VOLUME 9 ISSUE 37 by The SUN Newspaper

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PREMIER TAKES AG TO COURT BY HAYDEN BOYCE PUBLISHER & EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

he controversial matter of the stormy relationship between Attorney General Huw Shepheard and the Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands, is heading to the Supreme Court. Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands Hon. Dr. Rufus Ewing has filed documents in court that will test the lawful authority of the Attorney General to make certain decisions without consulting Cabinet. According to the originating summons which was obtained by the SUN, the grounds of the application are that a dispute has arisen between the Attorney General and the elected members of the Cabinet as to whether the Attorney General has the authority under the Constitution to commence and defend civil proceedings by or against the Government as the Attorney General sees fit, without seeking the prior approval of Cabinet, and that it is in the public interest that this dispute which involves an important issue of the proper interpretation of the Constitution be resolved by the Supreme Court. The summons was filed in court on October 11th, 2013. Selvyn Hawkins of the law Misick & Stanbrook, is the lawyer on file for the Premier. Premier Ewing is seeking the determination of the court of the following questions and the following relief, namely: That it may be determined whether the true construction of Section 41 of the Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution Order 2011 or any oth-

THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS WAS ONE OF 89 COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD THAT HAVE WELCOMED THE FIFA WORLD CUP TROPHY Last Sunday, October 13th, the sleek, colourful jet carrying the trophy touched down at the Provo Air Centre, where FIFA ofﬁcials were met by Governor Peter Beckingham and his wife Jill, Premier Hon. Dr. Rufus Ewing and his wife Dr. Dawn Perry-Ewing, Deputy Premier Hon. Akierra Missick, and Sonia Biene-Aime, director of FIFA. The solid-gold trophy began its journey in Rio de Janeiro on 12 September 2013. Departing from the famous Christ the Redeemer statue, the FIFA World Cup™ Trophy will travel around the world for nine months before re-

er provision of the Constitution, the Attorney General is authorised to institute and prosecute civil proceedings on behalf of the Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands and to defend proceedings brought against the Government (a) without informing the Cabinet of his intention to

turning to the country that will host the 2014 FIFA World Cup: Brazil. The total distance covered during the Tour will be 149,576.78 km (92,942.702 miles). In other words, more than three times the circumference of earth!The Tour was developed through an exclusive partnership between FIFA and Coca-Cola, one of FIFA’s longest-standing corporate partners. In this photograph, Governor Beckingham and Premier Ewing share a proud moment with the trophy. (Photo by Kelano Howell)

institute proceedings and prosecute such proceedings, and (b) without obtaining the prior approval of the Cabinet for the instruction, prosecution or defence of such proceedings except where such proceedings involve matters on which the Governor is not required to consult and

act in accordance with the advice of the Cabinet. If the answer is no, that a declaration that the Attorney General has no such authority be granted to the Plaintiff (Dr. Rufus Ewing). CONTINUED ON PAGE 2

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That costs of and incidental to this application be paid to Government. The SUN also obtained a copy of an affidavit which was signed by the Premier. A section of it stated: “Under section 30 of the Constitution, the executive power of the Turks and Caicos Islands Government is vested in Her Majesty, acting through the office of the Governor. The decision making powers of the Governor are, however, circumscribed in that under section 29, subject to certain specified exceptions, the Governor must first seek the advice of the Cabinet and must act on that advice. That includes the bringing and defending of claims by or against the Government. Section 36 of the Constitution provides that business of the Government to be delegated to members of the Cabinet. In practice, the Government’s executive decisions are taken at Cabinet meetings which are usually held fortnightly. It is at those Cabinet meetings that the Governor receives Cabinet’s advice on the

various matters that are put forward for decision making. A matter up for decision making may have been initiated and placed on the agenda by the Governor, any Minister, the Deputy Governor, or the Attorney General. Decisions on any matter taken at Cabinet are recorded and minuted.” AG ACCUSED OF NOT INFORMING CABINET The Premier’s statement continued: “ By section 41 the Attorney General is the legal adviser to the Government. Whilst this provision states that in exercising his functions the Attorney General is not to be subject to the control of any other person, this does mean that the Attorney General can institute and defend proceedings without reference to Cabinet. I have attended most of the meetings of Cabinet held since my appointment as Premier. In respect of those meetings that I have not attended, I have read the relevant minutes. The Attorney General has never, to the best of my knowledge, having reviewed minutes of Cabinet meetings, seen it ﬁt

to inform the Cabinet or seek the Cabinet’s approval to institute or defend proceedings against the Government. I have learnt through various press reports of several actions which were brought on behalf of the Government by the Attorney General before and after the last general elections as well as claims against the Government which are being defended by the Government. I understand that under the Crown Proceedings Ordinance the Attorney General is the person who brings proceedings on behalf of the Government and is the proper defendent in respect of claims again the Government. That does not, however, as I understand it, relieve the Attorney General of the obligation to obtain the approval and instructions of the Cabinet before instituting proceedings, defending claims, or indeed in running litigation.” Premier Ewing also noted in the statement that he is aware that in certain circumstances the Statement of Governance Principles may require that the Cabinet approves the bringing of proceedings by the Government or the defence of proceedings by Government. But even in those situations, the Premier said, it is still a requirement that the Attorney General seeks Cabinet’s approval, and only if approval is not obtained, may the matter be referred to a Secretary of State for his decision. TEMPLE MORTGAGE AND TRADE WINDS INDUSTRIES CLAIMS RAISED The Premier said that one of the claims which were brought against the Attorney General representing the Government is that in Action CL 5/2013 by Temple Mortgage Ltd. Temple Mortgage Ltd. was asserting its priority as a mortgagee of land recovered by the Government in prior proceedings brought by the Attorney General. He said the Cabinet’s advice and/ or approval to embark on a defence of the Temple claim was never sought by the Attorney General. Premier Ewing added: “I appreciate that the Attorney General is the legal adviser to the Government but the decision to institute or defend proceedings is ultimately a matter for the Cabinet, unless a matter falls within one of the exceptions identiﬁed in section 29 of the Constitution. The Temple claim was not one of those exceptions.” He added: “I have read the Writ of Summons in Actions CL175/2012 and CL133/13, in which Trade Wind Industries Ltd. is Plaintiff and the Government is a defendant, copies of which are now shown to me marked “REl”. Cabinet’s consent was never obtained to defend these proceedings and

Cabinet was never consulted by the Attorney General to ascertain Cabinet’s position on these matters prior to the Attorney General’s decision to defend the actions. I note that the Statement of Claim in CL133/13 refers to a letter dated July 11th 2013 written by the Attorney General. The letter states that the Attorney General instructed Edwards Wildman to appoint an arbitrator on behalf of the Crown and the Government and that the Attorney General was authorised to do so by section 41 of the Constitution. The Writ in CL133/13 also refers to a letter dated July 18th’ 2012 in which the Attorney General has asserted that he takes instructions from the Governor as advised by Cabinet “in matters such as these”. To the extent it is necessary to state this explicitly I confirm that at no time did Cabinet instruct or consent to the appointment of the arbitrator by the Attorney General. Furthermore in Action CL175/2012 the decision of the Supreme Court was appealed by the Attorney General to the Court of Appeal without reference to Cabinet, with significant irrecoverable costs. The proceedings referred to in paragraphs 8 and 9 above are examples and are not meant to be exhaustive of the actions of the Attorney General. I have confronted the Attorney General about his role in instituting, prosecuting, and defending proceedings on behalf of the Government without Cabinet’s approval the Attorney General’s response was that he is independent of the Government and need not consult or seek Cabinet’s approval. I do not believe that this is a proper construction of section 41 of the Constitution on which the Attorney General relies.” The Premier added that Civil litigation by or against Government involves the risk of costs orders being made against Government as well as potential benefits to Government in the event that it is able to successfully prosecute or defend claims. Apart from financial considerations, there may also be public interests and public policy reasons why a particular claim should or should not be brought or should or should not be defended, he said. “These are all matters which Cabinet must and should consider before instituting or defending civil proceedings. I do not believe that the proper construction of section 41 of the Constitution is one which enables the Attorney General to make these important decisions on behalf of the Government with the elected members of Cabinet being kept in the dark. The Attorney General’s position and his manifest behavior raise an important constitutional principle which should be determined by this court.”

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Caribbean Court of Justice delivers for the Caribbean’s people BY SIR RONALD SANDERS

or years, nationals of the 15-nation Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have complained of the discrimination they’ve experienced at the border controls of each other’s countries. This discrimination has ranged in many cases from extensive questioning before being allowed entry for a limited period, to arbitrary refusal of entry and immediate expulsion. This unpleasant treatment has galled CARICOM nationals, causing them to question the benefits of being part of the organisation which was set up by Treaty and which stipulates the obligations of its member states with regard to the freedom of movement of their citizens. On October 3, in a landmark decision, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) brought at least a legal end to discrimination and denial of right of entry to Caribbean Community nationals. If such practices continue in member countries of the Community they will be unlawful, and affected persons can seek redress from the CCJ. According to the CCJ decision, nationals of the Caribbean Community are legally entitled to enter and stay in each other’s countries for up to six months without restriction, unless deemed as an undesirable person. Border officials also cannot arbitrarily deem a CARICOM national as “undesirable”. The CCJ is not yet the final appellate Court for civil and criminal matters for all CARICOM countries, but it is not in that form that the Court made its watershed judgement. The decision was issued by the CCJ as the Court of original jurisdiction in relation to the CARICOM Treaty. In that form, its decisions are binding on the Community member countries and they cannot be appealed. The occasion for the CCJ’s judgement was a complaint brought by a Jamaican national, Shanique Myrie, against the government of Barbados. Myrie claimed that in March 2011 the border authorities in Barbados violated her right to free movement under the CARICOM Treaty when she sought to enter the country. She further claimed that she was illegally detained and deported and her human rights were violated when she was subjected to a “cavity search” described as a “finger rape”. In a lucid, well-presented and easy to read judgement, the CCJ found for Myrie against the Barbados government on the strength of the credible evidence in her favour. She was awarded US$38,700 in pecuniary and non-pecuniary damages. Her legal costs are also to

be met by the Barbados government. But while the case gave redress to Myrie for her grievances, it was far more significant for its establishment of the rights of the people of CARICOM and for eliminating misconceptions of the supremacy of “national sovereignty” over “Community Law” under the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas – the CARICOM Treaty. As the CCJ stated in its judgement, among the issues of Caribbean Community law with which the case dealt, was “whether and to what extent CARICOM (or Community) nationals have a right of free movement within the Caribbean Community”. On this matter, the CCJ was guided by the 28th Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government in 2007 at which they agreed that “all CARICOM nationals should be entitled to an automatic stay of six months upon arrival in order to enhance their sense that they belong to, and can move in, the Caribbean community, subject to the rights of Member States to refuse undesirable persons entry and to prevent persons from becoming a charge on public funds”. In arriving at their judgement, therefore, the CCJ did nothing more than give judicial acknowledgement and authority to a decision by CARICOM Heads of Government – the supreme decision-making body of Community law. The Court also clarified the matters of “undesirable persons” and persons who might become “a charge on public funds”. Up until now, both these categories of persons have been determined by border authorities based on individual country guidelines that, for years, CARICOM nationals have publicly argued discriminates against them and makes a mockery of the CARICOM Treaty. The Court has now ruled that for a CARICOM national to be validly excluded on the basis that he or she poses a realistic threat to engage in conduct prohibited by national law, “the receiving state must show that its own nationals who engage in such conduct are routinely prosecuted or otherwise subjected to some legal sanction”. Further, the Court has ruled that no CARICOM national can be refused entry by border officials without being informed “promptly and in writing not only of the reasons for the refusal but also of his or her right to challenge that decision”. CARICOM countries are also now required to provide “effective and accessible appeal or review procedures with adequate safeguards to protect the rights of the person denied entry”. While all of this will bring relief to all CARICOM nationals and represents a triumph for

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the Caribbean people in their often expressed desire to travel in the region “hassle free”, the CCJ judgement does two other very important things. First, it establishes that being a member of CARICOM does give enforceable legal rights to every Caribbean national in relation to entry to CARICOM countries for a period of up to six months. In this sense, it is an occasion for real celebration of Caribbean regionalism at the level of people – it is a rare occasion, but it will help to lift the worth and meaning of CARICOM. Second, it has established that there is CARICOM Community law – devised and agreed by CARICOM Heads of Government as the principals that the Community’s peoples have elected to represent them – and that such Community law cannot be invalidated by the failure on any country to incorporate those decisions in their municipal laws. The immigration and law enforcement departments of all Community countries should now be ensuring that the regulations and instructions given to their border officials reflect CARICOM Community law and the decision of the court. With regard to the CCJ, the objective, impartial and learned judgement it has given should now cause all doubters to welcome and embrace it as the region’s final court of appeal in all matters. In the case of Jamaica that argued to stay with the British Privy Council as its Court of final appeal on the basis that Jamaicans could not expect justice from a Caribbean court, Shanique Myrie stands as the symbol of that deeply flawed position. Sir Ronald Sanders is a Consultant, Senior Research Fellow at London University and former Caribbean diplomat.

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LOCAL NEWS Lightning knocks-out Fortis engines, causing widespread power outages BY VIVIAN TYSON

ortis TCI is considering a redesigning of its power generating system to lessen negative impact on its operating ability in times of severe weather. This came in the wake of two of its generators suffering severe damaged on Tuesday (October 15) by lightning strikes associated with a series of thunderstorms that the country has been experiencing since Saturday (October 12), leaving several areas of Providenciales without power, in some place up to 12 hours. At press time the inclement weather was still hanging around. The outages affected mostly the business district on that island. It affected parts of downtown Providenciales, including Airport Road, Kew Town and also in the Leeward areas. The Providenciales International Airport was also affected. The power went off as early as 8a.m. Chief Executive Ofﬁcer for Fortis TCI, Eddington Powell, said in a news conference on Wednesday (October 16) that since the storm was more westerly than easterly, the damage to its operating capacity was restricted only to Providenciales. Powell said that a redesigning was necessary to look at in order to see whether or not improvements could be made to mitigate damage to its plants whenever the islands experience severe weather. “We are in the early stages of mak-

ing these assessments and taking lessons from what happened. That (assessment) has to do with the design of the system; can we design the system any better,” Powell said. The saturated fashion with which the constant showers have rendered Providenciales has left Powell not being so sure anymore as to whether power lines installed underground are more effective than overhead power lines. He said that its underground platform was inundated by flood waters. “It is somewhat controversial (which is safer), the overhead lines versus underground line. We found that the flooding which the amount of water that is dumped; our records have it at about seven inches of water falling in such a short period of time. We had a tank that caught 1.1 million gallons of water, so we know how much rain fell. “The underground infrastructure was flooded. Our switches were under water. So yes, underground (lines) are protected from wind but then it is susceptible to flooding. This is what electricity has to put up with, and we are looking at what we can do,” he said. The forced decommission of the two engines had resulted in the loss of approximately 11 megawatts of power, according to Powell. That he said was on top of about 15 megawatts that the company had earlier withdrawn from the system for maintenance purposes. “We lost approximately 11 megawatts of capacity due to catastrophic

Eddington Powell failures of two engines, and this was in addition to the issues that we have on the transmission and distribution system which began in the early morning of Saturday. And we worked throughout Saturday and Sunday to restore power to affected customers. “These kinds of distribution problems are actually more difﬁcult to solve than, for example, if you have a hurricane that blew down feeders; you know that you have to restore lines and lines of feeders. What we have here are problems in local areas that we were affected by - some blown transformers and lightning strikes and those kinds of things,” he said He added: “The restoration process is probably more difﬁcult because your resources are now concentrated over a wide area of the service territory. So it took a very long time under very dangerous circumstances, and our line-

men worked throughout the day over Saturday and Sunday to restore power. “And then, of course, Monday morning we had another lightning storm that affected the system again. Unfortunately this happened when we had 15 megawatts of capacity down, for forced and unforced maintenance; that is maintenance due to failures as well as planned maintenance.” Powell described the restoration of power as very brisk, since in many countries, developed and developing, such reinstallation would take weeks. He noted, too, that if such an impact had taken place two to three years ago, it would have probably lost all its ability to generate power. He said also that Fortis did not lose all capacity to generate because of important upgrades that it had carried out over the past three years. “The dedicated linemen and plant personnel worked hard around the clock literally under very dangerous and challenging circumstances to restore power to the customers. And I would like to publicly acknowledge their tremendous service to the company and the country. I am absolutely most convinced that even the developed world the restoration of this nature would have taken days, if not weeks, is a credit to the quality of our people, and to the investment which the company had made in generation, transmission and distribution, and protection to the system. We did not lose the entire plant,” he said.

EWING GOVERNMENT ENCOURAGED BY NEW GOVERNOR’S STANCE BY VIVIAN TYSON

he government of the Turks and Caicos Islands said that it is encouraged by the initial attitude of new governor His Excellency Peter Beckingham, as it relates to his stated role as governor and towards the elected government. Premier Hon. Dr. Rufus Ewing told a post cabinet news briefing that during cabinet, Beckingham stated that he would give government the latitude to conduct the country’s business while offering the necessary oversight on behalf of the United Kingdom Government. “He said that he was specifically told (by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office) and he also has agreed to allow the government to be the government, and his role as governor is to have oversight and governance. I would leave it at that, because, as you know, that might not have been the case in the past,” the Premier said. Beckingham, whose background is in trade and investment, replaces the controversial Ric Todd, who often times, did not see eye-to-eye with the government and the opposition. He was accused by both as having too much reach in government even after an election was held and an elected government was in place. Premier Ewing said that Governor Beckingham was given the opportunity to outline his plans for the TCI, and he was hopeful for a good relationship between government and Waterloo. “The cabinet gave a warm welcome to Governor Peter Beckingham for attending his first cabinet meeting as Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands. And we gave him the opportunity to outline his agenda for the Turks and Cai-

cos Islands, and how he intends to work with this government. “I can state that we were indeed encouraged by the statements made by him in regards to allowing us, as a government to be the government and to run our show. And so, we are holding him to those words and those commitments, as government of the Turks and Caicos Islands,” Premier Ewing said. In the meantime, Premier Ewing said that the Director for the British Overseas Territories, Peter Hayes, will visit the TCI in time for the next cabinet meeting, which he said Hayes is scheduled to attend. And the premier said that a number of issues would be put to him in cabinet, including the governance of the country and constitutional issues. Meanwhile, Premier Ewing said that the government would begin to rotate cabinet meetings between the capital Grand Turk and Providenciales starting in the next two weeks, with its first meeting in Provo. He said that the Hilly A. Ewing Building that has once again being used as government offices, is to be officially open in time for the next cabinet meeting. He said also that consideration would be paid to having cabinet meetings on other family islands in the near future. “We also discussed the various formalities with regards to conducting the business of cabinet with some changes, where we intend to alternate cabinet between Grand Turk and Providenciales after the opening of this office, which we hope to have sometime at the next cabinet meeting two weeks from now here in Providenciales, and alternate it thereafter. We hope to have cabinet meetings in other islands at least once per quarter,” he said.

