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Ex-IGA workers protest unfair dismissal
By Vivian Tyson A small group of axed Graceway IGA Supermarket workers, picketed near the entrance door of the food store this week, protesting what they deemed unfair dismissal. Some of the seven ex-workers, who claimed that they were all terminated on the same day – October 2 - said that their services were terminated without prior warning and little explanation. They said that they were employed at various areas of the food store, including the cold storage, warehouse and on the floor. One of the employees who gave his name as Shamard, and who said he worked for almost three years as a warehouse clerk, said he had a
disagreement with a manager of sister store, Graceway Gourmet, on Saturday (October 11, 2014). He said on Monday (October 13) his boss told his girlfriend via telephone that he would tell him when to return to work. He added at minutes past 11 a.m., his manager did not call, so he called to find out what was the problem, but his boss told him he would call him when it was time for him to come to work. He said the called again later in the day and was told the same thing. He said when he went to work the next day he was invited to a meeting where he was served with a termination letter. He said that after pressing for a reason for his termination, was told that because he had a spat with a manager.
Chukka Caribbean Adventures (TCI) Ltd., a leading Nature Adventure tour company with affiliated facilities in Jamaica and Belize invites applications from suitably qualified candidates for the following positions: The successful applicants must: PHOTO TEAM LEAD ➢Five CXC subjects including English Language, Information Technology and Mathematics ➢Minimum of one (1) year experience in related Photography field and a minimum of two (2) years’ experience in retail sales. ➢Excellent technical and computer skills (especially in word processing and spreadsheet applications). ➢Valid Driver’s License ➢Highly Professional and ethical standards with a passion for nature and the environment. ➢Excels at operating in a fast pace, multi-tasking environment with ability to work quickly under pressure and stringent timelines. ➢Excellent communication skills with the ability to effectively present information to all types of individuals and groups. ➢Practical experience in the tourist service industry would be an asset. ➢Must be willing and able to work outdoors, flexible hours, including on weekends and public holidays, as necessary to meet the challenging needs of cruise ship schedule and/or reasonable needs of the business. BOAT MECHANIC ➢Hold a valid Certificate with a minimum 5 years’ experience as a Boat Mechanic. ➢Possess a full knowledge of outboard, marine diesel and gas engines as well as transmission and running gears. ➢Good knowledge of marine electrical systems. ➢Have a valid passport. ➢Clean criminal record, and have a proven and unblemished track record of employment ➢Must be a competent swimmer. ➢Trustworthy and reliable disposition. ➢Be willing and able to work flexible hours, including on weekends and public holidays, as necessary to meet the challenging needs of cruise ship schedule and/or reasonable needs of the business. Suitable candidates that do not meet the above requirements may, at the sole discretion of the Company’s management team, be eligible for consideration in circumstances where they demonstrate a clear willingness to embrace the Company’s in-house training initiatives and established standard operating policies and procedures. Preference will be given to documented Turks and Caicos Islanders. Written applications only and accompanying CVs/Resumes must be addressed to Mr. Everette Freites, Director of Operations at the following address: CHUKKA CARIBBEAN ADVENTURES (TCI) LTD. C/o EPIC Corporate & Consultancy Services Ltd. Cee’s Plaza, Suite No. 1 Church Folly P.O Box 86 Grand Turk Turks & Caicos Islands Phone: 649-332-1339 Fax: 649-946-1570 Email: efreites@chukkacaribbean.com
Another employee, Reginald Beckford, who said he had worked at the food store for four years, explained that he was terminated after falling ill the following day after working on his day off, and did not make it to work. He alleged to have forwarded a text message informing of his illness, but realized later that it did not go through. He said that the store did not give him his severance pay, explaining that he was given just one week’s pay. The protestors had secured the representation of Lionel Morley, an International Labor Organisation (ILO) worker advocate who plies his trade across the Caribbean but classified himself as a Belonger of the Turks and Caicos Islands. He accused IGA of breaching the Labour Ordinance, since it did not give the axed workers prior warnings as the law suggested. “You cannot fire anybody under any circumstances unless they go through something that is called due process, that you have to sit down and at least go through to find out their side of the story,” Morley said. “It seems around here that when Mr. Burns or Miss Cox makes a decision based on just what management says, they will take the side of the employer. “Injustice anywhere is injustice everywhere. We are a nation of law. If we allow this to happen and continue to allow this to happen today, then it means that this vicious cycle will continue to repeat itself where workers
will continue to find themselves out of the door repeatedly and illegally in the long haul.” He added: “I have been here for the last seven years and I hear them say that Turks and Caicos Islanders don’t want to work, that the black culture don’t want to work, all in attempt to do what they wish and to perpetrate a conspiracy against our people. We have put together a steering committee to investigate every property that have been under investigation from last seven years, from this international body, so that we can make a determination on a recommendation on a way forward. When contacted, Edith Cox, Finance Director, Graceway said: “A small protest was staged outside the Graceway IGA store on Tuesday and again today Friday October 17, 2014. The protests were held by individuals who appear to have grievances in relation to recent terminations at the store. We take pride in our staff and make every effort to maintain the quality of our workforce which we do through careful recruitment and training. We also have an excellent record of retention and effective internal processes to deal with Human Resources issues.” She added: “However, there will always be circumstances where terminations may become necessary. The Labour Board is available to review any issue that may arise from these terminations and we remain available to meet with the individuals concerned and the Labour Authorities.”
Turks and Caicos Islands joins the Caribbean’s Renewable Energy Race Richard Branson’s Carbon War to expand its efforts to transform Room & Rocky Mountain Institute Caribbean economies and help the Support Island’s Commitment to region achieve independence from Advance Renewable Energy fossil fuels.” – Sir Richard Branson, CoTurks & Caicos deepened its Founder of Carbon War Room commitment to advancing renewable The Ten Island Challenge works energy by joining the Carbon War to accelerate the transition of Room’s Ten Island Challenge today. Caribbean island economies from The Premier of Turks and Caicos, a heavy dependence on fossil fuels The Honorable Doctor Rufus Ewing, to renewable resources. Caribbean and Carbon War Room’s Operations economies suffer from some of the Director, Justin Locke, signed a highest electricity prices in the world— Memorandum of Understanding, contributing to their national debts, committing to work together to reduce and slowing efforts toward sustainable the island’s dependence on fossil fuels development. Despite an abundance of through increased renewable energy sun and wind, Caribbean islands have production and improved energy implemented relatively low amounts efficiency. of renewables to date. The Ten Island The Ten Island Challenge provides Challenge, with partners Carbon War the Government of TCI the opportunity Room and Rocky Mountain Institute, and platform to define and realize its is tackling this by identifying the own vision of a clean economy. In order technical and commercial solutions to achieve this vision, the Carbon War that can facilitate low-carbon energy Room, a global non-profit founded use in the Caribbean. by Sir Richard Branson, and Rocky In 2013, Sir Richard Branson Mountain Institute will provide a committed his home of Necker Island, range of technical, project management, British Virgin Islands to serve as a communications, and business advisory ‘demo’ island in the Challenge, and, in support services” February of this year, US energy giant “With the addition of Turks & Caicos, NRG Energy was awarded the contract the Ten Island Challenge continues to transition the island to renewables.
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IMMEDIATE OPENINGS Owner Relations Manager Requirements:
•Proficiency with hospitality operating systems.
Duties Include:
•Respond quickly and effectively to contact from owners with expeditious follow-up and resolution of owner queries, complaints, comments or other issues. This includes being accountable for documentation, tracking and reporting on deficiencies, progress and follow up. •Ensure that owner units are ready for their arrival as well as contacting owners during their stay to ensure satisfaction levels are maximized. Monitor and resolve housekeeping and maintenance issues with management. •In conjunction with Homeowners, support and direct unit quality inspections process using standardized criteria. •Maintain and/or improve a solid working relationship with owners by providing excellent service in the management of their property.
Senior Landscaping and Engineering Supervisor Requirements: •Proficiency with hospitality operating systems
RESTAURANT AND BARS MANAGER The Restaurant and Bars Manager will oversee the daily operation of Plunge casual outdoor restaurant and bar, Green Flamingo bar and In-room Dining.
Requirements: •Minimum of 5 years senior management experience in luxury setting in at least 2 international locations •Post secondary degree or equivalent qualification by experience •Strong knowledge of a variety of cuisines and wines/beverage •Strong understanding and proven track record of operational controls and sales •Proven ability to train and develop team members •Ability to take initiative while working effectively in a team environment •Excellent organizational skills •Passion for luxury food and beverage service; positive and cheerful attitude with high energy •Computer skills at advanced level (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) •Must be able and willing to work all days and shifts
Duties:
•Coordinate projects of workers •Engaged in maintaining and repairing physical structures of buildings and grounds Engaged in setting up, installing, repairing, and maintaining facility systems, pumps, HVAC systems, plumbing, water and sewage systems, Energy Management Systems (EMS), security systems and other building components. •Ensure that appropriate service manuals, technical manuals and blueprints are available, current and utilized during preventive maintenance, repair, and/or replacement procedures. •In addition, has overall responsibility for supervising a shift or department operation. •Provide guidance and direction to subordinates. •Provide information to managers, peers, subordinates and other departments. •Function as a technical department resource and provides training to incumbents and new hires. •Coordinate tasks and work with other departments to ensure that the department runs efficiently. •Assist management to ensure that hourly employees have the necessary resources to effectively perform their jobs (e.g., supplies, equipment, and inventory). •Serve as a departmental role model or mentor by working alongside employees to perform technical or functional job duties.
Interested applicants should apply to Regent Palms, Human Resources Department, Monday through Friday, and bring an updated resume, or by emailing to marjorie.dorsett@regenthotels.com no later than end of day Friday, October 24, 2014.
Duties include: •Supervising, training and coaching staff to meet Regent’s standard of luxury, and ensure Regent Experience for guests. •Developing business strategies for food & beverage outlets aligned with business objectives for maximizing revenue and guest satisfaction. •Participating in development of budgets and monitors status regularly to ensure achievement of financial targets. •Assisting in developing and implementing marketing and promotions to increase business and revenue. •Working closely with culinary team to create and implement menus consistent with guest expectations and Regent standards of luxury and quality.
Interested applicants should apply to Regent Palms Human Resources by submitting a recent resume, or by emailing marjoriedorsett@regenthotels.com, no later than end f day Friday, October 31, 2014
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Don’t go to Ebola countries, Premier warns
Premier Rufus Ewing By Vivian Tyson The government of the Turks and Caicos Islands is beseeching its nationals and other residents not to venture to areas that the deadly Ebola disease is rampant or found, since they would be subjected to the strenuous evaluation regime that would subject them to isolation. The warning came from Premier Hon. Dr. Rufus Ewing, during his post cabinet news briefing at the Premier’s Office on Providenciales on Friday (October 10, 2014). The premier said that Ebola, while present in the Turks and Caicos, still present a real threat, which is why persons should take the necessary steps to safeguard themselves from contracting it. It has been widely reported that an epidemic of Ebola virus disease (EVD) is ongoing in parts of West Africa. It began in Guinea in December 2013 then spread to Liberia and Sierra Leone. A few much smaller subsidiary outbreaks have occurred elsewhere, with outbreaks in Nigeria and Senegal appear to have been successfully contained. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that there will be 5,000 to 10,000 new
Ebola cases weekly in West Africa by the first week of December. As of Tuesday (October 14, 2014), there were 8,914 cases and 4,447 deaths, but the WHO said the total is underreported. The mortality rate in the outbreak is 70%, the WHO said. Premier Ewing said that persons traveling from the Turks and Caicos Islands should try to avoid those countries as government does not want anyone to bring it here. “The government has strongly advised against TCI residents traveling to Ebola-infected regions, as this will increase your risk of contracting this disease and the chance of bringing it back home. We also advise persons who have been found to have traveled to Ebola-infected regions and desiring to return to the Turks and Caicos Islands maybe stopped or will be screened or maybe quarantined for a period of 21 days,” the premier asserted. Premier Ewing said that the Turks and Caicos Islands is already building capacity with its regional neighbors to tackle the virus in case it reaches our shores. “Ebola Virus, even though not present in the Turks and Caicos Islands, presents a real and significant threat to our ‘Beautiful by Nature’ islands, hence the Ministry of Health and
Human Services, in addition to collaborating with regional and international organisations, such as CARPHA, Independent Health Organisation, to build intellectuality capacity to respond to distress. “We have implemented several public health measures to address the threat of Ebola Virus disease. The Eboal Virus is not present in the Turks and Caicos, and our first objective is to keep it out,” Premier Ewing said. The premier stated during the news conference that government has buttressed manpower at all its ports of entry in order to better detect the disease. Additionally, he said that health personnel, along with officials from Immigration and the Customs Departments are being trained in the protocol on how to detect and manage persons with the virus. “The Ministry of Health has increased its public health staff personnel at the ports of entry, and has begun the training of frontline personnel such as health personnel, customs and immigration officers at the Providenciales International Airport, and extended to all legal ports throughout the Turks and Caicos Islands, and to identify and quarantine persons with a high suspicion of having Ebola Virus Disease,” the premier said.
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Front Desk / Receptionist We are looking for the best, brightest and experienced guest services professionals with a solid sales experience.
Position Description
This is a full-time position. This person will provide excellent service to guests who come in to our spa as well as provide guidance and assistance with retail products. We are looking for someone who has an awareness of the importance of intention in their work on a daily basis. This person takes pride in his/her own appearance and well-being and believes learning never ends. He/she is committed to continuing education. Job duties include: •Scheduling guest massage and spa services while implementing proper procedures •Greeting guests and escorting to waiting areas •Educating guests on services •Maximize books for each service professional in a fair and consistent manner •Closing sales and encourage guests to pre-book services •Product recommendations •Executing standard telephone procedure using appropriate customer service etiquette •Confirming appointments •Informing service professionals of daily schedules and/or any adjustments •Resolving guest challenges, utilizing support from the Spa Manager when necessary •Responsibility for balancing and checking register drawer •Performing other duties as assigned
Responsibilities & Other Information •Reports to Spa Management •Interacts primarily with guests, involving the utmost in professionalism, ethics and confidentiality. •Interacts with other team members and management, involving the utmost in professionalism and teamwork.
Minimum Requirements
•Experience: One year previous experience in similar environment. •Excellent client service, communication and organization skills. •Ability to manage time effectively •Ability to perform basic computer skills •Self-motivated and ready to go above and beyond. •Flexibility to work weekends and evenings. (6 days a week) •Team player. •Goal-oriented. •Fluent in English and French
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•Base salary + commission on retail sales
Please send your resume to: m.noel.masso@gmail.com
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Mega million Grand Turk resort to employ hundreds
Pastor Chad Archibald By Vivian Tyson Chad Archibald, the local partner in the $165 million resort development in Grand Turk has said that the project will offer at least 1,200 jobs during the construction phase and at least 450 permanent hospitality jobs on completion. In an interview with The SUN, Archibald, a minister of the gospel, said that ground for the development is expected to break for construction the latest February owing that all the I’s are dotted and the T’s crossed with the authorities. He said that the developers are pushing for a 2016 pre-tourism season opening. As stated by Premier Hon. Dr. Rufus Ewing in his post cabinet news briefing last week, Archibald pointed out that the MOU has been approved after negotiations with the AG’s Chambers. He said that the development agreement process should be straightforward and simple because most of the major elements have already been covered in the MOU. “We really want to have a ground-breaking for January, that is as realistic as we can get, but we know it is more like February, because we are still waiting on the Crown Land Unit to send out our information for the lease on the land. “We have world renowned architects for the last 10 years being to work on this project. The project has a lot under its belt in terms of financing. We are working now to get all of our teams in place, to get all our documentation for (The Physical) Planning (Department) and the necessary folks for us to get approval,” Archibald pointed out. He said that internationally acclaimed resort Le Meridien has agreed to slap its branding on the resort, which is shaping up to be the largest employer on Grand Turk and the second largest private sector employer outside of government in the whole TCI.
“The project is positioned to move ahead. Within the next four to six months we would be in hard construction and is looking to be completed before December 2016, and it would be branded, and that is what we are pushing for. We have been working with Le Meridien since 2004. They were the first group that gave me a commitment. They were brought in by Starwood,” he said. Starwood is one of the partners in the company. It is the entity that solicits financial sponsorship for the development. “We have two letters of proof of their (Le Meridien) interest in branding it for us. And so, we are going to have two properties on the property because Grand Turk is a one-shot deal. It is not like Grace Bay where you have acres of land on the beach to build multiple properties. So we are going to end up with a unique case where you are having two unique properties to cater to an array of guests,” Archibald revealed. He explained that the intention is to have Le Meridien brand one section of the property and then affix a local brand to the other section. “One hotel advisor said to us: ‘brand one, and launch your own brand from Turks and Caicos, like Sandals did when they launched Beaches’. Turks and Caicos as a whole is a brand that people like, so that’s what we are looking at,” he said. The name of the entire property is called Caonabo, which was inspired by the Anacaona Restaurant at Grace Bay Club. Caonabo, a 1500s Taíno Hispaniola Cacique was married to Anacaona. Archibald said that his research showed that both had ties to the Turks and Caicos Islands. “I figured that it is a name that comes out of the heritage of the Turks and Caicos. So the property would be the Le Meridien Caonabo Resort. Caonabo is the unique name that we have for the property. Then the residential hotel, which is the second part of it, is called Monai Residences. Monai means many
dwelling places. When I was in university studying theology I came upon that name and I fell in love with it, so I always wanted to do it. So I decided to use Monai for our residential dwelling. Monai would be our self brand and Caonabo the property,” he said. He added: “When the Caonabo is finished we would have had 250 600sq ft. hotel rooms and 50 1,000 ultra luxury hotel rooms, along with 10 beachfront properties. On the residential side we are going to have a combination of condos and fractional (ownership), along with spa, seven restaurants of market place, a themed kids club along with conference and meeting place,” he outlined. In the meantime, Archibald noted that the hotel development has been in the works for more than 10 years, having been derailed a number of times. “In fact, in 2009/2010 we had already had the commitment by Starwood, and Starwood itself, introduced us to a financier for construction of the project. And at the time it was under the Interim Administration, we got nowhere,” he said. He added; “We have done the hardest part, which was to find an investor that we needed to control the project with; that we didn’t sell out the project, we didn’t sell out the opportunity for us to do it ourselves. And that was difficult because everybody believes that they should have absolute control of your project, total ownership, and as a local, you settle for a paycheck.” Archibald said that he was even approached by a Chinese investor, who proposed to bring in hundreds of workers, but refused the offer. “I told them that the project was intended to give people on the ground work, so we can’t afford to bring you in to take control of the project,” he asserted. Meanwhile, Archibald said that he would be seeking to give as many locals employment as much as possible during and after construction. “In our MOU we asked for, and we got the right to start up our construction and real estate because we want to control the construction. We want to give as much, if not all of the contractors on the ground in Grand Turk the opportunity to work. And I have even been talking to persons in Provo, who have not been working and have not had any means of work to come up here and work, because the more locals we can get getting some of the work the better for the economy, unlike the scenario with the Chinese investor, who want to bring in 2,000 of his own workers,” he said. He further stated: “O course, we are bringing in a major construction company to manage it for us and bring in some key technical persons, but as much as we can on the ground, we are looking for Turks and Caicos labour force.” He said that hospitality foreign labour should not be more than 25 percent. “So 75 percent of the labour force will be Turks and Caicos Islanders. We are going to work with the Community College to do training and retraining along with the brand. So we are going to set up a programme in the Community College for the training of our staff. Of course, you are going to have to send around persons to the property of whatever brand we use so they can get some hands-on understanding. But we intend to hire and train locals at every level. “A lot of people in Grand Turk are under employed. I have always been a strong advocate for minimum wage in Turks and Caicos. And for me to retrain persons and give them a new opportunity and to be able to employ a larger section of the island of Grand Turk is what I am looking forward to do. And I am talking about everybody. “There are a lot of persons in Grand Turk that we keep forgetting - Haitian nationals and otherwise. We want to see them properly employed too. We definitely offer opportunities to the next generation of children coming out of school. We want to train people everywhere, from hospitality to diving. Water activity is going to be a major thing for us, so we have to train more persons in that area and get more certified divers and boat operators as well.” One of the key elements of the MOU, according to Archibald, is to invest in education. He said talks are already in the making with airlines to operate flights between Ft. Lauderdale and Grand Turk and New York and Grand Turk, even before the resort opens. The foreign partners in the development are European and North Americans.
