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CORRUPT FOREINGERS WILL BE ‘HUNTED DOWN’

by Hayden Boyce Publisher & Editor-in-Chief

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s the high-profile corruption trial in the Turks and Caicos Islands has started, with the notable absence of foreign developers who have paid large sums to settle with the Helen Garlick-led Special Investigations and Prosecutions Team to avoid prosecution, the recently appointed Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has served notice that he will be going after corrupt foreign developers, regardless of who they are or where they live.

“Gone are the days, if they ever existed, of mainly buying your way out of prosecution because you do not happen to live on the island or because you are a Belonger. If the people of Turks and Caicos Islands rather face the risk of prosecution and incarceration for offenses of corruption, you (foreigners) should not be exempt merely because your involvement originates offshore,” said DPP John Masters.

“We’re going through a sensitive time at the moment in relation to a high profile prosecution, but I wish to deliver a shot across the bow to those involved in domestic corruption from a distance. To those involved in domestic corruption from a distance, the scourge of bribery and corruption is not confined to those within the shores of the Turks and Caicos Islands. It is not confined to Belongers. I will assure you that if you are an offshore person or entity engaged in corruption within the Turks and Caicos Islands, it is my resolve to help hunt you down wherever you are in the world and prosecute you to the full extent of the law,” said Masters, who is from Australia and who has worked in the Cayman Islands before coming here.

The SIPT, whose lead prosecutor is British Queen’s Counsel Andre Mitchell, has been often and widely accused of selective prosecution and conducting a shambolic investigation by

Abundant Life Ministries International celebrates 15th Anniversary

The Abundant Life Ministries International (ALMI) in Providenciales celebrated its 15th Anniversary service last week January 14th- 17th, 2016 where an ordination sermon also took place.

Founder and Pastor of ALMI Bishop Coleta Alexander Williams III and his wife, Elect Lady Chiquita Williams were presented with plaques from former Deputy Premier and Minister of Education, Youth, Sports, Library and Culture Mrs. Lillian Boyce and businesswoman and florist Mrs. Stephanie Duncanson, who were both ordained as Deaconess. overwhelming charging only Belongers, while several white and foreign participants in the very bribery and corruption schemes that Garlick’s SIPT say are illegal have been the recipients of backroom deals in which they have paid millions to avoid being charged, and in some cases, are still actively engaged in business in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

The SIPT has settled matters with Salt Cay developer Mario Hoffman, Seven Stars developer Jak Civre, and owner of Beaches Resort and Spa, Gordon “Butch” Stewart.

SIPT’s settlement of matters

against select individuals came under strong criticism from a CARICOM Ministerial Fact-Finding Mission led by Fred Mitchell, The Bahamas’ Minister of Foreign Affairs, when they visited Turks and Caicos Islands between June 24th to 26th, 2013.

The CARICOM team stated in a report that was presented to the Heads of Government Summit in Trinidad and Tobago, that “another common narrative in the Turks and Caicos Islands which bears examination is that the justice being administered by the SIPT has cost the people of the TCI some $46million with no end in sight” and that only

islanders are facing criminal charges and jail time when non-islanders have been able to purchase justice.

According to the CARICOM report: “The greatest concerns were expressed over the operation s of the agencies put in place to investigate and prosecute the findings of corruption and wrong doing arising from the Commission of Enquiry and to recover ill-got ten monies and property-the Special Investigation and Prosecution Team (SIPT) and the Civil Recovery Unit (CRU).

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Chelsea Clinton vacations in TCI - Page 6

Brits want to ban Donald Trump - Page 38

Chef Nik defends serving shark in local restaurants - Page 5

Salt Cay dock ladder needs urgent repairs - Page 10

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On July 17th, 2012, TCIG, Mario Hoffmann and the Salt Cay Development Companies announced the settlement of all claims and proceedings between them and SIPT, in which $7million was paid to Government and 1,506 acres of land on Salt Cay which Hoffman owned were transferred back to Government.

Hoffman also gave up his Belonger status. Neither Mr Hoffmann nor the Development Companies admitted any wrongdoing or civil or criminal liability when entering into the settlement.

The then Attorney General, Huw Shepheard commented: “We are pleased that these disputes have now been settled, and in consequence that the position of Salt Cay is now secured with the transfer of all the respective lands on Salt Cay to the Government.

The Government will be undertaking a broad consultation as to the future of Salt Cay”.

Mario Hoffmann, said: “We have at all times maintained our innocence with respect to all allegations of misconduct and corruption made against us and determined that it

was most convenient and expedient that are the proceeds of wrongdoing,” to enter into the settlement rather Shepheard added. than continue on with the disputes in

In January 2013, the Special relation to Salt Cay. We are pleased to Investigation Prosecution Team put these disputes behind us. We have (SIPT) and the Turks and Caicos maintained our innocence at all times Islands Government (TCIG) reached and continue to think that our project an agreement with Sandals Resorts for Salt Cay was a good one for the International and its directors people of Salt Cay and the Turks and and officers in respect of the SIPT Caicos Islands. After litigating these investigations. issues for several years, in light of all

The then Governor Ric Todd mutual claims we felt it best to settle said this agreement was “without any these disputes now and move forward admission of liability by the company, with our other businesses. We thank its directors and/or officers”. the people of Salt Cay for their trust

He added: “It does not DPP John Masters and confidence in us.” however prevent the prosecution of

In his settlement, Italian not to resist the SIPTs application for any other persons in respect of any businessman Jak Civre paid a civil recovery order, by which he will facts and matters. The agreement, US$4.7million plus US$250,000 in pay the Civil Recovery Authority the which involves a payment of USD$12 legal costs. sum of $4,750,000 plus $250,000 costs. million to TCIG, is due in part to the

On Thursday, July 5, 2012, “I consider this to be a proper and co-operation of the company with former Attorney General Shepheard proportionate outcome of the case the United States authorities to a issued s statement saying he agreed to against him, but the prosecution degree that has been acknowledged discontinue the criminal proceedings of those persons who are suspected to be both extraordinary and unique against Civre, noting that he took this of serious crime and charged with and included the early and voluntary decision “having considered the public offences as a result of the SIPT’s release of valuable evidence that has interest, primarily because of Mr investigation will continue. The Crown been shared with the SIPT. That Civre’s age and state of health”. will also continue vigorously and information has materially assisted

In turn, Mr Civre has agreed wherever possible to recover assets SIPT’s investigations.”

British West Indies Collegiate student achieves Top in the World results in Outstanding Cambridge Learner Awards

A student from the British West Indies Collegiate has received a prestigious award from Cambridge International Examinations to acknowledge her outstanding performance in the June 2015 Cambridge examination series.

Cambridge Top in the World awards recognise the success of learners who have achieved the highest standard mark in the world for a single subject. The following learner at BWIC received a Cambridge Top in the World award:

Achsah Wildish won the Outstanding Cambridge Learner Award – Top of the World AS-Level Mathematics

The Vice-Principal of BWIC, Mr Anthony Wilkinson, said that the award recognised the talent, dedication and commitment of both learners and staff. He said: “This is an outstanding achievement for Achsah. Not only did she score 100% in a particularly challenging subject; representing our small school, in our small island state, she has surpassed the performance of students in countries such as India, China, Korea and Singapore who have tended to dominate the field of Mathematics. Achsah is an immensely talented and well-balanced young woman. We at BWIC, and all of us in the TCI, are extremely proud of her success, and the honour and recognition she brings to these shores.”

Achsah will receive her Cambridge Top in the World award at a school ceremony at 2.00pm on

on this fantastic honour. To be named as the Top Student in the World by a University of Cambridge Examination Board is a huge achievement.

“I was delighted to have the opportunity to meet Achsah this week, and I would like to repeat publicly my best wishes to her for a successful transition to a British university. This Award should stand you in great stead!

“Congratulations also to Achsah’s teachers, especially of mathematics. You have brought great credit to British West Indies Collegiate, and Turks and Caicos Islands, with this success.

“Finally, my thanks and best wishes to all the pupils and staff of Collegiate. I enjoyed my visit immensely, and got the sense, albeit from a just a short time, that the school is happy and productive place, with a great mix of cheerful and motivated pupils. It was a pleasure to meet some Governor with Achsah Wildish, together with Mr Anthony Wilkinson, the Head of British West Indies of you, and I look forward to hearing Collegiate and the Head Prefect of BWIC of many other successes over the next Thursday 21st January. them, and I wish them every success in year.”

Janet Morris, Director, their future.’

Cambridge programmes and International Network, said: ‘It is Governor Peter Beckingham, qualifications are taken by learners extremely rewarding to congratulate visited British West Indies Collegiate in more than 10000 schools in 170 Cambridge learners and teachers this week, and met Achsah Wildish, countries. They are recognised by at British West Indies Collegiate who on 21 January was told that she universities and employers around the who have worked so hard to achieve had been named “Top Student of the world. tremendous success in Cambridge World” by the University of Cambridge Cambridge International examinations. The results are a International Examination Board for Examinations prepares school reflection of the enormous talent in her AS performance in mathematics. students for life, helping them develop the Turks and Caicos Islands, not only The Governor issued the following an informed curiosity and a lasting among learners but also within the statement at a special ceremony at the passion for learning. We are part of teaching profession. Learners from school on 21 January: Cambridge Assessment, a department BWIC have a bright future ahead of

“Big congratulations to Achsah of the University of Cambridge

Corruption trial official starts

The corruption trial of former Turks and Caicos Islands Premier, Michael Misick and others, officially started before Mr. Justice Paul Harrison last Monday, January 18th.

When the court adjourned on Friday January 22nd, lead prosecutor for the Special Investigations and Prosecution Team (SIPT), Andrew Mitchell, QC, was still making his

opening statement which he said is now expected to last two weeks instead of three as he had originally stated.

More than 100 persons, including former Governor Richard Tauwhare, current Attorney General Hon. Rhondalee BrathwaiteKnowles, former First Lady LisaRaye McCoy, several former and current senior civil servants,

local developers, lawyers, business persons and residents, will be called as prosecution witnesses, or their statements to the Special Investigation and Prosecution Team (SIPT) relied upon.

The SUN Media Group will be providing full coverage on all of its media platforms after the opening statement.

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British Civil Recovery Unit lawyer David Phillips admitted to local Bar

been admitted to the Turks and Caicos Islands Bar pro hac vice on numerous occasions since 2006 both on the application of the Attorney General to appear on behalf of the Crown in divers Civil Recovery matters in which the Attorney General had instructed the film of Edwards, Angell, palmer and Doge LLP and, more recently, on the application of the firm of Karam Missick which moved his application for full admission to the Bar.

In a copy of a judgment obtained by The SUN, Chief Justice Queen’s Counsel David Phillips Ramsay-Hale stated: “It is, I think,

British Queen’s Counsel David plain that, given the nature of his Phillips, who has argued several cases engagement as a barrister instructed for the Attorney General’s Chambers to appear in a limited number of on behalf of the Civil Recovery Unit, matters on an ad hoc basis, Mr. Phillips has been admitted to the local Bar on cannot be described as a person who a full-time basis, after Chief Justice holds or has held legal office with Margaret Ramsay-Hale ruled against the Crown. Nonetheless, I invited the Bar Council which had objected to Mr. Phillips to file further evidence to his admission. address the issue of whether, in fact,

The application by Phillips he had through his associated with to be admitted as an attorney in the the Attorney General’s Chambers he Turks and Caicos Islands was opposed acquired such knowledge as described by the Bar Council on two primary by the Bar Council.” grounds.

The Chief Justice said Phillips

The first is that Mr. Phillips filed his second affidavit on the 28 is not ordinarily resident in the TCI September 2015 in which he describes which, the Bar Council asserts, is a his relationship with the Crown prerequisite of full admission. The officers, the extent of his interactions second is that, as an attorney engaged with them and number of occasions by the Crown, he has intimate and that he attended the AG’s chambers extensive knowledge of confidential and the reasons therefor. The Bar information in the possession of the filed its affidavit in response on the 16 Crown and therefore ought to the October 2015. subject of the so-called ‘Donegan Rule’ “I accept Mr. Phillips’ evidence which provides that a person who and I say that I am satisfied that he holds legal office with the Crown not has not acquired any confidential to be allowed to work in the private information as a result of his association sector for at least two years following with the Attorney General’s Chambers, the termination of their employment save such information as came into his with Crown. hands in the course of preparing for

Phillips QC is an eminent trial in the several matters in which silk with chambers in London. He has he was instructed. I accept that most

of the information, if not all, emerged, as he says, in the course of those trials and is now in the public domain,” the Chief Justice wrote.