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Court fines M.Y. Cloud captain $30,000 BY VIVIAN TYSON

enjamin Craig Cameron, captain of the M.Y. White Cloud, the yacht that created massive damage to a large area of coral reef off the coast of Northwest Point, Providenciales on April 18, this year, was found guilty on three of the four counts that he was charged with when he appeared in the Providenciales Magistrates’ Court 2 on Monday, October 7. Approximately 3,000 square feet of coral reef in the Northwest Point area off the coast of Providenciales were damaged as a result of the vessel dropping anchor. The damage was described by the authorities “a catastrophic devastation”. They said that the operators of the yacht were not given the permission to dock in the area. The reef damage was so severe that cabinet hurriedly approved a $47,000 disbursement to begin repairs to the area. The authorities said that even though they would make repairs to the area, they remain pessimistic that full recovery would ever take place in our lifetime. Former governor Ric Todd, after a media tour of the site shortly after, said that he was stunned at the magnitude of the damage. “When you actually go there and see, you would realize that it is more awful than we thought, because you have this whole area of carol, literal-

Kathleen Wood ly thousands of years growing and it’s smashed, it’s devastated. It’s awful to see carol lying around, coloured soft carol and bits of rocks and fragments – it’s really awful,” he said at the time. Magistrate Mr. Jolyon Hatmin found Cameron guilty of damage to coral reef – structures living and dead, disturbing the sea floor and causing damage to living organisms. Cameron was, however, acquitted on the charge of anchoring a vessel larger than 60 feet in a no anchoring zone because the magistrate felt that the information surrounding that charge was conflicting. Craig was order to pay $30,000 before he left the country. He told the court that he would be leaving Tuesday, October 8 – a day after the verdict. However, at press time it is not clear as to whether or not the fine was paid. And while Kathleen Wood, Director of the Department of Environment and Maritime Affairs (DEMA) is happy that the yacht operator was made to pay for his crimes, believes that the judge erred on the no anchor-

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ing zone count because DEMA has clear demarcation for anchoring and areas that are forbidden. “He (Magistrate Hatman) was mistaken on that point because we do have designated anchoring zones, and the captain actually anchored in one of them originally before he moved. But that’s ﬁne, we are happy with the three counts that we got. He was (Cameron) given a $30,000 ﬁne,” Wood said. In the meantime, Wood said that DEMA welcomes boat operators to the Turks and Caicos Islands, but said they should adhere to the local laws governing maritime affairs, so that others could enjoy the reef and waters. “We don’t want to penalize people. We want boaters to come to TCI and enjoy these waters, but we also want to protect them so that the boaters who come here can enjoy them. We know that’s why people come here, and one person’s act of negligence should not be able to take away from the rest of the community,” she said. In the meantime, Wood thanked the local dive and water sports operators, who brought the destruction of the reef to light. “I actually more than anything, want to say to the dive operators and water sports operators who responded to this incident, we would never have been able to do it without their assistance, and we thank them for their efforts,” Wood said.

CONCH QUOTA SET FOR FOR 2013 TO 2014 SEASON

he Department of Environment and Marine Affairs (DEMA) has announced the conch quota for the 2013/2014 season. In preparation for the upcoming opening of the queen conch (Strombus gigas) fishing season on 15 October, the Department met with the CITES Scientific Authority Committee (SAC), Fisheries Advisory Committee (FAC) and industry stakeholders in order to determine a quota that will allow for the sustainable harvest of queen conch this season, while simultaneously supporting fishing livelihoods. The department noted that queen conch stocks have been in decline in TCI since the passing of hurricanes Ike and Hannah in 2008. As a result, DEMA will undertake a TCIG-approved project to conduct a Conch Visual Survey (CVS), which will help DEMA to determine current stock characteristics and to estimate a total allowable catch (TAC) that can be sustainably harvested. DEMA has begun preliminary work on the CVS, assisted by international expert Dr. Paul Medley; however, results from the CVS will not be available until next year. The 2012-2013 catch for queen conch showed some improvement over the previous year’s catch; however, improvements were not significant enough to merit increasing the quota at this time. Therefore, the quota for 2013-2014 will remain as follows: 500,000 lbs. for export; 320,000 lbs. for local consumption and 1,000,000 shells for export.

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Thunderstorms crash Digicel system BY VIVIAN TYSON

elecoms company Digicel is looking to construct an insulation system aimed at minimizing damage from lightning and other natural disasters in the wake of its system going off line from last weekend’s thunderstorm. E. Jay Saunders, CEO of Digicel TCI, in an interview with The SUN, said that lightning from the thunderstorm caused damage to cables that interconnect its main system between late Friday night and early Saturday, causing its system to shut down. “Early hours of Saturday morning and starting late Friday night there was a ﬁerce thunderstorm. Lightning from that thunderstorm damaged about $50,000 or $60,000 worth of core equipment, and when we say core equipment, we mean equipment that keeps the network up. And because of that a few pieces of critical equipment got damaged and the network went off line,” Saunders said. He noted however, that the system was back up by early afternoon on Saturday. The team got on sight at about 5a.m., on Saturday morning and worked throughout the morning to the early afternoon to restore the system. We got most of the system back up by Saturday afternoon and the remaining por-

tion of it by Sunday morning. We were able to replace the damaged equipment on Saturday night,” Saunders said. He pointed out that even though mechanisms have been put in place to mitigate similar shock in the future, the company would build a more secure infrastructure to better safeguard the communication materials. “And right now we are putting in redundancies that will allow us to avoid that type of issue in the immediate future and then we have plans for the long term future, to harden the sight to make sure it doesn’t happen going forward. “The system is stable, but it is not where we want it to be in terms of protection, but in terms of service level it is back to 100 percent. There are some parts that are vulnerable to the weather conditions that we are going through. But we are doing our best to ensure that it doesn’t bring the network down again, and once we are out of this, and getting to the next ﬁnancial year, we will put a shelter to ensure that the equipment is protected,” Saunders said. He added: “When we built up our equipment, we put a lot of things in trailers, and so, when you go up to our switch site you would see that our switch site con-

sist of multiple trailers; very highend multimillion dollar equipment in those trailers. And those trailers are connected by cables that are running in pipes between them. “What we would ideally like to get is that equipment inside of a building; we would build the structure and then build that equipment. The equipment are inside buildings. Now the cables connected between the trailers are exposed. We have put in some temporary measures to protect those cables connecting the equipment now, but we will put in a structure about April next year.” Saunders said also that the inclement weather also damaged Digicel’s interconnection system with its competitors. Its main competitor LIME, on the weekend, sent out text messages to its customers that if they were experiencing interconnection problems between its network and Digicel, it was Digicel’s fault. “There were two pieces of equipment that tie our network to LIME and then the same thing with Islandcom to LIME. If we want to call an Islandcom customer, it goes through the interconnection that is actually at LIME. And because that piece of equipment got damaged also, customers between our networks couldn’t call each other,” he said.

DEPUTY POLICE COMMISSIONER RODNEY ADAMS AND SENIOR IMMIGRATION OFFICER WENDY SEYMOUR ARRESTED

he Turks and Caicos Islands Integrity Commission has confirmed the arrest of Deputy Commissioner of Police Rodney Adams and senior Immigration Officer Wendy Seymour. A press release issued late Friday October 11th, from Integrity Commission Director Eugene Otuonye, QC, said they arrested “a 47-year-old senior Police Officer on reasonable suspicion of committing an offence of corruption contrary to the Integrity Commission Ordinance.” The press statement did not actually release Adams’ name because he has not yet been formally charged, but it stated that “the senior Police Officer was interviewed and granted bail”. Adams was under investigation by the Integrity Commission over allegations of his improper involvement during the police investigation into the murder of Kaziah Burke, on April 13, 2013. One of Adams’ sons was originally charged with murdering 25-year-old Burke, but those charges have since been dropped. Adams, who has been on administrative leave since Friday May 24, 2013, was heavily tipped to be the next local Commissioner of Police. In a press release issued a few months ago, both Adams and Commissioner of Police Colin Farquhar agreed that Adams being placed on leave was the correct way forward, in the interest of protecting the integrity of the Police Force and Adams’ personal reputation. Meantime, the Integrity Commission’s press release named immigration officer Wendy Seymour who was arrested by the Integrity Commission and subsequently charged with two counts of corruption offences contrary to the Integrity Commission Ordinance. Seymour was granted police bail in the sum of $10,000 with one surety. She must appear before the Grand Turk Magistrate’s Court on October 24, 2013 at 10am to answer to these charges.

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Blue Haven Resort aims to set new tourism trend in Turks and Caicos Islands BY VIVIAN TYSON

pproximately 80 unemployed Turks and Caicos Islanders and Permanent Residents could soon find employment, thanks to the reopening of the Blue Haven Resort and Marina – the former Nikki Beach Resort, located in Leeward, Providenciales. On Friday (October 11) the resort conducted a massive job fair to woo interested parties in time for the resort’s official opening in December – the start of the tourism season. After the required number of staff is selected, there will be about 120 employees between the resort and the marina. The 51-room full amenities and service Blue Haven Resort had a soft opening a few months ago and now house a small staff complement. General Manager Roland Rutjens said that the resort is in search of front desk personnel, housekeeping individuals, restaurant service personnel including waiter and waitresses, bartenders and a host of other areas. I the meantime, Rutjens said that already Blue Haven Resort has been a hit with locals and expatriates living on Providenciales, who flock the property to enjoy its offerings including happy hour. “We have the best happy hour on island. And we are now opening a next concept for the restaurant, which is going to be a fire and ice concept. It is going to be incorporating a restaurant, fire lounges and beach dining. And it will be up and running by the end of

General Manager Roland Rutjens November,” Rutjens said. He said also that Blue Haven Resort would be opening what he described as a marketplace, where persons living on island and tourists would be able to access various items for their convenience. The marketplace, he said, is scheduled to open in December. The marketplace will be a bridge between a supermarket and a restaurant. It is going to be a very unique property on the island. We are going to have a concept of grab and go. It is going to be a convenience store and also a restaurant,” Rutjens said. He said that Blue Haven Resort is working with partners on island to offer a variety of water sports activities to its guests, such as snorkeling, diving and kite surﬁng. “All those things that make Turks and Caicos a special destination, you can do it all from here at Blue Haven Resort and Marina,” Rutjens said. Rutjens said that the combination of the Blue Haven Resort, Blue Haven Marina and the marketplace are de-

signed to give visitors the total vacation experience. He said that the marina is able to accommodate mega yachts of up to 220 feet, and will be one of the main attractions to pull visitors to the islands. “We are also very interested in going after the adventure market. We want to be the gateway to Turks and Caicos. We are going to have all the amenities that people are looking for when they come to Turks and Caicos. They know about the reefs, they know about the beaches, they know about the water. “Everything that they want to do on the water they can do it here at Blue Haven Resort and Marina. So, I think to offer all those amenities and the great partnerships that we have with our neighbors here, and be able to offer the services and those experiences to our guests, is the key,” Rutjens pointed out. He added: “The complete synergy between the marina and the hotel, and all the hotel amenities, and the activities that we have to offer is what’s going to set up apart from every other hotel in Turks and Caicos Islands. And the fact that we are not in Grace Bay is going to help us, because we have direct access to the reef – we are a very short distance away. We have access to the marina, the deep water and the port. “It is a great place for yachts to come down from the United States and Canada on their way to Latin America and South America. Turks and Caicos will become a major stopover port for them to come and experience what we have to offer here.”

HM THE QUEEN AWARDS OBE TO DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS

he Deputy Attorney General of the Turks and Caicos Islands was awarded an OBE by Her Majesty the Queen at Buckingham Palace on Thursday, October 10th, 2013. Rhondalee Braithwaite-

Rhondalee Braithwaite-Knowles with her award in the grounds of Buckingham Palace. Knowles received the honour for services to the development and reform of the public service of the Turks and Caicos Islands. “It has been a challenging period of necessary reform in the Islands and we have achieved good progress in many important areas,” said Braithwaite-Knowles, “I have viewed this as a labour of love for my country and I am honoured to receive this recognition. I encourage other hard working Turks and Caicos Islanders to continue to strive for the betterment of our beloved Islands and people, even through difﬁcult circumstances.”

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More new taxes for Turks and Caicos Islands A

ccording to a Government press release, the Cabinet, at its 21st meeting on Wednesday 2nd October 2013, received and discussed a report from the Minister of Finance providing the results of a mid-term budget review that showed projected deviations from ﬁnancial targets as a result of additional non-discretionary expenditures arising. The 2013/14 budget contained revenue measures that would render a budget surplus and put the TCIG in a position to continue to reﬁnance its debt in 2016 at sustainable interest rates. After much deliberation and consideration of the various options to increase revenue, Cabinet concluded that the most equitable option was to increase the Customs Processing Fee by 1.5% from 6% to 7.5% to take effect on November 1, 2013. The CPF applies to all importers. It is expected that once the recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Commission are introduced the CPF will return to its current level of 6%. While the CPF is broad based, its ultimate effect on prices to consumers should be minimal. Any price increases should not be applied until inventories that were imported prior to the increase, are exhausted. It should be noted that, even with a CPF of 7.5%, the CPF rate for Turks and Caicos is lower than the CPF in many other countries. Based on consultation with various stakeholders and recommendations from the Blue Ribbon Commission the Turks and Caicos Government has decided to deferred/withdraw proposals for the introduction of some

revenue measures included in the 2013/14 budget statement. Amendments in three existing revenue heads have been made to compensate for loss revenue as a result of the decision. Revenue measure deferred: The deferment (pending further analysis) of the introduction of a General Services Tax which would have applied to prescribed services currently not sharing in the country’s tax burden. Revenue measure withdrawn: The temporary driver’s license fee of $30 which was to be applied to all renters after the second day of vehicle rental. Amendments in existing revenue measures: The Stamp Duty on Vehicle Hire has increased from 10% to 12% effective 1 October 2013. This increase is based on the policy to synchronise all rates predominantly absorbed by visitors with the “Accommodation Tax” rate, and will have a relatively minor effect on the cost of vehicle rental. An increase in the Telecommunications tax from 10% to 12% effective October 1, 2013 on services including internet provided by Telecommunications Providers and shortly an expansion of the base to include cable and internet provided by Television Cable Operators. An increase in the fuel tax from .75¢ to .85¢ per US gallon effective October 1, 2013. This should have an insigniﬁcant effect on the price of gasoline at the pump. However this increase should not be realized until all current inventory that was imported prior to the increase is exhausted. It should be noted that the fuel tax does not ap-

ply to fuel imported by the Power Company to generate electricity. In a press release, Shadow Minister of Finance Hon. Derek Taylor stated: “We cannot live appropriately today with the shortsightedness of a Government who less than a year in office, continue to shower, what they refer to as “----a number of temporary tax measures” that has brought about hyperinflation here in these Turks and Caicos Islands. This behavior has affected the purchasing power of the dollar, not only today but also for tomorrow. Statistics would show that the Turks and Caicos has, since this Government came to office, eleven plus months ago, the highest cost of living in the Region, and may be in the world, and they continue to heap coals of fire on the heads of the people with taxes and more taxes. If this Government would roll back taxes and view the multiplying factor, then and only then will this economy grow. The month of November marks one year in Office and for the third time this year, the Country will face increases in the Customs Processing Fee and other charges to mark the P N P Government’s First Year Anniversary. The shortsighted approach of this Administration is shrinking our economy and they are putting more and more pressure on the already overtaxed residents. I am calling on the Government to study its approach and the effects of its decisions. I am sure that they will realize that they are doing more harm than good.”

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LIME launches flexible post paid MyPlan

elecoms company LIME has launched a plan which is said will transform the telecommunications industry in the Turks and Caicos Islands. The My Plan, described by the telecoms company as a game-changing mobile offering, said that it will give customers the opportunity to sign up for a ﬂexible post paid plan that includes voice, text messages and data. LIME said also that the plan gives customers the option to customize their plan with bolt-ons (add-ons). “With MyPlan, post paid mobile customers can sign up for the core plan that provides a combination of voice, text messages and data for one low monthly fee,” the telecoms company said. “Customers can then add additional voice, text and data bundles to suit their needs and lifestyle. They can choose the add-ons individually or collectively, and they can also change the package combination monthly.” LIME said under the My Plan arrangement unused data will be rolled over into the new month. “This is unprecedented, not just with LIME, but in telecommunications in the Caribbean. With a slew of exciting and affordable products, LIME is poised to serve the needs of the regional market like no other company possibly can. In addition, when customers sign up for a 24 month MyPlan contract, they will receive a Samsung Pocket S5310L absolutely free,” the company said. LIME explained that customers who already own a handset but do not wish to commit to a long-term contract can sign up for a rolling one-month plan, which allows them to enjoy the same value and

FLOODING IN PROVO: Inclement weather over the weekend into this week has caused ﬂooding to many areas of Providenciales, including roadways and homes. The ﬂood-

LIME Customer Claudia Burnside about to spin the wheel of fortune to win a prize, during the telecoms company’s launch of its MyPlan promotion beneﬁts available with the MyPlan longterm plans. MyPlan also allows customers to share their plans with friends and family. For a low monthly fee, customers can add extra people to their account and all the users share the core bundles and the bolt-ons. LIME said that the minutes in the MyPlan packages can be used to call any LIME mobile and landline network locally and regionally, to other local operators (landline and mobile) as well as to the USA, Canada, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands (USVI) and to UK landlines only. The text component can be used for local, regional and international text messages. “LIME is changing the way customers think about mobile calling,” said Acting General Manager Lacal Palmer. “Our introduction of MyPlan makes mobile call-

ing more affordable than ever.” She added: “With this ground breaking new offer, we are giving customers the freedom and the flexibility to communicate any way they like by choosing only the services they need and can afford, and they still enjoy the same great value. If they don’t need minutes and have a greater need for data, they don’t have to buy minutes, they can simply buy a data bolton. The official launch of the plan took place on Friday, October 11, at the LIME Conference Room along the Leeward Highway in Providenciales, where a number of giveaways were made to persons who attended the event. The top prize was a Galaxy SIII, which was won by Lorraine Butterfield, after emerging the top contestant in the wheel of fortune.

ing rendered many roadways almost impassible. Many motorists were left stranded after water caused their engines to be inundated while attempting to navigate the waterlogged areas, especially sections of the Leeward Highway. Photo shows the downstairs of this apartment located along the leeward highway in the vicinity of Caicos Lodge being flooded. One occupant of the affected first floor, told The SUN that he and his family were awaken by the water intrusion at about 3a.m., Saturday (October 12). Some members of the public blamed the powers that be for not putting in the relevant draining systems in place to prevent such flooding.

