turks and Caicos Islands. development programmes? Why should the China development assistance model be different from the Anglo-Saxon's? It is racist to complain about Chinese labour accompanying Chinese money”?

The correspondent went on to say that “in 2004 the World Bank admitted that on average US$20 billion or 40 per cent of the global aid budget returned to the donors as 'technical assistance’ provided by their consultants, and Action Aid (UK) calculated that 47 per cent of global aid was "phantom". Recently, in analysing where aid money goes, two scholars on Caribbean affairs, reported that, “consultants have to be imported from the donor countries and this, in turn, can cost as much as 75 per cent of the total cost of the project”.

The point is that a significant portion of money used for aid usually goes back to donors. The justification for this is that the recipient gets the benefit of the aid whether it is in the form of a road, a bridge or training while, at the same time, the donor creates jobs or an export opportunity for companies within its own country.

Incidentally, this is the argument used by the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Kamala Persad-Bissessar when she sought to link aid, from her government to hurricane-affected St Lucia and St Vincent, to the supply of goods and services by Trinidad and Tobago companies.

So, the conclusion would seem to be that countries which want gifts from others should not be concerned with the labour (in the form of workers or consultants) that delivers it. Singling out Chinese is not only unfair, it smacks of racism.

However, the matter of loans does take on a different complexion. Loans have to be repaid. In this connection, local communities have a right to expect that projects, funded by loans, should provide employment for a significant number of qualified local workers, particularly at times, such as now, of high unemployment. That argument is not racist whoever it applies to; it is sensible in the context of relations between the lender and the borrower, and stability within the borrowing country.

Report explains why TCI Bank collapsed

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THE COLLAPSE OF TCI BANK into insolvent liquidation was the ultimate consequence of the imprudent actions of the bank’s Board and senior management over a protracted period.

This is according to a report has been drawn up by Munro Sutherland and Gordon Kerr, and discussed and approved by the non-executive directors of the Financial Services Commission (FSC) Board.

The report noted that the directors and managers permitted the bank to expand its lending too quickly, exercised poor credit judgments, paid inadequate attention to liquidity management, and failed to act properly to try to safeguard the bank’s position as the emerging economic downturn acted to further undermine credit quality.

According to the report, the role of the FSC is not to run banks or generally to direct the actions of their Boards and management.

“It (FSC) is to monitor the risks being taken by banks and to try to prevent imprudence that threatens the interests of depositors. The evidence shows that the FSC acted in good faith in seeking to supervise the bank effectively and, over a protracted period, in pursuing ongoing and active efforts to restore the bank to prudent and compliant operation. It identified correctly the remedial action that was critically necessary if the bank was to be restored to health; and the bank failed to implement the remedial action that was necessary; with the benefit of full hindsight, it is clear that the FSC should have acted sooner and more forcefully in its efforts to compel the bank to adopt more prudent behaviour. Even if the FSC

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The now defunct TCI Bank

had been more successful in that regard, however, it is by no means certain that the final outcome for TCIB would have been different, given the seriousness of the bank’s problems,” the report added.

With regard to the FSC’s decision to initiate Court action for a liquidation, Sutherland and Kerr noted that is clear that the step was taken only after extensive opportunities had been offered over many months for alternative solutions to be explored.

“Moreover, the step was taken only once the FSC became convinced that TCIB faced a fatal loss of confidence on the part of its depositors and that action was necessary to prevent an imminent and disorderly failure of the bank. Mr Justice (Richard) Williams agreed in his ex tempore ruling on the FSC’s petition that for the bank to be allowed to collapse in an “ unstructured

ROAD TRAFFIC OFFICERS UNDER INVESTIGATION

THE SUN CAN report that Deputy Director of the Road Traffic Department Lionel Barranco and at least one other officer have been placed on suspension pending an investigation by the Ministry of Home affairs and Public Safety regarding irregularities in that department.

The Ministry confirmed the men’s suspension to this newspaper through the Government Information Services earlier this week. Sources said both have been placed on suspension recently after reports surfaced that there could be some level of irregularities within the department.

An officer, who did not want to go in record, said the men’s suspension was not a suggestion that they are considered culprits of any foul activities, but declared that the ministry deemed it necessary to place them on suspension that no one could accuse them of interfering with their investigation.

It is not clear the length of the investigation period, and if the men will be allowed to return to work before it is ended. It is also not exactly clear why the ministry decided to launch the investigations against the men at this time.

way would have a catastrophic effect on small unsecured investors but also would be against the public interest of TCI”. Moreover, the comments and conclusions included in his final Supreme Court ruling on the FSC’s liquidation petition, handed down on 29 October 2010, provide ample confirmation of the FSC’s view of the direness of the bank’s situation and of the very regrettable need for that action to be taken,” the report said.

Speaking about the FSC report, the Acting Governor, Martin Stanley, said: “There have clearly been many lessons to learn from the collapse of the TCI Bank and I am conscious that the public want to know why it failed. The FSC’s report was prepared to support the process for developing recommendations for improvements in the supervision of the sector and the orderly closure of a bank. With the

technical assistance from the International Monetary Fund and the Toronto Centre almost completed, I am satisfied that although prepared as an internal document for government, it is now appropriate to release the FSC report, and to do so ahead of the start of the extensive programme of work to set up a new legal framework for the banking sector. This reflects the special circumstances of the case and the widespread public concerns.”

Errol Allen, Chairman of the FSC said: “The publication of the FSC report on the licensing, supervision and subsequent failure of TCI Bank demonstrates the commitment of the FSC to moving forward with a strong legal basis for better supervision of the financial sector and protection of depositors. The FSC will also be publishing an Action Plan in the near future which will outline future regulatory objectives, and as part of this process we will be widening our consultations.” to include all stakeholders in the financial services sector in the TCI.” The FSC continues to work with its international partners to pull together the various recommendations and to incorporate them into prioritised action plans. The technical reports themselves, together with the resulting draft action plans will be the subject of detailed consultations shortly with the Bankers Association and other local stakeholders, with a view to reaching agreement on the action required to make the framework for banking supervision fully effective. The longer term objective is that of providing enhanced protection for depositors in the Turks and Caicos Islands

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70 to lose jobs in EMS; more in other ministries

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ABOUT 70 STAFF will lose their jobs in the EMS works department, according to a press statement from the Interim Government about the staffing of ministries.

However, the press release said Recommendations have been made to consider offering some of the EMS Departments work (building maintenance for example ) to current employees on a contracted out basis to protect their employment opportunities.

The press statement said that reviews of the staffing of Government ministries were done to ensure that the right number of staff are employed in the right place doing the right things at the right time. This can and has led to the approval of increases in the numbers employed in the Fire and Rescue Service and the Ambulance Service; and temporary increases to clear the backlog in the PRC Office.

But it has also led to suggested reductions in the number of cleaners and night watchmen, and in the numbers employed in the Ministry of

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Works, some of whose activities might in future be contracted out to the private sector.

In relation to the Ministry of Housing, Works and Utilities, the review recommends that the servicing and maintenance of government vehicles should be undertaken by a small group of qualified staff who should ensure that the cost of the work (salaries, parts etc. ) are covered by the amount that is charged to each Ministry for the service it provides.

This management method is called a Trading Fund and seeks to ensure that the government gets value for money for the work done. Consideration was given to privatising the work as it can be shown that the private sector is a cheaper option but regard was had for safeguarding some of the jobs of existing employees within government.

Similarly the maintenance of government buildings and the repair and maintenance of structures like roads, seawalls and drainage ditches can be undertaken by the private

sector. The review recommends that a small team of staff is retained to do minor works but that the majority of larger projects should be offered to the private sector though appropriate tendering and contracts.

Both the above options will only be implemented when full assessment has been undertaken of the actual cost of these services and whether the private sector can offer a better and cheaper service.

Other parts of the Ministry have been reviewed including the recommendation to move the Housing Department and a greatly strengthened Projects Management Department (PMD) to join up with the planning departments and land management (Crown Land Unit and Survey and Mapping) units of the Ministry of Environment and District Administration. But a final decision will not be made until this Ministry’s own review is completed.

With regards to the Ministry of Border Control and Labour, the release said the changes are intended to improve processing at borders and integrate the work of enforcement staff, to identify illegal entry and other irregularities, to provide a one stop shop for applications for visas and citizenship, passports and other legal documents, and to improve services to employers and their staff through advice on employment matters and resolution of disputes. The review team has identified a number of new job designs and improvements to the way in which work is processed. The recommended changes will lead to the net loss of 8 currently filled posts plus a number of vacant posts. The Ministry is proceeding with implementation and has already achieved the anticipated savings in staff numbers through natural wastage (staff leaving, resignations or removal of temporary posts).

As far as cleaning services is concerned, it was noted that TCIG owns and rents around 60 buildings and employs staff to clean and

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maintain the premises. Work is already underway by the Ministry of Housing Works and Utilities to make sure that effective use of these premises is made and that the cost of renting is minimised by moving staff into vacant offices. The cleaning services needed have also been considered and the numbers of cleaning staff and the wages they receive is being reviewed to ensure that the cost of cleaning is also managed effectively. Ministries are being asked to ensure that they only employ the right number of staff for the size of the premises to be cleaned. This will result in some reductions of staff.

In relation to security of premises, the release said TCIG employs watchmen to ensure the security of government premises when they are not occupied at night and weekends.

Modern technology provides the opportunity to monitor premises through remote surveillance and security alarms and several private sector companies operate in all the islands who can provide these security arrangements. Consideration is being given to contracting out these services to the private sector. There may be opportunities for staff currently employed to be re-employed by these private sector operators and will be part of the specification if and when external contracts are offered. The first stage in the contracting process will be to compare the cost of employing staff directly to the amount that a private operator would charge.

The Government statement noted that where possible, actual redundancy will be avoided. Staff affected by a change in one ministry will if possible be given an opportunity to move to a job in another ministry or department. As noted above, the reviews have so far identified additional jobs in the Fire and Rescue Service for another 29 Fire-fighters and 11 staff in the Ambulance Service. This movement will require retraining of staff and existing staff will be assisted to get the skills they need.

Irene causes significant beach erosions

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By Vivian tyson Sun Senior editor

THE DEPARTMENT OF Environmental and Coastal Resources (DECR) said that there has been an undisclosed level of sand erosion from sections of the world-famous Grace Bay Beach in Providenciales caused from the passage of Hurricane Irene.

The DECR said it has received reports that sand had been eaten away

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from certain sections of the beach shores in Providenciales, possibly precipitating the closure of at least one of the resorts on that island.

Director for the DECR, Wesley Clerveaux confirmed the erosion reports, but said that a preliminary assessment was underway and the results of such investigations would be available in the coming days to determine what level of erosion had taken place.

“There is some erosion. We are in the process of assessing the extent of the damage. We have some erosion around Beaches (Resort and Spa) area, that’s one of the reasons why Beaches

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has closed, I suspect. Throughout the island (of Providenciales) most people look at the flooding, but they didn’t realize the extent of the damage with regard to the coastal impact,” Clerveaux noted.

Clerveaux said from his understanding, the sand erosion is not widespread, pointing out that reports indicate that there are areas along Grace Bay Beach that the sand wore away than others, but the extent would be determined when the assessment is done.

“We have some pockets that are more severe than others, and we are trying to find out where those pockets

are. But I wouldn’t say the erosion is widespread, and as soon as I gather all the reports, we would have a greater understanding,” he said.

Clerveaux said erosion of the beach sand was expected, saying that the Mining Policy exacted by Government was to address such problem in areas that erosion was evident.

“The Sand-mining policy identify beach-grade material/sand that we can tap into, if there is an extensive problem. We are working on that, and we are moving swiftly to restore some of those beaches that were affected,” Clerveaux said.

TCI BAR COUNCIL PRESIDENT GEORGE MISICK ATTENDS AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION MEETING

THE TURKS AND CAICOS Bar was well represented by Bar Council President Mr. George C. Missick at the American Bar Association’s (ABA) 134th Annual Meeting in Toronto, Canada, which was held from August 4- 9, 2011.

Mr. Missick was invited as a distinguished guest by Mr. Stephen N. Zack, President of the American Bar Association along with other Bar leaders around the world.

The ABA Annual Meeting offered a rich array of programmes in which the leading lawyers in the US exchanged their views on current legal and policy issues.

There were also substantive law sections offering outstanding and comprehensive continuing legal education programmes where some of the best lawyers in the US addressed key substantive legal issues.

An estimated 7,000 lawyers and judges were in attendance including the first female US Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, now retired.

Whilst at the Meeting, Mr. Missick attended a Bar Leaders Breakfast and Orientation followed by a Bar Leaders Summit where the Bar Leaders led discussions on various aspects of International Law. Mr. Missick shared some of the challenges and concerns facing the Turks and Caicos Bar. He also attended the Opening Assembly where addresses were made by Canada’s Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin and US Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer who called for civility, better education and respect for the Rule of Law. On the final night, Mr. Missick and other Bar Leaders attended the President’s Reception at the Fairmont Royal York hosted by the outgoing ABA President

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New Chief Financial Officer takes up office

Hugh McGarel-Groves has been appointed for a two year period as the new Chief Financial Officer for the Turks and Caicos Islands Government. He takes over from Caroline Gardner who has returned to the UK after completing her one year assignment.

Mr. McGarel-Groves has recently completed a one year assignment as Acting Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer with the island government of Jersey. He worked closely with the Treasury Minister to tackle the substantial government deficit of over £100m that had arisen as a consequence of the economic recession, successfully proposing a combination of expenditure reductions and selective tax increases that were approved by the Jersey States Assembly and should result in elimination of the deficit by 2013.

He is an Engineering and Law graduate of Trinity College, Cambridge, then he qualified as a chartered accountant with KPMG and spent the early part of his career in senior financial roles with major multi-national companies, such as BP, Guinness and Sedgwick. He subsequently worked in a number of CFO positions in the healthcare and public sectors, including with Nestor Healthcare,

Hospital Corporation of America, Dr Foster Intelligence, Oxfordshire and Bedfordshire County Councils and Glasgow Housing Association.

Mr. McGarel-Groves has developed particular expertise in financial transformation and process improvement, having successfully addressed many very difficult situations in the various challenging CFO roles he has undertaken.

Looking ahead to his assignment Mr. McGarel-Groves said: “My aim is to continue the good progress already achieved by my predecessor. The country’s finances have been stabilised thanks to the UK Government providing guarantees for the refinancing package and the process of modernising the country’s public services and revenue collection system is well underway. These achievements, once fully implemented, will provide an essential foundation on which to pursue a continuing stable and prosperous future for the people of these islands. I intend to work with my colleagues in government and in the business community to ensure TCI continues successfully along this path as far as is possible during the two years I shall be here and I look forward to building strong relationships with all concerned.”

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Hotels close for refurbishing

By Vivian Tyson

The Turks and Caicos Islands Hotels and Tourism Association has released the list of hotels that have already, or will be, closed during the fall mainly for refurbishment.