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Syphilis is on the rise in the TCI
SENIOR ELECTRICAL ENGINEER •Provide Professional T&D Engineering services to the company primarily in the areas of system engineering studies and operations including: •Design and management of overhead and underground line construction and T&D maintenance. •System Protection •System Expansion Planning •Technical consultation and support to the production/generation group as required. •SCADA system design and management •Manage the T&D Material and Equipment Specifications, and maintain a Materials Master File for T&D materials and equipment. •Provide engineering and operational support to Substation Operations and Maintenance to ensure optimal reliability and efficiency
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Aldora Robinson There has been an increase in the sexually transmitted disease, Syphilis, over the past three years, according to Aldora Robinson, the National HIV/STI Coordinator for the Turks and Caicos Islands. Robinson stressed that the syphilis occurrence is cause for concern since the reported cases have been growing rapidly each year. She said that the group most affected by this sexually transmitted disease is the 25 to 49 years old age group, noting also that the 20 to 24 group has also seen an increase. In 2012, a total of 43 persons contracted Syphilis. The over 50 age group accounted for 19 of the cases, followed by the 25 to 49 age group, with 15. The 15 to 19 and 20 to 24 age groups were tied at three cases apiece, while the 10 to 14 age group for the period recorded one case. There were 81 cases of syphilis in 2013. The 24 to 49 age group, again accounted for a whopping 72 cases. A group listed as unknown came in a distant second with six cases, while the 20 to 24 age group recorded three cases. Robinson said the 2014 cases were still being tabulated but is also showing signs of increase. She highlighted that women are most susceptible to the contracting the disease and can pass it on to her unborn child if left untreated. She emphasized that there is no need for syphilis to increase in the Turks and Caicos Islands, since not only is the disease treatable but also curable. She said that if left untreated, Syphilis can lead to severe illnesses including heart and brain failures. “Women are predominately affected and can have a double-whammy effect if left untreated during pregnancy. The mother can give birth to a baby with syphilis,” Robinson warned. She said that syphilis symptoms may include a painless sore that appears inside or near the mouth, genital or anus areas. She said also that it come in the form of a rash that appears on the palms of hands, bottom of feet, or on the body between the armpits and upper thighs. “Symptoms may come and go, testing and treatment is necessary to diagnose and cure syphilis. Syphilis can lead to heart and brain complications if left untreated. Make sure you check yourself, don’t neglect yourself,” Robinson added. She said: “Syphilis also known as ‘the great imitator’ it is a sexually transmitted disease caused by a bacterium. It is sometimes called ‘the great imitator’ because so many of the signs and symptoms are ambiguous from other diseases.” Against this backdrop, Robinson urges the use of protection whenever when engaging in certain sexual contact. “It is important for you to realize that you can’t always trust or believe what people tell you. It is at that moment when people let their guard down that infection can occurs. Caring about you means taking measures and precautions to protect yourself, having one faithful sexual partner, minimizing sexual partners, using condoms and regular health checkups,” she urged.
•Responsible for the engineering and coordination studies completed primarily using the appropriate engineering software. •Set up and manage the T&D material specifications and coordinate and approve the T&D material purchased and stocked in stores. •Responsible for providing technical support when required on the use and development of the FortisTCI SCADA system to ensure in house capacity to perform maintenance, trouble shooting and programming. •Responsible for the T&D equipment specifications. •Responsible for the timely update of the system single line and the lock out procedures used by T&D. •Responsible for providing technical leadership to planning, construction crews and contractors with respect to line designs and system problem solving. •Responsible for the design and layout of underground and overhead transmission and distribution lines to established standards to meet the present future needs of the electrical system. •Responsible for completing cost benefit analysis for proposed Capital Budget transmission and distribution rebuilds and completing projects on time and on budget. •Responsible for interacting with customers, consultants and regulatory bodies to provide high quality service to residential and commercial customers. •Responsible for ensuring that line construction is completed to establish standards. •Responsible for maintaining system reliability and ensuring that customer expectations are met in the most cost-efficient manner possible. •Responsible for assisting line crews and other technical staff in troubleshooting the electrical system for power restoration and improved reliability. •Responsible for providing input in the preparation of distribution Standards, Safety Practices and Work methods. •Providing technical and administrative supervision of the substation technicians in the execution of operation and maintenance activities. •Perform other duties as may be assigned from time to time including support to the Generation department on electrical engineering related issues.
Monthly Duties •Creation of pre-defined and as needed reports on the T&D material and equipment specifications along with an analysis of how well the T&D materials meet these specifications. •Update the materials master files for T&D equipment and ensure materials management is following the specifications. •Complete timesheets accurately reflecting projected being worked on as required. •Monitor and control all expenditures, especially Overtime.
Minimum Requirements: •A Degree in Electrical Engineering from an approved university •At least ten (10) years’ experience in the field of Electrical Engineering •At least five (5) years’ experience as a Senior Electrical Engineer •Ability to apply technical knowledge, experience and problem solving to complex engineering and maintenance issues. •Goal-oriented and self-motivated to apply needed initiative, attention to detail and appropriate sense of urgency to achieve desired results. •Staying current with electric utility industry standards and changes and demonstrates that knowledge by implementing appropriate changes. •Ability to deliver to strict deadlines and to work under pressure. •Excellent planning, organizing and team building skills. •Excellent written and oral communication skills. •Excellent computing skills
Compensation commensurate with experience and qualifications Deadline for submission of applications (inclusive of a cover letter, resume and a FortisTCI application form) is October 24, 2014 to: Dr. Kellie-Ann Evans-Hall Manager, Human Resources FortisTCI Limited P. O. Box 132, Providenciales Email address: hrapplications@ppcltd.tc or khall@fortistci.com Fax: 649-941-4304
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Potentially deadly food products recalled The Department of Agriculture and the Environmental Health Department have issued a product recall for food items that are potentially deadly. According to a Government press release, on October 12, 2014, SunBurst Foods, Goldsboro NC, USA voluntarily issued a recall of all of its SunBurst Fresh Bites and Private labeled products which are currently in the market because these products have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. The release stated that although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headaches, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea; Listeria in fection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women. All codes, all sell-by dates and sizes of SunBurst and Fresh Bites are being recalled: Private label products are identified by the following brand names: River Edge Farms; CFW; Southern Zest; CJ’s Vending; Binford Street Deli; Middle Georgia Vendors; Roanoke Foods; Select Foods and Jesse Jones.
The products being recalled were sold in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia. The recall was initiated as a result of sampling and testing performed by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The Government stated noted that to date, there have been no reported illnesses related to these products. However, the Turks Caicos Government Islands Department of Agriculture and Environmental Health Department are urging consumers, who have purchased the affected products to desist from eating them and destroy or return them to the place of purchase for a refund. Distributers within the Turks and Caicos Islands are urged to contact their suppliers immediately. Persons who suspect that they might have consumed any of the affected products and are feeling unwell are advised to visit a medical facility immediately. Importers of agricultural produce are also advised to pay close attention to the notice and to ensure that their consignments destined for importation are untainted. Below is a list of the recalled products with their Manufactured Number (MFG) and Universal Product Codes (UPC).
Regulation 7 of the Physical Planning (Development Permission) Regulations, 2009 An Application, REGISTERED NC-1064, FortisTCI has been submitted to the Department of Planning for consideration of a project to replace and relocate a power transmission cable servicing Water Cay, Pine Cay, Dellis Cay and North Caicos with a subaqueous crossing length totaling approximately 63,000 linear ft and a land crossing over the private islands of Water Cay and Dellis Cay of approximately 20,000 linear ft. The Project will improve reliability and resiliency for the power transmission to these islands. The Project includes upgrading the quality of service with three phase power to meet the energy requirements for new developments on North Caicos, Dellis Cay, Water Cay, and will set the stage for eventual extension of transmission lines to East Caicos and South Caicos. Anyone wishing to make any 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 dated: September 26, 2014
Regulation 7 of the Physical Planning (Development Permission) Regulations, 2009 An Application, REGISTERED PR-11990, by P. and V. Firmenich has been submitted to the Department of Planning for consideration of a project to install a low-crested rock breakwater to dissipate currents in the permitted beach lagoon system (PR-11658). The breakwater is a dog-leg configuration with an overall length of 65 ft at the Mean High Water Line. The top width is 4 ft at 1 ft above Mean Sea Level. The project is located at block/parcel 61003/106. 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 dated: September 26, 2014
COOK Main Duties Prepare food items of consistent quality in accordance with production requirements and quality standards while maintaining a safe sanitary work environment. Start prep work on food items needed for the menu of the day. Inform Chef of any supplies needed for restocking Requirements: Applicants must have a minimum of three-year culinary experience working in a restaurant. Comprehend and follow recipes and cooking techniques Must have thorough knowledge and understanding of food service sanitation standards Thorough knowledge and understanding of standard kitchen equipment and its use Applicants must be willing to work varied shifts, split shifts, nights, weekends and holidays as required by management. Must be able to understand/speak/read/write English proficiently. Must be hardworking and a team player Work with minimal supervision. Salary commensurate with experience and training. Submit resume to humanresources@thewestbayclub.com or contact Human Resources on 946-8550
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DOMESTIC WORKER
MUST BE HONEST, RELIABLE, HARD WORKING, FLUENT IN ENGLISH & FRENCH.
CONTACT 649-343-3126
Londolozi Ltd. is inviting suitable applications for the following positions
Decco (TCI) Ltd Project Director
Sous Chef
Reporting to the Executive Sous Chef, responsibilities and essential job functions include but are not limited to the following:
Assists in conducting periodic food inventories. Assists the Executive Chef with departmental human resource functions. Initiates and oversees ordering of food and kitchen supplies. Supervises and coordinates the production of food according to menu specifications. Assists the Chefs and Cooks in preparation of specific cuisine. Inspects quality of food products used to prepare cuisine. Informs Executive Chef when quality is not acceptable. Ensures all cuisine served to guests follow establish guidelines for quantity, quality, appearance, and palatability. Checks physical cleanliness of operations. Ensures all staff practice “clean as you go” techniques. Insures that staff is following all safe serve and health inspection standards. Maintains proper working order of all equipment. Inspects ovens, burners, water faucets, and refrigerators. Reports deficiencies to Engineering Department.
Requirements: Graduate culinary art or Culinary degree strongly preferred 6-10 years previous experience as a cook Full knowledge of ordering work schedule. Physical Aspects: (include but are not limited to): Constant standing and walking throughout shift Lifting and carrying up to 25 lbs. Pushing, pulling, lifting
Pastry Sous Chef
RESPONSIBILITIES Planning all pastry production according to menus and event orders. Preparing detailed production lists to ensure efficient and accurate pastry production. Participates in preparing desserts and setting up dessert buffets and stations. Ability to work independently, multi-task and organize work to manage time effectively and meet deadlines. Implementing new recipes and pastry procedures to meet and exceed customers’ expectations for variety, quality and creativity. Implementing new items that meet current dietary trends such as gluten free, sugar free, dairy free, etc. Requisitioning of supplies and equipment. Maintaining highest level of sanitation standards at all times. Adheres to all local health and safety regulations. Ensuring that all work areas are safe and secure; reports any unsafe conditions to supervisor. JOB REQUIREMENTS The Pastry Chef must have a minimum 3-5 years of Pastry Culinary experience in a resort/hotel environment. Culinary Arts or Bachelor’s Degree preferred. MUST have experience in a high-volume, quality pastry kitchen with strong supervisory skills. Our working chef will be responsible for the supervision, coordination and preparation of house-made desserts, pastries and confections.
Salary for these positions will commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Please Submit Applications to:
cgibbons@wihl.com A copy should also be submitted to the TCI Labour Department. Submissions to be no later than October 24th, 2014 Belongers need only apply.
Decco (TCI) Ltd. has a requirement for a professionally qualified and experienced Project Director to join our team for the construction of a high quality, condominium resort development project in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands, BWI. The Project Director will be responsible and accountable for the overall management, control and administration of a new project, and the construction team, from mobilization to the successful completion and hand over of the Works. Such responsibility and accountabilities will include: •Mobilization and site establishment; •Master Schedule and progress reporting; •Procurement; •Value and Cost reporting; •Overall contract administration; •Change management and co-ordination; •Document Control; •Oversight of project health and safety procedures; •Oversight of site based QA/QC systems; •Oversight of works testing, commissioning and hand over.
Requirements:
The successful candidate will require a proven track record in similar projects and a combination of knowledge, skills and experience, as follows: •Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or Building Construction discipline. •Minimum 15 - 20 years post-graduation experience in Project/Construction, with at least 10 years spent in Management at a senior level. •Chartered member of an internationally recognized engineering or building professional institution. •Demonstrated financial management and control experience including cost and value reporting. •Extensive experience in the successful completion of high quality hotels and/or condominium resort developments in the Caribbean region. •Strong team building and leadership skills and capabilities. •Salary based on experience. Written applications with personal details and a full current resume showing education, qualifications and career experience to date should be sent by facsimile to (649) 946 4663 and no later than 27 October 2014.
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CARIBBEAN AVIATION MAINTENANCE SERVICES
Mountain Air Helicopters (TCI) Ltd., an FAA Certified Part 135 Air Carrier holding Permit to operate On Demand 135 operations in TCI. It is a duly licensed helicopter Charter and Tour Company based in Grand Turk. The Company operates under very stringent rules and our safety record is strong. The Company provides service to the private sector as well as govern ment agencies. Mountain Air Helicopters (TCI) Ltd. is currently seeking and has immediate openings for the following positions:
Two Stores clerk
HELICOPTER PILOT:
Must have 5-10 years of experience In aviation stores inventory, purchasing and proof there of. Salary commensurate with experience. This positions require the following: ➢ Excellent command of the English language – reading, writing and speaking. ➢ Good communication skills and team player ➢ Detail oriented & organized individual ➢ Ability to work shifts, early mornings, late nights, weekends and Holidays. ➢ Clean police record ➢ Able to work under pressure
Belongers need only apply. Interested person should apply to Interested applicants should apply to HR@intercaribbean.com or via fax to HR Department 649-946-4040. No phone calls please. Qualified candidates will be contacted for an interview
• Must hold a current FAA Commercial Pilot License with Rotorcraft / Helicopter endorsements • Have and be able to prove through valid log book entry or training records: o 2,000 Hours Total Time o 800 Hours Helicopter o 500 Hours Turbine Time Helicopter o 120 Hours in Eurocopter EC120 or AS350B Helicopters o 200 hours of over water experience. • Have a valid Passport • Live and base in Grand Turk • Hold a valid Drivers License • Hold a valid and current FAA Medical Certificate • Participate in company mandatory Drug and Alcohol program • Be outgoing and interactive with passengers • Be well spoken in English • Other languages (Spanish, French) a plus. • Pass a flight revue by the Director of Operation
HELICOPTER MECHANIC: • • • •
• • • • • • • • •
Must hold a current FAA Airframe and Power Plant (A&P) License Have 5 years total experience and 3 years experience as a A&P Licensed Maintenance Technician History of Rotorcraft Experience on; o Eurocopter EC120B o Eurocopter AS350B o Turbomeca Arrius 2F, and Arriel 2B/2B1 Engines Good troubleshooting skills Strong work ethics Be outgoing and interactive with clients and customers Valid Passport Valid Drivers License Live and base in Grand Turk Participate in company mandatory Drug and Alcohol program Ability to travel and overnight if necessary Good communication skills
Applicants must please administer CVs/Resumes to the following address or email: MOUNTAIN AIR HELICOPTERS (TCI) LTD. c/o EPIC Corporation & Consultancy Services Ltd. Cee’s Plaza, Suite No. 1 Church Folly P.O. Box 86 Grand Turk Turks and Caicos Islands Phone: (649) 432-8888 Email: marinajones@mac.com
KADEEN AGENCY
Is looking for a Air-condition technician with at least five (5) Years experience in this field. Duty includes repair & Replacing defective equipment, components & wiring, Installation & maintenance of HVAC units etc.
CONTACT 941-5619
Maranatha Academy (a Seventh-day Adventist Institution)
seeks suitable candidate to fill the position of cleaner. This individual must be able to work Mondays through Fridays. Salary is $5.00 per hour. Duties include cleaning and general maintenance of classrooms, bathrooms and offices.
WANTED CAREGIVER
Looking for a
PAINTER Applicant must be honest reliable, & hardworking. fluent in French & English.
Applications can be sent to contact@ maranathahigh.com or call the school at 946-4385.
ATRIUM MANAGEMENT LTD
Contact 242-5126
SALES MANGER
NEEDED
4 years experience in sales and Marketing. Must possess excellent communication skills, able to handle multiple request and customers. Technical skills required, problem solving. Knowledge of inventory invento procedure and typing. Must have valid driving license
Salary is base on commission. Applicant must be honest Reliable & hard working Contact # 649-333-0101
email resume to msimmons@tciway.tc. before October 20 2014.
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Seven Stars is seeking a suitably qualified candidate to fill the position outlined below. The ideal candidate must possess experience in a customer service focused environment, as well as a professional, outgoing and friendly demeanor with a strong command of the English Language (oral and written).
DINING & BANQUETING COORDINATOR The Dining and Banqueting Coordinator will be responsible to provide an excellent and con sistent level of service to customers and to ensure guests are provided with professional and courteous services according to Seven Stars Resort standard.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES SUCH AS: • Responsible for dining room service in the manner most pleasing to members and their guests. • Assure a high standard of appearance, hospitality and service in personnel and cleanliness of dining room. • Supervise and train dining room staff to help assure proper service • Schedules personnel and plans dining room setup based upon anticipated guest counts and client needs. • Maintains an inventory of dining room items and ensures that they are properly stored and accounted • Develops and implements an on-going marketing program to increase dining room business. • Attends to inquiries and reservations, prepares proposals. • Attends function when required. • Prepares monthly reports of tentative and confirmed bookings. • Prepares monthly financial reports. • Ensures that productivity/sales reports are circulated to all concerned departments on a weekly basis. • Ensures proper follow-up is done daily. • Ensures that functions are properly entered in the diary. • Ensures that contracts, deposit and full payments of functions are properly monitored and im plemented according to the company set procedures. • Co-ordinate all matters related to each department well in advance of the function. • Ensures that last minute changes are properly circulated to all departments in order to avoid delays and complaints • Establishes and maintains effective employee relations. • Complies with the hotel’s health, safety/ hygiene and fire policies as required. • Co-ordinates functions and activities with other Department Heads and Food & Beverage outlet heads as appropriate. • Provide direction to the Banquet department and implement policies and procedures. • Involves communicating with chefs, food and beverage managers and wait staff, to ensure preparation and presentation to the client’s expectations. • Performs other appropriate assignments and projects as required by the food and beverage department.
Education, Qualifications & Experiences • • • • • •
Must be experienced in a similar position for a minimum of 3 years A second language is preferable. Must be knowledgeable of food preparation techniques and styles. Good understanding of selling techniques and banquet operations knowledge. Computer skills in MS Office, email, will be an asset. Good organizational, accounting and planning skills
In addition, we are also currently recruiting for the following: • • • • • • • • •
Bartender Security Kitchen Stewards Room Attendant Demi Chef De Partie Houseman Financial Controller Duty Manager Lead Server
Closing Date October 24, 2014 Suitably qualified candidates should apply via email to Seven Stars at: hr@sevenstarsgracebay.com for consideration Candidates must possess relevant skills, experience, and a clean police record. ONLY CANDIDATES MEETING MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS WILL BE CONTACTED.
