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OBAMA WILL VISIT TURKS AND CAICOS U

S President Barack Obama says he will “absolutely” visit the Turks and Caicos Islands after he leaves office.

The president gave that assurance while answering a question from a young Turks and Caicos Islander Katrina King-Smith during a town Hall with Young Leaders of the Americas at the University of the West Indies Mona Campus in Kingston Jamaica, on April 9th.

Katrina King-Smith said: “ I’m from the Turks and Caicos Islands. My question is two-part, as well. Firstly, in countries such as the Turks and Caicos Islands where the population is small and our main sources of revenue are tourism and foreign direct investment, I was wondering if you can suggest two ways that the government may better generate and regulate sustainable revenue, especially with regulations currently being put in place to close off-shore financial centers.

And secondly, I was wondering if after your term has ended, would you mind coming to the Turks and Photo By Vivian tyson Caicos to vacation?”

President Obama replied: “On the second question, absolutely. I’ll At least two persons were left nursing injuries following medals of what was left of the two vehicles – a Toyota do some island-hopping once I’m out a horrific accident along the Millennium Highway in Land Cruiser SUV and the Daihatsu Delta truck owned of office. And you guys can show me Providenciales on Wednesday, April 08, 2015, during wet by AND Construction - bore stark indication of the impact all the good places to go.” road conditions. the accident caused. The crash appears to be head-on.

He then continued: “On this The Daihatsu was met flush in the front ,while the Land The accident created a traffic pile for about two miles issue of off-shore financial centers, each way, forcing motorists to use the alternate route in Cruiser, though appeared to be totaled also, suffered we respect each country to set up its the area, as the police spent more than two hours trying most damage on the right side of the front. own financial regulations. And we to ascertain what caused the collision.

Special Constable Audley Astwood, the Royal Turks recognize that for small countries, The SUN arrived on the scene just in time to see the and Caicos Islands Police Force Media Liaison Officer, that providing services — including first responders loading the injured into the two waiting said that the victims’ injuries were not life threatening, financial services — may be an ambulances before whisking them away.

The disfigured noting that one of them was a little boy. important source of revenue. The one thing that we have to make sure of is that these financial centers are not either used for illicit money laundering or tax avoidance by large labeled as areas of high financial risk.

And if you’ve got a highly skilled, highly And those countries that are able to U.S. corporations that set up cutHe added: “What I committed educated workforce, if you’ve set up address those problems have rule of law outs or front organizations, but as to them is we will examine their rules of law and governance that are and eliminate corruption. Make sure a practical matter are operating in complaints and go through in very transparent and non-corrupt, then that you are investing in the education the United States, employing folks concrete ways where our concerns you can attract actually a lot of service of your people and it’s a continuous in the United States, essentially are and how our governments can industries to supplement the tourist education; it doesn’t just stop at the headquartered in the United States work together. More broadly, I think industry, because people would want lower grades, but you give people and yet, somehow, their mailing that the — if you look at some of the to locate in your country. You could constant opportunities to upgrade their address is such-and-such island most successful countries in the world, envision people wanting to operate and skills. You have a decent infrastructure where they have to pay no taxes. they’re actually pretty small countries have offices there where you’ve got a — you’re going to be able to succeed.

Those are the kinds of — like Singapore, for example — that on trained workforce. And these days, so That’s the recipe, the formula for a egregious concerns that we’re trying paper look like they have no assets, and many businesses are operating over 21st-century economy.” to deal with. I think we try to take yet, if you go to Singapore, it has one the Internet that if you’ve got a really Obama said he was proud to be it on a case-by-case basis. And in my of the highest standards of living in the skilled workforce that provides value the first President of the United States CARICOM meeting that I just had, world. What is it that Singapore did added, you will attract companies and to visit in more than 30 years, adding this issue was brought up.” that might be replicable?” you’ll attract businesses. that “I just like the vibe here. I was Obama said tere were a number “Well, one of the most important What deters people from investing born on an island, and it was warm, of leaders who expressed concern things they did was they made an in most countries is conflict, corruption, and so I feel right at home”. that maybe they were being unfairly enormous investment in their people. and a lack of skills or infrastructure.

Horrific Millennium Highway accident leaves two hospitalized

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Carnival coming ton Turks and Caicos Islands this summer

By Vivian Tyson

Senior Sun Editor Summer in the Turks and Caicos Islands is about to get much more frolicking with the planning of the “We Carnival” set for July 31 to August 3 on Providenciales.

Daryll Williams or ‘Mr. We’, of We Entertainment, said that the fourday event is designed to showcase the talent of the country but also serve as a pulling card for fun-seeking tourists looking for summer entertainment.

The first day of the event, according to Williams, will kick-off on the Friday with a J’ouvert-style offering, entitled ‘Break of Dawn’. The event continues on the Saturday with ‘Road Madness - Challenge Me’, which is slated to involve costumes and a float parade.

Schools are also invited to take part.

Williams said that he is looking for the We Carnival to become an annual event and the biggest entertainment event in the country. He said that there will be five float bands each representing the following islands Salt Cay, Grand Turk, North Caicos,

We Carnival logo Middle Caicos, South Caicos and Providenciales.

Sunday event is labeled ‘The Rush’, which is to feature Junkanoo and, what Williams described as a special surprise. The Monday – the final day of the event – is called ‘The Cool-off ’, which is to be held on the beach, where the winners of the various events will be revealed.

Williams explained that the event’s planning has almost been a year in the making.

“It is a nine-month project planning, we are setting out to bring back carnival in the Turks and Caicos.

Carnival and the benefits of

Caribbean Countries are beginning to hold carnival events to add to their tourism product, Williams said that the Turks and Caicos should not be left behind.

“We see the number of tourists that travel for carnival, so I think that we are trying to do the country a huge act by trying to initiate something like this. We are looking forward to seeing the locals supporting it,” he said.

He said the reason for initially carnival are priceless. We are looking parading local talent has to do with the to showcase what we have here in the desire to build from within.

“We want to produce our own Soca Turks and Caicos.

“We want to produce local talent, artists. We have a competition named push them forward. I am talking from ‘Crown Me’. It is the same idea of a the artistic format – songwriters, Soca Monarch (of Trinidad and Tobago producers, persons who you find want carnival), so we want individuals to to be carnival artists, they can actually step up, because they can become Soca travel the Caribbean carnivals and kings and queens of the Turks and perform on those stages and draw Caicos in music. It is basically about more tourists’ attention to the Turks promoting local talent in an artistic and Caicos,” Williams said. form,” he said.

“We want to fill the hotels with He added: “We want people to enjoy the whole summer again with tourists. We want to get the tourists what we have here from our musical actively involved in the carnival activities – that is one of our main aspect, and from our performances.”

Pointing out that a number of objective,” he said.

Caribbean Cruisin’ spending $150,000 on new North Caicos dock

By Vivian Tyson

Senior Sun Editor Caribbean Cruisin’ is to invest at least $150,000 at the Bellfield Landing Dock in North Caicos as the ferry service seeks to relocate from its present Sandy Point berthing spot because of sand problems accessing that location.

Algie Missick, one of the partners for Caribbean Cruisin’ told The SUN that more than $100,000 has already been spent on the approximately quarter acre of land it leased from government through Port Authority, which owns the land.

He said that Caribbean Cruisin, in addition to putting in a dock, is to construct an office facility to include bathrooms and shade for its customers.

“We went through the planning procedure. We have built a small office complex there on the property. We already have power there, we are just waiting for Fortis to

remove their (underwater) cable so that we can access the property by our two vessels,” Missick said.

“Missick said that Fortis has indicated that it would remove the underwater power cable sometime this month. He said though that if the light and power company takes longer to remove the cable, Caribbean Cruisin’ has alternative plans to access Algie Misick the dock, but said it would cost more money. That plan, Point as an entrance into he said, is to extend the dock North Caicos. In that bay further into the water. over in Sandy Point, over Missick said also that they the years, because of the are waiting for the Bellfield sand, it continues to close up Landing road to undergo some and getting shallower and upgrade, to make access easier shallower. to the dock by customers.

“When we began operating He said that over the four years ago, we used to go past four years that Caribbean through to the dock in Sandy Cruisin’ has operating from Point. Now, we are unable to the Leeward Dock to Sandy use that inlet as the means Point there has been levels of getting into North Caicos. of sand build-up along the What it means now is that we channel, making it extremely have to come down the north difficult for its boats to access side to the front, then cut that point. through by Dellis Cay to come “We have been operating around the back by Pine Cay, the ferry using the Sandy and even that area there is

beginning to close up because of the sand drifting,” Missick explained.

He added: “When it closes up, we continue to have damage to our boats’ engines.

Sometimes the boats operators have to make sharp turns just to navigate to get into the port.

And so, we made a decision to address the Port Authority, who owns the land at Bellfield Landing, for a long-term lease on not even half acres of land to build a slip that Caribbean Cruisin’ can use, instead of making all those dangerous turns to enter the dock there at Sandy Point.”

Missick was quick to allay fears by boaters at Bellfield Landing that Caribbean Cruisin’ may begin charging them fees for docking at the location after years of free access.

“The government has not given any rights to exercise any fees on anyone. Those individuals who have their boats tied up on the slip they can use their slip. All we are doing is to use the facility

for the traffic of Caribbean Cruisin’, bringing tourists and locals alike into North Caicos. It has nothing to do with shutting out the local populace, period.

“The decision was made (to relocate there) for the safety of the public that is using the ferry, the safety of our vessels and the long term benefit of the growth of North Caicos,” he said.

He said there has been increase traffic, especially tourist to North Caicos over the past year, and so, the ferry service has been taking all the necessary steps to ensuring safety off all its passengers, local and foreign.

“We have increased traffic into North Caicos, which means that sometimes at 9:30 (a.m.) we have to use two vessels to get into North Caicos,” he Missick said.

With access to Bellfield Landing, Missick said that the North Caicos arrival time could cut short by five to seven minutes depending on the weather.

Forty Haitian migrants feared dead in shipwreck coming to TCI As many as 40 Haitian migrants were feared dead after their ship bound for the Turks and Caicos Islands capsized in the Caribbean off Haiti’s north coast, the U.S. Coast Guard said on Friday.

At least 21 dead bodies have been recovered since the ship went down early on Thursday morning, according to the Haitian government.

“The Haitian Coast Guard rescued 12 survivors but advised that 19 were still missing,” the U.S. Coast Guard said in a statement.

A U.S. Coast Guard rescue helicopter crew joined the search on Friday morning, scouring Haiti’s north coast between the cities of Cap

Haitien and Port de Paix, Haiti, but did not find any signs of life, the Coast Guard added.

The Haitian government said the ship, a sailboat freighter carrying about 50 passengers headed for the Turks and Caicos Islands, sank near the coastal town of Le Borgne on the north coast.

The boat apparently tried to turn back due to high seas and ran aground on a reef, the Haitian government said in a statement.

Migrants from Haiti, Cuba and other Caribbean countries frequently sail through the Turks and Caicos and the Bahamas in an attempt to reach the United States, often in

overloaded and unseaworthy vessels.

In the past six months, the U.S. “So far we have not found a trace Coast Guard said it has intercepted of the ship,” said Chief Petty Officer 309 Haitians at sea. That is a Ryan Doss of the U.S. Coast Guard’s much lower rate than the previous Miami district station. “Based on the 12-month period, when 1,103 reports from the migrants, it appears Haitians were rescued, according to the death toll may go up,” he added. the Coast Guard.

“Our crews are searching with Miami is located more than 600 miles every intention to find these missing (965 km) from Haiti’s northern coast. people and bring them back to their The Haitian government urged loved ones,” said Captain Mark Fedor, Haitians to cease risking their lives the Coast Guard’s district head of on clandestine migrant smuggling boats, and condemned those who search and rescue.

“The sad truth remains that organize the illegal voyages. Prime many have already perished and the Minister Evans Paul offered his Coast Guard urges all to reconsider “profound sympathy and solidarity to taking the dangerous and illegal the families of the shipwreck victims.” voyage at sea,” he added.

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Butch Stewart involved in deadly boat accident

Gordon “Butch” Stewart Gordon “Butch” Stewart, owner of the Sandals/Beaches chain of hotels, including Beaches Turks and Caicos, is reported to have been involved in a boating accident in Bahamian waters, which claimed the life of one man.

Authorities identified the dead man as Bahamian Timothy Ferguson,

and said that the accident took place on April 3. His age was not readily ascertained. The SUN understands that a coroners’ court is to decide whether or not charges are to be brought against anyone on the boat, said to be owned by Tropical Cruises Reports attributed to Tropical Cruises, claimed that Stewart was the only member of his family on the boat.

It is somewhat unclear as to the circumstances surrounding the crash, but according to a statement from Tropical Cruises Ltd, owners of the fishing boat, the group was fishing in Bahamian waters when the vessel met in an accident with another craft.

“All concerned are deeply saddened by this tragic accident and our thoughts and prayers go out to the family of the deceased at this time,” said a Tropical Cruises spokesman in a statement

issued to the Bahamas media.

Meanwhile, Wayne Munroe, the lawyer for the dead man’s family, said he has not had any communication with the police or Stewart. Munroe also said issues related to civil liability may arise.

Stewart is the largest single tourism employer in the region with 15 Sandals properties and three Beaches Resorts.Sandals Resorts – an allinclusive brand - operates two chains of resorts in the Caribbean region, Sandals for couples only and Beaches for families.

The Sandals properties are (Jamaica), Sandals Montego Bay, Sandals Royal Caribbean Resort & Private Island, Sandals Grande Riviera Beach & Villa Golf Resort, Sandals Negril Beach Resort & Spa, Sandals Whitehouse European Village & Spa,

Sandals Royal Plantation Ocho Rios, Sandals Carlyle Montego Bay; (St. Lucia) Sandals Grande St. Lucian Spa & Beach Resort, Sandals La Toc Golf Resort & Spa in St. Lucia and Sandals Halcyon Beach St. Lucia; (Antigua) Sandals Grande Antigua Resort & Spa; (Bahamas) Sandals Royal Bahamian Spa Resort & Offshore Island, Sandals Emerald Bay Great Exuma, Bahamas; (Barbados) Sandals Barbados Resort & Spa; and (Grenada) Sandals LaSource Grenada Resort & Spa. The Beaches properties are Beaches Negril and Beaches Ocho Rios in Jamaica and Beaches Turks & Caicos in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Beaches Turks and Caicos is the largest of the Beaches chain of hotels with four separate sections – the Caribbean Village, French Village, Italian Village and Key West Village.

Hospital CEO Jill Magri resigns Jill Magri, the Chief Executive Officer of the Turks and Caicos Islands Hospital, has resigned.

A press release issued by public relations manager Takara Bain on behalf of the InterHealth Canada (TCI), Ltd. Board of Directors stated that the resignation is with effect from 1st May, and Magri will be returning to California.

She held the TCI Hospital CEO position for almost two-and-a-half years.

According to the statement, under Magri’s leadership, the hospital has seen a continued increase in both patient numbers and the range and complexity of treatments offered and has continued to play an ever greater

Jill Magri

role in the life of the Community, particularly through its involvement with schools and, more recently, through its affiliation with the Turks and Caicos Islands Community College.

“While the directors regret Jill’s decision, they respect her wish to return home to spend more time with her family; they express their gratitude for all she has done and they extend their very best wishes to her for the future,” the release added. he directors have appointed Dr Eric Parsons, who is a former Group CEO and the present InterHealth Canada Group Chief Medical Officer, to be CEO of the TCI Hospital on an interim basis while a permanent appointment is made.

Big Blue lends supports to Community Angel Foundation

By Vivian Tyson

Senior Sun Editor Diving excursion company Big Blue Unlimited is the latest in what is shaping to be a long list of backers of the Community Angel Foundation – a charitable organization designed to offer undergrad degree scholarships to deserving local students.

Early Saturday Morning before taking their clients to sea, all the staff members of Big Blue Unlimited showed their support for the non-profit organization by donning Community Angel Foundation t-shirts for a photo op.

During the event, Community Angel Foundation’s first recipient Maxine Missick was on hand to thank Big Blue for their support of her. Missick will be attending Keele University to study Biochemistry.

Mark Parrish of Big Blue Unlimited told the media that he readily went on board after Bryan related what he and the organization was trying to achieve.

“Dean came to Big Blue a couple of weeks ago to introduce us to the Community Angel Foundation, and he has been persuading us that the education of persons in this country is

Members of the Big Blue Unlimited Family with Maxine Missick (closest to the poster from left) and Dean Bryan (closest to the poster from right). paramount for the future of the country, and we couldn’t agree more.

“Education is such a big part of what Big Blue does, from little children all the way up to adults, visitors and residents. It is something that we felt we could get behind. First off, Maxine will be going to the UK to further her education, and we couldn’t wish her better,” Parrish said.

Explaining why she chose to major in Biochemistry, Missick expressed a great deal of love for the sciences, which he said he wanted to pursue as a career.

“Science just provides me with

that greater challenge – sleepless nights – so I felt like this is a challenge worth taking,” Missick said, adding that she is also looking to play her role in science both locally and internationally.

In the meantime, Bryan said that he has developed a passion for education of especially the young people of the Turks and Caicos Islands, and with the church and the business community’s help, that passion will continue to bear fruit.

“I would say it is a divine instruction from God, where I had a vision, and I see the need for education

especially among our young people. I realize that the government has it very tough to send all the qualified students to college because it is very expensive.

And so, with the assistance from the churches and corporate sponsors, we were able to give Maxine a scholarship, and also investing in Turks and Caicos youth.

“And we hope that in the future we can have more children leaving the islands through scholarships from the Community Angel Foundation. I have a passion for this, I found joy in it, and I want to thank the people of the Turks and Caicos for their support,” Dean said.

From left – Dean Bryan, Maxine Missick and Mark Parrish

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‘Skip’ taking JAGS’ values to his new PDA party

By Vivian Tyson

Senior Sun Editor Saying that the Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM) has turned its back on the values of chief founder and National Hero JAGS McCartney, Oswald Skippings, fellow founder and former Chief Minister, has decided to take those standards to the Progressive Democratic Alliance (PDA).

Samuel Harvey, former minister of government, feels the same, as both men gave an interview with The SUN. Asked whether or not they could have remained in the PDM and played similar role, Skippings replied: “If that was the case we would still be in the party. People have changed the vision that McCartney and myself and Louis Astwood and others had when we formed the People’s Democratic Movement. Turks and Caicos Islanders first, representation, a better way of living, empowerment of our people and equal rights and justice – those were the values.”

However, he said that from 2003, the PDM began to erode and trample on in the values.

“Every time I tried to preserve them and re-emphasized them I got sidelined. We have a couple of examples – the situation in West Caicos where all the Turks and Caicos Islands

Oswald Skippings and Samuel Harvey Contractors were laid off, and they health and strength, not to allow brought in a company from Jamaica. McCartney’s dreams to be trampled At Seven Stars (Resort), you have upon killed. So, if I can’t further that people like Clarence Selver and Sean dream and that vision and continue Malcolm, who was the (PDM) chairman, to make it a reality within the PDM, spearheaded those demonstrations. then the only choice I have is to do it “But at the end of the day, the without the PDM.” party leadership ceased on that. And For his part, Harvey explained so, that continued to be the trend of the that he had taken the decision after new PDM. And so, persons like me and the 2012 general elections to hang Selver, got sidelined, so much so that up his political boots, but decided to in the last election it became obvious.” take them back down after a visit to Skippings pointed out. the United Kingdom and met with a He added: “And I am sure that number of local college students.

