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NO TERRORISM IN TCI Governor and SIPT slammed for linking country to terrorism

urks and Caicos Islands Governor Peter Beckingham and members of the Britishappointed, Helen Garlick-led Special Investigation and Prosecution Team (SIPT), have been strongly criticised for associating the Turks and Caicos Islands with terrorism in order to justify an additional US $2.2million in funding for their security The rebuke came from defendants in the controversial corruption trials that were brought by the British Government against members and associates of the former Progressive National Party (PNP) Government which was led by Michael Misick. In a press release that was issued on August 25th, 2015, the defendants said: “We categorically deny and totally reject any suggestion by Governor Peter Beckingham that the threat of terrorism is the reason why $2.2million of Turks and Caicos Islands Government’s money will now be allocated to provide security for Special Prosecutor Helen Garlick and her team. In our view, for the British Government to over-ride the decision of the Premier and Cabinet of the Turks and Turks and Caicos Islands which had decided against granting these funds, is nothing more than a continuation of the UK’s financial rape of our country, a blatant abuse of their power and the criminal justice system, and a wicked, evil and dangerous attempt to create the misleading impression of climate of fear in the Turks and Caicos Islands as they did before.” The press release added: “We also wish to inform the people of these islands, our neighboring CARICOM countries and indeed the rest

A photo of a billboard outside the People’s Democratic Movement’s (PDM) headquarters in Downtown Providenciales, went viral on the internet over the past week. When contacted about the billboard, PDM’s Deputy Leader, Hon. Sean Astwood, said: “PDM is constantly exploring new ways to capture the imagination of voters young and old. The idea for the billboard was given to us by a new voter who feels disenchanted with this PNP Government and wanted to send a simple but clear message” of the world, that allegations of possible terrorism and threats of criminal activity against the prosecution team are lame, fabricated excuses that have been trumped-up only to justify giving additional funds to Special Prosecutor Helen Garlick, Prosecutor Andrew Mitchell and their colleagues in the British legal fraternity who have been abusing the criminal justice

system in the Turks and Caicos Islands as part of a well-orchestrated get-rich scheme, by politically prosecuting and persecuting former Cabinet ministers and others.” “By over-riding the Cabinet in such a high-handed, shameful and disrespectful manner, UK Ministers Shapps and Swayne have now joined their failed predecessors who were active participants

in the pork-barrel politics when it comes to the TCI, whereby a gravytrain and slush fund have been created strictly for the use and benefit of UK interests. It is modernday economic slavery of the highest and most despicable order.” The press statement continued: “With the Turks and Caicos Islands Government having already paid an average of US$11million per year to the Helen Garlick and her Special Investigation and Prosecution Team, it is now a disgraceful financial scandal that Mr. David Cameron’s British Government would order

that this additional $2.2million is paid to them. Despite the Governor’s reference to our country’s recent prosperity the TCI desperately needs repairs to important infrastructure, many government departments can’t get basic supplies, Grand Turk is in desperate of water making equipment, young men and women can’t get scholarships, hospitals lack critical supplies, and the police have to beg for necessary equipment while dead bodies pile up at the morgues (the recent travesty with the police only having one working vehicle, while the SIPT had numerous, being the perfect example). Continue on page - 2

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Despite that sad state of order to secure convictions.” affairs the Governor thinks “It is quite sad he can now find $2.2million in and unfortunate when a the TCI treasury to waste on British-appointed Governor the SIPT’s security.” would seek to deal such The statement a devastating blow to the noted that Governor Peter image of these beautiful by Beckingham “is well aware nature islands by associating of these things and he us with terrorism and highshould therefore know better level criminal activity, when than seeking to justify this no such characterization of unnecessary expenditure by the Turks and Caicos Islands wrongfully trying to compare” can be found on the websites the Turks and Caicos Islands of the UK’s own Foreign and to places like Mumbai, Commonwealth Office, nor the Thailand and Bangkok where Central Intelligence Agency terrorism exists. or the US State Department. The press release Indeed, the Governor, Helen added: “The Governor also Garlick, Andrew Mitchell knows that the defendants and the many UK and other are not the ones responsible residents of the Turks and for the delays in these trials. Caicos Islands know full well Not only are appeals a part that we live in a peaceful, safe of the right of all defendants, and low-crime country.” but the record would show The statement from that the authorities had the defendants said it is refused to grant additional well known in these islands funds to ensure that defense that many members of Ms. lawyers were adequately Garlick’s team of investigators paid. As for the defendants and lawyers have been dragging out the trials for the “living-it-up in luxury in the last eighteen months, it will Turks and Caicos Islands for not be lost on any resident the past five years, partying that Helen Garlic and her excessively and intermingling SIPT have been here for more with residents of these islands than six years. During that and they have not encountered time they have been changing any threats or violence”. laws, introducing entirely The statement new legislation, collecting continued: “This, therefore, hundreds of thousands of is why we want the people pages of documents, cutting of these islands and the rest deals with expatriates they of world to fully understand say were corrupt, and turning the real and true background a blind eye to persons they and context of this ridiculous, feel might embarrass the unfair and unreasonable order current British Government. by the British Government to In a country that claims to force TCIG to give the Special have free and democratic Investigation and Prosecution traditions, and to be ruled by Team $2.2million. As a country law the defendants have an and as a people, we cannot absolute right to challenge the continue to turn a blind eye lawfulness of what, from even to these horrible injustices a cursory glance, are highly which the British continue to engineered trials, as well as inflict on our people. These the SIPT’s interference and things are wrong and unjust management of every facet of and we will continue to the criminal justice system in expose them to the world as

we remain steadfast in our fight for justice, because in the final analysis it all points to the fact that the British Government, the Attorney General, Helen Garlick and the criminal justice system will do everything in their power to justify these show trials, which cannot and will not be fair to us. On Tuesday, August 25th, Governor Beckingham issued the following statement, after recent comments in the House of Assembly and media about increased security costs in connection with the forthcoming SIPT trial. “I have been asked by the Foreign Office to write to the Premier, which I have done this week, and to make it clear publicly, that the UK Government has no legal obligation to cover the costs of the SIPT inquiry, including for security. Rather it is the Government of TCI which must be responsible for financing its liabilities from its own revenues - which are, of course, continuing to show a healthy increase in recent years. “UK Ministers do not believe that it is appropriate or necessary for the UK to voluntarily finance the SIPT costs. Both Ministers Shapps and Swayne have given instructions to me that, under Section 3(5) of the TCI Chief Financial Officer Ordinance 2012, I should direct the CFO to make arrangements for the Police Commissioner to receive the additional funds requested. I understand the difficulties in meeting these additional costs, but ensuring the police get the resources they need is an important demonstration of good governance as TCI repairs and enhances its international reputation.

“Although it would not be appropriate for me to comment publicly on ongoing police operations or particular threats, I am satisfied that the additional funds are necessary to provide security in TCI. “Were there to be any criminal activity linked to the trial, the impact on overseas tourism, especially from N America, would be catastrophic for the long term economy of Turks and Caicos, the welfare of its citizens, and the confidence of the business community. I have seen for myself, after working in New York and Mumbai, how the threat of terrorism can deflect tourism especially from the US. Similarly, all the citizens of Bangkok and Thailand will suffer because of the acts of terrorism there this month. “It is for good reason that the additional security costs have been sought by the Commissioner. He has obtained a number of quotations, seeking to ensure value for money, and the costs will be substantially less, at $2.2M, than originally estimated. Although I recognise that this is an unwelcome, additional cost to a process which has already been expensive and drawn out, the delays were caused as a result of repeated defence applications which have now been judged by the court to be vexatious. I understand that the prosecution was ready to begin the case over 18 months ago. “I am releasing these security figures, and an explanation as to why these funds are being requested, as this is in the public interest. I am determined that there should be the maximum amount of transparency, taking into account

operational considerations. “The Government and Opposition have concerns that the overall SIPT costs should be made public. I agree, and I have written to the Premier this week to put on record that, once the trial has been concluded, there should be a transparent breakdown of these costs, providing as much detail as possible. It would not be appropriate to release figures of this nature whilst the trial process is still ongoing. “It is important that we empower the Commissioner to do his job without interference by allowing him, as the expert, to identify the key priorities in delivering security and preventing crime and disorder; and to provide him with the support that he requires to ensure he gets the resourcing he needs for the police to effectively perform their duties. “I believe that we – HMG, TCIG, the Opposition and the public – knew that the run-up to the trial would present challenges. But given the extraordinarily strong economic performance by TCI in the past two years, and the proximity to the start of the trial after so many delays, hopefully we can together ensure that the Territory continues to outperform its neighbours, and demonstrates that the problems it faced in 2008/9 are in the past, and that the country is a safe and secure neighbourhood for our overseas visitors before, during, and after the trial. “It would be a cruel blow for TCI if its recent successes were blemished and damaged in the long term by criminal acts of violence around the time of the forthcoming trial.”

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Treasury and Revenue Control offices in Provo closed due to mould By Charvis Ferguson Two key Government departments in Providenciales have been forced to close “until further notice”, because of irritating, mouldy conditions and fetid odours that repulsed staff and customers. On Tuesday August 25th, the public was informed about the temporary closure of the Treasury and Revenue Control Unit Departments in Town Centre Mall, Downtown, Providenciales. “We apologize for any inconvenience caused and will update the public as we proceed,” said a Government press release which added that persons are now able to make Treasury and Revenue Control Unit

Department payments at Customs Office, Airport Road, Providenciales. Sources told The SUN that the mould problem has been nagging the two departments for quite some time and may have contributed to the illness of several staffers. Mould, a type of fungus associated with health problems such as, respiratory issues and throat irritation; poses a risk to those who have been exposed to it over a long period. Members from the Environmental Health Department and Government Support Services declined comment on the matter up to Press time, but the SUN was informed that in addition to the mould, the two offices experienced problems with

water seeping through the floors and stench from upstairs bathrooms. It is understood that the Treasury and Revenue Control Unit Departments will soon be relocated

to the former TCI Bank Building in Butterfield Square, once lease negotiations with the Butterfield Group of Companies are concluded.

DEMA records an improved start to Lobster Season 2015 Lobster season 2015/2016 kicked off with a bang as Saturday, 15 August, saw the opening catch landed, for all islands, total to 55,607 pounds (lbs). Compared to 2014, catch landed this year was 20,701 lbs more during the first day of the open season. “While it might be too early to tell how profitable this lobster season will be for the fishermen of the TCI, the increased landings on the opening day certainly bode well,” said Dr. John Claydon, Director of the Department of Environment & Maritime Affairs (DEMA). “DEMA would like to thank the fishermen for their high level of compliance with the regulations – it is only with their cooperation that we can maintain healthy fisheries in the TCI” DEMA Officers were onsite to inspect catch as fishermen came into both the channel

and plant and, officers were able to complete a boat patrol to ensure that any potential offenders were deterred from participating in illegal activities. Restrictions relating to crawfish, as per the Fisheries Protection Ordinance, are listed below: •Crawfish size restrictions are as follows: •When whole, a length of 3.25 inches measured from the front of the groove between the horns directly above the eyes, along the middle of the back to the rear edge of the back shell; or •When the tail has been separated, a tail weight of 5 ounces whether processed or not; •Fishers are not to be in the possession of any egg-bearing crawfish;

•Fishers are not to remove eggs from eggbearing crawfish; •Fishers are not to take or be in possession of moulting/soft-shelled crawfish or crawfish in early stages of spawning (described as appearing ‘tar-spotted’); and •Fishers are to ensure that the crawfish are landed unharmed and whole after being taken and landed at processing plants or at home, unless processed at sea as per the terms of the processing license. DEMA appeals to citizens, residents and visitors in the Turks & Caicos Islands, to familiarise themselves with and to uphold the Fisheries Regulations, and urges all responsible citizens to call DEMA at 338 4170 or email environment@gov.tc to report any violations.

Turks and Caicos Islands Hospital Prepared for Tropical Storm Erika The Turks and Caicos Islands Hospital will remain open throughout Tropical Storm Erika, said Takara Bain, Public Relations Manager. Bain said the Emergency Departments at both the Cheshire Hall and the Cockburn Town Medical Centre will be open around the clock; however the outpatient department and other clinics at both sites will close as normal at 5 p.m. on Friday. “In the event Tropical Storm

Erika advances, all mechanisms will be in place to bring our pregnant mothers to the hospital for their safety. Assigned hospital staff members (Physicians, Nurses, Laboratory Technicians, Engineering crews, and additional Security) will arrive late Friday and stay through the duration of the storm. Plans are also in place for the transfer of staff to and from both facilities,” said Bain. “There are adequate stocks of supplies, medications, food, and

water for both patients and our hospital team. We have been testing our backup generators and have fuel on hand to last for several days. In the event of an emergency, all blood donors are asked to donate blood tomorrow, Thursday, August 27th and Friday, August 28th at the Turks and Caicos Islands Blood Bank located at the Cheshire Hall Medical Centre. TCI Hospital Senior Management team will be in constant communication with all sectors of

Disaster Management during and after the storm,” Bain added. She said the Turks and Caicos Islands Hospital maintains an effective, all hazards, Emergency and Disaster Preparedness and Response Plan to respond to both internal and external emergencies and disaster situations, adding that both the Cheshire Hall Medical and the Cockburn Town Medical Centres will withstand a Category 5 level storm.

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Minister of Finance Washington Misick says crimes in the TCI are ‘gang upon gang ‘

By Todeline Defralien

Minister of Finance Washington Misick said that many of the crimes that are occurring in the Turks and Caicos Islands are “gang upon gang and are not random crimes”. He made this observation while speaking in the House of Assembly in Grand Turk on Monday August 17th, 2015. Hon Misick said: “It is a very difficult problem for Government anywhere to resolve. I mean, we can take hard-line positions such as, yes, a lot of these are young people. Maybe we need to come up with a different solution. Maybe we should consider kids at school age being off the streets at a certain hours in the night; I don’t know, but the issue is that it is not the crime that is being committed by and

large is not random crimes. You go back and you check everycone of the four murders this year; every single one of them had some score-settling, some gang issues or some form of that nature.” He added: “And that is bad, and I am not down playing it, but I am saying that we should put it in perspective, because if we put it in perspective then we can deal with it. We all want to make sure that the police force is equipped. It is just not a matter of just throwing additional resources behind the police. We have to control... we have serious problems with our ports and particularly with the illegal fast boats that are now coming to these islands. We have to deal with that, but we have to deal with this whole issue of crime and immigration on a holistic approach.”

Minister of Finance Washington Misick

Misick said the recent allocation what was made to the police to the best of his knowledge was exactly what the police required or asked for now. He said the Premier had made mention of a request for other items but those other items were not urgent items and “will be reflected to the extent that we can prioritize them in the context of the overall need to provide services to the country’s social services and other necessary expenditure to enhance the efficiency of government service and to provide and for that matter the quality of life for the people of these islands.” The Finance Minister said additional allocation for the police would no doubt be reflected within the next supplementary appropriation bill.

Where are the people we voted for to represent us? by Oswald Skipping

Leader of the Progressive Democratic Alliance

There is a prolonged ongoing situation in the Nation’s Capital where the Community College is affected from water shortages, where Senior Citizens cannot bathe sometime at the Wellness Center because of water shortages and families and businesses are negatively affected as well. Despite this problem,

government ministers brazenly boasts of tens of millions of dollars in surplus, and as a matter of fact, they have recently budgeted for another $13.4 million surplus in the 2015/16 Budget. It is also noteworthy that government has squandered millions of dollars on frivolous court cases which they didn’t win inclusive of paying off an incompetent attorney general whom the governor was responsible for, yet the British CFO is taking the liberty of high handedly exploiting

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colonial privileges to extract millions of dollars more out of the Turks and Caicos people’s treasury instead of the British treasury, for security for SIPT while the people of Grand Turk are suffering from water shortages and to add effrontery and insult to injury, the CFO procrastinates in his responsibility to release TCI people’s money for a second reverse osmosis plant for Grand Turk to alleviate the water shortage predicament in this Island.. This is indeed indicative of the negligent, irresponsible and disrespectful attitude of the British toward our people and it is even more indicative of the lame duck elected officials that sit so complacently and apathetically in the prestigious seat of government and in the august house of assembly twiddling their helpless thumbs. The question is, who in their right mind can believe that this 19th. century form of oppressive Colonialism is thriving in a first world democracy in this 21st. Century era? I beg to painfully ask, where are the people we voted for to represent us, where is their resolve, where is the fight in them as politicians or the diplomacy for that matter, what has happened to the spirit of representation and why are they still holding on to the reins

of government if they are powerless as the shamefully admit. Is it because of the high salaries, the constituency allowances, the new cars, the fruitless trips abroad and all the other benefits and the prestige connected with public office? How can these members of the House of Assembly that comprise of attorneys, medical professionals, businessmen, bankers, a real estate executive and a hotel developer just sit on their political laurels and swallow the Colonial totalitarian crud that the British is pushing down their open throats on a daily basis. The Turks and Caicos people need an election and they need it sooner rather than later. Our people deserve better representation and in order to get better representation, we need to elect leadership that has a burden for the people, a commitment to their people and the experience and the ability to effectively deal with the mess that is degrading and depressing our people day by day. It is this kind of impotence in government and oppression of my people that has led to the evolution of the Progressive Democratic Alliance, because we have lost our country and we need leaders who are willing, ready and able to take it back.

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PNP government more concerned with surpluses than the health and welfare of civil servants It is a shame and a disgrace that incompetency and mismanagement have once again reared their ugly heads in this hopeless Government of the Turks and Caicos, resulting in two of government’s departments being abruptly closed down yesterday by other government officials for health reasons. After numerous complaints over the past few months by government Treasury and Revenue Control workers in downtown Providenciales, and a number of follow-up inspections by Environmental Health officers, these two departments were shut down without notice yesterday at 2 PM after one such inspection by health officers. by Oswald Skipping

Leader of the Progressive Democratic Alliance

The complaints are that these offices are infested with mold and that the sewer system is faulty resulting in a prevailing offensive stench which

has become unbearable. According to environmental health officials, these conditions are at the stage where they have become detrimental to the health of workers in that building. This is another example of the lame duck PNP government that is more concerned with accumulating huge budgetary surpluses than with the health and welfare of hardworking civil servants and the development and maintenance of a fluid government machinery to facilitate the private sector and the public at large. The absence of an operating treasury department in Providenciales adds to the already difficult challenges in getting things done in a timely manner in servicing the public. This shameful development affects the functioning of government departments such as Border Control, the Police, Land Registry, Road safety and other departments that issue

government treasury receipts for services rendered. Additionally, with the closure of the Revenue Control department, government will not be able to collect much of its tax revenues. As it now stands, no one knows when these departments will be reopened or if they will be reopened in the same building. They have been closed until further notice and workers will not have to return to work until they are informed of further developments. As leader of the Progressive democratic Alliance I have no choice but to call on this government to voluntarily vacate political office before the entire government machinery collapses and our people are subjected to more suffering and hardship that they are already undergoing. This government needs to resign before the Turks and Caicos loses what little credibility it has left.

New Immigration Bill does not represent Indigenous Turks and Caicos Islanders, says Phillip Robinson gully side, in my constituency, and By Charvis Ferguson you look at the illegal immigrant At the recent Town problem we are currently facing, Hall meeting on August 24th, most especially in the island of residents of Providenciales voiced Providenciales; I think you will their concerns about the proposed reconsider all legislations of this changes to the law regarding drafted Bill.” He added, “Hon. what classifies persons as a Turks Minister, I see this Bill as a and Caicos citizen. giveaway to the expat community The new Turks and Caicos in my country. I see no part in this Islander Status Bill seeks to Bill to empower the indigenous provide assurance and clarity as Turks and Caicos Islanders.” to whom is regarded as a citizen The general response of the Turks and Caicos Islands by from the participants, was that right and by grant; as well as to the Bill has poor representation introduce legislation that provide for Turks and Caicos Islanders a transparent and objective and local businessperson Jamell pathway to Turks and Caicos Robinson, fully expressed his Islander status. opposition – to the delight of the Members of the public crowd - to several parts of the Bill. spoke on various issues regarding Robinson said, “The two immigration and status, and provisions that give person who vocal citizen claimed that the are born in the country to legal newly proposed Bill does not parents and then eventually get represent Turks and Caicos to BOTC status and then get Islanders. Phillip Robinson, a automatically island status; I’m local contractor, explained, “I not in support of that. As well as, sat down and listened to the persons born to settled parents Hon. Minister for Immigration, getting status automatically, I’m Boarder and Labour in regards not in support of that provision to a 72 page document and my either.” question to ask is, which part of He added, “The reason this Bill represents me?” why I don’t support those two Mr. Robinson continued, provisions is because, essentially, “A born Turks and Caicos Islander, a lot of persons fought that Kate with three children born and Sullivan wouldn’t be able to open raised in the Turks and Caicos the franchise in such a manner, Islands – nowhere in this Bill but they’re essentially legalizing represents me. This Bill, you have it now. So, in my view, the political a number of things that can grant directorate should always be an individual status … [and] being a position to dictate how our in a country where indigenous franchise goes.” Turks and Caicos Islanders are Robinson added, “Also, outnumbered on every hand, you from the listening of the must do everything possible to presentation, it appears that protect your people.” – for whatever reasons – the Robinson’s views were government seems to have some echoed by another citizen, who obligation to persons that are not spoke about the overpopulation Turks and Caicos Islanders. The of illegal immigrants in Turks obligation should be to voting and Caicos, especially the most Turks and Caicos Islanders.” populated island; Providenciales. Those in attendance Mr, Jermaine Rowley explained voiced their concerns to the that there are a number problems Minister and they were advised to associated with the high numbers fill out a questionnaire available of undocumented persons on the on the government website (www. island of Providenciales. gov.tc). The Consultation period Rowley said, “Hon. is to continue until the September Minister, if you take a ride, on the 4th.