JOB TITLE: SALARY: LOCATION: REPORTS TO: SUBORDINATES: EMPLOYEE #:
Information Systems Manager Salary will commensurate with qualifications and experience Providenciales Chief Executive Officer Systems Administrator
SUMMARY / PURPOSE OF JOB: This is a managerial position, which has systems wide responsibility for shaping the direction of the Information Technology Department of the NHIB. Providing technical and strategic direction to the Systems Administrator, The IS Manager develops and implements the Department strategies plans; develops new IT systems; conducts technology needs assessments; develops implements and monitors IT Department and Divisional policies sand procedures and develops and maintains training manuals and is expected to generate results that are deemed acceptable when: IT policies and procedures re developed and implements to govern the activities of the department; IT systems are designed to meet the requirements of the users; systems operate efficiently and with minimal down time; security measures are in place to maintain the integrity of the system and to safeguard security measure area in place to maintain the integrity of the systems and to safeguard client confidential data and backup and recovery systems are in place to facilitate the recovery of lost or damaged files.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES: Developing policies, procedures, standards and controls or effective management of the IT Department Designing, implementing and evaluating IT projects Designing training plans for all system users Providing departmental and system reports to facilitate decision making Developing and ensuring continuous updating of manual to guide the operations of the department and the use of IT systems Ensuring that systems are in place to recapture lost or damaged files Identifying and sourcing new technology to enhance the capability and capacity of the systems Developing, monitoring and assessing preventative maintenance schedule to ensure continued reliability of the systems Managing and supervising the use and allocation for all IT resources Ensuring service quality management Preparing the departmental budget Monitor security/fire systems Chair Disaster preparedness committee Any other duty deemed appropriate and consistent with the position, professional qualifica tion and skill set as directed by the Chief Executive Officer
WORKING RELATIONSHIPS: Internal – All departments External – Hospital, Vendors, Pharmacies
MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED: Budgeting Team Leadership Good problem solving skills Strong written and oral skills including computer literacy in the main processing, spreadsheet and presentation graphics programmes. Human Relations
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE: Master’s Degree in Information Technology, Business Management Experience At least five (5) years on the job experience to acquire the necessary competencies to effectively respond to the challenges of the job. Auditing and Systems Needs Analysis Systems Development and Management Networking Database Development and Management Research and Development Project Management
Deadline for submission is October 17th, 2014. All Applications should be addressed to:
Human Resources Manager National Health Insurance Board Salt Mills Plaza Providenciales Turks and Caicos Islands British West Indies Email: recruitment@tcinhip.tc
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JOB TITLE: ANNUAL SALARY: LOCATION: REPORTS TO: SUBORDINATES: EMPLOYEE #:
Medical Officer Salary will commensurate with qualifications and experience Providenciales Chief Executive Officer Operations Manager/ Patient Representatives / Benefit Coordinator
SUMMARY / PURPOSE OF JOB: This is a managerial position, which has departmental wide responsibility for activities and direction of the Operation department and NHIP Emergency Overseas Treatment Programme; Providing technical leadership to the Insurance Operations team, the Medical Officer formulates polies and procedures to enhance the impact of the department; monitors patients overseas to assess their progress and report to the CEO; verify the eligibility of each claims, ensure staff is properly supervised and trained; and customer concerns addressed; as well as ensuring appropriate cost efficient health care services with best medical practices in place.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:
Manages the medical aspects of the NHIP Emergency Overseas Treatment Programme; Manages all aspects of the Operations department inclusive of all staff assigned to the department; Manages and develop the Operation Department Budget with the view of ensuring that the Department expenditure remains within or below the Budgeted ranges; Developing policies, procedures, standards and controls or effective management of the Operations Department Collection of statistics form ICL (the hospitals) and the private providers as required by management and the actuary Liaise with the NIB to identify number of employment injury and occupational disease cases. Enforces cost-reduction strategies and recommends initiatives in the management of patient’s care; Prepare Quarterly performance reports and trend analysis Recommends and monitors systems and procedures to facilitate achieving of objectives within the area of responsibility; Verifies and signs-off on overseas provider claims in order to ensure veracity of claims as well as conducts value for money audit; Advise on the adjudication of claims by Beneficiaries in special circumstances, outside the scope of usual and customary benefits, including overseas claims To make recommendations to the Board on policy decisions such as but not limited to; reimbursement and to recommend accreditation standards in line with the Health Practitioners Board or other authorized Agency. Conducts a sample survey of health care providers and facilities to derive baseline data on the availability and quality of services as well as the capacity and readiness to meet the demands of the NHIB; Coordinates activities and provides advice to the NHIB team charged with the specification and costing of the service benefit package and in the development of provider payment systems; Convenes and takes the lead in meetings and other mechanisms aimed at defining criteria for inclusion in the NHIB provider network, as well as developing norms and protocols for quality assurance utilization reviews, access to overseas care, and modifications ( inclusion and exclusion) of items in the benefit package; Collaborates with other members on the NHIB team in the design and implementation of activities related to accreditation of health providers; Collaborates with other members of the NHIB team in defining and developing contractual agreements with local and overseas providers for services within the benefit package; Assists in the development of detailed terms of reference and procedures for the activities of the NHIB Medical Review Committee. May perform other duties as assigned by the immediate supervisor or any other person authorized to give instructions or assignments Any other duty deemed appropriate and consistent with the position, professional qualification and skill set as directed by the Chief Executive Officer
WORKING RELATIONSHIPS:
Internal – Chief Financial Officer, Insurance Claims Manager, Nurse Case Managers, Claims Officers, IT, Registration and Accounting Officers External - Members of the public, Ministry of Health and other TCIG Ministries, TCI Hospitals, International medical providers, Insurance Third Party Administrators
MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:
Principles, practices and techniques of medical case management Budgeting Team Leadership Good problem solving skills Strong written and oral skills including computer literacy in the main processing, spreadsheet and presentation graphics programmes. Human Relations
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:
Medical Doctor with at least 7 years’ experiences a full time practitioner in primary care and hospital settings with the necessary competencies to effectively respond to the challenges of the job. Business post graduate Degree Business Management Experience Knowledge of the NHIB Ordinance and Regulations Current (Good Standing) Registration with TCI Health Practitioners Board Experience with health insurance operations such as member of medical review panel will be an asset.
Deadline for submission is October 24th, 2014. All Applications should be addressed to: Human Resources Manager National Health Insurance Board Salt Mills Plaza Providenciales Turks and Caicos Islands British West Indies Email: recruitment@tcinhip.tc
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Elisha Jennings is Provo’s first Certified Revenue Management Executive
Elisha Jennings Elisha Jennings, Reservation Agent for the Windsong Resort, Turks and Caicos, earned the prestigious designation of Certified Revenue Management Executive (CRME) from the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI) after completing extensive coursework, and passing a comprehensive examination in September. This prestigious academic accreditation, together
with an intensive training course in Chicago, enabled Ms. Jennings to subsequently receive Preferred Hotel Group’s Revenue Management Certification, including academic accreditation (CRME), technical competence, infrastructure and tools, and strategic application. The certification was announced October 13th with congratulations from John Enright, Executive Director of Revenue Account Management, CRME, for Preferred Hotel Group. Robert C. Gilbert, CHME, CHBA, President & CEO, HSMAI also personally recognized Ms. Jennings stating, “The Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI) congratulates Windsong’s Elisha Jennings on being the first person in the Turks and Caicos Islands to achieve her CRME certification.” The CRME certification, held by revenue management professionals throughout the world, affirms an individual’s expertise and training in the dynamic field of hospitality revenue management.” Born and raised in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands, Ms. Jennings graduated from Clement Howell High School in 2005 and went on to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing in 2010 from Johnson and Wales University in North Miami, Florida. The allure of turquoise waters surrounding powdery white beaches and an ever-growing array of luxury hotels brought her back home to Providenciales where she began her hospitality career just four short years ago. She has spent the last two years expertly handling reservations at the Windsong Resort, and is currently its senior reservation agent. Ms. Jennings’ abilities have not gone unnoticed. Seasoned general manager, Anette Mullings reported, “We at Windsong are fortunate to have Elisha on our Windsong team, and believe strongly that our mutual
investment in her education is exciting for the success of our resort and her future in the hospitality industry.” The Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International first introduced certification for hotel sales professionals nearly thirty years ago, and today offers training and certification in several disciplines including revenue management. According to the HSMAI, the CRME designation requires the following: •A professional in the field of revenue management and clearly conversant with its intricacies and importance •Competent to develop an infrastructure to support revenue management within the framework of an organization •Able to maximize revenue opportunities and optimize profits by managing revenue •Capable of making informed decisions to accept or reject pieces of business to meet overall organizational goals •Proficient at the art and science of revenue management
The Windsong Resort, an award-winning, boutique luxury oceanfront property, offers a stunning location on 435’ of world-famous Grace Bay and the island’s best coral reef. Among the islands’ Caribbean resorts, Windsong is the only Providenciales member of Preferred Boutique Hotels. Amenities include intimate Dune, beach, and café dining; a full-service spa; fitness center; scheduled entertainment; an oceanfront pool; and complimentary non-motorized watersports and bicycles.
REQUEST FOR QUOTES REQUEST FOR QUOTES The National Insurance Board Request Quotes for the Following: LANDSCAPING SERVICES, THE HON. L. HEADLEY DURHAM BUILDING, CHURCH FOLLY ROAD, GRAND TURK The NIB wishes to invite quotes from suitably qualified service providers in possession of a valid Turks & Caicos Islands business license in the appropriate category to provide Landscaping/Ground Maintenance for its Grand Turk office. Further information and documents are available on the NIB website www. tcinib.tc or at the various NIB offices. All quotes should be submitted in a sealed envelope addressed to: THE CHAIRMAN TENDER COMMITTEE NATIONAL INSURANCE BOARD GRAND TURK TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS Clearly marked: TENDER FOR LANDSCAPING/GROUND MAINTENANCE, GRAND TURK
Quotes are to be received no later than 12: 00 noon on Friday, October 17, 2014.
The National Insurance Board Request Quotes for the Following: BUILDING MAINTENANCE SERVICES, AT THE HILLY A. EWING BUILDING, LEEWARD HIGHWAY, PROVIDENCIALES LANDSCAPING SERVICES, AT THE HILLY A. EWING BUILDING, LEEWARD HIGHWAY, PROVIDENCIALES JANITORIAL SERVICES, AT THE HILLY A. EWING BUILDING, LEEWARD HIGHWAY, PROVIDENCIALES The NIB wishes to invite quotes from suitably qualified service providers in possession of a valid Turks & Caicos Islands business license in the appropriate category to provide Maintenance Services, Landscaping and Janitorial Services for the Hilly A. Ewing Building, Leeward Highway, Providenciales. Further information and documents are available on the NIB website www. tcinib.tc or at the various NIB offices. All quotes should be submitted in a sealed envelope addressed to: THE CHAIRMAN TENDER COMMITTEE NATIONAL INSURANCE BOARD GRAND TURK TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS Clearly marked: TENDER FOR MAINTENANCE SERVICES, LANDSCAPING/GROUND MAINTENANCE AND JANITORIAL SERVICES, PROVIDENCIALES Quotes are to be received no later than 12: 00 noon on Friday, October 17, 2014.
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Christin Greene is Digicel/ InterCaribbean Airways October Text-to-win winner By Vivian Tyson Eighteen-year-old Christin Greene has emerged the September winner of the Digicel/InterCaribbean Airways Text to Win Promotion. For her exploits, Christin gets a return ticket to the Dominican Republic from InterCaribbean Airways and $400 cash from Digicel. A shy Christin told members of the media that she was elated to have emerged the winner over scores of other participants. She could not say when she would be using the ticket. Trina Adams, Marketing Specialist for Digicel Turks and Caicos, said that the Text-to-Win promotion, which was launched in October, takes the form of a game, to which access is granted by texting “Fly” to 7171. She said that customers gained points after overcoming certain challenges, and winner with the most points emerged as the month’s winner. “It basically uses our text platform; we have a number – 7171. As the individual plays and they texts, they build up points, and the winner emerged as the person who got the highest points,” she said. Trevor Sadler, CEO for InterCaribbean Airways said that the decision to partner with Digicel to start the promotion was hatched two months ago.
Credit training workshop facilitated for banks and mutual funds in the TCI
A two day intensive Credit workshop seeking to address urgent training demands of the financial services sector will take place on 28th and 29th October in Providenciales. The event, organised by the Financial Service Commission (FSC) in partnership with the Institute of Financial Services of the Bahamas is open to Banks and Mutual Funds professionals within the Turks and Caicos. The agenda for the two day sessions outlines a combination of tutorials linked to case studies and business scenarios. Practical exercises to manage credit risks under competitive Christin Greene (centre) collects her prizes from Digicel Marketing Specialist Trina Adams (left) and CEO and realistic conditions will be conducted by participants during the for InterCaribbean Airlines Adam Sadler workshop. “We would look at each month to we will take a look at how we can The training is to provide delegates pick a country. We started with the digitally promote ourselves together with an in depth understanding of the Dominican Republic, the second country with Digicel further in the marketplace,” following four major topics: is Haiti, which we are now in for this he said. •Retail Credit - Financing Personal month, and Jamaica follows during the Sadler further explained that there is Credit and the Small/ Medium Size month of November. The opportunity no blackout dates for the ticket winner Enterprise (SME): Participants will for somebody to win a ticket now and be to fly, giving the winner the opportunity seek to understand the economic setting able to travel during the holiday season to use it once they contact the airline and importance of the SME sector as is a great Christmas gift that somebody to secure their booking in due course as well as opportunities for financiers to can give to themselves,” Sadler said. any other client. assist and better serve this sector. He said that the idea to partner In the meantime, Adams said that the with Digicel in the promotion is to September promotion was extremely further expand its brand into the successful, as Digicel pocketed a community. sizable amount of revenue from it due “For us, it continues to keep our to the high participation level. She is name in the community, which is very expecting that the October promotion important, to show that we are part of will stimulate the company’s Haitian the community here. In turn, obviously, base to participate.
Deputy Governor praises Immigration Task Force
TCI Hospital gives back H. J. Robinson High
Photo caption:- Principal of the H.J. Robinson High School Rienwald Lewis, TCI Hospital Nursing Staff, Site Director at the Cockburn Medical Centre Meleck Cummings The TCI Hospital team at the Cockburn Town Medical Centre recently presented the Helena Jones Robinson High School in Grand Turk, with over $1500 dollars in cash, towards the purchase of an electric school-bell. The much needed funds were raised during this year’s Nurses’ Week celebration, a “Nurses in Concert” event, where nurses displayed their talent through dance The members of the Immigration Task Force photographed from left to right are: Wendy Seymour, Demardo Clare, Bjorn Griffiths, Velika Brooks, Adonni and song. The nursing staff was well Garland, Lorenzo Wilson and Tito Forbes supported by Primary Health Care and Wellness Centre teams. Members of the Immigration Task of national security. These functions that they have to try and get here Site Director at the Cockburn Force have been given high praises by act as deterrent to people who arrive illegally. The Immigration Task Force Medical Centre Meleck Cummings said, Deputy Governor Hon. Anya Williams on our shores without adequate works closely with other key agencies “We would like to use this opportunity to in the October edition of her regular documentation and people who try to such as the Police, HM Customs and express appreciation to everyone who articles that mark and celebrate the do this are being increasingly detected, the Employment Services department made contributions towards the concert; contribution of public servants to the arrested and repatriated as necessary.” towards the benefit of the Turks and they include our MC, Huntley Forbes JR, Turks and Caicos Islands. The Deputy Governor said the Caicos Islands. It is to their credit that Father Mark Kendall and the Anglican Hon. Williams said: “The Ministry of Immigration Task Force is essential their work is driven by intelligence Church Family for providing the venue.” Border Control & Labour’s Immigration to the operations of the Border and evidence, always ensuring that Principal of the H.J. Robinson Task Force plays a very vital role in the Control and Enforcement Department, their efforts are complaint with our High school Rienwald Lewis said, Turks and Caicos Islands and in my culminating the efforts of intelligence, ordinances. So, on behalf of their fellow “The delivery came as so much of a belief is second only to the Royal Turks compliance and investigation. public servants and the people of the surprise. We are extremely grateful to She added: “Theirs can be a Turks and Caicos Islands I would like Mr. Cummings and the TCI Hospital and Caicos Islands Police Force in terms of ensuring our national security. challenging job, yet the team conducts to recognise and sincerely thank each team, for taking the time to get to know Although it clearly has many important its operations in a professional, lawful and every member of the Immigration the students of the H. J. Robinson functions, I wish to spotlight those key and humane manner, with desperate task force for everything that they do High School, recognizes our needs and tasks associated with the preservation people who have often risked everything on our behalf.” embracing our mission”
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Young Achievers drop teacher mentors from roster
From left – Sophia Thomas – Junior Achievers Board member; Wellington Williams – Past Student of the Young Enterprise Programme and Junior Achievers Board Member; Wendy Hill – Board Member; Catherine Williams – Board Member; Sasha Arthur, last year’s Young Enterprise participant; and Stacy Cox – Board Member. By Vivian Tyson Teachers are no longer required to assist students under the Junior Achievers Programme, formerly Young Enterprise according to executives, who hosted a news conference on Tuesday (October 7, 2014) at the Providenciales Chamber of Commerce Headquarters at Graceway House, off the Leeward Highway. Wendy Hill, Office Administrator at the Chamber and Junior Achievers Board Member, said that students would now be brought into company setting to learn the ins-and-outs of the operations instead of being supervising and guided by teachers, who she said has been overworked. “This year we are bringing all students in a company environment, so they would be mentored by companies such as Fortis, Projetech, Grace Bay Car Rentals, the Youth Centre, etcetera. We won’t have link teachers; we are taking them (students) into companies. “We just thought there was a load (on the teachers). The teachers did an awesome job. We know that the
load is heavy, so this year we thought that, moving forward, the kids would gain a lot more knowledge and hands-on (information) if we took them into the company environment,” Hill said. Hill said that a company would sponsor each team. She said that in addition to dropping off forms at schools, students can sign up for the programme by visiting www.jatci.org. Stacy Cox, a member of the Board, explained that the name change from Young Enterprise to Junior Achievers reflects the TCI amalgamating with regional and international Junior Achievers branches. “This year we are launching Junior Achievers in the Turks and Caicos, which gives the board and the committee more flexibility and more support within the region. Most people within the region and across the Turks and Caicos are familiar with Junior Achievers, and we thought now that we would bring that to Turks and Caicos with great support from the Bahamas and the USA,” she said. And Hill said that possibly next year the Turks and Caicos Islands could take part a regional Junior Achievers competition, which has been ongoing for
some time. She said that a local Junior Achievers team is to travel to Grenada on October 20 to 23for a leadership training conference that would allow them to gather more knowledge on how to effectively run the local programme. Former Young Enterprise participant Wellington Williams, whose company – Turks and Caicos Treasures was adjudged the winners last season - has encouraging words for participants this year. Williams, who now turns the venture into a thriving business, which specializes in making scented candles and bath salts, said that the experience taught him everything that he now knows in business. He implored youngsters to become part of the programme, since it can serve as an open window to their future. Sasha Arthur, former administrative director of Turks and Caicos Treasures said that she learned a great deal from the programme and business, such as the importance of internal communication in a business. She also encouraged the Turks and Caicos Islands Youth to enroll in this year’s edition of the programme. She said that while a lot of work needs to put into the business to keep it afloat, the benefit is great. In the meantime, the organizers are urging businesses to support the programme, since they are still without the required number of corporate sponsors. The Junior Achievers programme runs from September to June. It has three trade shows during the period, the first is held in December. The groups are judged on each trade show. The winners are announced at the final trade show. The organizers said that this year a speech element would be added to the programme, and they are asking students to begin registering for it. Students between 15 and 19 are eligible to take part in the Junior Achievers Programme. Last year competitors, including the winners are eligible under the age limit to take part this year’s event.