McCartney is turning over in his grave.

“And strange enough, even I have an obligation, as a founding though they were not at the same place member of the PDM, as long as I have – the same gathering - they all have

the same message, that is, if it is their way they would not come back home.

That is worrying. And they gave their reasons why.

“They were saying that even if they were to get a job, the fight is so hard. After studying at university, you come back qualified, there is no room for you. The room is there but you can’t enter the room. That causes me to revisit my position in the country,” Harvey said.

Harvey told The SUN that had he not answer the call to reenter elective politics, God would hold him accountable.

“God will hold me responsible if I turned my back on this just cause.

So I decide that I would team up with Mr. Skippings because we worked well together in the past, and a lot of things that are working well in the country, we brought them to fruition. We know this country inside out. I don’t anyone who knows this country better than we do from a political standpoint.

“So I found myself asking God what should I do. Should I turn my back or should I take it on head on? And a voice came to me and said, ‘Sam, you need to get your message out there’. The message is, ‘God is going to do it his way this time. He will use you as an instrument’. And that’s my message,” Harvey said.

Graceway IGA Supermarket invites applications from suitable qualified individuals to fill the listed vacancies: Stocker / Driver Summary of Duties and Responsibilities •Stock shelves, sort and rotate merchandise while monitoring, expiration dates, removing expired Items from shelves and appropriate storage areas.

•Transport products and runs errands between stores •Perform other related tasks as assigned by the Department Manager Requirements/Qualifications •Applicants must be able to read, speak and understand the English Language and will be expected to sit and pass an in-house Math and English Test •Must be able to work holidays, weekends and early / late shifts •Must have a clean driving C-E or B Class License •Must be able to lift product boxes and equipment up to 75 1bs •Must be able to bend, stoop and reach; Must be able to stand for extended periods •Must provide a clean police record Salary rate per hr: $7.50 Summary of Duties and Responsibilities •Stock shelves, sort and rotate merchandise while monitoring, expiration dates, removing expired Items from shelves and appropriate storage areas.

•Perform other related tasks as assigned by the Department Manager Salary rate per hr: $7.00 Requirements/Qualifications •Applicants must be able to read, speak and understand the English Language and will be expected to sit and pass an in-house Math and English Test •Must be able to work holidays, weekends and early / late shifts •Must be able to lift product boxes and equipment up to 75 1bs •Must be able to bend, stoop and reach; Must be able to stand for extended periods •Must provide a clean police record Please visit our main office complex located Graceway IGA Supermarket Leeward Hwy; to complete our employment application and sit a basic Math’s and English test. Deadline for receiving applications is; April 20th 2015.

TCI Belongers only need apply

ROYAL WEST INDIES RESORT ROYAL WEST INDIES RESORT, is looking for motivated proactive individuals to join its ‘Resort Team’ and contribute to this growing Condominium Resort. Candidates MUST want to actively participate in creating an excellent and professional guest experience.

•WASTE WATER MAINTENANCE •HOUSEMAN •GARDENER •LABOURER •POOL ATTENDANT

Requirements: •MUST speak English and the ability to write and read English •Ability to maintain pools and hot tub chemicals and maintenance issues related to same •Fit and able for heavy lifting •Personality suited for the hotel industry •Must be customer friendly •Willing to work split shifts, holidays and weekends.

•Knowledge of waste water treatment plants •Knowledge of Commercial Laundry Equipment including propane systems •Air Conditioning systems, Fire Alarm systems, Domestic Water systems including Water Heaters •Irrigation systems •Greet and escort guests to room •Monthly housekeeping inventory •Daily replenishment of room items and restocking of closets •Daily cleaning of buildings •Must be able to work on weekends and public holidays

Wages $6.50/hour All resumes and applications must be forwarded to:

Royal West Indies Resort

P.O. Box 482, Providenciales

Turks & Caicos Islands You may also fax to: (649)946-5008

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Statement from April 1st Cabinet meeting Her Excellency, the Acting Governor, Anya Williams, chaired the 10th meeting of the Cabinet on Wednesday 1st April 2015 at the Hon. N J S Francis Building in Grand Turk.

All Ministers were present except the Hon. Minister of Infrastructure, Housing and Planning.

At this meeting Cabinet: • Advised Her Excellency, the Acting Governor, to approve a proposal to finalise the execution of a Memorandum of Understanding for the development of a luxury branded hotel project in Providenciales; •Discussed the draft development agreement between the Desarrollos Group and the TCI Government relating to a proposed luxury branded hotel development project at Grace Bay; • Agreed to a one month extension of the current Higher Education Board of the Ministry of Education; • Approved the recommendation of the Director of the Gaming Inspectorate to grant Gaming Machine Licences to three applicants; • Agreed on a moratorium on granting future gaming licences

pending review and agreement of a gaming policy; • Advised Her Excellency, the Acting Governor, to authorise that $1.9 million be withheld by the TCI Airport Authority for the period 2014/15 and $2 million in 2015/16 for the purpose of partially financing the South Caicos Airport Project; • Advised Her Excellency, the Acting Governor, to approve the moratorium on remittances of excess revenue on the part of the TCI Ports Authority to the TCI Government for fiscal years 2015/16 and 2016/17 but that Government reserved the right to review the Ports Authority accounts and decide how the monies can be used; • Advised Her Excellency, the Acting Governor, to approve the provisions and parts and clauses of the Cadet Corps Draft Bill to establish a cadet corps in TCI to enable the Bill to be forwarded as early as possible to the House of Assembly; • Advised Her Excellency, the Acting Governor, to approve a company business application to operate in restricted business activities

Finance Manager (costs) – interCaribbean Airways/ Interisland Aviation Services Group Based in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands Ideally ACCA/ CIMA qualified with strong accounts payable and man management experience. Must be versatile, diligent and task focused.

Ability to work with multi currencies and a high volume of transactions with minimal supervision.

Team working and Managerial skills- prioritise tasks for self and accounts payable team, supervise and develop team, take ownership for tasks.

Objective – to ensure that all costs are verified, recorded accurately and paid to supplier and government deadlines.

Analyze all costs, propose and implement cost reduction plans.

Reports to –Head of Finance

MUST SPEAK, READ AND WRITE ENGLISH FLUENTLY. A 2ND LANGUAGE (SPANISH/ CREOLE) WOULD BE BENEFICIAL. Duties include but are not limited to - Manage Accounts Payable function.

- Responsible for the reconciliation of all Passenger related taxes and charges for all airports and government bodies and the reporting and payment of these taxes to meet deadlines.

- Reconciliation and allocation of credit card spend - Reconciliation of multi currency bank accounts and other balance sheet cost accounts including intercompany transactions.

- Manage fixed assets / inventory for group- Fixed Asset register, additions and disposals, depreciation, impairment.

- Deputies for payroll officer during absences

to manufacture local souvenirs in TCI under the Business Licensing (Amendment) (No.3) Regulations 2014 and to communicate Cabinet’s position to the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Finance; • Agreed to proceed with the upgrade of the Standard Integrated Tax Administration System (SIGTAS) to enhance tax administration and collection in TCI; • Noted the papers presented to Cabinet on implementation of the TCIG business reform strategy and agreed that relevant Departments should convene as a matter of priority to discuss the recommendations proposed in the paper to fast track delivery of the strategy; • Advised Her Excellency, the Acting Governor, to authorise that a Bill along the lines of the Complaints Commissioner (Ombudsman) Bill 2015 be introduced at the next meeting of the House of Assembly to enable the proper functioning of the Office of the Commissioner.

Further information on these matters will be provided by Ministers in due course.

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Burglary getting out of hand on Provo

It appears that the level of house breaking on Providenciales has reached crisis proportion, with a number of persons reporting that their houses were broken into over the past week.

Some of the victims, in addition to reporting the matter to the police, have also taken to social media to highlight their plights. A number of victims said that their dwellings were broken into over the Easter Weekend, in some instances while they were in church.

Since one victim took to Facebook on Wednesday to report that their house was broken into and valuable items stolen, many others came out to tell of their predicament as well.

The first victim wrote: “Our house was broken into this morning... Please if you come across a MacBook, a MacBook Air, an Apple iPad with blue Coach case, a Cannon printer/scanner, Citizen blue men’s watch, a Michael Kors silver watch, a Playstation 3, an Apple TV, Red Gill Foul Weather Coat, a Dakine black suitcase. PM me, please if you see items like these!

Thank you, and lock up.”

A number of sympathizers were shocked to hear of the haul the crooks

made on the householders dwelling.

One of them wrote: “Jesus Christ!

They have no heart! These animals behave as if people don’t work for what they have. So sorry to hear, hope you get some of those items back.”

Another victim said that the crooks broke in a house occupied by her spouse about a week ago while he slept and removed a number of items, some of which they managed to recover.

“The other day someone broke into my boyfriend’s place while he was sleeping and stole a number of items.

Just as they picked up the computer, he got up and chased them. The thieves here are bold and would try to rob any and everyone. They must be stopped. I was fortunate they caught my mugger.

A woman wrote on the social media site that she almost fell victim to the pair of burglars in an early morning incident.

“Last Saturday I got up at 5 o’clock because I heard the dogs and I saw through my curtains a shade of somebody. I woke up my boyfriend and he saw two tall persons ran to go in the wood behind the house. They thought that nobody was inside. I think they

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Burglar want to get in my apartment by the screen. We made a complaint to the police,” the individual said.

Some persons expressed anger at the authority apparent inability to capture the menacing culprits. They also expressed support for the police and also called on the community to do the same.

“Too sad that these thieves can’t be stopped. Somebody must know who are the people doing these things. We need to help the police catch these people before someone gets hurt,” the contributor said.

Some of the individuals almost

sounded hopeless at the level of housebreaking taking place in the community.

“It’s a sad state of affairs for Provo with all these robberies. Not a good feeling for anyone, everyone stay safe.”

One individual said that new commissioner of Police James Smith will have to do a great deal of heavy lifting to tackle the problem.

“New commissioner promised to be tough on crime, work cut out for him. Check the pawnshops first,” the individual advised.

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Registered Proprietor: Frankie Narine Soman 3.Parcel 61108/84 Long Bay Hills, Providenciales. Single storey main house with four bedrooms, two bathrooms, kitchen, dining/living room, formal living room, powder room, laundry room. Duplex on site consisting of a one bedroom, one bathroom, living room, kitchen with laundry room unit and a two bedroom, one bathroom, living room, kitchen with laundry room unit on approx. 0.99 acre. Registered Proprietor: Paulamae Dianne Williams 4.Parcel 20304/42, Cockburn Harbour, South Caicos. Two storey with two bedrooms, one bathroom, kitchen, dining room and laundry room on main level. Second level consists of five bedrooms, two bathrooms, living/dining room, kitchen, family room and laundry room on second level on 0.45 acre.

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Registered Proprietors: Terrence McLean Robinson and Loretta Rocal Robinson The auction will be held at the office of Scotiabank (Turks and Caicos) Limited, Grace Bay Branch, Providenciales at 10 o’clock in the morning on Friday the 24th day of April 2015.

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Dr. Lise Cloutier Chiropractic Care Patient Miracles

By Todeline Defralien

It was a great surprise to have been scrolling down my Facebook page and come across a video of a miracle work that happened inside of Dr. Lise Cloutier’s office. And I was more than happy to speak with her and find out more about the video. It was a little about five-year-old who could not walk, but after a week with Dr. Lise he started walking again. Meeting with Dr. Lise in her office I had the opportunity to sit down with her and she briefly told me more about that case.

Dr, Lise Cloutier, with 20 years experience as a graduate from The Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College is the owner of Courtyard Chiropractic, a full service Wellness Centre focused on helping people from all ages enhance their health naturally through chiropractic care, healthy lifestyle modifications, nutrition and massage therapy.

“What a patient can expect the first time going is first they are going to do a thorough health history, do a thorough physical assessment and we’re also going to do a neurological scans. I have advanced technology that can show us the stress in the nervous system. Patients can also expect to get orthopedic, neurological tests,” she said. “We often send people for x-rays because it’s going to show us just how long the problem has been there. My job is to restore the proper alignment to get the full stress off the nervous system.”

One of her miracle patients is Jovan McIntosh, the 12-year-old boy who is now walking after 5 years in a wheel chair. He was walking as an infant and then he had a tumor on his kidney and they removed the tumor, and then the tumor came back, so then they did a chemo therapy.

Dr. Cloutier said: “Most people

Dr, Lise Cloutier do not realize that chemos are strong chemicals that are designed to kill off the tumor cells but they also impact all cells of the body. Since the kidneys are close to the spine, it appears the chemo may have caused chemical stress to the nervous system.”

She added: “We all know that the brain is the computer of the body. It is there to generate all the information that makes every cell, organs and tissue run and operate and coordinate with each other. Within the body the brain becomes the spinal cord and these twenty four bones are here to house and protect the spinal cord, and the spinal nerves. Most of the unwanted problems that people suffer with these days occur when these bones shift out of their healthy positions.

There are three things that will impact the spinal cord and spine nerves they are: Physical stress, Chemical stress, mental/emotional stress.”

She continued: “At the end of the day, we live our life through our nervous

system and everything that happens to us physically, mentally, emotionally and chemically is recorded on the nervous system. Chemical stress can be strong medications that you take for an illness. It can be when you have to go to surgery and the doctor gives you on anesthetic in preparation for a surgical procedure.”

She added: “Physical stress also impact the nervous system. Now what we are seeing is what I call the computer ‘posture syndrome’ of the twenty first century. People are sitting at computers all day and they are typing with poor posture. And children are playing games on their iPad, texting on their phones and sitting head forward while the daily poor posture habits are gradually shifting and changing the proper alignment of the spine which will eventually result in tension and stress on the nervous system. Over time, these impacts our health as the brain is designed to send the proper information and the human body is designed to self heal and self regulate and express one hundred percent optimal health as long as there are no interferences with your information highway, that being your spine.”

The expertise of doctors of chiropractic care is to restore proper mobility and alignment to the spine vertebrate in order to restore brain body communication allowing healthy restoration.

Dr. Lise also mentioned two other very interesting local cases of two young girls of two and a half years old that suffered trauma from birth. They were diagnosed as developmentally delayed and are now taking their first steps.

One patient could not walk, talk, sit and couldn’t do anything for herself is now moving her arms and legs and she’s now smiling and focusing her

eyes, The parents of the little girl noted that she is now rolling over and she’s getting on her hands and knees and start to try to attempting to crawl.

Jovan McIntosh, the 12 yr old boy who is now walking after 5 years in a wheel chair, Keanna and Celita, two 2.5 years old who are making great progress with their developmental and all three are local patients from the Turks and Caicos Islands (Provo).

Dr. Lise is also highly involved in her profession and she Co-authored a book in 2010 which is called “Pearls of Wisdom-Pure and Powerful”, with contributions, from 19 internationally recognized female Doctors of Chiropractic. Dr. Lise wrote chapter 4.

It tells about another wonderful, chiropractic healing miracle about a little Russian boy. The eleven year old boy could not speak but after chiropractic care to align the bone vertebrate in his neck; it restored nerve supply to the vocal cords and restored this young boy’s ability to speak again in time.

I’ve also learned in speaking with Dr. Lise that chiropractic care is not just for back pain.

She said: “Our theme this month is headaches and migraines, with the vertebrate on top of the neck are misaligned it’s going to affect the nerves that goes back inside the brain and attached to the blood vessels and so the blood vessels can’t dilate and constrict based on the demands of the body and it’s going to lead to headaches or migraines, and so we get phenomenal results with all sorts of conditions not just back pain and neck pain.

Her practice was recently relocated from the Courtyard Plaza to the lovelier, more “Zen like: Courtyard at La Vista Azul in Turtle Cove. Dr. Lise can be contacted for consultations at 339-1000 or by e-mail at courtyardchiro@me.com.

New Restaurant opens in Grace Bay

By Brandy Laporte A new restaurant has opened on the Grace Bay strip in Providenciales.

It’s called The Landing Bar and Kitchen Helene Raad and fiancé Marc Snailum opened the Mediterranean mixed with Barbecue kitchen and

bar restaurant on March 16th.

Miss Raad is from Germany and is thebartender in the establishment, while her fiancé Mr. Snailum is the Chef. They both lived in Switzerland before moving to the Turks and Caicos Islands.

The drinks are handcrafted with homemade flavored infusions, using near to no pre-mixes. They will be

offering a Bubbles Thursday Special in the months of May and June (this means 10% off all champagne and Prossecco glasses and bottles).

Mrs. Raad says that they aim to serve as many homemade items as possible such as sauces, slaw, breads, etc. They are not serving the main dishes yet and are aiming to do so as soon as possible. Helene

and Marc moved here last summer and they visited the island several times before deciding this was the right location for this venture.

The opening times are 5.30 until 7 days a week (weather permitting) as The Landing Bar and Kitchen is an all outdoor casual elegant beach away from the beach.

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Prisoners threaten to crash plane

A Number of passengers on a flight from Providenciales to Grand Turk on Wednesday afternoon (April 8, 2015) said they became fearful when two prisoners being transported to Her Majesty’s Prison became boisterous hurling threats at them.

The two prisoners, who The SUN learned were among a trio juveniles accused of setting a section of the prison on fire about two weeks ago, attended the Magistrate’s Court on Providenciales to answer to robbery and assault occasioning actual bodily harm charges. The media was prevented from sitting on the matter because they are minors.

The two men’s behavior raised concerns from some members of the travelling public as to whether or not prisoners, even though in cuffs, should be allowed to travel with members of

the public.

A passenger on the flight said that the two young men began acting out long before boarding the flight, often seen in intense arguments with the prisoner officers assigned to usher them to court and back.

“I have never been so fearful in my life,” said a female prisoner. “If it was car, I would ask the driver to stop and let me out. Their behaviour was scary.”

Another passenger on the flight said that the juveniles’ series of boisterous behaviour began at the Providenciales International Airport.

“Coming through the airport there was one scene with the men and members of the public. They issued a lot of threats to anyone they could threaten. When they came on the plane they threatened the passengers and threatening to crash the plane; they

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were carrying on real bad all through the airport and on the plane,” one terrified passenger revealed.

A source said that the men carried their rowdy behaviour to the prison that evening, where one of them was alleged to have attacked one prison officer at the gate, leaving him with a bloody nose.

A source at the prison said that the youngsters decided to behave the way they did as a reaction to what they termed as ill-treatment at the facility.

“They said that the first chance they got to make the public know how they were being treated in prison, they will take it. But I think they are going about it the wrong way, to the point of threatening to crash the plane and threatening passengers on it. I don’t think that is a wise way to win the sympathy of the public.

The source said that since they were accused of setting fire to a section of the building, prison authorities have placed them under strict movement, allowing them about an hour a day from their cells.