“He has obtained employment in the islands with a firm of attorneys like many other English barristers before him, he has a work permit and has established a residence here. The fact that he may maintain a home or an office overseas is not determinative of the question of whether his is to be regarded as a resident here. On the face of his application, he meets the residency requirement for full admission,” the judgment added.

Chief Justice RamsayHale said other matters have been brought to her attention by the Bar Council including a letter written to the Council by the former Attorney General.

“I will confess that I struggle to understand how the ringing endorsement of the Attorney, who describes Mr. Phillips as having “a mastery and understanding of the laws and practice of the islands,” demonstrates that Mr. Phillips is not a fit and proper person to be granted full admission as the President of the Bar Council suggests in her affidavit. The Council has also suggested that Mr. Phillips has or may have breached the provisions of divers Ordinances by not acquiring work permits or business licenses for those periods when he was engaged by the Crown. Given that no complaint has been made against him by any relevant agency or authority in that regard, those assertions of impropriety are bare assertions which I could not properly take into account.

In my judgment, Mr. Phillips has satisfied all requirements for

Chief Justice Margaret Ramsay-Hale admission and the motion is granted,” the Chief Justice said.

Meantime, at the opening of the new court session last week, Chief Justice Margaret Ramsay-Hale said the question of admissions to the local Bar is a matter that needs some urgent attention.

She said pro hoc admissions are really reserved for Senior Council, Queen’s Counsel, men and women of distinction who specialize in a particular field and have particular skills that are not available in the jurisdiction.

“It’s not meant for, as very recently happened, persons with five years from call. I recently made two such admissions but we say that those are exceptional because they were young juniors to assist in that very complicated trial (SIPT trial) where the local instructing attorney doesn’t have enough counsel in his office to provide administrative and legal support to the team, but I regret it and I want to make it quite clear that those pro hac admissions made by me were exceptional and that we will continue to regarding them as restricted only to the obtaining of council overseas,” she said.

Stacy Cox appointed VP of regional hospitality society

TCHTA’s Executive Director - Stacy Cox

Three years after being elected Secretary of the Caribbean Society of Hotel Association Executives (CSHAE), TCHTA’s Executive Director Stacy Cox has achieved another major accomplishment after recently being voted Vice President of the Society for the 2016-2017 term.

The Caribbean Society of Hotel Association Executives (CSHAE) is a professional association which members include top executives and senior managers from the region’s private-sector led hotel and tourismrelated organisations. The Board which includes executives from 7 regional hotel associations will meet to share feedback as it relates to key advocacy concerns including increased taxation, lack of destination

marketing, high energy costs and the lack of and high prices transportation.

Speaking on her recent appointment TCHTA’s Executive Director Stacy Cox noted, “One of CSHAE’s major roles is to advocate on behalf of association executives on current issues of pertinence to them and/or their associations. With issues affecting our local industry like safety and security and workforce development, as VP of the Society I am now in a better position to share our concerns with the regional body and in term bring back solutions and ideas.

Cox added, “Through my inclusion on the Board, TCHTA will therefore benefit tremendously from the wealth of information the group

of executives offers, which will allow our local association to improve our tourism product through professional development of staff and working collaboratively with the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association.”

The Turks and Caicos Hotel and Tourism Association (TCHTA) represents a wide range of members from hotels and resorts to insurance companies and financial service providers, from watersports operators to catering outlets, from taxi drivers to human resources. The Association aims to assist the organisations through networking opportunities, training, promotional activities and representation at all levels of decisionmaking in the Turks and Caicos Islands and the region.

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Resident accused of tearing down locals and local businesses on Facebook

Sara Alexandra Skye who resides in the Turks and Caicos Islands for many years is accused of tearing down locals and local businesses in the Turks and Caicos Islands due to a post she wrote about the Menu of well know restaurant ‘Crackpot Kitchen’ via social media Facebook on Monday January 18th, 2016.

Her post reads, “Utterly Sickened, These guys are doing so well, their staff is outstanding the menu great… and then there’s this”. With this statement there was also a picture of the restaurant’s menu that reads ‘East Caicos Lemon Shark Springrolls’ which consists of hash lemon shark meat infused with Caribbean spices stuffed in crispy spring roll blankets was called to be disgusting by other comments made by individuals.

Owner of well known Restaurant Crackpot Kitchen Nikita (Chef Nik) Skippings said in a post on facebook, “I am Chef Nik, Owner and Chef of Crackpot Kitchen Restaurant Bar and Grill. I am also the Culinary Ambassador of the Turks and Caicos Islands. With that being said, it brings me great pride to defend what is on my Menu. Shark is not an endangered species in the Turks and Caicos Islands and it has been a part of our local diet many years before my time and still is today. It is totally unfair and outright disrespectful for you to come into a Restaurant that promotes authentic Turks and Caicos Islands Cuisine and bash a dish that has been a

part of our national culture and heritage Turks and Caicos Islands Dishes are for so many years.” being shadowed by the Steaks, Lamb,

Skippings added: “I do not Mussels and Pasta dishes; it is my sole know the origin of most of your Friends right to defend and promote Turks and commenting but I can tell you this, I Caicos Islands Cuisine to the best of my would be very much out of my place to ability and I urge others alike to do the bash any of your native dishes such as same. After all when Visitors come to Snails, Duck, Rabbit, Alligator, Geese, our Country they want to experience our Squid aka Octopus and for some of you local cuisine,” He stated. even Cats and Dogs which are considered On a post by young ChefNik pets in Ninety percent of the world. For on Wednesday January 20th he said, most of the people in this country before “It brings me great pleasure to thank there were imported meat such as Beef, each and every one of you for your Owner of Crackpot Kitchen Nikita (Chef Nik) Pork, etc. we relied on foods from our generous love and support based on a Skippings Land and Sea which consist of Seafood post I published yesterday; not directed such as Conch, Lobster and Fish that towards race but a clear outline defending Islander you have every right to be there includes Shark! Shark is considered a the culinary culture of this country that and your business will thrive right in delicacy here and pairs well with Grits was being ripped and torn apart by a the face of adversity..I’m putting you on during Breakfast, Beans and Rice during lady and her friends who thought they notice you little devil, when Jesus say yes Dinner and now with a unique and had the right to. Remember, the intent NOBODY can say NO.” creative twist in a crispy spring roll which is not to preach hate but to educate and Steve Nolan said, “I am sick is featured as an Appetizer on Crackpot showcase national heritage and pride and tired of self appointed, self centered, Kitchen Restaurant Bar and Grill Menu. throughout our homelands. The support ignorant, nasty do gooders sticking their I must add that it is the number one (1) shown by all of you is clear proof that we nose where it doesn’t belong. Get off selling Appetizer on the Menu today.” can as a people unite for a just cause. I your high horse and go back to France

“Bake and Shark’ is considered will never ever question if the people and bother them there. You disparage a Traditional Dish in Trinidad which is in this country have love for Chef Nik a great heritage and culture with your crispy fried Shark Fillet between two ever again. SHARK FEST Coming Soon! misguided rantings. If you don’t want to baked buns. In parts of America like Blessed Love to you All.” eat shark, shut your big mouth and keep Key West, Florida, etc. Shark is also Storms of encouraging words it shut. Have some snails instead. considered to be a Delicacy there. There came from locals and supporters of the Celeste Lightbourne said, are no complaints coming from places restaurant.

“Amen to This post! Such a shame... They about Shark being on their Menu so why Mary Durham said, “Be can’t be serious... I’m in DC and can go to you as a person that has claimed to live encouraged son, obviously this devil has the wharf or pretty much any fish market in this country for over ten years now see a secret agenda..Every set back is a set to buy shark to cook... Nobody is being the need to frown upon a dish that has up for a comeback..I guess she is upset forced to buy shark. If you don’t like it been a part of our local diet for over a because you moved your business to buy something else...that’s what normal century. For the most part of it authentic Grace Bay Strip. As a Turks and Caicos people do.”

HAB MANAGEMENT LIMITED

VACANT POSITIONS Position: Senior Accountant Location: Cheshire Hall Medical Centre, Providenciales TCI Job Summary:

HAB Management is seeking an experienced, professionally qualified Front Desk Manager. Only candidates who meet the minimum requirements will be considered.

FRONT DESK MANAGER

We require a dynamic Front Desk Manager who understand the meaning of true Customer Service who is professional, team-oriented and possess good work ethics.

The Front Desk Manager will directly supervises the work of the Front Desk staff to ensure professional and competent service to the guest in accordance with hotel policies and procedures.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

•Post holder will be working with the Finance Team in the planning, developing and directing the financial activities for the Hospitals at Providenciales and Grand Turk, including budgeting, cost accounting, financial planning, and financial analysis and reporting.

•Make recommendations and ensure improvement in the systems of internal controls and procedures for management of the Company’s assets.

Requirements and Experiences: •A bachelor’s degree in accounting, business or related field is required and a master’s degree, CPA or ACCA are strongly preferred; •Five to ten years accounting and finance experience, to include budgeting, revenue cycle knowledge, financial analysis, cost allocation, and budgeting; •A technically strong background in financial and management accounting and the use of business information systems; •Sound knowledge in Microsoft Office would be preferred.

JOB DESCRIPTION PROVIDED UPON REQUEST. SALARY RANGE: Competitive based on experience.

Submit resumes and references to: HR@interhealthcanada.com.

Deadline for applications: Friday 29th January 2016

•Inform all Front Office staff of daily activities, group and VIP arrivals, repeat guests as well as special requests made by guests.

•Check accommodations, making sure any special requests are carried out accordingly, greet guests upon arrival and ensure guest are escorted to accommodations.

•Develop relationship with guest to provide maximum personalized guest service.

•Communicate with all hotel departments regarding guest accommodations and request to improve guest experience and services.

•Promptly respond to guest needs, request and complaints; effective handling guest issues efficiently and courteously.

•Insuring proper settlement of all guest folios.

•Operate all aspects of Front Office POS system, report generation and analysis and perform night audit procedures.

•Has full understanding of hotel reservation system and assist with reservations.

•Maintain a professional and high quality service oriented environment at all times.

•Manage and monitor activities of all employees in the Front Office department making sure they adhere the standards of excellence and the guidelines set out in the hotel policies and procedures, coaching, training and correcting staff where needed.

•Perform all other administrational duties as requested by management.

•Act as manager on duty for the hotel, dealing with complaints, problem solving, disturbances, special requests and any other issues that may arise.

Requirements •Must have ten years or more experience working at the Front Office Department of a five star resort.

•Must have extensive knowledge of Visual One Property Management System.

•Strong organizational skills required.

•Must be proficient in Microsoft Office.

•Excellent oral and written communication skills required.

•Must be willing to work unsociable hours and a variety of split shifts.

•Excellent people skills in order to communicate well with guests and staff.

•Good presentation and a pleasant, friendly personality required.

The remuneration for this position for this position is $36,000.00 per annum, commensurate with experience. Interested applicants should contact Veronica Rigby via email by January 29, 2016 at ronnie@habgroup.com or by fax 649-946-5191. Suitable applicants will be contacted by email or telephoned to schedule an interview.

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Chelsea Clinton stayed at Amanyara where villas cost up to $34,000 a night

Chelsea, husband Marc Mezvinsky and their daughter, Charlotte, were recently staying at Amanyara Resort on Providenciales Island.

Clinton, 35, announced her second pregnancy in December, She was back on the campaign trail Saturday, taking part in a speaking engagement in Iowa alongside Bill Clinton With the primaries in Iowa and New Hampshire right around the corner, Chelsea Clinton took some time off from her mother’s campaign trail to enjoy a luxury vacation with her growing family in Turks and Caicos.

The 35-year-old expectant mother was photographed last week frolicking in the surf on the island of Providenciales with husband Marc

Mezvinsky and their young daughter, Charlotte.

Chelsea took to the beach in a black one-piece swimsuit, holding her toddler tightly in her arms in front of her growing baby bump.