Shadow Minister of Health Addresses Pollution
By Hon. Edwin Astwood Our islands are uniquely beautiful by nature. Therefore, the onus is on us to preserve them for future generations. Consider this: the average household produces one to two 19 gallon bags of rubbish in one week. Now consider the amount of rubbish that is produced on your street, then your district, then your island, then our country. Imagine most of that rubbish being scattered about your island. You may live on an island that has a schedule for garbage collection; where residents keep their properties and their surroundings tidy; and there are no uncaring persons polluting the environment with garbage and refuse. Then you can claim our slogan, “Beautiful by nature.” As Shadow Minister for Health and the elected member for Grand Turk South and Salt Cay, I am hereby appealing to the residents on our
islands to join me in my campaign to keep our islands clean. We can quantify the advantages of a clean community. The benefits run the gamut from an economic stand point to a healthy environment. We rely on tourists who come to our shores. Do we want them to take one look and decide never to return? We can play our part by practicing healthy, cleanly habits. Let us adopt these two slogans and make them our mantras: Put it in the can, man; Keep our islands clean, green and pristine. Litterers and dumpers are not welcomed in our beautiful by nature islands. Each resident can make a difference by adhering to practices that enhance our beauty rather than detract from it. We may not see road
signs that warn of fines for littering, near the Museum? Is this the image but that should not deter us from that the Minister of Tourism wishes to sell as the lasting image of Grand becoming civic minded, nonetheless. “Out of all those hundreds and Turk? Is this what the Minister of hundreds of islands lying in the seas Environment considers to be “Beautiful and oceans of the earth, the Turks& by Nature”? Is this how the Minister Caicos are our islands. Grand Turk is of Government Support Services lend my little one, so we just got to be aware support to the environment? And of them and take care of them.” This is is this what the Minister of Health considers to be promoting a healthy my personal creed. I implore those among us who do life style? Does this Government not care about our islands and the really care about any of this? From environment to desist from destroying my observations, it does not look so. I, their beauty. We must all do our part, along with other private citizens and especially the Government, who I see groups, have been assisting in cleaning as turning a blind eye to this situation our island. However, we need the Government to do its part. My advice of pollution within our islands. On any given Cruise ship day to the Government: on Grand Turk there are thousands Provide adequate resources to the persons on the streets, moving around, departments responsible for garbage sightseeing, taking pictures, and collection and cleaning; Promote caring for the environment; visiting places of interest. What are they seeing and photographing? Should Enforce laws for protecting our they see the garbage accumulating on a “Beautiful by Nature Country”, please. vacant lot opposite the old police station,
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People participate in the event Down Town Providenciales
Happy faces taking part in the event
Some turned out in the Nati
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The procession from Blue Hills
The pride and joy displayed by those who attended Turks a Islands first ever Heritage Day celebration on Monday (Octo was priceless. Heritage Day celebration, formerly Columbu celebrated on several of the islands. There were events on G South Caicos and Providenciales. The event on Providencia scores of Turks and Caicos Islanders from all walks of life, w the streets in motorcade fashion from their respective comm the Downtown Ball Park, where they congregated to celebr Heritage Day was supported by a number of local politician Premier Hon. Dr. Rufus Ewing, who gave the inaugural speec Town Ball Park on Providenciales. The Following are photo h Providenciales event.
This was a scene on most of the motorcade routes
A boat with a woman dressed in a cactus costume and being pulled by a pick-up truck was part of the Heritag Providenciales
Minister of Health and Human Services Hon. Porsha Stubbs-Smith (right) led the Bight delegation
People line the street of Down Town Providenciales to take part in the first Heritage Day Parade
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Revelers enjoy themselves during the float parade
All had a good time at the celebration
This young lady, draped in the Turks and Caicos Islands Flag, is all smiles
Benneth Williams and daughter showing their national pride
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Miss Turks and Caicos Shanice Williams also took part in the celebration
Dr. Rufus Ewing delivers the first ever Heritage Day message
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Sia Party girls don’t get hurt Can’t feel anything, when will I learn? I push it down, push it down
“Chandelier”
I’m the one “for a good time call” Phone’s blowin’ up, ringin’ my doorbell I feel the love, feel the love 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, drink 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, drink 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, drink Throw ‘em back ‘til I lose count I’m gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier I’m gonna live like tomorrow doesn’t exist Like it doesn’t exist I’m gonna fly like a bird through the night, feel my tears as they dry I’m gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier But I’m holding on for dear life, won’t look down, won’t open my eyes Keep my glass full until morning light, ‘cause I’m just holding on for tonight Help me, I’m holding on for dear life, won’t look down, won’t open my eyes Keep my glass full until morning light, ‘cause I’m just holding on for tonight On for tonight Sun is up, I’m a mess Gotta get out now, gotta run from this Here comes the shame, here comes the shame
1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, drink 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, drink 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, drink
Throw ‘em back ‘til I lose count I’m gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier I’m gonna live like tomorrow doesn’t exist Like it doesn’t exist I’m gonna fly like a bird through the night, feel my tears as they dry I’m gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier But I’m holding on for dear life, won’t look down, won’t open my eyes Keep my glass full until morning light, ‘cause I’m just holding on for tonight Help me, I’m holding on for dear life, won’t look down, won’t open my eyes Keep my glass full until morning light, ‘cause I’m just holding on for tonight On for tonight On for tonight ‘Cause I’m just holding on for tonight Oh, I’m just holding on for tonight On for tonight On for tonight ‘Cause I’m just holding on for tonight ‘Cause I’m just holding on for tonight Oh, I’m just holding on for tonight On for tonight On for tonight
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Delthia and Myrna share lens
This troupe of high-flying bartenders from the who’s who of the Turks and Caicos huddle with Manager for the Regent Palms Karen Whitt – the In the Pink planner – in congratulatory fashion
In the Pink Cancer fundraiser sizzles The In the Pink Cancer fundraiser held at the Regent Palms on Saturday (October 11, 2014) saw a huge attendance and support from members of the public. Most of the vendors report that all their merchandise was sold out and the bar, through-
out the evening, had to deal with a constantly heavy patron flow. The event was attended by His Excellency Governor Peter Beckingham, wife Gill and some of our local politicians. The following are photo highlights of the event.
Minister of Finance Hon. Washington Misick and Miss Turks and Caicos Shanice Williams
Nikheel Advani (left), Chief Operation Officer and Principal of the Grace Bay Resorts, takes orders from His Excellency Governor Peter Beckingham (centre) and wife Gill, as he volunteers to be a bartender at the event
Education Officer Louise Garland Thomas (right) and Beatrice Skippings in a mode of relaxation at the event
While her adult counterparts mingle, this little miss plays with this huge pink ball at the event
Stacy Cox (second left), Executive Director for the Turks and Caicos Islands Hotel and Tourism Assoc iation mingles with overseas sales executives from Grace Bay Resorts
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Queen’s Counsel attorney Conrad Griffith (left) and fitness guru John Wright were volunteer bartenders at the event
Denise Saunders is flanked by sisters-in-law Drani Saunders (left) and Jennifer Saunders
These patrons are no doubt proposing a toast to those who are fighting, fought and supporting the cancer fight
Charrish Ferguson (right) and Erin Patrick
News anchor Zoya Faessler (right) and Willandra Elliot
Sonia Bien-Aime President of the Turks and Caicos Islands Football Association, is flanked by daughter Dadre Fulford (left) Shaquarse Been
Easher Parker, Former Miss Turks and Caicos Islands poses beside this pink scooter
From left D arnell (Dee Dee) Hanchell , Candace Higgs, Candia Ewing, Candace Hanchell and Willandra Elliot
It was a busy night for the chefs
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HAB MANAGEMENT LIMITED Has a Vacancy for an ACCOUNT MANAGER – TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS
HAB Management Limited is seeking suitably qualified individuals to fill the following opening. Only candidates who meet the minimum requirements will be considered. HOUSEKEEPING MANAGER
Essential Job Functions:
Key Responsibilities •Contributes to meeting team sales plan, and related activities through effective assessment of customer financial needs, providing product solutions •Maintains and grows the customer portfolio by identifying and promoting personal banking solutions for customer needs with a continuous focus and relationship building •Develops and maintains relationships with service partners to optimize business opportunities and referrals.
Critical Skills •Negotiating/Selling Skills •Relationship building •Impact & Influence •Ability to manage multiple priorities •Teamwork and cooperation •Demonstrated written and verbal communications skills •Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word/Excel/Outlook)
Qualifications/Experience •AICB Diploma or Associates Degree in Banking or any related field •2 or more years banking experience •Previous experience in portfolio and liability administration would be an asset A competitive compensation package (base salary & bonus) will be commensurate with relevant experience and qualifications. Please apply by October 20, 2014 to: Assistant Manager, Recruitment & Employee Development Human Resources Bahamas Regional Office RBC Royal Bank (Bahamas) Limited P.O. Box N-7549 Nassau, N.P., Bahamas Via fax: (242) 322-1367 Via email: bahcayjp@rbc.com
•Provide direction and support to the housekeeping staff, ensuring that the Housekeeping Department runs in a smooth efficient manner. •Manage the day to day operations of the Housekeeping Department in order to maintain the established standards of service and cleanliness of the hotel. •Carry out daily inspection of rooms, public space and back of house areas continually and consistently. •Control, request and purchase all supplies related to housekeeping. •Control inventories and costs of cleaning supplies, consumable and housekeeping equipment and machinery. •Responsible for setting up and maintaining ongoing training programs for the housekeeping staff.
Requirements:
•Should have at least six (6) years experience as a Housekeeping Supervisor or relevant experience in a luxury hotel. •Must have knowledge of proper cleaning techniques, requirements and familiar with all equipments that are associated with the Housekeeping Department. •Must have strong administrative skills and must be able to prioritize workload. •Must have the ability to multitask, work in a fast paced environment and have a high level attention to detail. •Must be hands on and work with minimal supervision. •Should be able to work cohesively with co-workers as part of a team. •Must have advanced knowledge and skills in MS Office (particularly Excel), Visual One and know how to operate office equipment. •Ability to communicate information and hotel services to management, team members and guest. •Strong verbal and written communication skills in English is required for this position.
The salary for this position is $18,000 per annum, commensurate with experience, training and education. Interested applicants should contact Veronica Rigby via email by October 17, 2014 at ronnie@habgroup.com or by fax 649-946-5191. Suitable applicants will be contacted by email or telephone to schedule an interview.
NOTICE OF SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION Scotiabank (Turks & Caicos) Ltd. of Cherokee Road, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands hereby gives notice of its intention to sell by Public Auction the following properties pursuant to its power of sale as registered Chargee under the Registered Land Ordinance of the Turks and Caicos Islands. 1.Parcel 51212/24 Bottle Creek Central, North Caicos. Vacant lot on King’s Road, approx. 0.74 acre overlooking Bottle Creek. Registered Proprietor: Wilbert Ebenezer Handfield 2.Parcel 60400/383 Chalksound, Providenciales. Vacant lot on Chalksound Drive, approx. 0.66 acre. Registered Proprietor: Joseph Arthur Skippings 3.Parcel 10401/237 East Suburbs, Grand Turk. Single storey with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, kitchen, laundry room, family room, living/dining room on 0.28 acre. Registered Proprietor: Brenda Lee Lightbourne 4.Parcel 60900/122 Leeward Going Through, Providenciales. Single storey with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, open concept kitchen and living room on 0.62 acre. Registered Proprietor: Hensley Anderson Capron 5.Parcel 60003/74 Northwest and North Central, Providenciales. Single storey with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, kitchen, laundry room and living room on 0.26 acre. Registered Proprietor: Beatrice Bethel Galloway 6.Parcel 60604/17 Norway and Five Cays, Providenciales. Single storey with four bedrooms, two bathrooms, powder room, kitchen, laundry room, living/dining room on 0.27 acre. Registered Proprietor: Delores Oleta Rigby 7.Parcel 50201/66 Whitby, North Caicos. Undeveloped land located north of King’s Highway near Whitby settlement, approx. 0.5 acre. Registered Proprietor: Frankie Narine Soman 8.Parcel 50301/32&33 Kew Rural, North Caicos. Undeveloped land west of Sandy Point residential settlement and southeast of Kew settlement, approx. 2.0 acres. Registered Proprietor: Frankie Narine Soman 9.Parcel 50301/37 & 38 Kew Rural, North Caicos. Vacant lot within northern Whitby, approx. 1.22 acre. Registered Proprietor: Frankie Narine Soman
The auction will be held at the offices of Scotiabank (Turks and Caicos) Limited, Grace Bay Branch, Providenciales at 10 o’clock in the morning on Friday the 24th day of October 2014. A reserve price will be fixed on all parcels. A deposit of 10% is due immediately upon all accepted bids.
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Blue Haven Resort is inviting suitable applications for the following positions
Sous Chef
Reporting to the Executive Sous Chef, responsibilities and essential job functions include but are not limited to the following:
Assists in conducting periodic food inventories. Assists the Executive Chef with departmental human resource functions. Initiates and oversees ordering of food and kitchen supplies. Supervises and coordinates the production of food according to menu specifications. Assists the Chefs and Cooks in preparation of specific cuisine. Inspects quality of food products used to prepare cuisine. Informs Executive Chef when quality is not acceptable. Ensures all cuisine served to guests follow establish guidelines for quantity, quality, appearance, and palatability. Checks physical cleanliness of operations. Ensures all staff practice “clean as you go” techniques. Insures that staff is following all safe serve and health inspection standards. Maintains proper working order of all equipment. Inspects ovens, burners, water faucets, and refrigerators. Reports deficiencies to Engineering Department.
Requirements: Graduate culinary art or Culinary degree strongly preferred 4-6 or more years previous experience as a cook Full knowledge of ordering work schedule. Physical Aspects: (include but are not limited to): Constant standing and walking throughout shift Lifting and carrying up to 25 lbs. Pushing, pulling, lifting
Cook
Reporting to the Executive Chef, responsibilities and essential job functions include but are not limited to the following: Must be knowledgeable of food preparation and presentation methods, Ability to understand sanitary food handling techniques Knowledgeable of the safe operation of kitchen equipment Ability to increase staff awareness of proper personal and food hygiene policies and procedures as well as the safe operation of all kitchen equipment Direct hands on preparation Daily recording and monitoring of the kitchen’s inventory Strong team leadership Good writing, reading, listening and computation skills are necessary Exceptional communication, interpersonal and training skills are a must Requirements:
Must possess a 3-4 star background Minimum of 5 years’ experience in same or similar position Diploma from a formal culinary institution is required Knowledgeable in health and sanitation standards Basic First Aid Must be able to work a flexible schedule including nights, weekends and holidays.
Labourers
To assist in maintaining the buildings of the resort. Must be able to lift 50lbs, bend, stand for long periods of time and must be able to push and pull carts weighing up to 250lbs. Be able to lift 50lbs., bend and stand for long periods of time. Must be able to speak English and understand instructions. Must be in excellent health.
Salary for these positions will commensurate with qualifications and experience. Please Submit Applications to:
cgibbons@wihl.com A copy should also be submitted to the TCI Labour Department. Submissions to be no later than October 24th, 2014 Belongers need only apply.
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St Vincent bans nationals from three West African States due to Ebola scare
St. Vincent and the Grenadines has placed a ban on nationals from Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea entering the island, as Caribbean countries continue to put in place measures to deal with a possible outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in the region. Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves said that the measure was taken given the lack of infrastructure on the island to deal with the Ebola virus for which there is no known cure. Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea are the three West African countries most affected by the Ebola virus. “Because we didn’t consider that we had the infrastructure, necessarily, to deal with an onrush of people if they were to come from any of those West African countries which we have named specifically,” Gonsalves said. On Tuesday, the Grenada government said it was considering suspending travel visas to nationals from the West African countries, noting that with the mortality rates climbing in the affected countries and the potential of spread becoming more and more eminent, the move to suspend the visa could soon be
taken. Caribbean States (OECS) are meeting “Amidst tougher immigration and here over the next two days to discuss border control restrictions currently strategies to deal with the viruses. Meanwhile, Prime Minister being employed in some countries and contemplated by others, the Gonsalves said he would be leading Government has decided to adapt a three-member delegation to the this measure in the best interest of Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas safeguarding the Public Health of the (ALBA) summit to be held in Cuba on Monday, where the Ebola virus, which country.” The Keith Mitchell government said has claimed over 4,500 lives in West that the measure is being discussed Africa will be discussed. against the “background that there “What they want to do is to have is no readily available vaccine to us share our experiences and to have protect ones-self against the disease, us have a discussion on the issues no available medicines to treat the professionally — the professionals will condition and the recognition that the advise and we’ll take some decisions introduction of one case of the disease as heads in ALBA as to how can we could potentially undermine the health address this issue nationally, regionally and financial infrastructure of the and globally, because it is a national problem, it’s a regional problem, it’s a country”. Prime Minister Gonsalves said global problem,” he said. Gonsalves, who recently returned that the head of the Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency home from Havana where he had been (CARPHA), Dr. James Hospedales receiving medical treatment for a will address his cabinet on the muscle injury, said Cuba has a facility Chikungunya and Ebola viruses on training people to deal with the Ebola virus. Wednesday. “That’s an important area in which Health ministers from the subregional Organisation of Eastern we have to get involved — how we are
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doing the training, what a practical facility would be like,” he said, adding that he had asked the Chief Medical Officer to prepare a document to present at the summit outlining the measures so far undertaken by the island to deal with a possible Ebola case. Gonsalves said he had also spoken to the Director-General of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Dr. Didacus Jules to ensure that the sub-region represented at the summit. Gonsalves said the OECS is looking to have an appropriate Cuban professional headquartered at the St. Lucia-based organisation to help coordinate training and other arrangements. “And I know that the risk factor in relation o Ebola for the Caribbean is very low, so too is it for Europe and North America, yet we see the kind of a scare and even hysteria that can be generated, even in a large country like the US of A, so we have to make preparations,” Gonsalves said.
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Job Summary: •Maintaining all furniture (wood floors, fences, decorations, lodging) in accordance with international standards •Maintain buildings interiors and exteriors •Inspect municipal buildings and facilities for needed services and repairs •Ordering of spare parts to ensure consistent functioning without discontinuity •Participation in training against fire •Any other duties as may be assigned
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Essential Functions: •Apply preventive maintenance to all buildings on Ambergris Cay •Ensure all work sites are left in a usable and safe condition •Keep work shop clean and in order •Maintain inventory of spare and repair parts and tools •Keep a daily log of tasks •Prepare a preventative maintenance schedule •Perform other related duties as required Requirements - Applicants must be and or have: •At least two (6) years of experience in carpentry •A high school diploma or equivalent •Attentive to details and self-motivator •Able to understand and speak English fluently •Able to work with little or no supervision •Physically fit, dependable and hard working •In possession of clean police record and valid TCI driver’s license •Required to work and live on Ambergris Cay fulltime with rotated weekends off. Salary: $10 - $12 per hour Closing Date for Applications is 1st November, 2014 Applications must be in writing addressed to: Ambergris Cay Facilities Ltd Unit 51, Salt Mills Plaza, Grace Bay Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands E-mail: burkley.malcolm@ambergristci.com Tel: (649)-941-3777 Fax: (649)-941-3778
•Basic power plant maintenance and operation. •Incinerator maintenance & operation and all related tasks •Maintain Fuel Farm, generator tank and tractor fuel in accordance with international standards. •Read and interpret data from various meters and/or gauges which monitor the equipment’s operation. •Familiarity of the operations of Power and Incinerator Plants •Ensure the safe operation of the equipment •Maintain and control stocks of fuel. •Maintain inventory of spare and repair parts, materials and tools to ensure continuous functioning of the equipment without discontinuity. •Provide weekly and monthly reports on fuel. •Check all piping for leakage. •Report any and all matters to Facilities Manager •Ensure all work sites are left in a clean, usable and safe condition. •Participate in fire training. REQUIREMENTS - APPLICANT MUST BE AND OR HAVE: •Ability to understand and follow safety and operating procedures and instructions •Solid work history, including demonstrated ability to work safelyMaintain and supply treatment to fuel tanks. •Able to work with little or no supervision. •Must have at least three (7) years of experience in the related fields •Required to work and live on Ambergris Cay fulltime with rotated weekends off. Salary: Between US$30,000 to US$36,000 per annum Closing Date for Applications is 1st November, 2014 Applications must be in writing addressed to: Ambergris Cay Facilities Ltd, Unit 51, Salt Mills Plaza, Grace Bay, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands, E-mail: burkley.malcolm@ambergristci.com Tel: (649)-941-3777; Fax: (649)-941-3778.