“Some days they were only allowed to shower and return to their cells. And so, they said that any opportunity that they can get to retaliate and get some sympathy from the public they will take it,” the source said.

The source said that so far, no one has been charged with the arson incident at the prison, which landed about three persons in hospital, including at least one of the juveniles, for smoke inhalation.

The SUN understands that one of the juvenile is to return to court sometime in May for a sufficiency hearing in his robbery charge.

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Progressive Democratic Alliance ready to launch

By Vivian Tyson

Senior Sun Editor The Progressive Democratic Alliance (PDA), which could prove to be the country’s strongest third party yet, is to launch within the next month, according to convener former Chief Minister Oswald Skippings.

Skippings, who led the Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM) into the 2012 elections in a narrowlylosing cause to the ruling Progressive National Party (PNP), insisted that the PDA will be an all inclusive party, which will not only welcome persons of all political affiliations, but nationalities as well.

“The PDA is an all-embracing, a party that is here to represent, a party that is here to make meaningful change, national change, a party that is here to empower our people and protect the rights of everyone in this country,” Skippings said.

He said that there are a number of prominent persons who expressed interest in becoming candidate for the next general elections, constitutionally due late next year. So far, Samuel Harvey, former minister in the former PDM administration has broken ranks to join u up with Skippings. Both visited The SUN’s office to give the interview.

Skippings said that the party’s constitution has already been written

and to be ratified soon. He said that while the PDA’s platform is prepared, it will base primarily on making investor-friendly policies, addressing the immigration issue in terms of illegal migrants and longstanding residents without statuses, unity of different nationals residing here, work closely with the private sector, up-to-date the social services especially in the outer islands, ensure Belonger participation in government contracts, develop a salvage programme for persons losing homes and focusing on young people’s welfare.

“This is a party of unity. We need to get the blacks, whites, Jamaicans, Haitians, everybody who has a stake here, so that we work together, we live together, we build together because we have come of age now that we understand that this is a cosmopolitan setting, and so we must be mature, but we must ensure that Turks and Caicos Islanders get their share of the pie,” Skippings asserted.

He said also that the PDA would also seek to prepare the people for independence, so they would be able to pursue it when they believe they are ready.

Skippings said that while the PDA could be classified as the new kid on the block, the same could not be said of some of its founding members, who he said have years of experience

in representational politics, and have proven worthy.

“I myself and Samuel Harvey, who is one of the more seasoned politicians who came out of the PDM. God has directed us, and so, we thank God for the opportunity to be given this opportunity, whatever it costs us.

It doesn’t matter to me whatever it cost me; it is my commitment, I have a spiritual obligation to step forward, step out and try and save this land,” Skippings said.

The party convener told The SUN that he is relishing in remarkable support that has been coming from the public so far.

“I would not say the feedback from the public is not surprisingly, but pleasantly overwhelming. The feedback is tremendous. About 80 percent of the people who we have made contact with have made it clear that they are not going out there blowing their horn, saying that they were not going to go to the polls that was their position. ‘We were not going to the polls,’ they say, ‘for either side because we were frustrated, there is no representation, there seems to be no hope, we are losing ground daily’.

“They are saying to me that this (PDA) is a breath of fresh air and we embrace this, and thank God, we know that we have here is known commodity; we know Samuel Harvey, we know Oswald Skippings, we know

their track record in government.

“We know what they have done, we know what they could do, we know their passion. We know that once we call them, whether it’s in Parrot Cay or North Caicos or Providenciales, whether it’s a hotel or a job site and we have a problem, we know that they are willing to come and sit down with those persons responsible and sorted out and represent our people.

So, it is that sort of confidence and relief that this is a new party but it is not an untested product,” Skippings explained.

He said that young people are also on board with the PDA, explaining that they are comfortable with what it is offering.

“The young people don’t have the luxury like one or two of the older heads of counting a party, in other words, this is a third party or a fifth party, it doesn’t work. They don’t have that luxury anymore. Numbers don’t matter.

“What they are looking at is not the number of party but the number of work permit holders who are taking the jobs that are taking; the number of rejections that when they go look for a job; the number of Turks and Caicos Islanders who are unemployed; the number of people who are losing their homes - these are the numbers they are concerned with,” he said.

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Windsong Resort General Manager Anette Mullings earns Master Certificate in Revenue Management Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands – Anette Mullings, General Manager for the Windsong Resort, Turks and Caicos, and a 20year hospitality veteran, has earned the prestigious Master Certificate in Revenue Management from worldrenowned hospitality education leader, Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration.

This certificate is designed for experienced hospitality professionals including general managers and revenue managers to assist them in maximizing the financial performance of their respective organizations. Ms. Mullings successfully completed the 18-course training, receiving 108 hours of advanced instruction in revenue management techniques used by top performers the world over. The coursework provides a strategic approach to pricing, reservations, inventory control, non-traditional revenue management applications, revenue analysis, and marketing strategy implementation built around

integrated approach to achieve highly efficient inventory management and maximum revenue generation,” stated Ms. Mullings. “Additionally, this series of courses has enabled me to provide even better guidance to our revenue team and to improve our resort’s ‘marketing to revenue’ connection,” she added.

Born and raised in Jamaica, Ms. Mullings began her hospitality career at age 18 working in every department of her family’s boutique resort in Negril; from housekeeping to front desk, to reservations and customer service. While employed, she also attended and graduated from the University of Technology School of Hospitality and Tourism Management in Kingston, Jamaica.

Anette Mullings, General Manager for the Upon graduation she spent Windsong Resort four years in the hospitality field at Hilton Hotels in the United States rigorous control systems.

“As a general manager, I feel and a private resort in the Caribbean. it is my responsibility to expand my Subsequently, she earned a Master knowledge base in order to recognize of Business Administration degree new opportunities, and apply a holistic, from the Hotel Management School

Maastricht in Maastricht, Holland, and took her advanced skills to the acquisition and development team of Paris-based, Dolce Hotels. The Caribbean islands beckoned her, so Ms. Mullings moved to Providenciales, Turks and Caicos, where she has managed hotel properties since 2007, with the last two years as general manager of the Windsong Resort. She has assisted the management team at Windsong to enjoy unprecedented occupancy and success.

The Windsong Resort, an awardwinning, 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 Hotels & Resorts. 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.

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LOCAL NEWS Christie Brinkley jetted to hospital after suffering injury in Turks and Caicos while ‘trying to save a bird’ Christie Brinkley shows off a nasty black eye she suffered while trying to help a bird at a resort in Turks and Caicos over the weekend, which was in Parrot Cay over the Easter Holiday.

By Todeline Defralien Christie Brinkley was flown to a Miami hospital from Turks and Caicos Islands over Easter weekend after she suffered a nasty black eye and gash on the face in an accident while allegedly trying to save a bird.

The 61-year-old supermodel’s flawless face was marred by a puffy shiner and cut next to her left eyebrow in the mysterious incident that happened while she was staying at the exclusive Parrot Cay resort.

“We interrupt this holiday to take a little unplanned excursion to Miami for cat scans and stitches following an accident trying to save a bird,” Brinkley wrote Monday on Instagram along with some selfies showing her nursing the injury with an ice pack and being tended to by a grinning doctor flashing a thumbs-up sign.

The “Vacation” star went on to thank the resort’s staff for getting her aboard a boat and then a plane to University of Miami Hospital for treatment.

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Premier Ewing’s vision for TCI young professionals becomes a reality “It is my Government’s vision for you to be the next middle class of the Turks and Caicos Islands. To accomplish that, there are things that we, as a Government, must do, and there are things that you as a united group must do, and we are depending on your support in this initiative, to the benefit of the future of our country.

This group of individuals gathered here, represents a very important sector of our society and we remain cognizant that any policy decisions that my Government makes, will largely impact you as the future leaders of our country. So I invite you to share in a common voice the concerns that you have and the challenges that you face as entrepreneurs, employees and scholars to ensure that these obstacles are negated and that you are empowered to realize your dreams and potential to be successful small and medium business owners and managers. You must hold us accountable and likewise we will hold you accountable for displaying characteristics of integrity and honesty, in the work force to ensure that you are positioned to apply for and occupy the top management positions in our large businesses as well as believing in yourself to make the bold move towards owning your own businesses and your own homes someday soon.

This all begins with networking.”

Those were the words spoken by the Premier, Dr. the Hon. Rufus W. Ewing, one year ago, on January 27,

Premier Hon. Dr. Rufus Ewing (fourth from right) leads a team of ministers in a photo op with members of Young Corporate Alliance.

2014 at the sunset cocktail event which brought together the young energetic group of Turks and Caicos Islanders, who last week officially launched as the Young Corporate Alliance (YCA).

Last Thursday’s launch took place at The Regent Palms Resort in Grace Bay, and although long awaited it was well worth the meetings, planning and effort it took to get the group to this stage.

Among the well-wishers at the corporate-chic event were some of the highest political offices in the Turks and Caicos Islands, including the Minister of Finance, Investment and Trade, Hon. C. Washington Misick, the Leader of the Opposition, Hon.

IMMEDIATE OPENING Labourer

Duties Include: •General laborer duties as assigned by the supervisor or manager.

•Willingness to work varying schedules, split shifts, nights, weekends and holidays.

Salary $5.25 an hour not including service charge.

Kitchen Steward

Duties Include: •Clean & sanitize all areas of the kitchen •Operate dishwashing machine in a safe, accident free manner •Must be able and willing to work all days and shifts Starting salary $5.00 per hour not including service charge.

Butler

The butler will provide the highest of penthouse service to our guests. The Butler’s primary goal is to create an ambiance of superior luxury by anticipating each individual guest’s needs. This is accomplished through moments of surprise and delight that our guest would never have experienced before. Also ensure guest familiarities to frequent guests visiting the hotel.

Requirements: •Minimum of 3 years experience in food and beverage fine dining as a personal Butler •Must possess excellent communication skills, both verbal and written •Strong knowledge of a variety of cuisines and wines/beverages •Must possess local knowledge in order to respond to all inquires from guest, such as restaurants information •Must posses basic computational ability •Must posses basic computer skills •Must be able to follow through all the guest requests and communicate them to the appropriate departments and management in an efficient manner •Must be have attention to details second to none ability, superior interpersonal skills and desire to provide exceptional service to our guest •Must be able to stand and exert well-paced mobility for up to 8 hours in length •Must be able to exert well-paced, ability to reach other departments and locations in a timely manner •Must be able to exert well-paced ability in limited space •Must be able to bend, stoop, squat and stretch to fulfill cleaning tasks.

•Must be able to bend and squat and lift up to 25 lbs •Must be able to push and pull equipment weighing up to 75 lbs •Requires grasping, writing, standing, sitting, walking, repetitive motions. Bending, climbing, listening and hearing ability and visual acuity.

•Requires manual dexterity to use and operate all necessary equipment •Must be able and willing to work all days and shifts Starting salary $6.00 per hour Pool and Beach Attendant Requirements: •Must be able to work in all outdoor element, rain, sun, etc. as required •Must be able to work long hours on feet •Must be able to lift 30lbs or more •Must be trained and certified in CPR, First Aid. •Life guard experience is a plus •Must be able and willing to work all days and shifts Duties Include: •Creating a luxury guest experience through delivery of high level service for all pool and beach services Starting salary $5.50 per hour not including service charge.

Pool & Beach Supervisor Requirements: •Must be an excellent swimmer with rescue capability and first aid training •Must be able to operate and teach others to operate catamarans, kayaks other watercrafts •Must be able to be on your feet for long periods of time and able to lift at least 50 lbs •Must be calm under pressure and possess the ability to instill in all pool and beach staff that they are there to serve the guest quickly and courteously Duties Include: •Supervising and overseeing the pool and beach staff and providing training •Ensuring that the umbrellas, chairs etc. are properly set up at the correct time each morning and properly stowed away each evening •Ensuring pool and beach areas are clean and well maintained at all times with sufficient clean towels available Starting salary $6.00 per hour not including service charge.

Fitness Instructor Requirements: •Prior experience as a fitness trainer in a high end environment with experience in both personal training and teaching classes.

Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson as well as the Deputy Speaker and Member of Parliament, Hon. Josephine Connolly, and of course, also present was the man behind the initiative himself, the Premier, Dr. Ewing and the First Lady, Dr. Dawn Perry.

The initial meeting of January last year, took place at the Crackpot Kitchen and was originally planned for about thirty persons, but was attended by some seventy-odd vibrant and energetic young men and women, who were overcome with gratitude and appreciation for the bold and refreshing direction the Ewing Administration took by focusing on this very powerful, but largely overlooked, sector of the

community.

The then attendees were all registered in a database at the event and the group conveyed their enthusiasm and gratitude by hosting their first elections that very night for the offices of Chairman and other executives and it was there that Mr. Kyle Smith emerged as the group’s leader and Chairman and his other elected officers were Mr. Jerrel Lowe, Ms. Angie Toussaint, Mr. Sean Bassett, Mr. Dominic Rolle and Ms. Crystal Charles.

Like all newly embarked endeavours, the infancy stage was met with minor set-backs, but through the efforts of the staff of the Office of the Premier and the determination of Mr. Smith and his team, progress meetings and pep talks kept the dream alive and not to be side-tracked, the Young Corporate Alliance overcame the nursery challenges of time and commitment and over the past thirteen months remained steadfast to achieving the challenge issued to them by the Premier.

It is therefore with pride that the Office of the Premier and the entire Government extends congratulations to the Chairman, Mr. Smith, the executive officers and the entire YCA on the occasion of your launch and we further extend our profound gratitude for being bold enough to see and believe the dream, shared with you months ago and for making it a reality today.

•Certification(s) in fitness instruction, personal training, pilates etc.

•High level of personal fitness with ability to demonstrate proper usage of equipment and proper exercise techniques.

•Very energetic person with commitment to ensuring high levels of guest satisfaction.

Duties Include: •Create and provide consistent professional fitness classes and personal training sessions in accordance with spa protocols and accepted certification practices.

•Provide instruction on safe usage of fitness equipment.

•Care for and maintain fitness equipment.

•Actively promote the spa, treatments, services and retail as well as any promotions or discounts.

•Assist in areas of the spa operation as requested by management.

•Must be able and willing to work all days and shifts Starting salary $6.00 per hour not including service charge.

Cook Requirements: •Experience with, and comfortable preparing a variety of different cuisines in a fine dining environment •Understand the importance of consistency •Knowledge of food preparation techniques and health/safety Duties Include: •Prepare all food items according to recipe cards and correct handling procedures.

•Maintain highest quality and appearance of all foods sent from kitchen and make sure plates are clean and appetizing.

•Maintain orderly and clean refrigerators and work areas.

•Rotate all foods and correctly fill out production charts.

•Must be able and willing to work all days and shifts Starting salary $6.00 per hour not including service charge Bartender Requirements: •Must have 3 years experience as a bartender in branded luxury resort •Must have advanced knowledge of beverage preparation and service of alcoholic beverages with ability to mix, garnishes and present drinks using standard ingredient recipes.

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

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

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

•Must be able and willing to work all days and shifts Starting wage $6.00 per hour not including service charge and tips.

Spa Therapist/Technician Requirements: •Diploma in massage therapy or equivalent.

•Prior experience in a 5-star luxury environment.

•Extensive knowledge of Eastern style massage, wraps, facials and other treatments.

•Proficiency in English.

•Must be able and willing to work all days and shifts Duties Include: •Providing spa treatments to resort guests and day spa guests.

•Maximize the revenue of the department through massage and retail product sales.

•In addition to performance of the essential functions, this position may be “required to perform a combination of support functions Starting salary $5.50 per hour not including service charge, commission and tips.

Waiter/Waitress Duties Include: •Serve food and beverages to guests in a prompt manner and anticipate guest needs.

•Knowledge of food and beverages on the menu included. mixed drinks and be aware of any menu items which are not available.

•Prepare and arrange food or drinks that are attractive and appetizing to the guests.

Starting wage $6.50 per hour plus service charge.

Interested applicants should apply to Regent Palms, Human Resources Department, Monday through Friday, and bring along an updated resume, or by emailing your resume to marjorie.dorsett@regenthotels.com, no later than end of day Friday, April 17th, 2015.

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The Making of a Hero By: Jamell R. Robinson It has been about two months since the late Hon. Dr. Rosita B. Butterfield was laid to rest on the 5th February, 2015 following a State Funeral, and it is with great humility that I write this article after a long layoff, not as her Grandson, but an engaged Turks and Caicos Islander.

I write to make the case, or should I say state the obvious, that Dr. Butterfield should be the Turks and Caicos Islands next National Hero.

Many have had the thought but few have voiced it publicly, save for Dr. Lillian Boyce in her closing remarks at the memorial service held in Dr. Butterfield’s honor.

Looking at this case, neither emotionally nor politically biased, but critically, there is no doubt that she is worthy of such an honor. By any measure, real, imagined or even yet to be imagined, she passes the litmus test.

In my view the following are some of the qualities which should be displayed by a National Hero: Leadership; Integrity; Courage; Honor; Longevity; Service to country; and lastly he/she should be someone whom most people would themselves aspire to be like or have as a role model for their children.

Dr. Butterfield possessed all of these qualities.

As speaker of the House of Assembly, she ruled with integrity and impartiality, to the point where some of the more junior members of her very own party treated her with disdain at house sittings.

She would end her tenure as speaker early rather than compromise her moral standing because of others.

Also, under her leadership as chairman of the select committee on the Employment Bill from 1987 to 1988, she and her team would shape positive employment trends still having its impact today.

Both locally and internationally, Dr. Butterfield represented the spirit of her country on numerous occasions, be it in Bermuda where she presented on “Migration and Immigration in the Turks and Caicos Islands” or in the House of Lords or the Isle of Man as a member of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.

Her Leadership qualities were well recognized and unquestionable.

Want someone who illustrated their belief in education? She maximized all education opportunities afforded her and won numerous nursing awards such as the Surgeons’ Prize for the most efficient operating theatre surgical student nurse.

She would not only use her time to develop education within the TCI but

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Jamell R. Robinson also to put her money where her mouth was by sponsoring our National Spelling Bee for many years plus giving financial help to numerous families. Besides, Dr. Butterfield and her husband’s role in the development of Providenciales and wider TCI by extension, has been far reaching and can easily be verified.

So much has already been written about Dr. Butterfield’s tremendous contribution in service to our country that I need not repeat it here.

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Mathematical Skills Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.

Reasoning Ability Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Resolve customer problems and concerns.

Coordinate installation activity with customer service and sales departments.

Insure timely completion of all orders for installation or service and proper notification procedures for delays in service.

Perform quality control checks of completed installations.

Hire, train, and evaluate assigned staff.

Ensure all paperwork for assigned installers has been completed and returned to the office for data input.

Complete weekly, monthly or other reports as required.

Coordinate and direct commercial and residential multi-family installation projects as needed.

Consult with customers to resolve installation concerns.

Supervisory Responsibilities This job has supervisory responsibilities.

Competencies Customer Focused, Excellent Communication Skills Qualifications To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

documentation. To emphasize my point about how special and rare this lady was, not even her husband, Dr. A. V. Butterfield, will be afforded a State Funeral which is reserved Heads of Government or a Speakers of the House, despite his equally devoted service in the development of our country.