Among the hotels are Amanyara, Beaches, Blue Horizon, Comfort Suites, Grace Bay Club, Neptune Villas, Northwest Point Resort, Ocean Club East, Ocean Club West, the Meridian Club, Somerset on Grace Bay and West Bay Club.

Amanyara’s closing date is September 6, and is down to reopen on October 7. Beaches Resort and Spa has been closed since August 25, and is scheduled to reopen on October 6.

Blue Horizon Resort closed as of August 28 and is to reopen operations on October 1.

Comfort Suite closed September 1st and is to reopen on October 22. Grace Bay Club Resort has also closed its doors for a month, ending operation on September 6 and scheduled to reopen on October 7.

Neptune Villas closed its doors on September 5, and is down reopen on October 3. NorthWest Point Resort will close on September 11 and reopens on October 6. Ocean Club East closed from August 29 and is to reopen in approximately two weeks on September 23. Ocean Club West is scheduled to close on September 13 and to open on October 14.

The Meridian Club closed from as early as July 1 and is scheduled to reopen on November 1, while West Bay Club closes on September 11 and reopens about weeks later on September 27.

Each year, a number of the resorts on Providenciales close their doors at the beginning of the fall for repair, and reopen just in time for the winter tourist season, which in the past few years has begun to reap mega success.

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Minor glitches to start of school year

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By Vivian Tyson SUN Senior Editor

THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT is reporting a relatively satisfactory start to the new school year, saying that it began with few glitches.

Director for Education, Edgar Howell, told The SUN that for the most part, the glitches occurred on Providenciales – the island with the largest population. He said the other islands such as capital Grand Turk, North Caicos and South Caicos experienced fewer problems, since those islands are not as populous as Provo.

“For the most part it was a smooth opening. Clement Howell did a phased return to school, now all of their students are back on the compound.

And the reports from other schools through-out the country are that things are running relatively smoothly,” Howell said.

For some time now, there has been a reported shortage in public school classroom space on Providenciales, to

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Director for Education, Edgar Howell

the point that the Education Department decided to accept only four year olds at primary schools and just GSAT students at high schools, for the new academic year.

Parents with children in private schools were beseeched by the Education Department to make those students remain at their current schools

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because spaces in public schools could not be guaranteed.

The call came against evidence that parents, who had grade-level children attending private schools and were hit hard by the economic downturn, were pulling those pupils and were seeking to place them in public schools.

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Howell said as a result of the Education Department’s proactive attitude of registering children long before the start of the new school year, there were no reports of students turning up to schools and were turned away. “…Because we tried to deal with the registration, especially of the GSAT children. We dealt with that during the summer right up to the time for school reopening. In some cases (at the present) we have persons just showing up for registration even though we conducted the registration process already.

“Whereas persons showed up to see if their child’s name is on the list, they came here to the department. So we are still maintaining a wait list, and we have assisted as many of the children as we possibly could; given the space that we have available at the public schools,” Howell said.

Howell added: “Through-out the country, though, things have gone relatively smooth because they don’t have the same level of challenges that we have here on Providenciales.”

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Air Turks and Caicos CEO Lyndon Gardiner says TCI cannot accommodate another airline

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The Air Turks and Caicos Team

Representatives of Sky Cruise

By Vivian Tyson SUN Senior Editor

THE TURKS AND Caicos Islands Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and the Air Transport Licensing Authority (ATLA) should decide in the coming days whether or not to grant new airline Sky Cruise permission to operate in the TCI and whether to broaden the license of existing carrier Caicos Express from Provo to Grand Turk via Salt Cay to other islands within the country.

In a public inquiry that was held before official from the ATLA on Thursday, long-standing local and region carrier Air Turks and Caicos is objecting to the two airlines being granted the licenses for which they applied, saying that it could damage the market, causing all the airlines to go bankrupt and sully the country’s burnished aviation reputation.

Sky Cruise, which, among its principals is Shaun Malcolm, has applied for a license to fly within the Turks and Caicos Islands and, between the TCI and among other places, the US and Jamaica.

Caicos Express is seeking to fly directly between Providenciales and Grand Turk, and route, currently serviced only by Air Turks and Caicos following the buying out of main competitor Sky King in October 2008.

Under the supervision of his lawyer Conrad Griffith Q.C., Gardiner told the hearing that the market was not at burgeoning as it once was just a few years back, saying that a great number of people have left the country, resulting in a down turn in the industry.

According to him, a study on airline management and operation done in 2009 by Dr. John Wenseveen, Dean of the School of Aviation at the Dowling College in New York, showed that up to that time, there were 36,000 residents living in the TCI, which Gardiner said was now significantly lower. He said of that figure, 27,500 resided on Providenciales, plus the 200,000 annual visitors to the country.

Gardiner said the study drew parallel with other islands considered relevant in comparison to the TCI and it’s avian industry, and proved that the majority of them either had one

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Lyndon Gardiner, the CEO for Air Turks and Caicos showing a document during the presentation. Looking on is his attorney Conrad Griffith QC.

The team of the Air Transport Licensing Authority

The Caicos Express team

domestic airline or none at all.

Among the countries he said was factored in the study were American Samoa with a population of over 65,000; Marshall Islands with 62,000; St. Vincent and the Grenadines with 120,000 and Barbados with 279,000 –

each of which he said the study showed to have just one domestic air carrier.

He said the study showed that Bermuda had a population of close to 68,000 and did not have a domestic carrier.

In the case of Sky Cruise, Gardiner said from the surface it appears that the management team was an inexperienced bunch and that Malcolm possessed no known experience in aviation.

In his criticism of Malcolm, Gardiner said the former PDM chairman may very well be posing as a front to outsiders, since there was no indication to suggest that he possessed the financial undertakings of such an operation.

He said a fronting exercise would only give away another piece of the Turks and Caicos Islands to outsiders, which he said was the case with crown land in recent time.

In relation to Caicos Express, Gardiner pointed out that since that carrier is operating on Government subsidy, it would not be fair for it to enter routes on which it now services, as it would be unfair competition.

He pointed out that Caicos Express was already eating away its market share by ferrying passengers from Provo to Grand albeit through Salt Cay. He hinted also that the Caicos Express appeared not to have sound financial backing to operate beyond its current routes.

Both applicants however, stopped just short of accusing Gardiner of trying to monopolizing its routes by pushing for the authorities to block them from the market, hence his objections to their application.

Attorney for Caicos Express, Stephen Wilson, said based on figures submitted by Gardiner on Air Turks and Caicos’ performance in the market recently, it appeared that he may have cherry-picked the period which the airline did not perform up to satisfaction, to present to the hearing, in a bid to assist his cause.

In the early stages of the meeting, Air Turks and Caicos pressed for Sky Cruise to release confidential document so that they could learn more about the company’s background, but Noel Skippings, attorney for the proposed entrants successfully pushed back at the request.

The ATLA was represented by Andre Garneau QC.

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DIVIDE THE IMMIGRATION PRODUCT

By The Torch

Immigration is fundamentally broken in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI).

Proof that TCI immigration has been incompetently administered on behalf of TCIslanders is that in these Beautiful by Nature islands, at the very moment when nearby US and Canadian baby boomers are beginning to retire and to look around naturally for part-time or full-time retirement destinations, there is an obvious lack of ANY new wealthy foreign retirees in these islands.

The primary reason TCI immigration is broken is that it has never been treated as the national-asset product it could easily become. It has been treated instead as a mere method of border control and as a sordid emolument of political office by whichever of the two corrupt political gangs is in power.

The TCI is extremely fortunate to have two potential national-asset cash-cow products: tourism and immigration. One of those products required foreign capital, skill, experience and innovation to create and develop. The other required local political thugs to have a basic understanding of the Rule of Law and of the concept of biting the hand that feeds.

One was in the control of private, free market forprofit enterprises. The other was in the control of greedy, unaccountable, unsophisticated, anti-civil libertarian TCI political bully boys. The results were somewhat predictable.

The Torch suggests that if these two cash-cows could be made to work together efficiently, they could easily support all necessary government functions as well as a reasonable level of interest-free scholarship LOANS and a bloated civil service of 1000-1500 individuals.

They would probably not support the current criminally-administered scholarship grant system, the government's portion of the National Health Rationing System or the current civil service staffing level of approximately 3000, but then what could?

In order to get both of these cash-cows fine tuned and working for the non-partisan co-equal benefit of all TCIslanders, the Brit High Command must accomplish two goals BEFORE the political gangs regain power: (1) almost completely ignore tourism and simply allow it to occur, as it will anyway, with only common sense safety regulation and immigration control at the airports and without any public expenditure on any other aspect of tourism; and (2) divide TCI immigration into its two natural components, work permit immigration (The Torch's proposals below have nothing to do with work permits or PRC's with the right to work.) and Designer Immigration; then remove the marketing and management of Designer Immigration, now and forever, from the frenetic control of the two political gangs.

In the parliamentary system of government the Brits have forced upon TCIslanders, the civil service is supposed to administer government departments like Immigration in a non-partisan manner that disconnects crony politics from the administration of the government's business. Inarguably, that doesn't happen in the TCI. Management staff at the TCI Immigration Department and Board are inevitably the close relatives or friends of or appointed by the political gang in power for the time being. They are highly politicized and incapable of compartmentalizing their jobs. The Immigration Board and Department will do whatever the Immigration Minister or any other gang leader tells them to do. They think they work for the political gangs, not for the individual citizens of the TCI. That situation is dangerous. It is anti-Rule of Law, anti-civil liberty, anti-immigration, contrary to any chance of economic recovery and detrimental to the international reputation of the TCI amongst those who could be our specific customer base.

Dividing the immigration product into its two unrelated components and separating Designer Immigration from the entirely different concerns of work permits and then marketing and managing Designer Immigration as the true national product it really is would produce huge income increases for TCIG in the form of immigration fees and consequent stamp duty, other government fees and consumption taxes.

It would obviate a VAT and the customs surcharge and thereby promote further economic recovery in our island economy.

Additionally, the types of high quality immigrants that should be targeted for the Designer Immigration product would pump the local economy.

The Torch suspects that no one knows the actual multiplier for cash placed directly into the TCI economy, but bets that if he paid someone $100 at breakfast, an average of 1 to several individuals/businesses would see portions of that $100 by lunchtime. The cash multiplier in a down-at-heels,

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Brit-screwed island economy would be huge.

Pilot programs for say, 100 RIPE's (Rich Investor Professional Executives) and 400 Old Guys (see last week's The Torch column in the Sun) would provide 500 wealthy households pumping the local economy at The Torch's previously analyzed likely rate of $1012K per household per month on purchases of local goods and services. That would amount to $5-6M per month of extra cash injected into the local consumer economy at some very large multiplier effect.

Those projected figures are from a pilot program only (there is room for much more controlled expansion).

Do not be confused in this analysis by the current effect upon the local economy of existing ex-pats.

With a few notable and worthy exceptions, the current crop of ex-pats are cash poor and make very little per capita contribution to the local economy. Some current ex-pats are land-rich, but they are almost all well and truly hand-to-mouth stuck here in the TCI. In fact, the current low quality, economic and otherwise, of the generic ex-pat in the TCI is another symptom of the broken politicized immigration system.

Designer Immigration will bring fresh blood to our economic recovery efforts.

“Wealth is ultimately the only thing that can reduce poverty. The most dramatic reductions in poverty, in countries around the world, have come from increasing the amount of wealth, rather than from a redistribution of existing wealth.”-Thomas Sowell Designer immigration would INCREASE OUR TOTAL WEALTH! This would be accomplished through wealthy retirees under The Torch's proposed Old Guys program and RIPE's under The Torch's proposed Executive Residency program. Most existing ex-pats are work-permit candidates at best. Very few could qualify as RIPE's or Old Guys.

Each Designer Immigration program would require fees (either annual or one-time, at the customer's option), a health certificate, proof of major medical insurance (including repatriation in the event of death or major medical emergency), professional level criminal background checks in every country in which he has lived, with each such country requiring proof of residency, real estate purchase to a certain value (real estate commissions and stamp duty).

RIPE's and Old Guys would have no possible legal path to ctizenship.

The political gang fear-mongering story that justifies the current politicization of the immigration product, and which you can bet will be wheeled out against The Torch's Designer Immigration proposal, is that “we should control who lives amongst us.” There are two points arising therefrom. First, there is a thread of legitimate concern in that dumbly stated assertion. See below.

Secondly, this argument is an overall fallacy designed to prey on the irrational fears of unthinking TCIslanders. The TCI political gangs and their henchmen are not fundamentally concerned with the concept of having TCIslanders design their own immigration ordinance. They are fundamentally concerned about losing leverage over ex-pats' wealth through threats of violations of ex-pats' civil rights by and through the unaccountable “public good” clause of the current immigration ordinance. While that ordinance remains in effect, the human rights of all expats in the TCI are subsumed under that clause. We remain here only until some prominent TCIslander doesn't like us or thinks our businesses should belong to a TCIslander by virtue of unearned entitlement.

There is no Western Rule of Law jurisdiction, regardless of size, where individuals or families control subjectively over time who obtains or retains his immigration status. This is what the demagogues seek to protect and maintain for their lords and masters at the political gangs.

The Rule of Law requires that the totality of a jurisdiction's immigration laws and regulations are fair, reasonable, written, published so as to be readily knowable in advance, enforced equally and transparently, afford an independent administrative appeal and are subject to judicial review. Further, decisions of administrative tribunals must be in writing with specific reasons provided for decisions, such that an appeal can be mounted. “Because it's good” is not a reason for a major decision over the life, health and wealth of a customer who has trusted you.

The political gangs and their henchmen want none of that.

So how to create and manage the Designer Immigration product outside of the control of the political gangs? There is no doubt that will be tough.

The creation of a Designer Immigration ordinance and its assimilation within existing law could be a project of some combination of the two nonconsultative panels. This would allay the single accidentally valid concern of the political gang henchmen that only TCIslanders should create TCI immigration law, a concept with which The Torch

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agrees, providing it is a Rule of Law ordinance without a secret subjective “public good” component.

The Brit High Command knows that TCI immigration is broken. The Torch is advised by his TCI lawyer, who should know, that those ex-pats who were thrown out unlawfully in the 2000's and who lawyered up and moved towards the European Court of Human Rights had their claims settled by the Crown for substantial sums of money. The Torch has no proof of this as the settlements were of course secret. If this is so, and it makes sense, then Oswald Skippings and Jeffrey Hall cost the Crown a lot of money. The FCO will not have forgotten.

So TCIslanders might as well propose a Designer Immigration ordinance. Otherwise, you're going to get what the Brits force upon you, which will not be a Designer Immigration ordinance. Does any member of the two non-consultative panels have the minerals to buck his or her masters' wishes and bring forth a Designer Immigration ordinance for public consideration and proposal to the Brit High Command?

“What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is what we do." - John Ruskin How to manage and market Designer Immigration outside the political gang infra-structure? That's even tougher. The Torch attempts to resolve the problem logically by objectives.

The TCI Community College has a Business Studies program. Why not select the 5 top business students each year? Give them a faculty advisor paid normally by the College. Give them an advisor and a secretary from the Governor's office. Give them direct access to a lawyer from the AG's office.