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Hon. DonHue Gardiner explains the term “Settled” in recent Status Bill During the recent the islands. I will perhaps public discussions on the add, what is meant by Government’s latest Status settled”, he continued. and Immigration Bills, the “A person is settled Minister of Border Control if he is living in the islands and Labour – Hon. Ricardo and an immigration officer “Don-Hue” Gardiner – cannot put [a] duration of clarified the term settled as time as to how long he can regards to the Status and stay. Hon. Gardiner further Immigration Bills. explained to term, “A person Members of the public who is a Belonger, living gathered at the Gustavus in the islands, is settled in Lightbourne Sports the islands. A person who Complex in Providenciales is a PRC holder, living in on August 24th, to discuss the island, is settled in the newly proposed provisions islands. A person who is a to the law regarding Turks British Overseas Territory and Caicos status and Citizen, who is living in immigration within the the island, is settled in country. the islands; because an Several parts of the immigration officer cannot Status Bill refers to persons tell you how long you can stay. being granted TCI Status And that is the definition of if their parent was settled [settled].” at the time of their birth. The Minister of Border Hon. Don-Hue Gardiner Control and Labour further explained exactly what the clarified the term settled; term settled meant, as many explaining, “Now the of the persons in attendance definition also says that when were unaware. you have not voluntarily The Minister said, “The immigrated abroad and then Bill provides a definition of it sets out some parameters settled and … Section 3.3 , whereby if you’ve moved and 3.4, and 3.5 – addresses the lived abroad for six months question of [being] settled in you have considered to have

not left the islands; you are gov.tc. still settled here.” He continued, “If you exceed six months, but have not exceeded twelve months; then there is a presumption that you are no longer settled. But that presumption could be rebutted. If you have lived abroad for more than 12 consecutive months, you are deemed to not be settled in the islands any longer.” To conclude his explanation, Hon. Gardiner said, “Now the question of settlement only is important in the Bill, when it comes to how or if you can pass on your TCI status to your child. That is the only relevance it has in the Bill.” This explanation of the term settled is important as it allows residents to fully understand the newly proposed Status Bill of which they are being asked to review for public Consultation. Those who are interested in voicing their concerns have been asked to do so via a questionnaire, Minister of Immigration, Labour which can be found on the and Border Control, Hon. Donhue government website, www. Gardiner

NOTICE To: The Creditors and Depositors of TCI Bank Limited (In Liquidation) (“the Company”)

My request as the Company’s Official Liquidator to pay a second interim dividend distribution of twenty cents ($0.20) on the dollar ($1.00) was approved on April 21, 2015. We have been making distributions to those creditors and depositors whose claims have been accepted in the liquidation process. We have a number of distributions for approved claims that have not been collected. If you were a creditor and or depositor of the Bank and have had your claim approved please contact the Bank at the address below or visit the bank with valid identification, such as a passport or driver’s license, to collect your outstanding dividend.

Bank Address: TCI Bank Limited (In Liquidation) F203 Regent Village Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Telephone: (649) 941-7500 Fax: (649) 941-7501 Email: info@tcibpliquidation.com

Mr. Anthony S. Kikivarakis Sr. Official Liquidator TCI Bank Limited (in Liquidation)

Turks and Caicos Sun Suite#5, Airport Plaza Providenciales Turks and Caicos Islands Tel: (649) 946-8542 Fax: (649) 941-3281 Email: sun@suntci.com Read us online at www.suntci.com Publisher & Editor-in-Chief: Hayden Boyce Senior Editor: Vivian Tyson Office Manager: Dominique Rigby Graphic designer Information Technology and Production Manager: Kelano Howell The Turks and Caicos SUN is a subsidiary of The SUN Media Group Ltd. We are committed to excellence in journalism, educating and informing our readers, serving and satisfying our advertisers and assisting in the overall development of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

HAB MANAGEMENT LTD H.A.B. Management Limited is seeking a suitably qualified individual to fill the following opening. Only candidates who meet the minimum requirements will be considered:

WAITRESS Main Duties Applicants will be required to greet and take food and beverages orders from restaurant guest, serve orders and accommodate guest requests. Applicants will be required to serve guests’ promptly and according to established restaurant standards, policies and procedures.

REQUIREMENTS Must have a minimum of six years’ experience working in a restaurant. Must have strong working knowledge of dining room procedures, policies and EPOS System. Applicants must be a customer service advocate, maintaining a high level of customer service standards. Maintain a friendly, cheerful and courteous demeanor at all times. Perform other duties as assigned, requested or deemed necessary by management. Applicants must be willing to work varied shifts, split shifts, nights, weekends and holidays as required by management. Applicants will be required to work on a full time basis. Must be able to walk, stand or stoop for the duration of shift (at least 8 hours). Applicants must be able to understand/speak/read/write English proficiently. All applicants must be hardworking team players. Wages for this position starts at $7.00 per hour commensurate with experience and training. Interested applicants should contact Veronica Rigby via email by September 11th, 2015 at ronnie@habgroup.com or by fax 649-9465191. Only candidates who meet the minimum requirements will be contacted by email or telephone to schedule an interview.

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More Turks and Caicos Islander jobs or more work permits? By Karen Savory I am a Turks and Caicos Islander (Islander) and I would love to see development, more jobs, more infrastructure, local businesses growing and more money for our schools and public services – so my objections to the changes to the Development Manual are because I believe they are not in our best interests. The leading argument for increasing the building heights to 12 storeys is more jobs for Islanders. However, these developments do not lower Islander unemployment, they just increase the number of work permit holders. As indicated in an article in last week’s paper, according to the Poverty Assessments unemployment among Islanders in 2000 was 11.2% and in 2012 it was 12%. We can hardly argue that the increased development helped our unemployment. Regarding the stimulation of our construction industry – do we have local businesses with the experience, man power or equipment? Or does it mean more work permit holders and

money to overseas businesses? At the recent public consultation, when questioned about the infrastructure to accommodate the developments, the Government claimed the revenue received will be put into infrastructure, emergency services and safety etc. How will we be guaranteed that will be the case? One of the existing developments was to provide fire trucks and equipment for the fire station but that was evidently disregarded and clearly never enforced. As we all know, we depend on tourism. Last year the Government hired KPMG to carry out research and provide a Tourism Strategy. It was revealed at the meeting that KPMG recommended against allowing 12 storey buildings. The government is choosing not to follow that particular recommendation. If the answer to raising tax revenue is allowing hotel rooms then instead of halving the acreage, doubling the height and doubling the density all at once, why not make just two or even one of those changes to attract new investors. Further, mandate (and enforce) the developers

A Grace Bay Beach Resort

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A Turks and Caicos Islands management company is seeking a qualified and experienced Chief Executive Officer to head corporate and client level operations. Thesuccessful candidate must possess:  Bsc. In Hotel and Food Administration

 Masters in Business Administration  Minimum ten years directly relevant post qualification work experience at directorial and regional level.  Proven track record in growing business and contract negotiation. Will be able to produce mission critical reporting and provide solutions and decision making based on proper analysis and understanding.  Computer literate with modern property management systems, productivity software and internet distributed marketing and reservations systems.  Experience with meetings with the board of directors, senior management and other companies and the day-to-day running of the business.  Experience in control of the direction of the company and budgets for all departments, set Targets and initiate business partnerships with other companies  Drive the culture of the business  Oversee employment staff and manage senior managers  Generate new business and assess new projects  Identify risks and ensure appropriate strategies are in place  Ensure the correct practices and compliances are being met  Attend board meetings and other presentations  Drive the profitability of the business

The suitable candidate must be able to lead all aspects of hospitality and corporate operations. All resumes and applications must be forwarded to: P.O. Box 482, Providenciales Turks & Caicos Islands You may also fax to: (649) 946-5008

to contribute to our community, for example sponsor our kids at Community College/University (even if the graduates do not stay with the developer for their entire career we will end up with a pool of well qualified Islanders); contribute to public services, such as fire services, police and security, street/beach cleaning, youth outreach to help lower crime; and assist with charity events. Set the rules and credible developers will conform. Do not set the rules and developers will push our boundaries (those are the developers we do not want here) and other developers will stay away from such an uncertain jurisdiction. I wrote a letter nearly a year ago about the issue of increasing the density and height and decreasing the acreage required to build. On 24 September 2014 the Cabinet advised H.E. the Governor to “amend the Development Manual to increase the maximum height of buildings on the island of Providenciales to a maximum 12 storeys on a minimum 5 acre parcel, effective immediately”. The Development Manual was amended on 2 February 2015.

The amendments to the Development Manual were as follows: -Increase to the number of hotel bedrooms allowed per acre from 25 to 50. -Increase of the maximum height of buildings for apartments, condominiums and hotels from seven storeys (up to maximum of 90ft) to 12 floors (up to a maximum of 150ft). -The acreage required for seven storeys was 10 acres and now the acreage required for 12 storeys is just five. -Setbacks were also amended to accommodate the changes. The Development Manual can still be rectified by the Cabinet if the majority of voters challenge the amendment we can insist that our elected representatives do just that, represent us. Let’s do what is right for our kids and grandkids – let’s ensure we have a tourist industry that will benefit them as well.

INTERCARIBBEAN AIRWAYS IS SEEKING: TWO AIRLINE EXECUTIVE • 10-15 years related experience in Commercial flight operations. •Must have a demonstrated knowledge of weight & balance, flight planning and ETOPS operations. •Knowledge of the practices and procedures of all airside and landside activities and functions as outlined in Ground Flight Operations Manual and Regulations. •Competency in PC Windows, Email, Databases and Microsoft Office tools is expected. •Ability to develop and train workforce, build relationships, utilize skills in the workforce that is most appropriate. •Ability to execute functional aspects relating to domestic travel transactions and maintain records and documentation. • Ability to operate all equipment relating to the job. • Ability to communicate in a clear, concise, understanding manner, and listen attentively to others, understands material, and provides instruction to employees. Schedule the appropriate staff compliment to ensure the smooth and effective operation of shift. •Coordinate with authorities in all International/Domestic Stations, Security measures affecting aircrafts, passengers, luggage and goods. •Manage local and International carriers contracts. (3) RAMP ATTENDANT •Over 5 years experience in Ramp Supervising. • Over 5 years experience in maneuvering heavy duty equipment e.g. (pushing and towing aircraft). • Experience in general handling of General Aviation. Narrow body and wide body aircraft. •British Airways, JAR OPS, Supervisor Aircraft loading qualified. •US Airways fleet service door opening trainer. •Awareness Certification of acceptance/refusal of hazardous material as per IATA regulations. •Comprehensive knowledge in the operation of all Ground Service Equipment (GSE).

Salary commensurate with experience. All positions require the following: ➢ Excellent command of the English language – reading, writing and speaking. ➢ Good communication skills and team player ➢ Detail oriented & organized individual ➢ Ability to work shifts, early mornings, late nights, weekends and Holidays. ➢ Clean police record ➢ Able to work under pressure

Belongers need only apply.

Interested person should apply to HR@intercaribbean.com or via fax to HR Department 649-946-4040. No phone call please. Qualified candidates will be contacted for interview.

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Autism Classroom built in the Turks and Caicos Islands By Todeline Defralien Last week Friday marked a huge accomplishment for the Hope Foundation and Autism awareness, where there was a ribbon cutting ceremony for the first Autism modeled classroom in the Turks and Caicos Islands which was held last week Friday August 21st, 2015 at the grounds of Mills Institute. Director and Chairman of the Hope Foundation for Autism Awareness Maxcia L. Rigby said “We got started about two years ago and the vision was to build an autism modeled class room for children that had autism. The reason for this is because children with autism learn differently from typically developing children. They need to concentrate on specific skills, because we learn them indirectly we assume that these kids are going to do that too. This classroom was designed specifically for those needs; all of the furniture, the curriculum that is going to be used, the teachers that are going to be involved and the students that are going to come all play a part in the success of the class and that is the reason why this classroom is created and we believe that this is going to be the first of many because we have started this. We hope that other persons would take the initiative to either add classes on to the school or to start a school of their own.” She then expressed their reasons for connecting the autism school to the Mills Institute. “We have attached this classroom to an existing school because we want the kids to also have an opportunity to mimic the behaviors of typically developing kids as well so that they are not secluded in a room where they do not see anything that is going on in life and they only know about what they do. They will know about what is expected, what is typical behavior what is the norm as we call it in our society. So they have an opportunity to work on their skills as well as to branch out into main stream school,” Ms. Rigby said. She added that her son was diagnosed with autism three years ago and they had the option of just looking after his needs and taking care of him, but decided that they would try and help the Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands Peter Beckingham, said, “I think this is a great initiative. I would like to congratulate the people who have got this moving. Autism is something which we need to recognize more in society and this initiative it one way of doing it and a fantastic effort by them and the sponsors Mervco, Turks and Caicos Bank and others to get involved so I really came to support it. My wife is a teacher of special needs and she looked forward to coming here but she was at the prison last night teaching older children, the juveniles and she could not make it here today but she has been in touch with the hope foundation and we both give it all our support.” He added “I think it is a great initiative and I really hope that it will make people think about some of the problems that children have who have special needs and I would like to congratulate the organisers of this classroom and the sponsors and of course the teachers and the consultants. It is a problem in every society across the globe and the more that we recognize it and try and help children with this problem, the better for Turks and Caicos Islands.” Dr. Kathy Boisvert Educational

Consultant for the Hope Foundation for Autism Awareness said she was introduced to the Hope Foundation by Dr. Grace Lappin Educational Consultant and Board of Director member for the Hope Foundation for Autism Awareness in University. “It was back when we were working on our doctorates and has just heard a lot of Maxcia and Almando and their enthusiasm and their embracing it and they were really seeking out a collaboration and she encouraged me to come down and it started off when I came down for a one day conference and never looked back,” she said. “From then I came several times and I actually volunteered last summer as well as this year summer to do interventions with the families and then helped out with the classroom.” She added: “It actually came together quite quickly in the end, but I think it took a lot of planning to get there and when I first came on island six weeks ago it wasn’t started, so it came together quite quickly but I think the team was working together and they had everything organized. Tony, Gary and Mervin did such a nice job and the community really overwhelmed us with donations. I think once they saw the structure was here and we were being true to our word, we were going to finish this classroom and our goal was to have it by September, people donated windows, doors and it just started to come in. I think up to that point maybe they weren’t sure we were actually going to complete this project.” Dr Boisvert said the classroom in TCI is different from most of the classrooms she has seen here. “The difficulty for children with autism is they get lost in the words. Intellectually, many children with autism are superior. Their intellectual gifts are not impacted, but their ability to understand the world around them. They are emotional regulation; we call it sensor regulation for example, a child in this room right now would be overwhelmed because of the volume. We talked to the builders, the lightings needs to be shutoff if it is too bright, too loud and individual impacted by autism cannot ignore that. We have to be careful with the fans. There will be times when we cannot turn them on. There will be times where they will have to put the lights off or do certain things. We are hoping to develop a stronger understanding of the environment around them so that they may go into the other classrooms and be a member but we still have to figure out how we are going to do that” says Dr. Kathy Boisvert. She said “Some of the parents I have spoke to in many ways it was heartbreaking. They were almost embarrassed. They were telling me about their child and they were apologizing. It made me really sad. I think they felt as though I was going to judge them or say ‘what did you do wrong’? I do not think many people came. I think there were a very small percent of people that did....it was actually a family intervention instead of a child intervention and regardless of what we call it and a lot of times people get stuck on the word autism and I will say ‘let’s not call it that’ if it is Billy let’s call it Billy. It is just Billy being Billy because it does not matter the label if we can get the interventions in place. People felt a little less stress that I wasn’t going to put a label on their child, regardless whether or not they have the condition I said ‘what I want is to help make better days’ so I think there was an embarrassment,

Dr. Kathy Boisvert Educational Consultant for the Hope Foundation for Autism Awareness, Dr. Grace Lappin Educational Consultant and Board of Director member for the Hope Foundation for Autism Awareness, Almando Rigby and Director and Chairman of the Hope Foundation for Autism Awareness Maxcia L. Rigby. they were overwhelmed, they did not know how to come forward and ask for help without feeling like somehow it was their fault.” With 10- 12 students in each classroom Dr. Kathy Boisvert added that this will feature ongoing training. Since she is not based here, Dr. Grace Lappin will continue the educational development of the team. “It is a part of the condition of hire. The classroom teacher as well as the assistant will have ongoing training. The Hope Foundation for Autism awareness has a resource link and webinars are already there and specific intervention strategies that are listed there and they are expected to even communicating with their teacher assisting them to preview those things, ask questions and follow-ups, and so we have direct communication and also I will come down during the year to do direct training as well so they are not on their own.” Dr. Grace Lappin who was also present at the ribbon cutting ceremony said: “I saw the article in the newspaper about the Hope Foundation and I emailed Almando and said I’m here and I could help and this is my area of expertise. So I started by doing volunteer work with then in the

beginning and did a couple of workshops and as we discussed the situations here in Provo more and I said, well I have colleagues who would come over and help us, so I started bringing collogues over. We did workshop evaluations and then I brought Dr. Kathy Boisvert over and she volunteers her time. She did last summer and this summer and that really based on a need here we said we need a classroom and we started working on that and Dr. Boisvert met with the families and has evaluated many of the children and I eventually became the Director on the board for the Hope Foundation and that is how this all evolved. This is our first classroom and I anticipate that we will have more classrooms.” “We do have other families with children with other exceptionalities who have approached us and said if my child has Down Syndrome what can we do? So this is an area where we can just keep going and going and helping and I think it is an important thing for those of us who live here to really try to become a part of the social fabric and if we have an area of expertise in making sure that and I think it is important to do that regardless of what we do and I love working for the Hope Foundation” says Dr. Grace Lappin.

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Former Interim Government accused of corruption

By Todeline Defralien

The Interim Government which was appointed by the UK after the TCI Constitution was suspended in August 2009, has been accused of corruption. The charge came from Pastor Courtney Missick, who was appointed by the UK to sit on the Consultative Forum during the Interim Government. During a press conference held at the Occasions Ballroom at the Airport Hotel on Wednesday, August 19th, Missick said he has evidence that there was corruption surrounding the land which was leased to the new Blue

Heron FBO. He said “Why is it that the Interim administration that came in to say that they come in for transparency, accountability and to change things because of too much corruption (and) because these are the type of things that happened under the previous administration that is why the British had to remove the previous administration; (but) now under the Interim administration in which I served, and unbeknown to me, this (the FBO land deal) is what was happening, because this occurred between 2011 and up to 2012 this deal was going on.” Misick added: “There were talks about acquiring this land,

promising this land to developers that they did not own. Why hadn’t they allowed the developers to go to the private citizens and get the land? But they realized if the developer had gone to the private citizens the price because I understand that land around the airport is going for about a half- a million dollar an acre. One plot of the land has something like 17 acres inside and I think the other one was 20-something acres. For them to have paid that price for that type of land, I would not use words like ‘They could not afford’, but all they wanted to do is simply depend on the power and authority that the Governor had to be able to obtain this land and to get it for

free” aids Pastor Courtney Missick. Pas Missick, who was joined at the press conference by talk-show host Dr. Edward Smith and Businessman Gilbert Selver, said the land transaction was questionable. Talk-show host Dr. Edward Smith, said: “Documents were actually prepared well in advance (so) that once this acquisition of these lands were to take place it was a matter of a rubberstamping six and seven documents transferring this land from the people to the Airport Authority, from the Airport Authority to aviation and then on to the owners of the FBO in a matter of two days Turks and Caicos something is wrong there”

From Left to Right - Talk-show host Dr. Edward Smith, Pastor Courtney Missick and Businessman Gilbert Selver

JAMAICA AND COMMONWEALTH CARIBBEAN

RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS 2016

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for two (2) RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS to be awarded as follows: (a)

The Jamaica Rhodes Scholarship available to candidates from Jamaica only; and

(b)

The Commonwealth Caribbean Rhodes Scholarship, available to all Caribbean candidates, including Jamaicans (at the Committee’s discretion).

Candidates must have undertaken academic training sufficiently advanced to assure the completion of a Bachelor's degree by 1st October, 2016. Married candidates can now apply. The criteria for selection by the Committees are as follows:Proven Intellectual and Academic Achievement of a high standard is the first quality required of applicants, but they will also be required to show integrity of character, sympathy for and protection of the weak, the ability to lead and the energy to use their talent to the full. The closing date for Jamaican and Commonwealth Caribbean Rhodes Scholarships 2016 application is September 30, 2015 by which date all completed entry forms must be received by the Secretary. The Memorandum which contains Details of the Scholarships as well as the Application Form may be obtained from:-

THE SECRETARY RHODES SCHOLARSHIP SELECTION COMMITTEE 21 East Street Kingston, Jamaica Te/: 876-922-5960 or from

www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk

TENDER NOTICE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL TO LEASE OFFICE SPACE TO THE NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE BOARD The National Health Insurance Board is inviting suitable Owners with commercial office space for rent to submit a proposal for available office space for the NHIB North Caicos Office. The needs of the NHIB Office:   

A facility with available utilities and a target size of 700 square feet. A location more centrally located to serve the needs of the community. A well secured building to better control access to the office.

The solicitation package should consist of the following information:    

Total square feet available. Floor plan Cost per square feet Cost of retrofitting the space to the NHIB specifications.

The RFP must provide dates, locations, business license and other information specific to this solicitation. You must provide information about your company, and any subcontractors you wish to utilize, requested in these various attachments, including certain financial and conflict of interest disclosures. Your response to this solicitation is voluntary, but without requested information, we will not be able to consider your proposal. All proposals must be hand delivered in a sealed envelope addressed to the Chief Executive Officer, National Health Insurance Board, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands

NOTICE TO TENDERES: TENDERS MUST BE SUBMITTED IN A SEALED PLAIN ENVELOPE WITH THE TENDER ENVELOPE LABEL CLEARLY VISIBLE ON THE FRONT. THE ENVELOPE SHOULD NOT INDICATE THE SENDER’S NAME. TENDER TITLE: PROPOSAL TO LEASE OFFICE SPACE TO THE NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE BOARD, UNIT 55/56 SALT MILLS PLAZA, GRACE BAY ROAD, PROVIDENCIALES, TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS. Tender Closing: Tenders are to be submitted no later than 10:00am on Wednesday, September 9th, 2015.