New Resort Restaurant... Positions Available

Executive Chef: We are looking for a true leader to help motivate and educate our new dynamic culinary team. Must have the following experience: • To participate in preparation and implementation of the strategic planning • To plan the yearly food revenue and profit targets • Operations and Product Quality experince • Analyze local-market needs and trends, and then lead the definition of the company’s overall Food & Beverage offering • Manage menu preparation and pricing in line with the stated F&B objectives of the company • Develop new menus and food items to meet the taste and dining requirements of the guests • Manage the preparation and presentation of food products to ensure quality at all times • Ensure standards of presentation and preparation of food items meet the company standards • Direct and coordinate the daily activities of the kitchen • Coach and guide new members of the team, putting in place proper orientation training and ongoing training and development for team members • Recruitment and interviewing of new staff members • Control payroll and business expenses of the department • Manage relationships and contracts with suppliers • Maintain the highest standards of Food Hygiene, and adherence with all Health and Safety standards • International especially Caribbean experience a must. Multi Language a must, Spanish/English/French. At least 15 years as an Executive Chef, Michelin Star and 5 star Resort experience is required. Computer skills with POS systems, QuickBooks, Inventory Management, P&L’s, Payroll systems and Menu Tracking back of the house experience are required Head Chef: Will manage employee performance, through training, coaching, or corrective action as required. Support a safe working environment by ensuring all staff are working in compliance with the health and safety regulations and practices. Support and promote environmental practices and programs. Ensure the proper rotation of foods and red flag any items that need to be inserted into production to avoid any losses. Will be responsible for kitchen operation and maintaining departmental standards in accordance with the company standards .Ensure effective co-operation between outlets and the kitchen .Create memorable dining experiences for all guests. Assist with goal development and follow-up, departmental initiatives. Create menu and daily specials so must have initiative and creative mind. Proven track record in a 5 star luxury property with multi out-let experience. Also required to have a 5 year min experience as Executive Sous Chef or Head Chef. International especially Caribbean experience a must Restaurant Manager: To cater to our upscale restaurant clientele. The ideal candidate would have perfect English language skills and be fluent in another language preferably French. Strong Food & Beverage and especially wine expertise is key as well as being able to manage a diverse service team. Being able to work long hours, holidays and Sundays is essential, and a minimum of 10 years of management experience in a five star environment is required. Computer skills with POS systems, QuickBooks, Inventory Management, P&L’s, Payroll systems and Menu Tracking back of the house experience are required. Additional cleaning and restocking duties are integral to this position. To provide and manage a comprehensive wine and beverage list in order to maximize guest satisfaction. To ensure that a courteous, professional and efficient service is being offered, consistent with our standards. To collate and maintain a wine list for The Dining Room. International especially Caribbean experience a must Assistant Restaurant Manager: To assist the Restaurant manager in the dining areas of our upscale restaurants. The ideal candidate would have perfect English language skill. Strong Food & Beverage knowledge and be able to manage a diverse service team. Being able to work long hours, holidays and Sundays is essential, and a minimum of 5 years of management experience in a five star environment is required. Additional cleaning and restocking duties are integral to this position. International especially Caribbean experience a must. Chef De Partie: Prepares all food items, sauces, soups and hot entrees in accordance with recipes, menus, portions and presentation specifications. Prepares and properly garnishes all pantry items, including salads, sandwiches, desserts and specialty plates in accordance with menu specifications. Ensures the highest quality of food preparation and presentation. Coordinates completion of menu items with server. Coordinates all hot and cold food preparation for banquets when necessary. Works floor for special events, carving meats for guests, working pasta stations and doing omelet stations. Assists in overseeing all kitchen operational areas. Required to have at least 3 year min experience in 5 star luxury property, knowledge of 5 star cuisine. Pastry Chef: Oversees the Pastry operational area. Design and create the dessert menu for all outlets. Also required to have at least 3 year min experience in 5 star luxury property, knowledge of 5 star cuisine. Train and supervise team members in your department. Proven track record in luxury property with multi out-let experience. Able to organize the pastry department and have leadership qualities. Diploma in pastry and International 5 star Resort and Caribbean experience a must. Michelin Star and experience in French desserts, bread making is a definite must. Servers & Bartenders: Seeking Waiters and Bartenders to cater to our upscale restaurant clientele. If you have at least 3 years of experience, willing to show your skills as well as learning new ones, can work split shifts, holidays, Sundays and willing to work in a fast paced environment, this is the job for you. Computer skills and POS experience is a must. Ideal candidates speaks English and working knowledge of French or Spanish. You must understand that this type of work is sales oriented and requires you to perform your duties throughout the resort, including the beach. For Bartenders - Mixology experience is essential, and great guest service is key. Food Runners: Seeking food runners to cater to our upscale restaurant clientele. English is a must and the ability to work split shifts, holidays and Sundays is essential. Hostess: Seeking hostesses to cater to our upscale restaurant clientele. A winning attitude and the ability to work well under pressure is key. 2 year Restaurant experience with guest interaction and communication is essential and fluency in English along with a second main language such as French or Spanish is required. Qualified Belongers need only apply e-mail: resortjobstci@gmail.com

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Deputy Governor Hon. Anya Williams marks her first year in office T

urks and Caicos Islands Deputy Governor, Hon. Anya Williams, who has the distinction of being the youngest deputy governor in any of the British Overseas Territories, has recently celebrated her first year in office. On the occasion, Hon. Williams, who is also head of the Public Service of the Turks and Caicos Islands, said she would like to take this opportunity to say a special thank you to all of the hardworking civil servants throughout the Turks and Caicos Islands, for their often unrecognized service to the people and development of these islands, and for their support throughout the year. “Looking back over the past 12 months, I have had the opportunity to engage with so many remarkable and well deserving individuals who are committed to their roles and to the service that they deliver,” she said in a Government press statement. “Much has been accomplished: the completion of the Pay and Grading Review, which resulted in the 10% Reinstatement of civil servants pay, with further much needed adjustments to salaries being forthcoming in the medium term; the reopening of the Government’s Training Unit in January which has since provided much needed training to over 700 civil servants; the regularisation and confirmation of several locals in key senior positions within Government, including vacant and new positions; the placement of many returning students and the increasing of local staff complement in the civil service to over 90%.”

of these areas have ﬁnancial implications, I intend to work closely with my Cabinet colleagues to ensure that they share these priorities as a joint vision for the civil service over the next three years.” I look forward to continuing to serve in this capacity and to bringing about much needed additional reforms in the civil service during my tenure as Deputy Governor.

Deputy Governor Hon. Anya Williams The Deputy Governor added: “During my tenure I have tried to keep the communication lines with staff open within Government, by not only holding quarterly meetings with the civil service in Grand Turk and Providenciales, but, also by visiting staff in their work environments including the family islands as well. As many of the previous reform programs with regards to the implementation of the new Public Service Ordinance and other workstreams have now been completed, my future focus will be on: training and development in the civil service, including a new training program titled the new 21st Century TCIG Manager; to developing a proper E-Government Strategy to improve service provision; ensuring that the recommendations of the Pay and Grading Review of 2012 are fully implemented; to improve physical working conditions; to motivate and positively change the reputation and image of the civil service. As many

NOTICE REGULATION 7 OF THE PHYSICAL PLANNING (DEVELOPMENT PERMISSION) Regulations, 1990

An Application, REGISTERED GT 4495, by DCTCI LTD. For the development of a Dolphin Lagoon & Related Development, has been submitted to the Department of Planning for consideration of Development Permission on PARCEL 10101/1, North Creek, Grand Turk. Anyone wishing to make representation(s) may do so in writing to the Director of Planning, South Base, Grand Turk or through the Department of Planning, Downtown, Town Center Mall, Providenciales, within twenty eight (28) days of publication of this Notice.

NOTICE OF TENDER The Turks and Caicos Islands Ports Authority is in the process of inviting tenders to conduct a financial audit of the Authority for the financial years 2010/11 through 2012/13. Locally based audit firms in good standing that may be interested in undertaking such an audit should contact the Financial Controller, Turks and Caicos Islands Ports Authority, South Dock, Providenciales Telephone No. (649) or email: slewis@ports.tc

941 3662

for further details

The closing date for the tender is 12:00 noon on Friday, October 25, 2013.

YEAR IN REVIEW: • Ofﬁcially appointed as Deputy Governor on October 15th, 2012 • Attended 1st Annual Deputy Governors Conference in London October 15th-16th, 2013 • Held discussions with FCO Minister Mark Simmonds on October 16th, 2013 on the reinstatement of civil servants 10% pay • Presented a Business Case on the 10% Reinstatement to the FCO and DFID for approval October – 24th, 2012. • Obtained UK approval on 10% Reinstatement – November 2nd, 2012 • Chaired Permanent Ssecretaries Meeting with FCO Minister Mark Simmonds in TCI – November 26th, 2012 • Submitted to Cabinet the Civil Service Pay and Grading Review Report – January 2013 • Held 1st General Civil Service Meetings in Grand Turk and Providenciales – January 2013 • Reopened the ofﬁcial TCIG Training Unit – January 2013 • Launched the Voluntary Severance Staff Reengagement Program – January 15th, 2013

• Attended the Bournemouth University Disaster Management Training Course for Senior FCO officials in the UK – January 21st-25th, 2013 • Successfully implemented the Civil Service 10% Reinstatement of Pay – February 25th, 2013 • Launched the UK Civil Service Online Learning Program in the TCI – April 12th, 2013 • Attended the Commonwealth Secretariat Heads of Public Service Consultative Meeting in St. Lucia – May 5th–7th, 2013 • Held 2nd General Civil Service Meetings in Grand Turk and Providenciales – June 2013 • Led a visit by Senior Government Officials to the islands of North, Middle and South Caicos – June 2013 • Implemented a new Staff Performance Appraisal System – July 2nd, 2013 • Implemented a new Public Service Handbook – September 25th, 2013 • Participated in the Ministers and PS’s Good Governance Workshop – September 25th-27th, 2013 • Led a Public Sector Reform and Investment Policy Best Practice Workshop at the 2nd Annual Deputy Governors Conference in London – October 7th-8th, 2013 • Chaired 18 sittings of the Permanent Secretaries Board – Oct. 2012 – Oct. 2013 • Chaired 4 sittings of Cabinet – Oct. 2012 – Oct. 2013 • Worked to fill over 100 vacant/ new positions within Government – Oct. 2012 – Oct. 2013

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LOCAL NEWS SPEECH DELIVERED BY PREMIER HON. DR. RUFUS EWING AT THE SWEARING IN OF HIS EXCELLENCY PETER BECKINGHAM AS GOVERNOR

our Excellency on behalf of the people of the Turks and Caicos Islands it is my distinct privilege to welcome you and your family to this Honourable house and to the Turks and Caicos Islands. These islands of ours were once home to the original inhabitants, the Taino Indians who considered the islands sacred. The Taino lived in tranquility and survived on the available natural resources. Then came the discovery and the exchange of ownership of these islands, between the Spanish, French and the British during the last 600 years. The colonial settlers came, enjoyed what these islands had to offer and left after resources were depleted and after survival and everyday life became too arduous. The slaves who were left to fend for themselves made this land their home. These slaves were our forefathers who toiled and labored, and did so to ensure that the people of these islands and their future generations would not have to make the sacriﬁces that they endured and would not have to suffer the indignity of bondage and servitude as they did, as it was their hope that their children would reap the fruits of their labour. It was indeed their dream that their offspring would be granted their birthright as these islands developed into a free, proud and prosperous nation where its people would have the right to self-governance and self-determination. Our history will show that although our forefathers may have differed in political ideology or may come from different islands across our archipelago, they were given this same vision for our people. Today as we progress towards the realization of this vision, those who have given themselves charge over us as colonial overseers, have the responsibility and duty to ensure that each and every decision; from those made in White Hall, to those made in UK parliament! to those made in 10 Downing Street, to those

made at FCO, to those made in Waterloo, to those made in the Cabinet and in this very House of Assembly; is always made in the best interest of the people of these islands. Lack of oversight, intentional hindrance from achieving our vision and or regression under colonial rule is not what we the people expect and is not what we the people will tolerate in a 21st century democracy. The Turks and Caicos Islands has under gone significant transformation over centuries, with the development of both physical infrastructure and human capital. These achievements include the modernization and advancement of our education, healthcare and social protection systems, roadway and communication infrastructure and the development of a first class tourism industry, the mainstay of our economy. The attainment of political governance through locally elected officials and the progress towards economic independence while coming off the UK Grant and Aid were significant achievements in our history, so too was the advancement of our constitution to that which was crafted in 2006. These achievements were the result of hard work and dedication of a people determined to control their own destiny and I say to you today, that the spirit and passions that spurred our forefathers onward then are still burning brightly in each and every proud Turks and Caicos Islander today. The vision of this Government and that of the Progressive National Party is that of a prosperous God fearing independent nation, where there is sustainable economic growth and development of an empowered people who enjoy prosperity throughout their life cycle being able to retire in the comfort of their wealth in good health. The many goals that must be accomplished in order for us to achieve this vision have been laid out in our manifesto and this Government has begun incorporating them within the various planning and budgeting frameworks in each Ministry.

As Government of the people of these Turks and Caicos Islands, our role is to ensure the preservation of the unique culture, heritage and ideals of our beautiful by nature islands. While we warmly welcome those who come to live amongst us and we graciously accept the contributions they make, we remain committed to the provision of jobs for our working class and the provision of opportunities for our people to allow for the expansion and empowerment of our middle class. The guarantee must be given that our people must not be left behind as we grow this economy and this nation. As a Government we acknowledge and accept our responsibilities and our role to make this vision for our people reality. To those who have authority over us, the expectations will continue to be that the best interest of the Turks and Caicos Islands and its people should be second to no other. Our Government is committed to the practice and furtherance of good governance in the spirit of fairness and equality, ensuring that the will of God and the will of the people are our guiding principles in each and every instance. Your Excellency we know that these guiding principles fall within your remit under the Constitution and we do look forward to your support in these areas particularly that of constitutional advancement in the interest of the people of these islands. Your Excellency, as I once again extend to you a warm welcome to the Turks and Caicos islands as Governor, I hasten to say that there is much work to do in serving the needs of the people of our country, but together we will endeavor to address the many challenges that are currently being experienced and those that lie in the way of progress. We look forward to a mutually respectful, collaborative and cooperative working relationship as we strive together towards the attainment of our vision in the best interest of the people of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Sunrise Airways Ltd. is looking to recruit a qualified

Station Administrator The candidate must have the following: • Airport /airline Industry background • Significant experience in Customer Service • Solid experience in marketing, B2B sales and publics relations • Excellent communication skills in Creole and English (both verbally and in writing) , • Strong knowledge of Sky Vantage and Radixx or similar software • Social and interpersonal skills in dealing with customers • Excellent phone skills • Superior Knowledge of Social media • High degree of personal integrity and personal accountability • Fluency in French or Spanish would be an asset • Organization and time management skills with the ability to multi-task • Able to work autonomously while possessing strong interpersonal skills

Interested persons please send resume to

hr@sunriseairways.net

The Alexandra Resort is also looking to fill the following line positions: Gardeners, Housemen, Janitors, Labourers and Room Attendants…to qualify for these positions you should be able to push/pull carts weighing up to 150 lbs. Must be able to ensure the cleanliness of all areas assigned, which may include guest rooms, public areas, linen closets, walls, floors, gardens and grounds. Must be able to stand for long periods of time and also have the ability to climb several stairs several times each day. Salaries for these positions will commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Resumes along with references should be delivered in person or emailed to hr@alexandraresort.com A copy should also be submitted to the TCI Labour Department. Submissions to be no later than October 18th, 2013 While we would like to thank, every applicant for their interest in the Alexandra Resort & Spa, only short-listed persons will be contacted. At that time a complete compensation package and job description will be discussed.

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FULL TEXT OF ADDRESS BY OPPOSITION LEADER HON. SHARLENE CARTWRIGHTROBINSON ON SWEARING IN OF NEW GOVERNOR, HIS EXCELLENCY PETER BECKINGHAM, ON OCTOBER 9th, 2013 About TCI – Who we are Let me admit at the outset that I took more time praying about what to say today than I took writing it. My extreme caution was based solely on the fact that today I address you for the first time in a great cloud of witnesses and I am hard pressed to balance the seriousness of our times with a hearty and sincere welcome against a true picture that can easily scare off the strongest and most willing heart. But I keep hope that the times choose leaders and so this time in our nation’s history has chosen you. I caution you though that very quickly you will find that these are difficult times to serve as these islands continue to grapple following the political and economic fallout of the previous years. Your Excellency, you are coming as the Governor into a country that has gone through a Commission of Inquiry, a partial suspension of our Constitution and an Interim Administration that very rarely listened to the voice of the people, that mercilessly passed laws that either violated our culture, religion, transgress our wishes, placed us under severe financial strains based on austerity measures, and laws largely rooted in and engrained in mistrust. Your Excellency, it was an Administration that habitually closed out the Private Sector, the Clergy, the Public Servants, the Politicians and at times its own Advisory Bodies. The relationship between the TCI and the UK could not be more strained after this period and much work has to be done to rebuild this fragile relationship if either of us is to enjoy the best that this partnership has to offer. While we are no longer under the governance of an Interim Administration, the revised Constitution gives the Governor an increase in the control and affairs of administering the Turks and Caicos. It is in our best interests as a people that we all seek to work together under this document until we are able to make the changes we desire. To this end, I wish to say to you that the Opposition pledges to work together with you in the best interest of the people of these islands. However, your Excellency, be assured that we will not sit idly by and remain silent when there is need for us to speak out publicly should you ever exercise your powers to the detriment of these islands. We believe, your Excellency that consultation is key where and when necessary and not just consultation for consultation sake but consultation that will produce good results. Each Governor comes with his own set of skills and gifts. Our hope is that you will use your gifts and skills for the benefit of all who reside in these islands. You will also find out very quickly that among us are some of the most pleasant, intelligent, sincere and hardworking persons you will ever meet. There are many of us who completely understand the issues we face and who are able to give well thought out responses and solutions to complex situations wheth-

Opposition Leader Hon. Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson

er of a local, regional or international nature. You will find in this Honourable House and in our country, many men and women who are only interested in achieving a better Turks and Caicos Islands and who are prepared to serve with integrity and sincerity. OUR ASPIRATIONS AND THE CHALLENGES WE FACE Your Excellency, you will be hard pressed to find a large number of similarities between us and your previous two Postings and you will find very quickly that this will be the most unique experience that you will ever have. I caution you to take the time to learn about us and our country. Whilst you have served in diverse cultures, this experience here will show some 50 plus nationalities resident on a mere 196 sq miles multi island nation. You will experience many times when there are competing interests for the advancement of one’s people, I wish to say from the outset that we require of you that you listen, hear and make paramount the wishes and aspirations of our people. We have aspirations as any other nation: we wish for a prosperous, strong, vibrant and diverse economy in which our people are allowed to participate fairly and as key stakeholders in key roles whether in the Public or Private Sector. To achieve this, we must be educated and readily equipped for employment in a country that is fiscally and environmentally responsible with low crime and a serious intolerance for corruption at any level and rank and among all its different peoples.