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Caribbean wants justice for acts committed under slave trade
Garvey, son of Jamaican Negro rights activist Marcus Garvey also spoke at the start of the three-day event. In delivering the feature address, Garvey lamented that Africa is being re-colonized. “We also see Africans as the poorest people on the planet. In America, the wealth of the average African American is one twentieth of his or her white counterpart. It almost seems that nothing has changed in 100 years so we still have to speak of repairing the breach, which, in my view, is the full meaning of reparations. former prime minister of Jamaica PJ Patterson “I would like to suggest that he struggle for ST JOHN’S, Antigua - The second Caribbean reparations is and should be firmly embedded in Community (CARICOM) Conference on Reparations the struggle for us to repair the damage caused by began here on Sunday night with reparations 500 years of Euro-American dominance so that we activists joining political leaders in calling for justice address the root causes of the problem,” Garvey said. for a region that is still reeling from the social, Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Baldwin economic effects from the transatlantic slave trade. Spencer, who is also the CARICOM Chairman, said “I implore all of us to see ourselves as working the transnational slave trade lead to the separation towards one aim, one destiny – the search for justice and destruction of many families and of the cultural and repair of our societies; societies which were values, tradition, beliefs and artifacts of our people. disfigured by colonization; societies that continue He said that CARICOM’s concept of reparations to suffer the legacies of enslavement and native is not defined by or limited to economic reparations. genocide,” said PJ Patterson, former prime minister It also includes reconciliation, racial equality, of Jamaica. inclusivity, equality of opportunity and justice. “We need all hands on deck, wherever we are “The atrocities committed against our people rank located in the west, in the north, in the east, because among the worst examples of human barbarism. This the tentacles of colonial injustices were spread instituionalised trade in humans and its attendant far and wide and their legacies continue to be far- atrocities have resulted in state of underdevelopment reaching to this very day. in the Caribbean and Africa, 180 years after its “The masses of Caribbean people are still to be abolition,” Browne said, adding “notwithstanding brought on board the reparation train. They are stuck these atrocities; what we seek now is reparation-not at the halts and stations all around the region and reprisal.” indeed in the Diaspora, waiting for reason to board. The CARICOM chairman said the argument is not If we do not wish to have them waiting indefinitely on with the peoples of Europe, neither is it a formulation the platform, or worse boarding the wrong train, we based on race or a war of revenge. need to use this forum to settle all the unanswered He said the region does not hold present day questions around the struggle for reparatory justice,” Europeans responsible for “the evils of the ruling Patterson said. classes that controlled their societies and enriched Patterson was among several speakers lending themselves from the cruelties and barbarism to his voice to the cause. University of the West Indies which they subjected our ancestors in this region”. Vice Chancellor Sir Hilary Beckles, and Dr Julius However, he said that it does not preclude them
from the acknowledgement of such wrongs. Instead, they should commit themselves to “the noble action of resolving them by honouring our reparatory claims.” Patterson stressed that people should refrain from placing blame at the feet of Africa where some leaders were induced by intimidation, bribery or greed to collaborate in the capture and transport of Africans who were destined for slavery. “There is no principle of law which permits the organizers of a criminal enterprise to escape responsibility because others collaborated in carrying out the enterprise. Legal responsibility is not affected by any collaboration,” Patterson cautioned. “The most serious penalties under criminal law are reserved for those who organize the criminal enterprise and profit most from it.” Prime Minister Browne stated “simply stated, our contention is, that our predecessors in this region were subjected to the most inhumane treatment that would today be legitimate matters for trial by the International Criminal Court. “In the course of that treatment, they were deprived of their liberty and the right to their lives; they were treated not as human beings, not even as animals – they were treated as “property” to be used or disposed – as suited the thinking of their owners.” The regional conference, which is being convened by the CARICOM Reparations Commission (CRC) is being held under the theme “‘An Expert Conference on Caribbean Reparations: Scientific Engagement and Community Mobilisation’. It is aimed at intensifying discussions regarding the scientific and popular discourse on the CRC’s 10-point plan on reparatory justice which was adopted by CARICOM leaders at their Inter-Sessional summit in St. Vincent and the Grenadines in March. The 10-point plan includes reparation in the areas of public health, education and literacy. This conference is one of several activities to address the issue of reparations for Caribbean countries whose people suffered as a result of the transatlantic trade and chattel slavery.
Trinidad upset about influx of Jamaicans
KINGSTON, Jamaica– Jamaica called on Trinidad and Tobago’s national security minister Gary Griffith to “refrain from continuing to muddy the integration waters” as it responded to comments that the influx of thousands of illegal Jamaicans into the oil-rich twin island republic is putting a strain on its resources. Foreign Affairs Minister A.J Nicholson said Griffith “does not seem to get it”, while the opposition spokesman on foreign affairs and foreign trade, Edmund Bartlett, described Griffith’s statement as “hostile and disrespectful and merits the strongest response from our government”. Last week, Griffith in a statement supporting the actions of Immigrations officers to deport 13 Jamaicans last month, said the
authorities cannot act as a “rubber stamp” when it comes to allowing people into the country. “It is to be noted that at this present time, there are more than 19,000 Jamaicans in Trinidad and Tobago who have entered at legitimate ports of entry, but who have remained illegally and cannot be accounted for,” Griffith said. He described the statistics as “alarming”, saying “that these people are dependent on State resources such as education and health care, may be employed and are not subject to taxes, which amounts to a loss of revenue of over $1 billion (One TT dollar =US$0.16 cents) per annum”. Nicholson, who has been holding talks with his Trinidad and Tobago counterpart, Winston Dookeran following a
similar immigration issue just over a year ago, said “Mr. Griffith continues to concentrate on the number of Jamaicans who have been admitted into T&T, which consists of over 90 per cent of those who travel to the twin-island republic. “We suggest that the Trinidad and Tobago security minister refrain from continuing to muddy the integration waters.” Reacting to the latest incident in which the Jamaicans were deported, Nicholson said the region needs to be assured that the immigration authorities are abiding by the agreements reached between the foreign ministers of both countries. This, he said, included the parameters established by the ruling of the Caribbean Court of
Justice in the Shanique Myrie case concerning both the landing of CARICOM nationals and how prospective returnees are to be treated. “The Trinidad and Tobago foreign minister has advised that he is to receive a written report relating to how the recent complaining 13 were treated at Piarco, pending their return to Jamaica,” said Nicholson. Last year, the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) ruled that Myrie be awarded BDS$77, 240 (One BDS dollar =US$0.50 cents) in damages after she had alleged that when she travelled to Barbados on March 14, 2011 she was discriminated against because of her nationality, subjected to a body cavity search, detained overnight in a cell and deported to
Jamaica the following day. Myrie also claimed that she was subjected to derogatory remarks by a Barbadian Immigration officer and asked the CCJ to determine the minimum standard of treatment applicable to CARICOM citizens moving around the region. In his statement, Bartlett said if there are indeed 19,000 u n d o c u m e n t e d Jamaicans in Trinidad, costing that Government in excess of one billion dollars “what are the steps being taken to deal with the matter, and has that information been conveyed to our government. Bartlett asked how many Trinidadians of similar status are living in Jamaica and at what cost to Jamaica. “Certainly every Caribbean country
can identify nationals from other CARICOM states whose citizens are residing without appropriate documentation within their borders. Is that reason to be rude and disrespectful to those seeking to enter? “Of what value is the CARICOM passport we are required to carry in place of the Jamaican passport if citizens are subjected to demeaning and humiliating treatment when they arrive at the borders of member states?” Bartlett said the matter must be treated with the utmost priority by the prime minister of the two CARICOM countries and their foreign minister, “as it goes to the heart of the integration movement in the region, and is a dealbreaker in any continued relations with Trinidad”.
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Serious decisions to make on Trinidad ‘terrorists’, says national security minister
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -- If there is clear evidence people have gone abroad and involved themselves in terrorist activity, then the government of Trinidad and Tobago will have to make “very serious decisions” with respect to how to treat with such people if and when they attempt to return home, National Security Minister Gary Griffith told the Trinidad Express. He was responding to questions on what policy the government had toward people who were fighting alongside supporters of the Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq and Syria. Griffith said it was a very technical issue. Some countries have adopted a policy of having such persons debarred from re-entering on the basis that they are a danger to national security. It is a matter which we have to discuss at the level of the National Security Council,” he said. He added: “If it is clear that individuals have gone and involved themselves in terrorist activity, obviously we will have to make some very serious decisions because the security of the country is of paramount importance.” Over the past week, there have been
increasing media reports, including video clips of nationals allegedly fighting for terrorist group ISIS in Syria. Griffith, speaking on a radio programme, said there were “several nationals now linked to the group”. Two nationals have already been identified as fighters with ISIS, with the mother of one of the men confirming her son was indeed fighting on behalf of the group. Joan Crawford told the Sunday Express at the weekend her son, Shane, 29, had gone to Syria to fight on behalf of ISIS, prompted by the inadequacy of what his life had become in Trinidad and the need to find a greater purpose. “He is fighting. He does not believe in raping women and killing children. It is those crimes which were being committed in Syria which prompted him to go and fight. He life is better. He has purpose. He has his family and he is not coming back here,” she said. Griffith, during his radio interview, suggested there are more Trinidadian nationals supporting terrorist groups. “It is no longer the case where 20 years ago what we saw as a terrorist... was just someone with explosives around his waist and you pull a pin.
The concept of terrorism has now was right in doing so. moved to different elements. It is just “Co-sponsoring that UN resolution, not the actual terrorist, but it also what it has allowed is that it will involves persons who may become ensure that the real-time intelligence sleeper cells... then there will be others from other countries can now be who will be sympathisers to terrorist brought into your own country as activity, then there will be others who quickly as possible,” he said, adding will be training persons to be involved “even the information of the individuals in terrorist activity,” he explained. that we speak about, it is because of Griffith said steps were being taken that resolution”. to monitor these nationals, particularly those who may want to return to Trinidad and Tobago. “There are certain countries, now they have pinpointed individuals who are citizens of their own country and they have gone to Syria, they have been trained... and they are trying to get back into their country and they are prevented from getting back in their own country. If I decide to do that, then God help me. But again I am not saying that is what we intend to do in Trinidad and Tobago. We have to be very clear between intelligence and evidence,” he told radio listeners. Trinidad and Tobago last month cosponsored a United States resolution at the United Nations outlawing terrorism and Griffith said Port of Spain, which was one of two Caribbean countries to sign on to the US resolution, Minister of National Security, Senator Gary Griffith
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Tourist sues after contracting illness at resort LONDON, England– British tourist Sarah Bowes-Phipps’ dream Caribbean holiday abruptly turned into a nightmare when she allegedly came down with such a severe case of food poisoning that she had to have her gall bladder surgically removed. Claiming that she contracted a “life-threatening illness” on an all-inclusive package holiday, the 31-year-old mother of one is suing Virgin Holidays for up to half a million pounds. According to Bowes-Phipps, she fell ill a day after eating a piece of “unknown” fish in a restaurant infested with birds and stray cats at the Verandah Resort and Spa in Antigua. A writ filed at London’s High Court stated that Mrs Bowes-Phipps ate “a small piece of an unknown fish in breadcrumbs, served lukewarm” after ordering the “catch of the day” at the resort’s beach bar and grill in September 2011. Bowes-Phipps barrister, Asela Wijeyaratne, further stated in the writ that she did not consider the fish to have tasted “fresh,” and she went on to be awoken by “shooting, stabbing pains” next day and had to be transported to hospital by ambulance. She was subsequently airlifted to a hospital in Florida, where she underwent emergency surgery, and remained there for almost a month before being airlifted back home to the UK, where she underwent further surgery. Bowes-Phipps, from St Albans, was diagnosed with salmonella and secondary septicaemia. She is now seeking up to £500,000 in compensation from Virgin Holidays Ltd. Mr Wijeyaratne said that Virgin sold Mrs Bowes-
Phipps and her husband an all-inclusive one-week package holiday, and she did not consume any food or drink outside of the resort. The barrister claimed that Virgin, through their agents at the hotel, “failed to ensure that food and drink served to Mrs Bowes-Phipps was safe for human consumption.” He added that the resort had also “permitted stray cats and birds to enter the beach bar and grill restaurant with the consequent risk of contamination.” The barrister alleged that there were no adequate food hygiene systems at the hotel and that the “hotel accommodation was so unsafe that no reasonable holidaymaker would agree to go on holiday there.” According to the writ, the contents of which have not been tested in evidence before a judge, Mrs Bowes-Phipps’ claim is “currently expected to exceed £300,000, but to be less than £500,000 in total.” A Virgin Holidays spokesperson said: “Virgin Holidays is aware of the complaints raised by Mrs Bowes-Phipps and the claim issued in the High Court of Justice. “Virgin Holidays exercised all reasonable care and skill in the selection of the Verandah Resort and the monitoring of the services and facilities, including the provision of food and beverages. “As Mrs Bowes-Phipps has now issued proceedings, solicitors representing the Verandah Resort will be filing a defence to the claim and it would be inappropriate for Virgin Holidays to comment any further on the matters now forming part of legal proceedings.”
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Ambergris Cay Facilities Ltd is seeking a suitable applicant to fill an available post on Ambergris Cay ON A MONTH TO MONTH BASIS. The available post is for a LABOURER/HOUSEMAN
Job Summary: •Assisting the Housekeeping Team with daily housekeeping duties. •Cleaning of guest’s homes, staff dormitories, offices. •Ensuring that the housekeeping area is kept in a tidy manner at all times. •Clean and maintain all housekeeping equipment as required. •The Employee will operate in the safest possible manner at all times.
Requirements - Applicants must be and or have: •At least three (5) years of experience in Housekeeping •A high school diploma or equivalent •Attentive to details and self-motivated •Able to understand and speak English fluently •Able to work with little or no supervision •Physically fit, dependable and hard working •In possession of clean police record and valid TCI Driver’s License •Able to understand and follow policies and procedures of the department •Required to work and live on Ambergris Cay with rotated weekends off.
Salary Scale: $8.00 per hour paid fortnightly. Closing Date for Applications is 1st November, 2014 Applications must be addressed to: Ambergris Cay Services Ltd. 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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10,000 new Ebola cases per week could be seen, says World Health Experts
LONDON — West Aylward said the U.N. of all possible patients Africa could face up health agency was still — a complicated process to 10,000 new Ebola focused on trying to get since the numbers of cases a week within sick people isolated and cases are substantially two months, the World provide treatment as underreported and much patient data is missing. Health Organization early as possible. He told reporters if the Health workers have warned Tuesday, adding that the death rate in world’s response to the been hit hard by the the current outbreak Ebola crisis isn’t stepped virus, which is spread has risen to 70 percent. up within 60 days, “a by contact with bodily WHO assistant director- lot more people will fluids like blood, vomit general Dr. Bruce die” and health workers and diarrhea. Doctors Aylward gave the grim will be stretched even Without Borders said figures during a news further. Experts say the 16 of its employees had conference in Geneva. epidemic is doubling in been infected with Ebola Previously, the agency size about every three and nine of them have died. had estimated the Ebola weeks. Speaking Tuesday WHO raised its Ebola mortality rate at around 50 percent overall. In death toll tally Tuesday in Johannesburg, the contrast, in events such to 4,447 people, nearly head of the charity’s Africa unit, as flu pandemics, the all of them in West Africa, South Ekambaram, death rate is typically out of more than 8,900 Sharon believed to be infected. said medical workers under 2 percent. Acknowledging that Aylward said calculating have received woefully Ebola was “a high the death rate means inadequate assistance mortality disease,” tracking the outcomes from the international
was very concerned equipment to families community. “Where is WHO about the spread of and setting up very Africa? Where is the Ebola in their capital basic clinics — without — Freetown, much treatment — was African Union?” said cities Ekambaram. “We’ve all Conakry and Monrovia a priority. Aylward said there heard their promises in — where people move was no evidence that any the media but have seen freely across borders. While some regions countries were hiding very little on the ground.” For the last month, have seen the number Ebola cases, but said there’s been about of Ebola cases stabilize countries bordering the 1,000 new Ebola cases or fall, Aylward said affected area, including per week — including “that doesn’t mean they Ivory Coast, Mali and suspected, confirmed will get down to zero.” Guinea-Bissau, were at and probable cases, He said WHO was still high risk of importing Aylward said. The U.N. focused on trying to the disease. “This is not a virus agency was aiming to treat Ebola patients, get 70 percent of Ebola despite West Africa’s that’s easy to suppress cases isolated and 70 often-broken health care or hide,” he said, noting that Ebola has not percent of victims safely systems. very much “It would be spread buried by December to horrifically unethical internationally. “I don’t reverse the outbreak. Sierra Leone, Guinea to say that we’re just expect this virus to just and Liberia have been going to isolate people,” go anywhere. There is the hardest-hit nations he said, noting that exit screening in place strategies like and sick people won’t be in the current epidemic, new and Aylward said WHO handing out protective moving.”
ISIS seeks to justify enslaving women and girls ARBIL Iraq - The Islamic State group said it enslaved families from the minority Yazidi sect after overrunning their villages in northwestern Iraq, in what it praised as the revival of an ancient custom of using women and children as spoils of war. In an article in its English-language online magazine Dabiq, the group provides what it says is religious justification for the enslavement of defeated “idolators”. The ancient custom of enslavement had fallen out of use because of deviation from true Islam, but was revived when fighters overran Yazidi villages in Iraq’s Sinjar region. “After capture, the Yazidi women and children were then divided according to the Shariah amongst the fighters of the Islamic State who participated in the Sinjar operations, after one fifth of the slaves were transferred to the Islamic State’s authority to be divided as khums,” it said. Khums is a traditional tax on the spoils of war. “This large-scale enslavement of mushrik (idolator) families is probably the first since the abandonment of Shariah law,” it said.
Dabiq, distributed in a slickly- killing and displacing thousands produced online format, is described of Christians, Shi’ite Shabaks and by the group SITE that monitors Turkmen who lived for centuries in militant publications as Islamic one of the most diverse parts of the State’s English-language magazine. Middle East. The cover shows a picture of St Peter’s Basilica in Rome, with an “FIRMLY ESTABLISHED” Islamic State black flag superimposed in place of the cross atop its obelisk. U.S. President Barack Obama Inside it features photos of the group’s justified his decision to bomb Islamic arsenal of heavy weaponry and what State targets in August in part because it says is the final letter to his mother the group was poised to commit what from an American journalist the group he called “genocide” against Yazidis, beheaded. who were trapped at the time on a The article on slavery confirms mountaintop after fleeing an Islamic practices documented by Human State assault on their towns and Rights Watch, which says Yazidi villages. women and girls were forced to marry Yazidis, who follow an ancient Islamic State fighters and shipped out religion derived from Zoroastrianism, in busloads from Iraq to Syria to be have faced some of the harshest sold off as prizes. penalties from Islamic State, which Islamic State practices a harsh regards them as devil-worshippers. form of Sunni Islam and has declared The Dabiq article said fighters were its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi the reviving a practice of the companions ruler of the entire Muslim world. of the Prophet Mohammad by Mainstream Sunni scholars around enslaving enemies. Enslaving women the world have denounced the group and forcing them to become wives and its interpretation of Islam. reduces sin by protecting men from The group has hounded ethnic and being tempted into adultery, it said. religious minorities in northern Iraq “One should remember that since seizing the city of Mosul in June, enslaving the families of the (non-
believers) and taking their women as concubines is a firmly established aspect of the Shariah, that if one were to deny or mock, he would be denying or mocking the verses of the Quran and the narrations of the Prophet,” the article said. Many of the captives had “willingly” accepted Islam, the group said, “and now race to practice it with evident sincerity after their exit from the darkness of idolatry”. Mothers had not been separated from their young children, it said. U.S.-led air strikes have halted Islamic State advances in the north of Iraq, allowing Kurdish forces to regain ground. Many of the Yazidis trapped on the mountain they consider a holy site, Mount Sinjar, were eventually able to escape, but their nearby villages are still under militant control. On Sunday, Human Rights Watch said Islamic State was holding hundreds of Yazidis captive in both Iraq and Syria and that the group had systematically separated young women and teenage girls from their families, forcing some into marriage with fighters.