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Beaches awards South Caicos native with scholarship

Michalia Clare, a South Caicos native and public relations clerk at Beaches Turks & Caicos, was recently awarded a full scholarship to pursue a degree in Event Management at Ashwood University. Clare, who is affectionately known as "Mickey", has been at Beaches Resort since 2012, and has worked her way up from being an Entertainment Playmaker to a Public Relations Executive in a few short years. “My career and education was not an easy road,” said Clare who is a single mother of a teenage daughter, “but I have grown both academically and professionally since join the resort. The training here is extensive, from Customer Services to Leadership courses through the Sandals Corporate University and now an chance to pursue a degree, the training and development opportunities here are endless once you are determine to succeed.” A degree in Event Management will benefit Clare tremendously as well as aid her every task as a PR clerk where she is in charge of the staff relations programs which require the planning of several large staff incentive events including Birthday

parties, annual Prestige awards and Culture Club as Vice President of Christmas events. the social aspect of the club. Clare is Clare plans to take advantage of the passionate about her job because she opportunity this scholarship is giving believes that a happy staff makes for her. A degree in event management happy guests. She works nine hours a will give her the opportunity to move day six days a week. During her time around and someday become a part off she hosts fish fry for the Turks and of the Sandals Resorts International Caicos Tourist Board. event planning team. “This university is designed to PR Manager Elanor Finfin grow and develop our team members Krzanowski, who works closely with by enabling them to step out of their Clare says that she has a natural comfort zone while improving their talent for hosting event planning and human existence,” said Peta-Gaye a degree will only strengthening her Tain, Assistant Training Manager. knowledge in the field. “We are grateful to our Chairman Mr. “Michalia is a brilliant Gordon "Butch" Stewart for investing employee. I saw tremendous potential in developing the staff providing the in her while she worked as a player in training they need to excel at their jobs Entertainment and I knew I had to find and also achieve their overall goals.” a way to bring her amazing talent to The Sandals Corporate the Public Relations team as an event University is a unique opportunity, specialist” Krzanowski said. “She is which affords employees the chance to always eager to learn and determined advance their education and hospitality to succeed. I am glad that she has skill level while in a practical taken advantage of the courses that we environment. Team Members are offered through the Sandals Corporate allowed to take classes, study and take University and also a scholarship to exams all at the company’s expense peruse her dreams. I am very proud of and while at work. The University her accomplishments." boasts a variety of programs that are In additional to her day-to-day intended to enhance a team member’s tasks, Clare has also taken initiative general knowledge, leadership as the Beaches Sports, Social and ability, customer service, sales and

TCA HANDLING IS NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS: RAMP AGENTS/CLEANERS/CUSTOMER SERVICE AGENTS/FLIGHT COORDINATOR

•Good command of the English Language •High school graduate •Willing to work shift pattern including weekends and holidays •Clean Police record •Valid driver’s license Ramp Agent Starting salary $7.50 per hour Customer Service Agents $8.50 per hour Security Agent $8.50 per hour Flight Coordinator-based on qualification/experience Submit application along with photograph to: General Manager TCA Handling Town Centre Mall Providenciales

BUTTERFIELD GOLD GROUP OF COMPANIES POSITIONS AVAILABLE Butterfield Gold One (1) Chauffeur Must have clean drivers license and Police Record Applicant will be a chauffeur for Owner seven days week on call including holidays. (1)One Painter Minimum of three (3) years work experience and knowledge in painting Wages: commensurate with experience starting from $9.00 per hour One (1) Domestic Worker For general cleaning & other domestic duties Be able to work independently Be willing to work flexible hours Wages: starting from $6.50 per hour

Application forms available from Butterfield Gold Human Resource Department. Only applicants selected for interview will be notified. Submit applications to by August 31, 2015 to: Butterfield Gold Ltd., Human Resource Department Town Center Mall Providenciales Tel: 649-946-4211

communication skills. This experience allows students the chance to apply the theoretical skills to their practical jobs which helps them to enhance their work ethic once on the job. Sandals Corporate University also allows their students the chance to study up to doctoral degree whilst at work which allows employees such Michalia Clare an opportunity to better themselves.

Scholarship Recipient Michalia Clare with Training Assistant Manager Peter Gaye Tain

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911 Needs Stronger Leadership, says Premier

By Brandy Laporte

The Premier Hon. Dr. Rufus Ewing says that the 911 system has not progressed and needs stronger leadership. Speaking in the House of Assembly on August 17th, Ewing said he is very passionate and supportive of the 911 system because he was involved in it as a chief medical officer in its establishment in the last PNP Administration. He says that it concerns him that the system has not progressed to the extent that he would have liked, adding that it requires leadership. Premier Ewing said that both former directors who were in that unit left and now it does not have the strengthened leadership that is required. " If the leadership needs more support Premier Hon. Dr. Rufus Ewing

we can provide that support," the Premier said. He added: "The street naming exercise is now a law, so anyone who is not complying with those particular requirements of the street ordinance name legislation is in breach of the law. These are important things because we live in a country now where everyone deserves the right to have emergency services and you find persons in our traditional communities who the ambulance and the police services cannot find because they are new to the community, (and) they (ambulances and police) do not know where to go. Ewing said, “Persons tell the 911 system to 'turn left to the next ginnip tree or to turn right behind the next biller tree, go straight down the road turn right past the coconut tree and you will see my green house on the right'. That is what we are used to and we have not changed that

kind of culture. I am in agreement with the completion of the 911 street naming exercise street but there are some communities where there is no order whatsoever. You don’t know where the streets are or what the blocks are and these are some of the shanty towns and the illegal developments within the country, so when crime happens in those communities it is very difficult for the emergency services to go there and find out which individual needs the help.” Ewing said there are some communications elements based on when a person calls through a cell phone, that anywhere in the community the 911 could then track that call, identify the call even if the person is in jeopardy or they were injured and cannot talk. If the phone is active, 911 can then trace that call give a location and feed that call back the police and ambulance system.

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TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMISSION

Job Title: Location: Salary:

The Financial Services Commission hereby advertises the under-mentioned Posts. Responses may be emailed to administration@tcifsc.tc or delivered to Administration, Financial Services Commission, Unit D7/D8 (Executive Office), Caribbean Place, Leeward Highway, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos. Deadline September 5, 2015.

Head, Finance & Administration (HF&A). Providenciales Grade 2

Qualification: Master’s Degree in Finance, MBA (with an emphasis on Accounting), CPA, CA, ACCA; Specialized training in financial planning, accounting & auditing; Eight (8) years related experience. Job Summary The HF&A is responsible for managing, executing and reporting on activities within the finance, accounting, human resources management and office management areas. Job Title: Head Banks, Trusts & Money Transmitters Location: Providenciales Salary: Grade 3 Qualification: Post Graduate Degree in Finance, Regulation or Management; Eight (8) years’ experience in the supervision/regulation of financial institutions of which four (4) should be at the managerial level.

Principles, risk assessment methodology for the insurance supervisory framework and identification of gaps in the supervisory process as against international and best practice trends.

Job Title: Assistant Manager, International Insurance Unit Location: Grand Turk Salary: Grade 4

Job Title:

Qualification: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business Administration or equivalent professional qualifications such as ACII or equivalent & six (6) years related working experience in a senior position in the insurance or insurance regulation fields.

Location: Salary:

Supervisor, Domestic Insurance Unit Providenciales Grade 4

Qualification: BSc Degree in Accounting or Economics or professional accounting certification such as ACCA, CPA and at least three (3) years in a supervisory position in the field of Insurance Regulation. Job Summary Develop detailed plan for the implementation of the insurance risk based supervisory framework, write guidelines and codes of conduct for insurance entities, supervise the Senior and Junior Insurance Analysts and plan the work flow relating to offsite and onsite supervision of licensed entities. Job Title: Senior Insurance Analyst Location: Providenciales Salary: Grade 5

Job Summary Oversee the work of the Banking Department to ensure that proper laws, regulations and guidelines are in place for the proper supervision of licensed entities falling within its remit.

Qualification: BSc Degree in Accounting, Economics, Business Administration or equivalent professional qualifications such as the ACII and Six (6) years related experience, of which at least three (3) must be in a senior position.

Job Title: Location: Salary:

Job Summary Reporting to the Supervisor, the Senior Insurance analyst is responsible for planning, coordinating and overseeing all activities in the Insurance Administration section of the International Insurance Unit and participating in on off-site and on-site inspections of insurance entities.

Head Compliance Providenciales Grade 3

Qualification: Post Graduate Degree in Finance, Regulation or Compliance; Eight (8) years’ experience in the field of compliance with experiences in internal audit, risk management or the supervision/regulation of financial institutions. Job Summary To develop and oversee the Compliance Division and carry out those duties as are outlined in the Proceeds of Crime Ordinance and AntiMoney Laundering Regulations and ensure the Jurisdiction’s compliance with FATF and CFATF requirements. Job Title: Location: Salary:

Head Economics & Statistics Unit Providenciales Grade 3

Qualification: Ph.D. in Economics and knowledge of Caribbean type economies with a minimum of five (5) years’ work experience in the field of statistics. Job Summary To establish a research unit within the Financial Services Commission to deal with financial statistics. Obtain, gather and analyze statistical data and prepare reports on economic activity, etc. Job Title: Deputy Manager, Domestic Insurance Unit Location: Providenciales Salary: Grade 4 Qualification: MBA Finance, Regulation or a professional accounting certification such as ACCA, CPA and at least seven (7) years in a supervisory position in the field of Insurance Regulation. Job Summary Manage the day to day operations of the Domestic Insurance Unit, providing overall guidance in areas requiring compliance with the Insurance Core

Job Title: Location: Salary:

Insurance Analyst II Providenciales Grade 5

Qualification: Bachelors’ degree in Accounting, Economics, Business Administration or equivalent professional qualifications such as ACII or equivalent & Four (4) years related working experience in a senior position in the insurance, insurance regulation or auditing field.

Job Summary The incumbent will be responsible for the day to day management of the International Insurance Unit, ensuring that licensees comply with all the applicable requirements of their license, including submission of compliance reports and financial statements. Oversee applications received and submission to the Licensing Committee for approval. Job Title: Location: Salary:

Legal and Enforcement Consultant Providenciales Grade 3

Qualification: LLB Degree; Five (5) years at the Bar, a minimum of three (3) years of which should include prosecutorial experience; Experience in evidence gathering and prior experience in a regulatory environment, whether financial or otherwise. Job Summary The Legal & Enforcement Officer is responsible for providing guidance on how to proceed in relation to observed breaches of the Ordinances, preparing legal notes, issuing penalty breach notices and oversees and follows through with their enforcement. The Officer will also advise as required on areas in which the laws need to be changed or introduced as well as correspond with external attorneys on legal matters. Job Title: Senior Policy Advisor Location: Providenciales Salary: Grade 4 Qualification: ACCA, CPA, CFA or Post Graduate Degree in Finance or Regulation or similar equivalent qualification; Six (6) years’ experience at a senior level in a financial regulatory position, including prior experience providing policy advice.

Job Summary Job Summary Reporting to the Supervisor, the Insurance Analyst The incumbent will help in the formulation of II will participate in the conduct of off-site and on- policies for the enhanced supervision of the financial site inspections of the financial and operational sector as well as to provide guidance as to any systems of insurance businesses, to verify the existing gaps in the framework being used and best entities’ financial status and level of compliance practice standards. The holder will work to assist with their own internal policies and standards the Commission to fulfil its responsibilities under and relevant local and international standards, various Ordinances, Regulatory Core Principles ordinances and regulations. Review insurance and best practices standards. products being offered to the public. Job Title: Bank and Trust Job Title: Insurance Analyst Officer II (Two positions) Location: Providenciales Location: Providenciales Salary: Grade 6 Salary: Grade 5 Qualification: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Economics, Business Administration or equivalent professional qualifications such as ACII or equivalent & Four (4) years related working experience in a senior position in the insurance, insurance regulation, or auditing field Job Summary Reporting to the Supervisor, the Insurance Analyst will participate in the conduct of off-site and on-site inspections of the financial and operational systems of insurance businesses, including their corporate governance framework.

Qualification: BSc. Degree in Accounting, Finance, or Economics; (3) years related experience or an equivalent certification and work experience. Job Summary To contribute to the work of the Bank and Trust Department in the conduct of offsite reviews and on-site examination reviews of assigned licensed deposit-taking institutions from the pre-planning stages to post-examination follow up as well as to help develop and implement a framework for riskbased assessment of licensees.

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FortisTCI linemen make extensive repairs following major accident

Following a major vehicular accident in Providenciales early Monday morning, August 24, 2015, on call FortisTCI linemen were dispatched to conduct repairs to a broken pole. The scene, located westbound on Leeward Highway between Do It Center and KB Homes, was manned for more than ten hours as crews worked tirelessly to complete necessary repairs. This work was carried out by the crew, with the distribution line hot (energized), which ensured that electricity customers did not experienced any major outage. The structure that was damaged was a 55-foot pole holding a 35kv transmission top circuit that powers Blue Hills. The pole was also holding a 12.5kv distribution underbuilt feeder which feeds Leeward Highway West. The linemen on scene along with FortisTCI substation

electricians performed switching to ensure power supply remained to the Blue Hills and Leeward Highway West areas. The linemen safely replaced the damaged pole and conducted all distribution switches using approved hot-line methods. FortisTCI Vice President of Transmission & Distribution Devon Cox said, “This was a job well done by our certified linemen. Working on energised lines for 10 hours is very difficult and requires a great deal of concentration and skill. The team performed a very difficult task flawlessly, and we commend them. Their attention to detail and efforts to maintain a safe work environment during the day is most commendable.” The team from FortisTCI that carried out this complex work included Marcus Gray, Atley Gray, Myron Rigby,

Kelorian Forbes, Kavin Ewing, Gregory Thomas, and Dave Laing. FortisTCI also wished to extend gratitude to the flagman from E.L. Construction that assisted with slowing traffic near the work site. Authorities have advised that this incident is still under investigation,

and initial reports are that there were no serious injuries. The Company wishes to remind the public to exercise all caution and care while driving to avoid incidents such as this that can be fatal. Total costs for repairs are still being calculated, but early estimates are in excess of US $5K.

New Restaurant to Open at Alexandra Resort The Alexandra Resort will open a new beachfront restaurant in early October. The restaurant will be called Asú on the beach. The name means sunset in Taino, the language spoken by the Arawak Indians who lived in Turks and Caicos centuries ago. The newly renovated restaurant facilities will emphasize a relaxed environment overlooking world acclaimed Grace Bay. Cheerful and contemporary decor will welcome guests during the day, and by night patrons will be presented with a magical dining atmosphere under a starlit sky accentuated by illuminated baskets.

Asú on the Beach will also offer barefoot dining on the beach at dinner, which is always a special treat for island visitors. The indoor dining area will be renovated to include an open concept kitchen, as well as an upgraded bar and dining area, and an air conditioned function room for private events. Food and beverage service will be offered to Alexandra Resort guests on the beach, at the swim up pool bar, and poolside. Asú on the Beach will be open daily from 7:30am until 10:30pm for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The restaurant replaces a popular dining venue at the Alexandra Resort, and joins the Turks

& Caicos Collection of other resort restaurants that include Kitchen 218 at Beach House, and Salt Bar & Grill and Fire & Ice at Blue Haven Resort and Marina.

NOTICE OF SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION

Career Opportunities:

Grace Bay Resorts is looking for candidates that have the requirements listed along with an outgoing professional manner. They love to work with different types of people, meet challenges with a positive attitude and live the standards of our organization. Their management style is one that balances a commitment to people and their development with business/ financial accountability and delivers an exceptional guest experience

Director of Finance

Job Requirements & Qualifications:

•Recognized Accountancy Qualification, ACA/ACCA/CIMA/CPA •5 - 10 years post qualification experience. •Experience in running the finance function in a luxury hotel/resort/ club. •Experience in running the finance function in a multi luxury property organization •Considerable people management experience. •Excellent knowledge of hotel accounting software. •Advanced mathematical and accounting concepts •Analyzing and interpreting general business periodicals, professional journals and governmental regulations. •Coordinates and manages the Business Planning and Forecasting process in conjunction with the General Managers and Department Heads of each property. •Supervises the timely preparation and distribution of Financial Statements and Operating Reports in conjunction with Corporate and Owner guidelines including cash flow statements

Qualified Belongers need only to apply Salary Range: Commensurate based on qualification and experience

Interested persons can contact our Human Resources Department no later than August 31, 2015 @ (649) 946-5050 Ext. 1030Email: sheba.wilson@gracebayclub.com Fax: (649) 946-5758 P.O. Box 128 Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands, British West Indies

Scotiabank (Turks & Caicos) Ltd. of Cherokee Road, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands hereby gives notice of its intention to sell by Public Auction the following properties pursuant to its power of sale as registered Chargee under the Registered Land Ordinance of the Turks and Caicos Islands. 1.Parcel 61109/4 Long Bay Hills, Providenciales. Single storey main house with two bedrooms, one bathroom, kitchen, dining/living room, family room and laundry room and an apartment unit with one bedroom, one bathroom, kitchen and living/ dining room on 1.021 acre. Registered Proprietor: Rickanro Samarl Lightbourn 2.Parcel 60900/288 Leeward Going Through, Providenciales. Single storey main house with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, kitchen, laundry room, living/dining room and an apartment unit with one bedroom, one bathroom, kitchen and living/dining room on 0.36 acre. Registered Proprietors: Mark Andrew Knighton and Julie Margaret Knighton 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 28th day of August 2015. A reserved price will be fixed on all parcels and a deposit of 10% is due immediately upon all accepted bids.

JaMalCo Ltd 1 ELECTRICIAN • PREPARE ELECTRICAN ESTIMATES FOR MATERIALS • PREPARE ELECTRICAN ESTIMATES FOR LABOUR • READ AND REVIEW ELECTRICAL DRAWINGS • DO INSTALLATIONS AS PER SPECIFICATIONS • MUST HAVE 6 YEARS EXPERIENCE • Salary Offering: $10.00 per hour Closing date for application is the 4th September, 2015 Applications should be emailed to jmc@tciway.tc

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17 persons to benefit from Caribbean vocational qualification training A total of 17 persons "The National Training are enrolled in the Caribbean Agency from Trinidad and Tobago Vocational Qualification (CVQ) will be responsible for the training”, training at the Occasions Ballroom said Cherylann Jones, Permanent and Conference Centre, in the Secretary, Ministry of Education Airport Inn Hotel, Providenciales, Youth Sports and Library Services. Turks and Caicos Islands. "The proposed introduction of the Participants were invited CVQ forms part of the Ministry’s from the public high schools as well goals to strengthen technical and as the private sector and will be vocational education and skills trained as assessors and verifiers training in the Turks and Caicos during the exercise that will extend Islands. from 24th August to 11 September "The areas slated for 2015. introduction in this academic

year 2015/2016 include food preparation, construction, data operations, customer services, and early childhood education. This implementation of the CVQs’ will be done on a phased basis, and as such, additional areas will be introduced in line with the demand of the labour market and available resources. "As part of the proposed introduction of the CVQ, a team from CXC will be in country during the week of August 31 through September 4 to undertake a pre-

(L TO R) Dr. Timar D. Stephenson, Education Planner, Cherylann Jones, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education Youth Sports and Library Services, Royetta Moore, Trainer (National Training Agency), Edgar Howell, Director of Planning

Royetta Moore, Trainer (National Training Agency)

Seven Stars Resort is seeking suitably individuals to fill the positions outlined below. Ideal candidates must possess luxury resort experience, a professional demeanor, and a strong command of the English Language (oral and written). Relevant experience and a passion for hospitality is required. Salary is based on experience and qualifications.

HOUSEKEEPING ATTENDANT •Suitable candidates must have a minimum of 2 years’ experience working at a 5 Star Resort in a similar role. •Must have a strong attention to details and exceptional ability to maintain the highest standards of quality required. •Assist in all Housekeeping responsibilities, cleaning of guest rooms, stocking amenities and linens. •Must have the ability to lift at least 50lbs. •Perform any other tasks or projects as directed by Housekeeping Manager. •Clean police record is required

CARPENTER ASSITANT As a Seven Stars Carpenter Assistant, you will work alongside our Facilities Team, and with our Lead Carpenter, to construct, erect, install, and repair structures and fixtures of wood, plywood, metal studs, and drywall using carpenter’s hand, and power tools; making sure to conform to hotel standards and local building codes. Specific responsibilities include assisting Lead Carpenter with: •Repairing, constructing, installing furniture, fixtures, decking, also walls,

floors, ceilings, using materials such as: wood, steel, metal, concrete, plastics, and composites of multiple materials •Fitting and installing window frames, doors, door frames, door

audit of the public schools’ facilities and to make recommendations geared at ensuring that the facilities meet the required CVQ standards." The Ministry of Education would like to take this opportunity to thank all those persons who have invested their time and energy in this venture and is assuring the populace that the introduction of the CVQ signals significant growth and development as we seek to create a group of highly qualified local skilled workers.

hardware, interior and exterior trim •Studying specifications in blueprints, plans to prepare project layout and determine dimensions and materials required •Staining, painting, varnishing, detailed finishing of all wood furniture and structures. •Shaping or cutting materials to specified measurements, using hand tools, machines, or power saws •Building or repairing cabinets, doors, frameworks, floors, or other wooden fixtures used in throughout the resort, using woodworking machines, hand tools, or power tools •Assembling and fastening materials to make frameworks or props, using hand tools and wood screws, nails, dowel pins, or glue •Removing damaged or defective parts or sections of furniture, structures and repair or replace, using hand and or power tools •Inspecting ceiling or floor tile, wall coverings, siding, glass, or any woodwork throughout the resort to detect broken or damaged for repair. •Following established safety rules and regulations and maintaining a safe and clean environment

REQUIREMENTS: •3 years of experience in commercial carpentry •Ability to comprehend schematic diagrams, blueprints, sketches, building plans and other specifications required by our client for information pertaining to the type of material required to get job done •Experience working with all wood working equipment •Strong working knowledge of job site safety as well as ability to complete a company specific safety orientation •High standard of integrity and professionalism •Clean police record is required Interested candidates should apply via e-mail to Seven Stars at hr@ sevenstarsgracebay.com for consideration. Application deadline: September 4, 2015

ONLY CANDIDATES MEETING ABOVE REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS WILL BE CONTACTED.

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DIGICEL LUCKY CUSTOMERS WIN $1000 EACH IN SUMMER IN THE FAST LANE PROMOTION With only two weeks into the “summer in the Fast Lane promotion”, two lucky customers have now joined the Digicel winner’s circle by each winning cash prizes of $1000. The winners, Hudson Gardiner and Arneld Walkin were awarded their prizes during a call on radio station 93.9 Island FM broadcasting live from the Digicel store on August 14th. Hudson Gardiner, a local plumber of Bottle Creek, North Caicos was overjoyed when he when received the call on August 14th announcing that he was the winner of $1000 cash for simply topping up his phone with $20 credit. Hudson stated that he was in disbelief when he received the call as he had never won anything before. He further stated that he could not have asked for a better gift since it was also his birthday. When asked what he would do with his cash prize, Hudson stated that the much needed cash would go towards paying bills. Arneld Walkin, also a local

Arneld Walkin resident of Blue Hills, Providenciales was another shocked customer when he was contacted live on the air. Walkin initially lost for words, came around and expressed his gratitude to Digicel on winning the $1000 cash. Walkin recently purchased a new Digicel smartphone and was entered into the draw to win. He stated that

with one month free data services. “Congratulations to all our winners to date,” Trina Adams, Digicel Marketing manager stated. “The heat is on and it’s going to get more exciting over the next two weeks. Every customer can be a winner but they must participate in order to win. Simply purchase a featured LTE handset, signing up for a LTE postpaid or prepaid plan, activating a LTE data plan or topping up $20 or more.” At the end of the promotion on August 31st, four customers would have each win $1000 in cash Prizes. One lucky customer will win one year Hudson Gardiner of free Digicel service - mobile, TV and he will be saving his $1000 cash prize Home broadband. Other customers will walk away with free handsets, for a rainy day. A third winner of a Digicel data and credit amongst other prizes smartphone Roman Bowlyn was – over $10,000 in cash and prizes to be another elated customer to win on won. The next cash prize winners August 14th for simply being the 50th customers to walk in the Digicel will be called live on 93.9 Island FM on flagship store at IGA on that day. August 28th between 12-4:30pm. While other customers walked away

Digicel Play elevates extraordinary staff members Myrlchina Lewis receiving a certificate from Governor, H.E. Peter Beckingham and Hon. Washington C. Misick, Minister of Finance, Investment & Trade.