The former first daughter and her husband of five years were staying at the ultra-luxurious Amanyara hotel, rated one of the most expensive resorts in the world, according to the travel blog The Luxury Travel Expert.

Rooms at the secluded, sprawling island compound start at $1,500 per night for the cheapest villa category in low season, and go all the way up to $34,000 for the most luxurious six-bedroom villa with direct beach access in high season.

According to its website, the Amanyara Resort, which is owned by

the Aman hotel group, looks out over the pristine reefs of Northwest Point Marine National Park, promising its guests some of the world’s best wall and reef diving.

The hotel complex, which sits on a white sand beach and is surrounded by crystal-clear blue water, features 40 timber shingled pavilions and several luxury villas serviced by private cook and housekeepers.

A well-rested Chelsea was back in campaign mode this weekend, joining her father, former President Bill Clinton, in Iowa on Saturday.

Chelsea, who announced in December that she and husband Marc were expecting their second child, told the audience at Lincoln High School in Des Moines that she was going to sit on stage because she’s pregnant.

usually observed in November of each year.

T.E.A.M. is aimed at creating tourism and environmental awareness among the population that will positively improve the Turks and Caicos Islands for the pleasure and livelihood of its citizens, the delight and comfort of our many visitors, and to educate our people on the importance of tourism to the island and the region.

The Youth Explosion, similar to the Youth Congress, allows the nation’s youngest minds and talents to be instrumental to the future of tourism and hospitality in the Turks

and Caicos. Students from the high Training Manager for the Turks and schools, both public and private, Caicos Tourist Board and T.E.A.M. throughout the Turks and Caicos Leader says, “We’re very excited about Islands have been invited to compete in Youth Explosion 2016 as last year we the categories of original song, poetry, saw great talent and potential from dance, and a costume competition our young people. We are certain the which require the costume to be made participants will up the ante this of recycled or recyclable materials. All time, so we are looking forward to an of the performances are to be inspired inspiring day of activities in which we by or based on the theme: “Tourism Is invite the public to attend and show Key … It Starts with ME”. In addition, support.” this year participants will be charged To reward the efforts of the by motivational speaker, K. Darron participants, designated winners of Turnquest of The Bahamas. each category will receive prizes to

Speaking on the expectations experience the best in hospitality in the of Youth Explosion 2016, Blythe Clare, Turks and Caicos Islands.

Chelsea Clinton, her husband Marc Mezvinsky and their young daughter, Charlotte, were photographed on January 13 frolicking on the beach during a family vacation in Turks and Caicos.

Tourism partners readies Youth Explosion 2016

Some of the nation’s most talented youths will come together in a time of fun and creativity at 10:00am at the Gustavus Lightbourne Sports Complex on Friday, January 29, 2016 to participate in the tourism, culture, and environmentally centered Youth Explosion.

A joint initiative spearheaded

by The Tourist Board, TCHTA, DEMA, Environmental Health Department, Youth Department and Royal Turks & Caicos Police Force, the 2nd Annual Youth Explosion is an extension of the annual Tourism Environmental Awareness Month (T.E.A.M.) activities,

•Knowledge of holistic concepts and treatments including facials, full body treatments, massages, physiotherapy, and manicures and pedicures •Enthusiastic demeanor with excellent customer service skills •Professional appearance and business friendly approach •Strong communication skills with strong listening skills and a good command of the English language •Exceptionally clean with a strong attention to detail •Self -motivated with very strong organization skills •Ability to stand and walk for up to 8 consecutive hours per day •Ability to lift and carry up to 20 pounds

Seven Stars Resort is currently seeking highly qualified candidates to fill the positions outlined below. The ideal candidate must possess the relevant professional qualifications and experience in a luxury resort environment, as well as a professional, outgoing and friendly demeanor with a strong command of the English Language (oral and written). Salary is based on education, experience and qualifications.

SPA THERAPIST We are currently seeking a Spa Therapist to administer professional massage and body treatments to our valued guests. In addition to performing treatment procedures at the highest standards of service, the Spa Therapist will have thorough knowledge of various massage techniques and possess a comprehensive understanding of body treatments included, but not limited to, facials, massages, physiotherapy, wellness solutions, manicures, and pedicures. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills with the ability to deliver service in accordance with the Resorts high standards.

Required Qualifications •5-7 years’ experience in the Spa and Beauty industry •Relevant degree or equivalent combination of experience and education •Exceptional knowledge of current spa trends, products and treatments •Proven skills up-selling, cross-selling and pre-selling services and products

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

In addition, we are also currently recruiting for the following: •Lead Bellman •Food Runners, Servers, Bartenders •Demi Chef De Partie •Crystallizing Specialist •Tailor Interested candidates should apply via e-mail to Seven Stars at hr@ sevenstarsgracebay.com for consideration. Application deadline: February 5, 2016.

ONLY CANDIDATES MEETING ABOVE REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS WILL BE CONTACTED.

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Report from January 20th Cabinet meeting

His Excellency the Governor, Peter Beckingham, chaired the 2nd meeting of the Cabinet on Wednesday, 20 January 2016, at the Hon. N J S Francis Building on Grand Turk.

All Ministers were present except the Hon. Deputy Premier and the Minister of Tourism, Environment, Heritage and Culture.

(Member); Desiree Downes (Member); Ian Astwood (Member); Carolyn Dickenson (Member); Marie Pierre (Member); Emily Saunders (Member); Oleta Jean-Missick (Member); Bridgette Newman (Secretary).

Members will be appointed to the Committee for the period 1 February 2016 to 31 March 2019.

Children (Care and Protection) At this meeting Cabinet: Advisory Committee: Tiffany ThomasBrowne (Chairman); Betty Ann Been •Agreed in principle, (Member); Desiree Adams (Member); subject to amendments and further Pastor Alces Dor (Member); Pastor consideration by Cabinet, a draft paper Wade Coleby (Member); Bishop for wider consultation to establish Andrew Stone (Member). Members will a Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) for be appointed to the Committee for the TCI to create a mechanism for setting period 1 February 2016 to 31 March aside a proportion of future budgetary 2017. surpluses to improve fiscal resilience, Prison Categorisation assist in financing large infrastructure Board: George Worrell (Chairman); developments and to ensure the future Superintendent of Prison (Member); prosperity of TCI; Lorna James (Member); Pamela

• Approved, in accordance with Joseph (Member). Members will be relevant Ordinances, the appointment appointed to the Board for the period 1 of members to the Adoption Committee, February 2016 to 31 March 2018; the Children (Care and Protection) •Gave approval for the Advisory Committee and the Prison Department of Agriculture to Categorisation Board as follows: commence public consultation on the

Adoption Committee: Tiffany draft Agriculture Policy with a view Thomas Browne (Chairman); Keran to updating the policy in the light Toussaint (Member); Alexia Durham of feedback for further review and

NOTICE Regulation 7 of the Physical Planning (Development Permission) Regulations, 1990 An Application, REGISTERED PR 12328,

by Windward Development Co. Ltd. has been submitted to the Department of Planning for consideration of a subdivision of the land at Block/Parcel 60903/29 for a subdivision of sixteen residental home parcels on Bougainvillea Drive in Leeward.

The application includes the excavation of an 80’ wide canal from Leeward Going Through Channel down the center of the parcel, as well as professional site landscaping and associated marine works in keeping with the Leeward community and existing waterways. The Project is low density and will add value to the surrounding properties and the community. Anyone wishing to make representation(s) may do so in writing to the Director of Planning, Emily House, Leeward Highway, Providenciales, within twenty eight (28) days of publication of this Notice.

consideration by Cabinet;

•Gave approval for the Ministry of Health to commence public consultation on the draft National Pharmaceutical Policy (NPP). The draft NPP has been prepared and endorsed by the Ministry of Health, Agriculture and Human Services and supported by the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO);

•Gave approval for the Ministry of Health to commence public consultation on the draft National Health Sector Strategic Plan 20162020 (NHSSP). The draft NHSSPP has been prepared and endorsed by the Ministry of Health, Agriculture and Human Services with technical advice and support from the Belize Ministry of Health and the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO);

•Approved the draft Primary Healthcare Renewal Strategy (PHCRS) for wider stakeholder review and consultation;

•Gave approval for the Ministry of Health to commence public consultation on the draft NonCommunicable Disease Plan;

•Received an up-date on the management of the Public Private Partnership (PPP) contract between

the Turks and Caicos Islands Government and Inter Health Canada (IHC) and discussed steps to address issues related to the contract;

• Approved a request by Inter Health Canada (IHC) to recruit one full-time registrar level Obstetrician and Gynaecologist and one full-time midwife for a two year period for the Maternity Services at the Cheshire Hall Medical Centre during which time TCIG will set conditions and monitor performance and review with IHC measures to improve operational efficiency, subject to the Accounting Officer confirming funds are available to finance this;

• Approved the following appointments: the District Commissioners for Middle Caicos, North Caicos and Salt Cay as Registrars of Marriage, Justice of the Peace and Notaries Public on their respective Islands; Pastor Evan Williams as Justice of the Peace and Notary on Middle Caicos; and Rev Father Tellison Glover as Marriage Officer for TCI. Further information on these matters will be provided by Ministers in due course.

RESORT MANAGER Providenciales resort seeks experienced Manager to oversee all operations as well as planned expansion.

The ideal candidate will have: * Minimum of 5 years hotel or resort experience at a senior level * Relevant academic qualification * Proven strong leadership and peoplemanagement skills * Proactive approach to management * Excellent understanding of resort accounting * Personal transportation Forward resume and covering letter to resort@faym.com prior to February 12, 2016

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National Development Strategy to be developed, says Minister of Finance

their own inure it to be competitive.

Singapore started out a swamp and it Turks and Caicos Sun

One of the first tasks of the is now a model economy. So because Suite#5, Airport Plaza newly launched Invest TCI will be we may be the flavor of the day and Providenciales to develop a sustainable national everybody wants to come here it doesn’t Turks and Caicos Islands development policy, Minister of Finance, mean that this will continue. It is Tel: (649) 339-5879 Hon. Washington Misick said. actually important for us as a country,

The Finance Minister said he public sector and private sector to join Fax: (649) 941-3281 has mandated Invest TCI to establish up to build on our strengths and to defy Email: sun@suntci.com a forum that would bring together our weaknesses if we are going to be large and small businesses along with able to be effective in competing in this Read us online at as many stakeholders as possible, to 21st century,” Misick added. www.suntci.com develop the development policy.

He said the job of investing in

“(It has to be one) that we can the TCI is a very difficult one and that Publisher & Editor-in-Chief: all be proud of and one that we all is why it was very fortunate to have Hayden Boyce can buy into because at the end of the Minister of Finance Hon. Washington Misick someone like the new CEO who has day it is on our strength and on our and more particularly those local had 23 years of experience in some of Office Manager: determination that we will be singled investors including many who have come the most dynamic locations in the world Dominique Rigby out,” Misick said at the launch of Invest to these shores from abroad and who’ve including Hong Kong and Singapore.

TCI that was held at the Provo Golf been here for many years and are now “It’s particularly a pleasure Graphic designer & Country Club in Providenciales on a part of the fabric of this community. for me because it means that we will Information Technology Monday January 18th, 2016. “If we At the end of the day what is very now have a dedicated focused effort on and Production Manager: are going to become productive and important here is competitiveness and helping the private sector to engineer Kelano Howell competitive, we will have to transform competitiveness is important whether around and through the processes of the way we do business and TCI will be you’re running a small business, a large government to make sure that from Todeline Defralien the focal point in helping us to do that.” business or a country. I listen with some the point of conception of a project Reporter

Noting that Invest TCI is really degree of pride when people say that the proposal to the delivery, that this time meant to be the driving force behind Turks and Caicos tout the importance of is shortened because only by shortening The Turks and Caicos SUN promoting the investment facilitating this destination and the accolades but I the process, whether it means flipping business in the Turks and Caicos must warn us not to rest on our laurels an egg or making a hamburger, or it is a subsidiary Islands, Misick said he believed it was a and not to take that for granted.” means getting a shovel in the ground to of The SUN Media Group Ltd. mistake to have closed down TC Invest.