GOVERNOR’S CONSTITUTIONAL ROLE Your Excellency, the tax regime begun by the Interim Government and continuing under the locally elected Government is causing people to hurt more than they have done in the past. Of course, we are not looking to anyone for handouts, but the opportunity to favorably compete in an environment MUST be foremost on your Agenda. We need to take seriously the number of persons working in this country and begin with haste to develop a placement and training program that meets the needs of this growing country and prepare our people to play their rightful role in its continued development. There has to be a greater accountability of those persons in key positions in the Civil Service for which you are accountable. A vigorous Under Study Program MUST be in place and publically known. Too often we hear, by the way, that Programs are in place, when the public is unable to hold anyone accountable. We invite you to ensure that Training for Forward Planning and Succession is of paramount importance and that important Studies and Strategy Plans are unshelved and actioned. Our Police Force is buckling under serious challenges and is perhaps at its lowest in staff morale in recent times. People’s confidence is being shaken and there remains a serious gap between the Institution and the People, its greatest partner. This requires your immediate attention. Your Excellency, I have had the pleasure and displeasure in working with the last six Governors either as a Member of the Legislative Council, in the Leader of the Opposition’s Office, as a member of the Consultative Forum and now again as a member of the House of Assembly and I cherish the few times that I saw a Governor take his constitutional duty of protecting our borders seriously. We heard in the last sitting of the House of Assembly held on Monday of this week that for the first 6 months of this fiscal year, we have spent approximately $615, 000 in detention and repatriation fees. Most of these traveled to our country by boat from our neighbouring country, Haiti. We can no longer pay lip service to this issue and something must seriously be done to stem this tide which has increased over the months. Our Immigration situation requires urgent attention and whilst we recognize that a lot has to be dealt with by an elected Government and their policies once the persons are in land, a breach in our borders signifies a failure by those who hold that constitutional function and there must be a stronger political will and focus on ensuring that we all play our part to the best of our abilities. We encourage you to perform your Constitutional role to combat this problem and thereby assisting us in the reduction of the rising associated costs that we cannot afford.

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LOCAL NEWS I shift my thoughts from your constitutional responsibilities now and focus on other issues of equal importance. Your Excellency, I direct these issues to you because you are President in Cabinet with the power to veto. I believe it then, in our best interests, that you understand the pressing issues that we face as soon as possible. PRESSING AND URGENT NATIONAL ISSUES Your Excellency, our pressing national issues will be quite visible to you in short order. We as a people are concerned with regards to our educational system and opportunities for the increasing number of graduates on leaving school - particularly those in the technical area - in the absence of a Trade and/or Hospitality Training School; we are concerned about the Community College and its elusive expansion and difficulty in obtaining adequate funding; we are concerned with the health care debacle that we have found ourselves in and the fact that the review of this onerous contract that is causing financial hemorrhaging and questionable care remains low on the agenda of the British as well as the local Government and appears urgent to neither in terms of addressing; we are concerned about our environment, our special needs children and adults, our juveniles and offenders and their ability to successfully reenter society; our high and ever increasing cost of living and low minimum wage and the list goes on. Why are we saying this to you when we have an elected Government? They must be helped when decisions are being made in the best interest of our people and your powers under this new Constitution makes you an important player in the development of our people. There remains much to be done in our recovery from events of recent years and we expect that you will do your part to ensure the full restoration of our country’s reputation by participating in travel overseas to promote our country for inward investment and also by ensuring that internal national disputes remain low key and much out of the way of international airing such as the ongoing public Cabinet dispute between the Governor and the Attorney General where there is a war of words, costly House Adjournments and failure of critical Offices to attend and participate in the House of Assembly thereby stifling the work of the People. We trust with your help that this reaches a resolution as we can ill afford to show a picture of any measure of instability to would be investors. The relationship between the local Government and HMG is vital and has proven beneficial to us in time past. At the end of the 20th century and at the beginning of the 21st Century, we were viewed as the envy of the region and named “Star of the Region” by the Caribbean Development Bank under a People’s Democratic Movement Government led by the 3rd All Island Elected Member (then Chief Minister and Minister of Finance). We astonished our neighbors with the kind of qualitative and sustainable progress we had made. That, Your Excellency, was as a result of good prudent governance resulting from the cooperative relationship we had shared with the United Kingdom Government and the Leaders of our Turks and Caicos Islands. It is crucial that we engage you and you engage us so that we can together move these islands. GUARDIANS OF THE CONSTITUTION Your Excellency, you are the Chief Guardian of the Constitution and the Opposition expects that you will be alert and not allow any breach of the Constitution or the Statement of Good Governance Principles or any threat to Good Governance.

The Premier has told you about his Government’s challenges as they see them and their elected role and responsibility. They too have a constitutional place and are also guardians of the Constitution. And so is the Opposition. We are a strong Opposition Team in terms of experience and numbers with one seat dividing the Government from the Opposition. We have offered ourselves on occasions to join the Government in the best interests of this country – a joint opposition to VAT, membership on its Blue Ribbon Commission on Revenue and now recently a House Select Committee on the Constitution. We expect your support in the realization of a National Symposium which was contained in a resolution in a Private Member’s Bill moved by the Hon Member for Blue Hills and Opposition member and passed almost unanimously by this Honorable House. We must recognize the need for all hands on deck for major national issues. Your Excellency, I’ve come to this place as the Leader of the Opposition amidst great loss, challenges, trials and much continues. Though oft times shaken in my strength, I am never shaken in my faith or resolve to work honestly for the good of my people and this holds true for the members of my Team. We are passionate, able, equipped and willing to work. We believe that the results of this past Election calls us to a different level of political maturity and whilst we are committed to the greater cause and amidst efforts to work together, we are denied access to Public Schools for mere familiarization tours and requests for courtesy calls on islands and their Departments/Ofﬁces are merely ignored. Your Excellency, with nearly a year since our initial requests, we are putting you on Notice that we intend to represent our people. Your Excellency, we are the ﬁrst Opposition Team to not have Committee Oversight of the Government’s current Financial Year Expenditure or Policies, a role previously carried out through the Expenditure and Administration Committees. We have made representations to the Speaker and the former Governor to no avail. We are custodians of the Constitution and are built in Watch Dogs and we require essential tools to carry out this important role. We again put you on notice that we intend to represent our people. Together the Governor, the Government and the Opposition are all major players in the guardianship of the Constitution and we do not and will not take our role lightly. WHAT WE EXPECT Today, I have spoken to you with a great cloud of witnesses and say to you that I will be honest with you and I expect nothing less from you. We do not want or need another Governor who dismisses us without thought or good reason, nor one who thinks being friends with the truth is against the law. We expect honesty; we expect true consultation, openness and transparency and a true partner in the governance and advancement of this nation. CONCLUSION I note with great appreciation, your background in Trade and Investment. Many will speculate as they’ve done before you, as to what is your Agenda and whose interest will you advance? So I am very pleased to hear that you intend to focus on creating a prosperous economy as this ought to be the Agenda for any Governor who occupies Waterloo. We, therefore, look forward to your ideas on Trade and Investment and how we can expand in these areas. We equally welcome your wife’s contribution as there is much need for her interests

and skills. We note with appreciation her history of being an active partner in social issues which undoubtedly over the years have played second fiddle to our economy and often times neglected completed. There are many charities and causes in which we are certain she can find fulfillment. Your Excellency, the People’s Democratic Movement and I, not just on our behalf, but also on that of all our people, extend to you a warm and cordial welcome to our beloved and Beautiful by Nature Turks and Caicos Islands. We have every hope and wish that you would be in similar circumstances when you will have completed your assignment with us which would of course, require constructive and productive dialogue and cooperation during the next few years, on both our parts. This all in an air of mutual respect, which I must point out, in my opinion has not always been the case in our working relationships. There is much to be done and among other things, we need to get our economy back on track; we need to improve our educational facilities; we need to better protect our borders; we need to address healthcare and other social issues and last though not least, we need to make certain changes to our Constitution to make our elected government more credible. And to achieve this all, we need and expect your full and sincere cooperation, as our Governor and Her Majesty’s representative. It is our sincere hope that you become an advocate and avid partner rather than a henchman or referee. I trust that you come to our shores with an open mind about who we are, and what we aspire to. I warn however that much of what you may be told about us, as you make your rounds, will be merely anecdotal and skewed more toward the interests of those that inform you, than in the interest of us all. Which is why I trust and advise that you seek as broad a briefing as possible, to include all sectors of our community. And too, that there is equal access for all. Not just a select few. In doing so, both you and our country would be much better served. Our fortitude and our resilience continue to be tested. Nonetheless, we, the people of the Turks and Caicos Islands, through our reliance and a desire and determination to return to a point where we are once again the Envy of the Region, have withstood the impact of 911, maladministration, Tropical Storm Hanna and Hurricane Ike - all forces that militantly impacted our existence as a developing nation. We have successfully achieved the UK’s milestones. Again, I pledge on the peoples’ behalf to work with you as the Governor as long as you demonstrate from the onset that you seek to carry a Mandate to foster and encourage good governance . Our expectations are that you demonstrate an open-mindedness and a willingness, yes to respect your mandate yes, but to respect the wishes and desires of the people whom we represent. Our mandate is to work collectively and cooperatively. We have institutions to build. We have positive relationships to establish and encourage! We have a nation to restore and build. It is our hope that we can find in you those cordial characteristics that make it easy through commitment and dedication to achieve our milestones that we have set and will set as a progressive people. We have lost valuable time and we need to move quickly in the right direction, God being our help. My Party and I look forward to an early audience with you. Again, I say welcome. May God bless you and your family and may He continue to bless our Beautiful by Nature Turks and Caicos Islands. -

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Angela Musgrove leaves Youth Department with a string of success BY VIVIAN TYSON

ngela Musgrove, regarded as one of the most effective directors of youth affairs has said adieu to that department, and already a number of young people are singing her praises for implementing programmes that have beneﬁtted them in a tangible way. Musgrove, who began her tour of duty in October 2005, has been credited for running the department on a shoestring but yet made it appeared as if it was awash with cash, based on the many programmes that she successfully ran each year. Despite leaving that job, Musgrove said that it was an assignment she enjoyed. “It has been quite an eventful journey in the department, but I have thoroughly enjoyed what I have done for those years interacting with young people, ensuring that there was some platform for youth development issues here in the Turks and Caicos Islands and giving them that space where they can voice their opinion, and try to ensure that young people have a place on the national agenda,” she said. “And I hope that that voice that we have created in those seven years will continue to get louder in the coming years and that young persons would have been empowered enough to ensure that that voice is loud enough to be heard.” She said that one of the most challenging undertakings was to design programmes towards which youth in general could be able to gravitate, and for the most part, she made a great deal of headway doing so. “I think that that was one of the most challenging tasks, but that was part of my duty to get young persons motivated enough to want to be part of things, who want to see themselves as agents of their own development. That was one of the most challenging things to do. But I think slowly, young people are coming to realize that they can’t rely on other people to make them active, they have to have that inner drive to want

Former Youth Director Angela Musgrove.

to do that,” she pointed out. She added: “Through the Li’l Chefs Programme we were able to develop something that they were interested in doing, they became a bit more active. Through culinary arts, we found persons who were interested in doing that, and so they found an avenue for their skills. The youth parliament found persons who were interested in speaking, interested in political issues and want to become part of something like that. So, helping them to really realize their dreams through activities that they really interested in was part of the challenge, and I think that was the angle that I took it from.” Musgrove said that the programmes that she spearheaded at the department, including the Young Enterprise Programme, which grooms youngsters into becoming successful entrepre-

neurs, could not have been successfully done without the help of corporate TCI and persons with pure community spirit. That programme was implemented last year. “The Young Enterprise Programme was done with the assistance of the Chamber of Commerce and we had some very active community persons on board. The corporate sector was the backbone of getting the Young Enterprise going. And I think the young enterprise programme still is one of the hallmarks of collaborative initiatives. The department didn’t do it on its own, it was a joint initiative, and because we have so many players in the game contributing from their various levels of expertise we were able to get the programme up and running. “So I can’t attribute that success to me, but I have to attribute it to all the persons who were part of it, because we had a strong core of persons who really wanted to see it done. And of course, we had a set of young persons who were thirsty for something else to do, so they gravitated to the programme,” she noted. Musgrove said that, while she believes she had done a fair job at the department, would not honk her own horn, but leaves it to the public to decide. “For me to assess myself it’s hard because I was overly critical, I was always thinking that more could have been done and more still can be done. I would have to say it would be best for persons on the outside to give an assessment,” she modestly said. One of the many kudus given to Musgrove was how she was able to run the department on a $20,000 a year budget, considering that the budget served the entire country. “People make noise about the budget, and of course I make noise too, but I realize from the onset that the budget was going to be one of the biggest limitations in implementing programmes. So, what I set out to do is to get the support of the private sector, because I knew there was no way that we could get things done if we relied on that $20,000. So we were able to get corporate bodies on board. The Young Enterprise Programme, for example, would never have been done if we didn’t have the support of Scotia Bank – they are the major ﬁnancial contributor to that programme. The Hospitality Adventure Programme, as what we know as the Li’l Chefs Programme, without the Turks and Caicos Hotel and Tourism Association would never be successful. “They were the major player in that. So we worked outside the realm of the budget and just sought to pull in the key players from the corporate community to ensure that we got things done,” she pointed out. Now that she is no longer with the Youth Department, Musgrove now plans to focus on her entrepreneurial interests and devote more time to her family, but said she would still be visible especially in areas as it relates to youth development. “I came from a teaching background, so I am always interested in young people and seeing that they have an avenue to better themselves. Of course, you will see me around doing different things with young people and their development. “But for now, I will see if I can just take a break from the fast pace and dedicate some time to my own private entrepreneurial initiatives and to, of course, put sometime into my own family; they have been neglected quite a bit with me trying to keep up with my day-today job,” she said.

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Turks and Caicos Islands on track for global tax transparency T

he Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) is well on track to meet its international obligations on tax transparency, Deputy Attorney General Rhondalee Braithwaite-Knowles said. Braithwaite-Knowles led a team of officials to a meeting of the Global Forum on Tax Transparency’s Peer Review Group to consider the Phase 2 Assessment of the Islands and proposed ratings. The Peer Review Group met in Paris, France, from 1-9 October 2013 to review each of the participating countries’ assessment reports, including the proposed ratings for 50 countries, to ensure transparency and effective exchange of information. The Global Forum Peer Review Process provides the TCI a mechanism to assess and confirm its compliance with the international standard for exchange of information regimes. Such independent assessments and confirmations serve to instil confidence for investment and business as a positive assessment demonstrates a well regulated regime. By December 2013, the TCI will have a network of exchange of information arrangements covering 58 partners. TCI’s participation in this process complements the UK’s announced platform for greater transparency in relation to beneficial information as chair of the G8 summit earlier this year which saw international agreement to improve tax transparency, and especially for the UK Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories to shake off dated and inaccurate perceptions of them as ‘tax havens’. For the past five years the TCI has had a team of key function working to ensure that the Territory meets its international commitments to tax transparency. It includes Ms. Athenee Harvey, Permanent Secretary, Finance, Henry Saunders, Director of the Exchange of Information Unit, Richard Been, Revenue Counsel and Kenisha Bacchus, Senior Head and Legal Counsel for the Financial Services Commission. The standards are primarily reflected in the 2002 OECD Model Agreement on Exchange of Information on Tax Matters and its commentary, and in Article 26 of the OECD Model Tax Convention on Income and on Capital and its

commentary as updated in 2004. The standards have also been incorporated into the UN Model Tax Convention. Through an in-depth peer review process, the Global Forum monitors that its members fully implement the standard of transparency and exchange of information they have committed to implement. It also works to establish a level playing ﬁeld, even among countries that have not joined the Global Forum. The standards provide for international exchange on request of foreseeably relevant information for the administration or enforcement of the domestic tax laws of a requesting party. ‘Fishing expeditions’ are not authorised but all foreseeably relevant information must be provided, including bank information and information held by ﬁduciaries, regardless of the existence of a domestic tax interest or the application of a dual criminality standard. “We are very pleased with how the jurisdiction has performed during this process and we

are pleased with the outcome,” said Permanent Secretary, Finance, Athenee Harvey, “we received strong international validation of our regime. I would like to thank the entire TCI team, from both the public and private sectors, who have helped us reach this crucial stage. Rhondalee Braithwaite-Knowles added, “The final step in the process is for the draft review reports and ratings to be circulated to the Global Forum for written adoption. During this time, the documents and outcome from the Peer Review Group remain confidential and subject to final adoption. The formal adoption of the Phase 2 report and ratings of the TCI will be announced in November after the next meeting of the Global Forum set for Jakarta Indonesia.” The Global Forum now has 120 members on equal footing and is the premier international body for ensuring the implementation of the internationally agreed standards of transparency and exchange of information in the tax area.

DEMA Clarifies Rules for Export of Conch Products Including Shells

n light of the recent conﬁscations and declining sales of conch shells, pearls and jewellery the Ministry of Environment and Home Affairs is seeking to amend legislation to allow for the export of these items throughout the year. Presently, under the Fisheries Protection Ordinance Regulation 17, conch meat and bi-products, such as shells, jewellery and pearls, may NOT be exported during the closed season, which runs from July until October each year. This legislation fulﬁls part of

the Turks and Caicos Islands’ (TCI) mandate under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)- an global agreement to protect wildlife. The Ordinance helps the TCI to sustainably manage the queen conch industry and to maintain the vital trade in conch and conch products on the international market. Part of the sustainable management of the ﬁshery includes a closed season for export. In view of the hardships faced by vendors as a result of the existing legislation, the Department

of Environment and Maritime Affairs (DEMA) made a formal appeal to CITES for the TCI to be allowed ‘permitted’ export conch shells, pearls and jewellery during the closed season. CITES has now responded and has agreed to allow the export of the above mentioned products, pending revision of the existing TCI legislation and the submission of the annual CITES report from DEMA. This report must provide scientiﬁc documentation that the export of such products during the closed season will not be detri-

mental to TCI’s queen conch ﬁshery stocks. A Cabinet Paper is being drafted, which will outline the proposed changes to legislation. DEMA is working toward a resolution well in advance of the 2014 closed season, however, the ban will continue until the end of the 2013 closed season on October 15, 2013. At that time, exports of queen conch meat and products can resume. The ordinance governing the trade in Conch and conch products has been in effect in TCI since 2011.

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On FRIDAY 11TH OCTOBER students at TCI Middle School gave up their school uniform for a day and came to school in various shades of PINK to support Breast Cancer Awareness month.

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Beach Hut Holdings Ltd., as holder of a registered first Charge under the Registered Land Ordinance and of two registered Debentures and other collateral security, hereby gives notice of its intention to cause the following property to be sold by Public Auction: At an assembly earlier in the week the students realized that every single one of them knew someone who had, or was still suffering from cancer. “This is a disease that can affect everybody” said Mark Dunbavand, Principal, “therefore it is everyone’s responsibility to help in the search for better treatments or even a cure!” As well as students learning more about how this disease attacks the cells and organs of the body they also wanted to do something to help.

So, for a small donation, the school went PINK for a day. Mark Dunbavand said that it was great to see the positive response from the students doing their part to make a difference in our community” A total of $378 was raised on the day and presented to Wendy Hayward representing the Cancer Association.