Senior civil servant receives 2015 Chevening Scholarship

Roshaun Malcolm Digicel Play has promoted Roshaun Malcolm and Leanne Seymour to Corporate Customer Care Executive and Call Centre Team Leader respectively. Roshaun and Leanne, in their time at Digicel Play, have been outstanding, dedicated and hardworking, ensuring that the company offers their customers the best service possible. In their new posts, both employees will be instrumental in continuing to build on the current success of Digicel Play in giving their customers the best services and products that the TCI has to offer; Roshaun will now be the face of Digicel Play in the Corporate Customer Market, managing corporate accounts; while Leanne will be responsible for leading and guiding Call Centre employees. In announcing the staff

Leanne Seymour promotions, CEO of Digicel TCI, Erik Staaf said: “We are very proud of Roshaun and Leanne. It is the hard work and commitment to excellence of staff members like these that prove essential in making Digicel the best company in the TCI. I personally appreciate their service, and the service of our entire team. We will continue to strive to ensure that Digicel has the most extraordinary staff, with the best training, and the best opportunities for Turks & Caicos Islanders to advance.” Roshaun joined the Digicel team in September 2014 as an Outbound Calling agent and, due to her exceptional performance, was quickly moved to the Call Center to answer customer calls and queries. With no surprise, she excelled in this post as well and later progressed

to the Front Line as a Customer Care Representative. Leanne Seymour joined the Digicel team in September 2014 as well, as a Junior Dispatcher in the Dispatch Department. Leanne displayed great talent as a Junior Dispatcher and was then moved to the Customer Care Department as a Resolution Agent. Once again, she performed excellently in this role and then joined the Call Centre team, where she has been elevated to her new post as Team Leader. Both Roshaun and Leanne have proven that determination and an excellent work ethic pays off. The entire Digicel family take this opportunity to congratulate them and wish them much continued success in their new roles.

Myrlchina Lewis, Senior Tax Officer at the Revenue Department has been awarded the highly coveted Chevening Scholarship to study at the University of Birmingham this fall. The award was presented by Governor, H.E. Peter Beckingham and Hon. Washington C. Misick, Minister of Finance, Investment & Trade. The Chevening Scholarship is awarded to outstanding individuals with leadership potential, and offers financial support for a Master’s level degree at one of the UK’s leading universities. “I would like to thank God and my family for all their support and encouragement,” said Ms. Lewis. “It is truly an honour to be a recipient of the Chevening Scholarship. “Last year marked the first time the Turks & Caicos Islands featured an awardee in almost a decade. Hopefully I can be a motivation to potential applicants for the 2016 award.” To be eligible for a Chevening Scholarship, an applicant must: - Be a citizen of a Chevening-eligible country, and intend to return there after your studies - Hold a degree that is equivalent to at least an upper second-class honors degree in the UK - Have completed at least two years’ work or equivalent experience before applying for a Chevening Scholarship - Be able to meet the Chevening minimum English language requirement - Be able to obtain the correct visa, and receive an unconditional offer from a UK university

Further details of the application process are available at www.chevening.org/apply. Applications for the 2016/17 scholarship scheme will close on 3rd November 2015 at 23:59.

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LOCAL NEWS The Hartling Group is rich with creative talent and it was on display last week Thursday evening August 20th, 2015 in the ballroom of the Regent Palms for the entertainment of staff, family and friends. This is the 2nd time this event has been held between the two properties and will be held annually. The event, billed as “Hartling Group’s Got Talent!” certainly delivered on that promise with seven contestants and an opening dance by Committee members for the event who did an opening dance and the event highlighted the singing, dancing and comedic talents of local staff members. The night ended with the

announcement of the winners, who received standing ovations. The judges awarded the prize to Sands act, “Easher Parker & Howard Small” and Viewers choice winner, which was voted by the audience, was given to The Front Office Team from Regent Palms. Here are s o m e highlights from the event:

From L-R- Howard Small, Karen Whitt General Manager at Regent Palms, Easher Parker, Mona Beeson General Manager at The Sands at Grace Bay and CEO Stan Hartling

The Regent Palms host 2nd annual Hartling’s group got talent show

From L-R Sales & Marketing Director Ling Riley, Songstress and local artist Chrystal Tess Charles, Karen Whitt General Manager at Regent Palms and Natasha Prosper. Barbara Rigby & Ri-ann Sutton from The Sands who did a poetry performance entitled “Classic”

From left to Right - Stan Hartling- CEO of Hartling Group, Karen Whitt -General Manager of Regent Palms and Pierre Beswick- Vice President of Resort Assets for Hartling Groupw

Onlookers whips to the popular song by Silento watch me (whip/nae nae)

Easher Parker from The Sands perfo to the Chicago Broadway song “I ca

Participants of the Hartling’s Got Talent Show

L to R- Dancer and pass Miss Turks and Caicos Earth Francis, talented songstress and local artist Chrysta with talented baritone singer Tyler Landy and Regen & Marketing Director Ling Riley.

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“The Front Office Team from Regent Palms” who did a dance medley inclusive of Sir Mix-a lot’s Baby Got Back and Mr. Fet Machel Montana.

ormed a Caberet dance an’t do it alone”

Astraneak Louis from The Palms performed also to the African dance song Kukere in a stylish flare costume

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Emcees for the event, Mr. Obrien Forbes and Ms. Delthia Russell, Immigration and Labour Liaison

Fedone Letang aka “Fifi” from The Palms, who did an African dance to the song “Kukere” by Iyanya

Carlton Waite last year’s winner of the Viewer’s Choice Award came back with a comedic performance and singing of Beres Hammond song “feel good”

Committee members for the event did am opening dance combing Jackson 5’s song I want you back, the popular Dance Watch me Whip and the ever so popular Soca song “Lucy

h Tameka Deveauxal Tess Charles along nt Palms very own Sales Chrystal Tess Charles

The Tinikling Dancers from The Palms performed a traditional Philippine dance known as Tinikling which comprises of bamboo sticks being struck together in a melody.

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REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ)

SOUTH CAICOS AIRPORT – AERODROME REFURBISHMENT AND TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT AIRSIDE REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

1.1

Invitation

The Turks and Caicos Islands Airports Authority (TCIAA) invites Submissions from Respondents for the provision of construction services for the South Caicos Airport Aerodrome Refurbishment and Terminal Development – Airside Redevelopment Program.

SOUTH CAICOS AIRPORT

This Request for Qualifications is the first of a two-stage procurement process. This stage involves selecting the Respondents that meet the requirements of the qualification criteria contained herein. Those firms that are successfully qualified will be invited to submit a tender to be issued at a later date by the TCIAA. The purpose of this qualification is to develop a shortlist of construction firms as qualified Respondents.

Turks and Caicos Islands Airport Authority SOUTH CAICOS AIRPORT AERODROME REFURBISHMENT AND TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT AIRSIDE REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

The TCIAA may at its own discretion invite international Contractor’s having not responded to this RFQ to bid on the tender. This RFQ and subsequent tender is intended only to the Airside Redevelopment Program and does not include work associated with the Air Terminal Building development or ancillary buildings.

1.2

The Project

The TCIAA is moving forward with the Airside Redevelopment Program, part of a multi-phase program to expand capacity and enhance the operational safety/security of the South Caicos International Airport in the Turks and Caicos. The Airside Redevelopment Program is scheduled for construction commencement in fall of 2015. The project consists of the following major components of work:

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Runway Extension (100m x 30m)

Runway Rehabilitation (1,840m x 30m)

Apron Rehabilitation and Expansion

New Connecting Taxiway

Runway Graded Area Improvements

Storm Drainage Works

Construction of Runway End Safety Areas (RESA)

Perimeter Security/Wildlife Fencing and Access/Service Roads

Runway, Taxiway and Apron Edgelighting

The consultant team, led by WSP Canada Inc., has advanced the design to 90% Construction Documents. These documents will be complete near the end of the RFQ process and will form the tender documents for the next phase. An Overall Site Plan for the Airside Redevelopment Program is enclosed in Appendix A and shows the location of the airport and proposed work. VERSION 1 – August 26, 2015

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The following is an indicative summary of major bid items and their current estimated quantities. The list is to provide an order-of-magnitude project size only:

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x x x x x x x x x x x x

Clearing and Grubbing Stripping Asphalt Removal Excavation Supply, Place and Cement Treated Base Supply and Place HMAC Supply and Place Portland Cement Concrete (PCC) Apron Concrete Storm Drainage Pipes Drainage Ditches New Security/Wildlife Fencing Pavement Line Markings Airfield Lighting Electrical Systems including: o PAPI Relocation o Runway Edgelighting and End/Threshold Lights o Airfield Signage o Taxiway/Apron Edgelighting

125,000 m2 250,000 m2 80,000 m2 200,000 m3 90,000 m2 20,000 tonnes 1,800 m2 500 lm 4,000 lm 3,000 lm

1. Obtaining all necessary permits, authorizations, etc. from agencies as required for the project. 2. Maintenance of Traffic – construction of temporary haul routes to/from contractor staging areas, as necessary, and control of construction traffic within project site 3. Provision of Quality Control services by certified agencies for all aspects of work 4. Environmental Compliance The South Caicos Airport is the functioning facility and will be operational during construction. A detailed Plan of Construction Operations (PCO) will be developed by the Consultant. The Contractor will be required to follow it for the entire duration of construction works at the airport.

Request for Qualification Documents

The following documents are the Request for Qualification Documents which outline the background and requirements for the submission: x x x x

Qualification Schedule

The following is the planned schedule for the RFQ process. The TCIAA may modify this schedule as necessary. Issue RFQ

August 26, 2015

Close of Questions

September 4, 2015

RFQ Closing Date

September 11, 2015

Evaluation and selection of short-listed Respondents

September 15, 2015

Tentative Interview Dates (short-listed Respondents only)*

September 17, 2015

Complete Evaluation and notify Respondents

September 29, 2015

Issue tender

October 9, 2015

*Interviews may be requested for short-listed Respondents. The evaluation team will determine if interviews are required after reviewing the RFQ documents.

In addition, the Proponent would be responsible for (but not limited to):

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This Invitation to submit Request for Qualification Documents Bonding Verification and Bonding Limits Appendix A – Airport Overall Site Plan Appendix B – RFQ Submission Guidelines – to be used as a guideline in developing the submission

The TCIAA may issue Addenda pursuant to the RFQ which amends the RFQ Documents. All such addenda will become a part of the RFQ Documents upon being issued by the TCIAA.

1.5

Definitions

For all purposes of this document, except as it is otherwise expressly provided herein, or unless otherwise noted, the terms defined shall have the meanings as assigned to them in as follows: “Client” means the Turks and Caicos Islands Airports Authority (TCIAA). “Engineer” means the Consultant contracted by TCIAA to provide engineering and construction supervision services for the Project. “Evaluation Team” means the committee established by the TCIAA to evaluate the Submissions. “Evaluation Criteria” means the criteria by which the evaluation team will evaluate all submissions as outlined. “Project” means Airside Redevelopment Program as described under Section 1.2. “Proponent” means the company or group of companies forming a legal entity that will enter into the agreement with the TCIAA when selected as the successful respondent in the tender process. “Respondent” means a person, corporation, partnership, joint venture or other organization, which will be submitting a response to this RFQ. “RFQ” means the process for this project whereby the TCIAA establishes a list of qualified Respondents that will be invited to submit a tender for the Project.

The RFQ may be amended or revised by the TCIAA in the sole discretion at any time during the RFQ process and until such time, if any, a contract is entered into with a preferred proponent. If it becomes necessary to amend or revise in any part of this RFQ the amendments or revisions will be provided in writing by addendum. It is the sole responsibility of the proponent prior to the RFQ closing to ensure they have received all amendments or revisions pertaining to the RFQ.

Words implying the singular include the plural and those implying masculine also include feminine or neuter and vice versa, where the context requires.

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“Submission” means a Respondent’s complete response to the TCIAA’s Request for Qualification Documents and all supporting referenced documents.

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4. Submissions must be received at the above location at the date and time indicated on page one of this document. Submissions received after this time and date may not be considered and will be returned unopened.

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Overview of the Project Selection Process

A two-phased selection process will be used to identify the successful Proponent to enter into the Construction agreement for the Project. Phase 1 - Request for Qualifications (RFQ) The first phase of the selection process, the RFQ phase, will qualify and rank proponents based on pre-established evaluation criteria. The objective is to shortlist qualified proponents for tender. Phase 2 – Invited Tender Those proponents short-listed through this RFQ phase will be invited to respond to the Tender. The TCIAA may at its own discretion invite international Contractor’s having not responded to this RFQ to bid on the tender. BONDING To ensure the faithful execution and proper fulfilment of the construction contract, the successful proponent will be required to provide the TCIAA with the following bonds at the time the successful proponent enters into a construction contract with the TCIAA: A – Performance Bond in the amount of 50% of the estimated total contract price covering the faithful performance of the contract, and B – A Labour and Materials bond in the amount of 50% of the estimated total contract price. The Tender will ask Proponents to submit binding proposal to build and commission the Project. After evaluation of the tenders by the Evaluation Team, the successful Proponent will be selected and an agreement negotiated in good faith and executed.

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Submissions

1. Respondents are required to submit one (1) original and one (1) complete bound copy of their Submission. The original is to be clearly marked “Original” and each copy marked “Copy”. Respondent must also provide an electronic copy of their Submissions on USB. In cases of discrepancies between the original and a copy, the original shall govern. Submissions shall include all requested information and be submitted in a sealed package clearly marked with the Respondent’s name, address, closing date. 2. Submissions will be received by:

5. It is the responsibility of the Respondent to ensure the Submission is date-and-time stamped at the address indicated above. 6. The TCIAA will reject any Submission received by the TCIAA at a different address than that listed in the RFQ Documents. 7. All Submissions, questions, or inquiries shall be written in English. The TCIAA will reject any submissions not written in English. 8. Submissions shall be signed by a duly authorized signing authority of the Respondent. The signatures of persons executing the Submission must be in their respective handwriting. 9. Respondents are requested to address the evaluation criteria in the order in which they appear in the Qualification Submission form and in sufficient depth in their submission. 10. Respondents are solely responsible for all costs and expenses incurred in relation to this qualification, attending interviews (if required) and for submitting additional information requested by the TCIAA. The TCIAA is not liable to pay such costs and expenses or to reimburse or to compensate a Respondent under any circumstances. 11. Submissions should be succinct and shall be in written format responding to requirements set out in the Qualification Documents. Respondents will be evaluated solely on the information that has been provided in their submission. 12. Submissions shall be in a form that follows the Qualification guideline document in Appendix B. 13. The Respondent may be made up of a team of individuals, partnerships, joint ventures or corporations but the individual, partnership, joint venture or corporation on the team shall name a representative or Lead Team Member for the team that has the authority to act on behalf of the submitting entity. The TCIAA will consider the company named as the representative or Lead Team Member as the construction firm and the other companies forming the team as subcontractors. 14. All documents submitted become the property of the TCIAA.

1.8

Questions / Inquiries

1. It is the Respondent’s responsibility to clarify the interpretation of any items outlined in the Qualification Documents and relating to the Qualification.

Attn. John T. Smith, CEO Turks and Caicos Islands Airports Authority Providenciales International Airport Turks and Caicos

2. All inquires/questions related to this Qualification are to be directed IN WRITING ONLY (letter or e-mail) up to and including September 4, 2015, 4:00 P.M. (local time) to the contact person listed below. Any verbal or written inquires directed to anyone other than the listed contact person will not be considered.

3. Fax submissions will not be accepted.

John T. Smith, CEO johntsmith@tciairports.com VERSION 1 – August 26, 2015

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3. Responses to any inquiries received will be distributed as an addendum to all prospective Respondents who requested the Qualification Documents. 4. TCIAA reserves the right in its sole discretion to extend the proposal closing. Any revision to the RFQ closing will be provided by written addenda.

1.9

Evaluation of Submissions/Responses

1. An Evaluation Committee will review and evaluate the Submissions received. In order to be considered a Submission must comply with the Evaluation Criteria. 2. The TCIAA may disqualify any Submission that is incomplete or missing important required information, as determined at the sole discretion of the Evaluation Committee. Items not addressed in a Submission will be deemed as not meeting the criteria and given zero points.

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3. Submissions will be evaluated using a weighted evaluation scoring method as follows:

1.10 Submission Guidelines

x The TCIAA has pre-determined weights for evaluation of each particular item. x The TCIAA will assign scores using a scale of 0 to 5, at the sole discretion of the Evaluation Committee. The score will then be multiplied by the weight for that particular item. Through this method, the total score will be determined. x The total scores will be determined and will be the basis for determining the qualified submissions. x Only Respondents meeting the submission requirements will be evaluated. Submissions will be evaluated using the following criteria and weighting: CRITERIA

Weight

Approach/Methodology

Proposed Project Team and Resumes of Key Personnel

Organizational Structure

Construction Experience Details of Similar Projects

Airport Experience

Other Relevant Experience (Civil, Earthworks, Paving, etc.)

Local Staff/Partnerships Quality Control Program

5 10

Health and Safety, Environment

Quality of Submission

Total

100

4. Respondents will be notified once the highest-ranking firms have been short listed. Short listed firms may be invited for interviews. 5. No debriefing sessions will be arranged for Contractors not short-listed. VERSION 1 – August 26, 2015

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Format and Content To facilitate ease of evaluation by the Evaluation Team, and to ensure each Submission receives full consideration, Submissions must be organized in the following format and sequence. 1. Qualification Submission Guidelines - The Respondent must complete the RFQ submission as per the Qualification Submission Guidelines. Responses will be used in evaluation of submissions. See Appendix B. 2. Any additional information which the Respondent may wish to include with their submission (i.e. references, innovations, etc.).

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APPENDIX A SITE PLAN PROPOSED PROJECTS Copyright Reserved

LEGEND

THE COPYRIGHTS TO ALL DESIGNS AND DRAWINGS ARE THE PROPERTY OF WSP INC. REPRODUCTION OR USE FOR OTHER THAN THAT AUTHORIZED BY WSP INC. IS FORBIDDEN.

AIRPORT BOUNDARY EXISTING EDGE OF PAVEMENT EXISTING FENCELINE EXISTING EDGE OF GRAVEL EXISTING DITCH CENTERLINE NEW RUNWAY STRIP NEW FENCELINE NEW DITCH AND DIRECTION OF FLOW TIE-IN / RESTORATION LIMIT

Notes

EXISTING STANDING WATER EXISTING BUILDING

THRESHOLD LIGHT 2.

RUNWAY/TAXIWAY/APRON EDGE LIGHT

NEW PAPI

EXISTING AIRSIDE ASPHALT

4. 5.

PROPOSED PAVEMENT EXPANSION PROPOSED PAVEMENT REHABILITATION

6. 7.

CARIBBEAN SEA

TOPOGRAPHICAL AND BASE MAPPING INFORMATION BASED ON AERIAL CONTOURS OBTAINED FROM TCIAA, AND BY TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEY COMPLETED BY ??? ON NOVEMBER 2012. THIS DRAWING IS NOT TO BE USED FOR CONSTRUCTION UNLESS NOTED/REVISED "ISSUED FOR CONSTRUCTION". CONSTRUCTION ACCESS BY ROUTES INDICATED AND DIGITIZED THROUGH AERIAL IMAGE ON CONSTRUCTION STAGING DRAWINGS. ALL UNITS IN METRES UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. PROPERTY BOUNDARY BASED ON DRAWINGS RECEIVED FROM TCIAA AND IS APPROXIMATE ONLY. LOCATES FOR UTILITIES/UNDERGROUND INSTALLATIONS SHALL BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION. ALL REMOVALS SHALL BE DISPOSED OFF-SITE UNLESS OTHERWISE DIRECTED BY THE ENGINEER.

HIG A P H PR TID O E X. LIM IT

LIMESTONE QUARRY

NEW RUNWAY, TAXIWAY, AND APRON EDGE LIGHTING Scale 1:4000

NEW TAXIWAY ALPHA

RUNWAY 11 EXTENSION

200

328.1 ft. x 147.6 ft. (100.0 m x 30.0 m)

X X

NEW RUN WAY X

GATE X

4 NI)

EX. ATB (PARTIALLY COMPLETED)

EX. HANGAR

NEW AIRSIDE ROAD NEW ATB AND ATC FACILITIES (BY OTHERS)

NEW RES A (240m x 90m)

EXISTING VEGETATION X

NEW DRAINAGE DITCHES

EXISTING GRAVE L ROAD

EXISTING SALT PONDS

3 + 300

3 + 200

EX. ATC (PARTIALLY COMPLETED)

3 + 100

RWY 29 PAPI

3 + 000

EX. FEC

Benchmark Information

STANDING WATER

2 + 900

2 + 800

2 + 700

2 + 600

ATB

T x 100 FT)

EX. ARFF SHELTER EX. ABANDONED BUILDING

1000 FEET

(6,008F

STRIP / GRADED AREA (CO DE

2 + 500

PCC APRON CONSTRUCTION

2 + 400

2 + 300

X X

300 METRES

NEW PERIMETER SECURITY FENCING

2 + 200

GATE

2 + 100

APRON

APRON REHABILITATION

NEW RUNWAY GRADED AREA STABILIZATION

2 + 000

200

500

4 NI)

1+ 900

X X

x 30.0m 1+ 800

1+ 700

STRIP / GRADED AREA (CO DE

11-29 183 1.48m

150.00m RUNWA Y STRIP

NEW RUN WAY

RUNWAY 1+ 600

1+ 500

EXISTING

1+ 400

1+ 300

1+ 200

1+ 100

1+ 000

0 + 900

EX. PUMP HOUSE

100

200

6,009 ft. x 147.6 ft. (1,831.5 m x 30 m ±)

RWY 11 PAPI

STANDING WATER

LIMIT OF CHAIN LINK SECURITY FENCING

RUNWAY 11-29 REHABILITATION

NEW AIRSIDE ROAD 0 + 800

0 + 700

0 + 600

EXISTING GRAVEL ROAD

0 + 500

0 + 425

EX. STORMWATER BAFFLES BENEATH ROADWAY

100

RUNWAY 11 PAPI RELOCATION

(FIRE ACCESS)

NEW RES A (240m x 90m)

Key Plan

NEW AIRSIDE ROAD

LIMIT OF CHAIN LINK SECURITY FENCING

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RUNWAY EXTENSION, TAXIWAY / APRON EXTENSION & REHABILITATION SITE PLAN PROPOSED PROJECTS

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Submissions are to include all information as requested in this RFQ for the submission to be compliant and in order to enable appropriate evaluation of the response. Respondent is to adhere to the format outlined below, and shall refrain from including extraneous information in their submission, such as corporate brochures.