Australian woman gives birth hours after learning she’s pregnant On August 11, Kim Walsh arrived children. Doctors had even told them on board,” Dr. Charles McCusker, at her doctor’s with complaints of they’d never conceive naturally. head of obstetrics and gynecology at abdominal pain. “My husband was parked outside Fairfield Hospital in Sydney, told the Less than three hours later, she was the surgery. I climbed into the car. He Sydney Morning Herald. holding her newborn daughter, Shelby, asked, ‘How did you go?’ I told him, “I brought in a trusted senior in her arms. ‘You’re going to be a father…today,’” colleague, Dr Harry Ngo. Anesthetic Walsh had been in labour — without Walsh recalled. staff were able to provide a reasonable even knowing she was pregnant. When Walsh arrived at the hospital, anesthesia, despite obvious difficulties. The 38-year-old woman from Sydney, her baby was in “acute foetal distress,” And then of course there were the Australia, suffers from polycystic with the umbilical cord wrapped paediatrics staff. It really was a case of Team Fairfield pulling together. Shelby ovarian syndrome, which often results around her neck. in infertility. She and her husband of “Aside from myself and my junior arrived into this world surrounded by 15 years assumed they’d never have staff, the entire midwifery team were relief, joy and incredible happiness.”
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Putin warns US not to blackmail Russia Belgrade- President Vladimir it was “hard to call such an Kremlin for a third term in 2012. Putin accused his US counterpart approach anything but hostile”. Russia is now facing its deepest Barack Obama of a hostile “We are hoping our partners will period of Western isolation since approach towards Russia, warning understand the recklessness of the Cold War, with US and EU in a Cold War-style tirade that attempts to blackmail Russia, sanctions dealing a blow to its Moscow would not be blackmailed (and) remember what discord already stuttering economy. by the West over Ukraine. between large nuclear powers can Despite the distinct Western Putin fired off his combative do to strategic stability,” Putin diplomatic chill, Putin was greeted comments shortly before he arrived said. warmly in Belgrade, which has amid tight security to a red carpet He branded attempts by the refused to align with the EU welcome in Belgrade, seeking to West to isolate Russia over the sanctions against Moscow. cement Russia’s influence in its six-month conflict in Ukraine - Serbia balancing act loyal European ally. an “absurd, illusory goal” and He and Serbian President Tomislav Belgrade is staging its first accused Washington of meddling Nikolic were to lay wreaths at a military parade in 30 years to in Russian affairs. cemetery where Russian soldiers mark the 70th anniversary of its Putin, who is to meet Ukrainian were killed in the October 1944 liberation from Nazi occupation -- leader Petro Poroshenko in Milan battle for Belgrade. an event brought forward by four on Friday, called on Kiev to start Putin is then expected to make days to coincide with the visit by nationwide dialogue, saying there an address at the military parade the Kremlin strongman. was a “real opportunity” to halt involving more than 3,000 soldiers In some of his most pugnacious the war. and featuring a Russian aerobatics comments yet on Russia-US ties, Putin reiterated that Moscow display -- but pointedly not being Putin took issue with Obama’s was ready to mend fences with attended by any US officials. speech at the UN General Washington but only if its interests “Our joint obligation is to oppose Assembly last month, when he are genuinely taken into account. the glorification of Nazism and listed “Russia’s aggression” in Putin’s predecessor Dmitry attempts to revise the outcome of eastern Ukraine among top global Medvedev spearheaded a “re- the World War II,” Putin said in threats, along with Islamic State set” in ties with Washington but the Politika interview, warning of jihadists and Ebola. relations have quickly unravelled rising “neo-Nazism” in the Baltics He told the Serbian daily Politika since Putin returned to the and Ukraine.
New Florida million-dollar home has nice view, but built on wrong lot
Thia Luxury mansion was built on the wrong lot A Florida builder is trying to figure out what to do after constructing a million-dollar, ocean-view home in Florida on the wrong lot, authorities said. The mistake occurred after two state-certified surveyors on the job separately marked the wrong property, said Carl Laundrie, spokesman for Flagler County on the Atlantic Coast north of Daytona Beach. Laundrie said there were few landmarks in the new Hammock Dunes subdivision that could have helped someone catch the error. “There is no giant oak tree on one corner of the lot so you would say, okay, this must be the lot. This particular piece of land is basically in a field back behind the dune,” Laundrie said. The 5,300-square-foot (492-sq-meter) house, which was completed in March, includes five bedrooms, five-and-a-half bathrooms, a theater, game room and swimming pool, according to gotoby.com, a local real estate news site. Mark and Brenda Voss of Linn, Missouri, who had the home built, did not return calls for comment, nor did Andrew Massaro and Brooke Triplett of Ocean
Isle Beach, North Carolina, who own the lot. The Vosses own the lot next door to the one on which the house was built. Flagler County Property Appraiser Jay Gardner said the mistake was discovered in September by a third surveyor working in the neighborhood. The builder, Robbie Richmond of Keystone Homes, who the real estate website described as one of the area’s most respected builders, did not return a call for comment. Flagler County Property Appraiser Jay Gardner said he spoke to Richmond. “All he wants to do is get it right,” Gardner said. Representatives of the surveying companies on the project also did not return calls for comment. “It’s up to the builder to rectify the situation, and the builder relied on the surveyor. I assume everything is going to be headed to court,{“ said Laundrie. Gardner said he hadn’t spoken to the Vosses, but that Massaro was calm when informed of the problem. ‘He wasn’t tickled but he seemed to handle it quite well,” Gardner said. “It happens from time to time.”
Oil slide puts Venezuela’s Maduro under pressure for reforms
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro arrives at a news conference at Miraflores Palace in Caracas October 15, 2014 The slump in global oil prices has heightened pressure on President Nicolas Maduro to enact politically risky reforms to bolster Venezuela’s weak public finances and its ability to pay down debt. Crude prices under $85 have given new voice to reformers within Maduro’s government, and critics outside, who say he needs to make urgent changes. “The government continues to study the changes ... The decisions will come bit by bit,” a senior official at state oil company PDVSA said, explaining a package of reforms that were mooted earlier this year and include unifying a complex system of exchange rates effectively devaluing the bolivar currency. A hike in domestic gasoline prices, currently the cheapest in the world at less than 2 U.S. cents per liter, is also under discussion although the official said that any policy changes would be implemented gradually to minimize public backlash. The idea of a fuel price hike is being debated by the National Assembly and its energy commission president, Fernando Soto, said it could be decided by year end. “There’s a majority consensus that we’re practically giving away gasoline.” Any change to the currency control regime would, sources and economists say, probably mean weakening the lowest official rate of 6.3 to the dollar to double that or more. Dollars are currently available at two other official rates of about 12 and 50 bolivars, while they trade at 100 on the black market. The reforms would give Maduro’s government some much-needed fiscal breathing space and help to ease concerns over whether it will be able to service its debt, although they could also fuel inflation and weaken support for his government. Over 90 percent of the state’s foreign revenues come from oil so those fears have deepened as the price of oil falls. “If the government doesn’t make adjustments, any annual (oil) price under $90 dollars will be a problem,” said Benjamin Ramsey, analyst with JP Morgan. The bid price on Venezuela’s benchmark sovereign bond due 2027 has fallen 32.5 percent to 60 cents on the dollar in the last 2-1/2 months, with the yield popped up to nearly 17 percent. The cost for insuring a $10 million trade on Venezuela’s sovereign debt for 5 years surged again on Thursday, to $4.175 million. That is almost triple the price of $1.5 million in late June. CRUDE SHOCK The four-month rout in oil markets, driven by signs of lower growth and demand for crude in Europe as well as signs that OPEC’s core Gulf members are in no hurry to cut production, has left Brent crude at under $84 and U.S. crude below $82. It could not have come at a worse time for Venezuela, which is already grappling with an economic slump, inflation running at above 60 percent and currency restrictions that have led to widespread shortages. The government also faces looming payments on foreign debt and in arbitration cases following nationalizations under socialist leader Hugo Chavez, who led Venezuela from 1999 until his death from cancer last year. And reforms aimed at improving public finances carry political and social risks. Maduro’s approval ratings have already fallen to about 35 percent, analysts expect the economy to shrink between 1 and 4 percent this year and there are important legislative elections in 2015.
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US lawmakers blast government’s Ebola response,urge travel ban Congressional lawmakers criticized the government’s response to Ebola in the United States on Thursday as some called, at a congressional hearing probing efforts to contain the virus, for a ban on travel from epidemic-stricken West Africa. Federal Aviation Administration chief Michael Huerta told reporters separately that the United States is assessing whether to issue a travel ban “on a day-to-day basis” but that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had determined that a ban would not address the challenges posed by Ebola. The congressional hearing comes as concerns about the virus in the United States are accelerating. Several schools in Ohio and Texas were closed after concerns that a nurse with Ebola traveled on a plane with people with ties to the schools. The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) said it would take
“I predict you’re going to put on and Amber Vinson - another Dallas over the care of the first Texas nurse diagnosed with Ebola, Nina Pham, or the president’s going to put on nurse who had cared for Duncan restrictions,” Republican - - and revelations that Vinson had who contracted the virus while travel treating a man from Liberia who later Representative Billy Long of Missouri subsequently traveled on an airplane told Frieden during the hearing. “I while running a slight fever, has died. Lawmakers focused questions and don’t know if it’s going to be today or prompted Frieden to backtrack pointed criticism at the hearing on tomorrow or two weeks or a month on earlier statements about his from now. But I think that they’re confidence in the ability of American CDC chief Dr. Thomas Frieden. “The administration did not act coming, and I think sooner rather health officials to contain the disease. “It would be an understatement fast enough in responding in Texas,” than later.” Frieden argued, as he has before, to say that the response to the first Democratic Representative Bruce Braley of Iowa told the hearing. “We that closing U.S. borders would not U.S.-based patient with Ebola has need to look at all the options available work and would leave the country been mismanaged, causing risk to to keep our families safe and move less able to track people with Ebola scores of additional people,” said quickly and responsibly to make any entering. Moreover, cutting flights Representative Diana DeGette, the to Africa would hit the U.S. ability to top Democrat on the subcommittee necessary changes at airports.” holding Thursday’s hearing. Several Republicans said flights stop the virus at its source, he said. At least two lawmakers have called Frieden said he has spoken to the from West Africa, where the virus is White House about the issue of dealing for Frieden’s resignation. Others, widespread, should be stopped. Ebola has killed nearly 4,500 with people traveling with Ebola. including Republican House Speaker people in West Africa, predominantly Asked if the White House had ruled John Boehner of Ohio, urged travel in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea, out a travel ban, the CDC chief did not restrictions on the countries hardest since March. The virus is spread answer directly, saying, “I can’t speak hit by Ebola. The disease appeared in the United States last month. through direct contact with bodily for the White House.” The spread of Ebola to Pham fluids from an infected person.
US ramps up airstrikes on ISIS
Bank robber waits for police after hold-up A suspected robber with a guilty conscience walked out of a Washington state bank with stolen cash on Tuesday then waited outside the building for police to arrest him, police said. The 64-year-old man walked into a Banner Bank branch in Bellingham early on Tuesday and handed a teller a note demanding cash, the Bellingham Police Department said in a statement. The teller complied, and the man, identified as Richard Gorton, took the money and left, police said. But instead of fleeing the scene, he lingered near the bank building where he was discovered by officers. “He admitted to officers that he had committed this crime and indicated that he became remorseful right after he walked out of the bank,” police said, adding that Gorton told officers he had decided to wait for police instead of making a run with the cash. The remorseful robber faces charges of first degree robbery and was being held in the Whatcom County Jail awaiting arraignment, police said. The amount of money stolen was not disclosed by police.
U.S. and coalition forces conduct airstrikes against ISIS, but critics say it’s not enough U.S. warplanes have ramped up portions of Kobani.” the number of airstrikes against Centcom says the escalated ISIS fighters in the besieged city number of airstrikes on Monday of Kobani, launching 21 airstrikes and today by U.S. and Saudi since Monday, officials said today. aircraft destroyed multiple ISIS It is the highest number of strikes staging locations, compounds, since the start of the air campaign mortar positions, occupied in Syria and is an indicator of how buildings and vehicles near important the U.S. now sees the Kobani. battle for Kobani. An estimated 200,000 residents “Indications are that airstrikes from the surrounding were able to have slowed [ISIS] advances,” flee into Turkey before Turkish said a statement from U.S. authorities closed the border Central Command. “However, the crossing at Kobani. security situation on the ground Over the past week U.S. and there remains fluid, with ISIL coalition warplanes conducted attempting to gain territory and 50 airstrikes in one week around Kurdish militia continuing to hold Kobani to push back the ISIS out.” advance. ISIL is an alternative name for The U.S. airstrike campaign the Islamic extremist group. in Syria has been criticized by Airstrikes Hit Jihadi Targets rebel groups who say they have in Syria ISIS fighters have not stopped the ISIS advance on succeeded in taking over a third of Kobani and have emboldened the the strategic city that lies on the Assad regime to launch attacks on border with Turkey. Centcom’s them. statement said the U.S. “airstrikes Pentagon spokesman Col. Steve are designed to interdict ISIL Warren said today that the reinforcements and resupply increased strikes in Kobani have and prevent ISIL from massing certainly had a degrading effect” combat power on the Kurdish held on ISIS forces in that city.
He also urged patience in judging the overall effectiveness of the airstrike campaign inside Iraq and Syria saying “to judge the success or failure after only several weeks of what will be months and possibly years it’s simply too premature.” Ultimately, Warren said the future of the operation in Kobani should be seen as part of a broader fight where there will be battlefield successes and setbacks. “They’ve lost Mosul Dam, they’ve lost Amerli, they’ve lost Sinjar while simultaneously they’ve gained ground in Anbar (Province)” said Warren. “ We’ve been very clear about this this is the nature of warfare, this is the nature of battle. There’ll be ebbs and flows across the battlefield for months.” Warren said Iraqi security forces are facing a “tough fight” against ISIS forces in Anbar Province who he said have “relative freedom of movement”. The spokesman said the airstrike operations in Iraq and Syria have so far cost $424 million since they began on Aug. 8 inside Iraq.
Airbus A350 cleared to fly record distance on one engine Airbus has won permission for its twin-engined A350 to fly more than six hours on one engine in the event of a breakdown, a key approval that allows its new long-haul jet to fly almost any passenger route. The European Aviation Safety Agency granted the Airbus jet Extended Operations, known as ETOPS, of “beyond 180 minutes”, but will allow pilots to fly the A350 for up to 370 minutes if one engine shuts down, Airbus said. ETOPS rules determine the maximum flying time on one engine that jets can stray from the nearest airport at any point during their journey -- so they can make it back safely in the event the other engine fails. That ceiling determines the routes that modern twinengined jets can take over deserted areas and oceans and is therefore seen as crucial to the sales pitches for such aircraft. The maximum A350 diversion time of six hours and 10 minutes confirms an earlier Reuters report [ID:nL6N0SA1HU]. It is equivalent to a maximum diversion distance of 2,500 nautical miles (4,630 km), an industry record, Airbus said. Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner has clearance to operate for 330 minutes on one engine, but the difference between the two categories is widely viewed as a marketing one since both jets will have enough margin to operate on most commercial routes.
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Washington puts pot sales, fines online for banks “The sense I get from the financial SEATTLE — Banking remains complying with regulations. “The more information that’s industry is still one of caution,” he said. a thorny issue for legal marijuana businesses, but regulators in out there, it helps them know “There’s so much risk.” Under the guidance, banks must Washington state are trying to make it their customers and gives them an easier for financial institutions to track opportunity to identify behavior review state license applications that’s not what they thought it would for marijuana customers, request their pot-related customers. In the last few days, the state’s be,” Scott Jarvis, director of the state information about the business, Liquor Control Board has started Department of Financial Institutions. develop an understanding of the posting the sales activity of licensed “If somebody reports that they’re selling types of products to be sold and marijuana growers, sellers and $10,000 a month, and all of a sudden monitor publicly available sources for processers online — along with any the bank sees them depositing $40,000 any negative information about the warnings or fines issued to businesses a month, there’s room for inquiry there.” business. The banks need to file “suspicious Colorado, the only other state with caught out of compliance. The data show that two of state’s top-selling pot legal marijuana sales, does not make activity reports” on their pot customers — designated either “marijuana limited,” shops are in the southwest Washington such data available online. Denny Eliason, a lobbyist for the for those believed to be complying city of Vancouver, just across the Columbia River from Portland, Oregon. state banking industry, said it can with the federal government’s lawThe idea behind posting the only help to have the information enforcement priorities, such as keeping accessible because “the pot away from children; “marijuana information online is to make it easy easily for banks or credit unions to discover federal guidance requires financial priority,” for those the banks have red flags that might indicate illegal institutions to know their customers at questions about; or “marijuana activity, officials said. Early this an unprecedented level.” While some termination,” for those believed to be year, the U.S. Justice and Treasury credit unions in the state are already engaging in criminal activity. The sales data show that since departments gave banks permission opening accounts for pot businesses, to do business with legal marijuana he said it’s too soon to say whether the sales began in July, one of the state’s entities with conditions, including online access will encourage more to top-selling pot shops has been New Vansterdam in Vancouver, which trying to make sure the customers are take marijuana money.
Irish tax changes may cost US groups billions
has reported nearly $1.7 million in sales. Another Vancouver shop, Main Street Marijuana, has sold about $1.1 million worth. By contrast, Seattle’s first licensed pot store, Cannabis City, which like many of the stores has been beset by supply problems, reported $1.3 million in sales. Sales are allowed to out-of-state residents. But among the federal government’s concerns in allowing states to move forward with legalizing marijuana is to prevent diversion to other states. Oregon is set to vote this fall on whether to legalize marijuana. The enforcement data posted online so far concerns activity from last month only, but it reveals that the state has already issued fines to businesses. One licensed marijuana grower, Botany Unlimited Design and Supply in Pasco, was fined twice: $2,500 on Sept. 16 for having unauthorized product or unapproved storage, and $1,000 on Sept. 25 for failing to maintain a required security alarm or surveillance system.