1. Parcel 60504/141, Blue Hills & Stamers Run, Providenciales, formerly the Horse-Eye Jack’s restaurant, being an oceanfront property of.73 Acres with approximately 220 feet of ocean frontage, and comprising five (5) building structures and expansive deck areas and board walks. 2. Restaurant equipment, furnishings & other non-real estate assets of Fuzzi Moon Ltd. 3. Restaurant appliances, furnishings & other non-real estate assets of Beach Bar Ltd. The Auction will be held at Bay Bistro Restaurant in Grace Bay on Tuesday, October 8, 2013, at 10:00 AM. For further particulars, please call (649) 342-8378, or send an email to Twa Marcelin Wolf, at tmw@tmwlaw.tc, with the reference code “Auction” in the heading. All sales will be subject to: (1) bids reaching the reserve set by the seller in its discretion; and (2) the successful bidder (a) paying a deposit of 10% of the sale price at the time the bid is accepted, and (b) agreeing to the terms and conditions of sale set by the seller.

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Enter the Turks & Caicos Islands Yellow Pages 2014 Click the Cover competition HUK ÄUK V\[ You can be the winner of

US$1,000.00 and a Nikon D3200 plus have your photo featured on the cover.

Will your picture be on the cover of the Turks & Caicos Islands Yellow Pages 2014?

To participate visit and “Like” our Facebook page and look for the “Click the Cover” tab for more details. Competition starts on October 14 and ends at midnight on November 22.

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Administrative Assistant An Insurance Agency and Brokerage is seeking a dynamic, outgoing proactive person, with a background in Administration and Customer Service with a minimum of 5 years experience in General & Motor Insurance. Job entails the processing of applications, policy documents, client renewals, supervision and assistance with claims. Secondary languages will be an asset along with any accounting knowledge or computer training with Folio or TAM Software Systems. Kindly send resumes to: Human Resource Manager P.O. Box 355 Providenciales

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Job title: Filipino Community Liaison Officer / Operations Supervisor DUTY MANAGER â&#x20AC;&#x201C; MULTI-LINGUAL The Duty Manager role is an important function for the resort and it provides 24-hour coverage for our guests. The selected individual will assist with ensuring the smooth operation of the resort. In the absence of department heads and/or executive management, the DM upholds quality standards, resolves guest and employee issues, complaints and conflicts, and enforces policies and procedures. The successful candidate will: t .BYJNJTF IPUFM PDDVQBODZ UPUBM SFWFOVF BOE BWFSBHF SBUF BT XFMM BT NJOJNJTF HVFTU complaints. t "TTJTU XJUI UIF QSFQBSBUJPO PG XPSL TDIFEVMFT t %FWFMPQ BOE GBDJMJUBUF USBJOJOH QSPHSBNT GPS GSPOU PĂłDF TUBĂ˛ t )BOEMF FNFSHFODZ TJUVBUJPOT BOE FOTVSF TUBĂ˛ BSF DPOWFSTBOU JO BMM FNFSHFODZ BOE ĂśSF procedures. t "TTFTT BOE QSPNQUMZ BEESFTT HVFTU QSPCMFNT DPNQMBJOUT PS TJUVBUJPOT BOE FOTVSF UIF best possible satisfaction is delivered to our guests. t .BJOUBJO UIF DPOĂśEFOUJBMJUZ BOE EJTDSFUJPO PG BMM HVFTUT t ,FFQ VQ UP EBUF LOPXMFEHF PG MPDBM BDUJWJUJFT FWFOUT FOUFSUBJONFOU FUD t .BJOUBJO B %VUZ .BOBHFS -PH #PPL SFWJFXJOH OPUFT GSPN QSFDFEJOH TIJGU BOE UBLJOH necessary action where necessary. t .POJUPS 7*1 HVFTU SPPN DIFDLT BOE UBLF BQQSPQSJBUF BDUJPO XIFSF OFDFTTBSZ J F SFQBJST FUD t 5PVS UIF QSPQFSUZ EBJMZ JODMVEJOH MPCCJFT BOE QVCMJD BSFBT QPPM TUBĂ˛ DBOUFFO LJUDIFO HBSBHF BSFBT BMM GPPE CFWFSBHF PVUMFUT 'SPOU 0ĂłDF FUD NBLJOH OPUF PG BSFBT SFRVJSJOH BUUFOUJPO BOE UBLJOH BDUJPO XIFSF BQQSPQSJBUF t *O UIF BCTFODF PG 4FOJPS .BOBHFNFOU UIF %VUZ .BOBHFS BTTJTUT EFQBSUNFOUT XJUI monitoring employees, resolving problems, and lending additional assistance where short-handed. t .BJOUBJO LOPXMFEHF PG JO IPVTF HSPVQT DPOWFOUJPOT UPVST DPSQPSBUF CVTJOFTT FUD 0WFSTFFT UIF IBOEMJOH PG 7*1 (VFTU 4FSWJDFT t 1SFQBSFT SFQPSUT BOE IBOEMFT TQFDJBM QSPKFDUT Requirements t "OZ DPNCJOBUJPO PG FEVDBUJPO MVYVSZ SFTPSU FYQFSJFODF UIBU XJMM QSPWJEF UIF SFRVJSFE LOPXMFEHF TLJMM BOE BCJMJUZ UP QFSGPSN UIJT KPC TVDDFTTGVMMZ t .JOJNVN ZFBST EFNPOTUSBUFE TVQFSWJTPSZ TVDDFTT t 'SJFOEMZ EFNFBOPS XJUI FYDFMMFOU JOUFSQFSTPOBM BOE DPNNVOJDBUJPO TLJMMT t "CJMJUZ UP NVMUJ UBTL JO B CVTZ FOWJSPONFOU XJUI NJOJNBM TVQFSWJTJPO t "CJMJUZ UP TQFBL SFBE BOE XSJUF Ă¸VFOUMZ JO UIF &OHMJTI MBOHVBHF â&#x20AC;˘ Multi-lingual communication skills with emphasis on Spanish, French and Portuguese t "CJMJUZ UP XPSL Ă¸FYJCMF TDIFEVMF JODMVEJOH FBSMZ NPSOJOHT MBUF FWFOJOHT XFFLFOET BOE holidays t $MFBO QPMJDF SFDPSE BOE QSPGFTTJPOBM SFGFSFODFT SFRVJSFE CLOSING DATE: OPEN UNTIL FILLED APPLY TO: Seven Stars hr@sevenstarsgracebay.com NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

Blue Haven Resort

is inviting suitable applications for the following positions: Director of Food and Beverage

Reporting to the General Manager, responsibilities and essential job functions include but are not limited to the following: t Consistently offer professional, friendly and engaging service. t Lead and manage the day to day operations of the Food & Beverage Division ensuring all service standards are followed. t Drive innovative promotions, menus and concepts; creating a destination of choice for both Hotel and external guests. t Lead and support all Food & Beverage departments in the achievement of their financial and operational targets. t Prepare annual budgets and administer in a fiscally responsible manner. t Implement effective control of food, beverage, labor and operating expenses throughout the F&B division. t Assist in the preparation of the annual strategic plan and achieve the goals and targets therein. t Ensure the implementation of standards in guest service and constantly seek out ways to improve product and service as well as increase volumes and profits. t Follow department policies, procedures and service standards. t Follow all safety policies REQUIREMENTS: t Minimum of 5 years of previous Food and Beverage international experience in a senior leadership role t University/College degree t Computer literate in Microsoft Window applications required t Strong interpersonal and problem solving abilities t Highly responsible & reliable with the ability to work well under pressure in a fast paced environment t Ability to work cohesively as part of a team t Ability to focus attention on guest needs, remaining calm and courteous at all times

Chef Baker & Pastries

Reporting to the Corporate Executive Chef, responsibilities and essential job functions include but are not limited to the following: RESPONSIBILITIES t Planning all baking production according to menus and event orders. t Preparing detailed production lists to ensure efficient and accurate bread and pastry production. t Participates in preparing breads, desserts and setting up buffets and stations. t Ability to work independently, multi-task and organize work to manage time effectively and meet deadlines. t Implementing new recipes and baking/pastry procedures to meet and exceed customersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; expectations for variety, quality and creativity. t Implementing new items that meet current dietary trends. t Maintaining highest level of sanitation standards at all times. Adheres to all local health and safety regulations. t Ensuring that all work areas are safe and secure; reports any unsafe conditions to manager. JOB REQUIREMENTS t The Chef Baker & Pastries must have a minimum 3-5 years of Chef/Baker Pastry experience in a hotel or market environment. t Must have a minimum of 12-15 years solid bakery and pastries Management experience preferably in both high volume multi outlets and quality operations business. t Culinary Arts or Bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Degree preferred. t MUST have experience in a high-volume, quality baking and pastry kitchen with strong supervisory skills. t Must be willing to work weekends and holiday t Vast Experience in international breads and pastries. t Skilled in decorating and plating various breads, pastries and desserts

Salary for these positions will commensurate with qualifications and experience. Please Submit Applications to: hr@alexandraresort.com A copy should also be submitted to the TCI Labour Department. Submissions to be no later than November 4th, 2013 Turks and Caicos Islanders need only apply.

Function â&#x20AC;˘ Actively participate in community social events and major community activities involving the company. â&#x20AC;˘ Makes frequent presentations to Filipino groups to develop knowledge and awareness of companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s products and services â&#x20AC;˘ Maintains contact with clients in the market area to ensure high levels of client satisfaction â&#x20AC;˘ Monitors branch staffing, provide coverage and training â&#x20AC;˘ Ensure the necessary resources and tools are available for quality customer service delivery â&#x20AC;˘ Handle complex and escalated customer service issues and track customer complaint resolution â&#x20AC;˘ Oversee the achievement and maintenance of agreed customer service levels and standards at the assigned unit; Identifies strategies to improve quality of service, productivity and profitability The successful candidate must: â&#x20AC;˘ Have AML/CFT training certification â&#x20AC;˘ Be fluent in English and Tagalog. â&#x20AC;˘ Have a strong understanding of customer and remittance market dynamics and requirements â&#x20AC;˘ Have at least two (2) years working experience in a financial intuition with Core Banking Systems or Remittance Systems familiarity and knowledge â&#x20AC;˘ Possess a minimum Associate Degree from a recognized institution â&#x20AC;˘ Be flexible to work rotated shifts between 7:00 am â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 7:00pm daily including weekends and public holidays at various locations â&#x20AC;˘ Be willing and available to work at all islands in TCI â&#x20AC;˘ Be conversant with computer application â&#x20AC;&#x201C; ability to handle up to five (5) different applications â&#x20AC;˘ Have very strong hardware and software problem solving abilities â&#x20AC;˘ Have proven excellent inter-personal skills in interacting with customers, staff and management. A keen awareness of the environment and the needs and safety of clients and staff is required to perform well on the job. â&#x20AC;˘ Wage: $1,200 - $1,800 / per month â&#x20AC;&#x201C; commensurate with qualification and experience. Please submit application letter and resume to The General Manager, tcihrstaff@gmail.com. The application deadline is November 15, 2013. Suitable candidates will be contacted for an interview. The position is immediately available.

Londolozi Ltd.

is inviting suitable applications for the following positions: EXECUTIVE CHEF Are you an outgoing, dynamic individual, passionate about great food and incredible hospitality? We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated Executive Chef to join our team and make a real difference in our guestâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s experience! This position is the perfect opportunity for a confident experienced individual with a great understanding of how to deliver fantastic hospitality and an unbelievable culinary experience! We are seeking a team player who is ready to go the extra mile on every occasion to delight and astound our guests, and someone who will always look for opportunities to improve our service. JOB RESPONSIBILITIES t Candidate must demonstrate a proven track record of successfully leading/managing in an upscale Food & Beverage environment; with strong culinary experience and training. t Responsible for the execution of all company policies and procedures, ensuring that all services provided achieve the established standards within the agreed budgetary controls. t Advise the Corporate Executive Chef on all matters relating to the kitchen area and ensure a high standard of cleanliness and hygienic practice throughout the kitchen. t To assist the Corporate Executive Chef in budgeting i.e. food cost/payroll/etc. t Ensure guest satisfaction with the smooth and effective running of the day-to-day operation. t Assist in training and development of Culinary staff members. t To maintain control of the standards for purchasing and receiving items. t To test and evaluate products for quality, paying particular attention to yield/holding qualities/market price/wastage usage of leftovers. t Constantly inspect all food service sections during service time to ensure that the correct standards are maintained. t Responsible for control of equipment and scheduling maintenance

REQUIREMENTS: t Minimum of 5 years of previous Food and Beverage international experience in a senior leadership role t University/College degree t Computer literate in Microsoft Window applications required t Strong interpersonal and problem solving abilities t Developed proficiency with forecasting, cost controls and scheduling through related experience. t Dynamic, enthusiastic, creative leader who thrives under pressure and is able to perform multiple functions and troubleshoot when needed. t Highly responsible & reliable with the ability to work well under pressure in a fast paced environment t Ability to work cohesively as part of a team t Ability to focus attention on guest needs, remaining calm and courteous at all times t The ability to stand and/or walk for long periods of time, lift up to 40lbs and /push/pull up to 50lbs. t Must be able to work a flexible schedule including nights, weekends and holidays

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CARIBBEAN

UN Committee approves decolonization for Caribbean territories

NITED NATIONS– Reiterating its conviction of the need for the eradication of colonialism, the United Nations Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) has approved decolonization for a number of Caribbean territories. In concluding its annual consideration of the question of decolonization on Monday, the Committee forwarded 11 draft resolutions to the General Assembly, six of them approved without a vote. The Committee approved by consensus its omnibus draft resolution on questions of Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Montserrat, Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands. It also approved by consensus resolution on American Samoa, Guam, Pitcairn and Saint Helena. The text would have the General Assembly reaffirm that, in the process of decolonization, “there was no alternative to the principle of self-determination, which is also a fundamental human right, as recognized under the relevant human rights conventions.” In a series of provisions concerning the administering Powers of the 17 Non-Self-Governing Territories on the United Nations list, the Assembly would “reaffirm those Governments’ responsibility to promote the Territories’ economic and social development and take all measures necessary to protect their environments.” The terms of draft resolution VII, on questions of American Samoa, Anguilla, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Guam, Montserrat, Pitcairn, Saint Helena, the Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands, would have the General Assembly “reaffirm that it is ultimately for the peoples of the Territo-

ries themselves to determine freely their future political status.” It would also have the Assembly urge Member States to “contribute to the efforts of the United Nations to usher in a world free of colonialism.” But speaking after passage of the draft, the representative of the United Kingdom, called the approach of the Decolonization Committee “outdated”, claiming that it failed to take into account “How the relationship between the United Kingdom and its Overseas Territories had modernized.” He said the language in sections of the resolution would be “unacceptable” to the United Kingdom. Meantime, speaker after speaker declared at the October 10th in the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) that Colonialism had no place in the modern world, echoing the words of the Secretary-General and the foundational resolution of the General Assembly on the subject from more than five decades (50 years) ago. As the Committee continued its annual debate on decolonization — a process described by the Assembly as “irresistible and irreversible” — the United Nations, notwithstanding its many achievements in that field, would remain an Organization that had not fulfilled its responsibilities as long it had a “list” to keep of Non-Self-Governing Territories, said Liberia’s representative. As many as 2 million people “still faced ambiguities and uncertainties” regarding their self-determination, while many colonial administrators continued to give justifications to evade their international obligations, he said. Similarly frustrated, Nigeria’s delegate said that in the twenty-first century, colonialism was “an anomaly in the relationships between people”.

Spurred by the belief that the right to independence was a historical and moral right that must be enjoyed all peoples, Nigeria had played a critical role in the struggle for independence of many African countries, as well as in the ﬁght against apartheid, colonialism, and discrimination. The situation in Turks and Caicos drew the Committee’s attention, as the delegate from Trinidad and Tobago, on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), expressed concern about the political crisis precipitated by the three-year suspension of elected governments there in 2009. A fact-ﬁnding mission sent to the Islands had reported that it was necessary to conduct a referendum for the people to express their views on the present dependency arrangement, noted the speaker, urging the administering Power to ensure that the same standards of democracy prevailing in the United Kingdom, should be extended to the Territory. Also hailing from the continent, Uganda’s representative similarly emphasized that decolonization was long overdue. He stressed the critical need to complete that process, not simply because it was an Article of the United Nations Charter, but because it was an inalienable right, which scholars agreed was an important principle of “international contemporary positive law”. Parallel to the oft-expressed collective commitment to end colonialism and promote self-determination was discussion of enduring disputes, giving way to pronouncements of deeply entrenched positions. Several speakers took up the issue of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas). South American countries, said Suriname’s representative on behalf of their association, known as UNASUR, had expressed strong support for the legitimate rights of Argentina in that sovereignty dispute.

CARICOM concerned about the political crisis in the Turks and Caicos Islands U

NITED NATIONS – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has reiterated its deep concern about the political crisis in the Turks and Caicos Islands. Speaking on behalf of CARICOM, Trinidad and Tobago’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Rodney Charles, told the UN’s Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) annual debate that the political crisis, precipitated by the three-year suspension of elected governments in the Turks and Caicos Islands in 2009, has been the subject of “particular concern at the highest political level of CARICOM. “A fact-finding mission sent to the Islands has found that the conduct of a referendum was vital,” he said. “The report of the fact-finding mission has affirmed that it was the

responsibility of the administering Power to provide the means for full self-determination and to ensure that the same standards of democracy that prevail in the United Kingdom should be extended to the Territory,” he added. Charles noted that the Committee heard petitioners every year about democratic deﬁciencies in the remaining Non-Self-Governing Territories, adding that the resumption of formal cooperation between the administering Powers and the Fourth Committee was “crucial to achieving the goal of decolonization.” Concerning the situation in the Western Sahara, the Trinidad and Tobago diplomat said CARICOM maintains its principal support for the people and commended the ef-

forts undertaken by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s envoy. He said decades of colonization point to “irrefutable lessons,” urging the United Nations to “reﬁne approaches and facilitate supportive mechanisms to minimize the legacies of colonialism, such as ethnic tensions and economic exploitation. “Adequate follow-up by the United Nations is necessary, as are more interactive dialogue and requisite political analysis,” he said. Charles said CARICOM has long maintained that a Special Rapporteur or Independent Expert on decolonization “would be most useful.” Meanwhile, speaking on behalf of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) Kitty Swebb, Surina-

me’s ambassador to the UN, said the issue of decolonization is an “important priority, as colonialism violates the fundamental tenets of democracy and freedom, as stated in General Assembly resolution 1514.” She said the question of the Malvinas Islands, or Falkland Islands, has been considered by South American countries in several forums of special importance. She also reiterated the region’s “abiding interest” in an agreement by the United Kingdom to resume negotiations with Argentina “in order to ﬁnd, as soon as possible, a peaceful and deﬁnitive solution to the sovereignty dispute, in accordance with relevant resolutions and declarations of the United Nations and the Organization of American States.”