The former Chief Minister build a new project, only by shortening

“But nevertheless that’s water said Invest TCI will be a major part the process and delivering jobs and We are committed to excellence in under the bridge and the fact that of rebuilding team Turks and Caicos opportunities and revenue we can journalism, educating and informing we’re here gives us a new chance and and will be holding hands and joining become competitive,” Misick added. our readers, serving and satisfying new opportunity to start afresh and up with not only the Tourist Board “I don’t want us to lose sight our advertisers and assisting in the sometimes that’s not a bad idea because but all other important private sector of that word competitiveness, because overall development of the you’re not bound by the old morays so organizations and public statutory at the end of the day that’s what it’s all Turks and Caicos Islands. this is a new opportunity we have today,” bodies to try to make sure this country about. We’re competing with the rest of he added. is the most attractive destination for our sister territories in the region and

He added: “Invest TCI is really investment. while we wish them well we want to be meant to be holding the hands of not “It is a fact that the natural our best, we want to be a model that can only direct foreign investors, but also endowments of a country do not on be held up in this region.”

By Todeline Defralien

WATERLOO HOTEL MANAGEMENT LIMITED

Alexandra Resort, Blue Haven Resort & Marina and the Beach House

We are seeking to employ, suitably qualified and experienced hospitality professionals in the positions listed below. Our ideal candidate should have an outstanding command of the English language, written and oral, strong communication and excellent customer service skills. Salary for these positions will commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Engineering & Grounds •Chief Engineer •Landscaping/Grounds Manager •Maintenance Manager •Electricians •Maintenance/Room Technicians •Carpenter Helper Food and Beverage •Restaurant Maintenance Technician •Asst. Restaurant Manager •Restaurant Supervisors •Sous Chefs •Head Chefs •Raw Bar Cooks •Line Cooks •Bartenders •Servers •Pool and Beach Servers •Food Runners •Stewards (Overnight) Rooms Division •Rooms Supervisors

•Room Attendants •Housemen •Public Area Attendants Accounting/Administration •Hospitality Financial Controllers •Night Auditor •Storeroom Associate •Cost Control Clerks •Purchasing Personnel Guest Services •Senior Guest Services Supervisor •Senior Guest Services Agents •Airport Greeter Spa •Spa Therapists Loss Prevention •Loss Prevention Manager •Loss Prevention Supervisors •Senior Loss Prevention Officers

Interested persons may contact our HR department Mon. – Fri. from 9am3pm via telephone number 946-8054 or you may submit your resume with qualifications and experience to: cgibbons@wihl.com

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Salt Cay ferry ladder needs urgent repairs

by Hayden Boyce Publisher & Editor-in-Chief

A metal ladder which residents and visitors to the island of Salt Cay have to use when boarding and disembarking the ferry is in dire need of repairs.

In fact, Porter Williams, a spokesman for the residents of Salt Cay has warned that it is an accident waiting to happen and has been pleading with Government officials to give urgent priority to repairing the ladder before it’s too late.

In a letter to Deputy Director of Ports, Mr. Derek Been on Friday, December 18th, 2015, Williams wrote:

Williams again wrote to Been, stating: “Another “rung” bites the dust on the ladder residents of Salt Cay must use to get on and off the Salt Cay ferry.”

Been responded the same day, saying: “ By way of update, please note that tender process is being finalised and a new ladders will be fabricated and installed shortly thereafter.”

On December 18th, 2015, in response to another letter from Williams, Been stated: “We note the content of your email and in particular the last paragraph. Please note the following actions that have been recently taken on the captioned matter.

1.The Board of Director of the Ports Authority at its meeting held on November 26, 2015 granted approval for the construction and replacement of a ladder on the main pier at South Dock Grand Turk.

“Dear Mr. Been:

I have been advised by Mrs. Susan I. Malcolm, Permanent Secretary-Ministry of Infrastructure, Housing, and Planning that you are the individual and the office responsible 2.Subsequent to the mentioned for the Ports Authority. meeting a design was agreed upon

To that end the docks I by all concerned and bill of understand are you and your office’s quantities determined. responsibility. I feel it necessary to alert you that the ladder which the 3.The design and request for bids residents on Salt Cay must use to get to undertake the works will be on and off the Salt Cay ferry in Grand circulated by Wednesday December Turk is a disgrace and extremely 23, 2015. dangerous! Not only are our seniors at risk of a potential serious injury it is The Ports Authority regrets an embarrassment for them to have to the current situation and apologize for climb up and down this ladder. any inconvenience caused due to the circumstances.”

I am well aware that you and your office Williams also raised the have been advised of this situation by seriousness of the matter with those in government and concerned Permanent Secretary Ms. Susan citizens. Unfortunately this is an Malcolm. “accident” waiting to happen and I feel He stated: “Good Morning Mrs. puts the government, your office and Malcolm, you in a potential liability situation.

I was disheartened when I

I know that there has been arrived back in Salt Cay and took the plenty of rhetoric, but very little if any ferry to Grand Turk only to find that action to rectify the situation. the situation with the ladder has not

Not only are the metal “rungs” changed; as a matter of fact there is rusted and broken, but since they are another “rung” on the ladder that seems attached to the cement dock there is close to breaking. I invite you to try the a risk of getting crushed between the ladder yourself and see how dangerous ladder and the boat when climbing up it is, much less the embarrassment it and down. I feel you should personally causes for the seniors on Salt Cay who use the ladder to see what the Salt Cay travel to Grand Turk at least weekly. It residents experience and draw your appears that there may be a significant own conclusion for there. liability issue for the government

I have advised traditional and those who have knowledge of the media in the Turks & Caicos of the situation if someone should be injured. situation and have hesitated to I like NIKE’s slogan: “Just Do It” and distribute this to social media as it has I feel it is very appropriate in this the possibility to impact tourism on situation. Rest assured all of Salt Cay Salt Cay and the Turks & Caicos. appreciates your efforts!”

One of my favorite slogon’s is Malcolm responded to him by Nike’s: ”JUST DO IT” and I know the email on December 17th, 2015, saying: residents and guests visiting Salt Cay “Mr. Porter, appreciate your efforts.”

I too, am disheartened that

On January 15th, 2016, the work to the ladder has not yet

General Manager for Dive Operation East Bay Resort is looking for a dedicated professional with at least a minimum of 10 years diving experience in a management position. Needs to be a PADI open water scuba instructor and SSI open water instructor needs to be fluent in German, English and Spanish.

•Must have a strong ability to negotiate, organize and be self-motivated with a strong sales background.

•Must be able to organize and build a dive operation from the ground up.

•Candidate has to have a proven ability to build a strong customer client relationships.

•Candidates have to be a licensed boat Captain with proper documentation.

•Needs to have high time management skills and be available according to guest needs and hotel occupancy.

Beginning salary commensurate with experience Interested applicants may submit your resume with qualifications and experience to: info@saunders.tc

been completed! Let me first state that, I have no doubt that what you say is true and therefore would not need to try the ladder for myself. I first wrote on the state of this ladder in 2013 (as a concerned citizen and a Public Servant (with no direct responsibility)) and was surprised a few weeks ago when I received the email from the Governor that no works had taken place and that the ladder was never repaired.

You would note from my earlier email which is below (and I invite you to look at it again) that the responsibility for this work rests with the Ports

Authority and I have no authority whatsoever over the Ports Authority.

My earlier email was a summary of a conversation between me and Derek Been of Ports Authority.

I had promised the Governor that I would have followed the progress of the matter, not because I am responsible for the works, but for the fact that I too would like to see it completed and I will now go back to Mr. Been to find out the status of the said works. If you so wish, you may make contact with Derek Been of Ports Authority.”

TURKS AND CAICOS WATER COMPANY LTD TURKS AND CAICOS WATER COMPANY LIMITED is seeking suitably qualified individuals to fill the following opening. Only candidates who meet the minimum requirements will be considered.

MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN

Job Description •Responsible for maintaining the general condition of the company’s properties with regards to all aspects of basic electrical, plumbing and mechanical.

•Complete daily tasks as outlined by Supervisor.

•Complete maintenance request work orders on a timely basis.

•Performs all weekly, monthly and other scheduled preventative maintenance programs.

•Actively pursue new tasks or jobs when assigned work is completed.

•Maintain CCTV Security System.

•Maintain and service pumps and control systems.

•Maintain irrigation filtration system.

•Schedule material purchase order request.

Requirements •Should have eight years experience as a Maintenance Technician or experience working in a similar position.

•Must have strong skills in troubleshooting and repair of electrical, plumbing and general maintenance.

•Work with minimal supervision.

•On standby for 24 hours call out emergencies.

•Should have great oral and written communication skills.

•Must be proficient in Microsoft Office and Excel.

Applications giving full details of qualifications and experience should be sent to Veronica Rigby by January 29, 2016 via email to ronnie@habgroup.com or fax to 649-946-5191. Only persons selected for an interview will be contacted by email or telephone to schedule an interview.

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Attracting and keeping individuals interested in TCI projects is challenging, says Premier

By Todeline Defralien

Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands Hon. Dr. Rufus Ewing said it is a challenge attracting individuals and keeping them interested in getting projects and investments and development going in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

This, he said, is why the launch of Invest TCI is such a significant accomplishment, as it will take some pressure off senior Government officials such as himself and the Minister of Finance.

“Investment in the Turks and Caicos Islands is something that has the attention of persons around the globe. It is the most sought after destination, but attracting individuals and keeping them interested in getting projects and investments and development going has been a challenge for us,” Premier Ewing said at the launch of Invest TCI Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands Hon. Dr. Rufus which took place at the Provo Golf & Ewing Country Club in Providenciales on

Monday, January 18th, 2016.

He added: “It’s been a challenge for me specifically as Premier and it has been a challenge for the Minister of Finance (Hon. Washington Misick) who has to put so much energy and effort into interacting and engaging with investors just to get things done. So my hope for this investment agency is to ensure that this agency grows and becomes the efficient and effective agency that we envisioned it to be, so that we can go out and promote and market Turks and Caicos to the world and bring in those investors for whom we are looking for and the right kind and to also assist them in their development in these islands.”

The Premier said that the Small and Medium Size Enterprise Programme will be run through the Invest Turks and Caicos Agency, adding that it will be an additional workload for them and additional challenge.

“But it’s significant,” he

added, “because we’re not only looking at foreign direct investment but we’re looking at local domestic investment and how we can help our Turks and Caicos Islanders and young people get into business and get the small business started and be supported through the various government programs through Invest Turks and Caicos Agency as well as through the Centre for Entrepreneurial Development which is a public/ private partnership with government and the private sector to give the various technical assistance to those individuals who are interested in getting into business.”

In welcoming the new CEO, the Premier said he said he is looking forward to his energy and camaraderie in working with staff and the other elements and aspects of government and the wider business community in the Turks and Caicos Islands to ensure that the country remains the most sought after destination for investment, to live and work.

MAGISTRATE’S COURT NOTICE

Members of the public are hereby judgments of those courts, and all process are required to make payments for traffic advised that with effect from Monday 25th relating to those judgments and actions, tickets, such payments will continue to be January 2016, the filing of all domestic, will be conducted at the Magistrate’s Court facilitated at the Magistrate’s Court on civil and other related actions in the in Graceway House, Leeward Highway, Old Airport Rd Providenciales. The court Magistrate’s Courts in Providenciales, all Providenciales. apologies for any inconvenience this may payments touching and concerning the All members of the public who cause.

Minimum Qualification & Experience Required:

NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE BOARD The Turks & Caicos Islands National Health Insurance Board (NHIB) invites applications from suitably qualified persons for the post of Chief Financial Officer.

POSITION: Chief Financial Officer Job Summary The Chief Financial Officer is responsible for directing the fiscal functions of the NHIB in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards and any other financial management techniques and practices appropriate within the health and insurance industry.

Main Duties and Responsibilities  Plan, develop, organize, implement, direct and evaluate the NHIB’s fiscal function and performance.  Participate in the development of the company’s plans and programs as a strategic partner.  Evaluate and advise on the impact of long-range planning and the introduction of new programs/strategies  Provide timely and accurate analysis of budgets, financial reports and financial trends in order to assist the CEO and the Board in performing their responsibilities.  Develop, implement and enforce financial policies and procedures that will improve the overall operation, efficiency and effectiveness of the company.  Provide technical financial knowledge and advice to others within the financial discipline.  May perform other duties as assigned by the immediate supervisor or any other person authorized to give instructions or assignments.  Lead the timely completion of the financial statement audit process.  Assist in the completion of key accounting functions such as reconciliations, manage and supervise the finance, compliance and billing teams.