Form a Designer Immigration Public Service Corporation with students holding corporate officer positions and a Board consisting of the Governor, the Dean of the College, the President of the Chamber of Commerce, the Human Rights Commissioner and in due course, a RIPE or Old Guy selected by all other RIPE's and Old Guys. Let that Public Service Corporation administer the Designer Immigration program on a complete year by year basis.

Student officers would be responsible for corporate administration, marketing, budgeting, contractual, licensing and regulation of Designer Immigration Consultants, processing of applications, renewal of annual Executive Residency and Old Guy permits, maintenance of legal standards under the ordinance and interface with the Governor's Office and other TCIG departments, etc. Their audited accounts and reports would be public and provided quarterly to all media, just as if they were reporting profits to shareholders, which in effect they would be.

Student officers would be encouraged to follow management-by-objectives principles and to operate in all ways as a public service corporation responsible to its Board and stakeholders for its results, which would be profit-oriented.

Administrative appeals from its Decisions Panel would be to the Governor.

Students would get course credit and incredible experience. Imagine the prestige of such on their college resumes. Student officers would be “paid” through a scholarship trust funded up to an inflation linked dollar limit for that year and at a pre-determined rate based upon the net earnings of the Designer Immigration PSC during that fiscal year. Their individual scholarship funds would depend upon how well they had marketed the Designer Immigration Program during their year in office.

All funds earned by the corporation over and above the scholarship trust fund limit for that year could be used in the first instance to discharge the public debt of $260M and thereafter for TCIG general fund expenses.

TCIslander free thinkers, your questions are piling up.

Do you love your children more than your political gangs? Will you continue to distrust and hate foreigners or will you get smart and begin to exploit them honestly? Will you look for new young independent leaders from whom you demand honesty or continue to lick the boots of similar thugs for whom your parents voted. Will you begin to think and act for yourselves or continue to be intimidated by the same thugs who intimidated your parents and grandparents?

Will you ever recognize that being a proud TCIslander, which you should be, has nothing to do with taking unfair or criminal advantage of others and that such is a matter of shame, not pride. Will you ever recognize that if you participate in a system, even tacitly, that allows government to pick winners and losers unjustly and unfairly, then you can hardly be surprised or justified in complaint when it is your unjust and unfair turn to be the losers?

You can continue to ignore these questions, but you cannot ignore the consequences of continuing to ignore them.

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." - Gandhi

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Parallel taxiway at Provo Airport not practical

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By Vivian Tyson SUN Senior Editor

A PARALLEL TAXIWAY at the Providenciales International Airport is neither feasible nor good value for money at this time, this according to Chief Executive Officer for the Airports Authority John Smith, during an interview with The SUN. A number of people were clamoring for, among other things, a parallel taxiway at the airport during its expansion exercise, saying that such a facility would lessen waiting time for other craft the take-off and land.

They claimed that in some countries airport facilities are constructed in such a way that as soon a plane lands it taxies off the runway onto an adjacent taxiway before resting at its designated deplaning point, thereby allowing for the take off and landing of waiting flights.

They said that is not the case at the Providencicales International Airport, as since there is no parallel taxiway, planes are forced to taxi back down the runway to their designated areas of passenger disembarkation.

However, in an interview with The SUN, Smith pointed to at least two areas of taxiway constructed during the

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Chief Executive Officer for the Airports Authority John Smith

expansion of the airport, which he said enables the smooth transition for landing and take off of some flights.

“A high percentage of our traffic is light traffic with the exception of the heavy ones. We have put in new taxiways. All the light airplanes, when they land, can roll off straight here,” Smith said, pointing to the relevant section of the airport master plan.

He said the utilization of the three minute return of a landing plane is not a great deal of time to taxi back down the runway to its designated gate.

He said, too, that based on land-

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ownership at the immediate area, such a parallel taxiway would not be possible even if there was a will to have such a landmark constructed at the aerodrome, since a vast portion is private land.

He pointed to a section of the master plan which showed that a parallel taxiway would infringe on the Provo Air Centre FBO (Fixed Base Operation), which he said is private property.

Smith emphasized that even if a way was found around such a scenario, it would impact on land set aside for future development, and so the construction of a parallel taxiway at this time would not be good value for money He pointed to other aerodrome plans in the country, including the one on North Caicos, where the land mass is available for the construction of a facility with an adjacent taxiway.

Smith noted that consideration has been given for a bond cargo facility to be erected at the airport so that aircraft could maximize their cargo space and to save money at the same time. The facility, he said, is an element of the future development planned there.

“We actually need a freight cargo facility here, to maximize the utilization of the space and allow the carriers to

lower their cost because everything is flown in. We are also high-end. These high-end resorts want fresh fruits, fresh vegetables and all these sorts of things.

“They can’t get it because everything comes in by boat. But you’ve got aircraft that are flying in with space in their holes but there is nothing you can do with it. So here (a section of the airport) is where we have provision for a bond cargo facility,” Smith said.

He told The SUN that land has been reserved for other FBO operations at the facility. “It is all thought out very carefully,” he said.

Smith argued that despite the sayings of detractors, the Providenciales International Airport is one of the most modern and certified facilities in the region, since it has gone beyond the required certification boundaries.

He said each end of the runway has a 240 metres overrun – 60 metres more than the 180 required.

“There are very few aerodromes in this region - referring to the Caribbean and South America - that are fully certified. Kingston is not; Sangster (Montego Bay) is. Kingston does not have that RESA (Runway End Safety Area) as yet,” Smith pointed out.

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Pharmacy duo gain qualifications INTERHEALTH Canada’s commitment to employing the best-qualified staff at its TCI medical centres has been further enhanced by the pharmacy department.

Natasha Moffett and Ranji Ebanks have both successfully obtained qualifications in a number of specialist fields, including IV admixtures/ sterile preparation, extemporaneous compounding and chemotherapy.

The pharmacy technicians have worked tirelessly to achieve their goals and are delighted to have graduated with flying colours from the National Pharmacy Technician Association Foundation in Houston in Texas.

Natasha said: “Ranji and I are delighted to have been given the opportunity to further our knowledge in the field of pharmacy.

“As the evolution of InterHealth Canada continues, rest assured that this life changing experience will play a vital part in taking us to the next level, by ensuring that the essential balance between the technical and profession skills within the department is established and maintained.

“Hats off to our management team for recognising this need, and supplying the necessary resources/ assistance for it to be met.

“Not only is it a boost to us and the hospital, but it also means the people of the TCI can further benefit from our skills.”

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TCI needs more hotel rooms, says John Smith

By Vivian Tyson It is expected that very soon new airlines from North America, South America or Europe could announce entries into the Turks and Caicos Islands tourism market, but there are jitters that there may not be enough hotel rooms in the country to accommodate the expected increase in tourist arrivals.

Chief Executive Officer for the Turks and Caicos Islands Airports Authority, John Smith, said there are talks between his entity and new airline companies to fly into the TCI, as well as negotiations between the Tourist Board, the Hotels and Tourism Association and other carriers.

He said with the completion of phase one of the Providenciales International Airport Expansion Project, the county could expect added airlift into the country, but feared that hotel rooms could fall short of such occupancy.

There are approximately 2,700 hotel rooms in the TCI, which many, including Smith, have argued are not enough, if the recent winter tourist season was anything to go by.

He said there are signs to suggest that the country is lacking sufficient hotel rooms to accommodate increased arrivals in the short to medium term. He said this became evident courtesy of a mini hiccup during recent construction work at the airport, when flights were delayed forcing

outbound guests to remain in the country, while delaying hundreds of visitors who had just arrived at the airport, from alighting their flights.

This, he said, caused chaos for some hotels.

“We have got carriers out of Europe that have shown interest. And also the Tourist Board and the Hotel Association are talking to carriers out of Europe and carriers out of South America.

One of the limiting factors we currently have is the amount of hotel rooms that we’ve got. The last time, as I understand it, we have about 2,700 rooms.

“You saw what we experienced when we had a bit of a hiccup during construction (at the airport), and there were delay in flights and suspension in operation for about two hours, with four aircraft on the ground. And there was pretty much mayhem on the ground because they had pretty much brought in roughly 111, 112 or 74 percent load factor (per craft).

“So there were about 444 people coming in, and you have another 444 trying to get out.

That’s 888 folks, and you only have 2,700 rooms.

That is about 40 percent of your rooms accounted for, while you are sitting on an occupancy rate of 70 - 80 percent, now you are in trouble,” Smith argued.

He noted that with added airlift expected, there will be need for more hotel rooms especially on Providenciales.

WANTED

1 PAINTER IMMEDIATE OPENING

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

• Post secondary degree or equivalent qualification by experience • Ultimate knowledge of Zone 9 Caribbean landscaping.

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

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

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

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

• Able and Willing to work all shifts and days Duties Include: • Impeccable maintenance of grounds and landscaping.

• Assists in supervising and participating in grounds work.

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

• Ensuring proper utilization and maintenance of equipment.

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

Salary Commensurate with Experience Interested applicants should apply to The Regent Palms, Human Resources Department Monday through Friday, and bring along an updated resume, or by emailing mdorsett@regentexperience.com, no later than Friday, September 9, 2011.

To work six days per week Salary $9.00 per hour Contact Edith Williams at 244-0212 NEEDED

KITCHEN HELPER for Insight Ltd must speak english and be able to work nights and weekends. Salary $5 per/hr call 231-3323 or e-mail thepattyplace@gmail.com

Devcon TCI

is looking for suitably qualified persons to fill the following positions

FORM TECHNICIANS Experienced with installation and adjustment of various flying form systems Salary $8 per hour plus benefits SITE SUPERINTENDENT Experienced with supervising form and structural crews Ability to train local staff on the installation and adjustment of various systems Salary $2500 per month

BELONGERS ONLY

PLEASE CONTACT TCIDEVON@GMAIL.COM OR CALL 242 9218

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Irene could not stop ESPN

into his country’s Sporting Hall of Fame and played over 400 games in combined league and national competitions in a 15 year career.

Robert Fitzgerald “Robbie” Earle MBE is an English-born Jamaican former international footballer who played as a midfielder. He played 578 league games in senior club football, scoring 136 goals. A former youth player with Stoke City, Earle played professionally for Port Vale, the Burslem based club, and Wimbledon in 1991. He also represented Jamaica on 33 occasions between 1997 and 2000, scoring eight international goals including Jamaica’s first ever goal in the finals of the World Cup in 1998.

Adrian Healey is an English football commentator, currently working with ESPN Robbie Earle (L) and Shaka Hislop (R) with young fans Sofia and Niro Iantosca with their broadcasts of the Major League in Providenciales, TCI Soccer (MLS), Barclays Premier League, Hurricane Irene made an unwelcomed stop in the Primera Liga and Serie A. He was part of the Turks & Caicos Islands, August 23-24, 2011, but not ESPN commentary team in South Africa for the 2010 even the gale force winds and torrential rains could World Cup. He has also been a fill in host for Derek stop ESPN. Rae on ESPN’s Soccernet Press Pass.

The internationally-acclaimed sports network Hislop, Earle and Healey played a round of golf was in Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands, to at the picturesque Provo Golf Course on August 20, participate in a range of activities in collaboration crowning it off with the recording of a special feature for with the Turks & Caicos Tourist Board, Cable TV the award-winning ESPN Soccernet Press Pass, which partners WIV TV and the Regent Grand Hotel. airs Sunday to Thursday throughout the Caribbean On the morning of August 20, 2011, the ESPN and around the world on ESPN International’s English team led by Bernard Stewart, Vice President, ESPN language networks. The “viewing party” at The VIX Caribbean & Maritime Media, and including ESPN and a “Full Moon” dance party at the popular public commentators Shaka Hislop, Robbie Earle and Adrian beach spot, “Horse Eyed Jacks” were also the subject Healey shared quality time with local soccer fans at of special ESPN Soccernet Press Pass features. a “viewing party” of the ESPN-televised Arsenal vs So too, was the adventures of Shaka Hislop on Liverpool match, at the Regent Grand Hotel’s “The august 21, “searching for dolphins” in Grace Bay, VIX Restaurant”. reaping conch from the sea at Horse Eyed Jacks and Trinidad-born Hislop is an ESPN soccer analyst getting a cooking crash course on site. and standout former professional football (soccer) The ESPN Soccernet Press Pass cameras were also player who, as a dual national citizen, played for both rolling on August 22, 2011, when Hislop and Robbie England and his native Trinidad & Tobago, making Earle led a very spirited training and coaching session history as the starting goal keeper on the T&T national for the Turks & Caicos Under 17 Boys and Under 20 team’s first ever World Cup match in the 2006 FIFA Girls at the immaculate National Stadium on August 23, World Cup. He was also the first member of the 2011. Hurricane Irene’s arrival on August 23, 2011, did Trinidad & Tobago World Cup squad to be inducted force some activities indoors, but could not stop ESPN.

Vice President, ESPN Caribbean & Maritime Media, Bernard Stewart (centre) and commentators Robbie Earle (2nd right) and Shaka Hislop (R) with Regent Grand Hotel’s Owen Sullivan (2nd left

CAROLINA MALCOLM SEEKS

1 Housekeeper

Must be hardworking, reliable and kid friendly Salary $5.00 per hour Contact #231-4461

QUALITY INTERIOR Seeking a

Cleaner Salary $5.00 per hour Please contact: 247-4745

Belongers need only apply NEEDED FOR IMMEDIATELY WORK:-

2 Domestic Workers to

work at private homes $5.50 per hour.

1 Babysitter/Nanny for 2

children (3yrs to 5yrs old) $6.00 per hour 1 Carpenter to do household work Please contact Charmaine @241-7278 From 8:30 am – 3:00 pm for interview Work 6 days per week

CASABLANCA CASINO Seeks 1 Slot Manager 3-5 years casino management 5-7 years slot tech Games master certified Salary $18.00 per hour 3 Dice Dealers 2-3 years experience 2 or more tables dealt Salary $12.50 per hour Contact Ms. Ingram at 941-3737

ESPN commentator Shaka Hislop with young fans Rhian and Rhys in Providenciales, TCI

BIG JOSH FOOD SERVICES

1 LABOURER 2 STORE CLERKS 1 DOMESTIC WORKER Salary $5.00 per hour Contact 342-6297

OPERATING MANAGER Is needed for a marketing company

Qualification: 5 years international experience - Must be trilingual - Associated diplomas Communications or marketing degrees Please call: 649-442-6220

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Career Opportunities

Grace Bay Club is looking for candidates that have the requirements listed along with an outgoing professional manner.

They love to work with different types of people, meet challenges with a positive attitude and live the standards of our organization. Their management style is one that balances a commitment to people and their development with business/financial accountability and delivers an exceptional guest experience.

Restaurant Servers

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

• Personable, professional, flexible, always smiling and helpful • Punctual, detail oriented, able to work split shifts when required • Physical ability to move throughout the property constantly to provide support to the team • Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines at the same time • Must be competent with a PC and Visual 1 experience is an asset • Team player driven to deliver exceptional customer service.

Qualified Belongers need only apply.