So I conclude with one question to all the members of the National Awards Committee: if not the Hon. Dr. Rosita Beatrice Missick-Butterfield, then whom?

Computer Skills To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Database software; Spreadsheet software and Word Processing software.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations Valid driver’s license, satisfactory driving record within Company required standards.

Ladder Safety certification

Other Skills and Abilities Other Qualifications

Knowledge of Cable television products and services.

Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 100 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

High school diploma and two to three years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Demonstrated leadership skills through minimum of two years of managing team of 5 people.

Language Skills

Work Environment The work environment characteristics described here

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to wet and/ or humid conditions. The employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts and risk of electrical shock.

are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

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Police East Bay Resort commissioner General Manager urged to investigate Cable TV porn

East Bay Resort is searching for an experienced General Manager. The General Manager’s purpose is to direct all phases of resort operations to provide quality and service to guests. Fiscal responsibilities include but are not limited to managing the financial liability of the resort and ensuring that operations meet all financial obligations. The General Manager is accountable for setting direction, allocating resources and ensuring execution in the resort environment. Success will be evaluated by demonstrating the following:

1) Developed aggressive sales, marketing and net revenue plans and direct successful implementation, following established revenue guidelines and financial plans in all areas.

2) Responsible for setting resort goals, and developing business and financial plans for the resort. Monitor resort performance and taking appropriate actions as needed to assure that departmental goals are achieved in accordance with established budgets.

3) Direct all marketing aspects in relation to resort activities and season.

4) Ensure all expense control systems are in place with close monitoring of all departmental expenses including revenue to payroll ratio. Ensure forecasting systems are utilized and are accurate.

5) Ensure all resort policies and standard operating procedures are adhered to and ensure that all staff are accountable for compliance of these policies and procedures.

6) Maintaining exceptional guest relations and facilities by creating a quality environment through staffing, programming, service operations and maintenance.

7) Identify opportunities for guest events, food and beverage services and recreational facilities that satisfy ongoing guest needs and implement to achieve revenue objectives.

8) Recruit, select and develop a qualified staff, including Department Heads to understand the relationships between value, guest satisfaction and repeat guests.

9) Ensure all guests receive the level of attention and service necessary to exceed their expectations. Ensure follow up on serious guest complaints and concerns quickly and effectively.

10)Completing all required financial and administrative reporting/ audits accurately and on time. Assuring all practices are in compliance with GAAP and the company’s established accounting policies and procedures.

11) Responsible for conduct oneself as a representative for the company’s management team by visible supporting and implementing policy and demonstrating high standard of ethics and integrity with the guests and staff.

John Wildish In wake of recently released photos via the internet of young teens especially exposing themselves on stills and motion picture cameras, John Wildish, one of the TCI’s prominent individuals, is calling on police commissioner James Smith to investigate cable television offering.

Saying it is good news, the move by the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force to bring charges against anyone found to be distributing pornography of especially local teens, Wildish, in a letter to The SUN, said that cable television is one of the prime propagators of pornography.

“In line with this development, I am taking the time to point our new Commissioner James Smith and his team in the direction of the largest sellers and distributors of pornography on our island, namely the television stations and TV cable operators, who, for a few dollars a month, will provide live streaming of porn right into the homes of the innocent people of the Turks and Caicos Islands so as to corrupt their minds with this material. That is clearly illegal in this jurisdiction as your newspaper just explained,”

wildish said.

Wildish said that it is welcoming that the police have now decided to begin tackling the problem after what he described as years of inaction.

“This is good news in that it appears that finally our police force, after years of inaction in this area, have decided to awake from their self-induced coma and take action.

I encourage Commissioner Smith and his team to take prompt action and investigate this hot lead so as to shut down this illegal activity that is occurring right under their noses and is corrupting our beautiful islands with her good people,” Wildish said.

Recently, a series of pornographic materials, both video and stills, bombarded the internet. The materials were said to have been released and shared by unscrupulous persons within the community, including other teens. The material contained both children and adults.

They only ceased after the police warned the public that anyone known to be in possession of or have been distributing them would be prosecuted.

Job Requirements: A minimum of 7 years experience in resort management.

Bachelor’s degree in Hospitality or related field. Caribbean experience required. Pre-opening experience is required.

Proficient in a variety of PMS and POS systems and working knowledge of setup in a pre-opening environment. Knowledge of trends and services related to Eco Tourism and green initiative is required. Must have networking knowledge of travel agent and tour operators. Previous Food and Beverage experience is required. Working knowledge of French/Spanish is preferred.

Beginning salary Commensurate with Experience



Interested Applicant’s please email all applications to info@saunders.tc

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Logistical Coordinator OASIS DIVERS is seeking applications from suitably qualified

candidates for the following positions. The successful applicants must:

CERTIFIED DIVERS / LIFEGUARDS

-Hold a valid diving certification of Open Water Diver or higher -Be at least 25 years old -Have a clean criminal record -Have a valid passport -Hold a valid certification in CPR and First Aid -Have at least 3 years’ experience in the tourism and hospitality industry. Other experience in the tourism industry would be an asset -Must be willing and able to work flexible hours, including on weekends and Public Holidays, as necessary to meet the challenging needs of the cruise ship schedule and/or reasonable needs of the business

TOUR DISPATCHER

-Have at least 3 years’ experience dispatching tours -Possess the ability to remain calm in a high stress environment -Be well spoken with English as primary language -Must be willing and able to work flexible hours, including on weekends and Public Holidays, as necessary to meet the challenging needs of the cruise ship schedule and/or reasonable needs of the business -Have a valid passport -Be at least 25 years old -Have a clean criminal record

TOUR GUIDES

-Be at least 25 years old -Have a clean criminal record -Have a valid passport -Hold a valid certification in CPR and First Aid -Have at least 3 years’ experience in the tourism and hospitality industry.

Other experience in the tourism industry would be an asset -Must be willing and able to work flexible hours, including on weekends and Public Holidays, as necessary to meet the challenging needs of the cruise ship schedule and/or reasonable needs of the business

SALES ASSISTANT / LABOURER

-Minimum of 3 years general sales and merchandising experience (Sales Assistant) -Proven and unblemished track record of employment -Positive and disciplined attitude toward work in a customer service oriented business (Sales Clerk) -Excellent communication, inter-personal and customer service skills -Trustworthy and reliable disposition -Must be willing and able to work flexible hours, including on weekends and Public Holidays, as necessary to meet the challenging needs of the cruise ship schedule and/or reasonable needs of the business

BOAT PAINTER

-Have a proven and unblemished track record of employment -Have a valid passport -Have at least 5 years’ experience in boat repair, including working with fiberglass and other dangerous chemicals -Positive and disciplined attitude toward work -Trustworthy and reliable disposition -Must be willing and able to work flexible hours, including on weekends and Public Holidays, as necessary to meet the challenging needs of the cruise ship schedule and/or reasonable needs of the business Preference will be given to documented Turks and Caicos Islanders Written applications only and accompanying CVs/resumes must be addressed to the Manager at the following address:

Cee’s Plaza, Suite No. 1 Church Folly PO Box 86 Grand Turk Turks & Caicos Islands OASIS DIVING, LTD. c/o EPIC Corporate & Consultancy Services Ltd. Phone: 649-946-1128 Fax: 649-946-1128 Email: oasisdiv@tciway.tc

Duties and responsibilities include: •Knowledge of logistical shipment procedures and documentation •Coordinate logistics of containers, deliveries and all international shipments received and domestic shipments shipped •Verifies inventory locations and availability for shipment against requirements specified in purchase orders •Expertise in using Inventory Control Management System •Ensure the goods are received in good condition •To coordinate deliveries and distribution of merchandise to various restaurants, hotels and other local businesses •Overseeing personnel operations involving inventory, deliveries and other general logistical operations •Creating and maintaining proper records of assets and inventory •Advanced knowledge and skills in computer systems, most specifically Quick Books Pro 2007, Warehouse Management System Pro 2010(WMS) and Reflections •Must be able to Operate Propane and Electric Forklifts, Electric and Manual Pallet Jacks •Must posses a valid TCI drivers license •Knowledge of handling, safe guarding and transporting hazardous materials and shipments •Must be able to work on holidays, flexible days and flexible shifts •Multilingual is an asset •Excellent communication skills on all levels •Must be customer friendly •Trustworthy, dependable and a team player •Must possess the ability to operate efficiently in various types of environments, including but not limited to: Freezers, Coolers, Dry Containers, Refers, Warehouse •Salary commensurate with experience •5-10 years experience in this field or other related fields

Shelf Stocker Duties and responsibilities include: •unpack products received by stores and may count, weigh or sort items •check shipping and purchasing documents to ensure that the proper items and amount have been received and that items have not been damaged or spoiled •stock shelves, racks and display areas with merchandise and store extra items in stockrooms •regularly check shelves and displays to ensure that they are wellstocked, attractively organized and merchandise is protected from damage •obtain articles for customers from display locations or from the stockroom •direct customers to desired items and anticipate customer needs as much as possible •report out of stock situations to management and correct or report any pricing discrepancies •clean up broken items and other messes •sweep aisles, dust display racks and perform other general cleaning duties •maintain displays of perishable items such as produce or dairy products by rotating items to keep the freshest in the back or on the bottom •bag or box purchases for customers •Carry or use carts to carry customers’ purchases out to the parking lot and help customers pack groceries into their vehicles.

•Use a stamp or stickers to price items according to price lists •Must be able to work on holidays, flexible days and flexible shifts •Multilingual is an asset •Excellent communication skills on all levels •Must be customer friendly •Trustworthy, dependable and a team player

Please address your application to Ms. Jameka Williams, Human Resources Department and email to hr@ allliedcaribbean.com. The deadline to submit your application is April 12, 2014.

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ALMI Daughters of Zion Easter Tea Party and Fashion Show

ALMI Daughters of Zion would like to say a huge thank you to all the ladies who were present and supported our Easter Tea Party & Fashion Show; under the theme “Jesus Christ’s Victory Over Death” at Shay Cafe on Thursday, April, 2nd, 2015. As we celebrate Jesus Christ’s victory over death. All the ladies wore their favorite “Little Black / White Dress” (LBWD)

with a coloured head wrap or scarf to attend the event. The parade of fashion by our very own fashion designer Jermell Williams was the highlight of the night and the seven young ladies struck and ripped the runway.

With a crowed of over fifty ladies the event was a huge success. Here are some highlights from the event;

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Provo Kite Festival was sizzling The Providenciales leg of the Easter Monday Kite-Flying Festival was one of picturesque beauty, as kites of all color, shapes and sizes were on display. There was also a noticeable increase in the level of participation this year, even though

This diamond-filled entry by Damian Williams was one of the most attractive kites of the day

persons were not able to make it in the entry pool because they arrived late for the start of the judging. The usual thrills and spills were not absent from this year’s event. The following are photo highlights of the event.

King Yellow (centre) and his son accept the overall championship trophy from Premier for the Turks and Caicos Islands Hon. Dr. Rufus Ewing

The King Yellow entry, which lands him the biggest kite and overall winning trophy

The Nutrition in Demand entry ready to fly

There were various display of kites at the festival

Kite showing pride of country

These are some of the eye kites on display at the fes

Individuals were very happy to participate in the festival with their entries

Three flyers prepare this kite for flight

This young kite-fl

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This jumbo kite ready to get off the ground

One of King Yellow’s entries about to be flown

flying enthusiast ready to roll

These three men about to let this jumbo kite rip

An all white kite sets to fly

Some of the kites were so large that it took several individuals to hoist them

Young Achievers group – Island Jewel was on hand to display the company’s merchandise for sale

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Edward C. Gartland Youth Centre Easter Camp

Art Workshop 101 – participants enhanced their drawing skills, learnt This Easter, the Edward C. new techniques in working with Gartland Youth Centre hosted a patterns for creating their own number of workshops and camps for pieces of art instructed by local artist, young people to engage in from April Charrish Ferguson.

1st to 11th. The variety of the camps Volleyball Workshop – Where the have allowed those with different kids learned basic skills and improved interests to take develop their skills their game playing techniques with Verwyn Jervis and Vaurice Jervis who and learn new ones.

Environmental Club Easter were the Volleyball instructors Workshop -with Amy Avenant from Jewelry Making Workshop the Department of Environment and – learned to make earrings and Maritime Affairs which comprised of bracelets and necklaces the right way. identifying different fish followed by They were able to create different a guided snorkel and also learning styles of jewelry pieces and also able about the importance of mangroves to express themselves through their and mangrove planting. individual creations with Wellington

By Brandy Laporte

Williams. multiple intense on-court workouts Tennis Camp – at this camp the with Michael Cumberland.

Heritage Workshop – 9th April kids learned new skills; improve their old skills and finished off with a round – They will learn and visit our local robin mini tournament with Ricardo heritage sites of Cheshire Hall, The Salon from the Turks and Caicos Hole, Bird Rock Point and Sapodilla Hill with Winema Sanders from the International Tennis Federation.

Dance Camp –the kids learned National Trust. two styles of dance over 4 days with A huge thank you goes out to a final performance on the Saturday everyone who has been a part of the instructed by dance instructor Easter program and without their Tamara Megrelishvili. And this camp support we would have not been able concluded on Friday. to make this happen.

Basketball Camp – 9th and The workshops and camps has 10th April – 30 participants already been successful and most importantly registered and we are looking forward it has provided the kids with an to this final camp. It will involve skills avenue to release some energy, learn development drills, teamwork and and have fun!!

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SENIOR REVENUE PROTECTION INVESTIGATING OFFICER

To investigate tampering and illegal use of electricity services and to initiate and participate in programs to reduce non-technical losses in the Company.

Main Duties •Responsible for investigating and reporting cases involving power diversion and billing fraud.

•Regularly examine meters for evidence of tampering.

•Examine wiring connecting meter to outside power lines and building circuits.

•Receive, report and respond to information and intelligence regarding fraud and suspected power diversion.

•Prepare power theft reports and analysis as requested.

•Work closely with the T&D Team to ensure that confirmed cases of power diversion is disconnected from the service line.

•Work closely with the Administrative staff to investigate accounts with suspicious decreases in consumption.

•Work closely with the Royal TCI Police Force during the investigation and prosecution of power diversion.

•Assist with conducting meter audits throughout all service territories.

•Recommend service connection upgrades where the service is susceptible to power diversion or inaccurate billing.

•Recommend and participate in efforts to reduce non-technical losses.

•Seek various means of gathering evidence in order to build case files.

•Collect and preserve evidence including statements, photos and test results which may be used in court.

•Effectively represent the Company in Court in power theft related cases and provide technical evidence.

•Assist with informational presentations for both internal and external customers on power diversion.

•Conduct Home Energy Audits in accordance with the Company’s policy and procedures.

•Any other duties as may be assigned.

Minimum Requirements: •Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or Engineering Technology •Working knowledge of metering systems •At least 6 years’ experience in utility services or related field •A minimum of 3 years investigative experience •High level of direct customer contact requiring excellent written and oral communication skills.

•Must possess high ethical standards.

•Police Record should be in good standing.

•Knowledge of country laws and company policies and procedures applicable to illegal use of electricity.

•Knowledge of safety practices and procedures.

•Familiar with GPS and Mapping systems.

•Goal-oriented and self-motivated to apply needed initiative.

•Ability to work under pressure and in environments that may be adverse.

•Ability to speak multiple languages would be an asset.

•Valid Driver’s License is required.

•Proficient in Microsoft Word & Excel.

Salary commensurate with experience and qualifications Deadline for submission of applications (inclusive of a cover letter, resume and a FortisTCI application form) is April 9, 2015:

Dr. Kellie-Ann Evans-Hall Manager, Human Resources FortisTCI Limited P. O. Box 132, Providenciales Email address: hrapplications@fortistci.com or khall@fortistci.com Fax: 649-946-4532

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Nuttin but love for Obama in Jamaica abiding friendships between our nations continue for generations to come.”

There was one small problem, though. He signed with Friday’s date: “10 April 2015.”

Simpson Miller also expressed the region’s affection for Obama at a subsequent meeting with leaders in the 15-member Caribbean Community, also known as CARICOM. People from across the region followed both of his presidential election campaigns with “heightened interest,” she told the president, particularly the 2008 campaign that made him the first black man to be elected president of the United States.

“Your slogan ‘Yes we can,’ was repeated at every opportunity. Souvenirs were secured. Your photograph has pride of

place in living rooms.”

“Your victories have been ours,” Simpson Miller said.

Obama said his visit to the Bob Marley Museum was one of the “more fun meetings” he has had as president.

After arriving Wednesday, Obama made a late-evening visit to the museum. He took a tour in his shirt sleeves as one of the late reggae star’s most-recognized hits, “One Love,” played over the sound system.

One of the rooms Obama visited held the Marley’s platinum records and a Grammy.

“The quick trip that I made last night to Bob Marley’s house was one of the more fun meetings that I’ve had since I’ve been president,” he said.

Obama said he’s been a “big fan” of Marley since high school.

Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller hugs President Barack Obama following the conclusion of their bilateral meeting at the Jamaica House, Thursday, April 9, 2015, in Kingston, Jamaica.

KINGSTON, Jamaica — love you.”

President Barack Obama’s supporters Simpson Miller said she hoped often shout at him, “I love you!”

Obama understood how important his But Jamaican Prime Minister visit is to Jamaica.

Portia Simpson Miller didn’t have to Obama’s stop was the first raise her voice Thursday. She had here by an American president since prime seating beside Obama from President Ronald Reagan visited in which to declare her and her country’s 1982. love for him after they met privately Thursday’s official events had just during his first presidential visit to begun but Obama appeared to already her island nation. be looking ahead to Friday.

“I just want to say to you, you His first order of business was a might not know, but you are very stop at Jamaica House, where the loved in this country,” Simpson Miller prime minister and her staff have said, before describing how many their offices.

Jamaicans mistakenly had lined the It’s where Obama met with route they thought his motorcade Simpson Miller and where he signed would take after he arrived Wednesday Jamaica’s guest book. evening.

“It is a great pleasure to visit “So I just wanted to say you’re Jamaica, known for its beauty and well-loved in Jamaica,” she said. “Well, the extraordinary spirit of its people,” first of all I can say to you publicly, ‘I Obama wrote. “May the deep and

U.S. President Barack Obama, right, visits the Bob Marley Museum with tour guide Natasha Clark, left, Wednesday, April 8, 2015 in Kingston, Jamaica

US President Barack Obama, center, and Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller, right, are joined by Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders for a group photo during the start of their summit, Thursday, April 9, 2015, in Kingston, Jamaica

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Bail Bill stays in Trinidad despite concerns by Law Association The Trinidad and in that period of time when we reading of the charge.

Tobago government says had all the kidnappings.