 Candidates should have a Master ’s degree in Accounting or equivalent combination of education and experience  Preferably with professional qualification as a CPA or any equivalent accounting designation.  At least 7 years of experience in a senior finance management role is a must.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:  Experienced financial leader with appropriate industry experience, strong supervisory and mentoring skills, high ethical standards, exceptional analytical and problem solving, well-organized and self-directed, excellent written/verbal communication, speak, read and write in excellent English language, proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel Spreadsheets and Pivot Tables, and Accounting software packages, effective time management skills.  Solid understanding of international financial reporting standards  Solid understanding of the NHIB Ordinance and Regulations  Experience in healthcare financing  Training in International Accounting Standards for Social Security  Experience In Microsoft Dynamics  Team worker who is willing to take a hands-on approach to the role.

Salary  Salary shall commensurate with qualifications and experience.  Deadline for submission: January 29, 2016  All applications shall be addressed to:

Zaneta Burton Chief Executive Officer National Health Insurance Board Salt Mills Plaza Providenciales Turks & Caicos Islands Email: recruitment@tcinhip.tc

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Center for Entrepreneurial Development Launched

The new Center for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) has been incorporated in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

The CED is a not for profit organization dedicated to supporting micro, small and medium enterprises who represent more than 95% of all businesses in the country.

The CED has a Board of Directors that comes from across the country and includes a range of business interests. The CED will provide a range of services for small business including business advice, counselling and mentoring services, business start-up and operations training, financing advice and support to help access financing.

Programs like Junior Achievement will also be affiliated

with the CED and the plan calls for the development project. The project creation of a small business incubator looked at various locations in North in the near term. As well, the CED America, UK and Caribbean to will work with the Government on identify best practices and has used identifying barriers to small business that information to develop a business development and collaborate to design plan and implementation plan.” and implement useful solutions.

Alden Durham, an

The CED has been independent business man from South spearheaded by a Public/Private Caicos and Board member noted, partnership that includes the Ministry “The loss of the Government small of Finance, Chamber of Commerce business program in 2012 was a blow and the Bankers Association. Efforts to the country. We have incorporated are also underway to have the TCI this new entity in partnership with Tourism Association and the Resort Government to engage the community Economic Council become active in building this organization so it can partners. support our small business people.”

Sean Brathwaite, a CED The CED is seeking to attract Board member and Scotia Bank firms or individuals interested in manager said: “The Bankers sponsoring the Centre and well Association and the Government qualified individuals who might be equally shared the costs of a business willing to sit on the Board of Directors.

The 2015 Throne Speech mentioned the CED as a key element of the Government’s development program and the Ministry of Finance has committed to provide funding support.

The Board will continue to solicit the support of the private sector, as well as international agencies to achieve the mandate of the Centre.

Presently the CED office is located at Unit B203, Grace Way House, Leeward Highway, Providenciales.

Opening hours are from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. Phone 231-1233 (231- 1CED) or email: cedtci@gmail.com. Persons in the other islands will be informed when CED Officials will be at the DC’s office or a location in Grand Turk for consultation with clients.

Meanwhile please contact the office in Providenciales for assistance.

Public Auction at DEMA rescheduled

The Department of Environment & Maritime Affairs (DEMA) will be holding a public auction for the sale of seized vessels and equipment.

Please note that the auction will no longer be held on January 20th, but instead

the auction will be held on Wednesday, 27 vessels, which include engines (15hp) and January 2016, at the Department’s offices fuel tanks. In addition, compressors will on the Lower Bight Road, Providenciales, also be auctioned. Should you want further and will begin at 10:30 am. information, please do not hesitate to

The public is invited to bid on a contact the Department at environment@ number of small (14ft), seized poacher gov.tc or 338-4171.

as appointed by the EHS Manager.  Any other duties assigned by the EHS Manager from time to time during or after normal working hours

Academic Qualifications:

SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH AND SAFETY (EHS) OFFICER

Description

To facilitate the development, maintenance and delivery of environmental, health and safety programs.

Main Duties  To work in the Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) Department responsible for implementing methods, policies and procedures.  Assist in the development, maintenance, and implementation of a comprehensive Environmental Health and Safety Management System that is based on the ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 standards.  Responsible for the development, maintenance, and implementation of the Company’s Employees and Contractor EHS Manual.  Assist in establishing new policies & procedures related to safety and environment.  Responsible for preparing, conducting, and reporting results of internal audits on EHS management systems and programs.  Responsible for creation, collection and maintenance of documentation and records for EHS programs and such are recorded in department files.  Responsible for maintaining and submitting all monthly and annual reporting requirements for EHS systems and programs including training hours, spills, accidents and incident reports.  To provide technical support and assist with maintaining EHS programs in all departments and to liaise with the public, first responders, and contract employees as required.  Increase awareness by providing environmental, health and safety training to employees and contractors.  Ensure that skills, work methods, and procedures are current and appropriate.  Conduct regular worksite inspections and work with management and staff to ensure corrective actions are put in place so as to reduce noncompliance.  Active participation on various committees including, Fire Marshall Committee, Environmental, Health and Safety Committee and others

 A four-year Bachelor’s Degree in the field of engineering, safety, environmental or a related science, Master’s Degree preferred;  Five or more years’ experience in safety or environmental areas with certification;  Experience in the management of ISO 14001 and/or ISO 18001 systems and programs;

Technical/Management Experience  Applies practical and technical knowledge to complex issues and solves problems.  Ability to effectively communicate with management and staff to coordinate, implement, and maintain safety, training and environmental programs and procedures.  Ability to interpret technical standards and legal requirements for safety, training and environmental matters to ensure company compliance at all times.  Ability to meet strict deadlines without compromising quality.  Demonstrates excellent interpersonal, presentation, writing and communication skills.  Stays current with industry standards and changes and demonstrates that knowledge by implementing appropriate changes.  Has desire to continually expand knowledge and improve abilities.  Excellent computer skills including Microsoft Office Suite programs (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).  Ability to serve as an administrator for the EHS Department’s various Electronic platforms including but not limited to Vivid Online Training and Entropy Software.  Current and valid Turks & Caicos drivers’ license

Salary commensurate with experience and qualifications Deadline for submission of applications (inclusive of a cover letter, resume and a FortisTCI application form) is February 2, 2016: Dr. Kellie-Ann Evans-Hall Manager, Human Resources FortisTCI Limited P. O. Box 132, Providenciales Email address: hrapplications@fortistci.com or khall@fortistci.com Fax: 649-946-4532

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Court Administrator to be appointed

There will be a newly created post of Court Administrator who is intended to perform a similar role within the Judicial Administration as Permanent Secretaries perform in the Government Ministries.

This was revealed by Chief Justice Margaret Ramsay-Hale during the opening of the new court session last week.

“We are exceedingly lucky to have identified a candidate with not only legal but project management experience who will be able to bring to fruition our plans for a website where information on the Courts can be made available to the public including decisions of the Court, the digitisation of the Courts. The post-holder will also design and implement our e-court project intended to allow attorneys to electronically file documents with the

courts and pay filing fees. We hope to create a comprehensive e-filing system that addresses document filing, case management, records management and public access to information,” said the Chief Justice.

She said the Court Administrator will also be charged with establishing a court case management system which should allow them to capture important information from the Magistrates Court in order to anticipate and meet the needs of those very important Courts that are seized of most of the criminal matters that come before the Courts.

“While the Magistrates Courts have provided me with the number of cases disposed of by the Magistrates no information has been provided with respect to the intake of cases for a fair assessment to be made as to whether the courts need more resources and if

Graceway Supermarkets invite applications from suitable qualified individuals to fill the listed vacancies: Requirements/Qualifications:

IT SPECIALIST

- Strong I.T Background with degree in relevant field, or consummate experience.

- Networking (Wiring, Switching & Routing, Diagnosis and Optimization).

- Active Domain - Microsoft Certifications a plus.

- Windows Servers, Desktop and Software ecosystem. Experienced with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word) both for report creation and user support.

- Shell Scripting / Programming experience a plus.

- Exposure and understanding of virtualization systems and common web technologies.

- Detail orientated, great at multitasking and enjoys solving complex problems and

Duties and Responsibilities: - Hardware maintenance including Registers, Scales, Printers, Workstations, Networking Infrastructure and everything associated with day-to-day operations.

- Security Systems, physical and infosec. (Door locks, Cameras, Firewall, AV, Software Updates) - Maintain good work-logs and documentation on current systems and ongoing improvements.

- Generate reports, build adhoc reports and support users in working with system data.

- Out of hours availability— Graceway is operationally a 24/7/365 business.

Pay will commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Retail Floor Positions Job Requirements All applicants must be able to read, speak and understand the English Language and will be expected to sit and pass an in-house Math and English Test.

•DELI / BAKERY ASSISTANT (1) •BAKER (1) •Warehouse Clerk / Stocker

(1) •Cashiers (3) •Deli Clerks (3) •Delivery Drivers (Must have a clean “B Class” driver’s license ) Salary Range: $6.50 - $9.00 / Per Hour Deadline for submission of applicants is February 12th 2016 Submit to: Graceway IGA Supermarket main office complex or email: hr@gracewayiga.com

so what additional resources do they need,” the Chief Justice noted.

In the Magistrate’s Court on Providenciales, 709 criminal cases were filed.

1266 traffic matters were also filed. There were 290 civil proceedings, 69 domestic proceedings, 22 adoptions and 959 matters brought by the National Insurance.

These matters were handled by both Magistrates in Provo. In the Magistrates Court in Grand Turk 150 criminal matters were filed, 49 traffic, 51 domestic proceedings and civil proceedings 65.

The Chief Justice noted that at last year’s opening, she announced that she had earmarked the installation of Digital recording equipment as the Judicial Administration’s most urgent goal, given the anecdotal evidence is that it currently takes 18 months for a transcript to be available for an

appeal.

She added: “We have installed digital recording equipment in both criminal courtrooms on Provo. This year we will put digital recording systems in my hearing room as well as in all the Magistrates Court as well as videoconferencing equipment as we try to reduce unnecessary travel between Grand Turk and Providenciales for remand prisoners and seek to facilitate the taking of evidence from witnesses overseas with resulting saving on costs. We have recruited a court reporter and hope to recruit another before the end of this financial year. In order to achieve our goal of reducing the time it takes for appeals to be heard to no more than 3 months, we propose to add another two Court Reporters to our Human Resources budget in the upcoming financial year.”

Chukka Caribbean Adventures (TC I) Ltd is about playtime! It’s about fun, laughter and a passion for life.

Every single member of the CHUKKA team in Jamaica, Belize and Turks & Caicos contributes to helping their guests play; they get to wow them at every turn with all that the Caribbean has to offer.

Chukka is always looking for new talent to add to our dynamic team.

All successful applicants must: o Be at least 21 years old. o Be well spoken in English. o Have excellent communication, interpersonal & customer service skills. o Trustworthy & Reliable disposition with a Clean Criminal record. o Positive & disciplined work attitude in a customer service oriented business. o Must be willing and able to work flexible hours, including on weekends, public holidays as necessary to meet the challenging needs of cruise ship schedules and/or reasonable needs of the business.

See below opportunities currently available in the Turks & Caicos Islands: BOAT CREW TOUR GUIDE o Have a minimum of 5 years experience working on Boats as a lifeguard or boat crew. o Have training or certification in Lifeguard/ CPR. DUNE BUGGY TOUR GUIDE o Have a minimum of 5 years relative experience in motorized activities. o Hold a valid TCI Driver’s license with minimum 3 years driving experience.

PHOTOGRAPHER GUIDE o Have a minimum of 3 years in a customer service or sales environment. o Be able to utilize computers. o Enjoy nature with a Passion for Photography.

