JUNE 29TH - JULY 6TH, 2013
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INTEGRITY COMMISSION WANTS PAY INCREASE BY HAYDEN BOYCE PUBLISHER & EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
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he Integrity Commission, which significantly slashed the salaries of Turks and Caicos Islands Cabinet Ministers, and has imposed some stringent financial guidelines on certain Government operations, has asked for a 7.5 percent pay raise for some of its staff. This was confirmed by the Commission’s Director Eugene Otuonye who said that the proposal is however “subject to budgetary provision being approved by the House of Assembly”, As it now stands, the Director of the Integrity Commission, Otuonye, is paid US$110,000 per year or $9166 per month; the Investigative Officer Simon Baker is paid US$78,000 per year or $6500 per month; the Compliance Officer Karen Taylor-Bell is also paid $78,000 per year, the Coordinator of the Political Financial Activities Unit, Patrick Noonan is paid $60,000 a year or $5000 per month and the Secretary, Wanda Ariza, is paid $45,000 a year or $3750 per month.
BEST INSTITUTE STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN TREE PLANTING AT CLUB MED: Club Med across the world on Wednesday, June 26, celebrated International Tourist Day. Each resort marked the event by participating in communityrelated activities and the Turks and Caicos was no different. The local resort, which is located along the famous Grace Bay Beach, invited students from BEST Institute to spend the day on property. The students, accompanied by their teachers, were treated to a great deal of fun activities led by manager Michael Clarke. The activities included basketball, soccer and tree-planting. Here they are seen along with club med staff, including Clarke (in blue top), planting one of the trees on the property.
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