Obama to nominate new attorney general after November 4 elections
President Barack Obama will wait until after Nov. 4 congressional elections to nominate a new U.S. attorney general, a White House official said. The decision to delay allows Obama more time to pick a replacement for Attorney General Eric Holder and means the new nominee will not get mired in election-year politics in the final weeks of the congressional election campaign. A delay in the announcement had been sought by some Senate Democrats who wanted to avoid a fresh controversy ahead of the elections. Obama is considering a number of people with legal experience for the position, including former White House
Ireland’s plan to close a “Double Irish” tax loophole an operational issue, this would impact valuations,” could cost U.S. companies including Apple and analysts at Macquarie said in a research note. Google billions of dollars, although a new break and Ireland does not publish a list of companies pressure to tackle tax avoidance elsewhere means which are Irish-registered but not tax resident in the they are unlikely to decamp. country, a spokeswoman for the tax authority said on Analysts and tax advisers predict that corporations Tuesday. It is therefore impossible to say how much which need access to the EU’s 500 million consumers income will be affected. will find it difficult to set up equally effective schemes However, filings and comments from Google, in other member states as Brussels investigates Apple, software group Adobe Systems and Yahoo arrangements that involve paying minimal tax rates. show they have Irish registered companies which are “The question is where do you go to? There’s nowhere not tax resident in the country. else in the European Union. It’s just getting too hot,” Allergan, which makes the Botox cosmetic said George Bull, head of the tax practice at advisory treatment, uses the double Irish structure, analysts group Baker Tilly. at Leerink Partners LLC said, while rival drugmaker Ireland has been an attractive base for U.S. Gilead Sciences will also be affected, according to multinationals for decades, thanks to a tax regime Mark Schoenebaum, analyst at ISI Group. which allows companies to channel profits made in According to the analysts, the drug companies their major markets through the country and into tax said the plan to phase the Irish changes in over 5 havens, paying little tax along the way. years would moderate the impact on their bottom Following pressure from the United States and lines. EU, the Dublin government said on Tuesday it Google, Amazon, Yahoo, Apple and Adobe have planned to change a rule underpinning this system said they follow tax rules in all the countries where which allows a company to be registered in Ireland they operate. “We’re deeply committed to Ireland and but not resident there for tax purposes. will work to implement these changes as they become This change aims to shut down “Double law,” a Google spokesman said. Irish” schemes, so-called because they involve Generally, a country deems any company multinationals setting up two Irish subsidiaries. registered on its territory to be tax resident there, but Yogurt became New But with the government anxious not to lose the until now Ireland has exempted firms if their central York’s official state snack jobs that multinationals have brought to Ireland, management and control is outside the country. on Wednesday, joining Finance Minister Michael Noonan said firms already This typically involves holding board meetings in the likes of popcorn and operating such schemes would have until 2020 to a jurisdiction that levies no corporate tax such as salty boiled peanuts comply with the new rules. Bermuda, and saying it is managed from there. among popular foods In his budget, Noonan also announced changes Companies have saved on tax by establishing honored by U.S. states. to the intellectual property tax regime in the hope of two Irish firms. One generates large revenues either New York has become keeping Ireland an attractive destination for business. by selling directly to customers internationally or to the nation’s top yogurt International anger about corporate tax avoidance affiliates in other countries at prices which leave the producer amid the has made the Group of 20 biggest economies rethink affiliates with low reportable profits. booming popularity of international tax rules. It has also prompted EU This first company will usually be tax resident in strained Greek-style investigations into tax deals between some member Ireland since it has activities there. But to make sure yogurt, the office of states and big companies. profits escape Irish tax, it pays large, tax deductible Governor Andrew Cuomo The changes announced by Noonan are the latest fees to the second Irish-registered company, whose said. in a series of international attacks on the contrived headquarters may be a letter box in the Caribbean. Cuomo signed a bill tax structures used to shift profits into tax havens. Thanks to a U.S. rule under which the Internal making it the official “The bottom line is, with the increasing focus on Revenue Service ignores transactions between state snack. low-tax jurisdictions around the world, Google, Apple, subsidiaries of groups that are registered in the same “Designating yogurt as Amazon.com, and many others face the risk of rising country, the vast profits of the second Irish-registered, the official state snack consolidated tax rates over the long term. While not but Irish tax non-resident company escape taxation. will continue to raise
counsel Kathy Ruemmler, Labor Secretary Tom Perez and U.S. Solicitor General Don Verrilli. One factor Obama may consider in picking a new attorney general is whether the nominee can get confirmed during the forthcoming “lame duck” session of Congress, the period after the elections and before the new Congress takes over in January. Holder, one of Obama’s closest allies, announced last month that he would step down but remain in office until a successor is nominated and confirmed. His nearly six-year term, marked by civil rights advances and frequent fights with Congress, made him one of the longest-serving U.S. attorneys generals.
New York makes yogurt official state snack
public awareness of the economic and health benefits of yogurt and the dairy industry,” the governor’s office said. Only a handful of states have official snacks. South Carolina has boiled peanuts, Texas has tortilla chips and salsa, Illinois has popcorn and Utah has Jell-O. New York state produced 741 million pounds (336 million kg) of yogurt last year, accounting for 16 percent of total U.S. production, the governor’s statement said.
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iPad Mini, iPad Air, iMac All Updated at Apple Event
The Air is getting a little thinner. At an event in California on Thursday, Apple unveiled a new, slimmer version of its iPad Air, as well as its updates to its iPad mini and iMac computers. The bulk of the time was spent on the iPad Air 2. Though the screen size of the iPad stays the same, the Air 2 is thinner and lighter than last year’s iPad Air and adds Apple’s Touch ID fingerprint scanner to unlock the device. Apple also introduced the iPad mini 3, an update to its smaller iPad mini. That tablet also gets Touch ID, as well as improved cameras. Both iPad models were last updated by Apple in October 2013. Though the tablets grabbed the headlines (including the headline on this story), Apple also announced that its new operating system, OS X Yosemite, was available immediately as a free download from the App Store. The company first detailed OS X Yosemite, which features a light redesign and new compatibility features for iPhone and iPad, in June. iOS, the operating system for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch, also gets an update: iOS 8.1 will be available as a free download Monday, Oct. 20. Apple also introduced a version of its iMac all-in-one desktop computer with a high-resolution Retina display. Apple also announced that Apple Pay, its new service that lets you pay at the register or online with your Apple device, will launch Monday. iPad Air 2 The headlining feature of the iPad Air 2 is its thinness: At 6.1 millimeters, it’s the sveltest iPad yet. For comparison, the first iPad Air was 7.5 millimeters thick, and the first iPad was nearly twice as thick. The iPad Air 2 will run iOS 8.1 and comes with a new anti-reflective screen and a faster processor. For the first time, Apple’s tablets also get
Apple CEO Tim Cook holds up the iPad Air 2, which, for the first time, will be available in gold. the company’s Touch ID fingerprint unlock feature, which debuted with the iPhone 5s in 2013. Apple says the iPad Air 2 will get 10 hours of battery life, the same as the first iPad Air. The cameras on both the front and the back of the device have been improved, too. Apple first unveiled the iPad, a tablet with a 9.7-inch display, in 2010, setting off a tablet-buying frenzy that has since cooled down somewhat. This was followed by the iPad 2 in 2011; Apple dropped the numbering convention with its new iPad in 2012, dubbing it simply “iPad.” Last year, Apple introduced the iPad Air, a thinner version of the iPad. The iPad enjoys sales numbers in the high millions; as Mashable notes, Apple remains the No. 1 tablet seller in the United States “by a wide margin.” Wall Street analysts, however, have dinged Apple for its slowing growth,
as sales rates of iPads have declined from year to year. The iPad Air will start at $499 for a model with WiFi and 16 GB. A 64 GB model will cost $599, and a 128 GB model will cost $699. For iPad Air models that can also connect to your cellular network, add $130 to each of those prices. The first iPad Air, meanwhile, gets a price cut of $100 per model. Preorders will begin Oct. 17 and orders will start shipping next week. iPad mini Apple also introduced the iPad Mini 3, though it did not change its design. Instead, the iPad Mini gets improved cameras, the Touch ID fingerprint sensor, and a new gold color option. Apple added the iPad mini, a scaled-down version of the iPad with a smaller, 7.6-inch display, in 2012.
Sears says Kmart stores hit by data breach Sears Holdings Corp (SHLD.O) said it was the victim of a cyberattack that likely resulted in the theft of some customer payment cards at its Kmart stores, the latest in a series of computer security breaches to hit U.S. companies and dealing a fresh blow to the struggling U.S. retailer. The U.S. Secret Service confirmed it was investigating the breach, which occurred in September and compromised the systems of Kmart, which has about 1,200 stores across the United States. The breach did not affect the Sears department store chain. A Sears spokesman said he could not say how many credit and debit card numbers had been taken. He added that the personal information, debit card PIN numbers, email addresses and Social Security numbers of its customers remained safe. Security professionals said they were not surprised to learn that yet another major retailer was reporting a breach, adding they believe many big merchants do not have adequate systems for detecting cyberattacks, which means they still remain easy prey for hackers. “This is going to continue indefinitely until people change their practices,” said Shawn Henry, a
former senior cyber cop with the FBI who is now of the president of cyber forensics firm CrowdStrike Services. He said that hackers are able to get into networks because they are “so broad and vast” that attackers will always find a way in. Retailers need to do a better job of quickly detecting them before they begin to steal data, he said. Sears said that the attackers used malicious software that was undetectible using anti-virus software, highlighting the challenge of keeping up with the evolving techniques of computer hackers. Company spokesman Chris Brathwaite said Sears had been upgrading its systems even before the recent spate of incidents involving retailers, which included a massive breach of the systems of Target Corp (TGT.N) in late 2013. “Our IT team was able to quickly remove the malware and we are deploying further advanced software to protect our customers’ information,” Brathwaite said. Security experts say retailers have traditionally not invested enough in security, partly because of the industry’s relatively thin profit margins.
That tablet was criticized for its lowresolution display; last year, Apple updated the iPad mini with its highquality Retina display. The iPad mini will start at $399 for a 16 GB model. A 64 GB model will cost $499, and a 124 GB model will cost $599. For iPad mini models that can also connect to your cellular network, add $130 to each of those prices. The iPad mini 2 will remain on sale and cost $299; the original iPad mini, meanwhile, will be available in a 16GB version for $249. Preorders will begin Oct. 17 and orders will start shipping next week. Apple also unveiled a new iMac, its all-in-one desktop computer. Apple added its ultra high-definition Retina display to its 27-inch version of the iMac, which will give it one of the best screens of any desktop computer. Previously, Apple had brought its Retina display to its iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and MacBook Pro laptop. This is Apple’s largest high-resolution display yet. The new iMac will come with 1 Terabyte of storage and a fast 3.5GHz processor. The iMac with Retina will start at $2,499. The 21.5-inch iMac and 17inch iMac, which do not have Retina displays, will remain on sale at $1799 and $1099, respectively. OS X Yosemite
OS X Yosemite, the new operating system for Apple’s desktop and laptop computers, is now available as a free download, Apple also announced. Yosemite redesigns the Mac operating system to look more like the iOS you have on your iPhone or iPad. It also comes with a new feature called Continuity that makes it easier to begin work on your MacBook and continue on your mobile device, or vice versa. It lets you write text messages and make phone calls from your desktop computer.
Facebook launches Safety Check tool for users affected by major disaster
Facebook wants to know that you’re safe and sound. After a major disaster or crisis -- say, an earthquake or a hurricane -- friends and family often scramble to locate and get updates from loved ones who might have been affected. Now the world’s largest social network is stepping in to help that process. Facebook has launched Safety Check, a tool that will help users let family and friends know they’re safe, check on others in the affected area and mark their friends as safe. “It is in these moments that communication is most critical both for people in the affected areas and for their friends and families anxious for news,” Facebook said in a blog post. Here’s how Safety Check works: Once a natural disaster strikes, the tool will be activated and, if you’re in the affected area, you will receive a Facebook notification asking if you’re safe. Facebook will determine locations based on the city you have listed in your profile, your last location if you’ve opted in for the Nearby Friends feature and the city where you are using the Internet.
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Google tests waters for potential ultra-fast wireless service
A technician gets cabling out of his truck to install Google Fiber in a residential home Google Inc is preparing to test new technology that may provide the foundation for a wireless version of its high-speed “Fiber” Internet service, according to telecommunication experts who scrutinized the company’s regulatory filings. In a public but little-noticed application with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Monday, Google asked the agency for permission to conduct tests in California across different wireless spectrums, including a rarely-used millimeter-wave frequency capable of transmitting large amounts of data. It is unclear from the heavily
redacted filing what exactly Google threat to the cable-telecoms oligopoly, intends to do, but it does signal the experts said. Internet giant’s broader ambition of “From a radio standpoint it’s the closest controlling Internet connectivity. The thing to fiber there is,” said Stephen technology it seeks to test could form Crowley, a wireless engineer and the basis of a wireless connection that consultant who monitors FCC filings, can be broadcast to homes, obviating noting that millimeter frequencies can the need for an actual ground cable or transmit data over short distances at fiber connection, experts say. speeds of several gigabits per second. By beaming Internet services “You could look at it as a possible directly into homes, Google would open wireless extension of their Google a new path now thoroughly dominated Fiber wireless network, as a way to by Verizon, AT&T, Comcast and other more economically serve homes. Put entrenched cable and broadband up a pole in a neighborhood, instead of providers. It could potentially offer a having to run fiber to each home,” said quicker and cheaper way to deliver Crowley. Craig Barratt, the head of the Google high-speed Internet service, a potential
Chrysler recalls more than 900,000 vehicles globally
Jeep Wrangler SUVs from model years 2011 through 2013 are being recalled because of a fire risk Chrysler Group on Thursday announced two global recalls of more than 900,000 cars and SUVs combined for problems that could cause fires. Chrysler, a unit of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCHA.MI), is recalling about 470,000 cars and SUVs globally from model years 2011 through 2014 and equipped with a 3.6 liter engine and a 160 amp alternator, according to the company and documents filed with the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The alternator may suddenly fail, possibly causing a stall or fire and increasing the risk of a crash, according to the NHTSA documents. The second recall covers about 437,000 Jeep Wrangler SUVs globally from model years 2011 through 2013 because of a fire risk, according to the NHTSA documents. They said water in the exterior heated power mirror electrical connector could cause an electrical short. Chrysler said it was unaware of any injuries resulting from either problem. The automaker said
one accident might have stemmed from the first problem, but had no reports of fire. It was not aware of any accidents from the second problem. The repair for the first recall is still under development, according to the NHTSA documents. Chrysler plans to begin notifying owners of the recall on Nov. 28, according to the NHTSA documents. Models affected in this recall include the Chrysler 300 sedan, Dodge Challenger and Charger cars, and Dodge Durango and Jeep Grand Cherokee SUVs. An estimated 434,581 of the recalled vehicles are in the United States, 16,080 in Canada, 2,335 in Mexico and 17,000 outside North America, Chrysler said. The repair for the Wrangler recall, which should begin on Dec. 5, includes moving the exterior mirror power feed to a separate connector and adding a water shield, according to the NHTSA documents. In that recall, an estimated 313,236 of the SUVs are in the United States, 39,627 in Canada, 5,685 in Mexico and 78,369 outside of North America, Chrysler said.
Access and Energy division leading the effort to offer high-speed fiber networks in Kansas City and other locations, signed off as the authorized person submitting Google’s FCC application. The world’s No.1 Internet search engine has expanded into providing consumers with services such as Internet access. The company said it wants to roll out its high-speed Internet service to more than 30 U.S. cities, and in 2013 it struck a deal to provide free wireless Internet access to 7,000 Starbucks cafes across America. Earlier this year, technology news website The Information reported that Google was exploring ways to offer a full-fledged wireless service, with voice and Internet access, in markets where the company already offers its Fiber service. Google’s application to conduct the 180-day test is heavily redacted to protect confidential information that Google said would provide “valuable insight into Google’s technology innovations and potential business plans and strategy.” The purpose of the test is so that Google can “expeditiously test radios in a way that is likely to contribute to the development, extension, expansion or utilization of the radio art,” Google stated cryptically in one of the filings. oogle declined to comment on the FCC filing.
Apple and Facebook will pay for female employees to freeze their eggs Apple Inc and Facebook Inc will help pay for female employees to freeze their eggs, signaling a willingness to spend on perks and benefits in a race to acquire top-flight talent. From January, Apple will pay both full- and parttime employees up to $20,000 for procedure and storage costs for female employees to freeze their eggs. “We continue to expand our benefits for women, with a new extended maternity leave policy, along with cryopreservation and egg storage as part of our extensive support for infertility treatments,” Apple said in a statement. “We want to empower women at Apple to do the best work of their lives as they care for loved ones and raise their families.” NBC News reported on Tuesday that Facebook recently began covering egg-freezing for non-medical reasons, making it one of the first major employers in the technology sector to do so. A Facebook spokeswoman confirmed that the company rolled out the benefit in January in response to requests from employees, among other reasons. Egg freezing is a pricey but increasingly popular option for women. It enables women to delay child bearing. The procedure is also used by women who have to undergo medical treatments that interfere with fertility such as with cancer. The procedure typically costs up to $10,000, with an additional $500 for storage each year. In the raging war for talent, Silicon Valley companies are offering an array of new familyplanning perks. Apple said it also reimburses eligible expenses associated with the legal adoption of a child. “Egg freezing gives women more control,” said Jennifer Tye, marketing lead for Glow, a mobile application aimed at helping women avoid pregnancy or conceive. “When I turned 30, I had this notion that my biological clock was ticking, but I didn’t know what my options were,” said Tye. “These employers should be commended.” The news has sparked debate on social media. Some commentators say these companies should focus their efforts on creating a more balanced culture, with more flexibility for new parents.
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BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY Parrot Cay Resort and COMO Shambhala have vacancies for the following positions:
Utilities Supervisor To assist the Chief Engineer with managing and providing technical mechanical and electrical support required for successful operation of the resort. Job Scope:
Ability to determine cause and restore common casualties. Ability to estimate time, cost, materials and scheduling requirements as necessary for completion of projects Ability to direct, plan, organize and control a work force of specialized technical, skilled semiskilled and unskilled personnel. Excellent communication skills at all levels of the organization. Knowledge and understanding of International Safety, Health & Environmental best practices and standards. Ability to read, interpret and understand electrical schematic diagrams and wiring diagrams. Set up and lead planned preventive maintenance of mechanical and electrical utility systems. Ability to forecast, organize and execute all work order requests assigned in a timely and safe manner. Train technicians and operatives in the operations and maintence of the specific utility plant and installation at site. Set up in preventative and corrective maintenance work order requests and project works Extensive knowledge and experience to safely and correctly use testing instruments and accurately interpret parameters obtained. Provide and coach technicians and team leaders with BKM (Best Known Method) in performing preventative and corrective maintenance and project works. Be aware of the latest technical standards in the field of relating to the operation and maintence of utility systems Ability to prepare equipment reports, failure analysis and track equipment uptime status. Ability to understand and be familiar with general maintenance work flow processes, procedures and system.
The successful candidate must have:
Electrical and Mechanical Certifications. Must have at least 5 years of previous experience in related field. At least two years experience within a five star hotel. Must be competent in the use of the following computer applications: Microsoft Excel and word.
The successful candidate will be required to work public holidays and weekends and must reside on Parrot Cay. Managerial Positions: General Manager IT Manager Assistant Restaurant Manager Private Estates Chief Engineer
Hotel Manager Utilities Supervisor Assistant Executive Chef Private Estate Custodian Supervisor
Electrical Technician Chief Engineer Head Chef
Job Requirement: Candidates interested in the above positions will be required to work long hours, live on property and are expected to work during the night, weekends and Public Holidays. OTHER AVAILABLE POSITIONS: Recreations Attendant Spa Therapist Room Attendant Night Auditor Turndown Attendant Spa Receptionist Clinical Message Therapist Consultant
Food & Beverage Server Resort Butler Laundry & Kitchen Technician Bar Supervisor Sous Chef Bartender Pilates Instructor
Plumber Certified Electrician Steward Spa Attendant Private Estates Attend Chef de Partie Carpenter
Salaries for these positions will be paid base on qualification and experience. Please note that all application must be submitted with a valid Police Record, two reference letters from previous employers or a notary public and current educational certificates. Only suitable candidates will be contacted for an interview. Forward your resume to the Human Resources Department at the following address: Parrot Cay Resort and COMO Shambhala P.O. Box 164 Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Ph: (649) 946 7788, Fax: (649) 946 7749 Email: careers.parrotcay@comohotels.com
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VACANT POSITION Position: Employee Relations Officer Location: Cheshire Hall Medical Centre, Providenciales TCI Job Summary: The employee relations office is responsible for managing a range of activities including but not limited to recruitment, employee orientation, succession planning, training & development, employee benefits and staff welfare programs. Additional Responsibilities: •Assist the HR manager in developing department goals and objectives. •Assist in the drafting of company policies and procedures. •Assist in the recruitment of staff throughout the organization. •Manage the employee orientation process. •Assist in the management of the payroll process. •Manages the enrollment of all staff with NHIB and NIB through the finance department. •Manage all employee benefits with regards to NHIP and NIB. •Assist in the management of employee information through the companies HRIS. •Interprets, assists and advises employees and managers regarding leave management, absence, lateness, sickness and HR Policies and Procedures within the specified
Guidelines.