AQUA PHOTOGRAPHER GUIDE o Have a minimum of 3 years in a customer service or sales environment. o Enjoy Marine environment with a Passion for Photography. o Be able to Swim and Free Dive Applications along with CVs/ Resume’ can be submitted via Email to: gtadmin@chukka.com or be addressed to and delivered to: CHUKKA HUMAN RESOURCES CHUKKA CARIBBEAN ADVENTURES (TCI) LTD South Base Jack Shack Grand Turk, TCI

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Enid Capron Primary School Participates in "Save our Seas" Dunes Restoration Project information from marine scientists. He has championed ocean conservation

The Enid Capron Primary for many years and is a recognized School students kicked off the year authority on the discourse both by participating in an exciting regionally and globally.

Save our Seas-Dunes Restoration Ground Manager Malcolm Environmental Project, with the Campbell said, “Today we are blessed partnership between Beaches Resort to have Enid Capron Primary School Philanthropic Arm, the Sandals helping as planned out with the dune.

Foundation, Guy Harvey Foundation What we are doing is a dune restoration and CARIBSAVE (INTASAVE we’re trying to bring back native sands Caribbean). and we planted sea oats, we planted

This initiative took place on Spartina grass right now we have Friday January 8th, 2016, the mid- about 2,100 plants in the ground and morning event saw over 35 six grade the kids are doing fantastic they seem students, who gathered on Grace Bay happy and we’re really happy to have Beach to learn about the importance them here and after this section of the of marine conservation and preserving dune is finished we would like to move the island’s shoreline. Students also on to other weaker sections of the participated in planting over 960 dunes that we have.”

Spartina and Sea Oats plants in a dune Campbell added: “We’re restoration initiative by the resort. actually now beginning to prorogate Grade 6 Students & Beaches Resort these plants in our green house on Grounds Team Planted Over 960 property and we are looking forward Spartina & Sea Oats Plants along the to continuing what we are doing, Grace Bay Beach. we’re looking forward to having more

Patron of the program Dr. children involved, teaching them Guy Harvey is a Jamaican marine about the dune, teaching them about wildlife artist and conservationist. the eco-system and how it works and His illustrations of sea life have what it does for the coastline of the been reproduced in prints, posters island and it’s a pleasure to have them and clothing worldwide.

Guy here.”

Harvey's Portraits from the Deep, is The program was implemented a syndicated television series that in 40 schools across the Caribbean combines the showcasing of sport fishing destinations with educational with an emphasis on developing

By Todeline Defralien

35 six grade students from the Enid Capron Primary School pictured with beaches staff where the students participated in planting over 960 Spartina and Sea Oats plants in a dune restoration initiative by the resort marine awareness and environmental stewardship.

Elanor Finfin Krzanowski Public Relations Manager told The SUN, “The Sandals foundation is always eager and happy to participate in any environmental outreach that will benefit the greater being of the Turks and Caicos on Friday we invited 35 Enid Capron Primary school students to participate in our "Save our Seas" environmental outreach in effort to eradicate land erosion. We’ve actually planted 960 plants and that is the Spartina grass and the Sea Oats and it is a dune restoration project where we want to help conserve not only the sea sand but also help eradicate land erosion it is a great project for us I’m glad we we’re able to

get as many of the Enid Capron kids as possible on board and we think it is important to get these kids involved in such a young age that way once they get to high school level they can still practice good environmental ethics so it is a great day for us and we’re really excited.”

CARIBSAVE (INTASAVE Caribbean) is a regional nonprofit organization whose mandates include sustainable development and climate change. The organization has made tremendous strides in disaster mitigation and coastal vulnerability reduction throughout its existence and views the initiative as an extension of its overall push for environmental sustainability.

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Effectual, Fervent Leadership

By Desiree M. Adams- TCI Patriot

- Leadership, Integrity, Fraternity, and Education HOPE - Help Our People Excel POWER - Possessing Our Wealth, Economy and Resources LIFE

WHEN CHOOSING A LEADER

In today’s world system the topic of leadership, more importantly ‘effectual fervent’ leadership that creates ‘positive change’, should be considered by constituents from all arenas whether communities, churches, school groups or other institutions.

With the wealth of information, experiences, and examples of ‘effectual fervent’ leadership available, and each constituent’s ability to properly distinguish right from wrong, it is time for us to determine the types of leaders who are best suited to ‘serve’ in the various circles that we are a part of. We should desire those leaders who will ‘positively influence’ us, help us to be ‘transformed’, and ‘guide’ us to a brighter horizon where we will experience the unending blessings of God. I am referring to the type of leader who wants his/her followers to be just as good or even better than himself/herself – and yes, these types of leaders still exist.

Turks and Caicos Islanders are a wonderful group of individuals divinely created to be a part of this beautiful country and we certainly have a right to participate in decision making regarding the affairs – political, social, and economical – of our country. We have people of wisdom here (not just knowledge but wisdom), people who are highly educated and can apply their knowledge successfully, people who are skilled in various areas, and people with vast experiences.

As a collective people we have what it takes to lead strategically and to follow intelligently. I believe that now is the time for us to empower ourselves through Christ and navigate the course of our country, our communities, our families, and our institutions. Now is the time to help our people excel, and now more than ever we need to be the ones who truly possess the wealth, economy and resources of the Turks and Caicos Islands – this is something we have to do together.

In a recent debate with friends about sports players we agreed that no player on any sports team, no matter how great he/she is, can win a game on his/her own. Although that player may be the fittest, and may possess the best skills and tactics thus emerging to the leadership role in the team he/ she cannot lead that team to victory on his/her own. Instead, that player/ leader needs to have the right group of persons propelling him/her forward.

He/she would need to ‘appreciate the skills and experiences’ that each person brings to the team and ‘try to utilize the team members’

Desiree M. Adams - TCI Patriot talents’ throughout the game in order to have any chance at success. I will conclude that no leader can become the greatest on his/her own. Instead the ‘effectual fervent’ leader would need committed followers, and he/she should sincerely ‘love’ the followers, ‘respect’ the followers, ‘communicate’ the vision clearly to the followers, ‘share’ with the followers and the list goes on and on.

At the end of it all leaders and followers have to do it together; each group plays a significant role in helping the team achieve the ultimate goal of success.

Finally, as we ponder on the future leaders of our country, businesses, and communities let us remember that we should always be ‘ethical’ (moral, fair, decent, just) in our decision making. Let us ask ourselves who will ‘serve’ best, who will be the most ‘ethical’, and who will wholeheartedly desire what is best for his/her constituents? Let us ensure that our decisions are principled and guided by truth, and let us choose our leaders wisely.

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Invest TCI to help foreign investment, local companies, says new CEO

diversify your economy to hinder against any downturns in any

Newly appointed CEO for sectors.”

Invest TCI John Rutherford said Rutherford said he is "really excited" that Invest TCI will be covering both about taking on the job of CEO, foreign investment, along with and adding that they will be "hitting the helping local companies and start- ground running" in very short order. up businesses.

"We take on the Micro

Addressing the launch and Small Medium Enterprise of Invest TCI at the Provo Golf & programme on April 1st, and our Country Club in Providenciales doors will be opened to any inquiries. on Monday January 18th, 2016, Our first step is really to grow the Rutherford, whose background is organization into something which primarily in foreign investment, can be more proactive and to be able said he is very keen to work to get out and sell the Turks and closely with the private sector and Caicos and also hopefully to deal government departments to develop with our domestic clients as well,” new opportunities for the country Rutherford added. "to go out and sell in the market".

Rutherford, OBE, was

He said: "We’ve got a appointed Chief Executive of fantastic place to sell. We’ve got the country’s recently formed some great messaging already, but Investment Promotion Agency (IPA), we need more, if we’re going to Invest Turks and Caicos Islands attract sectors other than tourism (Invest TCI) effective December 1, and hospitality. We certainly want 2015. more of that coming in, but there Rutherford has worked in are other opportunities here as well the field of inward investment for and it is always very important to over 21 years, including as Deputy

By Todeline Defralien

Head of Invest Hong Kong and separate assignments as US West Coast head and Regional Director for Asia Pacific for Invest UK. For the last six years he has run his own investment consultancy business, advising Governments around the world on how to attract overseas and domestic investment.

Invest TCI is a statutory body with oversight by the Ministry of Finance Trade and Investment.

It is the main marketing agency of Brand Turks and Caicos Islands complemented by the Turks and Caicos Tourist Board. Its specific mandate is to promote and facilitate trade and investment, publicprivate partnership and other forms of commercial alliances, encourage domestic entrepreneurship, innovation and capital formation, and generally to liaise with government agencies and the private sector; in so doing

streamline the investment Newly appointed CEO for Invest TCI John Rutherford process.

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 IMMIGRATION & LABOUR LIAISON Job Overview: Member of the Grace Bay Resorts Human Resources team with responsibility for the procurement of labour clearances and work permits for expatriate members of staff at multiple properties. Responsible for securing the required documents for the submission of applications to the relevant government agencies. The post holder is the direct point of contact with relevant government agencies including but not limited to Employment Services, Immigration Board, Ministry of Health, National Insurance Board and National Health Insurance Board. The Immigration and Labour Liaison will also assist with the recruitment process by participating in and keeping a record of interviews conducted for each open position. This position reports to the Assistant Director, Human Resources and the Group Director of People Development.

JOB REQUIREMENTS & RESPONSIBILITIES: •A minimum of two (2) years experience in a similar or human resources role •Degree or certification in human resource management, business or hospitality preferred •Strong Administrative skills with an eye for detail •Excellent Communication skills both written and verbal •Working knowledge of Employment Laws of Turks and Caicos Islands •Computer literate and experienced in use of Microsoft Office •Competent in use of Excel for the production of spreadsheets •Competent in use of Power Point for presentations to resort Executive and government agencies •Creating and maintaining database of all work permits •Tracking and Reporting to management on status of all applications •Must be comfortable making oral presentations to senior management and external stakeholders •Assist in all pulses of the Human Resource Department as needed •Must have a valid driver’s license Interested persons can contact our Human Resources Department no later than February 1, 2015 @ (649) 946-5050 Ext. 1030 Email: sheba.wilson@gracebayclub.com Fax: (649) 946-5758 P.O. Box 128 Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands, British West Indies

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A colonized mind

designation of 3rd What I didn’t World Country mention was that The consequence of has always made this mentality colonization throughout the world has me laugh because is the legacy had far reaching results that we must it suggests such of colonization. come to grips with here in the still a separation that How? Simply colonized Turks and Caicos Islands 1st World is so because if the (TCI) and the wider Caribbean for that much better. persons being matter.

W h y , administered to

The system was pretty simple because they believe they had and straightforward. Squeeze as much have cities the capacity to natural resources etcetera as possible build off the do what their out of the colonies for as little cost as backs of slaves Overseers did possible and send the riches to the or indentured they would Motherland. These ideals still exist servants?

Has likely be harder in the form of Capitalism, as well as any 3rd World to control as in many Countries in the Caribbean Country ever they would where we traded in the ‘Motherland’ made it to 1st soon realize the for a local benefactor. These local World Country Overseer was no benefactors could be Political parties Status or been longer needed. and their associates, ‘Prominent’ recognized as So as with Families, Businesses or other such? How about many things it examples. You have many angling for moving to 2nd has to be one the opportunity to eat from the people’s World Status? person at a trough or more importantly control of No, you have time as we don’t who eats at all. never heard believe we can

How can my Brothers and of that either. have several Sisters from Independent Caribbean So these false successful Countries say they are truly d e s i g n a t i o n s persons at the Independent if their Leaders continue are just to keep Jamell Robinson same time. As a to practice the same ideologies many of the order of result you have their founding fathers fought against? things. And for the Politically Correct persons in authority believing that they

Have we truly emancipated amongst us, we now use Developed are where they are simply because they ourselves from mental slavery? We are and Developing Countries/States or are special and are a gift to the TCI. running a race that was not invented by emerging markets.

I’m sure we all can identify several us nor was it for the benefit of us. Think So what does all of this have people that fit the bill. What they don’t about it, many if not all of the so-called to do with the TCI? As I said in the get is that their positions are more a 1st World Countries have or continue Article “The Power of One”, we believe product of opportunity. The saying goes to benefit from the Natural Resources that only one person could specialize or that “Luck is when Opportunity meets of so-called 3rd World Countries. The be the ‘go-to’ person in any given area. Preparation”. This is true, however, no

By Jamell Robinson

matter how prepared you are without the opportunity you are not getting anywhere.

Another consequence of this type of Colonized Mind is that we do not believe in each others’ ability and must rely heavily on what is foreign, or as the saying goes ‘foreign is better’.