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The contents and organization of submissions is shown below and further explanation of the material that is to be provided in each section follows. Each section shall be clearly separated and identified. Within the proposal the following must be addressed and is outlined as a guideline: Cover Page (Identifying all members of the Team) List of Team Members and Key Personnel

APPENDIX B RFQ SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Table of Contents 1. Organizational Information a) b) c) d)

Identification of Respondent Ownership Structure Company Directors/Officers Core Business

2. Understanding the Project a) Establish Approach and Methodology 3. Relevant Experience a) b) c) d) e) f)

Relevant Project Experience Project Management Experience Airfield Construction Experience South Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands, and Caribbean Construction Experience Quality Management Experience Local Staffing/Partnerships

4. Qualifications a) Proposed Project Organizational Chart b) Resumes - Project Manager, Project Superintendent, Quality Manager c) Resume - Other Key Personnel 5. Quality Management Plan, Quality Assurance and Controls 6. Health and Safety Plan, Environmental Information/Commitment

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MAIN DUTIES Prepare food items of consistent quality in accordance with production requirements and quality standards while maintaining a safe sanitary work environment. Start prep work on food items needed for the menu of the day. Organize all of the various prep items needed from different areas to ensure that all items are in place and ready for service. Inform the Manager of any shortage of supplies that need restocking before items completely run out. REQUIREMENTS Applicants must have a minimum of three-year culinary experience working in a restaurant. Comprehend and follow recipes and cooking techniques. Must have thorough knowledge and understanding of food service sanitation standards. Thorough knowledge and understanding of standard kitchen equipment and its use. Applicants must be willing to work varied shifts, split shifts, nights, weekends and holidays as required by management. Perform other duties as assigned, requested or deemed necessary by management. Applicants will be required to work on a full time basis. Must be able to walk, stand or stoop for the duration of shift (at least 8 hours). Applicants must be able to understand/speak/read/write English proficiently. Applicants must be detail oriented, must be hardworking and a team player. Work with minimal supervision. Salary commensurate with experience and training. Interested applicants should contact Veronica Rigby via email by September 14, 2015 at ronnie@habgroup.com or by fax 649-946-5191. Suitable applicants will be contacted by email or telephone to schedule an interview.

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REQUIREMENTS

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The Bahamas’ credit rating downgraded because of Baha Mar dispute

Standard & Poor’s (S&P) made and foreign direct investment (FDI) good on its threat to downgrade the in the tourism sector, S&P added: “In Bahamas’ sovereign creditworthiness, the domestic economy, non-performing warning of “depressed growth” due to loans are more than 15 per cent of total a combination of the Baha Mar dispute loans. and long-term structural weaknesses “Consumer credit and in the economy. outstanding residential mortgages The Nassau Tribune says are more than 60 per cent of GDP. the rating agency, in predicting that Unemployment - excluding seasonal this nation would suffer low GDP per effects - remains elevated. An capita growth of less than 1 per cent inefficient energy sector pushes up “over the next several years”, warned energy costs and weighs on growth.” there was greater than “a one-in-three” The Government last night chance that it could slash the Bahamas’ said this assessment ignored the creditworthiness again within the next two percentage point fall in the six months to two years. unemployment rate, as measured And, perhaps significantly, in May, plus efforts to secure S&P warned that the Christie The Baha Mar mega resort in Nassau, on the island of New Providence, in The Bahamas PowerSecure as the Bahamas administration’s handling of the Baha Electricity Corporation’s (BEC) new Mar dispute - not just the outcome - because of the Government’s fiscal “We believe the Baha Mar manager. would be a major factor in determining reform progress to-date, but warned bankruptcy filing and subsequent Describing Baha Mar as more whether it lowered the Bahamas’ credit that this needed to be accompanied legal disputes will depress growth a “short-term economic shock”, S&P rating again. by higher economic growth rates to and possibly affect the fiscal and said the prospects of a rapid solution It predicted that Baha Mar “stabilise” the $6.2 billion national debt. external accounts. As a result, we are to the dispute between the developer would now not open in time for the The Ministry of Finance lowering our foreign and local currency and its Chinese partners (with the peak 2015-2016 winter season, and last night hit back somewhat at S&P, sovereign credit ratings on The Government as ‘mediator’) “have that visitor demand for the resort arguing that it had failed to give the Bahamas to ‘BBB-/A-3’ from ‘BBB/A-2’.” become more remote”. would take longer to materialise due to Government enough credit for Value- S&P added that its actions “We do not believe that the the “reputational damage” sustained Added Tax (VAT) implementation and “reflect both long-term vulnerabilities parties involved - the developer, by the dispute over the project. its wider fiscal reform programme, and the short-term economic shock of Baha Mar Ltd, its main lender, the The only comfort for the plus the economy’s improved outlook. the Baha Mar bankruptcy filing and Export-Import Bank of Chin,; and Government (and Bahamian people) However, the Ministry subsequent legal disputes. the contractor, China Construction is that this nation held on to an conceded that S&P’s action was not “The long-term vulnerabilities America - will manage to resolve their ‘investment grade’ by its fingertips, as unexpected, given its previous decision include a weakening external position differences in time for the resort to S&P cut the sovereign rating to ‘BBB- to place the Bahamas on ‘credit watch’. and fragile domestic economy. The open for the high season beginning in /A-3’ from ‘BBB+/A-2’. And the rating agency indicated that net external debt of the public and December,” S&P added. This leaves the Bahamas’ long-term issues plaguing the economy financial sectors has risen from 14 per “Not only do we see the completion sovereign creditworthiness just one had contributed as much as the Baha cent of current account receipts (CAR) of construction of this $3.5 billion notch above so-called ‘junk’ status, a Mar debacle to it its latest decision. in 2008 to an estimated 48 per cent of mega-resort being delayed, but we level that would likely impact both “Growth bottlenecks, including CAR this year. also expect that bookings will take investor perceptions of this economy high household indebtedness, loan “The net external financing longer to fill the complex once it does and the Government’s ability to access, arrears, and unemployment levels, as needs of the public and financial open, given the reputational damage to and associated interest costs, on the well as energy inefficiencies, continue sectors rose from 141 per cent of CAR the resort’s brand as well as the time international capital markets. to subdue growth prospects of the to 159 per cent during the same period.” needed to obtain new airlift capacity S&P said it had only kept the Bahamian economy,” S&P said in its Emphasising that those figures did not for the resort.” Bahamas at ‘investment grade’ analysis include the Bahamas’ foreign-held debt

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Scientists say salamander in amber provides light on Caribbean evolution OREGON – The first-ever discovery of a salamander in amber has shed light on evolution of the Caribbean, according to scientists at Oregon State University (OSU). They said that fossil records have revealed something not known before – that salamanders once lived on an island in the Caribbean Sea, and that, now, they are nowhere to be found in the entire Caribbean area. OSU said that more than 20 million years ago, a short struggle took place in what is now the Dominican Republic, resulting in one animal getting its leg bitten off by a predator just before it escaped. 1But, in the confusion, it fell into a “gooey resin deposit, to be fossilized and entombed forever in amber.” OSU said the never before seen and now extinct species of salamander, named Palaeoplethodon hispaniolae by the authors of a scientific paper, “adds more clues to the ecological and geological history of the islands of the Caribbean. Findings about its brief life and traumatic end – it was just a baby – have been published in the journal Palaeodiversity, by researchers from OSU and the University of California at Berkeley. “I was shocked when I first saw it in amber,” said George Poinar, Jr., a professor emeritus in the OSU College of Science here, and a world expert in the study of insects, plants and other life forms preserved in amber, all of which allow researchers to reconstruct the ecology of ancient ecosystems.

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Jamaica murders near 800 so far this year JAMAICA has recorded just Reacting to the figures, under 800 murders in almost eight Derrick Smith, Opposition Spokesman months. on National Security, called it an Figures obtained by The islandwide ‘murder wave’ and said Gleaner show that 775 persons were he was concerned that despite all the reported killed up to Monday, a 20 per measures that have been implemented cent increase when compared with “we have not seen the sort of slowing the 643 murders reported over the down that one would expect”. corresponding period last year. “Every month for this year, The Jamaica Constabulary including August, is showing an Force (JCF) recorded 1,005 murders increase [in murders] over last year,” last year, a 16 per cent decline when Smith added. compared with the 1,197 recorded the National Security Minister previous year and did not record the Peter Bunting conceded yesterday that 700th murder until mid-September. it was “very disappointing” that the With 12 of the 19 police country has not been able to sustain divisions across the island reporting an the 16 per cent decline in murders last increase in murders, the figures show year. that in St James and Clarendon - both While noting that all other of which have seen a wave of killings categories of serious crimes continue in recent weeks - murders have jumped to decline, Bunting pointed out that by 60 and 42 per cent, respectively, this the projected out turn for murder this year. year will “still be within the range of According to the data, 139 1,000-1,200 that has prevailed for the persons were reported killed in St last five years”. James, compared with 87 over the “At this rate, we would end corresponding period last year while the year at about 1,200 murders, the 81 persons were reported killed in same number that occurred in 2013 Clarendon, compared to 57 for the and almost 500 fewer than the 1,692 similar period last year. murders in 2009,” he underscored.

Grenadian government minister says church leaders financially abusing members ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – The Grenada government is moving to structure how religious organisations function on the island after Religious Affairs Minister Emmalin Pierre expressed concerned at what appears to be a growing trend among some leaders of non traditional churches to “financially abuse” their membership. Without naming any specific denomination, Pierre said that some of these leaders were taking “advantage” of Grenadians by making certain financial demands besides the commitment for tides and weekly offerings. “We are seeing some trends that we are very uncomfortable about,” said Pierre, admitting that Church leaders have also expressed concern about the financial request being demanded by the non traditional churches. Pierre said that as a result, the government is moving to establish a framework that will allow for the churches here to function as structured entities. “We are not saying that you cannot open a church but we are setting standards that should be recognised by all churches,” she said. She said that most of the non-traditional churches making financial demands on worshippers are either recently launched here or have their headquarters overseas. “These persons come here from regional and international territories and registered these churches as non-governmental organisations for the sole purpose of opening a bank account to deposit the money collected. “Then they apply for concessions for vehicles from Government, (and) during that time they are also demanding that the membership give money to pay the rent of the building where the services are held even if they collect an offering and people are paying tides. “Some are even demanding that the members pay the rent where the pastor is residing, it’s a very serious. “Can you imagine, in rural communities a lot of people are already marginalise and vulnerable but these foreign religious leaders are demanding that they give so much to the church; some of them are even have to pay a membership fee of EC$50 (one EC dollar =US$0.37 cents),” the official said.

Smith again blamed it on the country’s economic malaise, particularly the Government’s “focus on passing IMF [International Monetary Fund] tests”. Charging that this had led to high levels of unemployment, Smith said the result is that more young people - particularly males - were beginning to feel hopeless, making them easy targets for criminal gangs. “Without growth leading to increased employment it is going to be difficult for the Government to contain this crime wave, this murder wave which extends across the island,” said the Opposition Spokesman on National Security. He noted, also, that the move by the Police High Command to increase deployment across crime hot spots in St James can work, but is not sustainable Bunting would not be drawn into a debate with his Opposition counterpart, but acknowledged that there were several factors that contributed to violent crimes, “many of which are outside the control of law enforcement”.

Bahamians arrested in Florida for Wal-Mart theft Lake County authorities on Thursday arrested eight teens and one adult from the Bahamas who were allegedly caught sneaking out of a Clermont Wal-Mart with duffel bags full of men’s clothing. All total, the group was trying to make off with $422-worth of garments, according to an arrest affidavit. Deputies showed up at the Wal-Mart at 550 U.S. Highway 27 at about 1 p.m., the report states. A store security officer told them the nine individuals had stuffed duffel bags with merchandise and had paid for some items but not others, according to the affidavit. The officer also said group members had been surrounding the cart, as if to conceal it from view, and were “looking around” suspiciously, authorities reported. Deputies stopped the group as they were leaving the store, according to the affidavit. One of the teens struggled against arrest and knocked over a deputy’s Taser, the report showed. The eight teens were charged with felony retail theft of more than $300. The adult, Donte Deveaux, 19, is facing the same charge, according to arrest records. All nine listed addresses in the Bahamas.

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Derrick Smith, Opposition Spokesman on National Security “I’m not going to contribute to attempts to create panic, sensationalism or advance political agendas on this issue,” he insisted. “Targets are aspirational goals and the achievements of these goals within a relatively short time frame cannot be guaranteed,” he reasoned. Amid an 18 per cent increase in murders in May, Police Commissioner Dr Carl Williams told The Gleaner it was too early for Jamaicans to start panic. “If it is happening over a much longer term, then we really have a problem. But it’s only five months ... we are not yet halfway through the year,” he said then.

Three female Jamaican security guards arrested in Trinidad THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade says its is aware of the arrests of the three women who were found working as security officers without the relevant work permits in the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago recently. The ministry, in a release yesterday, said the Jamaican High Commission in that country last week ascertained the whereabouts of the Jamaicans and will visit the Immigration Detention Centre (IDC) where the women were being housed. Such visits in which diplomatic representatives routinely check on the welfare of Jamaican nationals in detention, are part of the consular duties performed by the Jamaican Missions, the ministry said. However, it said: “The ministry wishes to remind the public that there are currently 10 categories that can move freely under the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramus which set the rules of establishment and procedures for the Caribbean Community (Caricom). These, however, do not at the moment include the security profession for which work permits have to be sought.” The categories allowed free movement across the region are: University graduates; Media Workers; Sportspersons; Artistes; Musicians; Registered nurses; Trained teachers; Artisans with a Caribbean Vocational Qualification (CVQ); Holders of associate degrees or equivalent qualifications such as two CAPE/”A” Levels and National Technician Certificates; Household domestics with a Caribbean Vocational Qualifications (CVQ) or equivalent qualification. Said the ministry: “It is important to note, however, that a skills certificate, officially known as the Certificate of Recognition of Caricom Skills Qualification, which can be obtained from the Ministry of Labour in Jamaica or the designated ministry in your host country is a prerequisite for employment.” It added: The ministry wishes to remind Jamaicans that the freedom of movement provision under the Treaty does not by itself automatically confer permission to work. In order to take up employment of any nature, persons falling outside of the ten agreed categories will require work permits or work permit exemptions. It should also be noted that those who are not in any of the categories of skilled persons, are not temporary service providers or who are not exercising the right of establishment, will require work permit approvals in the respective Caricom territories, in advance of travel.”

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800 jobs lost last year in Bermuda

More than 800 jobs reported a net loss of 98 jobs in that international business were lost in 2014, according to 2014. drives 80 per cent of Bermuda’s Government statisticians. “Jobs in the transport economy — so we hope to see our According to the Royal and communications industry work integrate more deeply into Gazette newspaper, the number fell by 93 positions from 2013.” all areas of Bermuda’s job sector.” of Bermudian job holders dropped Accountants and other The number of jobs in by 671, from 24,504 in 2013 to professional services providers the education, health and social 23,833 last year. also took a hit — down 143 work sector and the real estate The number of jobs held jobs, with 54 fewer posts for and renting services area also by non-Bermudians, excluding accountants and 45 fewer registered increases of 42 and 20 non-Bermudian spouses and computer professionals. jobs respectively. permanent resident certificate The report added: “Jobs The median gross annual holders, fell by 122 over the same in the crafts and trades worker income for all job holders — in period. group fell by 139 posts. firms with ten or more employees Among non-Bermudian “There was a net loss of — rose by 5 per cent to $63,897, spouses of Bermudians, there 34 plumbers, 31 masons and 30 up from the $60,668 for the year were 13 fewer jobs, while the electricians.” before. number of permanent resident But the number of jobs But women continue certificate holders in jobs rose in international business rose by to earn more than men — an by four — a total number of 802 169 positions — boosted by more average of $65,213 against fewer jobs and a drop of two per job opportunities for actuaries $62,584. cent on 2013. and underwriters. There were also more There were 33,475 jobs But George Hutchings, a women than men in the workforce counted in 2014, compared to board member of the Association — 16,992 (51 per cent) compared 34,277 the year before. of Bermuda International to 16,483 (49 per cent). The grim news came in Companies (ABIC), said figures The number of black the latest edition of the Bermuda from 2014 would not take account people compared to white people job market Employment Briefs. of the recent rash of mergers in the workforce remained The survey, carried out in and takeovers in reinsurance static, with 18,105 black people August last year, showed 13 of the — which are likely to lead to job compared to 10,736 white people. 16 economic sectors experienced losses. Although both numbers a drop in the numbers of staff. Mr Hutchings added: declined in 2014 compared to the The biggest loser was the “There are smaller companies previous year, the balance 54 per financial intermediation industry, setting up shop here and that’s cent to 32 per cent — remained which lost 336 jobs — with roles what’s probably driven these the same. like senior clerks, financial clerks numbers. The number of people and executive secretaries all “But we haven’t yet described as mixed or other race showing losses. seen the ramifications of the also fell, but maintained a 14 per The survey report said: consolidation that’s going on — cent share of the total year-on“The loss of finance and senior with two or three of these going year. clerks was accredited mainly on, the numbers might reverse Out of 487 people to the year-over-year decline in and not be so positive.” described as “senior officials and positions for this sector.” Bermuda Business managers” 256 were white, 200 The hard-hit construction Development Association (BDA) were black and 31 were mixed/ industry saw the numbers CEO Ross Webber, however, was other race. employed fall below 2,000 — the more optimistic. In the “professionals” lowest number in almost 20 years He said: “Our focus has category, 113 people were white, — to 1,925 compared to 2,143 in been on supporting established 112 were black and 14 were 2013, a total of 218 fewer jobs. international business companies mixed/other race. The report said: and encouraging new enterprises However, white people “Considerable job losses were to choose our jurisdiction and continued to earn more than also reported in business invest in Bermuda. black people — a median gross services and the transport and “We’ve seen direct annual income of $87,799 communications sector. successes after targeted business compared to $57,877. “Establishments that development efforts in Canada See the full Employment provided accounting, legal and and Latin America, as examples. Briefs report under “Related business consultancy services “It’s important to note Media” on this webpage.

DR President Medina sends condolences to student’s family Santo Domingo.President Danilo Medina called for an exemplary punishment to be imposed on the murderers of young social communications student Franchesca Lugo Miranda, who was shot dead last Friday in the El Cacique neighborhood in the capital. Medina stated that the circumstances in which the young woman died had moved Dominican society, and conveyed his condolences to her relatives. Franchesca Lugo Miranda “I share with the entire citizenry the opinion that the of condolence, in a letter sent perpetrators of this vile murder yesterday to the victim’s father should receive an exemplary Guillermo Enrique Lugo Cabral. punishment, in accordance to the Yesterday, police privates severity of the act they committed, Emilio Alexander Suazo Suazo, while trusting, with the help of José Manuel Piña Marte, Joan God, that we succeed in uprooting Manuel Genao de la Rosa and violence from the country so that former army member, Jonatah peace and harmony may reign in Alexander Marmolejos, accused every part of our territory,” stated of killing the young woman, Medina in his message were sent to jail in San Pedro

de Macorís, where they must serve a year’s preventive prison as a coercion measure ordered by National District Court of Permanent Attention judge Solange Raquel Vásquez. The police declared yesterday via its spokesman General Máximo Báez Aybar that the involvement of police agents in criminal acts was an embarrassment to the force that discredits the members of the institution and has created public distrust. Báez Aybar promised that they would not allow actions of this type to continue, and warned that they would be strengthening the screening mechanisms for men and women entering the police force and would work internally on guidance to ensure that agents do not deviate from the dignified work they are called upon to carry out.

Sir Richard Branson

Richard Branson reveals the REAL reason he bought Caribbean paradise home Necker Island British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson bought his paradise island in the Caribbean because he wanted to impress his future wife, he has revealed. The self-made billionaire has also explained how he managed to buy Necker Island for just $180,000 (£114,000), a snip of its $6million (£3.8m) asking price. The idyllic estate has become synonymous with the Virgin founder’s wealth and success, having played host to the likes of Kate Moss, Princess Diana and Oprah Windfrey over the years. However, back in 1978 Sir Richard was in no position to splash millions on such a flashy purchase. He today wrote in a blog post: “I had been madly trying to come up with a way to impress a girl I had fallen for, so I rang up the realtor, and expressed my interest. “We were still in the early days of Virgin Records, and I by no means had the cash to buy an island. “Luckily, the realtor didn’t know this and offered me an all expenses paid trip to see the islands that weekend. I agreed to go on one condition – if I could bring a guest. “To my delight, the object of my affection agreed to join me on the trip. “I fell in love twice that weekend – once as our helicopter (supplied by the realtor of course!) swooped over the turquoise water and white sandy beaches of Necker Island, and again when I saw the smile on the face of the beautiful girl who sat beside me on the journey. “Together we strolled around the Island and dreamed up plans for turning it into a haven for musicians.” After viewing the island Sir Richard put in an offer of $100,000 (£63,000) but was promptly turned down by the agent. Luck struck for the tycoon a year later when, with no other buyers in sight, the owner agreed to sell the island for a revised offer of $180,000. Sir Richard then set about transforming the island into a luxury resort. It was definitely an investment that paid off in terms of the woman whose heart he had set out to capture, with the billionaire marrying Joan Templeman on the island in 1989. However, tragedy struck on the island in August 2011 when a fire broke out after a lightening strike and burned parts of the resotr to the ground. Kate Winslet who had been staying on the island at the time was praised for having picked up Richard Branson’s mother Eve to rescue her from the flames. But last month, Eve said the claims were exaggerated and that she would have made it out safe on her own. Sir Richard’s daughter Holly wed Fred Andrews on Necker Island in December 2011, an affair attended by Princess Beatrice and Eugenie. Necker Island was also the beginning of Virgin’s luxury property business, with wealthy customers now able to pay a hefty £40,000 a night to stay at the sandy beach haven. Virgin Limited Edition business now includes a mountain lodge in Verbier, a hotel set among South African vineyards and Necker Belle, a luxury yacht based in the Carribbean.