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CARIBBEAN NEWS

UN sued for bringing cholera to Haiti,causing outbreak that killed thousands H

uman rights lawyers filed a class action law suit in a U.S federal court accusing the United Nations of gross negligence and misconduct on behalf of victims of a cholera outbreak in Haiti in 2010. “The claims are that the U.N. engaged in reckless and gross negligence and misconduct bringing cholera to Haiti,” said Ira Kurzban, a lawyer and board member with the Boston-based Institute for Justice and Development in Haiti. The group is demanding financial compensation for the 8,300 Haitians who died as a result of the cholera epidemic as well as some 650,000 more survivors of the illness. U.N. spokesman Farhan Haq expressed to CNN “it is not the United Nations’ practice to discuss in public claims filed against the Organization.” Earlier this year, however, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon declared the United Nations could not receive claims for compensation from Haitian cholera victims, arguing that the organization had legal immunity according to an international convention. In October 2010, a cholera epidemic exploded in Haiti, striking as the island country was still reeling from a deadly earthquake earlier that year which killed tens of thousands of people. The cholera bacteria, which is not indigenous to Haiti, spread rapidly, ultimately killing an estimated 8,300 people. The epidemic sparked riots in several cities and towns against the force of some 8,000 U.N. peacekeepers deployed there.

Haitians bathing and washing in a river Several scientiﬁc and medical investigators eventually concluded that one of the likely sources of the outbreak was sewage leaking from a U.N. base housing Nepalese peacekeepers. The base was perched above a tributary stream leading into the Artibonite River near the town of Meille. “The way we understand disease transmission today, there is no other good explanation for how a (cholera) strain that was present only in the northeastern region of the Indian subcontinent traveled 9,000 miles to Haiti and happened to end up in a river next to a base with U.N. peacekeepers from Nepal, said Jonathan Katz, a former Associated Press reporter who was one of the ﬁrst journalists to investigate the source of outbreak in 2010. Katz, who further investigated the U.N.’s re-

sponse to the outbreak in his book “The Big Truck That Went By: How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster,” accused the United Nations of covering up its responsibility for the cholera epidemic. “In 2010, the U.N. didn’t want anyone to talk about this,” Katz said, in a phone interview with CNN. “They were directly castigating anyone who would bring up the topic.” In September, the prime minister of Haiti raised the issue during a speech before the U.N. General Assembly. “The United Nations has a moral responsibility for the eruption of the epidemic,” said Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe, according to a U.N. transcript. Lamothe argued that the current efforts made by the U.N. to eradicate cholera were far from sufﬁcient. He called for the creation of a joint commission to further study the disease. In a brieﬁng to journalists on Wednesday, U.N. spokesman Farhan Haq said as a result of the Haitian epidemic, the organization was in the process of adopting steps to prevent the further spread of the disease. “Part of our lessons learned from this has been to screen peacekeepers for cholera,” Haq said. Health authorities continue to document thousands of cholera cases a month. At least 182 Haitians died of cholera between April and August 2013, according to the World Health Organization.

Controversy in Cayman Islands over voluntary separation of Civil Servants

hile it isn’t taking a firm position on the idea, the Cayman Islands Civil Service Association has noted its “disappointment” in a government proposal that some Caymanian and permanent resident workers consider voluntarily separating from their civil service jobs. Of particular concern, according to a civil service association communiqué to its members sent Tuesday, is a requirement that anyone taking voluntary separation is forbidden from applying for any government job for the next five years, the Caymanian Compass has reported. “This applies to any vacant advertised job, in any section of government, not just [the civil servant’s] previous employment,” the association noted. The association also pointed out that the voluntary separation only applies to Cayman citizens [technically, it applies to anyone on an open-ended contract with the civil service] and that no similar five-year separation provision is required for non-Caymanian contract holders in the civil service whose working agreements have not been renewed. This represents a “baffling and disturbing dichotomy between [a] Caymanian’s and a non-Caymanian’s potential to apply for jobs,” according to the civil service association. “The Cayman Islands Civil Service Association can in no way en-

dorse the current policy,” the letter to members states. “It is our view that, clearly, there is a lack of willingness to engage in a holistic review of civil service staffing and staff reductions, of which it is strongly felt that voluntary separation should be a third, not second, resort.” Civil servants have until Oct. 31 to decide whether to take voluntary separation as offered. According to the policy issued by the deputy governor’s office, voluntary separations of Caymanian or permanent resident civil servants who are not on fixed-term contracts will be considered based on business cases submitted by the departments in which they work. Non-Caymanian government contract holders, Caymanians above age 60 who are working in the civil service on fixed-term contracts and individuals working on other fixedterm agreements would not qualify for voluntary separation. “These contracts already have a pre-determined end date which provides the employer an opportunity to choose not to renew a contract without the need for additional compensation,” the policy states. Both the employee and the government would have to agree to separate from the worker’s employment. In cases that are approved by civil service chief officers, a compensation package not exceeding twice the applicant’s annual salary can be offered to the departing employee.

Awards of compensation to successful applicants are based on the number of consecutive, continuous years of employment the worker has in the civil service. “The reasons why a civil servant might voluntarily ask their ministry or department to end their employment through voluntary separation will inevitably vary,” the policy states. “An example might be where an employee [who could not otherwise have afforded to resign or retire] wishes to consider voluntary separation in order to change their work direction, start a business, spend more time with their family, develop personally through travel or furthering their training or education.” Several examples are given in the policy of what might be offered to civil servants who agreed to separate from their work. Applicants who are age 50 to 59 with 10 or more years of service in government, would be eligible for three weeks of pay for every year worked, three months in lump sum of his or her salary, the ability to begin drawing pension immediately and receive retirement health beneﬁts. Younger workers [under 50] with six or more full years of consecutive service might be offered three weeks of pay for each year, or three months in a lump sum for their salary. The workers will also be offered six months of free government health care coverage.

ST. LUCIA MANUFACTURERS URGE GOVERNMENT TO REVISE VAT

ASTRIES, St Lucia – Manufacturers here have urged the government to re-examine issues related the Value Added Tax (VAT) that was introduced one year ago. The manufacturers state that with empirical data and stakeholder feedback now available, the government is in a position to make the necessary revisions to help deliver stability, jobs and economic growth. President of the St Lucia Manufacturers Association (SMA) Paula Calderon says that one year after implementation of VAT her members continue to be plagued by policy and implementation issues that threaten their very survival. She laments that the requirement to pay VAT upfront on imported raw and packaging materials, plant, tools, equipment and other supplies has adversely impacted the cash flow of many SMA members. “This is exacerbated by the fact that the refund process has been slow and cumbersome, resulting in a scenario in which many manufacturers have not been refunded since the inception of VAT.” The SMA claims that with diminished cash flow, businesses are finding it difficult to meet their commitments, resulting in disrupted operations that impact both staff and consumers. “These issues have been well articulated in meetings between the SMA and Commerce Minister Emma Hippolyte, who has been very supportive of the manufacturing industry,” says Calderon. “We remain hopeful that the requisite changes will be made.” Both the St Lucia Employers Federation and the St Lucia Chamber of Commerce have called for a reduction of VAT from the 15 percent introduced by government.

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AMBERGRIS CAY SERVICES LTD. (IN RECEIVERSHIP) SHORT TERM EMPLOYMENT POSITION Ambergris Cay Services Ltd. (In Receivership) is seeking to fill a temporary post on Ambergris Cay for the period 15th December 2013 to 7th January 2014.. The available position is for a SPECIAL EVENTS SOUS CHEF. JOB SUMMARY: Responsible for assisting in the management of all facets of the day-to-day operation of the Restaurant Facility on Ambergris Cay, providing exemplary food and beverage service to visitors to the Cay over the Christmas and New Year period. This very demanding job requires high skill levels, assisting in planning, coordination, organization and monitoring of all Restaurant activities, as well as hands-on preparation of a wide range of high quality and creative dishes for a discerning clientele. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: 1. Assist in planning, preparation and presentation of all meals for guests on Ambergris Cay. 2. Delivery of outstanding food services to a professional standard. 3. Excellent hands-on knowledge of a wide variety of local and international cuisines. 4. Assist in the direct supervision and coordination of all kitchen activities. 5. Assist in all other duties as required by the Lead Chef. 6. Must be able to work irregular hours, to include nights, weekends, and holidays. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND QUALIFICATIONS: 1. 10 years relevant experience, including 5 years as Sous / Events Chef, operating in a high quality and high pressure environment, providing fine-dining in an international environment. 2. International experience of working on special event arrangements; 3. Excellent communication skills and a pleasant, professional demeanor. 4. A resourceful personality. 5. Must work and reside on Ambergris Cay for the indicated period. 6. Excellent references are essential Salary: Commensurate with experience. Closing date for applications: Thursday, 31st October, 2013.

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AMBERGRIS CAY SERVICES LTD. (IN RECEIVERSHIP) SHORT TERM EMPLOYMENT POSITION Ambergris Cay Services Ltd. (In Receivership) is seeking to ﬁll a temporary post on Ambergris Cay for the period 15th December 2013 to 7th January 2014. The available position is for a RESTAURANT HOST/ MAITRE’D.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Supervising of the waiting staﬀ, welcoming guests and assigning them to tables, taking reservations, and ensuring that guests are satisﬁed. 1. Assist in presentation of all meals to guests using the restaurant facility on Ambergris Cay. 2. Delivery of outstanding services to a professional standard. 3. Excellent knowledge of a wide variety of local and international cuisines. 4. Assist in all other duties as required by the Lead Chef & or Sous Chef. 5. Must be able to work irregular hours, to include nights, weekends, and holidays.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND QUALIFICATIONS: 1. 5 years relevant experience operating in a high quality environment, providing a ﬁne-dining experience in an international environment. 2. International experience of working on special event arrangements; 3. Excellent communication skills and a pleasant, professional demeanor. 4. A resourceful personality. 5. Must work and reside on Ambergris Cay for the indicated period. 6. Excellent references are essential

Salary: Commensurate with experience. Closing date for applications: Thursday, 31st October, 2013.

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

AMBERGRIS CAY SERVICES LTD. (IN RECEIVERSHIP)

SHORT TERM EMPLOYMENT POSITION

Ambergris Cay Services Ltd. (In Receivership) is seeking to ﬁll a temporary post on Ambergris Cay for the period 15th December 2013 to 7th January 2014. The available position is for a

SPECIAL EVENTS SOUS CHEF.

RESTAURANT HOST/MAITRE’D.

JOB SUMMARY: Responsible for assisting in the management of all facets of the day-to-day operation of the Restaurant Facility on Ambergris Cay, providing exemplary food and beverage service to visitors to the Cay over the Christmas and New Year period. This very demanding job requires high skill levels, assisting in planning, coordination, organization and monitoring of all Restaurant activities, as well as hands-on preparation of a wide range of high quality and creative dishes for a discerning clientele. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: 1. Assist in planning, preparation and presentation of all meals for guests on Ambergris Cay. 2. Delivery of outstanding food services to a professional standard. 3. Excellent hands-on knowledge of a wide variety of local and international cuisines. 4. Assist in the direct supervision and coordination of all kitchen activities. 5. Assist in all other duties as required by the Lead Chef. 6. Must be able to work irregular hours, to include nights, weekends, and holidays. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND QUALIFICATIONS: 1. 10 years relevant experience, including 5 years as Sous / Events Chef, operating in a high quality and high pressure environment, providing ﬁne-dining in an international environment. 2. International experience of working on special event arrangements; 3. Excellent communication skills and a pleasant, professional demeanor. 4. A resourceful personality. 5. Must work and reside on Ambergris Cay for the indicated period. 6. Excellent references are essential Salary: Commensurate with experience. Closing date for applications: Thursday, 31st October, 2013.

JOB SUMMARY: Work alongside with the Lead Chef and Sous Chef to organize and direct the activities of all the Food and Beverage department of the restaurant facility on Ambergris Cay to ensure an exceptional level of customer service and satisfaction. Providing exemplary food and beverage service to visitors to the Cay over the Christmas and New Year period. This very demanding job requires high skill levels, assisting in monitoring of all Restaurant front house activities. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: 1. Supervising of the waiting staff, welcoming guests and assigning them to tables, taking reservations, and ensuring that guests are satisﬁed. 2. Assist in presentation of all meals to guests using the restaurant facility on Ambergris Cay. 3. Delivery of outstanding services to a professional standard. 4. Excellent knowledge of a wide variety of local and international cuisines. 5. Assist in all other duties as required by the Lead Chef & or Sous Chef. 6. Must be able to work irregular hours, to include nights, weekends, and holidays. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND QUALIFICATIONS: 1. 5 years relevant experience operating in a high quality environment, providing a ﬁne-dining experience in an international environment. 2. International experience of working on special event arrangements; 3. Excellent communication skills and a pleasant, professional demeanor. 4. A resourceful personality. 5. Must work and reside on Ambergris Cay for the indicated period. 6. Excellent references are essential Salary: Commensurate with experience. Closing date for applications: Thursday, 31st October, 2013.

Applications must be in writing addressed to: Ambergris Cay Services Ltd. (In Receivership) Unit 51, Salt Mills Plaza, Grace Bay, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands,

• E-mail: burkley.malcolm@ambergristci.com • Tel: (649)-941-3777; Fax: (649)-941-3778 •

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Obama: ‘Americans are completely fed up with Washington’

ASHINGTON— President Barack Obama said on Thursday that “Americans are completely fed up with Washington” a day after the latest fiscal impasse was narrowly averted and called for talks with Congress on the budget, immigration and farm legislation. Hours after he signed into law a hastily arranged bill to end a 16-day government shutdown and head off a debt default, Obama said events over the last two weeks had inflicted “completely unnecessary” damage on the U.S. economy. Obama lectured members of Congress on their responsibility to serve the country, urging them to negotiate with him instead of endangering the country with games of “brinkmanship.” If people object to some government policies, “push to change it,” he added, “but don’t break it.” Let’s work together” to make government better, he said, “instead of treating it like an enemy.” “Now that the government is re-opened and this threat to our economy is removed, all of us need to stop focusing on the lobbyists and the bloggers and the talking heads on radio and the professional activists who profit from conflict and focus on what the majority of Americans sent us here to do,” he said. In closing his morning remarks, he directly addressed members of his staff assembled in the State Dining Room on the first day back to work for many of them. He praised what he called “dedicated and patriotic” federal workers, particularly the “young people who come to this city to serve . . . because they think it matters.” “What you do is important,” he told them. “Don’t let anybody else tell you differently.”

GOVERNMENT REOPENS National parks, museums and monuments will begin reopening today as the federal government resumes operations after a late-night congressional deal to end the 16-day shutdown. The White House budget ofﬁce told hundreds of thousands of federal workers, the bulk of whom had been idle for the past 16 days, to be

US President Barack Obama ready to return to work on Thursday. On its website, the Smithsonian said all of its museums will be open on Thursday, with the National Zoo set to reopen Friday. National monuments -- including the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument -- also are expected to begin welcoming back visitors on Thursday. The Lincoln Home National Historic Site in Springﬁeld also reopened Thursday morning. Ofﬁcials at Yosemite National Park announced that it reopened Wednesday night after Congress approved a deal to end the federal government shutdown. Visitors can use public areas and roads immediately while other park facilities and services begin to reopen Thursday, park Supt. Don Neubacher said. “We are excited to reopen and welcome visitors back to Yosemite,” he said in a statement. “Autumn is a particularly special season to enjoy Yosemite’s colorful grandeur.” The timetable for other national monuments to resume normal public hours remains unclear. The National Park Service, which operates the monuments, still had not reactivated parts of its website early Thursday.

SHUTDOWN ENDS Congress approved a bill late Wednesday to fund the government and extend the federal government’s debt ceiling and thus avoid a ﬁnancial default. President Obama signed the bill in the

early hours of Thursday. The legislative stalemate stemmed from budgetary disagreements over Obama’s Affordable Care Act. In the end, the Democratic-led Senate overwhelmingly passed the measure on a 81-18 vote, and the Republican-controlled House followed suit 285 to 144. Obama signed the 35-page bill just after midnight. The down-to-the-wire deal, however, offers only a temporary fix and does not resolve the fundamental issues of spending and deficits that divide Republicans and Democrats. It funds the government until Jan. 15 and raises the debt ceiling until Feb. 7, so Americans face the possibility of another bitter budget fight and another government shutdown early next year. Although the deal would only extend U.S. borrowing authority until the first week of February, the Treasury Department would have tools to temporarily extend its borrowing capacity beyond that date if Congress failed to act early next year. But such techniques eventually run out. In addition to lifting the federal debt limit, the deal calls for creating a House-Senate bipartisan commission to try to come up with long-term deficit-reduction ideas that would have to be approved by the full Congress. Their work would have to be completed by Dec. 13, but some lawmakers say the panel faces an extremely difficult task. Taking the podium in the White House briefing room on Wednesday night, Obama said that with final congressional passage, “We can begin to lift this cloud of uncertainty and unease from our businesses and from the American people.” “Hopefully next time it won’t be in the 11th hour. We’ve got to get out of the habit of governing by crisis,” Obama said. He outmaneuvered Republicans by holding firm in defense of “Obamacare” to win agreement, with few strings attached, to end the 16-day shutdown. As he was walking out of the briefing room, a reporter asked if this would happen again in just a few months. “No,” he said, and continued walking.

Death toll climbs from Philippines earthquake T

he death toll from the magnitude-7.1 earthquake in the central Philippines rose Thursday to 161, authorities said. The quake, which struck Tuesday, also injured 375 people, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, in Quezon City. The bulk of the casualties were in Bohol province. In an update issued Thursday evening, the council said 21 people were missing -- all of them in Bohol. The quake was centered about 620 kilometers (385 miles) south-southeast of Manila, near Catigbian, and its depth was 20

Rescuers pull a man from the rubble in Cebu on October 15. kilometers (12 miles), according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The Philippines disaster council gave the quake a slightly higher rating: 7.2 magnitude. Landslides were reported in

some areas. Nearly 3,000 houses were destroyed and another 16,000 were damaged in Bohol and Cebu, ofﬁcials reported. As of 6 p.m. Thursday, 12 of Bohol’s 47 municipalities were without power, and authorities were predicting that it would be restored within a day or two. As of 5 p.m. Thursday, more than 1,300 aftershocks had been recorded, 28 of which were felt. In all, 158,466 people were displaced, the government said. Nearly 100,000 of them were housed in 85 evacuation centers, it said. Tuesday was a national holiday, the beginning of the Muslim

festival of Eid al-Adha. Tourist Robert Michael Poole said he was riding a bike in Bohol, where 149 of the deaths occurred, when the earthquake struck and cracked the road in front of him. “I live in Tokyo; I am used to earthquakes,” Poole said. “But this one was very strong. It shocked a lot of people here.” He said he was able to move around and document some of the destruction, including a giant church that was destroyed. “Lucky thing is that it is a holiday here today and it happened at a time when nobody was in the church,” Poole said.

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British lawmakers attack government timidity over Sri Lanka B

ritain’s decision to set aside worries about Sri Lanka’s human rights record and back its selection as host of a Commonwealth leaders’ meeting showed a lack of principle, a panel of lawmakers said on Thursday. The Sri Lankan government has faced condemnation of its rights record, in particular for its ﬁnal campaign against separatist ethnic Tamil rebels, an offensive the United Nations said killed tens of thousands of civilians in 2009. In a critical report, the British parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee said the government had opposed Sri Lankan attempts to host the meeting in 2011 on human rights grounds, only to support its 2013 bid without seeing evidence of change. “That approach now appears timid,” it said. “The U.K. could and should have taken a more principled stand ... in the light of the continuing serious human rights abuses in Sri Lanka.” Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has said he will not attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). Britain’s David Cameron will go and has promised to raise the issue of human rights. In a statement, the British Foreign Ofﬁce rejected the label of “timid and inconsistent”, saying it shared the lawmakers’ wish to see substantial and sustainable improvements in human rights in Sri Lanka.