This mentality and way of thinking is flawed and is prevalent throughout the Caribbean, such that not only do we believe foreign is better in terms of the use of North American or European “Experts” and I use the term expert loosely, we have an unwritten pecking order of who believe they have the most sense in the Region. There is nothing more interesting than seeing a Jamaican, Bajan, Bahamian, Trinidadian or Saint Lucian flexing their aptitude in a Regional Forum, each trying to assert their supremacy.

But then again we have been divided into the Greater and Lesser Antilles so it is a wonder the Greater actually believe they are greater? But I digress.

So can we in the TCI do what many of our Independent Regional Brethren have not done in overcoming a Colonized Mind? Yes. Will it be Easy?

No. Nevertheless the first step in any treatment plan is to identify the problem. There in lies this article. We have work to do in believing not only in ourselves but also believing in other Turks and Caicos Islanders potential, ability and aptitude. If you haven’t heard it, I’ll be the first to say it. I believe in you.

Be Blessed.

NOTICE OF SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION Scotiabank (Turks & Caicos) Ltd. of Cherokee Road, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands hereby gives notice of its intention to sell by Public Auction the following properties pursuant to its power of sale as registered Chargee under the Registered Land Ordinance of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

1.Parcel 60503/64 Blue Hills & Stamers Run, Providenciales. Single storey with seven bedrooms, three bathrooms, living/dining room, kitchen and laundry room on 0.35 acre.

Registered Proprietor: Cecily Elaine Ewing 2.Parcel 60004/237 North West & North Central, Providenciales. Single storey with three bedrooms, three bathrooms, living room, kitchen and laundry room on 0.20 acre.

Registered Proprietor: Oscar O’Brien Forbes 3.Parcel 10501/51 South Suburbs, Grand Turk. Two storey with both lower and upper levels consisting of two bedrooms, one bathroom, living room, dining room, kitchen, laundry room and family room on 0.50 acre. Upper level is 70% completed.

Registered Proprietors: Mary Hazlyn Joseph-Roberts & Samuel Stephen Roberts 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 5th day of February 2016.

A reserved price will be fixed on all parcels and a deposit of 10% is due immediately upon all accepted bids.

Vacancy for an experience Payroll / accounts payable clerk: Interisland Aviation Services Group seeks motivated and hard working individuals with accounting qualifications or experience.

Suitable candidate must have experience with payroll, quick books accounts payable. Experience with balance sheet reconciliations and are able to multi task and prioritize.Please send your CV to Joanne.eyre@intercaribbean.com Please provide 2 references with email contact details.

TURQUOISE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY Ltd is looking for qualified and experienced applicants for the following positions .All interested applicants should send their resume to Turquoise Construction Co. Ltd via email of fax. Only short listed individuals will be notified by phone.

For more information: Tel: 941-7396/ 941-7376 Fax: 941-7397 E-MAIL: tccltc@gmail.com FOREMEN: •Requires the individual to direct lead people and projects and meeting standards set out by the management.

•Ability to work independently with minimum supervision •Ability to work in cooperation with other crews and contractors.

•Ability to read and layout construction and drawing to site conditions.

•Assist the manager of construction in producing purchasing documents, assisting in study of spreadsheets such as fuel usage ,hours etc Experience: 10 years Salary: $24000.00 per annum All applicants should be prepared to work on weekends and overtime. A detailed job description will be provided at the office to qualified individuals.

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‘Rate You’ song, directed by Moly Cadet makes history abroad

So when he said he wouldn’t be able to make it, I had to come up with an

In an article written by the innovative way to shoot the video ‘Star’ in Jamaica it was mentioned that with him being abroad, so I had to go our very own young music director of back to the drawing board and figure Natural Views Productions and The how to get him included in the video, Come Up, Moly Cadet, was making because he had to be in video on my history along with Jamaican recording point because it wasn’t just about artist TugStar with the music video showcasing what was going on, it was for ‘Rate You’ which has thousands of also his music video as well so he had views. to be included.”

TugStar is a Jamaican Cadet said he got in contact national who is in Canada promoting with TugStar through Trigga Api who his singles and upcoming EP, Kingston is a local artist from Blakout Crew.

Nights. He managed to appear in The concept of the song, he the video although being filmed in a said, is basically about a woman who different country. The video targeted been abused, beaten all her life and is the issue of domestic violence, showing looking for a way out to do something a man abusing his woman. TugStar positive and just to get out of the who is currently in Canada appears relationship. on a phone screen performing, “In some cases they’re in the encouraging the abused to leave her relationship for so long and it’s an abuser. abusive relationship, but they don’t

In an exclusive interview with really know how to get out of it and The SUN, Cadet said, “When I got the some people unfortunately don’t make call to do the music video for the artist, it out, but a lot do also. So we cannot he was actually on tour at the time, so just look at the negative,” Cadet added. he said he wasn’t be able to make it Cadet said that it feels “amazing” to down to the Turks and Caicos because see his work making history because my whole goal was to get people from that is what he’s been looking forward abroad to come down so they can also to. see the island during the video shoot.

Recording artist TugStar said

By Todeline Defralien

in the ‘Star’ article, “I didn’t even realized that we were making history in the way music videos were being made, until a blog site made mention of it saying, ‘This video marks the first of its kind where an artiste appeared in his own video via video chat’. We were just having fun and the director came up with the idea of me calling via Facebook, so it kind of felt like I was on set each day,” he said. “I am just trying Music video director of Natural Views Productions to fill the space with positive music so and ‘The Come Up’, Moly Cadet and Recording my listeners can have options.” artist TugStar

INVEST TURKS & CAICOS VACANCY J T :L /C O ob

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egal

Salary: Negotiable depending on qualifications and experience within a range of $73,400-$81,600.

Job Summary: The Legal Compliance Officer is a key member of the Management team and responsible for providing sound technical support and legal advice to the CEO and other members of the team in order to maximize the effectiveness of the Agency’s ability to attract qualified investors to the Islands.

The Legal/Compliance Officer will provide legal advice at the Agency with respect to all aspects of investing in the country and take an active role in negotiating agreements with investors. The Legal/Compliance Officer will be a key leader in identifying and providing advice on ways for Government to revise laws, regulations and procedures to improve the business environment for both investors and Government. The Legal/Compliance Officer will provide legal advice on other legal matters that may arise in the organization.

Education and qualifications: A law degree from a recognized university and a member of the bar in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Experience and Knowledge: 1.A minimum of three years commercial law experience, with knowledge of TCI laws dealing with investment projects.

2.Experience dealing with domestic and foreign investors in the commercial law environment.

3.Strong background in using various types of office related software and preparation of presentations and reports.

General Information for All Applicants In evaluating the education and experience of applicants, the evaluation committee will consider an equivalent combination of education and experience.

This is a management position, reporting to the CEO and candidates for all the positions will need the following skills: •Strong track record of competency in current and previous

ompliance

fficer

employment.

•Excellent Leadership Qualities •Strong Writing and presentational skills.

•Excellent Communication and interpersonal skills.

•Excellent skills in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook •Ability to work in a team environment and manage time effectively •Commercial awareness.

•Creativity.

•Ability to maintain confidentiality All applicants will be assessed for the following personal qualities in addition to education, skills and experience.

1.Open and engaging demeanor.

2.Able to generate and share ideas.

3.Hands-on approach.

4.Willing to take personal responsibility 5.Able to win trust and personal credibility 6.Persistence and personal resilience.

7.Willingness to personally deliver quality to business clients.

8.Willingness to understand different cultures, lifestyles and associated points of view.

9.Willingness to understand the values associated with small communities.

Application Procedure Interested persons should submit a resume, along with their contact information, cover letter, two letters of reference (one from a former employer), copies of educational certificates, a Police Certificate and a copy of the Passport photo page. To obtain a copy of the legal officer job description please send an email to investturksandcaicos@gmail. com. Alternatively persons can get the job description from the TCI Government website at www.gov.tc/government-vacancies

All applications must be received by 12 noon on Monday, February 1, 2016and should be emailed to investturksandcaicos@gmail.com. Only persons considered for an interview will be contacted.

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A REWARDING CAREER WITH COMO HOTELS & RESORTS STARTS TODAY!!

At COMO, we create experiences worth re-living, experiences that inspire guests to travel and live differently.

PARROT CAY BY COMO HAVE THE FOLLOWING VACANCIES Job Title: Meeting and Special Events Manager Job Summary Managers the planning, coordination and execution of all events at Parrot Cay including Christmas & New Year. In addition, the individual will be responsible for developing strategies to meet aggressive revenue goals for Parrot Cay. The individual will participate in resort S&M activities i.e. dinners, luncheon, sites & coordinating photo shoots.

Main Duties and Responsibilities •Solely responsible for servicing meetings and events for the hotel booked by Sales and maintain relationships with repeat clientele and handle VIP business.

•Handle all contracts after the definite phase. Coordinate catering functions to ensure a high level of guest satisfaction and service.

Contact clients for introductions and handle all servicing aspects of the group until check-out. Liaise with group contacts, collect rooming lists and confirm group needs and requests.

•Service existing accounts and sell all hotel facilities to meet and/ or exceed budgeted revenue. Achieve outlined and assigned goals, objectives and activities.

•Work with Director of Sales and Food and Beverage Management to strategize on menus.

•Work with Sales to confirm group method of payment after the contract is signed and handle any billing issues until the hotel has been paid.

•Coordinate all group deliveries (boxes, amenity bags, etc.); work closely with Front Office team to ensure packages/amenity bags are effectively delivered.

•Maintain accuracy of all documentation. Communicate effectively with Banquets, Front Office and Sales Departments to ensure that all departments are getting all the information for the group and are working together for smooth execution of events.

•Attend daily and weekly resume/ BEO meetings with operational team as needed to discuss menu, setups and special requests.

•Must display strong analytical, organizational, time management and administrative skills to be able to deal with multiple priorities simultaneously. Must have proven planning, decision making and problem solving skills with strong attention to detail and a hands-on approach.

•Follow up with meeting planner after group event has concluded; obtain feedback and commentary about the sales and events phases of the meeting.

•Handle group and wedding leads as required.

•Solicit business from the local market for meetings and events.

Key Skills: •Must be detail-oriented and highly organized with excellent written and verbal communication skills.

•Ability to hire and supervise event staff negotiates contracts, meet deadlines, and manage budgets.

•Must have strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work with all levels of management, make presentations, and lead meetings.

•Strong computer skills and proficiency with word processing, database, and spreadsheet programs are essential.

Requirement: •A bachelor’s degree in a field such as marketing or business administration, in addition to several years of experience in event planning or conference management.

•Minimum 3 years experience in event coordination or a combination of experience in event management and 2 years previous supervisory experience preferred. Preferred applicant will have experience in a hospitality environment.

•Prefer prior experience with banquet/meeting sales, including interacting with vendors, and recommending appropriate amenities and services to guests.

•Must be able to work a flexible, varied schedule based on business

needs to include some nights, weekends, and holidays.

•Will be required to live on Private Island.

•Ability to work in a diverse environment with attention to cultural sensitivity.

•Computer proficiency is required with a strong knowledge of all Microsoft Suite of products. Knowledge of Delphi system a strong plus.

•Ability to stand and sit for extended periods of time. Ability to bend and kneel, and to carry/lift up to 25 pounds and push/pull up to 25 pounds.

Other Managerial Positions:

•Director of Owners Assets •Hotel Manager •Recreation Manager •Asst. Recreation Manager •Executive Housekeeper •Room Service Manager •Executive Chef •Director of Culinary Operations •Executive Pastry Chef •Beach House Manager •Engineering Inventory Storeroom Manager •Hotel Financial Controller •Duty Managers/GM Assistants

All Managerial position requires you to reside on the Island of Parrot Cay: OTHER POSITIONS K9 Dog Handler

Restaurant Manager

Clinical Massage Therapist Turndown Housekeeping Attendant F&B Server

Duty Manager Resort Butler Guest Services Supervisor Head Baker Reverse Osmosis Plant Operator

Chef de partie

Accountant

Private Estate Attendant Yoga/Pilates Instructor

Wood Carver Housekeeping Supervisor Commis Chef

Seamstress A/C Technician

Private Estates Housekeeping Supervisor Laundry/ Kitchen Tech Spa Receptionist

Spa Attendant

Spa Therapist

Salary for this position will be paid base on qualification and experience. Please note that all application must be submitted with a valid Police Record, two reference letters from previous employers or a notary public and current educational certificates. Must be willing to relocate.