Salary Range: Commensurate based on qualification and experience

Bartender

Requirements: • Applicant must be a minimum of 19 years of age.

• Be fluent in written and spoken English.

• Possess a High School Certificate.

• Have two years experience as a Bartender, or one year as a Bar back in a five star-hotel upscale environment.

• Perform specified Bartender duties, including food and drink orders, preparation, and serving.

• Direct and assist the Bar back and beverage servers.

• Follow specific cash and system handling procedures.

• Be responsible in the serving of alcohol and the laws and regulations surrounding it.

• Maintain ongoing knowledge of the hotel operations.

• Maintain the cleanliness, working order, and presentation of the bar top, tables, service areas and outlet itself.

Qualified Belongers need only apply.

Salary Range: Commensurate based on qualification and experience

Spa Therapists

Job Requirements: • Grace Bay Club is looking for a Massage Therapist/Esthetician who is an enthusiastic team player with excellent customer service.

• The therapist will be responsible for administering professional facial, massage and body treatments to our guests.

• Must have a thorough knowledge of the skin with numerous massage modalities.

• Must possess a general understanding of body treatments and be willing to train in our spa’s specific facial, massage and body treatment offerings.

• Must possess excellent communication skills and be able to learn the product and service knowledge necessary to effectively provide wellness solutions to meet the needs of our guests.

• The Therapist will be required to properly care for equipment, perform prep work, clean and restock spa rooms • Assist in all areas of the spa operation as requested by Supervisors or coaches.

• Be flexible with your schedule, supporting the needs of the spa.

• Build respectful and cooperative relationships with colleagues and leaders.

• He/she must maintain the standards of Grace Bay as found in the standard operating procedures of the department, an as they are amended from time to time.

Education and Experience: • Secondary level education is required. Good writing, reading, listening and basic computation skills are necessary.

• Previous experience in a 5 star spa is required.

• International qualifications (or qualifications equivalent to international standards) are required in Esthetics and Massage Therapy.

Qualified Belongers need only apply.

Salary Range: Commensurate based on qualification and experience

Houseman

Requirements: • Ensure the cleanliness of all hotel areas.

• Assist in all Housekeeping responsibilities, transporting linen, assist in cleaning of all guests’ room, stocking amenities and linens • Perform any other tasks or projects as directed by Housekeeping Management to continue high levels of guest care.

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

Qualified Belongers need only apply.

Salary Range: Commensurate based on qualification and experience

Spa Concierge

Requirements: • The Spa Concierge is responsible for orientating guest to the spa facilities, preparing and closing of the spa guest’s areas.

• Maintaining spa cleanliness and performing prep work behind the scenes to assist in providing the world class standard.

• The Spa Concierge is responsible for providing extraordinary guest service.

• The employee must be able to stand for extended periods of time and walk on a regular basis, be able to stand, walk, crouch, kneel or bend.

• Must engage in interpersonal relations with guests.

• Must be bright and personable and have the ability to get along with others.

• Must be able to work cooperatively within a team and take personal responsibility for actions.

• Should be highly service oriented, possess exemplary personal skills, and be well organized and self-motivated.

• High School Diploma or equivalent. Spa or hospitality experience is a plus.

Qualified Belongers need only apply.

Salary Range: Commensurate based on qualification and experience

Nail Technician

Requirements: • Providing consistent professional nail, foot and hand treatments in compliance with spa protocols as well as accepted certification practices.

• Taking proper car of all nail equipment and using proper quantities of product to help with cost controls • Maintaining the standards of sterilization and sanitation as directed by spa’s procedures and policies and law.

• Performing prep work, cleaning properly, and restock work environment as required.

• Communicating with management all occurrences relating guests or staff in the spa.

• Promote actively the spa, services, treatments, retail and sessions as well as promotions, promotions, programs, or discounts available.

• Handling concerns and questions of guests courteously and professionally.

• Maintaining an organized. Clean, well-stocked and secure working environment.

• Practicing safe work habits and routines at all times, in order to avoid injury.

• Attending, participating in, supporting staff meetings and training for the spa.

• Ability to work alone without direct supervision.

• Must have at least 1 year previous hospitality spa nail technician experience.

• High school diploma in nail care related field.

Qualified Belongers need only apply.

Salary Range: Commensurate based on qualification and experience

Kitchen Helper

Requirements: • Assist with Food & Beverage service • Receive and store supplies.

• Stock cupboards, refrigerators and salad bars • Clean food preparation and storage areas • Assist with food preparation • Work with minimal supervision Qualified Belongers need only to apply.

Salary Range: Commensurate based on qualification and experience

Interested persons can contact our Human Resources Department no later than 23rd September 2011 @ (649) 946-5050 Ext. 1050 Email: veronica.clare@gracebayclub.com or albray.lightbourne@gracebayclub.com Fax: (649) 946-5758 P.O. Box 128 Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands, British West Indies

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Islandcom Back to School Olympics a Huge Success!

Team 2 celebrates after their victory in Fill the Bucket.

Water Balloons fly as Team 5 takes on Team 4 in a Water Balloon Dodge Ball match.

All participants lined up to watch the thrilling final tiebreaker sprint race!

A crowd of children came out to support C.A.P.A.A and participate in the Islandcom Back to School Beach Olympics!

ISLANDCOM WIRELESS HOSTED yet another fun-filled community event last Saturday – the Islandcom Back to School Beach Olympics! Children of all ages came together down at the Children’s Park Beach in The Bight to support C.A.P.A.A –a community organization that works to end child abuse - and take part in the games.

The children were divided into six teams of six to compete in the games. They were tested on their speed, coordination, and ability to work together in games like Fill the Bucket, Water Balloon Dodge ball, Three Legged Race and Tug-O-War. The performances from all six teams were impressive – however only three teams could take home the prizes.

Following the first three rounds of games the children took some time out to eat and take a refreshing dip in the water. C.A.P.A.A kindly provided free burgers, hot dogs and drinks for the kids and their families throughout the event. A raffle was also held by the organization in order to raise money for their cause.

The top prizes included a 3G HP Netbook computer provided by Islandcom.

After the break the final scores were tabulated and a three way tie emerged. In order to determine the final order of the teams, one last tiebreaker race was run with one player selected to represent each team. The favourite to win just missed out, placing second, after an impressive

race between the three teams.

The first place team went home with a FREE Islandcom 3G phone each (valued at $125) with $100 top up. Second place received $100 credit towards Islandcom 3G phones and top up and Third place received Islandcom Swag Bags. All winners also received back to school supplies such as composition books, rulers, pens and pencils, erasers and more.

Monday morning at the Islandcom store in Provo saw a huge flood of Beach Olympians coming in to claim their prizes. The Islandcom Beach Olympics certainly offered the kids a new and exciting way to bring their summer to an end and gear up for the new school year!

Smiles all around as Team 4 competes in Tug-OWar - a definite favourite of the day!

The winning team after the tie breaker celebrates with their sprinter.

ALPHA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY Is seeking a

NuRSERY ATTENDANT

Interested persons should submit resume to: Alpha Christian Academy School Board Kishco Plaza Leeward Highway Attn: Chairman ACA School Board

ALL ABOuT YOu SEEKS

1 DOMESTIC WORKER Salary $5.00 per hr.

Must be hardworking and reliable Contact 231-3892

VIOLET CAMPBELL requires a

Farmer

Immediate start $5.00 per hour Please call 241-0991

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When opposites attract

16.Parcel 60807/90, The Bight & Thomas Stubbs, Providenciales comprising of a guest residence providing two bedrooms, one bathroom, open plan living, dining and kitchen area including an external covered porch. Second building provides a main house with garage efficiency and a separate one bedroom efficiency unit. Registered Proprietors: John Emanuel Williams and Carlene Andra Nadine Williams

One may feel that because they are living with HIV that it is no longer possible to have a close or intimate relationship with someone especially if the person is HIV negative. This really need not be, but while having HIV this could or may make things more complicated as far as one’s emotional and sexual life is concerned. I hope that this article helps persons who may find themselves in this situation to deal with some of the challenges that can arise within a relationship such as this.

Aldora Robinson HOW DO YOU KNOW FOR SURE Just because you have been tested and tested positive it does not mean that your partner is positive. DO NOT assume.

FACING UP TO INFECTION For most persons it is never as simple as “you have it so I mussie have it too”. A lot depends on the relationship that you are in now, and the ones both of you have had in the past; meaning, what kind of relationship am I in, who my past partners were and who were their past partners.

One may feel that if they don’t know their status they can get away and not have to face up to questions that may be asked such as “how did I get HIV, when and from whom?” This not knowing does not alleviate problems within the relationship but actually creates problems. While there is no easy answer, it does help if partners are able to talk about their fears and concerns together.

You should know that using a condom for penetrative sex is as much about protecting YOU as it is about protecting your partner as the condom protects YOU from contracting other strains of HIV or HIV that is drug resistant. Condoms ALSO prevent you from getting other sexually transmitted infections. Contracting other sexually transmitted infections puts extra stress on your immune system especially when on HIV treatment whose job is to improve the immune system.

Should I have CHILDREN AND A FAMILY You are still the master of your destiny. Therefore, it should be you and your partners choice whether you have children are not. Do not leave medical personnel out of this equation. Speak to your doctor before trying. You can have a healthy baby if you have the help of your medical doctor or the treatment and care team every step of the way.

It is important to consult your with your doctor if you are on treatment, as some of your treatment may be harmful to your baby and if you think that you may be pregnant it is important to let you doctor know right away.

What about POSITIVE PARTNERS You and your HIV positive partner may have different attitudes, beliefs and ways of dealing with HIV. Your partner may have completely different issues concerning HIV to your issues as far as HIV is concerned but, that does not mean that your way is wrong.

IMMEDIATE OPENINGS Both of you may have HIV but that does not mean that it is the same for both of you. It is quite possible that one of you may be resistant to a certain drug, therefore your treatment will be different, so you CANNOT share drugs. Your partner may have a different strain of from of you.

OneIndustry of you may forour a lot than TheHIV Manger Travel Saleshave is a had key HIV part of U. longer S. based the other andresponsible therefore would be and at different stagesMay in treatment sales team, for group leisure sales. be based and on management.

Seeking an HIV positive person because YOU are HIV South Florida or NYC area. positive is not a good idea. Base your relationships on wanting to be Requirements: with that Post particular persondegree and NOT because they are positive too.

• Proven secondary or equivalent or equivalent qualification by experience Remember, HIV is not who you are. Many persons form rewarding • Strong written and verbal skills relationships AFTER finding outwith thatdocumented they are HIVresponsibility positive. Youforlived promotions, sales marketing. as an individual orand as part of a relationship before HIV and you can do • Proven success in luxury travel/hospitality sales, established so after HIV. Relationships are not simple for a lotwith of people.

Without relationships withoftopHIV luxury tourdecisions operators, travelnot agents, incentive the involvement your should be based on your houses, and meeting planners HIV status but remember it is important to be honest with each other.

• Must haveyour experience selling luxury Caribbean Protecting partner is actually protecting you.properties and

The auction will be held at the offices of Scotiabank (Turks and Caicos) Limited, Grace Bay Branch, Providenciales at 10 o’clock in the morning on Friday the 23rd day of September 2011. A reserve price will be fixed on all parcels. A deposit of 10% is due immediately upon all accepted bids.

Terms and Conditions of Sale by Auction are available by request from Scotiabank Collections Manager (649) 946-4750.

Interested applicants should apply to The Regent Palms, Monday National AIDS Program Coordinator through Friday and bring along an updated resume or by emailing National AIDS Program Grand Turk PH: 9461675 mdorsett@regentexperience.com, no later than September 23, 2011.

Provo PH: 9414984

Scotiabank (Turks & Caicos) Ltd. of Cherokee Road, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands hereby gives notice of its intention to sell by Public Auction the following properties pursuant to its power of sale as registered Chargee under the Registered Land Ordinance of the Turks and Caicos Islands: 1. Parcel 60605/136, Norway & Five Cays, Providenciales. Comprising of a single storey residential development, providing four bedrooms, two and a half bathrooms and spacious general living areas. Located in front, a guest house with accommodations of two bedrooms, one living room, one kitchen, one ensuite bathroom and one bathroom.

Registered Proprietors: Strashun Dakaria Williams 2. Parcel 60505/226, Blue Hills and Stamers Run, Providenciales. Comprising of a single storey development, providing three bedrooms, two bathrooms, living room, kitchen and dining area.

Registered Proprietor: Demetria Latoya Simmons.

3. Parcel 10409/51, East Suburbs, Grand Turk. Comprising of a two- storey residential development providing four bedrooms, three bathrooms, kitchen living and dining area.

Registered Proprietor: Warren Alexander Williams 4. Parcel 60003/73, North West and North Central, Providenciales.Comprising of a single storey residential development providing two bedrooms, one bathroom, great room, dining area, kitchen, one bathroom and a covered porch.

Registered proprietor: Keisha Andrea Gilbert 5. Parcel 10303/49 Central, Grand Turk. Comprising of a detached single storey residential development providing four bedrooms, three bathrooms, kichen, dining living area, family room, laundry, outdoor garage and a tank.

Registered Proprietor: Terrilyn Brendalee Ingham 6. Parcel 60811/23, The Bight & Thomas Stubbs, Providenciales. Comprising of a single storey development, providing 3 bedrooms, bathroom, kitchen, living/dining areas.

Registered proprietor: Oletta Louise Robinson 7. Parcel 60003/08, North West & North Central, Providenciales. Comprising of a single storey development providing three bedrooms, two bathrooms (one en-suite), a laundry room, closets and a porch area to the front of the Property.

Registered Proprietor: Alan James Percy 8. Parcel 10409/56 East Suburbs, Grand Turk. Comprising of a single storey building providing three main bedrooms, two bathrooms, spacious living areas as well as an internal garage.

Outside land is fenced with overground water catchment system.

Registered Proprietor: Richard Peter Garland 9. Parcel 60716/138, Cheshire Hall Richmond Hill, Providenciales. Comprising of a detached single storey residential development with a gazebo, guest house, swimming pool and outbuildings. The property provides two bedrooms, two full baths, one part bath, a family room, living, dining and kitchen area.

Registered Proprietor: Ronald Joseph Burton 10. Parcel 60003/123 North West and North Central Providenciales. Comprising of a single storey residential development providing an open plan living room/kitchen/diner, three bedrooms, two bathrooms (one ensuite), laundry room and closets Registered Proprietors: Nathan Glyndwr Busby and Sarah Jane Edge 11. Parcel 60505/173 Blue Hills and Stamers Run, Providenciales. Comprising of a single storey residential development providing two bedrooms, bathroom, kitchen and living area.

Externally, there is a utility house to the rear end of the property.

Registered Proprietors: Lenford Cordel Butler and Tamara Olita Munroe 12. Parcel 60003/51, North West and North Central, Providenciales. Comprising of a one storey residential development, three bedrooms, two bathrooms, living room, kitchen and dining room.