“The CHOGM meeting will be a spotlight on Sri Lanka and highlight either progress or its absence,” it added. “The British delegation to CHOGM will see the situation on the ground in Sri Lanka and deliver a clear message that Sri Lanka needs to make concrete progress on human rights.” The lawmakers, whose cross-party committee has inﬂuence but no binding powers, said there was scant evidence of progress on rights in Sri Lanka since the end of the war. The British government “should have taken a more robust stand” with its former colony before the November summit in the capital Colombo, the panel said. Debating whether Cameron should or should not have boycotted the meeting is now counter-productive, it added. Leaders of Commonwealth states - a group of 53 countries, nearly all former British colonies - meet every two years. “DISTURBING RECORD” The panel said the British government was aware of torture in Sri Lanka and attacks on lawyers, reporters and campaigners. It also raised concerns over the Sri Lankan government’s failure to support an independent investigation into allegations of war crimes in the war’s ﬁnal stages. New York-based rights group Human Rights

Watch urged Commonwealth foreign ministers on Wednesday not to award Sri Lanka the twoyear chairmanship of the Commonwealth as a sign of concern over human rights. The Amnesty International rights group said in a statement diplomats from Commonwealth countries must push Sri Lanka to end its crackdown on human rights defenders, especially to monitor and condemn any civil society repression around CHOGM. “Sri Lanka has a disturbing record of repressing civil society activism. Its officials have intimidated, threatened and even attacked human rights defenders around previous international events,” said Polly Truscott, Amnesty International’s deputy Asia-Pacific program director. “We are extremely worried about the safety of such activists around the summit in Colombo in November.” The Commonwealth ministers are to finalize the agenda for the November summit in a twoday meeting that starts later on Thursday. U.N. human rights chief Navi Pillay said last month Sri Lanka was drifting towards authoritarian rule. The Sri Lankan government says its rights record has improved since the war, rejects the criticism as unsubstantiated and biased, and accuses Western states of waging a vendetta.

Chemical weapons watchdog says confident on Syria deadlines

he world’s chemical weapons watchdog is conﬁdent it will be able to meet deadlines to destroy Syria’s toxic stockpile even though some sites are in disputed or rebel-held territory, a special adviser to the organization’s director general said. Inspectors from the Hague-based Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), which won the Nobel Peace Prize last week, have visited nearly half of more than 20 sites declared by Damascus, Malik Ellahi, special adviser to Director General Ahmet Uzumcu, said on Thursday. “We are on track. The team is conﬁdent, the morale is high and cooperation from the Syrian authorities has been forthcoming,” he said. Under a Russian-American brokered deal, Syria has until Novem-

Malik Ellahi (L), political adviser to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Director General Ahmet Uzumcu, talks to Wang Jun, OPCW’s external relations director and team leader, during a news conference in The Hague, October 9, 2013. ber 1 to destroy or render unusable all chemical agent production and weapon ﬁlling facilities. Ellahi said

MERKEL TO ENTER FULL COALITION TALKS WITH CENTER-LEFT SPD

erman Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives and the center-left Social Democrats (SPD) agreed on Thursday to begin formal negotiations on a grand coalition government that is likely to ramp up public investment and introduce a minimum wage. Leaders from both camps told reporters after a three-hour meeting in Berlin that there was enough common ground to try to reprise the right-left partnership which ruled Germany between 2005 and 2009, in Merkel’s ﬁrst term. Crucially, SPD Chairman Sigmar Gabriel said senior negotiators from his party had been unanimous in supporting talks with Merkel. That increases the likelihood that

Gabriel will be able to win over those in his party who have argued against entering another coalition with Merkel since the SPD came a distant second to her conservatives in an election last month. If, as expected, he secures the backing of some 200 senior SPD members at a meeting set for Sunday, full negotiations to agree coalition policies and cabinet posts in a new government would begin on Wednesday. They could last more than a month. “We are convinced that we can ﬁnd sensible solutions for both sides, and most of all for the country, even on disputed questions,” Gabriel said. German voters, international investors and Berlin’s European allies have

the team had been “making good progress in making those sites inoperable” by destroying equipment and facilities. The OPCW expects to be able to access sites, including in rebel-held territory, with a joint U.N. mission negotiating ceaseﬁres with forces ﬁghting against the government of President Bashar al-Assad, he said. “In terms of the security situation there are always concerns, but the team so far has had the cooperation of the Syrian authorities and managed to conduct its work unimpeded,” Ellahi said. Details of Syria’s program have not been made public, but experts and Western intelligence agencies have said it has 1,000 metric tonnes of chemical weapons, including sarin, mustard and VX nerve agent.

“What we have verified so far has been according to the disclosure” of chemical weapons submitted to the OPCW by Syria, Ellahi told reporters in The Hague. “We have not found anything of significance which we should be worried about.” Dozens of inspectors on the ground were working in dangerous conditions, with shells and explosive devices having gone off near their hotel in Damascus in recent days, he said. By mid-2014 Syria must have destroyed its entire chemical weapons stockpile, including all munitions, bulk chemical stores and research facilities. Discussions were underway with parties in the conflict to gain access to sites in sensitive locations. “They are still working on those issues,” he said.

mostly been expecting a grand coalition. Few expect an eventual partnership deal with the SPD to greatly alter Merkel’s cautious domestic and foreign policy agenda. The chancellor’s conservative bloc her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU) - emerged as the strongest political force in the September 22 election. But they fell several seats short of a parliamentary majority, forcing them to seek a coalition ally. The SPD was seen as the most likely partner from the start, but its experience during the last grand coalition has tempered the enthusiasm of grassroots members. In 2009, after four years of governing with Merkel, the SPD plunged to its worst election result since World War Two. The chancellor ﬂirted brieﬂy with the idea of a coalition with the envi-

ronmentalist Greens. But when those talks broke down earlier this week, a grand coalition seemed all but inevitable. Such a partnership would enjoy an overwhelming majority in the Bundestag lower house of parliament and ﬁnd it easier to push legislation through the Bundesrat upper house, where the governments of Germany’s 16 federal states are represented. SMOOTHER AFFAIR On central themes, such as the euro zone crisis and a plan to give up nuclear energy, the differences between the parties are small. More contentious is the SPD’s demand for a nationwide minimum hourly wage of 8.50 euros. But even on this, participants in Thursday’s inter-party talks indicated that compromise was possible.

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JOB TITLE: MINISTRY: LOCATION:

TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS GOVERNMENT VACANCY NOTICE

House Keeper Office of the Premier Grand Turk (1) (Part-Time Appointment) Providenciales (1) (Full -Time Appointment) PURPOSE OF JOB The House keeper will provide a clean, sanitary comfortable, orderly and satisfying surroundings for the Premierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Residences. KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 1. Operate various mechanized cleaning equipment, such as vacuums, polishers, buffers, etc, and other non-mechanical equipment such as brooms and mops. 2. Maintain facility in a sanitary and infection-free condition through washing and cleaning and replacing supplies. 3. Keep interiors neat and clean 4. Dispose of trash, waste, and other disposable materials according to schedule. 5. Handle various cleaning solvents, chemicals, etc., and ensure that adequate supplies are available. 6. Damp dust furniture, light fixtures, window sills, etc. 7. Wet mop floors in all rooms and bathrooms. 8. Clean kitchen, bathrooms and other rooms according to schedule. 9. Report any needed repairs immediately to supervisor

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dance with Customer Service standards. 16. Adhere to all Public Service codes, rules and regula- HOW TO APPLY Resumes with current contact information must be accompanied by a tions. $PWFS -FUUFS UXP MFUUFST PG SFGFSFODF POF QSFGFSBCMZ GSPN B GPSNFS 17. Perform other related tasks as assigned. employer), copies of educational certificates, a Police Certificate and a copy of the Passport photo page. Current serving officers must apply through their Heads of Department. Applications should be addressed to the Office of the Human Resource Management Directorate, Church Folly, Grand Turk. Submitted via Facsimile: 946-1582 or sent by email to: recruitment@gov.tc with the subject line being: House Keeper-Office of the Premier. Envelopes should have the subject: House Keeper-Office of the Premier marked on the front. Deadline: October 25th, 2013

ONLY BELONGERS NEED APPLY ONLY CANDIDATES SELECTED FOR INTERVIEW WILL BE ACKNOWLEDGED

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is inviting suitable applications for the following positions: NIGHT AUDITOR Londolozi Ltd. is currently seeking a dynamic, experienced and motivated individual for the position of Night Auditor. The position requires a high level of professionalism, excellent organization, communication skills, strong leadership capabilities and detail orientation. To be successful you must possess excellent customer service, organizational and time management skills. RESPONSIBILITIES â&#x20AC;˘ Ensuring that all charges and credits are posted accurately to guest accounts; that the telephone call accounting system reporting has been completed and system is functional â&#x20AC;˘ Balancing all credit card charges to cashiers reports and hard and soft copies are balanced with credit card folios â&#x20AC;˘ Organizing the night audit work in an orderly manner for distribution to the accounts department â&#x20AC;˘ Closing out of accounts and resetting the system for the next days operation â&#x20AC;˘ Conducts analytical review of all daily Front Office and Room transactions reports and to rectify and discrepancies. â&#x20AC;˘ Acting as Manager on Duty and maintain an open line of communication between guests, team members and management. â&#x20AC;˘ Performing Front Office duties, processing express checkouts and assisting guests as needed during the shift JOB REQUIREMENTS â&#x20AC;˘ Must have 8-10 years previous experience as a Night Auditor/Accountant in a resort or condominium environment â&#x20AC;˘ Proficient in QuickBooks and Visual one is a MUST â&#x20AC;˘ Clear communications skills (written and oral) â&#x20AC;˘ Must be able to work nights, weekends and holidays â&#x20AC;˘ MUST be Knowledgeable of economic and accounting principles and practices, Bookkeeping, Auditing, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data PASTRY CHEF RESPONSIBILITIES â&#x20AC;˘ Planning all pastry production according to menus and event orders. â&#x20AC;˘ Preparing detailed production lists to ensure efficient and accurate pastry production. â&#x20AC;˘ Participates in preparing desserts and setting up dessert buffets and stations. â&#x20AC;˘ Ability to work independently, multi-task and organize

work to manage time effectively and meet deadlines. â&#x20AC;˘ Implementing new recipes and pastry procedures to meet and exceed customersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; expectations for variety, quality and creativity. â&#x20AC;˘ Implementing new items that meet current dietary trends such as gluten free, sugar free, dairy free, etc. â&#x20AC;˘ Requisitioning of supplies and equipment. â&#x20AC;˘ Maintaining highest level of sanitation standards at all times. Adheres to all local health and safety regulations. â&#x20AC;˘ Ensuring that all work areas are safe and secure; reports any unsafe conditions to supervisor. JOB REQUIREMENTS â&#x20AC;˘ The Pastry Chef must have a minimum 3-5 years of Pastry Culinary experience in a resort/hotel environment. â&#x20AC;˘ Culinary Arts or Bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Degree preferred. â&#x20AC;˘ MUST have experience in a high-volume, quality pastry kitchen with strong supervisory skills. â&#x20AC;˘ Our working chef will be responsible for the supervision, coordination and preparation of house-made desserts, pastries and confections. CHEF DE PARTIE RESPONSIBILITIES â&#x20AC;˘ Working with the Head Chef and the kitchen team to maintain high standards in the quality of food both as to its preparation and its presentation â&#x20AC;˘ Working in all areas of the kitchen depending on the daily needs of Head Chef. â&#x20AC;˘ To observe all Company Food Hygiene and Health and Safety policy â&#x20AC;˘ To assist the Head Chef, to check the completeness of all food and kitchen equipment sent to each function â&#x20AC;˘ To assist the Head Chef to check the completeness of all suppliersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; deliveries and the correctness of their invoices â&#x20AC;˘ To set out, maintain and monitor high standards of cooking and presentation â&#x20AC;˘ To be aware of current food trends with regard to presentation and style and help with new menu ideas and menu design â&#x20AC;˘ Ensuring the venue kitchen is left spotlessly clean and tidy and that all equipment and un-used food is packed ready for transportation JOB REQUIREMENTS â&#x20AC;˘ Must have 2-3 or more years previous culinary experience in a resort or condominium environment â&#x20AC;˘ Must have leadership skills â&#x20AC;˘ Clear communications skills (written and oral) â&#x20AC;˘ Hospitality Culinary diploma or â&#x20AC;˘ A foundation degree in culinary arts â&#x20AC;˘ Health and safety and food hygiene course certifications

Salary for these positions will commensurate with qualifications and experience. Belongers need only apply.

Please Submit Applications to: hr@alexandraresort.com A copy should also be submitted to the TCI Labour Department. Submissions to be no later than October 18th, 2013 Turks and Caicos Islanders need only apply.

NOTICE OF SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION TOLCO LTD. c/o Karam & Missick, Suites A 201-203, Regent Village East, Grace Bay 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 60715/23 Cheshire Hall & Richmond Hill, Providenciales, The property comprised is a lot of land .48 acre upon which 2# two storey apartment buildings have been constructed, one comprising 8# one bedroom apartments and the other 4# one bedroom apartments, together with surrounding parking areas. Registered Proprietor: Thomas Chalmers Misick ____________________________________________________________________ 2. Parcel 51105/32 Bottle Creek, North Caicos, The property comprised is a lot of land .74 acre, upon which a two storey block of 5# one bedroom apartments (3# ground floor and 2# first floor) has been constructed. Registered Proprietor: Elizabeth Tamer Gardiner ____________________________________________________________________ 3. Parcel 60811/90 The Bight & Thomas Stubbs, Providenciales, The property comprised is a lot of land .27 acre and upon which has been constructed a single storey residence. Registered Proprietors: Andrew Alexandra Ewing and Annie Elizabeth Ewing ____________________________________________________________________ 4. Parcel 60900/279 TCI Mini Golf & Leeward Going Through, Providenciales, The property comprised is a lot of land 1.43 acre which fronts onto the northern boundary of Leeward Highway in the Leeward Going Through subdivision in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands. Upon the land has been constructed the TCI Mini Golf facility which comprises an 18 hole miniature golf course, club house with bar/restaurant, covered seating area, open decks, kitchen, office and restrooms together with associated apparatus external works. Registered Proprietor: David Earl Been ____________________________________________________________________ 5. Parcel 60611/42 Norway & Five Cays, Providenciales, The property comprised is a lot of land .22 acre and upon which has been constructed a single storey building which comprises of several apartment units in the Norway & Five Cays subdivision of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands. Registered Proprietor: Kimberley Laverne Rolle ____________________________________________________________________ 6. Parcel 60900/104 Leeward Going Through, Providenciales, The property comprised is an inland lot of land .65 acre and upon which a main residence, guesthouse and part complete guesthouse have been constructed upon the land in the Leeward Palms settlement in the Leeward Going Through subdivision of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands. Registered Proprietor: Alicia Kaye Swann ____________________________________________________________________ The auction will be held outside the offices of Karam & Missick, Suites A 201-203 Regent Village East, Grace Bay Road, Providenciales at 10:00 a.m. on Friday 25 October, 2013. A reserve price will be fixed on all parcels. A deposit of 10% is due immediately upon all accepted bids. Draft Terms and Conditions of Sale by Auction are available by request from TOLCO Ltd.

(649) 333-4000 or admin@tolcoltd.com

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ECHN LOGY Amazon.com founder’s biological father didn’t know his son is a billionaire

he last time Jeff Bezos, the 49-year-old CEO and founder of Amazon, saw his biological father, he was three years old. His biological father, whose name is Ted Jorgensen, was 18 when he impregnated Bezos’ mother, Jacklyn Gise, who herself was 17. They were both still in high school at the time. They got married before their son was born. The marriage lasted only 17 months, reports Brad Stone at Bloomberg Businessweek, who has unearthed astonishing new details about Bezos’ family’s early years. Gise moved in with her parents because Jorgensen stayed out late, and drank too much, and was generally an inattentive father and husband says Stone. He agreed to a divorce, and paid a small amount of child support to Gise when he had money. Other times he missed the payments. Three years after their divorce, Gise married another man, Miguel Bezos, a Cuban immigrant who taught himself English, and eventually worked at Exxon. Miguel adopted Jeff, and Jeff took his last name. Jorgensen had to sign off on the name change, which he did, Stone reports. For a brief period Jorgensen remembered the Bezos name, but through the years he forgot about it, and dropped completely out of

Jeff Bezos

touch with his ex-wife and his son. Jorgensen’s absence from Bezos’ life was so complete that in a 1999 interview with Wired, Bezos said of Jorgensen, “I’ve never met him,” although, in reality he lived with him for the first year of his life. “The reality, as far as I’m concerned, is that my Dad is my natural father. The only time I ever think about it, genuinely, is when a doctor asks me to fill out a form,” said Bezos in 1999. Jorgensen, for his part, had a nearly identical attitude about Bezos. However, Stone managed to find Jorgensen, now 69, who owns a bike shop in Glendale, Arizona. Here’s how Jorgensen reacted when Stone

introduced himself: “He had no idea what I was talking about. Jorgensen said he didn’t know who Jeff Bezos was and was bafﬂed by my suggestion that he was the father of this famous CEO.” Stone jogged Jorgensen’s memory, trotting out details about Bezos and his mother. Says Stone, “The old man’s face ﬂushed with recognition. ‘Is he still alive?’ he asked, not yet fully comprehending.” Bezos’ biological father had disconnected so thoroughly from Bezos life that not only did he not remember his name, and not only did he not realize his son was one of the richest men in the world, but he wasn’t even sure if his son was still alive. Jorgensen says that in his younger days “I wasn’t a good father or a husband.” He eventually quit drinking, got his act together and opened his bike shop. He’s married, but had no other children in his life beyond Bezos. A family friend told Stone later that Jorgensen felt overwhelmed with sadness and regret. He wants to get in touch Bezos, but it’s unclear if that will ever happen. Stone has a book coming out about Amazon. It’s excerpted at Bloomberg BusinessWeek. The stuff about his father starts at the bottom of the seventh page.