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Up to 50 refugees found dead in truck in Austria

As many as 50 refugees were found dead in a parked truck in Austria near the Hungarian border on Thursday, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the discovery had shaken European leaders discussing the migrant crisis at a Balkans summit. Police made the grisly discovery in the 7.5-tonne truck stopped on the A4 motorway near the town of Parndorf, apparently since Wednesday, Hans Peter Doskozil, police chief in the province of Burgenland, told a news conference. He said he could not put an exact figure on the number of victims, whose bodies had begun to decompose. “We can assume that it could be 20 people who died. Forensic police officers inspect a parked truck in which up to 50 migrants were found dead, It could also be 40, it could be 50 on a motorway near Parndorf, Austria August 27, 2015. people,” he said. Merkel told a news had registered the number plate I hope that in the light of the most conference at the summit on the in the eastern Hungarian town of recent developments now there West Balkans in Vienna: “We are of Kecskemet. is a readiness among all the 28 course all shaken by the appalling Police limited the (member states) to agree on this,” news. This reminds us that we motorway to one lane while he said. must tackle quickly the issue of forensic experts checked over the German Foreign Minister immigration and in a European truck parked on the hard shoulder. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, whose spirit - that means in a spirit of Austrian Chancellor country expects 800,000 asylum solidarity - and to find solutions.” Werner Faymann told the summit: seekers this year, said a fair Tens of thousands of “The refugees who died today distribution of refugees was people, mainly from Africa and wanted to save their own lives needed to ensure support in the Middle East, have put to sea by fleeing, but instead lost their countries taking in the bulk of this year in the hope of reaching lives at the hands of traffickers. It migrants. Europe, often dangerously shows once again how necessary it His Austrian counterpart packed into small vessels that is to save human lives by fighting Sebastian Kurz said: “If we are were never designed to cross the criminal traffickers. It shows that not able to find a quick European Mediterranean. we must take responsibility and solution here, then more and Those who make it ashore give asylum to those people who more countries like Hungary and and others traveling by land are fleeing.” Denmark - who are already doing have increasingly tried to make “Every week we learn of it - will try to solve this crisis for their way north via the Balkans, more deaths and drownings on themselves on their own with causing tension among countries the Mediterranean route because individual measures and their along the route. the boats people are packed on are own initiatives. Hungary plans to unseaworthy or overcrowded. Now “It won’t work and above reinforce its southern border with we are hearing of cases of mass all it threatens our European idea helicopters and mounted police, deaths along the land journey. of having open borders and with and is considering using the army This terrible tragedy shows that proper security at the EU’s as record numbers of migrants the unscrupulous business of outer borders.” passed through coils of razor-wire smugglers who have no regard for Serbian Foreign Minister into Europe. human life is extending across the Ivica Dacic put the onus on EU Investigations were continent,” said Melissa Fleming, countries to find a better way to underway in Austria and Hungary spokeswoman for the U.N. High handle the influx of refugees. after the bodies were discovered. Commissioner for Refugees. “So you have a problem The truck had Hungarian number European Commissioner but you are asking us, Serbia, to plates, a Hungarian official said. Johannes Hahn reiterated that come up with the action plan for Janos Lazar, Prime Brussels would propose within migrants. You should come up Minister Viktor Orban’s chief of weeks a fresh look at the situation. with an action plan first.” staff, said a Romanian citizen “We will have another go at quotas.

Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush

Republican Bush still the favorite in political prediction market Real estate mogul Donald Trump is dominating polls and capturing headlines in the Republican presidential race, but rival Jeb Bush is still the favorite of traders in political prediction markets. While Bush has been eclipsed by Trump in opinion polls, the former Florida governor is riding high with online traders who give him a 40 percent chance to capture the party’s presidential nomination, according to prediction market aggregator PredictWise.com. Florida Senator Marco Rubio is a distant second with a 15 percent chance, and Trump has risen to third in recent weeks with 14 percent, according to PredictWise, which aggregates about a half-dozen political prediction markets. Those markets, in which traders bet on the outcomes of various events, often have a better track record than polls in determining a winner in elections. Bush has been their favorite since mid-2014, said David Rothschild, an economist who runs PredictWise. “Jeb Bush has been steady at the top at between 45 percent and 40 percent, where he is

now. He certainly hasn’t fallen off noticeably,” Rothschild said. In opinion polls, Trump has shot past Bush in recent weeks as the two candidates have feuded over Trump’s hard-line immigration plan calling for deportation of illegal immigrants. In the Real Clear Politics average of polls, Bush runs second in the 17-strong Republican field at 11 percent behind Trump’s 22 percent. A Reuters/Ipsos poll on Tuesday showed Bush tumbling into a tie for third behind Trump, as Bush’s support fell from 16 percent to 8 percent over five days. At Irish bookmaker Paddy Power, Bush remains the favorite with 13/8 odds of capturing the Republican nomination for the November 2016 election, said spokesman Rory Scott. “Jeb Bush has drifted a tiny little bit, probably because of the rise of Trump, but he’s still the favorite and he’s been pretty stable,” Scott said. Trump has been on the move, however, attracting about 50 percent of the bets since the first debate earlier this month and rising to second, Scott said.

Iran may have built extension at disputed military site Iran appears to have built an extension to part of its Parchin military site since May, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said in a report on Thursday delving into a major part of its inquiry into possible military dimensions to Tehran’s past atomic activity. A resolution of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Parchin file, which includes a demand for fresh IAEA access to the site, is a symbolically important issue that could help make or break Tehran’s July 14 nuclear deal with six world powers. The confidential IAEA report,

obtained by Reuters, said: in 2005 could jeopardize its ability “Since (our) previous report to verify Western intelligence (in May), at a particular location suggesting Tehran carried out tests at the Parchin site, the agency there relevant to nuclear bomb has continued to observe, through detonations more than a decade ago. satellite imagery, the presence of Iran has dismissed the intelligence as vehicles, equipment, and probable “fabricated”. Under a “roadmap” accord construction materials. In addition, a small extension to an existing Iran reached with the IAEA parallel building appears to have constructed.” to its groundbreaking settlement The changes were first with the global powers, the Islamic observed last month, a senior Republic is required to give the diplomat familiar with the IAEA Vienna-based watchdog enough investigation said. information about its past nuclear The IAEA says any activities activity to allow it to write a report Iran has undertaken at Parchin on the long vexed issue by year-end. since U.N. inspectors last visited “Full and timely

implementation of the relevant parts of the road-map is essential to clarify issues relating to this location at Parchin,” the new IAEA report said. According to data given to the IAEA by some member states, Parchin might have housed hydrodynamic experiments to assess how specific materials react under high pressure, such as in a nuclear blast. “We cannot know or speculate what’s in the (extended) building. The building itself is not related to the most interesting building for us ... It’s something we will technically clarify over the course of the year,” the senior diplomat said.

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UK immigration at record high as topic is hotly debated

British Prime Minister David Cameron LONDON — Britain gained almost 330,000 people through migration in the year to March 31, official figures showed Thursday. It’s the highest figure on record and a headache for the Conservative government amid a political storm about immigration. The Office for National Statistics said 636,000 people arrived during the 12 months

and 307,000 left. The net total surpasses the previous high of 320,000 in 2005. Eight million of Britain’s 64 million people were born outside the country. Prime Minister David Cameron has long promised to reduce net migration below 100,000. Critics say the goal is unachievable, since members of the 28 European Union countries have the right to live in other member states. Roughly half the net migration from to the U.K. in the year came from within the EU. Immigration Minister James Brokenshire said the figures should be a “wake-up call” for the EU. He the record flow of people across Europe was “not sustainable and risks the future economic development of other EU member states.” Immigration has climbed up the political agenda this summer as migrants from the Middle East, Africa and

Asia attempt to reach Europe in unprecedented numbers. Several thousand have gathered near the French side of the Channel Tunnel, aiming to reach Britain. Although British media attention has focused on the Calais migrants, the vast majority of immigrants come to study or work rather than as refugees. There were 25,771 asylum applications in the year to March, up 10 percent from a year earlier. The Institute of Directors, an employers’ group, said government attempts to curb immigration were harming Britain’s reputation as an open economy. “Scrabbling around to find measures to hit a bizarre and unachievable migration target is no way to give British businesses the stable environment they need,” said Institute director Simon Walker.

Arrest warrant issued for former Pakistani prime minister A Pakistani anti- Fahim, according to Javed Akbar detained for 90 days. Court papers alleged corruption court on Thursday Riaz, an official with the Anti- issued an arrest warrant for Corruption Unit of the Federal Asim Hussain, a petroleum minister in the previous PPP-led former prime minister Yousaf Investigation Agency. The pair were ordered to government, had been involved Raza Gilani, in a case alleging millions of dollars of graft in a appear before the court on Sept. in “terror and violence financing, misappropriation of funds for trade development scheme, a 10. Riaz said the agency enhancing support for terrorism security official said. The same day, another had petitioned the court for and other criminal activities”. The cases are the first of prosecution of Gilani senior figure in the opposition the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Fahim over their alleged their kind against the PPP in a was accused in court of financing approval and disbursement of sweeping crackdown on violence terrorism after being arrested the hundreds of millions of dollars and corruption spearheaded by previous day. The PPP accuses to fake companies through the military this year. Critics accuse the its enemies of waging a smear the government Trade and military, which has a history Development Authority. campaign through the courts. PPP Senator Sherry of launching coups, of seeking Gilani was prime minister in the PPP government Rehman said the charges were to weaken the civilian political system in place since 2008. from March 2008 until his politically motivated. “It seems a revenge-like The military says the disqualification and ouster by the Supreme Court of Pakistan campaign is being carried out crackdown is necessary to break against the PPP,” he told a news the cycle of corruption and in April 2012. violence in Karachi. It has so He is currently vice conference. Another prominent far targeted mostly opposition chairman of his party. The warrant was issued PPP figure appeared before an politicians and not the ruling for Gilani and another senior anti-terrorism court in Karachi party of Prime Minister Nawaz party leader, Makhdoom Amin on Thursday and ordered to be Sharif.

Global life expectancy rises, but people live sicker for longer People around the world are living longer, but many are also living sicker lives for longer, according to a study of all major diseases and injuries in 188 countries. General health has improved worldwide, thanks to significant progress against infectious diseases such as HIV/ AIDS and malaria in the past decade and gains in fighting maternal and child illnesses. But healthy life expectancy has not increased as much, so people are living more years with illness and disability, according to the analysis, published in The Lancet journal. “The world has made great progress in health, but now the challenge is to invest in finding more effective ways of preventing or treating the major causes of illness and disability,” said Theo Vos, a professor at the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington who led the analysis. The study’s main findings were that global life expectancy at birth for both sexes rose by 6.2 years -- from 65.3 in 1990 to 71.5 in 2013. Healthy life expectancy at birth rose by 5.4 years -- from 56.9 in 1990 to 62.3 in 2013. Healthy life expectancy takes into account both mortality and the impact of non-fatal conditions and chronic illnesses like heart and lung diseases, diabetes and serious injuries. Those detract from quality of life and impose heavy cost and resources burdens. For most of the 188 countries studied, changes in healthy life expectancy between 1990 and 2013 were “significant and positive”, the researchers said. But in many - among them Belize, Botswana and Syria - healthy life expectancy in 2013 was not much higher than in 1990. And in some, including South Africa, Paraguay, and Belarus, healthy life expectancy has dropped. In Lesotho and Swaziland, people born in 2013 could expect to live some 10 fewer healthy years than people born there 20 years earlier. The study also found stark differences between countries with the highest and lowest healthy life expectancies, and in the rates and direction of change. Nicaraguans and Cambodians have seen dramatic increases since 1990, of 14.7 and 13.9 years respectively. People in Botswana and Belize, however, saw declines of two and 1.3 years respectively. In 2013, Lesotho had the world’s lowest healthy life expectancy, at 42 years. Japan had the highest, at 73.4 years.

Mugabe booed in parliament over economic crisis Harare - Zimbabwe’s When Mugabe -- who veteran President Robert has been in power since independence Mugabe was booed and heckled Zimbabwe’s by opposition lawmakers over from Britain in 1980 -the deteriorating economy outlined his government’s as he gave his state of the plan to improve the economy, nation address to parliament one lawmaker yelled at him to admit that “you can’t do much Tuesday. Movement for about it”. Mugabe presented a Democratic Change (MDC) lawmakers questioned his 10-point plan which included economic policies, jeering as boosting agricultural growth, the 91-year-old delivered a encouraging private sector policy speech which lasted investment and fighting graft. less than half an hour. “What about job creation?” one He spoke as the UN opposition member shouted another accused confirmed earlier estimates while that around 1.5 million Mugabe’s government of Zimbabweans or 16 percent of “corruption”. the country’s population will A n o t h e r face hunger later this year parliamentarian shouted “if wishes were horses” while and need food aid.

his other opposition legislator temperatures. screamed “you have utterly The country will need to import 700,000 tonnes of corn failed”. The economy of the to feed those facing hunger in southern African nation has the coming months. been on a downward spiral for Vice President more than a decade with slow Emmerson Mnangagwa has growth, low liquidity and high already appealed for cash unemployment. from “development agencies Many companies have and the private sector”. The UN’s World Food closed, downsized or relocated to neighbouring countries. Programme on Monday said The government has 16 percent of the population cut its growth forecasts for “are projected to be food 2015 to 1.5 percent, from 3.2 insecure at the peak of the percent, mainly due to slow 2015-16 lean season, the growth in the agricultural period following harvest when food is especially scarce”. sector. Zimbabwe’s harvest “This represents a of the staple corn has 164 percent increase in food shrunk by half due to erratic insecurity compared to the rains and abnormally high previous season,” said WFP in

a note. Amidst the heckling, Mugabe -- not known for not brooking dissent -- continued unfazed and read his speech through to the end. His ZANU-PF lawmakers then burst into a song praising their leader while the opposition countered singing “ZANU-PF is rotten”. It is not the first time Mugabe has been jeered in parliament. In August 2008, MDC deputies roundly booed the president during a speech to show they did not recognise his legitimacy following a flawed presidential vote held earlier that year.

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Two TV journalists killed by suspect with ‘powder keg’ of anger Two television journalists were killed during a live broadcast in Virginia on Wednesday, shot by a suspect who was a former employee of the TV station and who called himself a “powder keg” of anger over what he saw as racial discrimination at work and elsewhere in the United States. The suspect, 41-year-old Vester Flanagan, shot himself as police pursued him on a Virginia highway hours after the shooting. Flanagan, who was African-American, died later at a hospital, police said. The journalists who were killed were reporter Alison Parker, 24, and cameraman Adam Ward, 27. Both journalists were white, as is a woman who they were interviewing. The woman was wounded and was in stable condition, a hospital spokesman said. Social media postings by a person who appeared to be Flanagan indicated the suspect had grievances against the station, CBS affiliate WDBJ7 in Roanoke, Virginia, which let him go two years ago. The person also posted video that appeared to show the attack filmed from the shooter’s vantage point. Flanagan sent ABC News a 23-page fax about two hours after the shooting, saying his attack was triggered by the June 17 mass shooting at a black church in Charleston, South Carolina, the network said. Nine people were killed, and a white man has been charged in that rampage. The network cited Flanagan as saying he had suffered racial discrimination, sexual harassment and bullying at work. He had been attacked by black men and white women, and for being a gay black man, he said. “The church shooting was the tipping point ... but my anger has been building steadily,” ABC News cited the fax as saying. “I’ve been a human powder keg for a while ... just waiting to go BOOM!” The on-air shooting occurred at about 6:45 a.m. EDT (1045 GMT) at Bridgewater Plaza, a Smith Mountain Lake recreation site about 200 miles (320 km) southwest of Washington. The broadcast was abruptly interrupted by the sound of gunshots as Parker and the woman being

WDBJ reporter Alison Parker (L) is pictured interviewing Vicki Gardner in Moneta, Virginia August 26, 2015 moments before she was shot, in this combination of still images from video posted to the Facebook account of Bryce Williams. Parker and cameraman Adam Ward were both killed in the shooting incident. interviewed, Vicki Gardner, executive director of the Smith Mountain Lake Regional Chamber of Commerce, screamed and ducked for cover. Hours after the shooting, someone claiming to have filmed it posted video online. The videos were posted to a Twitter account and on Facebook by a man identifying himself as Bryce Williams, which was Flanagan’s on-air name. The videos were removed shortly afterward. One video clearly showed a handgun as the person filming approached the woman reporter. The person purporting to be Williams also posted, “I filmed the shooting see Facebook” as well as saying one of the victims had “made racist comments.” RELATED COVERAGE •Virginia TV shooting suspect pronounced dead: Washington Post • Suspect in Virginia TV shooting had history of workplace issues In the fax to ABC News, Flanagan praised shooters who had carried out mass killings at Virginia Tech University in 2007 and at Colorado’s Columbine High School in 1999. ABC News said Flanagan called the network shortly after 10 a.m. Flanagan said he had shot two people,

police were after him and then hung up. ABC News then contacted authorities and turned over the fax, which had arrived about 90 minutes earlier, the network said. SHOT HIMSELF AS POLICE CLOSED IN Flanagan shot himself as Virginia State Police were closing in on a rental car on Interstate 66 in Fauquier County, WDBJ7 said. Virginia state police said the suspect refused to stop when spotted by troopers and sped away. Minutes later, the suspect’s vehicle ran off the road and crashed, police said in a statement, adding the troopers approached the vehicle and found the driver with a gunshot wound. He was taken to Inova Fairfax Hospital near Washington, where he died. “It’s obvious that this gentleman was disturbed in some way at the way things had transpired at some part of his life,” Overton told a news conference. “It appears things were spiraling out of control, but we’re still looking into that,” he said. “We still have a lengthy investigation to conduct and that’s our focus as we move forward.” Flanagan had sued another station where he worked in Florida,

alleging he had been discriminated against because he was black. Flanagan said he was called a “monkey” by a producer in a lawsuit filed in federal court against a Tallahassee station, WTWC, in 2000. He also said a supervisor at the station called black people lazy. The Florida case was settled and dismissed the next year, court records show. WDBJ7 President and General Manager Jeff Marks said he could not figure out a particular connection between Flanagan and the two dead journalists. Speaking to CNN about Flanagan, he added, “Do you imagine that everyone who leaves your company under difficult circumstances is going to take aim?” “Why were they (Parker and Ward) the targets, and not I or somebody else in management?” he said. The station’s early morning broadcast showed Parker interviewing Gardner about the lake and tourism development in the area. Gunshots erupted, and as Ward fell his camera hit the ground but kept running. An image caught on camera showed what appeared to be a man in dark clothing facing the camera with a weapon in his right hand. The station described the two dead journalists as an ambitious reporter-and-cameraman team who often produced light and breezy feature stories for the morning program. v“I cannot tell you how much they were loved,” Marks said. They were both engaged to be married to other people at the station. A couple living across from the shopping center where the shooting took place said police burst into their apartment and awakened them at gunpoint. Police said they were looking for the shooter, according to the woman, who identified herself only as Annie. “I moved from Philly (Philadelphia) to get away from that kind of stuff,” she said, adding that she had been in the area a few months. The White House said the shooting was another example of gun violence that is “becoming all too common.”

Ten automakers sued in US over deadly keyless ignitions Ten of the world’s biggest automakers were sued on Wednesday by U.S. consumers who claim they concealed the risks of carbon monoxide poisoning in more than 5 million vehicles equipped with keyless ignitions, leading to 13 deaths. According to the complaint filed in federal court in Los Angeles, carbon monoxide is emitted when drivers leave their vehicles running after taking their electronic key fobs with them, under the mistaken belief that the engines will shut off. The 28 named plaintiffs said this can injure or have “deadly” results for people who inhale the colorless and odorless gas, including when vehicles are left in garages attached to homes. They also said the defect reduces their vehicles’ resale values. A keyless ignition lets a driver start a vehicle by pushing an on-off button, instead of inserting a key, once the vehicle senses the presence of a

nearby electronic fob. The defendants include BMW, including Mini; Daimler’s Mercedes Benz; Fiat Chrysler; Ford Motor Co; General Motors Co; and Honda, including Acura. Also named as defendants were Hyundai, including Kia; Nissan, including Infiniti; Toyota, including Lexus; and Volkswagen, including Bentley. The lawsuit is the latest seeking to hold the automotive industry liable for defects that could make driving unsafe, such as Takata airbags and ignition switches on GM vehicles. The lawsuit claimed that the 10 automakers have long known about the risks of keyless ignitions, which have been available in the United States since at least 2003, yet deceived drivers by marketing their vehicles as safe. SUIT SEEKS SHUT-OFF

FEATURE The plaintiffs said the automakers could have averted the 13 deaths, and many more injuries, by installing an inexpensive feature to automatically turn off unattended engines, and that GM and Ford even took steps to patent a shut-off feature. They said 27 complaints have been The logo of German luxury car maker BMW-Mini lodged with the National Highway is pictured in front of the BMW headquarters in Traffic Safety Administration since Munich automakers to install automatic shut2009 over keyless ignitions. “The automakers had actual off features on all existing and future knowledge of the dangerous carbon vehicles sold with keyless ignitions. It monoxide poisoning consequences of also seeks compensatory and punitive vehicles with keyless fobs that lack an damages. Ford said it takes customer automatic shut-off,” the complaint said. Unintentional carbon monoxide safety “very seriously,” and said its poisoning kills about 430 people a keyless ignition system has proven year in the United States, according “safe and reliable.” to the Centers for Disease Control and BMW, Fiat Chrysler and Prevention. Toyota declined to comment. None The lawsuit seeks class-action of the other automakers had an immediate comment. status and an injunction requiring

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Former UK Foreign Minister Hague Among House of Lords Appointees Prime Minister David Cameron has handed out peerages to 26 Conservatives including former foreign secretary William Hague.