Registered Proprietor: Barbara Lynn Harris 13. Parcel 60602/123, Norway Five Cays, Providenciales. Comprising of a two storey residential development, providing two, one bedroom apartments on the ground floor and one, two bedroom apartment on the upper floor, ground floor deck and upper floor balcony.

Registered Proprietor: Shirlen Grovernor Hamilton 14.Parcel 60503/152, Blue Hills and Stamers Run, Providenciales. Comprising of a single residential development providing bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, living and dining area.

Registered Proprietor: Kirkley George Rigby 15.Parcel 60604/112, Norway & Five Cays, Providenciales. Comprising of a single storey detached building with a partial lower floor which provides 2 two bedroom apartments to the main floor and a single studio to the partial lower floor. A second detached single storey two bedroom residence.

Registered Proprietors: Frank Carlos Duverge and Mernela Lexis Duverge

Manager of Travel Industry Sales

understand wholesalers, FIT and high-end travel agency professionals. willing to work allcontact:` days and shift • Able Forand more information Aldora Robinson R/N, MSc, MBA

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On Monday September 5th, Bride-to-Be Johanne Baptiste was in for a sweet surprise, when she entered Carambola Grill and Lounge with her friend Iselene Israel. To Johanne’s astonishment, several of her closest friends were on hand to partake in that time honoured tradition where girl-friends gather in a pre-celebration for one of the greatest life moments – marriage.

To keep the party mood light and fun, a simple, yet tasty buffet service was chosen. Party planner Islene was extremely pleasedwith the price and was surprised that great service and tasty food could be accomplished at such an affordable rate.

Johanne enjoyed a sublime party with her friends and armed with a full stomach and tips and advice for a healthy and successful marriage she goes on to celebrate her wedding day on Saturday, September 10th, 2011. We at Carambola Grill and Lounge wish her and her husband-to-be, Frankie Noel, a happy and prosperous marriage.

Group urges ‘Dancing with the Stars’ boycott over transgender, Chaz Bono

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Chaz Bono's upcoming appearance on “Dancing with the Stars” has outraged some fans of the popular show, which pairs celebrities with professional dancers.

Bono, who was born Chastity Bono to superstar entertainers Sonny and Cher, — will make his debut with dance partner Lacey Schwimmer when the show's new season begins Sept. 19.

OneMillionMoms.com, an online Christian organization that “gives mothers an impact with entertainment media decision makers,” according to its website, launched a campaign to try to get ABC to remove Bono and gay fashion expert Carson Kressley from the line-up.

The group is also encouraging viewers to boycott the show. “This is completely unacceptable and Christians should not watch the show, no excuses!” the group says on its website.

“People fear what they don't understand,” said John O'Connor, executive director of the Golden

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Chaz Bono, before and after

Rainbow Center in Palm Springs.

“When courageous people like Chaz Bono stand up, it's incredible. It helps people gain an understanding.

“Of course, people are going to lash out,” he added. “It underscores the urgency to educate the public.”

But Dr. Keith Ablow, a psychiatrist and author who appears on Fox News, wrote that children should

LIL WAYNE'S NEW CD SELLS 964,000 UNITS IN 1ST WEEK

Cover art for L’il Wayne’s “Tha Carter IV”

NEW YORK— It wasn't quite "A Milli" but it was awful close: Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter IV" sold 964,000 in its debut week for the second-best first-week sales of the year.

The figures were released by Nielsen SoundScan on Tuesday.

Only Lady Gaga sold more this year. Her "Born This Way" hit No. 1 with 1.1 million sold thanks in part to a one-day offer from Amazon.com to buy the album for 99 cents.

Lil Wayne just barely missed his own sales record. "Tha Carter III" sold just over 1 million when it was released in 2008.

Lil Wayne made "Tha Carter IV" available for digital download immediately after an appearance on the MTV Video Music Awards and released a physical CD two days later.

not be allowed to watch Bono because it would confuse them and celebrate a “psychologically destructive myth.”

“By broadcasting, applauding and mainstreaming the journey of a very disordered person who endured, and likely will continue to endure, real suffering based on extraordinarily deep psychological problems, we suggest that that journey is a smart —

even heroic — one to take,” Ablow wrote on his Fox News blog.

ABC and the show's producers say they're keeping Bono in the lineup.

Bono, 42, who has kept a relatively low profile since a flurry of attention surrounding the legal change of his name and gender in May, said he's not paying much attention to the detractors; he's just concentrating on learning the dance routines.

Appearing on “Good Morning America” on Tuesday, Bono at one point told the show's George Stephanopoulos: “I'm going to be dancing. I'm not going to be up there talking about anything but dancing people who don't have gender dysphoria aren't going to catch it by watching me dance on television.”

Bono came out as a lesbian in 1995 and in 2008 later began efforts to physically transition from female to male.

He began taking male hormones and had his breasts surgically removed as part of the transition.

Cher spoke out over the weekend, defending her son on Twitter.

“I'm so (expletive) sick of these people! A person doesn't wake up one morn & say ‘I'm bored, think I'll change my sex and expose myself 2 ridicule & hate,'” Cher tweeted.

Family of Russell Armstrong believes he was murdered

Russell Armstrong's family are claiming that the reality show star did not commit suicide but was 'murdered,' according to new reports.

The 47-year-old businessman, who regularly made appearances alongside his wife Taylor on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills was found hanged at a friend's house last month.

Although the Los Angeles County Coroner ruled Russell's death was suicide by hanging, TMZ reports that the family have hired a private investigator to look into their theory that he was murdered.

The website reports that the family are 'convinced' that Russell's money problems caused him to get involved with 'the wrong people.'

As a result, Russell may have 'screwed over' someone 'out of desperation.'

That person or persons then retaliated by killing him, according to the website.

Russell's body was discovered on August 15 - a month after Taylor had filed for divorce amid claims

of domestic abuse.

The businessman was also said to be in debt to the tune of $1.5m. Last month, Russell's stepbrother Wade Jackson hinted that the family had more questions about Russell's death.

'He was a smart guy,' Wade told Radar.'The whole family is sad about his death and they want answers.'

Last night saw the first episode of the second season of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills in which the cast members recorded a special interview.

Russell's mother John Ann Hotchkiss had expressed her dissatisfaction that the season was going ahead, saying in a statement: 'When I was informed of this, I thought, "I hope Bravo will take the high road and keep it tasteful.

Let's not murder my son twice."

She said: "I began to notice things starting to fray when the television thing came into being, and I was very concerned. The programme itself really brought him down.'

Reese Witherspoon on the mend after being hit by a car Reese Witherspoon suffered minor injuries when she was hit by a car while jogging in Santa Monica, police said Wednesday.

Witherspoon was struck around 11 a.m. in a residential neighborhood. The driver of the car, an 84-year-old woman who'd been traveling about 20 mph, was cited for failing to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk.

The actress was taken by ambulance to a hospital for treatment, police said. She was not seriously injured and by the afternoon was resting comfortably at her Brentwood-area home, her rep said in a statement.

"The driver seemed to have not seen her because

of a large tree at the intersection," a witness toldUs Weekly, calling the "Legally Blonde" star "lucky, because it could have been much more serious."

Witherspoon, 35, most recently starred in "Water for Elephants" with Robert Pattinson. She won a best actress Oscar in 2006 for her performance as June Carter Cash in "Walk the Line."

In June, she took home the Generation Award at MTV's Movie Awards, saying to thunderous applause, "I know it's cool to be bad, I get it -- but it's also possible to make it in Hollywood without a reality show."

Witherspoon married agent Jim Toth in March in Ojai.

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CARICOM Secretary General admits to information deficit on CSME

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ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The newly appointed Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General Irwin LaRocque says the CARICOM Single Market and economy (CSME) “is alive and well” but acknowledge there is need for a concerted public education programme to inform the region about the initiative.

“Despite what has been reported in the media earlier this year the CSME is alive and well. It is not on pause,” LaRocque said on a radio programme here.

The CSME, which allows for the free movement of goods, skills, services and labour across the region, has in past several months come under severe criticism from various quarters in the region, particularly as it relates to the free movement initiative.

Last month, Barbados Opposition Leader Owen Arthur called on the Barbados government not to make the

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“strategic mistake” of joining others who believe the CSME should be put on pause.

Arthur told legislators there is prevailing view across the community that the initiative has been stalled and warned that Barbados depends more on the CSME than any other country with the 15-nation grouping.

The former prime minister, who was a chief architect of the CSME , pointed out that the creation of the initiative was a formidable exercise because it involved the removal of 450 restrictions in the region that existed to stop the movement of goods, services, capital and the rights of establishment.

He said this move created a market which has laid the foundation for the creation of single economy.

LaRocque said that Caribbean people were till largely unaware of the specific arrangements and benefits of the CSME.

“There is certainly an information deficit in terms of our public out there…I think we have to take stock of that…we have to step up our outreach.

We have not been doing it on a consistent basis, not because we don’t want to, but simply because we don’t have the resources to be always doing it.” the CARICOM Secretary General said.

Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador Colin Murdoch said an effective public education strategy must be centered on outlining the ways in which the CSME will address the needs of individuals within the region.

“To my mind, the CSME, for it to be successful especially in the countries like the LDCs, it must be a lived experience. Evidence must be given where the CSME benefits the common man on the street.

“The common man has a lot of challenges on a daily basis. How can

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the CSME respond to some of these challenges? That I believe could be a way forward.” Murdoch said.

LaRocque said that an information strategy will be developed later this year to help address the communication difficulties and that the Guyana-based CARICOM Secretariat has spent a significant amount of funds on public education initiatives so far this year.

Trinidad Government hints at widening curfew areas

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Trinidad and Tobago government Tuesday hinted at extending the so called ‘hot spots” under the five hour curfew, but has refrained from commenting on an opposition claim that Colombian drug dealers may have been behind the decision to impose the state of emergency.

National Security Minister retired Brigadier John Sandy told the daily news briefing that the authorities were looking at extending the six areas designated as “hot spots” that have also been under the 11.00pm to 4.00 am (local time) curfew..

“We are looking at some other areas from which current activity emanates and you will be advised once we decide to go there...if we don’t you will also be advised,” he said.

Police Commissioner Dwayne Gibbs said that 1, 477 people had been detained since the state of emergency was declared on August 21, with 422 of the suspects being gang members.

But he could not tell reporters how many of those detained had been charged.

“I don’t have the exact information with me, certainly we are looking at the gang related charges, gang related arrests, those will be all associated charges as we go,” he told reporters, adding that he

was also not in a position to disclose how many detainees had been released.

The government has also been moving to quell reports of overcrowding at the jails here and the Commissioner of Prisons, John Rougier said that there is no cause for concern.

“We along with the government are dealing with the existing situation as it relates to the state of emergency as was indicated by the minister, a facility was designated a prison and work is going on at this point in time for accommodation of inmates.

“At this point in time that facility is at the point where roughly 650 persons could be accommodated and they will be accommodated sometime before the end of the week,” Rougier said, adding that the facility could easily house up to 1, 000 people “so that there would not be any undue overcrowding problems within the general prison system”.

Rougier said that the Kamla Persad Bissessar administration has provided over two million dollars (US$333,300) to the prison service to upgrade the facility.

Meanwhile, Opposition Leader Dr. Keith Rowley, speaking on a local radio talk show on Tuesday, claimed he had been informed by “government spokespersons” that the reason behind

the state of emergency had to do with a possible bloodbath involving Colombian gangs.

He said the spokespeople, whom he did not name “had quietly sought to tell the opposition that the reason why they could not tell the country what the problem is, because the problem as they is a matter of national security.

“The information is that the drugs that were intercepted at Piarco International Airport belonged to some Colombian gang which hired a Trinidad gang securing it for export and the Trinidad gang allowed it to fall into the hands of the authorities”.

Rowley said the opposition was told that the “Colombian gang was seeking a reprisal against Trinidad gang and coming or are present here to create bloodshed and mayhem against this Trinidad gang that lost two suitcases of cocaine,” he said.

During the debate to extend the state of emergency by three months last weekend, both Prime Minister Persad Bissessar and the National Security Minister said that while the crisis had been averted with Sandy indicating that the bloodshed would have the failed coup against the ANR Robinson government in 1990 in which several people including a legislator had been killed “ look like a Christmas party”.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Health Minister Rudyard Spencer says he intends to table a Bill in Parliament “in a matter of weeks”, prohibiting smoking in public places and spaces.

If the legislation is passed, Jamaica would be following the lead of several other Caribbean countries which have implemented similar laws.

Spencer said the Ministry has already submitted its proposals to Cabinet for approval.

He said the intention is to significantly

enhance the ministry’s healthy lifestyle campaign, which is being promoted in earnest by the relevant departments and agencies.

Spencer said a major reason for the no smoking in public push is to alleviate some of the burdensome costs of health care for conditions associated with unhealthy living.

Noting that over US$170 million are spent annually by his Ministry to treat chronic diseases, he said adopting a healthy lifestyle has become an urgent issue.

“Ideally, what we should aim for is to practice more physical activities; better eating choices, responsible behaviour and stop smoking,” the Health Minister suggested.

He said that chronic diseases, such as diabetes, hypertension, cancer and cardiovascular diseases account for almost 60 percent of deaths globally, and have created a new demand for long term care and strong community support.

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Caribbean not doing well in global competitiveness

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Only one Caribbean country ranks within the top 50 of the annual World Economic Forum Global Competitive Index and large regional economies such as Jamaica and the Dominican Republic have seen their rankings tumble several places.

The report, which was released Wednesday (September 7), revealed that Barbados was the only Caribbean country of the 142 ranked nations that came in above the 50-mark. Its global competiveness was ranked at number 42, up one place from last year’s ranking. Other CARICOM countries who improved their positions were Trinidad and Tobago, which hopped three positions from 84 to 81, and Guyana, which rose one place to 109.

Next up behind Guyana was the Dominican Republic, whose ranking

at 110 marked a dramatic tumble of nine positions in just one year.

However, this was not as large a drop as Jamaica, which saw its ranking plunge by 12 levels to 107. New CARICOM entrants to the list this year were Suriname, which ranked 112; Belize, which ranked 123; and Haiti, which at 141 was ranked ahead of only African nation Chad on its level of competitiveness.

In its commentary on the results, the World Economic Forum (WEF) noted that while the region was heterogeneous, the nations shared “persistent challenges” in terms of a lack of physical security (the WEF even attributed Jamaica’s fall in the ranking mainly to its deterioration in security); poor development of infrastructure; an inefficient

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allocation of production and human resources infrastructure; and an increasingly a lag in innovation against other more developed, but also emerging, economies.

“Addressing these challenges in the next decade will be crucial to ensure the economic and social progress of the region,” stated the WEF. The Global Competitiveness Report’s competitiveness ranking is based on the Global Competitiveness Index (GCI), developed for the World Economic Forum by Sala-i-Martin and introduced in 2004. The GCI comprises 12 categories – the pillars of competitiveness – which together provide a comprehensive picture of a country’s competitiveness landscape.

The pillars are: institutions,

infrastructure, macroeconomic environment, health and primary education, higher education and training, goods market efficiency, labour market efficiency, financial market development, technological readiness, market size, business sophistication and innovation.