“The pre­sent system is it will not repeal the Bail “There is a similar provision overburdened and it may take (Amendment) Bill 2015, even with no bail for 120 days when as many as three years for though the Law Association persons were kidnapped for the prose­ cu­ tion to be ready said the legislation passed in ransom. So given the scenario to proceed with the trial. The Parliament earlier this week now here, where almost three- 120 days has no relation to could erode the constitutional quarters, 72 to 75 per cent, the time it takes the State rights of people. of the murders committed to get expert reports and be Prime Minister Kamla by persons holding guns, we ready. In this regard, all that Persad Bissessar has joined think it is a good measure.” will be achieved is the preher Attorney General Garvin The Law Association on trial detention of civilians in Nicholas in defending the Wed­ nesday, called for the violation of the presumption of legislation, telling reporters repeal of the legislation that innocence and the protective “we cannot say that we want to restricts bail for certain constitutional provisions,” the fight crime each day, but when offences involving the use Law Association said. we bring very strong pieces or possession of a firearm.

But Nicho­las said the of legislation, we want to pull These offences include larceny, legislation considers the back”. larceny of a motor ve­ hicle, rights of law-abiding citizens, She said that 75 per cent burglary and house-breaking, noting that legislation already of murders committed here rape, drug possession, sex existed in the books, such as involved the use of guns. with a person under 14 years, those contained within anti“Given the research on receiving stolen goods and gang and kidnapping laws the matter, the request from shooting. that allowed for persons to be the acting Commissioner of “This legislation purports detained without bail.

Police and others, we are to restrict the granting of “If someone is charged still of the view that this is a bail to an accused person by for murder, there is no bail,” good piece of law, given the not permitting that person’s Nicholas said. He also noted circumstances that we have,” access to a law to hear an that the new legislation has she said, adding “this kind of application for bail for as long a sunset clause which allows measure (legislation) was used a period as 120 days from the it to run for 16 months so the

authorities could determine “get to a state that has made whether it was working. it very difficult to address the “From the very beginning problem”. of the legal system, where we Prime Minister Persad gave the right to the police to Bissessar said she was also stop and search us or arrest concerned about the possibility us, it was because society of abuse by police officers after decided that in order to be the law is enforced. protected, we needed to give “We were very concerned up some of our rights and we also about the possibility of need to balance our present abuse. In its early stages, the circumstances as we legislate. bill had a clause which said as “Unlike with the remand, long as you were found with where you can actually get a gun and or committing a off, when someone is shot crime with a gun, that would and killed, there is no coming be sufficient to deny you bail. back.”

However, we felt that may be “We need to send a very, far more dangerous and we very strong message and that tried to find a balance with is what this law does. It acts that particular clause, which as a mechanism to deter and is to say that you must have to punish and rehabilitate. We had a pending offence. need to deter young men from “So this is like a first-time using guns in this country; it offence, when a policeman is out of control and we really may abuse it and place a gun need to get a handle on it,” he on you, you have to have a said. charge pending. It will trigger Nicholas said Government it off the second time that you was confident the Bill will are found in possession of a make a diffe­ rence and this gun,” Persad Bissessar said. country has been allowed to

St. Lucia Government hoping for major economic boost As the St. Lucia government prepares to present the national budget to the country, Prime Minister Kenny Anthony says he plans to make a considerable dent in the rising unemployment levels though a major boost in the construction sector.

Unemployment currently stands at 25 per cent with the figures among young people running substantially higher.

Anthony, who also has responsibility for Finance, has promised that the 2015/2016 budget will be a “remedial” fiscal package, with new investment in construction.

“One of the weaknesses in our budget performance in the last three years has been the weakening of the performance in the construction

sector, so the government is putting more money into construction,” Prime Minister Anthony said in a radio interview.

He noted that there was already investment in road infrastructure, including the Gros Islet Choc highway project, to be financed by the Kuwaiti Investment Fund.

The government here is desperate for a turnaround in the country’s economic performance, having recorded a deficit in each of its three years since taking up office in 2011.

Earlier this year, Prime Minister Anthony spoke of seeing some ‘shoots’ of success in the economic recovery effort and pointed mainly to an increase in tourism arrivals and some level of investment coming into the country.

Cuba says US companies won’t get preferential treatment

Rodrigo Malmierca, the minister of foreign trade and investment U.S. companies can expect the same treatment as those from the rest of the world, receiving neither special benefits nor punishment, if there is a further commercial opening between Cuba and the United States, Cuba’s foreign trade minister said.

“U.S. business people will enjoy the same treatment that is offered to the rest of the world that has ties with the island today,” Rodrigo Malmierca, the minister of foreign trade and investment, said in an interview published

in official Cuban media on Monday.

“It’s true that we will view positively, once the U.S. laws permit it, that they will be able to trade and invest. But that does not imply a preferential treatment,” Malmierca said.

The United States and Cuba announced in December they would restore diplomatic relations and seek to normalize trade and travel that were disrupted more than 50 years ago during the Cold War. U.S. President Barack Obama has relaxed some parts

of the U.S. economic embargo against Cuba. Although he has authority to do more, he needs the Republican-controlled Congress to remove the embargo definitively.

The opening has generated tremendous interest from U.S. companies looking to crack a market that has long been closed, but even with a relaxation of the embargo U.S. companies need an agreement from the Cuban government or a Cuban state company to do business on the Caribbean island.

The Prime Minister asserted that while tourism has done “exceedingly well”, the problem has been the construction sector.

“As you know, construction is a key employer of labour,” he said At the same time, Anthony noted that the government also has to address the outstanding issue of the deficit.

In presenting last year’s budget Prime Minister Anthony said the objectives were to set the country’s economy on a path of higher and sustained growth and employment, create sustainable, fulfilling jobs, particularly among the youth, steer the country’s finances away from the fiscal cliff, and build resilience so that the country and bounce back faster from future economic and natural shocks.

Jamaica to export peppers and dasheen to Trinidad KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica has signed an agreement allowing the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country to export pepper and dasheen to oil rich Trinidad and Tobago.

Junior Agriculture Minister Luther Buchanan, said the agreement was reached at the CARICOM level for the export of the crops, describing the accord as “a win-win” for both countries.

He said the move is in keeping with efforts by the Government to increase exports to CARICOM markets.

Buchanan said farmers in St. Ann had produced approximately 55,348 tonnes of domestic crops last year despite being adversely affected by one

of the worst droughts that the country has ever experienced.

“St Ann, which is described as the Garden Parish… has over 18,000 registered farmers producing crops such as pimento, yam, sweet potato, corn, and a wide variety of vegetables as well as livestock farmers who rear cattle, goats and pigs… I commend you for the significant contribution you have made to feeding our nation and to food security,” he said.

He noted that the agricultural sector contributes seven per cent to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and provides employment for 18 per cent of the labour force.

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Digicel Cayman CEO sees room for growth

The chief executive officer of Digicel Cayman, in an interview with the Cayman Compass, said the country’s diverse population presents unique challenges for the mobile phone carrier.

Martin Bould, 42, arrived in Cayman six months ago to lead Digicel’s local operations. The broader Digicel Group puts Cayman in the same category as Bermuda and Turks and Caicos, with more wealthy people, better infrastructure and a higher standard of living than most countries in the region. Some people want the latest high-end cellphones and data plans while others are just looking for an easy, inexpensive prepaid phone, he said.

There are many “high net worth users” in Cayman, he said, who want to buy the newest technology.

“Historically,” he said, the company has been “overly focused on

pre-pay.”

Mr. Bould said he was surprised by how many types of customers fit into such a small population here.

The products the company has to have available to suit people from the Philippines, Jamaica, the United States or Europe are all different. He said the company needs to offer “all options for all segments.”

Before leaving his native England, Mr. Bould spent more than 15 years in the telecom industry there. He spent nine years with Vodafone before moving to 02, the two largest British telecoms. His experience with the two companies involved mainly sales and marketing.

Mr. Bould’s move to Cayman puts him at the top of one of the country’s two mobile phone carriers, and doing business here has meant making some adjustments. He said working here is much more personal, more about who

Martin Bould, CEO of Digicel Cayman Islands

you know and getting out and meeting people.

There have been other adjustments too as he learns more about Digicel’s operations in Cayman.

Mr. Bould said the number of people who want to go to the physical store to pay a bill is “one of the biggest challenges” he’s working on.

While it is customary in the U.K. or the U.S. to pay a bill online, long wait times are no surprise in Digicel’s Cayman stores, and Mr. Bould said the in-person bill pay is a big part of that.

He said he hopes the company can change how customers use the stores, which tends to be a negative experience, for example to pay a bill or fix a phone problem.

Digicel plans to move its George Town store out of the downtown area to a new building this summer.

The current downtown store has no

Obama seeks to reassert US leadership in Caribbean President Barack Obama arrived Nicolas Maduro has made clear he will in Jamaica on Wednesday to attend a confront Obama over new U.S. sanctions.

Caribbean summit seeking to reassert Obama will also cross paths at U.S. leadership in the region at time the Summit of the Americas with Cuban when oil-producing Venezuela’s economic President Raul Castro for the first time clout may be receding. since the two announced a historic opening As the first U.S. president to visit between their countries in December.

Kingston since Ronald Reagan in 1982, Communist-ruled Cuba will also be Obama faces the challenge of convincing on the agenda in Kingston, with leaders Caribbean island leaders that Washington largely supportive of U.S. détente with is genuinely re-engaging after a long the region’s most populous island nation. period of perceived neglect of its smaller, In Thursday’s talks, Obama will poorer neighbors. try to show that even though he remains Obama arrived in the middle of preoccupied with crises elsewhere in the Jamaica’s Carnival week but will have world, he is determined to focus on the little time to take in the revelry during Caribbean. a 24-hour visit expected to be dominated “We absolutely feel that the Caricom by discussions on energy, security and region does deserve greater attention trade with the 15-member Caribbean and engagement from the United States,” Community, or Caricom.

Ben Rhodes, Obama’s deputy national Some analysts say a key reason why security adviser, told reporters. “At times Washington is suddenly paying attention people feel like the United States has not to the Caribbean Basin is that it wants to engaged these countries significantly as wean the islands off dependence on cut- we should.” rate Venezuelan oil that Caracas has long Rhodes said the talks would yield used to wield influence in the region. “concrete outcomes” but he declined to Most Caricom members participate provide details on any new regional in Venezuela’s discounted Petrocaribe oil initiatives. program, but Caracas now finds itself in With Caribbean countries saddled growing economic distress due to low oil with high unemployment, many are eager prices. for a re-energized U.S. partnership. “We “As Petrocaribe is unraveling, the have no jobs here. Jamaican people just U.S. is taking advantage,” said Michael want jobs,” said Marie Sherood, 32, a Shifter, president of the Inter-American craft vendor on the beach in Kingston.

Dialogue think tank in Washington. “The The night before getting down to Caribbean islands have to look elsewhere work with Caribbean leaders, Obama for energy.” paid a visit to the Bob Marley Museum The Obama administration launched in Kingston. On a tour of the house where the Caribbean Security Energy Initiative the reggae legend lived until his death in last year, and in January Vice President 1981, Obama, in shirtsleeves, was shown Joe Biden hosted Caribbean leaders in a trophy room where Marley’s Grammys Washington to discuss alternative energy and platinum records were on display. sources such as wind and solar.

Meanwhile, Marley’s hit song “One Love” From Jamaica, Obama travels to played over the loudspeaker.

Panama to attend a Western Hemisphere “What a wonderful tour,” Obama said summit, where Venezuelan President as he wrapped up the visit.

parking and is “in a shell of a building.”

He said he also wants to change the look and feel of the company’s three stores, based on new mobile phone stores like AT&T in the U.S. or Vodafone in the U.K. He envisions the new store as similar to an Apple store, and he wants to make it a “fun, experimental place to be,” with new technologies customers can play with, and experts on hand to help people learn how to use their phones and get technical support. He said he hopes the new store will be a “showroom rather than a mobile phone shop.”

Mr. Bould said Digicel hopes to release new products as they come on the market, such as the new Apple Watch, and tablet computers.

He added that he hopes to improve Digicel’s Web presence to get people moving online for the most routine issues, such as paying a bill.

Man Charged With Assault In Connection With Social Media Video

Brent McPhee outside court in The Bahamas A man faces up to three years imprisonment if convicted at trial of aggravated assault concerning an alleged incident that was videotaped and shared on social media.

Brent McPhee, 27, of Oleander Street appeared before Magistrate Samuel McKinney facing a charge of assault with a deadly weapon and threats of death allegedly committed on April 4. The victim is Arthur Buchanan.

While the latter charge is considered a misdemeanour and can warrant imprisonment for one month, the aggravated assault charge carries up to three years imprisonment.

It is claimed that McPhee intentionally assaulted Mr Buchanan with a knife and further threatened to kill him.

McPhee pleaded not guilty to both offences and opted to be tried in Magistrate’s Court.

On the question of bail, police prosecutor Sgt Audrey Deveaux said she was objecting to a bond for the accused on the basis that the Central Detective Unit was still investigating him and were expecting to

bring additional charges and suspects to court concerning the matter.

She added that McPhee would likely interfere with the ongoing investigation.

The prosecutor also said she did not know if the accused had any prior convictions.

McPhee informed the court that his lawyer Ian Cargill was supposed to appear on his behalf.

When the lawyer appeared and was briefed on the issue, Mr Cargill said there was no grievous harm or attempted murder charges stemming from the video that has already been viewed by a large number of persons.

He said there was no reason his client could not be granted bail and be electronically monitored ahead of trial.

Magistrate McKinney replied that with recent amendments to the Bail Act, he is compelled to defer the question of bail.

He set a bail hearing for April 15 and remanded McPhee to the Department of Correctional Services until that time.

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Police officer dismissed after shooting man in back

Michael Scott was shot eight times by police officer Michael Slager A white South Carolina police officer has been fired after being charged with murder for shooting a black man in the back as he fled, but questions remained on Wednesday about some details of the killing that was filmed by a witness.

The shooting occurred on Saturday in North Charleston, a town of about 100,000 people, nearly half of whom are black, but it gained national media attention on Tuesday when the video became public.

The incident was recorded by a man identified by NBC News as Feidin Santana. In an interview with the network, he said the victim, 50-yearold Walter Scott, had been hit by the officer’s stun gun before fleeing to avoid further stun gun fire.

The video, which Santana said he gave to Scott’s family, shows a brief scuffle between Scott and police officer Michael Slager, 33, before Scott runs.

Slager is then seen taking aim with a

handgun before shooting eight times at cameras.

Scott’s back.

“He made a bad decision,” Santana DEBATE ON POLICE AND RACE said of the officer. “You pay for your decisions in this life. I think Mr. Scott Slager was charged on Tuesday didn’t deserve this.” with murder in a shooting reminiscent The shooting was the latest of several deaths of black men over the in a series of deaths during police past year in cities including New York; encounters in the United States that Ferguson, Missouri; and Cleveland, have led protesters to decry racism and Ohio. police brutality.

The shootings have stirred debate North Charleston Police Chief Eddie across the country about police conduct Driggers said at a news conference and race relations, also drawing into that he did not know whether officers the discussion President Barack had performed cardiopulmonary Obama, who an aide said has seen the resuscitation on Scott, who had been Scott video. stopped by police for a broken brake The Federal Bureau of Investigation light on his vehicle. and the U.S. Department of Justice With Scott slumped facedown on are investigating Scott’s shooting, grass, Slager is seen placing him in which has drawn strong reaction from handcuffs and then walking back to political leaders and on social media. a spot near where he opened fire. The South Carolina Governor Nikki video then shows him appearing to Haley, along with U.S. Senators pick something up, return to Scott, and Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott, all drop it next to him.

Republicans, decried the shooting, with Driggers and North Charleston both senators releasing statements Mayor Keith Summey did not answer calling the video “horrific.” a question about the object.

Civil rights leaders called for calm, “There are questions that I have in with many on social media, where my mind that I can’t answer right now,” #WalterScott was a trending topic, Driggers said. No other officers have praising the witness who filmed the been disciplined, officials said. shooting and gave the video to Scott’s According to a police report, Slager family. told other officers that Scott had taken Holding signs that read “The his stun gun from him. At no point in whole world is watching” and “Back the video, which does not show the turned, don’t shoot,” protesters in front initial contact between the men, does of North Charleston’s city hall said Scott appear to be armed.

Scott’s death should not be viewed as Summey said that the full video an isolated incident. had not been made available to him.

About two miles away, in the He said there is additional footage oak tree-studded park where Scott was from a patrol car camera. killed, a makeshift memorial had been The mayor said Slager had been erected, comprising a small white cross, fired but said the city would cover two bouquets of plastic flowers and a insurance for his family until his half-dozen votive candles.

Slager’s wife, who is eight months The shooting was the 11th pregnant, gives birth. involving a police officer in South Summey said the city’s police Carolina this year and the second force will soon be equipped with body in North Charleston, said Thom

New York man gets life in prison after rap lyrics used as evidence An accused New York City gang member was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday for a slew of violent crimes, including three murders, after being convicted in a trial in which prosecutors used his graphic rap lyrics against him.

Ronald “Ra Diggs” Herron, 33, was sentenced to 12 terms of life in prison plus 105 years by U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis in Brooklyn, New York.

The sentencing came after a jury in June 2014 found Herron guilty of all 23 charges against him, from racketeering to drug trafficking to gang-related killings between 2001 and 2009.

Prosecutors at the trial used Herron’s “gangsta rap” videos - in which he boasts about belonging

to the infamous Bloods street gang, firing weapons and dealing drugs to argue the lyrics documented his crimes.

Herron’s lawyers argued that the lyrics were not autobiographical, but were commentary on crime, violence and drug wars in the inner city.

Brooklyn U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch in a statement Thursday said the life sentence would put an end to the “brutal, unrelenting violence” that Herron unleashed.

“Herron styled himself a rap artist, but the evidence proved that he was a murderous thug who sought power through violence, fear and intimidation,” she said.

A lawyer for Herron did not respond to a request for comment.

Berry, spokesman for the state’s law enforcement division. No one was injured in the prior incident in January, he said.

Chris Stewart, an attorney for the Scott family, said they plan to sue.

North Charleston, which has a 2015 budget of $105.6 million, about one-third of which goes to the police department, could end up paying out a significant amount to Scott’s family, according to legal experts.

“The municipality is going to be on the hook for seven or eight figures,” said Mark Geragos, a criminal defense lawyer. “The last thing they’re going to want to do is put this in front of a jury.”

Slager, who like Scott is a former member of the Coast Guard, was accus ed by a man of shooting him with a stun gun without cause in 2013, but was cleared of wrongdoing in an internal investigation. Last year, he was found to have failed to fill out an incident report, records show.

Police officer Michael Slager

Activists want to remove California judge over abuse case sentence Activists including O.J. Simpson’s former sister-in-law launched a bid on Thursday to recall a California judge over what they say was an unconscionably light sentence he gave to a man convicted of sexually abusing a 3-year-old girl.

Orange County Superior Court Judge Marc Kelly has been roundly criticized for sentencing Kevin Jonas Rojano-Nieto last week to 10 years in prison when the state statute recommends a minimum of 25 years to life behind bars.

Rojano-Nieto was convicted in December of sodomizing his half-sister in the family’s Santa Ana garage after the girl wandered in while he was playing video games.

Kelly, in imposing the lesser sentence, said the case was “not typical of a predatory, violent, brutal sodomy of a child case” because the

defendant did not seek out his victim.

Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas has said he would appeal that sentence.

In demanding Kelly’s recall, the activists, joined by three members of the Orange County Board of Supervisors, said the judge’s ruling was inappropriate and could be used by other defendants to seek lighter sentences.

“These are monsters and they deserve the maximum sentence,” said Denise Brown, whose sister, Nicole Brown-Simpson, was stabbed to death on June 12, 1994, along with her friend Ronald Goldman.

Former football star turned TV pitchman O.J. Simpson was charged with those murders but ultimately acquitted during a sensational case that came to be known as the “Trial of the Century.”

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Britain’s Labour takes as much as 6 percent point lead in pre-election poll Britain’s opposition Labour Party has taken the lead over Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservatives, according to four opinion polls less than a month before the May 7 election, with one survey showing a Labour lead of six percentage points.

Neither Cameron’s Conservatives nor Ed Miliband’s Labour Party is forecast to win an overall majority in Britain’s 650-seat parliament after losing support to once fringe parties such as the Scottish National Party and the UK Independence Party.

An online Panelbase poll published Thursday put Labour up 4 points on 37 percent, the Conservatives down 2 points on 31 percent, UKIP down one point on 16 percent and the Liberal Democrats up one point on 8 percent.

A different online survey by polling firm Survation and conducted for the Daily Mirror newspaper gave Labour a four percentage-point lead over the Conservatives, the biggest Labour lead in a Survation poll since February.

The Survation poll also showed Miliband had overtaken Cameron in terms of net personal approval ratings, the first time Miliband had outpolled Cameron since Survation began asking voters about personal approval ratings in January.

The poll put support for Labour on 35 percent, up from 33 percent since the firm’s last poll on April 3, while the Conservatives dipped 1 percentage point to 31 percent.

Support for the anti-EU United Kingdom Independence Party fell 3 percentage points to 15 percent, while the Liberal Democrats were unchanged at 9 percent, and the Scottish nationalists and Greens had 4 percent each, according to Survation.

Opinion polls indicate the Scottish nationalists are on course to win 35-50 of the 59 Westminster seats in Scotland, up from six in 2010, giving them a potential kingmaker position in the Westminster parliament.

The stakes of the election are high: If Cameron wins, he has promised a referendum on European Union membership, while Scottish nationalists have offered to shore up a future Labour minority government in the event of a hung parliament.

British Prime Minister David Cameron The Survation poll surveyed 1,111 people on Wednesday and Thursday. The Panelbase poll surveyed 1,013 people.

A daily YouGov poll for The Sun newspaper published on Thursday put Labour on 35 percent, unchanged from the day before, and the Conservatives on 34 percent, up one percentage point, The Sun said.

A TNS poll put Labour up one on 33 percent, the Conservatives down three points on 30 percent, UKIP up three on 19 percent and the Liberal Democrats unchanged on 8 percent.

Miliband announced on Wednesday that he wanted to scrap tax rules that allow wealthy individuals to legally reduce the amount of tax they pay on money earned overseas.

UN calls for $111 million for crucial aid for North Korea LONDON - The United Nations has called for $111 million to fund crucial humanitarian needs this year in North Korea, which it said remains drastically under-funded.

Funding for U.N. agencies in North Korea fell from $300 million in 2004 to less than $50 million in 2014 and the country urgently needs money for food and agriculture, health and nutrition, and water and sanitation programs, the world body said. “(North) Korea is both a silent and underfunded humanitarian situation,” Ghulam Isaczai, U.N. resident coordinator for North Korea, said in a statement released late on Wednesday.

“Protracted and serious needs for millions of people are persistent and require sustained funding.”

About 70 percent of North Koreans are food insecure and almost one third of children under five are stunted, the United Nations said in its report on North Korea “Humanitarian needs and priorities 2015”, released before the funding appeal.

Many health facilities do not have functioning water systems and seven million people need access to clean water and proper sanitation to prevent malnutrition and reduce cases of diarrhea and other diseases, the United Nations said.

Children in rural areas and those in institutions such as nurseries, kindergartens and orphanages have little access to water and sanitation, it added.

About 25 percent of North Korea’s 24.62 million people still have no access to essential health services, including vaccines and basic medical treatment, the United Nations said.

More than 350,000 pregnant women are at risk of common life-threatening conditions such as obstetrics complications because they have no access to essential supplies and services, it said.

FOREIGN AID FEEDS THE PEOPLE North Korea’s food situation has improved since a famine in the 1990s that killed as many as one million people, but the isolated, mountainous nation lacks the farmland, high-quality seeds, fuel and fertilizer needed to feed its people and still relies on foreign aid to do so.

In recent years many international donors have been reluctant to help North Korea because of Pyongyang’s restrictions on humanitarian workers and international fears over its nuclear ambitions.

Germanwings co-pilot increased speed as jet went down The pilot at the controls of a Germanwings jet that crashed in the French Alps accelerated the plane into the mountainside, killing all 150 people on board, according to French investigators.

France’s BEA crash investigation agency declined to confirm growing evidence against the co-pilot before completing its own analysis, but the chilling new detail from a newly recovered second ‘black box’ seemed to corroborate prosecutors’ claims that he killed himself and everyone else deliberately.

“A first reading shows that the pilot in the cockpit used the automatic pilot to put the airplane on a descent towards an altitude of 100 feet,” the BEA said in a statement.

“Then several times the pilot modified the automatic pilot settings to increase the speed of the airplane as it descended.”

Based on cockpit audio recordings from the first black box, recovered hours after the March 24 crash, prosecutors believe 27-year-old German co-pilot Andreas Lubitz locked the captain out of the cockpit and veered the plane into a descent.

As he barricaded himself at the

Airbus A320’s controls, he appears to have ignored efforts by his senior colleague to bash his way through the cockpit door of the 24-year-old jet, which had been reinforced under rules to protect pilots after the Sept.

11, 2001 attacks in the United States.

The latest evidence on the plane’s speed was extracted from a charred and badly dented flight data recorder discovered among wreckage on Thursday, nine days after the worst aviation disaster in France since the 2000 Concorde crash.

The box arrived at BEA headquarters outside Paris under police guard on Thursday evening and investigators immediately set to work reconstructing the last moments of flight 9525 to Duesseldorf.

RELATED COVERAGE •Prosecutors search five doctors offices in Germanwings crash probe: Der Spiegel The BEA’s purely factual description of the initial data focused on the autopilot, which is governed by a set of knobs sitting on a console between the two pilots.

But the brief actions described

by the BEA lent technical weight to a picture painted by prosecutors of methodical and cool-headed actions as the aircraft hurtled for eight minutes toward the ground under the control of a trained pilot.

“The autopilot was reprogrammed several times to increase the speed during the descent,” a BEA spokeswoman said.

ANALYZING DATA The flight data recorder monitors hundreds of parameters, including any commands made directly from the co-pilot’s seat.

As well as inputs to shared controls such as the autopilot, it may record seat movements that might prove which pilot remained at the controls while the other left the cockpit.

The BEA now faces the laborious task of synchronizing the flight data extracted from thermally protected memory strips with the earlier cockpit audio recordings and radar tracks.

The agency’s spokeswoman said it would “days or even weeks” to finish analyzing the data.

The BEA, whose mandate is to prevent future accidents rather than attribute blame, signaled its intention earlier this week to complete its own safety investigation and deliver a final report, whatever the outcome of separate judicial probes.

It said it would focus on cockpit door mechanisms and pilot screening, in a sign that it could issue recommendations that some experts say may prompt a rethink on regulation worldwide.

Lubitz’s motives remain a mystery but investigators have uncovered evidence that he had made suicide preparations.

German prosecutors said on Thursday that Lubitz had made Internet searches on ways to commit suicide in the days ahead of the crash as well as searches about cockpit doors and safety precautions.

Germanwings parent Lufthansa (LHAG.DE) has said Lubitz told its flight school in 2009 he had gone through a period of severe depression.

As part of their crash probe, German prosecutors searched the offices of five doctors whose help Lubitz had sought, Der Spiegel magazine reported on Friday.

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Venezuela president sees opportunity for better US ties

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday said he saw an opportunity to improve strained ties with the United States, softening his stance toward U.S. President Barack Obama in the run-up to a hemispheric summit in Panama.

The two nations historically tense relations took a turn for the worse last month when Washington slapped sanctions on seven Venezuelan officials over alleged human rights violations and declared the OPEC nation a security threat.

Maduro, who has said he will protest that measure during the summit in Panama, commended Obama for saying in an interview that the United States did not in fact see Venezuela as a threat.

“The statements by President

Barack Hussein Obama ... could temporarily open a door to begin a new era of historic relations between Venezuela, a free and sovereign Latin America and the empire of the United States,” Maduro said at a rally.

Caracas and Washington have had frequent spats over the last 15 years, with diplomatic expulsions common during the rule of late socialist leader Hugo Chavez.

Thomas Shannon, counselor to Secretary of State John Kerry, on Wednesday met with Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez in Caracas in an apparent effort to ease tensions in the run-up to the summit.

“We do not believe that Venezuela poses a threat to the United States, nor does the United

States threaten the Venezuelan government,” Obama said in a written interview with EFE news in advance of his arrival in Panama.

The sanctions primarily targeted Venezuelan officials who were believed to be involved in a crackdown on four months of opposition protests in 2014. They did not apply to the country as a whole.

Venezuelan officials called the often violent demonstrations an effort to destabilize the country.

Maduro on Thursday said more than 10 million people had signed a petition asking that Obama repeal the executive order that created the sanctions. Opposition critics have cast doubt on that figure, with some alleging that civil servants have been coerced into signing.

Secret Service agents taught Malia how to drive

President Barack Obama and Malia Obama arrive at Air Force One at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery WASHINGTON — Some teenagers get driving lessons from their parents. Other teens are taught by licensed instructors.

But Malia Obama isn’t your average 16-year-old: Her driving lessons were provided by the U.S. Secret Service.

Asked who taught Malia how to drive, first lady Michelle Obama told celebrity chef and daytime talk-show host Rachael Ray in an interview that it was the armed agents who provide

around-the-clock security for the family.

“The Secret Service, actually, because they wouldn’t let me in the car with her,” Mrs. Obama said in an excerpt of the interview that was released by Ray’s program. The full interview is set to air Thursday.

Mrs. Obama hasn’t driven herself in seven or eight years, she said.

She added that driving gives Malia “a sense of normalcy,” helping her feel like the rest of her friends who are also driving. “And my kids have got to learn how to live in the world like normal kids.”

When Ray says that the Obamas seem “so grounded,” the first lady replies that her “hope is just to make sure that they (her daughters) come out of this thing as functioning adults, you know?”

Mrs. Obama, whose younger daughter Sasha is 13, said Malia also drives herself around Washington.

“She always has security around but in order for her to learn how to drive she had to drive on her own,” the first lady said during a separate interview on “Live! With Kelly and Michael” earlier this week. “So once she was legally permitted to drive on her own, she gets in her car.”

Clinton campaign signed lease for Brooklyn HQ The campaign of likely U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has signed a lease to house its headquarters in Brooklyn, New York, a source with knowledge of Clinton’s plans said on Friday.

Clinton, a former U.S. secretary of state and the wife of a former president, is expected to launch her White House bid for the 2016 election later this month. Her campaign will occupy two floors of an office building at 1 Pierrepont Plaza in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood, according to the source.

The identity of the lease holder on the Brooklyn space was unclear. If it is Clinton’s campaign-in-waiting, the expenditure would trigger a 15-day

window in which she must officially form her campaign.

Several criteria were considered

by Clinton and her future campaign staffers when selecting the Brooklyn location, the source said.

First and foremost, Clinton wanted the campaign headquarters to be outside of Washington, D.C. Brooklyn Heights was chosen for its accessibility, given its proximity to multiple metro lines and easy access to the city’s airports. The availability of housing for staffers who will be relocating to the area and the perception that the neighborhood is somewhere people will enjoy spending time were also factors, the source said.

: Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro carries a box containing signatures to ask U.S. President Barack Obama to lift sanctions against a group of Venezuelan army members during a rally outside Miraflores Palace in Caracas April 9, 2015

Iranian leaders blast US over nuclear agreement

Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers his speech in a meeting with a group of religious performers in Tehran, Iran.

Iran’s top leader blasted the & breaching promises.”

United States on Thursday for its The messages from the Ayatollah claims about the framework nuclear appeared to indicate he was keeping deal struck last week, as he and the an open mind about talks; he neither country’s president both demanded endorsed nor rejected the framework that any final deal immediately lift deal. But he challenged the way the all sanctions.

U.S. was describing that agreement The comments by Supreme – a fact sheet put out by the White Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and House said sanctions would be President Hassan Rouhani, taken removed only after inspectors verify together, could raise fresh doubts Iran’s compliance with the plan. about the course of the nuclear talks.

The Ayatollah, in one tweet, While it was expected that Iran’s claimed this was “contrary to what leaders would position the agreement was agreed.” as a win for their country, both “The disloyal side may want leaders on Thursday made demands to stab #Iran in the back over the that the U.S. has resisted. details; It is too early to congratulate,” “We will not sign any agreement, another tweet read. unless all economic sanctions are Iran and six world powers totally lifted on the first day of the agreed last week in Switzerland implementation of the deal,” Rouhani on a framework deal, which is said during a ceremony marking meant to curb Iran’s bomb-capable Iran’s nuclear technology day, which technology while giving Tehran quick celebrates the country’s nuclear access to bank accounts, oil markets achievements. and financial assets blocked by The Ayatollah, too, said all international sanctions. sanctions should be removed when a The sanctions have had a deal is reached. crippling effect on Iran’s economy.

His Twitter account, which sent out Since 2012, the sanctions have a cascade of tweets with highlights reduced Iranian exports of oil by from his remarks Thursday, also said: nearly 1.5 million barrels per day – “I trust our negotiators, but I’m really around 60 percent of its production worried as the other side is into lying – to around 1 million barrels per day,

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Falklands spat heats up between Britain and Argentina

Britain and Argentina’s longstanding dispute over the Falklands escalates as Buenos Aires takes legal action against companies exploring for oil off the islands and the countries summon each other’s ambassadors for a dressing-down Buenos Aires - Britain and Argentina’s longstanding dispute over the Falklands escalated Thursday as Buenos Aires took legal action against companies exploring for oil off the islands and the countries summoned each other’s ambassadors for a dressing-down.

The animosity between the two capitals, which fought a brief, bloody war over the South Atlantic islands in 1982, has intensified in recent years with the discovery of significant oil deposits offshore.

Adding to the bad blood in recent

weeks, Britain has announced plans to beef up its defenses on the islands because of “continuous intimidation” from Argentina, while Argentine media reports have denounced British spying aimed at blocking the South American country’s efforts to win sovereignty.

In the latest throwdown, the Argentine government said it had taken legal action in a local court against three British and two US companies for “carrying out exploration activities for fossil fuels on the Argentine continental shelf without obtaining the corresponding authorization.”

The companies listed in the Castro was summoned: “The UK has complaint are British firms no doubt about its sovereignty over Rockhopper Exploration, Premier Oil the Falkland Islands and surrounding and Falkland Oil and Gas Limited and maritime areas, nor about the Falkland US firms Noble Energy and Edison Islanders’ right to decide their own International. future.”

Argentina said the companies had Argentina responded by summoning sent a semi-submersible rig to explore British Ambassador John Freeman to for oil in a basin 200 kilometers (120 deliver a tongue-lashing of its own. miles) off the islands’ north coast, in It said the ambassador was what it described as areas “subjected summoned over news portal TN’s to the illegitimate British occupation.” reports that documents leaked by It also warned the rig’s owner, Greece- fugitive US intelligence analyst based firm Ocean Rig, that it could face Edward Snowden showed Britain’s “legal consequences” over the drilling.

Joint Threat Research Intelligence - Dueling dressing-downs Group carried out a “long-term, farThe court case came after Britain reaching” espionage program in summoned Argentine Ambassador Argentina.

Alicia Castro on Wednesday to say it “Actions of this sort violate the “object(s) strongly” to her and President right to privacy,” Argentina’s Deputy Cristina Kirchner’s recent statements Foreign Minister Eduardo Zuain told on the Falklands, which Argentina the ambassador Thursday, according calls the Malvinas. to a foreign ministry statement.

Castro had called Britain’s £180Argentina claims it inherited the million ($265-million), 10-year plan to remote, wind-swept islands from Spain beef up its defenses on the islands “an when it gained independence. excuse used by the military to lobby to Britain argues it has historically keep spending money.” ruled them and that the islanders Kirchner for her part said last should have the right to selfweek at commemorations to mark the determination. In a 2013 referendum, 33rd anniversary of Argentina’s ill- 99.8 percent voted to remain a British fated invasion of the Falklands: “We overseas territory. will once again see the islands form The 74-day Falklands War claimed part of our territory.” the lives of 649 Argentine soldiers, 255 A British Foreign Office spokesman British soldiers and three islanders. said in a statement explaining why

Big oil deposit near London airport, but will be hard to tap LONDON - A British energy company says there is oil, and lots of it, near London’s Gatwick Airport. The question is how much of it can be pumped from the ground.

UK Oil & Gas Investments PLC says analysis of a new well in the Weald Basin indicates there may be as much as 158 million barrels of oil per square mile in the region. That suggests the entire basin may hold as much as 100 billion barrels of oil, more than 10 times earlier estimates. By comparison, Britain has pumped about 42 billion barrels of oil from the North Sea over the past 40 years.

While oil companies have been drilling in the Weald Basin since the 1930s, UK Oil & Gas says new “concepts, techniques and technology” have given it a better understanding of the region’s potential. As recently as December, the British Geological Survey issued a report suggesting the basin’s shale rock formations held up to 8.8 billion barrels of oil.

Stephen Sanderson, the CEO of UK Oil & Gas, said the latest estimates shows this is a “world class potential resource.”

The U.K. has identified three potential reservoirs of onshore oil and gas as it seeks to get in on the shale oil boom that has made the U.S. the world’s top energy producer. While U.S. developers have relied on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to break up the shale and release energy deposits, UK Oil & Gas says the Weald Basin is “naturally fractured” and so can be tapped using conventional drilling techniques.

But Alastair Fraser, a professor of petroleum geoscience at Imperial College London, warned that the area’s geology is “rather unfriendly.” While the oil may exist, it will be difficult to get out of the ground because the rocks are extremely tight and non-permeable, said Fraser, who worked for British oil producer BP for 30 years.

“That’s all very well,” he said of the increased

estimate of the basin’s oil resources. “But you’ve got to get at that.”

Experts agree that only a fraction of the oil in shale rock formations can be extracted.

Developers have been able to recover from 3 percent to 15 percent of the oil present in areas that are geologically similar to the Weald Basin, Sanderson said.

Another complication may be opposition to large-scale drilling in a basin that stretches across 4,180 square miles (10,825 square kilometers) of southern England.

“Some of the most prospective plays are in environmentally sensitive areas, in National Parks, Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty or under towns and villages,” the British Geological Study said in its report. “Shale oil exploration and potential development should progress cautiously to ensure the activity is safe and the environment is properly protected.”