Some 45 new peers have been appointed - despite criticism that there are too many already. The prime minister’s office on Thursday announced 45 new peers, including former Conservative Foreign Secretary William Hague, former Treasury chief Alistair Darling of the Labour Party and ex-Liberal Democrat leader Menzies Campbell. Seats in Parliament’s 800-strong unelected upper chamber are often awarded for political or public service, and the appointments often bring allegations of political cronyism. Several members of Prime Minister David Cameron’s Downing Street staff — from a former spokesman to a gardener — received peerages or other honors. The majority of the new appointees are Tories, with the Lib Dems getting 11 and Labour eight. Senior Labour figures to

be elevated include David Blunkett, Lynne Featherstone. Former Lib Dem ministers Alistair Darling and Tessa Jowell. Lingerie entrepreneur Vince Cable and Danny Alexander, Michelle Mone, who was recently who both lost their seats, who are appointed by the government to thought to have turned down the carry out a review into how best chance to enter the Lords, will be to encourage start-ups in areas of knighted. high unemployment, is to become a Former Lib Dem minister David Laws, who resigned in Conservative peer. Tory grandees and former 2010 after an expenses scandal, is MPs David Willetts, Andrew Lansley understood to have been rejected by and Sir George Young are also off to the appointments committee. David Cameron has showered the Lords, as is Douglas Hogg, who gained brief fame during the expenses Downing Street and Conservative scandal for claiming the cost of having Party backroom figures with peerages his moat cleaned, and Ann McIntosh, and other honours. Those bound for the Lords who was kicked out by her local Conservative Party in Thirsk and include Mr Cameron’s Downing Street “gatekeeper” Kate Fall, who becomes Malton. Seven Lib Dems who lost Lady Fall, former Downing Street their seats or stood down at the policy director James O’Shaughnessy, general election have been elevated to and Philippa Stroud, a former special the Lords, including former leader Sir adviser to Iain Duncan Smith. Downing Street said previous Menzies Campbell, Sir Alan Beith and

prime ministers had all given honours to their aides. Nick Clegg’s former chief of staff Johnny Oates is also heading for the red benches, along with senior Labour strategist Spencer Livermore. The new peers take the number of people entitled to sit in the Lords to 826. The British House of Lords is the biggest second parliamentary chamber in the world, sparking renewed calls for it to be slimmed down or scrapped in favour of an elected body. But David Cameron has said there is “no point” reviving coalition efforts to reform the Upper House, which stalled acrimoniously following a Tory backbench rebellion. He is seeking to boost his party’s representation in the Lords to make it easier to get legislation through.

Left takes a strong lead in Canada elections

Canada’s New Democratic Party leader Thomas Mulcair

Ottawa - Canada’s leftist New Democrats took a giant leap ahead of rivals in an election campaign in which the Tories are seeking a fourth mandate since 2006, according to the latest poll Thursday. Thomas Mulcair’s New Democrats have the support of 40 percent of Canadians surveyed, enough to win a majority government, according to the Forum Research poll. Backing for Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservatives, meanwhile, has plummeted to 23 percent, while the Liberals led by Justin Trudeau, the son of late prime minister Pierre Trudeau, moved up to second spot with 30 percent support. Earlier polling had the three parties neck and neck coming out of the gate. According to Forum Research president Lorne

Bozinoff, the polls reflect a slumping economy, market turmoil and a Senate spending scandal playing out in court this month with former senior Harper aides called to testify hurt the Tories. On Tuesday, the government statistical agency is expected to release new growth figures confirming what economists have been speculating -- that Canada is in a recession. Bozinoff told the daily Toronto Star, “If this economy goes south it’s over for the Tories.” “They’ve built a lot of their campaign around being great economic managers,” he explained. The survey of 1,440 Canadians was conducted on August 23 and 24, and is considered accurate with a threepercent margin of error.

Mugabe booed in parliament over economic crisis When Mugabe -- who Harare - Zimbabwe’s veteran President Robert has been in power since independence Mugabe was booed and heckled Zimbabwe’s by opposition lawmakers over from Britain in 1980 -the deteriorating economy outlined his government’s as he gave his state of the plan to improve the economy, nation address to parliament one lawmaker yelled at him to Tuesday. admit that “you can’t do much Movement for about it”. Mugabe presented a Democratic Change (MDC) lawmakers questioned his 10-point plan which included economic policies, jeering as boosting agricultural growth, the 91-year-old delivered a encouraging private sector policy speech which lasted investment and fighting graft. “What about job creation?” one less than half an hour. He spoke as the UN opposition member shouted confirmed earlier estimates while another accused government of that around 1.5 million Mugabe’s Zimbabweans or 16 percent of “corruption”. the country’s population will A n o t h e r face hunger later this year parliamentarian shouted “if and need food aid. wishes were horses” while

his other opposition legislator temperatures. screamed “you have utterly The country will need to failed”. import 700,000 tonnes of corn The economy of the to feed those facing hunger in southern African nation has the coming months. President been on a downward spiral for Vice more than a decade with slow Emmerson Mnangagwa has growth, low liquidity and high already appealed for cash from “development agencies unemployment. Many companies have and the private sector”. closed, downsized or relocated The UN’s World Food to neighbouring countries. Programme on Monday said The government has 16 percent of the population cut its growth forecasts for “are projected to be food 2015 to 1.5 percent, from 3.2 insecure at the peak of the percent, mainly due to slow 2015-16 lean season, the growth in the agricultural period following harvest when sector. food is especially scarce”. Zimbabwe’s harvest “This represents a of the staple corn has 164 percent increase in food shrunk by half due to erratic insecurity compared to the rains and abnormally high previous season,” said WFP in

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Love them or hate them, emails are here to stay If seeing an inbox full of hundreds of emails fills you with dread, get used to it, because they are here to stay and will remain a constant in the workplace, according to a survey released on Wednesday. Despite the popularity of instant messaging, texting and social media, the poll showed that email is the top communications tool at work and will grow in importance over the next five years. In the online survey, comprising 400 U.S. white-collar, adult workers, nearly half of the respondents said they think their use of emails for work will increase in coming years. Nineteen percent said it will go up substantially. More than 90 percent of the workers admitted they checked personal emails at work and 87 percent looked at business emails outside of working hours. “Email is and will remain a cornerstone of the workplace culture,” said Kristin Naragon, of computer software company Adobe Systems Inc, which commissioned the poll. “Certainly, lots of companies are trying to break into that space with productivity tools, but email is not going anywhere,” she added in an interview. The workers questioned in the poll estimated they spend 6.3 hours a day checking emails, with

3.2 hours devoted to work emails and 3.1 hours to personal messages. Naragon said Americans are so concerned about keeping in touch they monitor emails around the clock, in socially unacceptable settings and during potentially dangerous times. Nearly 80 percent said they look at emails before going into the office and 30 percent said they checked their inbox while still in bed in the morning. Half of the respondents also monitored emails during their vacations. The numbers were even higher for 18-34 year olds, with 45 percent opening emails upon waking up. More than a quarter of millennials also admitted checking emails while driving. “Millennials are so addicted to emails that half can’t even use the bathroom without checking their email,” said Naragon. But she added that people are aware of their addiction and have tried to regain a better life balance. Forty percent said they had tried a self-imposed email detox, of which 87 percent lasted an average of five days. When asked about the most annoying thing about emails, 28 percent said it was scrolling down too far to read the entire message. Nearly 40 percent of workers also said they would prefer to get fewer emails.

New home sales rebound in July, supply improves by a tightening labor market. Solid job growth is boosting confidence among Americans and encouraging young adults to move out of their childhood homes. Housing is expected to contribute to gross domestic product this year, but remains constrained by a persistent shortage of homes available for sale. New homes sales surged 23.1 percent in the Northeast to the highest level since May 2014. Sales increased 6.7 A real estate sign advertising a new home for sale is pictured in percent in the West and Vienna, Virginia, outside of Washington were up 5.8 percent in New U.S. single- new home sales, which the populous South. In family home sales account for 8.3 percent the Midwest, sales fell rose a bit less than of the market, rising to a 6.9 percent. The stock of new expected in July, but 510,000 unit-rate. Sales the trend pointed to were up 25.8 percent houses for sale increased housing market strength compared to July of last 1.9 percent to 218,000 last month, the highest that should underpin year. economic growth for the The housing level since March 2010. market is gaining stream, Still, supply remains rest of the year. The Commerce with data last week less than half of what it Department said on showing home resales was at the height of the Tuesday sales increased jumped to a near 8-1/2- housing boom. At July’s sales 5.4 percent to a seasonally year high in July and adjusted annual rate of groundbreaking on new pace it would take 5.2 home building climbing months to clear the 507,000 units. June’s sales pace to its highest level since supply of houses on the market, down from 5.3 was revised slightly down October 2007. The recovery months in June. to 481,000 units from median the previously reported in the sector, which The 482,000 units. touches almost all price of a new home rose Economists polled by spheres of the U.S. 2 percent from a year ago economy, is being driven to $285,900. Reuters had forecast

Galaxy Note 5 design flaw hits Samsung users Samsung is counting on its latest Galaxy Note 5 smartphone to revive its fortunes but the device has hit an early snag, with users complaining of a design flaw that potentially damages the phone. The flaw, which seems to affect all Galaxy Note 5 devices, means that if a user inserts their S Pen into the phone in the wrong direction, it could get stuck and cause the tablet’s features to malfunction. Samsung has come under fire from angry users who are complaining about ‘pengate’ and saying it’s stopping their stylus from working altogether. Samsung’s response to this issue has so far been to tell users to following the instructions: “We highly recommend our Galaxy Note 5 users follow the instructions in the user guide to ensure there are no issues.” The Korean tech giant does warn users in its instructions that an incorrect pen insertion may cause damage.

“Be sure to insert your S Pen with the nib pointed inward. Inserting the S Pen the wrong way can cause it to become stuck and can damage the pen and your phone,” the instructions read. Android news site Android Police first discovered the flaw. “On the Note 5, inserting the S Pen the wrong way provides exactly as much resistance as inserting it the right way,” it said. “Once you insert the pen far enough in the wrong direction (again, which causes no strange resistance or feel than putting it in the right way), it will get stuck. “At this point, of course, you will panic. And you will try to get it out — and most likely, you’ll succeed. “The addition of the warning for the Note 5 strongly suggests Samsung was aware of the design flaw and specifically chose not to correct it leading up to the launch of the device, instead relying on a small instructional disclaimer,” Android Police added.

woman holds up the iPhone 6 Plus at the Apple Store at Tokyo’s Omotesando shopping district

Apple to replace some iPhone 6 Plus cameras over blurry photos Apple Inc said it would replace a limited number iPhone 6 Plus phone cameras due to faulty back cameras that take blurry photos. The affected phones were mostly sold in a 4-month period between September 2014 and January 2015, Apple said on its website. The company, whose shares were set to open at their lowest

this year on Monday, said a small component in the affected 6 Plus’s iSight back camera may fail. Apple said it would replace the phone’s camera free of charge if it takes blurry photos and falls into a particular serial number range. Eligible serial numbers can be checked on Apple’s website. (apple. co/1KaXcs9)

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Americans think smartphones hurt socializing, but use them anyway If you feel tempted to pull situations rather then helps, 95 more direct phone use taking place.” IF SMARTPHONES ARE out your smartphone in church, at percent of smartphone owners said The most notable difference ESSENTIAL TOOLS, WHEN a meeting, during a movie or while that they’d used their phones during is in restaurants. While significant SHOULD WE USE THEM? you’re out to dinner, think twice about their last social interaction. majorities of older people say that responding to that chirp or buzz: “The big social insight that it’s not OK to use a mobile device in The challenge that the majority Overwhelming majorities of American you get from this is that, in some ways, a restaurant, just half of young adults of American adults now face as we adults think using your device in these people use cellphones to expand the ages 18 to 29 say it’s not OK. There are, navigate social situations is that our places is not OK. boundaries of social gatherings,” said however, far more similarities than smartphones aren’t just for recreation, If you’re on the street, on the Rainie. “It’s not just the people in differences in how we view mobile diversion or documentation: They’re bus or waiting in line, approximately the physical vicinity, but it’s bringing phone etiquette. powerful computers connected to the three-quarters of your fellow others who are remote into the scene. One challenge we may Internet, which makes them useful. Americans think using your phone is It’s interesting that the conversations increasingly have with how and where “For young people, the cell fine -- that is, as long as you’re not themselves have a more expansive we use smartphones is the possibility phone is the go-to instrument for so oversharing, yelling, using abusive quality to them because it’s enabled by that search engines could change the many things,” Rainie said. “It happens language or texting while walking. the technology.” way that we think. If that happens, to make phone calls. You watch the This snapshot of modern This isn’t a new phenomenon, not having them could literally take young adults moving around life, and social norms comes from the Pew however. away part of our memory. it’s just an instinctive thing that their Research Center, which on Wednesday “One of the longstanding If our brains become better at phone is there to document things, to published its first report on Americans’ trends in survey work, that extends recalling how to find information and enhance the social setting, to gather views on mobile device etiquette in to lots of different things, is ‘I’m OK, where it is stored online, as opposed up information. It’s a very different public places. everybody else isn’t,’” he said. “People to the information itself, pulling out a mindset, in part because this is the The research confirms what have this wonderful capacity to justify smartphone (or, presumably, talking life they grew up with.” you probably already know from their own behavior and think that to a wearable device) will be necessary Bringing smartphones on your own experience: People are what they’re doing is OK, and then for future generations. vacation can be problematic, however: taking their cell phones with them worry about other people.” (Distracted Aside from the eyebrow- While they can be incredibly helpful everywhere, which means that they’re driving is one example.) raising statistic than 9 percent of tools when you’re traveling, they can sometimes using them in places and Sound familiar? young people are OK with the use also keep us too connected. That’s why contexts that make other people of cell phones in church, there was disabling functions and deleting apps uncomfortable. They’re also leaving SMARTPHONE ETIQUETTE another interesting statistic in the can be wise. (A “vacation mode” would them on, living in a state of constant DIFFERS BY GENERATION. report: Despite the explosion of social be most welcome, Google and Apple.) connectivity. WHO KNEW? media, texting and messaging apps, Whether we’re on vacation, at work, After cell phones gained broad people are still making phone calls. shopping, eating or traveling, simply adoption in the 2000s, smartphones On the one hand, it’s utterly In fact, young people are using their asking if people mind if you make a have become mainstream faster than unsurprising that the rapid adoption of phones the most to make calls. call or use a mobile device can go a any comparable technology in history. smartphones has challenged existing All that chatting has one long way. According to ComScore, just 2 percent social norms about when, where and interesting effect: More than half “The open negotiation over of American cell phone subscribers how people should use mobile devices of respondents told Pew that they things can probably calm down a lot of owned a smartphone in 2005. A decade -- and who should use them. Seventy- frequently or occasionally overhear the most angry assumptions that some later, approximately two-thirds of nine percent of the adults in Pew’s intimate details of other people’s lives. folks are making,” Rainie suggested. American adults own a smartphone survey said they encounter loud or That’s a lot of secret sharing (and “Saying ‘I’m going to look at my phone of some kind, Pew said in its report. annoying behavior involving cell oversharing) -- and not just by former now to do X,’ or saying ‘We really Millions more will join the ranks of phones in public. Nearly a third say NSA directors who should know better can’t have phones at this meeting.’ I smartphone users in the years ahead, they frequently encounter it. than to give anonymous interviews on hear stories all the time about people as the remainder of the 92 percent of Millennials ages 18 to 29 are Amtrak. who go out to restaurants and say no American adults who own cellphones far more likely to approve of cell phone phones tonight. ‘Everybody, put their upgrade their devices. use in public or in social situations, SURPRISE! SENIORS AREN’T phones on the table and the first who One of the most interesting particularly if they are smartphone ON FACEBOOK AND SNAPCHAT reaches for their phone takes the bar results in the report is that our owners. Seniors are the least likely to AT PARTIES tab.’” cell phone use is often for social use their cell phones in public places purposes, not to avoid interaction with or social gatherings, and the most When it comes to social WHAT WILL BE THE NEW others. Just 22 percent of the people likely to say that such use isn’t OK. gatherings, 94 percent of Americans NORM? surveyed said that they frequently or The biggest potential for a over 65 say using cellphones frequently occasionally use their phones to avoid clash of generations lies in places of hurts or never helps the event. But Realistically, leaving a interacting with people near them. worship, meetings and traditionally even if grandma disapproves, we’re cellphone or smartphone behind “It’s not like phone use is anti-social or quiet places, like theaters. Between still probably texting during her when we go out, go to work or travel isolating or somehow creating broad 9 and 11 percent of people ages 18 to birthday party: Eighty-nine percent of isn’t a decision most American adults social problems,” said Lee Rainie, the 29 approve of cell phone use in these American adults told Pew they’ve used are going to make soon, particularly director of the Pew Internet and Life contexts, while 96 to 99 percent of their phones at social events. given what we’re using them for. That Project. “They’re often doing things Americans ages 50 and up do not. Some of this is related to means we’re going to need to keep with their phones that are quite pro- “The story about generational personal use and familiarity. talking with one another about what social, rather than anti-social: They’re differences is probably shaped a lot by “This is a reflection of old folks the norms for their use should be. checking in with other people and circumstances,” Rainie said. “If you being less likely to have smartphones For folks wondering about the trying to figure out where they’re grow up with this stuff, if you came of in the first instance,” Rainie said. “We right way to use a phone, I’d suggest going so that they can get to other age with cell phones being ubiquitous asked everybody about these ethical looking at Pew’s numbers, taking people. There are lots of ways to see and fully integrated into social life, judgements, then we asked cell phone note of the situations that make most what’s happening on the screen as you have a different view about users of all kinds about their behaviors. people uncomfortable, and adjusting. highly social, rather than creating what’s appropriate and inappropriate Older folks are more likely to just have You may or may not use your device to isolation and loneliness.” compared with your grandparents, feature phones than smartphones, exchange messages at a family dinner, The paradox, however, is that who think that it’s a horror that so some of that is explained by the but if you’re out to dinner with older while 82 percent of people surveyed people would even have their phones technology itself. coworkers or your boss’ boss, this think cell phone use hurts social buzzing in church, much less having should be on your mind.

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Oil recovers but still ends near six-and-a-half-year lows Oil rose as much as 3 percent on Tuesday as oversold conditions brought some buyers back to the market, but a lingering supply glut and worries about the slowing economy in top commodities consumer China kept crude prices near 6-1/2-year lows. Futures of U.S. crude and Brent, the global oil benchmark, are both down more than 16 percent on the month. About half of those losses were incurred in the past two sessions as plummeting Chinese equities sparked a selloff across global markets. Brent LCOc1 settled up 52 cents at $43.21 a barrel, after hitting $42.23 on Monday, its lowest since March 2009. “Forty dollars a barrel is not sustainable because only Middle East and some shallow water players can profit at that level,” Herve Wilczynski of Houston-based A.T. Kearney’s Oil & Gas Practice said, giving a reason for the rebound. U.S. crude CLc1 ended the session $1.07 higher at $39.31, advancing from $37.75, its lowest since February 2009 set in the previous session. “We’re practically oversold on oil at this moment and we can’t keep going down in a straight line,” said Tariq Zahir, managing member at Tyche Capital Advisors in Laurel Hollow, New York. “That said, I wouldn’t

A customer prepares to fill the tank of her car at a fuel station hold my breath on a proper recovery yet.” U.S. gasoline futures RBc1 kept a lid on crude’s recovery, tumbling 2 percent to sevenmonth lows due to the restart of a key Midwest refinery unit and the approaching end of the summer driving season. Expectations of another build in U.S. crude stockpiles last week amid refinery outages could pressure oil prices again, traders and analysts said. A Reuters poll forecast stockpiles rose a million barrels last week, adding to the previous week’s 2.6 million-barrel build. [EIA/S] Industry group American Petroleum Institute, however, said after the markets closed

that U.S. crude stocks fell 7.3 million barrels last week. The market is awaiting official data on Wednesday from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. [API/S] Some analysts expect further deterioration in China’s growth and also a U.S. rate hike by the year-end that could add to the dollar’s rally, putting more weight on commodities. “That puts further cracks into the two main growth pillars for the world economy of recent years: Chinese demand (including commodities) and easy money,” HSBC’s co-head of Asian economics research Frederic Neumann said.

WalMart to stop selling AR15, other semi-automatic rifles

demand, given generally solid sales of guns and ammunition in the United States. “It shows that the Wal-Mart of this decade is quite different from the prior four decades,” Flickinger said. Wal-Mart recently came under pressure from New York City’s Trinity Church, an investor pushing for tighter oversight of sales of guns with high-capacity magazines. In April a federal court ruled in Wal-Mart’s favor and vacated an injunction that would have required a vote on the An AR-15 style rifle is displayed at the 7th annual Border Security Expo in Phoenix, issue at its annual shareholders’ Arizona meeting in June. “Trinity Church is very Wal-Mart Stores Inc , the called the modern sporting rifle United States’ top seller of guns and (MSR), which includes the semi- pleased to hear that WalMart ammunition, said on Wednesday automatic AR-15. He said that will no longer sell the kinds it would stop selling the AR-15 class of rifle was sold in fewer of weapons that have caused and other semi-automatic rifles than a third of its roughly 4,500 such devastation and loss in communities across our country,” because of sluggish demand and U.S. stores. The announcement came Rev. William Lupfer, the church’s focus instead on “hunting and sportsman firearms.” on the same day two television rector, said in a statement. The National Shooting Wal-Mart said the journalists were shot and killed decision was unrelated to high- in Virginia in an incident that is Sports Foundation said demand profile incidents involving the likely to stoke the debate about for the type of rifles that will rifles, including the killing of 26 gun ownership in the United no longer be sold by Wal-Mart remained strong. students and adults at Sandy States. Retail consultant Burt “Modern Sporting Rifles Hook Elementary School in Connecticut in 2012. Flicking saw the move as part are extremely popular with an “This is done solely on of a shift at Wal-Mart under estimated 10 million of them in what customer demand was,” Chief Executive Doug McMillon the hands of Americans since said company spokesman Kory to pay closer attention to public 1990. Walmart’s decision was Lundberg. “We are instead opinion on social issues, noting based on what its management focusing on hunting and the company had raised wages for sees as best for their business,” entry-level staff ealier this year. Michael Bazinet, a spokesman for sportsman firearms.” Lundberg said Wal-Mart He was skeptical that the trade association, said in an would stop selling a class of rifle it had been driven solely by email.

Facebook introduces virtual personal assistant Apple’s Siri may soon have some serious competition. Facebook said that it has begun testing a personal digital assistant powered by both human and artificial intelligence that can help book appointments, make purchases and deliver information. The company calls the virtual assistant M. It will exist inside Facebook Messenger, the social media giant’s instant-messaging platform. Facebook employees will supervise the service, which sets it apart from Siri and Microsoft’s Cortana -- virtual assistants that are run purely by technology. “Unlike other [artificial intelligence]based services in the market, M can actually complete tasks on your behalf,” David Marcus, Facebook’s vice president of messaging products, said in a blog post. “It can purchase items, get gifts delivered to your loved ones, book restaurants, travel arrangements, appointments and way more.” Facebook is investing heavily in its standalone Messenger app in recognition of the growing role of mobile devices in the battle for digital market share — particularly against search giant Google. Users of the M virtual assistant can make money transfers, activate a map to share locations with friends and even turn text into songs. Businesses can also use the app to connect directly with customers. M is reportedly being tested by a few hundred people in the Bay Area. “This is early in the journey to build M into an at-scale service,” Marcus wrote. “But it’s an exciting step towards enabling people on Messenger to get things done across a variety of things, so they can get more time to focus on what’s important in their lives.” Facebook is the latest tech giant to get into the voice-recognition game. Last year, Amazon.com introduced Echo, a hands-free device controlled by a user’s voice. The black, cylindrical device can provide information, music, news, weather, traffic and more, and can hear users from across the room.