The rankings are calculated from both publicly available data and the Executive Opinion Survey, a comprehensive annual survey conducted by the World Economic Forum with its network of partner institutes. This year, over 14,000 business leaders were polled in a record 142 economies. The survey is designed to capture a broad range of factors affecting an economy’s business climate.

Jamaica Government to sign anti-crime pacts with Cuba KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica's top security official announced Tuesday that he will lead a delegation to Cuba this week to sign agreements strengthening cooperation against drug trafficking and other crimes.

Security Minister Dwight Nelson said the pacts are intended to increase intelligence sharing about the "movement of guns and drugs and the groups involved in their movement between the two countries."

Jamaica is the Caribbean's largest source of marijuana for the U.S. and a transshipment point

for cocaine from South America to North America and Europe. The island's gun-smuggling networks are also a long-standing security concern.

Nelson said that although the two Caribbean neighbors have collaborated since 2006 in tracking and capturing Jamaican traffickers, a formal relationship is likely to improve the flow of information.

A leaked U.S. diplomatic memo released by WikiLeaks late last year portrayed Jamaican antidrug officers as being so unresponsive that more than a dozen Cuban officials privately vented their

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Three killed amid revelry at West Indian Day Parade in New York

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NEW YORK — A shooting on a street corner a few blocks off the route of the annual West Indian Day Parade alst Monday, scarred by violence at least twice in the last several years, left two police officers wounded and three people dead, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.

An officer was hit Monday night by bullet fragments in his left arm and chest and was hospitalized but was expected to survive. Another officer was grazed by a bullet.

At least three other people were hit in the shooting, which started after the parade as an exchange between two armed men, police said. Officers who had been assigned to parade duties arrived at the scene, were fired upon and returned fire, police said. Both gunmen were killed, as was a bystander, they said.

The bystander, 56-year-old Denise Gay, was killed by a gunman's bullet while sitting on a stoop two doors down, with her daughter next to her, said Bloomberg, who called her death "a senseless murder" and blamed it on the scourge of illegal guns.

"It is a matter of life and death," he said, "and in this case the death was an innocent New Yorker."

He said the gunman who killed Gay had an extensive criminal history.

Witnesses said the shooting went on for at least 30 seconds. Area

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Makia Daniel, left, watches as Lori King, right, puts eyelashes on Lauren O'Neal as they get ready to take part in the West Indian Day Parade, Monday, Sept. 5, 2011, in the Brooklyn borough of New York.

resident Thomas Kaminsky said it sounded like machine-gun fire outside his building.

The gunshots rang out in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn after the parade, which was marred by fatal shootings in 2003 and 2005. Post-parade parties are common, but police wouldn't say if the fatal shooting was related to them.

Earlier Monday, revelers had filled the streets in colorful costumes during the parade, but gun violence shocked the festivities to a stop in spots. Police said four people were shot and wounded during the parade along its

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route and a 15-year-old boy was grazed by a bullet nearby.

Police helicopters hovered overhead Monday during the parade, and officers on scooters and on foot patrolled the surrounding blocks.

Bloodshed over the weekend included a Sunday shooting in the Bronx in which eight people, including children, were wounded. Four other people were shot, one fatally, in the East Flatbush section of Brooklyn early Monday.

Kelly said some of the shootings were associated with the West Indian Day festivities.

"Frankly," he said, "this is something that does happen at this parade."

Bloomberg said the problem is "too many guns on the streets of this city."

He said New York has some of the toughest gun laws in the country, "but because it's so easy to buy guns in other states and just drive them in and sell them in the back of your car ... we've got to do something about it.

This just can't go on."

Before the violence Monday, the parade thundered down a Brooklyn thoroughfare with its usual colorful, musical energy.

The annual Labor Day parade celebrates the culture of the Caribbean islands and is one of the city's largest outdoor events. Modeled on traditional Carnival festivities, it features dancers wearing enormous feathered costumes, music and plenty of food.

"This parade is fabulous!" said Arnold Caballero, who was manning a huge barbecue on a sidewalk. "There are people of all countries, and you meet friends you haven't seen for years."

The 52-year-old Trinidad native estimated that by day's end he would sell about 500 pounds (225 kilograms) of jerk and curry chicken, beef and pork from the stand he's run for a decade with two friends.

Ocho Rios to benefit from US$21million development

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Edmund Bartlett says the He said an artisan village, development is part of plans by his which will cost J$1 billion (US$11.6 Ministry to ensure that the tourism million), will be an important product is greatly enhanced and that addition to the infrastructure of the Jamaica maintains its image as town in the northern parish of St. having more attractions than all of Ann. the Caribbean combined.

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The Tourism Minister emphasised that it was not the responsibility of government to maintain Ocho Rios in a clean and pristine condition, but that of the people. He called on the wider business community to take up that challenge.

"The people in the town have to buy into it and take that responsibility. We can come in and put up the $80 million to fix up the sidewalks and to clean drains and to bush the area and generally give it an appearance of beauty, but it cannot be sustained unless the community buys into it and stop throwing the garbage all over the place," he said.

Bartlet said that the Anti Litter Act must be enforced to prevent persons from disposing of their garbage inappropriately.

Supporting the Minister’s call for persons to keep the town clean, Minister of State with responsibility for Local Government Shahine Robinson described the planned development as "good news."

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President Barack Obama, seeking to rescue a faltering economy and his own re-election prospects, began an uphill battle on Friday to win Republican support for a $447 billion jobs plan.

The proposals, weighted toward tax cuts for workers and businesses, was carefully crafted to appeal to middle-class voters who gravitate toward the political center.

A day after unveiling his ideas on Capitol Hill, Obama will pitch them directly to Americans during a visit to a Virginia university, kicking off a months-long campaign to promote the package across the country.

The White House sees the plan, a mix of payroll tax cuts and spending to upgrade roads, bridges and school buildings, as the best hope for reducing

the 9.1 percent unemployment rate that threatens Obama's presidency and addressing what he called a national crisis.

Early estimates suggested it could lift U.S. growth by 1 to 3 percentage points in 2012, lower the unemployment rate by at least half a percentage point and add well over 1 million jobs. Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics and a former adviser to 2008 Republican presidential contender John McCain, said it could add 1.9 million jobs.

Obama hopes he can rally enough popular support to pressure Republicans to get behind the plan so that it can start to lower unemployment before the November 2012 presidential vote.

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months away," Obama told a rare joint session of Congress on Thursday.

"And the people who sent us here -the people who hired us to work for them -- they don't have the luxury of waiting fourteen months."

Financial markets showed little reaction to the speech, due to doubts over whether it could clear a divided Congress. U.S. stock index futures fell slightly early Friday.

There were initial signs that Republican congressional leaders may be ready to find at least some common ground on the plan, despite their opposition to much of Obama's agenda over the past year.

Speaker of the House of Representatives, John Boehner, said Obama's ideas "merit consideration."

Rep. Eric Cantor, the second ranking Republican in the House whose state Obama will visit on Friday, said the payroll tax cuts were "something that will be a part of the discussions" and described "a lot of room for us to work together."

"I heard plenty in the president's speech last night where there is a lot of room for commonality and we can get something done quickly," Cantor told CNN on Friday morning.

He said Republicans were unconvinced about the need for an infrastructure bank, another component of Obama's jobs plan, but could accept other aspects, including tax cuts.

Top Democrats said they hoped Republicans, whose top issue is debt and deficit reduction, would be willing to accept the public works programs and funds to hire teachers that round

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out Obama's program, along with mortgage refinancing help.

"If we piecemeal it, if we just take little pieces, frankly I'm not sure that will do the job," Democratic Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland said on CNBC. FEARS OF RECESSION Bleak jobs figures and other recent data have raised fears the U.S. economy could slide into another recession.

While the economy's woes have sent Obama's popularity tumbling to new lows, Republicans are well aware they could suffer political fallout too if Obama succeeds in painting them as obstructionists in the effort to fix the jobs problem.

Vice President Joe Biden said on Friday morning that funds from the jobs plan would filter out into the economy in three to six months after it passes and could help assuage companies that have been reluctant to spend their money.

"This is all designed to change the confidence level and attitude of people out there," he told NBC. Republicans have hammered Obama for months over what they viewed as weak leadership on the economy. And in a grim sign for the president's re-election prospects, Democrats have increasingly begun to sour on his economic stewardship too.

The unexpectedly large $447 billion price tag for Obama's jobs plan was welcomed by powerful constituencies such as labor unions whose support Obama needs in his reelection drive.

BOFA DISCUSSING ABOUT 40,000 JOB CUTS

Bank of America Corp officials have discussed slashing roughly 40,000 jobs during the first wave of a restructuring, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the plans.

The number of job cuts are not final and could change. The restructuring aims to reduce the bank's workforce of 280,000 over a period of years, the Journal said.

BofA could not immediately be reached for comment by Reuters outside regular U.S. business hours.

The Journal said BofA executives met Thursday at Charlotte, North Carolina, where the bank is headquartered, and will gather again Friday to make final decisions on the reductions, putting the finishing touches on five months of work.

Investors are pressing BofA to improve its performance after it lost money in four of the last six quarters and its stock has fallen by half this year.

The Journal said the proposed job cuts may exceed BofA's last big cutback in 2008 when it called for 30,000 to 35,000 job cuts over three years. That move was triggered by an economic slowdown and the planned takeover of securities firm Merrill Lynch & Co. Earlier this month, the Charlotte Observer reported that BofA executives were discussing plans to potentially shed 25,000 to 30,000 jobs over the next several years.

BofA had earlier planned to cut 3,500 jobs, its Chief Executive Brian Moynihan had said in a memo to staff on August 18, as it tries to come to grips with $1 trillion of problem home mortgages.

More than 70,000 staff cuts have been announced this year or are reported to be in the works at U.S. and European banks, some of them to be lost over three or four year programs.

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Mubarak in court after top officials called to testify

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Hosni Mubarak was back in court on Thursday over the killing of protesters, a day after the presiding judge summoned Egypt's military ruler and other top officials to testify next week in the trial of the toppled ex-president.

The testimonies of such highranking officials could prove decisive in the case, although Judge Ahmed Refaat said when he announced the decision Wednesday that the witnesses would be heard behind closed doors for reasons of national security.

The court heard more witnesses Thursday. A senior interior ministry official said police were ordered to prevent protesters from reaching Tahrir Square during the uprising, even if it meant "by use of force."

A police officer told the court that police were armed in central Cairo and suggested the weapons were used against protesters. Defense lawyers said he was in no position to know.

The judge surprised the court Wednesday by saying Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, who heads the military council now ruling Egypt and served as Mubarak's defense minister for two decades, would appear

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Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak appears in court on a stretcher

in the witness box Sunday.

Armed Forces Chief of Staff Sami Enan and Omar Suleiman, Mubarak's former intelligence chief and briefly his vice-president, will also testify next week, alongside Interior Minister Essam el-Essawy and his predecessor Mahmoud Wagdy.

"The decision to summon Field Marshal Tantawi and the others is certainly a good thing, but the session

has to be public in order to be fair," said Mohamed Adel, an activist with the April 6 movement which helped force out autocrat Mubarak in February.

"We have to see it, and the concept of a publishing ban and secrecy is totally rejected by us," he added.

State television said the prosecutor sent Tantawi and others official notices to attend the court.

RUSSIAN PRESIDENT DEMANDS ACTION TO IMPROVE AIR SAFETY

President Dmitry Medvedev demanded a rapid reduction in the number of domestic airlines on Thursday and said Russia may have to buy foreign aircraft to improve safety after a plane crash killed 43 people, including an ice hockey team.

"The government has to take a very tough decision. We cannot go on like this," he said as he inspected the wreckage of the Yak-42 passenger plane which slammed into a river bank near the city of Yaroslavl on Wednesday.

Acknowledging there were "big problems" with Russia's safety record, Medvedev said: "The number of air companies must be radically reduced and we need to do it very quickly."

Looking somber in a black suit after arriving from Moscow with the transport and emergencies ministers, Medvedev said the government should help revive the civil aviation fleet and improve training and pay for flight crews.

"The cost of human life is greater than any other concerns, including support for national producers," he said after laying flowers at the charred wreckage of the plane, which had been carrying the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl ice hockey team.

"We must support our own people. If we are unable to sort it out, we must buy foreign aircraft. I am giving the government an order and they will have to find the money. It will be a big program."

Medvedev did not give details. His remarks could herald a shake-up of Russian aviation with the aim of improving a safety record widely regarded in Russia and abroad as dire.

Many private air companies have been formed in Russia since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 but many rely heavily on Soviet-era fleets. Medvedev acknowledged that

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previous efforts to improve safety had been unsuccessful.

He visited the scene of the crash in a quiet village by the River Volga before attending a political conference, as planned, in nearby Yaroslavl, about 250 km (150 miles) north of Moscow.

The global policy forum was taking place in the stadium where Lokomotiv play, and which has temporarily become a shrine to the successful and popular team.

Many fans flocked to the stadium soon after the crash and left team scarves and flowers beside the stadium wall. Candles flickered and some fans wept. Others chanted the names of the players.

"Tears on the ice," Russia's popular Tvoi Den newspaper said on its front page under a picture of the squad on the ice. "Yet another terrible air crash has shaken Russia," it said.

Only one of the 37 players and team officials on board survived, reviving memories of a plane crash in 1958 which killed many of English soccer club Manchester United's players.

Earlier this week, police witnesses suggested that neither Mubarak nor his former interior minister, Habib al-Adli, who is also in the dock, had ordered police to shoot. Two witnesses said they were told to exercise "selfrestraint."

Lawyers for some of the 850 people killed in the revolt that ousted Mubarak on February 11 have been irked by police statements, saying officers changed their accounts when they were in court.

The judge dismissed a prosecution bid to raise a case against one witness for alleged false testimony.

'BY USE OF FORCE' As in the four previous sessions since the trial started on August 3, Mubarak was flown to the court by helicopter and wheeled into the courtroom on a stretcher. The 83-yearold has been hospitalized since April when he was first questioned.

Mubarak is charged with conspiring to kill protesters and "inciting" some police officers to use live ammunition, as well as with corruption. He has denied all charges.

Perry leads Romney in new poll; Bachmann fades

WASHINGTON, -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry jumped ahead of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney for the Republican presidential nomination, a Washington Post poll indicates.

Perry, who announced his candidacy three weeks ago, now is perceived by Republicans as having the best shot at beating President Obama, results of the Washington Post-ABC News poll released Tuesday indicate.

Among Republicans and GOP-leaning independents, Perry pushed ahead with 27 percent of the vote, followed by Romney with 22 percent. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who has yet to announce her intentions, picked up 14 percent, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas collected 8 percent and Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, whose luster is fading after her firstplace finish in the Iowa straw poll, tallied 6 percent.

Concerning matching up against Obama, 30 percent of Republicans and GOP-leaning independents say Perry is the one with the best chance of winning in 2012 and 20 percent pegged Romney, a drop of 12 points since mid-July, results indicate.

Among registered voters, Romney leads Obama, 49 percent to 45 percent. Perry also is ahead of the president, 47 percent to 46 percent.