Washington blackout highlighted aging electrical grid The fact that a severed transmission line in Maryland could cut power to much of the nation’s capital became the latest warning sign that the country’s aging electrical grid can’t meet modern demands.

Tuesday’s widespread power outage came just weeks before the Department of Energy (DOE)is expected to release recommendations for modernizing the country’s electricity infrastructure.

The department recently spearheaded a 15-month review that examined the country’s energy transmission, storage, and distribution infrastructure.

The U.S. electrical grid, designed to serve far fewer people than it does today,

All those changes faces a range of challenges that were unanticipated when would require massive – and it was built, including threats expensive – upgrades of the of cyber attacks, a need existing transmission system. to incorporate power from “All of our critical renewable energy sources infrastructures are fragile,” and the likelihood of more said Admiral Bill Gortney, of U.S. Northern frequent and severe storms as head Command. a result of climate change.

Among the improvements Much of the backbone the DOE may recommend of the grid was designed in are boosting the system’s the 1950s, with 70 percent ability to store electricity for of transmission lines and use at peak times, increasing transformers now at least 25 the use of real-time data to years old, and 60 percent of respond faster to outages, and circuit breakers dating back making the grid better able about 30 years, according to operate seamlessly with to a report by the National a mix of conventional fuels Governors Association. such as natural gas and the “If Thomas Edison came more intermittent energy of back and saw the electric renewables such as solar or grid, he would still recognize wind. it,” said Tom Willie, CEO of

Blue Pillar, a company that “This grid is likely to evolve manages backup energy away from a centralized systems for companies. system to a hybrid of Much of the current centralized and more localized system is too antiquated to controls,” said Jeffrey Taft, take advantage of technologies chief architect for electric that can make the grid more grid transformation at the efficient. Crucially, the grid Pacific Northwest National needs to be able to adopt smart Laboratory.

“One of the things technologies that monitor demand fluctuations. It also being worked on now is a must find ways to handle significant effort resulting input from rooftop solar from Superstorm Sandy to panels that let homeowners improve the resilience of the control personal energy use grid,” he said. while selling excess power to That massive hurricane, the grid. which struck the Eastern These changes all point Seaboard in October 2012, left to the need for a more de- more than 8 million customers centralized grid that would in 17 states without power be better able to contain the more than 1 million of whom impact of blows to any part of did not get service restored for the system, many experts say. a week or more.

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Apple expects smartwatch demand to exceed supply at launch

Apple Inc. said on Thursday it expected the “tremendous interest” in its new smartwatch to result in demand outstripping supply when the gadget hits stores on April 24.

Apple said it would take orders for the watch exclusively online during the initial launch period.

The watch will be available for preview and preorder on Friday.

Based on a survey in the United States on consumer interest in buying the Apple Watch, BMO Capital Markets has cut its estimate for sales to 39 million units though September 2016.

Previously, the analysts had estimated sales of 55.5 million units. About 735 people responded to the survey.

The watch, the first new product to be launched by Apple under Chief Executive Tim Cook, has been given poor marks by reviewers for its relatively low battery life and slow-loading apps.

Apple is among several companies, including Samsung

Bank of England keeps interest rates on hold

Bank of England says interest rates will remain on hold until the economy recovers further

Apple Watch Electronics Co Ltd and Sony Corp, that are jumping into the nascent market for wearable devices.

The watch, when paired with an iPhone, allows users to check email, listen to music and make phone calls.

There is also an app that helps people monitor their health, for example by tracking

heartbeats and footsteps.

“We believe in the next five years, the watch will revolutionize the way we interact with objects around us,” Oppenheimer analysts wrote a note on Thursday.

Apple shares were up 0.3 percent at $125.98 in early trading on Thursday.

LONDON - The Bank of England has decided to keep interest rates at a record low of 0.5 percent, with inflation remaining very low despite the growing economic recovery.

Policymakers also opted Thursday to refrain from pumping more money into the economy. With the inflation rate at zero - and some economists predicting it could even go into negative territory - there was no incentive to act.

Economist Howard Archer from IHS Global Insight says any interest rate hike could be delayed if there is prolonged political uncertainty after the May 7 general election in Britain, because it would dampen economic activity, particularly business investment.

He says it currently looks probable that interest rates will stay steady until 2016.

Dollar may be next screw for US to tighten on North Korea TOKYO - The last time the United Korea’s enablers by limiting their States tried the military option on access to the dollar-based financial North Korea, more than a million died, market, even on business that doesn’t a hostile and unexpectedly resilient involve North Korea. adversary emerged and instead of “By shutting down North Korea’s regime change it got three generations illicit activities, we deprive the Kim of the Kim family. Understandably, regime of the money it needs to pay there is little appetite in Washington the generals and to conduct nuclear to try that again. But if sending in weapons research,” House Foreign the Marines is off the table, what’s an Affairs Committee Chairman Ed administration to do?

Royce, R-California, said after the act A bill now making its way was introduced in February. He said through the U.S. Congress - and being the act, updated after the massive watched closely in Pyongyang - is cyberattack on Sony Entertainment, designed to shut off the North, and would “step up the targeting of those anyone who deals with it, from the U.S. financial institutions in Asia and dollar. beyond that are supporting this brutal Supporters say the tactic directly and dangerous regime.” targets the wallets of North Korea’s A sanctions bill is also planned senior leaders. But opponents warn in the Senate, but President Barack that over-politicizing the greenback Obama’s administration remains wary might have more impact on its standing of new legislation that would make as the world’s most influential reserve future negotiations with Pyongyang currency than on a country already more difficult, or open up a new fight largely excluded from international with China, which is where most of the finance. potentially sanctionable banks would The House bill would block dollar- likely be. denominated trade or investment Obama already has authority deals with North Korea as they pass to take some action, and has used through the U.S. controlled, dollar- it. After pointing the finger at North based financial system.

Korea for the December cyberattack The vast majority of all on Sony Pictures, he took executive international financial transactions action allowing the U.S. to sanction are denominated in dollars and nearly any entity, including a foreign bank, all of them are cleared through U.S.- working with the North. based banks, which are regulated by Treasury officials say their the U.S. Treasury Department. That problem isn’t the lack of power, but the gives Washington its leverage. dearth of targets.

The bill would punish North North Korea has proven to be

highly resilient and creative in the face “Many countries are rejecting of conventional sanctions. It is also with vigilance the U.S. using its accustomed to being deeply isolated currency as a lever for bringing down from the global financial market. the social systems of other countries Even so, the congressional action and realizing ‘liberalization,’” the could be significant because it would Rodong Sinmun editorial said. “The provide even further incentive for dollar has already lost its monopoly foreign banks and multinational position as the world’s key reserve companies - which do need to remain in currency.” good standing within the international “The U.S., the empire of dollars, is financial community - to avoid North bound to go bankrupt,” it said.

Korea lest they face fines and litigation Pyongyang recently announced or are forced to freeze accounts and it will conduct trade in rubles with provide data to authorities about Moscow, sidestepping the dollar overseas operations and clients. altogether. It is now engaging with “The message is clear,” Michelle the Asian affiliate of the Paris-based Frasher, an expert on financial Financial Action Task Force on Money sanctions and a visiting scholar at Laundering. North Korea remains one the European Union Center of the of just two countries on the influential University of Illinois, said in an email body’s blacklist - the other is Iran. to The Associated Press. “If you want Improved relations are key to building to do business here, you have obey U.S. the country’s credibility in the global laws and support U.S. interests, even financial world. abroad.”

The weaponization of finance Pyongyang appears to be taking concept was tried out in 2005 with the threat seriously. mixed results when Washington An editorial last week in the imposed sanctions against a Macaumouthpiece of the ruling Workers’ based bank, Banco Delta Asia, which Party slammed efforts in Washington held about $25 million in North Korean to use the dollar as a weapon of funds. The sanctions cut Banco Delta coercive diplomacy. It referred to Asia off from the international dollara statement by the U.S. Treasury based financial system and almost secretary emphasizing the need for caused it to collapse. the U.S. to retain its leadership role in It was later lifted to facilitate the International Monetary Fund as nuclear talks, but the stigma it created potential adversaries, and even some turned North Korea into kryptonite for close U.S. allies, are beginning to back most banks, which continue to avoid a potential rival organization being transactions with the country even established in China. when they are not expressly banned.

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iOS 8.3 brings major changes to the iPhone

On Wednesday, Apple released According to Sprint’s website, only the latest update for its operating after users download iOS 8.3 and the system to the public, iOS 8.3. Finally Carrier Version 19.1 will the feature out of the beta testing period, which appear. But, as MacRumors notes, the offered plenty of hints to what Apple company’s press release about Wi-Fi fans were in for, the update came calling for customers suggests the full packed with new features and bug expansion of the new program might fixes. MacRumors compiled a full (and take a few days.

EE users may also end up very long) list of all the new changes waiting in line to use wireless calling. here.

Some of the new features include a According to Engadget, the mobile wireless music connection for CarPlay, provider will limit the number of easier use of Google’s two-factor iPhones that can register per day to authentication, the ability to download 100,000. Though, waiting a few days free apps without a password, and an to sign-up for wireless calling is better elongated space bar to avoid hitting than getting none at all (looking at you Verizon and AT&T). the period key while typing a text.

But some of the more exciting Apple Maps updates will bring big changes for some iPhone enthusiasts.

Some of the biggest changes iOS While Wi-Fi calling was introduced to the iPhone with the initial launch 8.3 brought was to Apple Maps.

The mapping service now allows iOS 8, the iOS 8.3 update will now allow for Sprint and EE subscribers – a for users to take any contact with an British telecommunications provider – address and create a route without to activate wireless calling. In Settings having to plug-in the contact’s location. under the Phone options, Sprint and When using Apple Maps, one can tap EE customers can now access a toggle the Search field, select favorites, locate contacts at the bottom, and choose an titled Allow Wi-Fi Calls.

individual with a saved address.

Apple Maps also now offers a “3D Flyover tour” with Maps. With select locations, such as New York City, users can take a virtual, helicopter-like tour.

As users are “flying,” the digital guide will pause over popular destinations such as the Statue of Liberty. The tour was not seamless though and often took a moment to load the full graphics of an area.

The company also introduced other transit recommendations in Apple Maps. Now when customers type an address into the Search bar, options for Drive, Walk, and Apps will appear underneath. If someone does not like the route Apple’s service chose, Apple Maps will access all other transit applications as alternatives.

The iPhone diversifies Siri, Apple’s digital assistant, learned seven new languages with this update, which included additional accents for English, such as local accents for India, New Zealand, and Singapore.

Walgreens to close 200 stores

Walgreens Drugstore chain Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) announced plans to close about 200 U.S. stores as part of its first earnings report since it merged with European drug retailer Alliance Boots last year.

Walgreens, the largest U.S. drugstore chain, said it will close the stores amid plans to boost its previously announced cost-cutting initiative by $500 million.

Walgreens expects to reduce costs by a projected $1.5 billion by the end of fiscal 2017, the company said.

“After a rigorous analysis, the company has identified additional opportunities for cost savings, primarily in its Retail Pharmacy USA division,” the company said Thursday. “Significant areas of focus include plans to close approximately 200 USA stores; reorganize corporate and field operations; drive operating efficiencies; and streamline information technology and other functions.”

Walgreens’ spokesman Philip Caruso said the company has not yet decided which stores it will close, but it is “not focusing on any specific geographic area.” Caruso also said there is “no hard timeline” for when the stores will be closed during the period for cost cutting.

The soon-to-be closed stores make up roughly 2% of the Walgreens’ 8,232 drugstores in the United States, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Walgreens also said it opened 71 new drugstores in this region in the first half of fiscal 2015, including 25 relocations.

Store closings aside, Walgreens wowed shareholders with strong earnings. Shares jumped $2.69 a share, or 3% a share, to $90.37 a share.

Walgreens said adjusted second-quarter net earnings increased 33.2% to $1.2 billion. Secondquarter sales, meanwhile, increased 35.5% to $26.6 billion.

The U.S. retail pharmacy division, which includes Walgreens and Duane Reade stores, posted sales in the second quarter of $21 billion, up 7.4% over the year-ago quarter. Total sales in stores open at least a year were up 6.9% over the same quarter a year ago.

In December, Walgreens closed on a deal, valued at close to $16 billion, to purchase the remaining stake of European health and beauty retailer Alliance Boots that it didn’t already own.

The new company, which includes more than 12,800 stores in 11 countries, was renamed Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc., and it took on ticker symbol WBA.

Apple fans also got to check out the new diversified emojis that made headlines recently. Now, when consumers hold down certain emojis, such as a bride or a baby, they will get to choose from a more inclusive display of skin tones. The keyboard will even remember the specific color emoji a user chooses and set it as the default.

It should be noted that there are a lot of characters that still offer only one skin color, such as all of the family and same-sex couple illustrations. While the family graphics feature samesex couples with varying numbers of children, they are all the same yellow color with no other options. To be fair, with the wide array of mixed race couples in the world, it would probably be difficult to include everyone, but Apple could have likely switched up the shades of the smiley face emojis rather easily. But at least this is a start in the diversifying process.

Rumors about iOS 8.4 have been swirling since February, and some believe it might bring an Apple music streaming service to the iPhone’s future.

GE close to selling nearly all its real estate holdings General Electric Co is nearing a deal to sell practically all of its $30 billion real estate assets to a consortium led by Blackstone Group and Wells Fargo & Co, according to a person familiar with the matter.

An announcement could come as early as Friday, the person said. A GE spokesman declined to comment.

GE has been retreating from its property investments globally as it focuses on improving profits from sales of industrial products such as jet engines, generators, electric grid gear and oil field equipment. GE’s industrial operations are expected to post a rise of at least 10 percent in profit this year.

Revenue from the company’s real estate business fell 24 percent in 2014, partly due to a decrease in net gains on property sales.

Chief Executive Jeff Immelt has said he expects profits from the company’s aviation, power & water and other industrial businesses to rise to 75 percent of the company’s total by 2016 from 55 percent in 2013.

To achieve that goal, he has been remaking GE’s portfolio of businesses, spinning off a retail finance operation, selling GE’s appliance business to Sweden’s Electrolux AB and agreeing to buy Alstom SA’s power generation and electric grid business for $14 billion.

Blackstone said in November it would buy GE’s property unit in Japan in a deal worth more than $1.6 billion. The private equity firm also bought warehouses and development land in the United States from GE’s real estate unit.

GE is expected to report an average 9 percent drop in earnings when it reports first-quarter results next week, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. GE shares were up 2.4 percent at $25.62 in afternoon trading on the New York Stock Exchange following the Wall Street Journal’s report of the possible sale of the real estate holdings. Up to Wednesday’s close, the stock had fallen about 1 percent this year.

Real estate accounted for about 7 percent of GE Capital’s total $499 billion in assets related to continuing operations as of last Dec. 31, according to the company’s fourth quarter financial report.

In his letter to shareholders last month, Immelt said his plan is to reposition GE Capital “as a smaller, safer specialty finance leader with less leverage and more liquidity.”

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INFORMATION SECURITY OFFICER Description

Under the general direction of the Director of Information Technology, the Information Security Officer (ISO) is responsible for the development and delivery of a comprehensive information security and privacy program for the Company. The scope of this program is company-wide, and includes information in electronic, print and other formats. The purposes of this program includes: to assure that information created, acquired or maintained

by FTCI, and its authorized users, is used in accordance with its intended purpose; to protect FTCI information and its infrastructure from external or internal threats; and to assure that FTCI complies with statutory and regulatory requirements regarding information access, security and privacy

PLANT DIESEL MECHANIC Description

 Responsible for carrying out effective preventative and corrective repairs to plant mechanical equipment and other company assets in a manner consistent with equipment manufacturer’s specification and standard mechanical tradesman practices and ass directed by the Mechanical Supervisor.

Main Duties  A high degree of knowledge and familiarity with operating principles and manufacturer’s operating and maintenance manuals for all mechanical plant equipment.  Maintain, repair and install engines and associated equipment in the diesel generating stations in a manner consistent with manufacturer’s specifications to ensure continual reliable operation.  Diagnose mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic problems related to the effective operations of generation plant equipment.  Prepare comprehensive job reports and failures analysis report.  Competently use proper tooling during equipment repair and safeguard and maintain tools and other mechanical repair equipment.  Operate shop tools as needed to fabricate, repair, weld, solder, cut, drill, etc.  Maintain records and reports as required (including inventory of necessary parts).  Be available to respond to emergencies at all times outside of regular working hours, as may be required by plant contingency.

Main Duties  Coordinate the development of FTCI information security polices, standards and procedures.  Work with key IT officers, data custodians and governance groups in the development of such policies.  Ensure the company policies support compliance with external requirements.  Oversee the dissemination of policies, standards and procedures to the company community.  Work with the Senior Human Resource Training and Development Officer to coordinate the development and delivery of an education and training program on information security and privacy matter for employee and other authorized users.  Serve as the company compliance officer with respect to FTCI, country and international information security policies and regulations.  Assist in the preparation of required information security report that will be submitted both internal and external.  Develop and implement an Incident Reporting and Response System to address FTCI security incidents (breaches), respond to alleged policy violations, or complaints from external parties.  Develop and implement and ongoing risk assessment program targeting information security and privacy matters; recommend method for vulnerability detection and remediation, and oversee vulnerability testing.  Keep abreast of latest security and privacy legislation, regulations, advisories, alerts, and vulnerabilities pertaining to FTCI and its mission.  Take part in company Recovery Planning

Minimum Requirements

 Successful completion of an Associate’s Degree, preferably in mechanical engineering trades.  Minimum of 10 years’ experience in operations, installation and maintenance of rotating machinery in a power plant operations setting.  A high degree of familiarity and competence in diesel engine theory and operations, trouble shooting of mechanical and rotary equipment, and mechanical repair tooling.  Above average analytical skills in math and principles of diesel engine machines  Proficient in the interpretation of engineering drawings and manuals.  Professional competency in written and oral communication skills in English.  Experience in installation, maintenance, and repairs of large generation units.  O.A.C.E.T.T. membership or its equivalent.  Familiarity with and competency in the use of computers and standard computing software programs.

Minimum Requirements

 The emphasis of this position is on policy development, program administration and compliance/incident response activities.

While technical knowledge of information technology and security issues is highly desirable, technical expertise and resources will be available in areas such as Systems Management and Operations, telecommunications to support the information and privacy program.  Bachelors degree in information technology required.  Master’s degree in Information Technology/Network Security preferred.  Minimum five (5) years of experience in a senior information technology security position.  Experience in developing and administering an information security program required.  Working knowledge of and experience in the policy and regulatory environment of information security, especially in the utility business is desirable.

Compensation Compensation commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Deadline for submission of applications (inclusive of a cover letter, resume and a FortisTCI application form) is April 20th 2015 to:

Dr. Kellie-Ann Evans-Hall Manager, Human Resources FortisTCI Limited P. O. Box 132, Providenciales Email address: hrapplications@fortistci.com or khall@fortistci.com

Compensation



Compensation commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Deadline for submission of applications (inclusive of a cover letter, resume and a FortisTCI application form) is April 20th 2015 to:

Dr. Kellie-Ann Evans-Hall Manager, Human Resources FortisTCI Limited P. O. Box 132, Providenciales Email address: hrapplications@fortistci.com or khall@fortistci.com

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US jobless claims data point to strengthening labor market

The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits rose less than expected last week and the four-week moving average of claims hit its lowest level since 2000, suggesting an abrupt slowdown in job growth in March was likely a fluke.