The Amazon.com, Inc. logo is seen on the side of a delivery truck in Brooklyn, New York

Amazon expands Prime Now, offers U.S. alcohol for first time Amazon.com Inc said it will begin delivering wine, beer and spirits to U.S. customers for the first time as part of its speedy delivery service, Prime Now. The online retailer is expanding Prime Now, its oneand two-hour service, to Seattle, where the company is headquartered, and offering alcohol deliveries there. Amazon Prime, the company’s $99 per year shopping membership program, offers free twoday delivery on millions of items. It is a key testing ground for the retailer’s new services, ranging from TV and on-demand video to fast delivery. Amazon has said it has “tens of millions” of Prime subscribers. Analysts estimate the program to have around 40 million users worldwide. The company has steadily expanded Prime Now since it launched the service in New York City last year. It facilitates integration of the retailer’s grocery delivery service, Amazon Fresh, which has been slower to expand to new markets. On-demand grocery delivery is a growing and competitive market in the United States. Instacart, a grocery delivery company, announced on Tuesday that it had expanded to Indianapolis, its 17th city. Other startups, like Postmates, which focuses on meal delivery, also deliver personal care goods and alcohol for customers using a network of couriers.

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Jamaica’s Usain Bolt races to the gold medal in the men’s 200m final at the at the World Athletics Championships at the Bird’s Nest stadium in Beijing Usain Bolt has done it again, winning his prepared, how to get me right. As long as my coach is fourth consecutive world 200m title with a display confident, I am super confident.” of supreme confidence in his fastest time since the Looking at the form of Bolt and Gatlin this season, you might ordinarily have expected Gatlin Olympic final at London 2012. Four days after overcoming the odds and to be favourite. But there is nothing ordinary about a flying Justin Gatlin to retain his 100m title, Bolt Bolt. After the semi-finals, a reporter asked Gatlin ran 19.55sec to best his American rival in a world- what it would take to come out on top. Turning back leading time and win his 10th world championship and laughing over his shoulder, the 33-year-old said: gold. Gatlin, who like Bolt started strongly but was “It takes to stay in front, that’s what it’s going to take!” Ultimately, he was never able to do that, unable to cope when the Jamaican eased away down despite being neck and neck as they came round the the home straight, finished second in 19.74. “It means a lot to me,” said Bolt, who did not bend as he tried to challenge down the home straight. even let being knocked over by a cameraman on a The South African Anaso Jobodwana was third in segway ruin his celebrations. “This is a big deal. I am 19.87, a new national record. Bolt and Gatlin will meet again in the 4x100m happy to be a 10-time gold medallist. Especially this season when a lot of people have been doubting me, relay on Saturday night for the third instalment of a head to head that has gripped the Bird’s Nest but saying that I would lose. “I always have uttermost confidence, that also posed a host of complex questions for the sport is one thing you guys know. With a coach like Glen and those in it. But Bolt has proved that despite an Mills, there is never a doubt. As long as he says I can indifferent season, he is unmatched when it comes to do it, then I can do it. He is like my guardian angel. the big occasion. It seems extraordinary the pair had faced That is the way I look at it. He knows how to get me

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce clinches her third World Championship 100m title Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Molly Huddle raised arms in the air before they crossed the finish line in separate races at the World Championships on Monday night. Only one of them won a medal. Fraser-Pryce becoming the first woman to win three World titles in the 100m and Huddle prematurely celebrating and losing a bronze medal to a countrywoman in the 10,000m highlighted action at the Bird’s Nest. In the 100m final, FraserPryce clocked 10.76 seconds with yellow flowers on her forehead and long green hair running down her back. She raised her right arm and index finger with a few meters left and victory locked up. She wished she ran faster. “I get tired of 10.7s,

Bolt beats Gatlin for sprint double

each other only once before over 200m and that was a decade ago, Gatlin winning in Helsinki in 2005. Ten years later, four of which the American sat out after serving a four-year ban for testing positive for testosterone, an awful lot of water had passed under the bridge. Bolt came into the race off the back of that confidence-boosting victory in the 100m. After that contest Gatlin refused to take any questions on his doping past and subsequently said he would not speak to the BBC over its styling of the race as a “battle of good versus evil”. Before the 200m, a relaxed-looking Bolt kissed the Jamaica badge on his vest and held his fingers in a V for victory sign. It was to prove prophetic. Bolt had not gone under 20 seconds over the distance in 2015 before he arrived in Beijing but dipped beneath that mark in the semi-final. But nor had he lost in the 200m at a major championships since 2007, before his jaw-dropping arrival on the world stage at this stadium at the 2008 Olympics. Two months ago, Bolt – struggling with joint issues - laboured to victory in his only 200m of the season in New York. Just behind him on that occasion was Zharnel Hughes, the Anguilla-born British athlete who became the youngest sprinter to win a Diamond League 200m when he triumphed in Lausanne this year. Hughes, who trains with Bolt’s group in Jamaica, formally gaining British citizenship in June this year, finished fifth in a personal best of 20.02.

Bahamian Shaunae Miller wins silver at World Championships 400m

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (right) celebrates as she crosses the line to win her third 100 metres title honestly,” Fraser-Pryce, who has 18 months. The soft-spoken run in the 10.7s in her career 11 Mississippian competed in the times but never faster than 10.70, long jump at the 2014 World said with a laugh on the BBC. Indoor Championships and, by “Hopefully, my next race, I’ll get it the end of 2014, was the world’s fastest woman in the 100m for together.” She will share the that year. podium with the Netherlands’ “Of course, we all want Dafne Schippers (silver in 10.81, the gold medal, but it’s a stepping national stone,” Bowie, with a purple record) and American Tori Bowie streak in her hair and in her first (bronze in 10.86, full results here). World Outdoor Championships, Fraser-Pryce, like told Lewis Johnson on Universal countryman Usain Bolt, owns Sports. “I’ll come back even better 2009, 2013 and 2015 World titles next year.” and 2008 and 2012 Olympic Fraser-Pryce entered titles in the 100m. The biggest Worlds as the fastest woman separator between Fraser-Pryce this year (10.74) and became an and Bolt (aside from the hair and even bigger favorite for the final Bolt’s 17-inch height advantage) after she sprinted a comfortable are world records, of which 10.82 to win her semifinal earlier Fraser-Pryce has none. Monday, easing up considerably Bowie’s rise to a Worlds for her final few strides. 100m medal came in the last

In her defining performance on the senior global stage, Shaunae Miller had to battle back to secure the silver medal for the Bahamas in the women’s 400 metres final on Thursday at the 15th IAAF World Championships. Unlike her previous two rounds, where she was the hunted as she surged ahead and checked the rest of her competitors, Miller had to try and catch the surging American Allyson Felix as she powered from start to finish for the victory. Felix took the gold in the world’s fastest time this year of 49.26 seconds to earn $60,000, while Miller posted her personal best of 49.67 for the silver and $30,000. Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson claimed the bronze in her personal best of 49.99 for $20,000. For Miller, whose parents Shaun and Maybelene, were in the stands cheering her on, the performance was so sweet that she couldn’t stop smiling “I feel so blessed and shocked,” Miller told The Tribune. “I got injured at the meeting in Monaco and up to last week, I was not able to train properly. I felt pain in the back of my hip. To gain silver in such a tough race, it is just unbelievable to me. And the personal best is the icing on the cake. There was high class company out there and all the girls did amazing jobs.” The race was so fast that even Jamaica’s national champion, Christine Day, set her personal best of 50.14 for fourth place. She got $15,000 for her effort.

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TCIFA LAUNCHES “LIVE YOUR GOALS”, TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS On Saturday August 15th, the Turks & Caicos Island Football Association (TCIFA) official-ly launched “Live Your Goals”, Turks & Caicos Islands. The campaign is a four year FIFA Development Programme, organized to encourage girls and women to play, participate and stay involved in football. The Campaign’s ambassadors; Christma Jean-Louis, Sarah Cenery and Olivia Gravely, all grew up in the program, are members of the TCI Women’s National Football Team, and lead successful lives within and outside of the football arena. Girls, ages 6-12, were invited to spend a morning of celebrating football on the island of Providenciales. The festival allowed existing players, as well as new participants to play small sided football games at the

TCIFA National Academy. This event three “Live Your Goals” ambassadorswould not have been successful Christmas Jean Louis and Olivia Unfortunately, Sarah without the help of our female coaches, Graveley. as they kept the participants active, Cenary could not be in attendance due and excited to play and showcase their to school commitments. talent. Following Ms. Ewing’s, The launching was also overview of the campaign, and plans compromised of a press conference, for the year 2015, President Sonia held at the TCIFA offices. The panel Bien-Aims greeted the public with consisted of : TCIFA President - brief remarks prior to declaring the Sonia Bien-Aime, General Secretary - event open: “This is a campaign that Candia Ewing, TCI’s Deputy Premier FIFA has launch well over a year ago. and Minister of Education, Youth and We currently have approxi-mately Sports- Hon. Akierra Missick, TCIFA 30 million girls and women playing Executive Member and Chairman football over the world. FIFA’s main of the Women’s Football Committee- objective is to increase that number to Candace Hanchell, TCIFA Executive 45 million by the 2019 Women’s World Committee Members - Alvin Parker Cup. This is a significant number, and and Tamara Hall, Women’s Football we here at TCIFA are very proud to be Committee Members - Dadre Seymour partners with FIFA in trying to reach and Lisa Garland, and two of the that goal.”

Hon. Akiera Missick, brought greetings from the Turks & Caicos Islands Government, as well as words of encouragement: “We look forward to celebrating at your health fair. We look forward to celebrating the rest of your training programmes, and opportunity programmes. We look forward to getting our young girls interested in the sport of football, interested in developing in the sport, and becoming champions that we know they can, and will be. We continue to celebrate those women who are already in this sport, may be interested in joining this sport, and we also celebrate their championship goals.” TCIFA Executive Member and Chairman of the Women’s Football Committee, Candace Hanchell, brought closing remarks.

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Tiger Woods season comes to an abrupt end

Tiger Woods’ season came to an abrupt end Sunday, but in a year of numerous lows, at the least the American golfer could console himself that he went out on a relative high. Having missed the cut at three consecutive majors -- an unthinkable thought for the greatest golfer of the past two decades -- the 39-year-old was just two shots off the lead going into the final round of the Wyndham Championship. The world number 257 had needed to win the PGA Tour event to qualify for next week’s opening tournament of the FedEx Cup playoffs, but a triple bogey at the 11th and a bogey at the 12th ultimately proved costly. “I gave myself a chance and I had all the opportunity in the world today to do it. I didn’t get it done,” Woods told the PGA Tour’s official website after his final-round

even-par 70 left him well outside the top 125 in the standings. “(I’ve) got lots of soccer games and practice to go to, so I’ll be doing that and just working out, training and trying to get more fit.” In what was his first appearance at the Greensboro, North Carolina tournament, the former world number one’s hopes of winning evaporated after he failed to make a birdie until the ninth hole on the final round. “I made the seventh, which was solid,” Woods said. “Right in the middle of the hole.” I had some makeable putts early that I missed. I just wasn’t able to get any kind of roll early. I had my chances to get it going. I just never did.” The 10th-place finish -- his first since 2013 -- was four shots off eventual winner Davis Love III and means Woods’ next appearance on the PGA Tour will come at the

season-opening Frys.com Open in October. It will be the first time he has played in one of the tour’s fall events. He is set to line up alongside world No. 2 Rory McIlroy -- they were among a group of players given permission to drop out of the 2012 tournament in order to play an exhibition, on the condition they would fulfill their obligations by the end of this year. Love, meanwhile, became the third-oldest winner on the U.S. circuit as he won the tournament for the third time, aged 51. The American Ryder Cup captain moved from 186th to 76th in the FedEx standings to secure entry into next week’s event, The Barclays at Plainfield in New Jersey. It was his first PGA Tour victory since 2008, and the 21st of his career.

Tiger Woods

Rafael Nadal takes blame for rough year

NEW YORK -- Rafael Nadal has won 14 Grand Slam titles while coached by his uncle. A few difficult months won’t change his loyalty to Toni Nadal. “I have [had] an amazing career with the team that I have today, the same team from the beginning,” the younger Nadal said Tuesday. “So my feeling is if something’s not working well it’s not because of your team -- it’s because of myself. The one thing I have to change is myself.” That means playing more aggressively. And that can come with Rafael nadal greater confidence. Nadal insists his game is going into the US Open, which starts coming around, even if it doesn’t show Monday. He won the tournament the much in recent results. Then again, last time he played in New York but considering he was publicly voicing was unable to defend his title last year self-doubt before the French Open, because of a right wrist injury. Then this new assuredness is a notable he was sidelined again by appendix difference. surgery. “One of my best things during His run of five consecutive the whole of my career has been French Open titles ended with a my mental strength,” he said. “It is quarterfinal loss to Novak Djokovic, something I was not able to find that before he was upset in the second consistency during this year, but I round at Wimbledon by 102nd-ranked start to see that I am again with that qualifier Dustin Brown. mentality, with that self-confidence.” This month, the 29-year-old Nadal is seeded just eighth Nadal failed to make it past

the quarterfinals in two hard-court warmups. But he sees the foundation for greater success, not just in the next two weeks but well beyond. “I feel great physically, and that’s important for me because that’s giving me the confidence in my body that’s always been very important (for) the intensity of my movements,” Nadal said. “If I’m healthy and I have the chance to keep working the way I’m working now, I believe that I can keep competing well for the next couple of years and keep having chances in the big events.”

He was in Manhattan on Tuesday taking part in a very different kind of event: a strip-tennis match in a court set up in Bryant Park. See, Nadal is an underwear model for Tommy Hilfiger. A shirtless Nadal also appears in ads for the company’s fragrances and “tailored” line. Hilfiger himself said the tennis star was an appealing endorser because of his sense of style and of course his muscular build. Hilfiger, who serves on the ATP’s Business Advisory Board, believes fans will view Nadal as a champion no matter what happens the rest of his career. But, Hilfiger added, noting how Roger Federer rebounded from a rough patch in recent years, “I can see him coming back. And we’re betting on it.” For now, Nadal isn’t making any bold pronouncements going into the US Open. “I will be arrogant if I say I feel ready for the title now after not having a great season,” he said. “I don’t want to say that. I say I am working hard every day. I know I am playing better and I am feeling better mentally than a few months ago.

IndyCar driver Justin Wilson dies after crash

IndyCar driver Justin Wilson

IndyCar driver Justin Wilson died Monday from injuries he suffered when struck by a part that careened off a crashed race car. The nose cone of driver Sage Karam’s car flew off after he crashed Sunday at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, and struck Wilson in the head. Wilson’s No. 25 Andretti Autosport Honda then hit a wall before coming to rest on the track. “Justin’s elite ability to drive a race car was matched by his unwavering kindness, character and humility, which is what made him one of the most respected members of the

paddock,” said Mark Miles, CEO of who won the race, said the accident the parent company of IndyCar. “He looked terrifying. “Just to be an innocent bystander like will be missed.” Unlike NASCAR vehicles, that and get hit in the head with a IndyCar vehicles have an open cockpit, nose cone is a scary thought,” HunterReay said. leaving racers more exposed. The accident happened with “He has a family, just like I do. 21 laps left in the ABC Supply 500. He’s a great friend, a teammate. Can’t Wilson, 37, was flown to Lehigh say enough about the guy on and off Valley Health Network-Cedar Crest the racetrack.” Hospital in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Andretti Autosport said while according to IndyCar. Wilson was a member of the Andretti Karam was also taken to the lineup for a short time, “it only took a hospital for evaluation of a foot injury. second for him to forever become part He tweeted Monday night about of the Andretti family. His life and Wilson’s death. racing career is a story of class and Driver Ryan Hunter-Reay, passion surpassed by none.”

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NBA fines Clippers $250K for DeAndre Jordan pitch NEW YORK -- The NBA has fined the Los Angeles Clippers $250,000 after an investigation found the team had violated league rules while trying to re-sign DeAndre Jordan last month. The league said Tuesday that the Clippers had made a presentation to the then-free agent on July 2 that improperly included a potential third-party endorsement opportunity. League rules prohibit teams from arranging for others to

provide compensation for a player unless it is included in a contract or is otherwise permitted by the collective bargaining agreement. “We believed we were doing this the right way, and any circumvention was inadvertent,” Clippers owner Steve Ballmer said in a letter obtained by the Orange County Register. “In our effort to support our players in every way possible, we as an organization must be diligent in complying with the CBA.”

The NBA said the endorsement opportunity didn’t impact Jordan’s decision to re-sign with the Clippers. A source told ESPN’s Darren Rovell that the presentation the Clippers gave happened before Jordan even went to visit Dallas, so it didn’t have an impact on his decision, and he didn’t wind up doing the sponsorship deal. Jordan eventually decided to stay with the Clippers after initially giving a verbal commitment to a deal with the

DeAndre Jordan

Coe says IAAF must restore sport’s trust and integrity BEIJINGSebastian Coe wants the public to “fall in love again with athletics” and one of his priorities as the new IAAF president will be to restore the sport’s trust and integrity, he said on Monday. The IAAF has been in crisis since data from thousands of blood samples was leaked to two media organisations earlier this month. “All the things I want really to get stuck in to, in the first hundred days actually, all that can only be predicated on two immutable principles of trust and integrity,” Coe told the BBC while attending the world championships. The double Olympic 1,500 metres champion added he must banish the notion all leading athletes are using performance-enhancing drugs. “We’ve got to kill the perception that somehow the IAAF has been sitting on

its hands, or is in some way complicit, in not doing enough,” said Coe of the sport’s governing body. “I’ve been on the [IAAF] Council since 2003...we have driven high-profile cheats out of the sport and we’ve paid a high price for doing that. “In 2005 we were a sport that still had the prescience to start collecting samples knowing one day the technology would emerge and we could go back 10 years, as we have done recently, and pull people out from world championshipwinning positions.” Coe denied he did not welcome media coverage alleging widespread drug use and official cover-ups. “We shouldn’t ever hide away from the media that wants to look and judge us,” said the Briton who took over as president earlier this month. “For me the issue was

Dallas Mavericks. “As we, and the basketball world observed, DJ ultimately chose to stay with the Clippers because he felt it was his best opportunity to win a championship, and because of his desire to remain part of the Clippers family,” Ballmer said. The Charlotte Hornets are also cognizant of the anticircumvention rule as team owner Michael Jordan cannot decide which NBA players get Jordan-brand shoe deals.

really about the very selective use of information that actually shouldn’t have been in the public domain, it was very private information, and information you could not extrapolate from in terms of one simple reading.” “Our overall objective is to get the cheats out of our sport but my objective over the coming years is for the clean athletes to know there is absolutely no question I am in their corner.” Coe said he wanted sanctions for drug cheats to be proportionate. “That is why we pushed to go back from the two years [mandatory ban] to four years because two years is a mere blip in a career,” he explained. “Four years is a very serious time out of sport. “I don’t want to see people coming back quickly from a ban where it is viewed as a slap on the wrist.”

Pacquiao would win Mayweather rematch - Roach F l o y d he’ll fight to 50. I’m Mayweather is set to hoping that he promotes retire next month, but himself, maybe if he Freddie Roach believes does he can make more Manny Pacquiao could money. “100 percent” defeat the “Manny would pound-for-pound king if do much better in a he is granted a second rematch, if the shoulder shot at him. gets better. We were Pacquiao lost doing well until the out on points the first shoulder went in the time around in what fourth round and we was billed as the long- had a tough time after awaited ‘fight of the that. I do think we can century’ in May. beat Mayweather, 100 Trainer Roach percent.” is certain his fighter Pacquiao may would have handed not get the chance Mayweather his first to face Mayweather, defeat, had he not been however - the WBC hampered by a shoulder and WBA welterweight injury in Las Vegas, for champion says his bout which he underwent against Andre Berto in surgery after the fight Las Vegas on September and is scheduled to 12 will be his final fight. return from next year. Mayweather “I don’t know Promotions chief where Mayweather’s executive Leonard going right now,” Roach Ellerbe has also claimed told Boxing News. “I the 38-year-old will don’t think he will stop hang up his gloves after at 49 fights, I think the fight.

Premiership’s British stars free to compete at Rio 2016

Christian Wade has been tipped as a Premiership star who could make a big impact for Great Britain in Rio. English clubs will not block top stars like Wasps wing Christian Wade from chasing Olympic Games glory with the Great Britain Sevens team. Club bosses and the Aviva

Premiership’s governing body have offered assurances they will allow their British stars the chance to compete at the Rio 2016 games. England’s Sevens side secured

Great Britain’s qualification for the inaugural Olympic inclusion of rugby’s short-format competition. Wade has admitted he is unsure of the selection criteria and Great Britain are yet to finalise their plans, but Wasps have stressed they will not bar players from Olympic action. “No one from GB 7s has approached the club asking if Christian Wade, or any other player, is available to represent GB 7s at the Olympic Games,” read a Wasps statement. “However, the Olympic Games Sevens’ competition is covered by World Rugby’s Regulation 9 regarding international player release. As such, selected players for any nation will be released for the event in accordance with the regulations. The Rugby Football Union’s (RFU) Joe Lydon will oversee the Great Britain programme as performance manager, with a head coach yet to be installed. The criteria for Great Britain

selection may include participation in build-up tournaments, but that is yet to be finalised. Complications could arise should Great Britain demand Premiership stars compete in a number of Sevens World Series events to gain eligibility for Olympic selection. Wasps’ statement indicates the Ricoh Arena club will wait for further developments on selection processes from Great Britain, but have no intention of denying their top stars a path to Rio next summer. Aviva Premiership governing body Premiership Rugby have also moved to confirm they will not deny top stars a shot at Olympic glory. “The Olympic Games Sevens’ competition is covered by World Rugby’s Regulation 9 regarding international player release,” read a statement from Premiership Rugby. “As such, selected players for any nation from any of our 12 clubs will be released for the event in accordance with the regulation”.

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