Results are based on a nationwide telephone survey of 1,001 adults conducted Aug. 29-Sept. 1. The margin of error is 3.5 percentage points.

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Obama ratings drop to dismal low

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U.S. President Barack Obama’s approval rating hit another new low, and Rick Perry has surged to the lead in the 2012 Republican presidential race, according to a NBC/Wall Street Journal poll released Tuesday.

After what could be considered the worst summer of his presidency politically, Obama's approval rating is at a new low of just 44 percent in the NBC/WSJ poll. Just 37 percent approve of his handling of the economy--a sixpoint drop since July. The poll's margin of error is 3 percent.

But those numbers pale in comparison to the dismal numbers Americans give Congress. According to the poll, 82 percent disapprove of the job

Congress is doing--the highest number ever recorded in the poll. In what could be a hint of a major shift in political fortunes for sitting lawmakers, 47 percent of those polled say they'd like to give a "new person" a chance in the upcoming election, compared to 42 percent who would like to stick with their current representative.

Meanwhile, the race for the Republican nomination increasingly appears to be a race between Perry and Mitt Romney. According to the poll, the Texas governor, who entered the race last month, now leads Romney, 38 percent to 23 percent in the GOP race. No other nominee moves beyond single digits, including Ron Paul (9 percent), Michele

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Bachmann (8 percent) and Newt Gingrich and Herman Cain (5 percent).

While Perry appears to be the candidate to beat in the GOP field, he's not as strong as Romney or a "generic" Republican when pitted directly against Obama. According to the poll, Perry

Britain lifts ban on gay men giving blood

Britain said Thursday it was lifting a ban on gay men giving blood providing they have had not had homosexual intercourse within a year.

A lifetime ban on blood donation by men who have had sex with another man was introduced in Britain in the 1980s as a response to the spread of AIDS and HIV. But a review by a panel of leading experts and patient groups found it could no longer support their permanent exclusion.

However, men who have had anal or oral sex with another man in the past 12 months, with or without a condom, will still be barred from donating blood, the Department of Health said.

The experts considered the risk of infection being transmitted through blood, the willingness of potential donors to comply with the selection criteria and improvements in testing donated blood.

The change brings the criteria for men who have had sex with men into line with other groups who are deferred from giving blood for 12 months due to infection risks associated with sexual

behaviour.

These include women who have slept with a man who has had sex with another man, people who have slept with prostitutes and those who have had intercourse with anyone who has injected themselves with drugs.

The announcement was welcomed by human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, but he said it fell short of lifting the ban on gay men who always use condoms.

He said: "Although the new policy is a big improvement on the existing discriminatory rules, a 12-month ban is still excessive and unjustified."

Tatchell, who launched the first campaign against the lifetime ban in 1991, added: "Most gay and bisexual men do not have HIV and will never have HIV. "If they always have safe sex with a condom, have only one partner and test HIV negative, their blood is safe to donate.

"They can and should be allowed to help save lives by becoming donors."

BURGER KING FAULTED FOR UNDERCOOKING SEATTLE -- Washington state food inspectors found undercooked hamburgers served in many Burger Kings, the state Health Department said.

Larry French, the state food safety adviser, told Mary Sanford, Burger King's manager of food safety and regulatory compliance, inspectors found a "disturbing trend" at many of the chain's restaurants, SeattlePI.com reported.

He said many employees appeared to believe that the final step in cooking, a brief microwaving, would solve any problems of food safety.

In his letter to Sanford, French said the chain must take steps to correct the problem.

"The minimum outcome must be fully cooked foods, trained staff to assure this, and equipment that is reliable and easy to operate," he said.

A spokeswoman told SeattlePI the chain is working with franchise owners on the problem.

"Preliminary findings from the health department indicate some of the restaurants inspected produced variable cooking temperatures that did not meet BKC's stringent food safety procedures," she said in a statement

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would lose to Obama in a projected match-up, 42 percent to 47 percent.

By comparison, Romney and Obama are statistically tied, 45 percent to 46 percent. Meanwhile Obama would lose to a "generic" GOP candidate, 40 percent to 44 percent.

STALKER WOMAN ALLEGEDLY CALLED MAN 65,000 TIMES IN A YEAR AMSTERDAM - A 42-year-old woman has been charged with stalking after she allegedly called a man she claimed was her ex-boyfriend 65,000 times in the past year, according to an official.

The 62-year-old victim from The Hague filed a police complaint in August due to the persistent phone calls.

Police arrested the suspected stalker Monday, seizing several cell phones and computers from her home in Rotterdam.

Hague prosecution spokeswoman Nicolette Stoel said Thursday the woman argued to judges at a preliminary hearing she had a relationship with the man and the number of calls she placed to him wasn't excessive.

The man denied they had a relationship.

The court ordered her not to contact him again.

SPERM DONOR FATHERS 150 OFFSPRING WASHINGTON- A Washington area social worker said she has learned the sperm donor used to conceive her son seven years ago fathered 150 other children.

Cynthia Daily, 48, told The New York Times in an article Tuesday she began a quest for her son's half-siblings by searching a Web-based registry for other children fathered by the same sperm donor.

Daily said she set up an online group to track the children and today they number 150 -- with more on the way.

Her story has prompted concern among parents, donors and medical experts about the potential negative consequences of having so many children fathered by the same donor.

Britain, France and Sweden limit how many children a sperm donor can father but there is no limit in the United States, only guidelines.

Law Professor Naomi R. Kahn of George Washington University said without limits the same donor could theoretically produces hundreds of related children.

It's that accidental incest could occur, Kahn said.

Cash-strapped Gadhafi sold gold to pay salaries

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TRIPOLI, Libya — Ousted Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's regime sold about 20 percent of the country's gold reserves to cover salaries, as he struggled to hold onto power during the final months of the civil war, the new governor of Libya's central bank said Thursday.

Qassim Azzuz also said that none of the bank's roughly $115 billion in assets "went missing or were stolen" during the six months of fighting. That figure, however, did not include money the Gadhafi family is believed to have in hiding outside the banking sector, he said.

The sale in April of 29 tons of the roughly 145 tons of gold Libya is believed to have in reserve reflects the challenges Gadhafi confronted as he struggled to crush what began as a mass uprising in the east and quickly mushroomed into a full-blown civil war. Brutal assaults on the country's civilian population by forces loyal to the Libyan strongman resulted in sweeping international sanctions and NATO air strikes.

The sanctions froze Libya's massive foreign assets, which stand at

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about 110 percent of GDP, according to several analysts, and had many speculating that Gadhafi was either raiding the central bank's coffers or selling gold to pay troops that included foreign mercenaries.

Azzuz told reporters that the gold was sold to local traders, netting 1.7 billion dinars ($1.4 billion) that was used to pay salaries, particularly in the Tripoli area. The Libyan capital was one of the last places in which Gadhafi retained a firm grasp on power.

Asked if the gold sale violated

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sanctions, Azzuz said that the issue was not "of relevance because it was local liquidation of gold in Libya in exchange for dinars."

But he acknowledged that gold sold to the local traders likely made it across the country's western border to Tunisia.

Azzuz said the central bank was under considerable pressure from the Gadhafi regime in recent months, but insisted that those running the bank had done so "under great risk" and had managed to "maintain the assets."

He said an external audit would be conducted in the future.

Azzuz said the $90 billion in central bank assets held abroad were accounted for, as were about $25 billion held locally.

Not all branches of Libyan banks have reopened, in part because not all staff have returned to their jobs, Azzuz said.

The central bank head said that the current ceiling on withdrawal — set at 500 dinars per day — would be gradually increased. The limit was imposed early in the uprising to ensure adequate liquidity in the face of the sanctions, but Azzuz said it was also a way of limiting inflationary pressures.

The civil war led to massive price surges in key goods and items, such as foodstuffs and fuel.

"The banking sector has done quite well, and is stable and sound," said Azzuz.

Azzuz also said a competition was being held to pick new designs for the Libyan currency. Gadhafi's picture is currently on several bills, including 1 dinar, 20 dinar and 50 dinar notes.

Ambergris Cay Facilities Ltd is seeking an employee on a month to month basis to fill a post on Ambergris Cay. The available post is for a

FACILITIES MANAGER

to manage and be responsible for all facets of day-to-day maintenance operations.

1. Providing general and technical services necessary to maintain the assets and facilities on Ambergris Cay during the Receivership.

2. Working closely with all department heads to ensure all maintenance needs are met.

3. Defining all facility needs, develop and execute plans that will ensure a highly functioning maintenance department.

4. Analyzing cost and budget and establish quality assurance measures.

5. Coordinate and manage all activities in the maintenance department. Determine needed repairs and improvements.

6. Establish project priorities and assign work tasks.

7. Schedule work to most effectively meet facility needs.

8. Develop and coordinate a solid PM schedule program.

9. Develop and implement a training program for maintenance employees.

10. Utilize effective, logical troubleshooting skills to develop corrective action plans.

11. Document departmental activity through preparation of various reports, work orders, maintenance schedules and other incidental record keeping.

12. Prepare, implement and monitor departmental budget.

13. Develop and maintain inventory of spare and repair parts, materials and tools.

14. Operate hand tools, light machinery and other equipment to make repairs or improvements to the facilities.

15. Assure all work sites are left in a usable and safe working condition.

16. Assure that all work is completed in a timely and professional manner.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Must have at least five (5) years of thorough working knowledge of building design and construction methods, techniques and industry standards.

2. Comprehensive knowledge of methods and techniques of facilities and equipment maintenance, including program organization and implementation methods of HVAC, plumbing, waste disposal and electrical systems.

3. Knowledge of and ability to operate tools and machinery.

4. Strong management skills for delegating project and task responsibilities, monitoring and evaluating work performance and maintaining an effective, trained work staff.

5. Must be a Certified Pool Operator (CPO).

Must have a valid TCI driver’s license’s to operate company vehicles.

Salary: Between US$70,000 to US$80.000 per annum.

Closing Date for Applications is Friday September 30th, 2011.

Applications must be in writing addressed to: Ambergris Cay Facilities Ltd, Unit 51, Salt Mills Plaza, Grace Bay, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands E-mail: heather.allen@ambergristci.com Tel: (649)-941-3777 ; Fax: (649)-941-3778

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From Seoul to Washington, policymakers are increasingly worried about the outlook for the global economy Central banks in Europe and Asia took a new, more cautious stance on Thursday and Brazil said the deteriorating world economy prompted its surprise rate cut last week.

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the central bank would do what it takes to lower unemployment and boost disappointingly weak growth, but offered no details on what that would entail.

It is against that backdrop that finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of Seven industrialized nations met on Friday.

They are expected to stress their commitment to preserving the fragile global recovery, but a coordinated plan to calm financial markets is unlikely, officials said.

"The imperative remains to strengthen economic growth," said U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner as he called on global finance chiefs to boost growth.

Geithner wrote in the Financial Times that a repeat of the massive

coordinated fiscal stimulus efforts of 2009 would not be possible this time as the challenges are different.

But the risks of a "longer period of relatively weak growth are significant, and it makes sense for policymakers to reduce the risk of that outcome," he said.

U.S. economic data on Thursday again pointed to a weak labor market, with the number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits rising unexpectedly.

The outlook for economic growth in developed countries darkened considerably in the last three months, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said on Thursday. It called on central banks to keep rates low and be prepared to do more to support growth.

"One would say that growth is stagnating," said OECD Chief Economist Pier Carlo Padoan.

In the euro zone, the European Central Bank held rates steady and signaled it is in no hurry to raise them, saying inflation risks are no longer

TWITTER NOW HAS 100 MILLION ACTIVE USERS, MOBILE SURGING

SAN FRANCISCO - More than 100 million users are "active" and log onto Twitter daily, or about half its registered members, and a growing number are doing so from a plethora of mobile devices, Chief Executive Dick Costolo told reporters on Thursday.

Costolo said the microblogging site was chalking up about 40 percent growth every quarter in mobile usage.

Twitter.com now sees about 400 million unique visitors every month, a 60 percent leap from 200 million at the start of the year.

Twitter, which allows people to send 140-character text messages, or Tweets, to groups of so-called followers, is one of the Web's most popular social networking services, along with Facebook and Zynga and Google Inc's embryonic Google+.

Analysts have sought details however on how many of Twitter's users are "active", a key metric in determining its business potential.

skewed to the upside and that economic growth in the region will be slow at best.

Europe is still struggling to convince markets it has the political will needed to tackle its debt problems.

Britain's central bank left interest rates at a record low 0.5 percent for the 30th straight month, leaving open the possibility that it may restart its quantitative easing program should the economy weaken further In Asia, South Korea, Indonesia and the Philippines were in wait-andsee-mode, pausing in their fight against inflation while they assess how much a slowdown in U.S. and European growth will hurt their economies.

In minutes from its August 30-31 policy meeting, Brazil's central bank focused more on problems abroad than recent signs of a sharper-than-expected economic slowdown in Brazil, Latin America's largest economy. The bank also said price pressures were receding due to falling commodities prices.

U.S. central bankers, in speeches and interviews over the past weeks,

appeared to be laying the groundwork for a possible further easing of monetary policy.

Markets widely expect the Fed to ease policy further, with some thinking the central bank's policy-setting committee could announce new measures as soon as its September 2021 meeting.

The OECD forecast growth across the G7 group of major industrialized economies would average 1.6 percent on an annualized basis in the third quarter before slowing to just 0.2 percent in the final three months of the year.

The slowdown would hit Germany particularly hard, with the OECD forecasting that Europe's biggest economy would see annualized growth of 2.6 percent in the third quarter before contracting 1.4 percent in the fourth.

The U.S. economy, meanwhile, would register annualized growth of 1.1 percent in the third quarter and slow to 0.4 percent in the fourth quarter, the OECD said.

UK oil output falls below one million barrels a day

LONDON - UK oil production fell below 1 million barrels per day (bpd) for only the second time in more than 30 years this summer as maintenance exacerbated a decline in output from depleted North Sea oilfields.

The British sector of the North Sea pumped 984,000 bpd of oil in June, down from just over 1 million bpd in May and a peak of more than 2.7 million bpd in 1999, industry data show.

"The decline is worrying," said Mike Tholen, economics director of industry lobby Oil & Gas UK. Britain first produced commercial quantities of oil in 1975 and the country has enjoyed billions of dollars in revenue over the last 35 years as its light, high quality grades of crude oil have become a benchmark for the international spot market.

It was a net oil exporter until 2005.

But British oil reserves, mostly deep below inhospitable waters far offshore, are gradually running dry and cost more and more each year to maintain and operate as the large, easily accessible oilfields are exhausted.

Oil & Gas UK says there are still billions of barrels of hydrocarbons in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), but much of these reserves are in the form of natural gas and lie in very difficult areas to explore.

"The figures for the quarterly decline in

production of oil and gas highlight the need to focus on investing in the UKCS and on long-term trends in the basin," Tholen said.

Michael Wittner, head of commodities research at Societe Generale in New York, said Britain would still be an oil producer for many years but the trend lower would continue.