Initial claims for state unemployment benefits increased 14,000 to a seasonally adjusted 281,000 for the week ended April 4, the Labor Department said on Thursday. It was the fifth straight week that claims remained below 300,000, a threshold that is associated with a strengthening labor market.

“The claims data provide no confirmation of the March employment slowdown,” said John Ryding, chief economist at RDQ Economics in New York.

U.S. Treasury debt yields rose on the data and also as Greece’s 450 million euro loan payment to the

International Monetary Fund reduced safety bids for government debt. U.S. stocks edged up at the open while the dollar rose against a basket of currencies.

Job growth slowed sharply in March, with nonfarm payrolls increasing by only 126,000, ending a 12-month stretch of employment gains above 200,000. But with the weakness mostly concentrated in the weathersensitive leisure and construction sectors, economists downplayed the slowdown.

Last week’s tepid employment report joined weak consumer and business spending, industrial production and housing starts data in suggesting the economy grew at a sub-1 percent annual rate in the first quarter.

Activity has been hit by a harsh winter, which is estimated to have chopped as much as seven-tenths of

a percentage point from first-quarter an economist at RBS in Stamford growth. A now-settled labor dispute Connecticut.

The Federal Reserve is watching at normally busy ports on the West Coast, softer global demand and a the jobs market as it contemplates stronger dollar also have weighed on raising interest rates this year.

The claims report also showed the economy.

Economists had forecast claims the number of people still receiving benefits after an initial week of aid rising to 285,000 last week.

A Labor Department analyst said fell 23,000 to 2.30 million in the week there was nothing unusual in the state- ended March 28. That was the lowest level data. Claims tend to be volatile level since December 2000.

The labor market strength was around Easter because of the shifting underscored by a report on Tuesday nature of the holidays.

The four-week moving average of showing job openings surging to a claims, considered a better measure 14-year high in February and less of labor market trends as it irons out competition for jobs among the week-to-week volatility, fell 3,000 to unemployed.

A separate report on Thursday 282,250 last week, the lowest level since June 2000. from the Commerce Department “If claims remain this low, and showed wholesale inventories rose we think they might even head lower in February as sales remained weak, in the coming weeks, it will be hard suggesting wholesalers might have to claim there is persistent weakness little incentive to aggressively restock in the labor market,” said Guy Berger, warehouses in coming months.

Samsung shows signs of China consumer inflation stays at emerging from earnings slump 1.4 percent year-on-year in March SEOUL, South Korea - Samsung’s quarterly operating earnings fell 31 percent from a year earlier but the drop wasn’t as big as expected in a sign the smartphone and computer chip giant may be emerging from its profit slump.

The company on Tuesday estimated its January-March operating profit at 5.9 trillion won ($5.4 billion), exceeding the average 5.5 trillion won forecast in a FactSet survey of analysts.

Samsung did not give a breakdown of its financial performance but analysts said robust demand for its mobile chips and improvements in its smartphone business were behind the relative improvement. It will release its full quarterly results later this month.

The company’s operating profit was an improvement from the previous two quarters when its mobile business, which accounts for two-thirds of Samsung’s income, suffered from a sales slowdown.

Samsung estimated that its sales fell 12 percent to 47 trillion won ($43 billion) during the first quarter.

Analysts believe the South Korean company’s profits hit bottom during the third quarter.

They expect a recovery in Samsung’s bottom line in the current quarter as the company is set to launch the latest version of its flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S6, on Friday.

After criticism that its phones look cheap and are too complicated to use, Samsung ditched plastic, using aluminum and glass for the new flagship smartphone’s body.

The company also removed many apps that were installed on the phones that critics said cluttered screen space without being useful.

Solid demand for semiconductor devices that are used as components for mobile gadgets will continue to help drive a recovery in Samsung’s profits, according to analysts.

Samsung is the world’s largest maker of memory chips. For the upcoming Galaxy S6 smartphone, the company is supplying its own mobile processor that works as the brain of the phone.

Samsung’s share price was unchanged in Seoul trading.

China’s consumer inflation stayed flat at 1.4 percent in March, while producer prices fell slightly less than projected, official data showed on Friday, keeping pressure on profit margins at Chinese companies as Beijing struggles to stimulate growth.

Analysts polled by Reuters had predicted the March consumer price index (CPI) would come in at 1.3 percent, compared with 1.4 percent posted the prior month.

The producer price index (PPI) declined 4.6 percent, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Friday, extending a long-running factory deflation cycle that began in March 2012 to three years.

The poll had expected producer prices to fall 4.8 percent from a year earlier, identical to the prior month.

The data follows a surprise recovery in manufacturing activity for March, with the official Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), released by the NBS on April 1, edged up to 50.1, in expansionary territory, from February’s 49.9.

Economists and policymakers have been worried that the risk of deflation is rising for the world’s second-largest economy, as the drag

from a property market downturn and widespread factory overcapacity is compounded by an uncertain global outlook and soft commodity prices.

Analysts cite serious economic headwinds, including weak demand and falling oil prices which have offset rising utilities and public services prices.

“China policymakers have eased monetary settings and housing restrictions in the past few months, though more will need to be done to lift the domestic economy,” wrote Matthew Circosta at Moody’s Analytics.

“Slowing inflation adds upward pressure on real interest rates, which handicaps consumption and investment. We look for another 25-basis point cut in the deposit and lending rates by midyear, while reserve ratios may also be lowered,” he said.

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has made multiple cuts to guidance lending rates, and one cut to reserve requirement ratios at banks.

It has also launched a long-awaited deposit insurance program in April, but economists said those moves have had little impact on real borrowing costs.

Caribbean Leaders to Meet in Miami to Discuss Money Laundering Business leaders from 18 countries and territories of the Caribbean will meet in Miami on April 16-17 to discuss the challenges posed by Anti-Money Laundering regulation.

Board Directors, President and CEO of largest regulated businesses from 13 industries have confirmed their participation.

According to Ms. Michelle Martin organizer of the Caribbean Anti-Money Laundering Conference “it is the first time so many heads of enforcement agencies will gather in a single location to engage business leaders.”

The keynote speakers include Mr. Calvin Wilson, Executive Director of the Caribbean Action Task Force (CFATF) and Mr. Cleviston Haynes,

Deputy Governor of the Central based experts Mr. Stanley Foodman, Certified Public Accountant and CEO Bank of Barbados.

“Beyond the 11 speakers from at Foodman CPAS & Advisors as the Caribbean, the conference line- well as by Ms. Marian Ancheta Llera, up includes 9 distinguished speakers Attorney and Principal at Marian from the U.S. with either personal Ancheta Llera, P.A. The presentation or professional ties to the Caribbean” will focus on the steps that should be highlights Mr. Jean Morency, co- taken beyond registration. They will organizer. also put in perspective why FATCA is The FBI is delegating Special Agent here to stay.

Mr. Jason Manar of the Intelligence The once again hot topic of Community Group to discuss Data Trade Based Money Laundering Protection. As Caribbean businesses will be tackle by Assistant Special start implementing FATCA and AML Agent in Charge Mr. John F. Tobon programs they will keep on record at Homeland Security Investigations copies of IDs and a wide range of and by renowned Attorney Mr. personal data that can be used for Robert Targ, Founding Partner, Diaz identity theft.

Reus & Targ.

IRS’ Retired Special Agent in The much anticipated FATCA discussion will be headed by Miami Charge at the Criminal Investigation

Division Mr. Jose “Tony” Gonzalez will discuss how legitimate businesses are destroyed by financial crimes.

With worldwide operations, Google (#46-Fortune 500) faces incredible compliance challenges.

Caribbean native Mr. Lemar White, the Anti-Bribery Program Manager at Google and a Scholar at Wilmington University, will discuss the Foreign Corrupt Practice Act and Bribery Enforcement.

Ms. Vivian Velazquez Principal at Securities Compliance will present her reflections on the true cost of non-compliance. The fines impact on operations, on recruiting board directors and retaining compliance officers.

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15 Y.O. Laura Shaw represents TCI Back in CARIFTA Swim meet

Laura Shaw (third from left) is pictured with Minister for Sports Hon. Akierra Missick (second from left), Judith Robinson, Sports Director and Laura’s family and coach team After a 13 year absence, TCI was back in the Stubenberg added. “Laura worked extremely hard water for the 2015 CARIFTA Swim Championships in over the past two years to get to this level. She is Barbados this past week. Laura Shaw, 15, represented an excellent ambassador for the TCI and will have a TCI as the country’s sole swimmer, competing in very positive impact on swimming at all levels back eight events - 50m, 100m, 200m, and 400m freestyle; home.”

100m and 200m backstroke; and 100m IM (Individual Hon. Deputy Premier and Minister for Education, Medley) against some of the strongest swimmers Youth, Sports, and Library Services, Akierra Missick, in the Caribbean Region. Although not among the and Director of Sports, Judith Robinson, were also in main contenders, she significantly improved her attendance cheering on Laura and meeting with personal bests in each event and gained a wealth of various CARIFTA organisers. !

Laura, who grew up in TCI, has been training in experience.!

“It’s a huge honour to represent TCI at CARIFTA,” the Cayman Islands to get ready for this event since Laura remarked, “And I very much want to use the TCI does not yet have a proper training pool. ! experience to help develop the sport of swimming in Laura expressed great appreciation for the support the Turks & Caicos and encourage more people to from the TCI Community, including the TCIG Department of Sports and Herzog Ltd for generous learn to swim.”

TCI Swim Federation President Ben sponsorship, and to her coach, Dave Bott.

TCI swimmers last competed at CARIFTA in 2002 in Barbados with a team of five led by Lisa Wright.

Laura Shaw in action

Despite only two teams, WFL powers on The Women’s Football League commenced on Sunday, March 15, 2015 with only three teams for season 2015.

However due to the unfortunate and unexpected withdrawal of Net Rockers FC this led to an emergency meeting of the WFL on Sunday March 22, 2015. The outcome of the meeting led to rescheduling of games with only two teams remaining in the league, i.e., AFC Academy and AFC Academy (U15 girls).

Candace Hanchell, President of the WFL stated that there is a lack of registered players hence, clubs are unable to field a full team. However, we will continue to play the 11 aside games until the end of the WFL,

and subsequently the beach soccer league, the 8-a-side league and other leagues will come on stream.

This will give other clubs and teams an opportunity to participate in this wonderful sport. We are optimistic that player registration will increase as we have already seen the positive growth of the U15 girls.

The WFL saw a friendly game on March 22, 2015 where all females were allowed to play regardless of their registration status. Invitational games will be played throughout the season, together with official WFL games.

On Sunday, March 29th, 2015 AFC Academy played against AFC Academy (U15 girls). This match

proved to be competitive as Evinisha Sainverta of the U15 girls was able to score an early goal in the 13th minute of the game. This goal was an excellent motivator for the U15 girls as they played a skillful and hard game. However, during the 42nd minute of the game Christma Jean Louis of AFC Academy scored her second goal of the season.

During the second half Melissa Jean Guy, captain of AFC Academy was able to score her first goal of the season at the 59th minute of the game. The U15 girls picked up the tempo of the game with their quick and fast passing of the ball, but to no avail as Shanidane Pluviose of AFC Academy was able to sink two goals

during the 73rd and the 85th minute of the game.

Great sportsmanship was displayed throughout and after the game. AFC Academy gave a round of applause to the U15 and congratulated them on a job well done. Ms. Willandra Elliott from the AFC Academy (senior team) quoted “I remember when we were the younger girls in the league; it’s not all about winning it’s about developing your skills as a footballer and motivating your colleagues and opponents to do the same.”

The next game will be played on Sunday, April 12th, 2015 at 4;00 pm – AFC Academy (U15 girls) vs.

AFC Academy.

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Jamaica land 85 medals at 44th Carifta Games

Jamaica’s junior athletes once again proved they are the kings and queens of the Caribbean with another dominant display at the annual Carifta Games after amassing 85 medals at the 44th staging of the championships which ended at the newly renamed Kim Collins Stadium in Basseterre, St Kitts.

The Jamaicans won 41 gold, 25 silver and 19 bronze medals, the 31st straight time they have topped the table and their second best ever haul since the schedule moved to 66 events, and just shy of the record 89 medals won last year in Fort de France, Martinique.

The Bahamas finished second on the table with 31 medals, eight gold, 13 silver and 10 bronze; Barbados were next with seven gold, four silver and five bronze; Trinidad and Tobago were fourth with six gold medals, eight silver and eight bronze, while Grenada won a gold, three silver, and four bronze to complete the top five.

Nineteen of the 25 countries that took part won at least one medal, while eight countries won at least a gold medal.

From Friday’s opening session, the Jamaicans took charge and never let go, increasing their dominance with every passing session.

Youth Olympics champion Jaheel Hyde completed his second hurdles double after winning the Under-20 110m hurdles gold medal in a windaided 13.36 seconds (3.3m/s) to add to the gold medal he won in the 400m hurdles a day earlier.

Xavier Coakley of The Bahamas

(From left) Joseph Black, Nico Campbell, Barak Goren and Matthew Lyn mimic the infamous pose of the world’s fastest man was second in 13.51 seconds, just ahead of Seanie Selvin, who took the bronze for Jamaica in 13.57 seconds.

IAAF World Youth champion Yanique Thompson won the girls’ Under-20 gold in a wind-aided 13.21 seconds (4.8m/s) leading home teammate Jeanine Williams with 13.40 seconds, while Jeminise Parris of Trinidad and Tobago took the bronze in 13.85 seconds.

Janeek Brown set a new meet record 13.29 seconds (1.2m/s) to win the Under-18 title to break her own record of 13.48 seconds set last year.

Martinique’s Jessie Zali was second with 13.70 seconds and St Kitts/Nevis’s Kieshonna Brooks took the bronze in 13.71 seconds.

Jamaica won just one of the four 200m gold medals, as Shaniel English, who was fourth in the 100m, took the half-lap event in 23.38 seconds (1.5m/s), beating The Bahamas’s Brianne Bethel with 23.47 seconds, while Kimone

Bravo to set up academy in Trinidad

Darren Bravo PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -- West Indies middle-order batsman Darren Bravo has announced plans to set up a Youth Cricket Academy in Trinidad and Tobago.

The academy is due to start on May 2 and run until July 26, with sessions conducted by West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) registered coaches Eldon Ramadeen and Frank Sorzano.

“I want to be a part of the rise of West Indies Cricket as a player, but

I also want to inspire young players not only by my performances but by my personal interaction with them,” said Bravo.

“Cricket mirrors life in that it demands that individuals have to always assess where they are and try to develop themselves to become better human beings.”

The academy is targeting boys and girls between the ages of six and 19, and sessions are carded for weekends at the Brian Lara Recreational Ground in Santa Cruz, Bravo’s home town.

“I’ve always wanted to be able to give back to my community and alongside the Santa Cruz Sports Association, we felt the time was right to introduce this academy,” said Bravo, who has played 32 Tests, 81 One-Day Internationals and 12 T20 Internationals.

“I have learnt so much from the game and the various people that have helped me along the way give me the will and desire to play a part in helping young people through sport.”

Shaw, also of Jamaica, took the bronze in 23.89 seconds.

Trinidad’s Kayelle Clarke won the Under-20 race in 23.12 seconds (4.3m/s) beating Jamaica’s Saqukine Cameron with 23.32 seconds and Keianna Albury of The Bahamas in 23.49 seconds.

Five runners started the boys’ Under-20 200m race, as both Jamaican representatives Chad Walker and Nigel Ellis and Tyler Bowe of The Bahamas did not show up. Only four finished, however, as Trinidad’s Jonathon Farinha pulled up midway the race.

Barbados’s Mario Burke completed the sprint double running 21.51 seconds (-0.6m/s) ahead of St Vincent’s Reuberth Boyde in 21.70 seconds and St Kitts and Nevis’s Warren Hazel third in 21.81 seconds.

Paul Tate staged a late rally to win the boys’ Under-20 800m, running 1 minute, 52.43 seconds, as The

Bahamas’s Justin Pinder (1:52.587 minutes) just edged another Jamaican Devaughn Smith (1:52.588 minutes) for the silver medal.

Lisa Buchanan took the silver in the Under-20 girls’ 800m, as The Bahamas’s Shaquania Dorsett won her second gold in 2 minutes, 11.99 seconds after winning the 400m.

Bermuda’s Faheeham Kyrah Scraders took the silver in 2:12.16 minutes and Buchanan ran 2:13.26 minutes.

Barbados’s Mary Fraser, who was the Austin Sealy Award winner, won her third gold medal when she took the Under-18 girls’ 800m in 2 minutes, 11.63 seconds with a late kick over the last 80 metres. She also won the 1,500m and the 3,000m.

Jamaica’s Chrissani May won the silver in 2:13.28 minutes and St Kitts/ Nevis’ Reandra Richards was third with 2:14.48 minutes.

Leon Clarke and Jauvaney James were first and second in the Under-18 800m, while Barbados’s Jonathon Jones took the bronze.

Isheeka Binns set a new record in the Under-20 girls’ javelin with a new mark of 49.72m, beating the 47.88m set last year by Martinique’s Sephora Bissoly.

Ayesha Champagnie, also of Jamaica, took the silver with 47.51m, and the bronze went to Granada’s Candesha Scott, who threw 45.58m.

Obrien Wasome took his second silver medal and defending champions Odaine Lewis was third in the Under-20 boys’ triple jump.

Brathwaite confident as Windies start preparations with new head coach NORTH SOUND, Antigua - West Indies opener Kraigg Brathwaite says he is quietly confident of doing well against England as the home team start their preparations for the upcoming three-Test Series.

The 22-year-old was speaking as the Windies started their preparations at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Ground on Monday.

The Barbados batsman has been in terrific form scoring three centuries in the recently concluded inaugural WICB Professional Cricket League (PCL) and a hard fought century against South Africa in the second Test at Port Elizabeth last year.

“I am obviously looking forward to this home series against England.

England is a tough opposition so you know you got to work hard,” said Brathwaite, who scored three test centuries last year.

“And in terms of my form I am coming from first class cricket feeling quite confident and just keep believing in myself and carry that into this series”.

Brathwaite’s recent centuries include 102 and 112 against Guyana Jaguars and 106 against South Africa last year.

The West Indies continued their preparation with a full training session at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Ground on Tuesday morning under the supervision of new head coach Phil Simmons, the former West Indies allrounder.

“I think we had a good practice sessions. All the guys enjoyed it,” he said.

“The new coach seems pretty cool and relax and I enjoyed the first day working with him. I thought it was a good day for the team.”

The last time West Indies and England played a test series in the Caribbean, the regional side emerged victorious one-nil.

“It would be phenomenal (winning the series),” said Brathwaite.

“Obviously the team is a little bit young but we have some good experienced guys and coming out on top would mean a lot for the region and I believe the guys can do it”.

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