The BIG secret of WhatsApp... the second check mark does NOT mean your message has been read! BY KEVIN MICHALUK

s BlackBerry gets set to take its native BBM instant messaging service cross-platform to Android and iOS, there’s no doubt the incumbent it wants to crush is WhatsApp. Over the last couple of years WhatsApp has grown to have a huge base of users across platforms and around the world. Jump into any phone app store, and WhatsApp will always be near the top of the list. WhatsApp has been successful because it gained critical mass in ﬁlling a void that BBM could have and arguably should have done years ago. Anybody who’s used BBM and watched the rise of WhatsApp knows WhatsApp essentially ripped off BBM in form and function, and has been playing catch up to BBM on a feature by feature basis. Most people I know don’t love WhatsApp - they

simply tolerate it, as it gets the job done well enough for the most part. The thing is, it really doesn’t. One critical feature that WhatsApp is sorely missing that a lot of users simply do not realize is a notiﬁcation that your message has been read by the recipient. On BBM and iMessage for that matter, D and R are used as notiﬁcations to the sender. The D represents that the message has been delivered to the phone. The R represents that the message has been read by the recipient. The value of the R is super critical, as it’s what keeps you in the loop on the status of your conversation and that it’s happening in real time. Instead of a D and R, WhatsApp uses checkmarks to represent message status. Based on the precedent set by BBM and WhatsApp, I think a LOT of WhatsApp users out there mistakenly take this to mean that one checkmark means

the message has reached the phone while the second checkmark means the message has been read. I have seen this happen in my life often - where people think I’ve read their WhatsApp message and ignored them in replying because they see two checkmarks on their end, yet in reality I haven’t even read the message on my phone. This is often referred to as the “dirty R” when it comes to BBM, but the concept of the dirty R doesn’t exist on WhatsApp as there is no read conﬁrmation. As stated in WhatsApps’ ofﬁcial FAQ: • (one check) message successfully delivered to the server. • (two checks) message successfully delivered to the phone of your chat partner. Note: this does not indicate that the message was read, just that it was delivered.

Also note that in a group chat you will only see one check mark indicating that the message was successfully delivered to the server. It’s in WhatsApp’s FAQ that this is the case, so they’re not hiding this lack of funtionality, but from my observations its definitely a BIG misunderstanding among WhatsApp users out there. And to me, the value of the read confirmation is EXTREMELY important. The read confirmation is what makes an IM client a reliable form of communication between individuals. And thus, I think it’s an important message for WhatsApp users to know. It’s also another compelling reason why I believe BBM is a better service, and when it does become available on Android and iOS I want to see all my WhatsApp’ using friends, colleagues and family members on Android and iOS switch to BBM immediately.

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BUTTERFIELD GOLD BUTTERFIELD GOLD GROUP GROUP OF COMPANIES COMPANIES OF POSITIONS AVAILABLE AVAILABLE POSITIONS Island Pride Supermarket One (2) Labourers 1) General cleaning of the supermarket and collecting grocery trolley. 2) Physical able-bodied individuals capable of lifting heavy loads Wages from $6.00 per hour Rosie’s Delight Restaurant One (1) Domestic Worker Washing Pots & dishes and general cleaning Wages from $6.00 per hour Island Pride Fuel One (1) Labourer General cleaning & Relief Gas Attendant Wages from $6.00 per hour

Submit applications to by October 17, 2013 to: Butterfield Gold Ltd., Human Resource Department Town Center Mall Providenciales Tel: 649-946-4211

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SECURITY OFFICER QUALIFICATIONS: Minimum of 4 years military/police experience or 5-6 years security officer experience Must have basic personal safety and other security training certificate Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills (English) Can follow instructions and write comprehensive reports Must be an excellent team-player Must have valid TCI Driver’s License Salary starts $6.00 per hour

REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL POSITIONS ABOVE: Comprehensive resume w/2ID photos Employment certificates from previous employers, Diploma & Training certificates Police & fingerprint records, copies of NHIP,NIB, Drivers License Copies of legal status & / passport

HOW TO APPLY: 1. Submit resume with application letter and all documents stated above to Caribbean Security Services Ltd office 2. Complete documents should be provided within 1 week of the date of application to be considered 3. Wait for Caribbean Security personnel to call you for an interview Interested applicants should send resume and applicable certificates address to:

The HR Manager Caribbean Security Services Ltd Leeward Highway Providenciales Turks & Caicos Islands 941-3027

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LOCAL

TCI FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour was Phenomenal

BY VIVIAN TYSON

he FIFA/Coco Cola World Cup Trophy Tour stop in the Turks and Caicos Islands has been described as a phenomenal experience especially for the youth of the country, according to Sonia Bien-Aime, General Secretary of the Turks and Caicos Islands Football Association (TCIFA) and FIFA Executive Committee Member. The 52-country-tour before the kick-off of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Football Tournament in Brazil on Friday, June 13, stopped in the Turks and Caicos Islands on Sunday, October 13, to allow for persons to view and photograph themselves with the world icon. The trophy was met at the Provo Air Centre by Governor of the TCI His Excellency Peter Beckingham and Premier Hon. Dr. Rufus Ewing, along with other dignitaries and the media. After the trophy’s arrival, a news conference was held at Lu-

Paul Slattery - Vice President; Alvin Parker – Member; Candace Hanchell - Executive Director; Oliver Smith - Vice President; Paula Garland - Executive Director; Tamara Hall – Member; Norman Hamilton - Executive Director; Sonia Bien-Aime – General Secretary. cayan Conference Room, Club Med Turkoise. The trophy was then taken to the TCIFA’s Executive Ofﬁce next

the Graceway Sports Centre, where young footballers and other members of the public got the opportunity to be photographed with it. Bien-Aime was elated that the TCI was selected as one of the stops for the trophy. She said that it would do a world of good for the conﬁdence of the youth of the Turks and Caicos Islands in their chosen sport. “The Coco Cola FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour stopping over to the Turks and Caicos Islands was by no doubt a phenomenal experience for us. It is obviously a very historic occasion, and one that I think that creates a lot of excitement and enthusiasm within the football family and the public at large in the Turks and Caicos Islands,” Bien-Aime said. “But what was more exciting for us was the fact that FIFA and Coco Cola have decided to make an addi-

tional stop over to the Turks and Caicos Islands Football Federation so that our youths can get the opportunity to be a part of this historic occasion.” She said that the children who got the opportunity to photograph themselves with the trophy will cherish the memories for a very long time. She said that the trophy tour could probably increase the number of youth enrollment in local football development programme. “I don’t have words to express how happy we are and grateful to Coco Cola and FIFA for stopping over. We have a rich development programme from age under 7 to under 20. And Turks and Caicos has a very small population with about 30,000 to 35,000, and for us to have about 500 persons in the programme is phenomenal. We have centre of excellence, we also have a male and female beach soccer league here in the Turks and Caicos Islands,” she said. In the meantime, Jan Schetters, FIFA Representative on the World Cup Trophy Tour, described the feedback of the tour as amazing. “(The response by the public in the TCI) has been amazing. We are happy to have worked with Sonia to make the tour possible,” Schetters said. The FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour started in 2006, before the Finals in Germany, and was designed to show the trophy to all 209 member countries of FIFA by 2022. By the 2010 World Cup in Africa, the FIFA World Cup Trophy had visited 89 countries, and so, with the current 52 countries to be visited before next year’s Brazil World Cup, the trophy would have made it to 141 countries.

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LOCAL SPORTS

Huge response to TCIFA entry level referee course I

n an effort to further develop the sport of football in all areas the TCIFA held an Entry Level Referees Course last weekend. Twenty candidates were involved in a three day intensive course aimed at providing individuals with the basic skills, knowledge and conﬁdence to embark upon a career in refereeing. Course Director and TCIFA Technical Director was very pleased with the event. “The group did an excellent both inside and outside the classroom. They were very eager to learn more about the game and showed a lot of enthusiasm when they were given an opportunity to be more active”. The course covered a wide range of topics including understanding the Laws of the Game, professionalism, conduct and team work. National Referee Winston Wright led a presentation of the complicated “off side” law which was well received by the participants.

Persons taking part in the TCIFA entry level referees course

Participants in a classroom setting Ex-national team player Ian Hurdle was one of the new referees who beneﬁtted from the course. “Although I have played the game for over thirty years I never really understood how difﬁcult it is to referee a game. You have to concentrate all the

time and you only have split-seconds to make the right choice. I certainly have more respect for referees now.” TCIFA Youth coach and teacher at Enid Capron School Haroon Swaby, was also pleased he had attended the course. “I have learned a great deal this weekend, especially with regards to the Laws of the Game. There were a lot of things I did not know before, but now that I have this knowledge I can pass this on to my players also.”

TCIFA president Chris Bryan was impressed with the new batch of referees. “It was great to see a broad spectrum of the football community attending to try and educate themselves on the laws of the game as well as to learn about the of art of refereeing. It was especially pleasing to see some of our younger Academy players in attendance. It all helps in making them become better players.”

Provo Sailing Club to run five-week course T

he Provo Sailing Club will be running a learn to sail course for ﬁve weeks scheduled to begin Sun 8.30am to 11.30am. The Course follows an internationally recognised syllabus and provides a good basic knowledge for sailing. There are two levels to this course: level one will be for beginners, while level two will be for sail-

ors who have attended previous courses and gained their level one certiﬁcate. All kids must have the following: • 8 years of age • The ability to swim 50m. • Drinking Water • Sun tan lotion • Signed waiver from their parents.

TCIFA TO RUN COACHING COURSE

The cost of the course is $100; however, the Provo Sailing Club will provide a limited number of scholarships, to ensure any child can enjoy the course. There is a limited number of space, and so interested persons are asked to contact Adam Twigg at 431-1741.

he TCIFA will be holding a Youth Coaching Licence on Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd November. The course is designed to give coaches a ﬁrm grounding of the principles, methods and techniques of coaching young children. If you are interested please contact me at 231 1860. The course will run from 5.308.00pm on the Friday and 11.00am4.00pm on the Saturday.

TCIFA programme resumes with a bang T

he TCIFA re-launched its programmes last week after a summer break and football looks as popular as ever judging by the response. Around 150 children showed up for the opening day Grass Roots Programme last Saturday and players will now begin their week day training sessions following a curriculum guaranteed to ensure they learn all the fundamental skills. The programme was boosted by several newly qualiﬁed coaches who will further compliment the current coaching staff that covers eight age groups. Programmes are also starting in Grand Turk, North / Middle Caicos and South Caicos. Center of Excellence programmes are also under way for the most gifted and committed players who have aspirations to play football at college or even professional level, these exist at U9,

U12 and U15 levels for boys and girls. In addition to the youth programmes the TCIFA ran a Referee’s Refreshers Course last week were the current referees had to undergo a difﬁcult written exam and complete ﬁtness tests. Thankfully for the association the results were very good and with over 70% of the referees being under the age of twenty that bodes well for the future. The association will also be running a Level 1 Referees course from the 4th-6th October. Interested parties are invited to contact the association at 941 5532 or 231 1860. Although the TCIFA is very much youth orientated its aims are to ensure that players of all ages have an opportunity to play the game. To that end the association has organized a Master’s

League (over 35) that begins on Tuesday 17th September. The ten week league will see a host of skilled veteran players representing SWA Sharks, Cheshire Hall, The Teachers FC, Police and newcomers Trailblazers FC ﬁght it out to become the inaugural winners. League coordinator Michael Robertson is optimistic about the league’s success. “Hopefully we will see a lot of skillful play which will encourage more people to get involved in the game. Although a lot of the older players may not be as agile as they would like to be, they still have a lot they can pass on to the younger generation”. The Master’s League games are played every Tuesday evening at 6.00pm at the TCIFA Academy ﬁeld.

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AMANYARA PROVIDENCIALES TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS WELLNESS MANAGER Minimum 5 years’ experience in a similar position. Professionally trained in massage therapy or other spa/wellness disciplines and able to train therapists in all massage and beauty treatments. Good leadership qualities and the ability to train motivate and mentor multi-cultural staff. Must be creative and able to implement and market new treatments. Also possess a polite, professional demeanor, able to converse confidently with guests on all levels of spa experience. Immaculate presentation and grooming required along with strong administrative & computer skills.

EXECUTIVE CHEF Oversee the culinary program and all kitchen operations of this 5 star luxury resort. At least 10 years previous experience in a similar role. International culinary diploma required along with formal European training and an extensive knowledge of Asian and Mediterranean cuisines. Position requires overseeing event operations along with supervising 20 private villa chefs.

EMPLOYEE TRAINING SPECIALIST Amanyara Resort is looking for an Employee Training Specialist. The position will be responsible for managing the training function as well as conducting training for all levels in the organization. Key Responsibilities will be: Developing Company Training covering all mandatory support; also Amanyara resort-specific Employee Handbook, outlining all rules and regulations for employees, plus behavioral standards. A must experience in Conducting Aman’s Orientation course for all new employees during their commencement of employment. Adding to the existing core training programs and developing new course as needs are identified. Excellent communication skills, problem solving, motivating and training abilities. Minimum (3) years’ experience as a Trainer or Training Manager at a 5Star Resort and a Second Language a must.

SPA THERAPIST/ SUPERVISOR Minimum 3 years previous experience with working in a spa, preferably in a 5-star resort, providing massage and beauty treatments as well as manicures and pedicures. Must be physically fit and in good health. Immaculate presentation and fluency in English is also required.

VILLA F & B SUPERVISOR Minimum (2) years’ experience as a Senior F & B average supervisor in a 5-star/luxury resort. Must have good organizational and communication skills and be detail orientated. Friendly, outgoing, professional demeanor and immaculate presentation. Solid experience in managing and con-

trolling inventories and good computer skills. Must have proven experience in training F & B service staff and organizing special events/functions. A hands-on leadership approach is required along with a sound knowledge of wines and spirits. This position requires working extended hours including all holiday periods.

GUEST ASSISTANT Minimum 2 year’s previous experience working at the Front Desk or Guest Relations team of a luxury/5 star resort. Well organized, detail oriented with excellent written and verbal communication skills. Must be pleasant, outgoing and with a professional demeanor. A team player to work under pressure and multi-task, speak English as a second or preferably a third language used by our guests to include French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian or German with good computer skills; requires and previous knowledge of Opera beneficial. Must be flexible to work evenings, weekends and holidays.

WAIT STAFF / BARTENDER Minimum 2 year’s previous food and beverage service experience in a luxury/5 star resort. Excellent verbal communication skills, immaculate presentation and friendly, professional demeanor. Micros skills advantageous. Must be a team player and able to work under pressure. Must be able to work a flexible schedule including weekends, holidays and evenings.

VILLA COOKS/ CHEFS Minimum 3 years’ experience as a Chef de Partie, Demi Chef, Commis Chef and Pastry Chef in a luxury resort, cruise ship, private estate or 5-star restaurant. Should possess a working knowledge of Asian and Mediterranean cuisines. This is a live-in position. Extended working hours required when villa is occupied.

VILLA HOUSEKEEPER/ HOST Minimum 2 years’ experience working in a 5-star resort, private estate or luxury motor yacht with solid food and beverage service experience. Must be immaculately presented, fluent in English and possess the confidence to communicate directly with villa owners and renters. A friendly, outgoing yet professional demeanor is required. Must be self-motivated, disciplined, flexible and hard-working. This is a live-in position and extended working hours are required when villa is occupied.

ASSTIANT NATURALIST The Assistant Naturalist will work with the Youth Coordinator and Manager/ Naturalist to create organize and run various Nature programs at

All positions require a flexible schedule (which may include holidays, weekends and evenings) and extended hours on occasion. Salaries based on experience and qualifications.

Amanyara. These include Eco Hikes, Snorkel Trips, Presentations, Guest Speaker Events, and Education. The Assistant Naturalist also helps to keep the Nature Discovery Centre clean and organized. Regular maintenance of Touch Tank, Terrarium and other equipment within the Nature Centre are included but not limited to the tasks the Assistant Naturalist. Must have a passion for the outdoors and a desire to learn more about the natural environment of the T.C.I.; a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Biology, Environmental Science or related field; enjoys working with children/teens of all ages is requirement. Must be a strong swimmer and enjoy snorkeling or diving, have first aid training, CPR and AED; additional skills requested but not required. Dive Certification, Water Safety Training, experience working with children of all ages; Bilingual, Guest & Sales Services experience.

LABOURER Must have at least 2 years’ experience, reliable, strong, able to help clean ponds and swimming pools, hard working and willing to work under the sun all day. Should be able to speak reasonable English. Previous experience beneficial.

MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN At least five year experience in a Resort with knowledge of A/C and Refrigeration systems repair and maintenance, sound knowledge of Plumbing and electrical systems. Kitchen Equipment and Laundry machines repairs.

LAUNDRY ATTENDANT Must have a least 2 years’ experience as a Laundry Attendant, responsible for collecting and washing the used and dirty linens from guest, rooms and other parts of the hotels. Maintain hygiene of the working equipment and laundry cart, also should be able to respond to the requests supervisors, and management in an efficient and timely manner

BEACH ATTENDANT/TENNIS KNOCKER & GYM ATTENDANT Experience in one or more of the following areas: Sailing (hobby boats), club-level tennis playing ability, operation of gym equipment and personal training. Must be a good swimmer and able to teach snorkeling. Well presented with good communication skills and friendly yet professional demeanor. Willing to work outside in the sun. Recent CPR, First Aid or Life

BELONGERS ONLY NEED APPLY. Interest applications should email resume and reference letters to HR Manager at mstubbs@amanresorts.com Qualified candidates will be contacted for an interview.

NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE BOARD VACANCY FOR THE POSITION OF COMPLIANCE OFFICER - PROVIDENCIALES Job Purpose: The Compliance Officer would provide financial and administrative support in order to ensure an effective, efficient, accurate and timely financial and administrative operation.

SCOPE The Compliance Officer reports to the Compliance Supervisor/Legal Officer and is responsible for providing financial, administrative and clerical services. This includes ensuring compliance with the National Health Insurance Board Laws and Regulations. Providing these services in an effective and efficient manner will ensure that municipal finances are accurate and up to date and that delinquent accounts for Employers and Self Employed persons are settled in a timely manner. Duties and Responsibilities: • Contact Employers in relation to the submission of Contribution Statements. • Prepare spreadsheets illustrating debt owed by Employers and the Self Employed. • Assess, Negotiate and Prepare Payment plans on delinquent accounts. • Conduct field visits to Employer/Self-Employed Establishments, to inspect their books. • Monitor all signed payment plans. • Travel to the other Islands to meet with Employer/Self Employed in relation to collection of arrears and other compliance issues. • Draft daily reports on compliance activities conducted. • Report all compliance activities directly to the Compliance Supervisor/Legal Officer. • Ensure all agreed targets are conscientiously pursued and realized • Provide administrative support in order to ensure effective and efficient office operations

o Ensure that all supporting documents are accessible and filed appropriately o Ensure the confidentiality and security of all financial files • Any other duties that may be assigned from time to time by immediate supervisor or person authorized to give instructions or assignments. Person specification • Excellent knowledge of the Turks and Caicos Islands Legal Procedures • Excellent working knowledge of Information Systems • General book-keeping knowledge • Minimum of 5yrs working experience • Ability to write reports and business correspondence • Demonstrate a high level of integrity and professionalism • Ability to work as a team • Very detail oriented with the ability to multi-task • Show initiative • Time management skills • Ability to be able to work efficiently with little or no supervision Salary Salary will commensurate with qualifications and experience Deadline for Submission is October 18, 2013. All Applications should be addressed to:

Chief Executive Officer National Health Insurance Board Salt Mills Plaza

Providenciales Turks and Caicos Islands British West Indies Email: recruitment@tcinhip.tc

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