Oil & Gas UK have said British oil and gas output could fall to around 500,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd) by 2020, or just 12 percent of the country's expected demand.

But if sufficient investment were brought into the industry, output could be as much as four times that level and still meet around 40 percent of the country's projected consumption.

Improvements in technology now allow companies to pump an increasing proportion of oil and gas reserves to the surface and to collect hydrocarbons from fields that would previously have been out of reach.

But costs have escalated and unit operating costs jumped 10 percent last year as production fell. The UK oil and gas industry also faces decommissioning costs of more than $40 billion over the next 30 years.

The only other time in recent years when UK oil production has fallen below 1 million bpd was in August 2009, when maintenance work also affected output.

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Weather disasters keep costing U.S. billions this year

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CHICAGO - Blizzards. Tornadoes.

Floods. Record heat and drought, followed by wildfires.

The first eight months of 2011 have brought strange and destructive weather to the United States.

From the blizzard that dumped almost two feet of snow on Chicago, to killer tornadoes and heat waves in the south, to record flooding, to wildfires that have burned more than 1,000 homes in Texas in the last few days, Mother Nature has been in a vile and costly mood.

Climate experts point to global warming, meteorologists cite the influence of La Nina or natural

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variability, and, in the case of tornadoes hitting populated areas, many simply call the death and destruction bad luck.

But given the variety and violence of both short-term weather events and longer-term effects like a Southwestern drought that has lasted years, more scientists say climate itself seems to be shifting and weather extremes will become more common.

"A warmer atmosphere has more energy to power storms. We've loaded the dice," said Jeff Masters, co-founder and director of meteorology for Weather Underground, Inc. speaking on Wednesday at a news conference on

climate. "Years like 2011 may become the new normal in the United States in coming decades."

The year has been expensive, in terms of crops, property and lives lost.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has kept track of the cost of weather disasters since 1980, and 2011 has seen 10 separate natural disasters with economic losses of $1 billion or more, according to Chris Vaccaro, spokesman for the National Weather Service.

The previous record was nine, set in 2008. The costs go ever higher, with the nine 2011 disasters even before Hurricane Irene two weeks ago costing

Bernanke says Fed to help restore strong growth

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Thursday said the U.S. central bank would spare no effort to boost disappointingly weak growth and lower unemployment, and he downplayed concerns about inflation.

While the Fed chairman did little to disturb expectations of a further easing of monetary policy when officials meets on September 20-21, he offered no details of steps the Fed might take, disappointing some investors "The Federal Reserve will do all it can to help restore high rates of growth and employment in a context of price stability," Bernanke told the Economic Club of Minnesota.

In what could be taken as a bid to quell concerns among some of his colleagues that a further monetary easing could spark inflation, Bernanke said a rise in prices this year would likely to be transitory.

"We see little indication that the higher rate of inflation experienced so far this year has become ingrained in the economy," he said.

U.S. stocks fell, the dollar extended gains against the euro and Treasury debt prices rose on Bernanke's comments.

"The markets are going to be disappointed in this and concerned that the Fed is only acknowledging the problems without offering any real solutions," said Joseph Trevisani, chief market analyst at FX Solutions in Saddle River, New Jersey.

A widening debt crisis in Europe and collapse in consumer and business confidence in the United States has raised concern the U.S. and global economies could slide back into recession.

So stark is the recent deterioration in the global economic recovery that the political debate in Washington has veered in only six weeks from a preoccupation with how to cut U.S. debts to a renewed urgency on lowering unemployment.

President Barack Obama is scheduled to lay out a jobs package worth more than $300 billion later on Thursday, and job creation was a key theme for Republican presidential hopefuls at a debate late on Wednesday.

Other than offering a bit more detail on the outlook for inflation and emphasizing that sluggish growth is not enough to satisfy the Fed, Bernanke offered few fresh insights into thinking at the central bank on measures to aid the recovery.

$35 billion, Vaccaro said.

Other years have been more expensive overall due to single events, such as Hurricane Katrina in 2005. But 2011 has already moved into the top 25 percent of the costliest years, and the hurricane season isn't half over, Vaccaro said.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) says it will needs $5.2 billion in known disaster relief for the year that starts October 1. But that doesn't include Hurricane Irene, which caused devastating flooding in Vermont and New Jersey, and is expected to cost at least $1.5 billion in relief, FEMA says.

HTC extends lawsuit versus Apple to patents from Google

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke

He largely reiterated remarks he made two weeks ago, repeating that the Fed has a range of tools to provide additional stimulus and is prepared to use them.

Unusually weak household spending and persistent financial strains spurred by worry over Europe's sovereign debt crisis and the loss of Washington's top-tier credit rating continue to hold back the recovery, Bernanke said.

The Fed chairman warned that overzealous belt-tightening by the U.S. government in the near term could also slow down the "erratic" recovery.

"Substantial fiscal consolidation in the shorter term could add to the headings facing economic growth and hiring," he said.

The U.S. economy expanded at less than a 1.0 percent annual rate in the first half of the year, and looks to be doing no better now. A report on Friday showed job growth had stalled for first time in nearly a year.

The Fed cut benchmark rates to near zero almost three years ago to pull the economy out of a sharp recession. It then bought $2.3 trillion worth of longer-term securities in two installments ending in June to boost faster growth.

But, with confidence crumbling, the Fed on August 9 eased monetary policy further by expanding on an earlier promise to hold rates at rock-bottom levels for an extended period, saying it expected to keep them low at least through mid-2013.

A HTC Smartphone and an Apple iPhone are displayed at a mobile shop

HTC Corp has extended its lawsuit against Apple Inc to include nine more patents the Taiwanese firm acquired from Google Inc last week, underscoring intensifying legal actions between the Google camp and Apple.

The world's No. 5 smartphone maker said on Thursday it has amended its existing complaint with the International Trade Commission (ITC) and U.S. District Court of Delaware against Apple over three patent infringements.

It has also filed an additional case in Delaware alleging patent infringement by Apple's iOS devices and Mac computers.

"HTC will continue to protect its patented inventions against infringement from Apple until such infringement stops," said Grace Lei, HTC's general counsel, in a statement.

The Taiwanese company, one of the largest manufacturers of devices based on Google's Android operating system, is embroiled in an acrimonious patent war with arch-rival Apple, which has filed several patent lawsuits against the Taiwan-based company in Delaware in the last two years.

"We think competition is healthy, but competitors should create their own original technology, not steal ours," Apple said in a statement on Thursday, in response to the latest HTC move.

HTC is also seeing its rapid growth slow in an increasingly competitive market. Its sales in August barely grew over the month before [ID:nT8E7JM010].

Increasing lawsuits among hi-tech companies have led some to seek extra protection by acquiring patents from elsewhere.

Google's biggest deal ever, acquiring Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc for $12.5 billion, was such an attempt to buy insurance against increasingly aggressive legal attacks from rivals.

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World Champion Yohan Blake beat fellow Jamaican Asafa Powell to win the men's 100 metres in a personal best time of 9.82 seconds at the Weltklasse Diamond League meet in Zurich, Switzerland on Thursday.

Blake's 21-year-old Jamaican stumbled slightly out of the blocks and had no wind assistance on a still night, yet ran .07 seconds faster than ever before.

His dash was the fourth fastest legal time this year, .04 behind Powell's 9.78 at the Lausanne Diamond League meet in June.

Powell finished second in 9.95, though he was nursing a hip injury that caused him to miss the world championships last week in Daegu, South Korea.

Fellow Jamaicans Michael Frater, 10.06, and Nesta Carter, 10.12, were fourth and respectively.

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Blake was just a "boy" after beating him in the Jamaica National Trials in June, yesterday acknowledged that Blake had stepped up to the top ranks after wining the IAAF World Championship title in Daegu, South Korea.

"He's there, he's won the World Championship," said Powell, who ran a world-leading 9.78 at Lausanne in June, before being sidelined by a hip flexor problem. "It's still very sore. But I'm here to compete," he said.

Usain Bolt skipped the meet — dubbed the 'world championships in two hours' — having earlier cited his "strenuous schedule" in Daegu.

Blake won the worlds gold medal in 9.92 after his training partner Bolt was disqualified for a false start.

The 21-year-old holds the national junior record for the 100 metres, and tied Seun Ogunkoya as the youngest sprinter to have broken the 10-second barrier (at 19 years, 197 days).

GAYLE SIGNS WITH SOUTH AFRICAN FRANCHISE

Chris Gayle

DURBAN - Former West Indies captain Chris Gayle has signed to play for South African franchise the Dolphins in the South African domestic Twenty20 (T20) competition, the Durban-based team announced on Thursday.

Gayle, 31, has been involved in a protracted dispute with the West Indies Cricket Board and has not turned out for the team since he played in a World Cup quarter-final against Pakistan in Dhaka on March 23.

The left-handed Gayle, who will join the Dolphins next February, is regarded as one of the most devastating batsmen in world cricket and has scored 6,373 runs in his 91 test matches, while he has accumulated 8,087 runs in 228 ODIs. In the 20 T20 internationals he has played, Gayle has bludgeoned 617 runs at a strike-rate of 144.49 and he is one of only five men to have scored a T20 international century.

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Yohan Blake stormed to victor

Blake's personal best of 9.89 seconds makes him the fourth fastest Jamaican runner, after Nesta Carter, Asafa Powell and Usain Bolt. His fastest run under any conditions is 9.80 seconds in May 2011 in Kingston, but the wind assistance (+2.2 m/s) was over the legal limit. He is coached by Glen Mills, and is training partners with Bolt and Daniel Bailey. He set the

fastest time by a Jamaican junior sprinter over 100 m with 10.11 seconds.

The record was set at the CARIFTA Games held in the Turks and Caicos islands where he also won the 200 metres and led his team to record breaking runs in the 4 × 400 metres relay and 4 × 100 metres relay.

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ESPN extends deal with NFL for $15 Billion

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Hours before the N.F.L. season was to begin Thursday, ESPN demonstrated what “Monday Night Football” means to the cable empire by renewing it for $15.2 billion through 2021, according to a person briefed on the details. The completion of the contract was delayed by the league’s player lockout.

At $1.9 billion a year, ESPN will be paying 73 percent more than the $1.1 billion a year it has been spending for “Monday Night,” the highest rated program on cable television. ESPN began carrying Monday night games in 2006, when its previous package of Sunday night games moved to NBC. But when ESPN made that earlier deal, which will expire in 2013, it received no playoff games and no chance of carrying a Super Bowl, which is rotated among CBS, NBC and Fox. All ESPN had were the rights to carry 17 regular-season games a year.

The new deal provides a path to adding a wild-card playoff game on the network by providing the league with an option to give one to ESPN — which would appear to mean taking one away from another network.

How that develops will probably be a part of the continuing negotiations with CBS, Fox and NBC, which will be under pressure to retain their N.F.L. rights, at possibly steep fee increases, in a sluggish economy.

ESPN’s agreement will allow it to further secure its role as the cable channel with more N.F.L. content than any other except for the NFL Network.

Under the contract, ESPN will expand its use of video highlights and add 500 new hours of league-branded studio shows almost immediately, including adding a third hour to the Sunday program “NFL Countdown,” which will now start at 10 a.m., Eastern time.

The daily “NFL Live” program will expand to 60 minutes from 30.

The deal will also let ESPN stream its N.F.L. programming to Verizon cellphones. Tablet users will be able to

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The National Football League and ESPN have signed an agreement that will keep Monday Night Football on the able sports network until 2021

see “Monday Night” games and other league programs by using the WatchESPN app.

“The value of the N.F.L. to us is the ubiquity of the sport across our platforms all the time,” said John Skipper, the executive vice president for content at ESPN. “It’s just stupendous for us. It’s daily product — we don’t have a day without the N.F.L.” He called the new deal, even at a much higher cost, “fiscally prudent for us” and one that “we will be able to absorb and continue to grow.”

For ESPN, the length of the deal, eight years, is advantageous because it will span a period in which it will renegotiate all of its deals with cable, satellite and telephone companies — which will almost certainly lead to subscriber fees exceeding the estimated $4.50 a month that ESPN now charges.

In a conference call, George Bodenheimer, the president of ESPN, said there would not be a specific “N.F.L. surcharge” added to subscriber fees. But, he added: “No portion of any of our fees is associated with any

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Neal Pilson, a sports industry consultant, said ESPN’s $1.9 billion annual payment was affordable in cable economics.

“Hypothetically,” he wrote in an email, “if you say 50 cents or one dollar

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At $15.2 billion for eight years of N.F.L. rights, ESPN’s contract greatly exceeds the size of recent deals like CBS and Turner’s $10.8 billion agreement to carry the N.C.A.A. men’s basketball tournament for 14 years and NBC Universal’s $4.38 billion investment in the four Olympics from 2014 to 2020.

ESPN made losing bids for the N.C.A.A. and Olympic contracts, perhaps signaling that the deal it really wanted was the N.F.L. extension.

“We do not have a more important deal than the N.F.L.,” Skipper said.

The league’s next TV deal might be for a second Thursday night package of games to augment the one that is now carried by the NFL Network. But the creation, and sale, of a second such collection of eight games is not imminent. Roger Goodell, the commissioner of the N.F.L., said, “It’s not likely we will do it in the next year.”

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Bin Hammam FIFA appeal set for next week

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LONDON Mohamed Bin Hammam, handed a life ban by FIFA on bribery charges, will have his appeal against that decision heard next week, FIFA confirmed.

The 62-year-old Qatari, a former member of FIFA's executive committee, was booted out in July after being found guilty of corruption and his case will be heard

by FIFA's appeals committee on September 15.

The hearing, at FIFA's headquarters in Zurich is expected to be completed on the day but it is not yet known if Bin Hammam will attened in person, or be represented by his lawyers.

Bin Hammam was banned after the Ethics Committee ruled he was responsible for cash gifts totalling around $1 million (626 thousand pounds) for officials from associations belonging to the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) at a meeting in Trinidad on May 10.

It was alleged the gifts of around 40,000 per member were to secure their votes in his battle to defeat incumbent Sepp Blatter in the FIFA

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After the allegations were made, Bin Hammam withdrew his candidature and Blatter was reelected president for a fourth term unopposed.

FIFA have also charged 16 officials with rule breaches in connection with the CFU meeting

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and also handed a life ban to former executive committee member and FIFA vice-president Jack Warner of Trinidad & Tobago.

Bin Hammam has doggedly claimed he is innocent of all charges

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and if his appeal fails he has indicated he will take his case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, and possibly after that to the Swiss federal court.

Earlier this week Bin Hammam had been critical of FIFA and Ethics Committee chairman Petrus Damaseb of Namibia, insisting he had not bribed anyone and that FIFA would never have taken action against him if he were European.

The letter, published by Bin Hammam on the Asian Football Confederation website, states: "I have never tried to bribe people and all the attendees of that CFU meeting are sure of this fact and you, yourself, heard this from all the witnesses that (were) brought to testify against me."

He also says he is secure enough financially to pursue his legal defence for years if necessary to restore his reputation, and will emerge "unscathed by these creative allegations."

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