•Responsible for the management of all employee welfare programs. •Assist in staff development and training programs. •Assist in managing the performance management system. •Assist in conducting employee surveys as it relates to the organization. •Supports the HR Manager in the production of letters, references, reports, statistical information and other documents as required. •Coordinates and conducts all exit interviews and prepares subsequent reports monthly. •Any other duties as assigned by the supervisors.
Requirements and Experiences:
•A bachelor’s degree in Human Resource Management or related field is required. •Two (2) years Human Resource experience or related field.
JOB DESCRIPTION PROVIDED UPON REQUEST. SALARY RANGE: based upon experience. Submit resumes and references to: Recruitment@interhealthcanada.tc Deadline for applications: Wednesday 22nd October 2014
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Cricket players association president says he will not resign
President of the West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA), Wavell Hinds KINGSTON, Jamaica - President of the West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA), Wavell Hinds, says he will not tender his resignation in the wake of a fall-out with the members who are currently on tour in India. The players, led by skipper Dwayne Bravo, have demanded Hinds’ resignation along with other officials of WIPA because of conflict of interest. In a letter to Hinds Bravo said the players have lost confidence in the president because of the Collective Bargaining Agreement/Memorandum of Understanding he signed with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) on their behalf. “I must take this opportunity to remind you that there is a process embedded in WIPA’s Memorandum & Articles of Association regarding the election and removal of officers, and that your call for some
members of the current executive and Board to resign is not supported by that process,” said Hinds in his letter to Bravo. “We were placed here by the rules of our Association, and will leave only according to the will of the majority of our membership as provided for in those rules”. Hinds, also WIPA’s chief executive, serves as Jamaica’s chairman of selectors and is a Board member of the Jamaica Cricket Association. “There will be no resignation by any member of the current executive a,” declared Hinds. “They (negotiating team) acted and fulfilled their duties properly in all the circumstances, including the subsequent ratification of the signing of the new agreement by the Directors present at our Board meeting held in Jamaica on October 2nd, 2014”. The players protested the new terms of WIPA’s
Former cricket greats pay tribute to Sir Viv LONDON, England - Glowing tribute has been paid to cricket legend Sir Vivian Richards, one of the most destructive batsmen of a dominant era for West Indies. Some of the most decorated names of West Indian cricket’s golden era joined in the special tributes to Richards during a dinner at Lord’s Cricket Ground recently. They included former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd and former team mates Andy Roberts, Joel Garner, Gordon Greenidge and Colin Croft. “It’s not often I’m moved but this has been a truly special evening and something I won’t forget for a very, very long time,” said Sir Viv. “I’d like to thank everyone who has come here tonight and all the speakers for their incredibly kind words.” Former England internationals Derek Underwood, David Gower, Mike Gatting, Geoff Miller as well as broadcast legends Tony Cozier
CBA/MOU deal with the WICB by threatening strike action on the eve of the first One-Day International against India on Wednesday. They argue that the new agreement has reduced their income and that their Test, ODI and Twenty20 fees had been decreased by 75 per cent. They also claim that their International Cricket Council fees have been decreased by “close to 100 per cent” and that they would not be compensated for the use of their rights under the new deal. Hinds’ letter to Bravo dismisses those claims as false and says the new agreement reflects a 15 percent across the board increase in match fees and retainer contracts that range from 12.5% to 25%, along with the introduction of two new contract categories. The WIPA president has also disputed Bravo’s claims that the players’ union is receiving, in addition to the 3% of all players earnings, a sum of $500,000.00 USD annually from WICB once the new agreement remains. “The assertion is wrong on 2 counts: WIPA does not receive 3% of all players’ earnings. In fact there are many of our members who contribute nothing to the Association by way of dues – including a number of them who are currently on tour in India,” said Hinds. “May I also remind you that it was this current WIPA executive which (at the request of some “senior players”) reduced the percentage of players’ earnings to be paid over as dues from the previous 5% to the current 3%”. Hinds, a former West Indies cricketer, has also refuted claims that the players have not been consulted and sought to clarify concerns raised by Bravo about “special relationship” between WIPA and WICB. “It is a departure from the adversarial nature which characterized it under WIPA’s previous leadership,” Hinds told Bravo in his letter. “My Executive has made a designed effort to operate in an environment of mutual respect and professionalism, with the common goal of providing an opportunity to earn a livable wage for more of your fellow cricketers”.
Jamaican-born Sterling ignites debate in English football
and Sir Trevor McDonald joined in paying tribute to Richards known LONDON, England (CMC) — Jamaican-born English as the ‘Master Blaster’. Tributes were also played on video winger Raheem Sterling screens from Michael Holding, has sparked a raging debate Bob Willis, Alan Lamb and Ian here over his decision not to Botham, Richards’ closest friend in start for England against the game and godfather to his son. Estonia in a European “Tonight at Lord’s, a very special qualifier. place for Viv, he was honoured Sterling has been facing a in front of 550 fans, friends and barrage of criticism after former colleagues,” said Paul complaining that he was too Robin, Chief Executive of the tired to start the encounter, which England won 1-0 on Lord’s Taverners. “If he didn’t realise how special Sunday. a player and human being he is, Sterling, 19, came on as then he should after the event! a second-half substitute It was a fun night for all and in after which manager Roy raising funds for two good causes, Hodgson explained that we are supporting work both here the Liverpool winger had and in Antigua that is close to complained of fatigue on the eve of the match. Viv’s heart.” The matter has been The dinner raised nearly £100,000 featuring prominently on for the United Kingdom’s leading youth cricket and disability sports Twitter as well as the sports charity, the Lord’s Taverners, and pages of several British the St John’s Anglican Cathedral newspapers. Sterling, one of England’s Restoration Project in Antigua.
Raheem Sterling debate his decision not to start for England against Estonia
season, including most important attacking last three FIFA players, has defended his England’s decision saying: “Excuse me World Cup games in Brazil, Sterling has appeared 14 for being human.” He was brought on for the times for club and country final 25 minutes of the game — 12 of those as a starter. and was directly involved Additionally, he has started in the team’s success after in nine of Liverpool’s winning the free kick that 10 games to date in all was later converted by competitions this season and made 38 appearances Wayne Rooney. After playing 44 matches last season.
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Royals headed to first Series since 1985
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- James Shields led thousands of fans in a celebratory chant. Lorenzo Cain pranced along the warning track, cradling his newborn son. Ned Yost finally allowed himself to smile. After nearly three decades spent as one of the game’s biggest laughingstocks, the Kansas City Royals are once again baseball royalty. They are headed to their first World Series since 1985, finishing a four-game sweep in the AL Championship Series with a 2-1 victory Wednesday over the Baltimore Orioles. In a perfect postseason, the Royals are intent to relish every moment. ‘’It’s hard to explain,’’ said Cain, whose clutch hits and dramatic catches earned him the series MVP award. ‘’We’re clicking at the right moment right now.’’ There’s no doubt about that. Now, the Royals will carry an 11-game playoff win streak into the World Series, one shy of the major league record. That includes their first eight this season, something that had never been done in postseason history. Kansas City beat Oakland in a 12-inning wild-card thriller to start things off, then swept the Los Angeles Angels in the Divisional Series. Kansas City will open its first World Series since 1985 on Tuesday against the winner of the NLCS between the Giants and Cardinals. San Francisco leads that series 2-1. Coincidentally, it was the Cardinals who the Royals beat for their only World Series title. ‘’It’s been an amazing run,’’ Royals outfielder Alex Gordon said. ‘’It’s nothing better than when you win. Today, same old story: good pitching, good defense and scratch out a win.’’ Same old story for the Orioles, too: Solid pitching, good defense - and just not enough offense. They managed seven hits over the last two games against Kansas City, resulting in the first sweep for the
Kansas City Royals’ Alex Gordon, right, celebrates with teammates after the Royals defeated the Baltimore Orioles to win the American League baseball championship series Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014, in Kansas City, Mo. The Royals advance to the World Series. franchise in 21 postseason series. base for the final out, and the Royals spilled onto the ‘’You saw how close the games were,’’ Orioles infield in a wild celebration. Fireworks shot over the manager Buck Showalter said. ‘’It’s more a testament crown-shaped scoreboard in center field, and a blueto what they did. They were playing great defensively.’’ clad sellout crowd that included Royals greats George After holding the Orioles to three hits in Game 3, Brett and Brett Saberhagen let out a roar while cars Jason Vargas and the Royals bullpen held them to on nearby Interstate 70 honked their horns. four hits Wednesday night. Kelvin Herrera and Wade ‘’That’s what you dream of as a kid,’’ Holland said. Davis got the game to Greg Holland, who matched ‘’Punch your ticket to the World Series, especially Dennis Eckersley’s record with his fourth save of the before your home crowd. These fans have been best-of-seven series. waiting a long time. They deserve it.’’ Holland got J.J. Hardy to ground out to third
Pistorius faces prison hospital wing if sentenced to jail
Oscar Pistorius will be of black political activists committed to the hospital by South Africa’s government, wing of one of South apartheid Africa’s toughest prisons which handed over power if the double-amputee after the election of Olympic track star is Nelson Mandela in 1994. It is also the home of sentenced to jail time for killing his girlfriend, the apartheid death squad head of the prison service leader Eugene de Kock, said on Thursday. known as ‘Prime Evil’, On the fourth day and is known for a of Pistorius’ sentencing vicious gang culture. hearing, Zach Modise, Beatings, male rape and who has worked in the murder cases have been prison service for 35 reported there in South years, was questioned African media. by the defense about However, Modise said conditions at the Pretoria the reality of the prison Central Prison, Pistorius’ was a long way from the most likely destination popular perception and because of its disabled said Pistorius’ disability - his lower legs were facilities. The jail was the amputated as a baby execution site of dozens would ensure he was
RIO DE JANEIRO -- The Miami Heat were relieved to get their first meeting with LeBron James out of the way, to help with what they hope is a process of moving on. The pro-Heat crowd at the sold-out HSBC Arena in suburban Rio booed James when he was introduced and the first few times he touched the ball Saturday, even though the stands were dotted
South African Olympic and Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius arrives at the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, October 16, 2014. kept in a separate wing. “The Department of Correctional Services is ready to admit and detain people with disabilities,” said Modise, who was also quizzed by defense lawyer Barry Roux about the problem
of tuberculosis among inmates at the prison. Pressed to give details about the prison’s population and facilities for the disabled, Modise conceded that there was only one resident doctor for every 7,000 inmates.
Modise said Pistorius would have access to a cell of his own and that a suitability test would be conducted to determine the athlete’s particular needs. On Tuesday probation officer Annette Vergeer, testifying for the defense, said prison would “break” Pistorius because of his disability and psychological problems. Throughout the sentencing hearing, the defense has been fighting to keep the 27-year-old out of jail, citing his disability as a reason. On Monday, a social worker recommended Pistorius be sentenced to three years of community
Chris Bosh: ‘We can move on’
with fans wearing now outdated No. 6 James jerseys. James embraced his former teammates before tipoff of the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 122-119 overtime win Saturday night in part of what was an uncomfortable first meeting since he signed in Cleveland. “There was a certain level of strangeness to it,” Heat coach Erik
Spoelstra said. “I think it benefits both teams to get the awkwardness out of the way in the preseason.” At the conclusion of overtime, the two teams headed to their locker rooms, but James broke off and hugged Mario Chalmers and Dwyane Wade before leaving the floor. James had said Friday he was “surprised” at some of the comments Heat players had made
service and house arrest at his uncle’s Pretoria mansion. Pistorius was convicted of culpable homicide for the negligent killing of law graduate Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day last year when he fired four shots through a toilet door in the mistaken belief an intruder was lurking behind it. Culpable homicide in South Africa is punishable by up to 15 years in prison in the most serious cases, or by a suspended sentence, house arrest and community service in lighter ones.
recently, with Wade saying he didn’t have fun the past season and Chris Bosh saying he found playing with James frustrating in certain ways. “I like the fact we could get everything out of the way,” said Bosh, who had 19 points in the game. “Just let everybody see it, so we can move on. As far as seeing LeBron on another team, we’re pretty much over that now.”
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Lionel Messi does not let fame go to his head
Lionel Messi’s father insists his son has always remained grounded throughout his career as he marks the 10th anniversary of his Barcelona debut on Thursday. Messi came off the bench for Barca during their clash against Espanyol at the age of just 17, and has since gone on a meteoric rise to become one of the greatest players the world has ever seen. The 27-year-old is now a four-time World Player of the Year and his 361 goals from 434 games have inspired his club to 21 trophies, including six La Liga titles and three Champions League crowns. The Argentina captain can break yet another record on Saturday when Barcelona face Eibar as he lies just two off Telmo Zarra’s six-decade-old La Liga scoring record of 251 goals. Yet despite all the success and accolades that have come his way -- and the criticism that has sometimes accompanied it -- Jorge Messi says his son has not let any of it go to his head. “There are times when there is too much praise and other moments when the criticism is excessive,” he told Cadena Cope. “You have to stop somewhere in the middle and simply look forward. “He reads and listens to everyone and I don’t know how he does it but he doesn’t attach much importance to either the good or the bad. “People don’t know him. He is a very normal lad,
like any other. He spends time with his family, he has fun, he tries to enjoy life. He isn’t any different.” Meanwhile, Jorge Messi was at pains to stress that his son has had nothing to do with his own tax affairs which have led to an investigation into alleged fraud. Messi and his father have been accused of defrauding the Spanish state of more than 4 million euros by filing incomplete returns for the years 2007 to 2009. The pair have denied any wrongdoing, and Jorge Messi is adamant his son should not be included in the ongoing investigation. “In actual fact I want to be quite cautious over this [topic],” he said. “I have always said it, he had absolutely nothing to do with it, so there is no need to talk about it. My lawyers are dealing with this issue so it’s something with me and has nothing to do with him.” In the phone interview, Jorge Messi reiterated from his home in Argentina that his son could return to Rosario in the twilight of his career. “He loves Barca but you never know, life takes many turns. He loves Rosario, this club [Newells] and this city, which he made his home. I don’t know, life takes many turns. I see players at 34 or 35 perform better than when they were young.” Jorge Messi also said the arrival of Luis Suarez will help Barcelona step up their game and added that the rivalry with Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo
Kobe says players are overpaid, so are owners
Bryant signed a two-year extension worth a reported $48.5 million with the Lakers in 2013. EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- A week after posting his thoughts on the NBA’s new television contract on Twitter, Kobe Bryant expounded on the subject Tuesday after the Los Angeles Lakers’ practice, going so far as to say that players “are overpaid, but so are the owners. And you have to fight for what your market value is.” “Listen, business is business,” Bryant said. “I think people get that confused very easily in understanding that players should take substantially less than their market value in order to win championships.” Last week, after the NBA announced its record-breaking nine-year television contract with ESPN and Turner Broadcasting worth a reported $24 billion, Bryant fired off a tweet on the matter. Bryant signed a two-year extension worth a reported $48.5 million with the Lakers in 2013. According to ESPN.com’s Ramona Shelburne, Bryant will maintain his status as the NBA’s highest-paid player over the course of the extension, making $23.5 million in the first year and $25 million in the second. “It’s very easy to look at the elite players around the league and talk about the amount of money that they get paid and compare that with the average [player],” Bryant said. “But we don’t look at what the
owners get paid and how much revenue they generate off the backs of these players.” According to ESPN.com’s Larry Coon, who cited league sources, the current TV network deal will provide $1.03 billion in league revenue in 2015-16, and that figure will increase by about $1.1 billion in 201617 when the new deal kicks in. Moreover, the new deal will provide an average of $2.66 billion per year to the NBA, nearly tripling what the current deal paid (nearly $940 million per season). “And now,” Bryant continued, “you have a TV deal that comes out and you look at it almost being up a billion dollars [more] than the previous one, and this is coming off the back of a lockout [in 2011] in which the [salary] cap -- it’s not a hard cap, but it’s pretty close to being a hard cap. “It’ll be interesting to see what happens in this next labor agreement, because my understanding is this TV deal kicks in in the last year of this current agreement. So I’m sure they’ll try to lock us out again [in 2017] and harden the cap even more.” New collective bargaining is expected to occur in the summer of 2017. “I think as players, you’ve kind of got to hold your ground a little bit and not be afraid of what the public perception is,” Bryant said. “Instead, you try to educate the public a little bit and understand it’s not about complaining about how much you’re making, because that’s ridiculous. We are overpaid, but so are the owners. And you have to fight for what your market value is.” When asked what his recent extension means given the financial reality, Bryant said: “I’m the luckiest basketball player in the league, because I got very fortunate to be with an organization that takes care of its players, rewards its players and has a long history of doing that.” He added: “I think it speaks volumes, not only to me and to this city but to other players around this league as well. You look around at some of the other owners that try to milk their players or get rid of them or discard them, this organization doesn’t do that.”
helps football. “What will grow will be collaboration,” he said of Suarez’s presence. “There are great players in this club and his arrival will make the team stronger and all will think about collaborating more.
Lionel Messi has struck 361 goals in 434 games for Barcelona.
How Roger Federer can steal the No. 1 ranking from Novak Djokovic
Roger Federer With his victory over Gilles Simon at the Shanghai Rolex Masters, Roger Federer moved to No. 2 in the ATP rankings, just 990 points behind Novak Djokovic in the year-to-date points race. That puts the 33-year-old Federer within striking distance of the year-end No. 1 ranking, something that would be improbable both at his advanced age and with nary a Grand Slam title on his 2014 résumé. This isn’t some pie-in-the-sky notion either. Federer’s ascension to No. 1, while not probable, is very possible. Djokovic is scheduled to play two more tournaments this year: The BNP Paribas Masters in Paris and the year-end ATP World Tour Finals. Federer is scheduled to play those same tournaments, in addition to a 500-level event in his hometown of Basel. If Federer can advance deep into each of his tournaments, while outlasting Djokovic at in Paris andLondon, he could easily finish the year at No. 1. But will he? There are hundreds of different scenarios and none should be taken for granted. Remember, Federer saved five match points in his opening match against Leonardo Mayer last week in Shanghai, then went on to win the tournament. If any of those points went Mayer’s way, Federer is still No. 3 in the
world and Djokovic is cruising to another year-end No. 1. As such, this could all end very quickly. If Federer loses in the opening round in Paris while Djokovic takes the title, the race is over before it begins. Then again, if Federer wins out, he passes Djokovic no matter what results the Serbian has. But these are extreme (though not impossible) examples. This post attempts to build the likeliest, most realistic, road map for how Federer could become the improbable yearend No. 1. Federer has made the finals in his last eight appearances in Basel, going 37-3 overall with five titles. Assuming Djokovic doesn’t add anything to his schedule (and with his wife expecting their first child in the coming weeks, that’s a fair assumption), Federer is earning free points in Basel. How many will he get? History says he’s good for at least the 300 points given to the runnerup, as he hasn’t been ousted before the final since 2003. With Rafael Nadal on the other side of the draw, Federer’s path shouldn’t be difficult, but it could involve seeing fellow Swiss player Stan Wawrinka in the semifinals. Though finishing No. 1 isn’t dependent on a title in Basel, it’s part of the most plausible path. So we’ll give Federer the Basel title and see what happens.
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