Only suitable candidates will be contacted for an interview.

Forward your resume to the Human Resources Department at the following address: Parrot Cay Resort and COMO Shambhala P.O. Box 164 Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Ph: (649) 946 7788, Fax: (649) 946 7749 Email: careers.parrotcay@comohotels.com

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Long Bay High School hosts first ever Mr. and Ms. Pageant

On February 11th 2016, the newly opened Long Bay High School aims to host the first annual, Mr. and Ms. Long Bay High Pageant, under the theme - “A Blast From the Past”.

Twelve students from across the school seek to win the crown by competing in three fashion rounds showcasing casualwear, sportswear and elegant wear; whilst also participating in a talent competition and finally a question and answer

Aaliyah Elliott

Keanu Williams

segment.

Principal of the institution, Dr. Carlton Mills, expressed his excitement for the event and his eagerness to see the students succeed.

Dr. Mills stated, “The Long Bay High School is also about preparing our students for life. We feel that events of this nature (though small as it might seem) give them an opportunity to express themselves through dance and the creative arts.

This could also lead to career choices

Carlentz Jean

Ketchnaydine Thomas

for them”.

The students have been working diligently preparing for the event and they aim to give the public a show to remember. The show will take place at 6:30pm, on the Long Bay High School compound and it is opened to the public for their enjoyment.

15$ for general admission and 25$ for VIP.

Long Bay High School is a newly established government institution in the Turks and Caicos Islands, which aims to develop students for all facets of life, through academics as well as extra curricula activities. Projects such as the pageant seek to develop students’

Tickets for the event are self esteem and social skills, whilst available for purchase at the school, keeping the public involved in a for the low price of 8$ for students, productive manner.

Erika Vasquez Pinales

NDA Clare

Fernando Vasquez

Monica Forbes

Jamika Prospere

Obed Leopold

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Persist after your Goals

By Zahrya Musgrove

I feel that too many of us lack motivation and persistence.

We often forget that if we really want something it takes hard work but some of us, to be straightforward with you, are just plain lazy. We are not up for the challenge of putting in that extra time; that extra push that we need to get the job done.

This is because all we think about is the work that we will have to do. Too many of us are not envisioning the end goal; the final destination of where we want to be after all the work is over. We need to remember that hard work does indeed pay off. We just need to continuously keep working towards

our goal and we will see results. Here is a short story to give you an example.

A Crow perishing with thirst saw a pitcher, and hoping to find water, flew to it with delight. When he reached it, he discovered to his grief that it contained so little water that he could not possibly get at it. He tried everything he could think of to reach the water, but all his efforts were in vain. At last, he collected as many stones as he could carry and dropped them one by one with his beak into the pitcher, until he brought the water within his reach and thus saved his life.

This tells me that you the road Zahrya Musgrove towards your success will not be a walk road but you must keep trying until in the park. It will be a hard and long you find a road that will take you to

where you want to be. Even when you find that road, there will be multiple setbacks but you must keep at it; putting pebble by pebble into your pitcher until you taste the refreshing water of success.

One final thought; even when we reach our goals, some of us just sit back and do not aspire to do anything more. We must always be reaching for goal after goal always trying to better ourselves. So that at the end of the day we can say that we achieved all that we wanted to achieve and that we did the best that we could do. So those of you who are reading this, do not get discouraged and become stuck in one place. Remember persist after your goals because hard work pays off.

Social Stories: Putting Meaning to Moving Parts

In my last article I spoke to many of us tend to display behaviours how we can all help our neighbors of avoidance or alarm. and loved ones with Autism Individuals with ASD Spectrum Disorder (ASD) through often function with a decentralized understanding how they experience coherence, meaning they pay an the world. In doing this not only impressive amount of detail to all the can we understand ASD but we can moving parts of life with little focus understand the needs of individuals on the big picture and what it may with ASD to better adapt to the world mean. A world without connecting the around them. dots can be very anxiety inducing for

Many people associate Autism anyone.

Spectrum Disorder with challenging For example, when many of behaviors or anti-social behaviors. us look at a bus, we associate it with However, these behaviours are often transport and many people aboard just a response to a world that does not it. Someone with ASD will likely be make sense to them the way it does internalizing all the parts of the bus to you or I. The average person is no including the wheels, the windows, the different, if we are in a situation where colors, the noise, the people getting on we are confused or overwhelmed; and off, and even the exhaust coming

out the tail pipe. And this is all in a matter of seconds. With so much detailed information processing all the moving parts of the bus, the actual larger purpose that offers meaning is most often lost in the mix.

For this reason, parents, teachers and clinicians often use Social Stories to communicate a meaningful narrative. With children, illustrative Social Stories are very useful to assist in helping children understand the grander meaning of an object or a situation. In the case of the bus, a picture of a bus that ends up at school can with repetitive and consistent use help children internalize that a bus is for transport to school.

Not only do Social Stories

create a meaningful context but they assist children in predicting the outcome of a scenario. Because children and adults with ASD often have difficulty processing the larger context and how events or objects connect (bus=school) they also have difficulty in predicting outcomes and consequences. This is why Social Stories are important to children with ASD, it creates a world where they feel safe through predictions and feel comfort from meaning.

Josh F. McKenzie, Behavioural Consultant BA,ABA,VRA Working with The Hope Foundation for Autism Awareness TCI Inc.

H.A.B. MANAGEMENT LTD. POOL/BEACH ATTENDANTS

Turks & Caicos Islands National Insurance Board TENDER NOTICE The Turks & Caicos Islands National Insurance Board invites open tenders for: External Audit 2016 Tender Reference No.: TRN1-16 Further information and tender documents are available upon request in electronic format only from the National Insurance Office in Grand Turk & Providenciales, via telephone at (649) 946-1048/9 or via e-mail at rhesacartwright@tcinib.tc.

Tenders are to be submitted in a sealed envelope by 12:00 Noon on Friday, March 4, 2016 to:

The Chairman National Insurance Board Tender Board Grand Turk or Providenciales Turks and Caicos Islands

Further information is available on the NIB website at www.tcinib.tc.

Or contact: MISS RHESA CARTWRIGHT, DEPUTY DIRECTOR CORPORATE SERVICES NATIONAL INSURANCE BOARD HILLY A EWING BUILDING PROVIDENCIALES TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS Email: rhesacartwright@tcinib.tc Tel: (649) 941-5806/5906

To assist guests with their service needs at the pool and beach area in a courteous, professional and efficient manner.

MAIN DUTIES •Greet guests immediately with a sincere and friendly welcome. Assist guests their needs related to the pool / beach area.

•To understand and respond to all guest request, comments and concerns in a timely and professional manner, deferring to the Pool and Beach Manager when necessary to ensure guest satisfaction.

•To follow specified procedures to provide prompt, efficient and gracious customer service to guests to ensure that all guest experiences are distinctively exceptional.

•To set up pool and beach area with chairs, umbrellas and towels and to ensure that guests are provided with clean towels and water as needed.

•Follow specified procedures to properly set-up pool and beach stations and perform side work, on a daily basis.

•To be thoroughly familiar with the menus, service standards and procedures of the resort.

•To keep the pool and beach area clear of used cups, plates, utensils and towels at all times.

REQUIREMENTS •Minimum two (2) years’ experience in a luxury resort environment with experience in Pool and Beach.

•Self-motivated and dependable with an exceptional work ethic.

•Previous Customer Service experience, within the Hospitality Industry, is preferred.

•Strong communication and interpersonal skills; ability to listen and communicate effectively with resort guests and other team members.

•Ability to speak, read and write fluently in the English language.

•All employees must maintain a neat, clean and well-groomed appearance.

•Certification in CPR is a plus.

Wages $6.50 per hour.

Interested applicants should contact Veronica Rigby via email by January 29, 2016 at ronnie@habgroup.com or by fax 649-946-5191. Only persons selected for an interview will be contacted by email or telephone to schedule an interview.

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Invest Turks and Caicos Agency cocktail reception

The Invest Turks and Caicos Agency was launched at the Provo Golf & Country Club in Providenciales on Monday January 18th, 2016 under the auspices of Hon. Washington Misick Minister of finance, Trade and Investment.

The reception saw the attendance of several government officials such as His Excellency the Governor Peter Beckingham, Premier Hon. Dr. Rufus Ewing and wife Dawn A. Perry, Her Excellency Deputy Governor Anya Williams and her husband Darren Williams, Deputy Speaker Hon. Josephine Connolly, the newly appointed CEO for Invest TCI John Rutherford and PS of Finance Mrs. Athenee Harvey-Basden.

Invest TCI Agency works with investors who want to do business in the TCI, as well as advising government on how it can create the right environment to encourage trade and streamline the investment process.

These photographs capture the event.

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Abundant Life Ministries International 15th Anniversary Ordination Service

The Abundant Life Ministries International in Providenciales hosted its 15th Anniversary service last week celebrating their 15 years in ministry. The event took place on January 14th- 17th, 2016, under the theme “I am come that they might have life and have it more abundantly…John 10:10.”

The church service was well attended and saw the attendance of the Premier Dr. Hon. Rufus Ewing, The Minister of Home Affairs Hon. George Lightbourne, Home Affairs and Agriculture Hon. Amanda Missick and Deputy Speaker Hon. Josephine Connolly, among other dignitaries.

During the church service

on Friday January 15th, 2016 there was also an ordination sermon that took place where12 members of the Abundant Life Ministries were ordained. The following Deacons and Deaconesses were, J. Arthur Bassett Jr., Former Deputy Premier and Minister of Education, Youth, Sports, Library and Culture Lillian Boyce, Jacob Ebnezer Campbell, Jacynth Maybell Laporte, Vivian Tyson, Doreen Denise Cox, Randy Ellis, Unettie Gardiner, Russell C. Cox, Winifred L.B Reasias, Lionel Henry Bassett and Stephanie Duncanson.

The Following are photo highlights of the event.

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HEALTHY

LIFESTYLE U.S. issues travel alert over Zika virus in Latin America, Caribbean

U.S. health officials on Friday issued a travel warning for 14 countries and territories in the Caribbean and Latin America where infection with Zika, a mosquito-borne virus, is a risk.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in particular cautioned pregnant women not to travel to those areas as Zika has been linked to a serious birth defects.

The travel alert applies to Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Martinique, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Suriname, Venezuela, and the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

It also includes advice that women who are trying to become pregnant should consult with their doctor before traveling to those areas.

Zika virus is transmitted by Aedes species mosquitoes, which also spread dengue and chikungunya viruses and are common in Texas, Florida and elsewhere in the United States.

Zika is usually a mild illness with fever, rash and joint pain. There is

no preventive vaccine or treatment, according to the CDC.

Dr. Lyle Peterson, director of CDC's division of vector-borne diseases, said the agency has confirmed that Zika virus was present in samples provided

by Brazilian health authorities from two pregnancies that ended in miscarriage and from two infants with diagnosed microcephaly who died shortly after birth. Microcephaly is a birth defect where a baby's head is abnormally small and brain development is incomplete.

Genetic analysis showed that the virus in the four cases was the same as the Zika virus strain currently circulating in Brazil.

CDC officials said the biggest risk was in the first trimester of pregnancy, and continued into the second trimester.

Petersen, speaking on a conference call, said the CDC had confirmed 26 cases of the disease among returning U.S. travelers since it was first reported in 2007, and is still receiving specimens for testing

Male Aedes albopictus mosquitoes are seen in this picture. Zika virus is among the viruses spead by the species from travelers who recently became ill. repellent, if they travel to areas where In December, Puerto Rico confirmed the infection is present. the first locally acquired case of Zika Zika virus outbreaks have virus in a person who had not traveled occurred in Africa, Southeast Asia outside the island. and the Pacific Islands, and have

CDC said all travelers should been reported in some countries in the take protective measures against Americas. mosquitoes, such as netting and

Canada's high court gives green light to assisted suicide

The Supreme Court of Canada decided on Friday to allow doctorassisted suicide across the country under certain circumstances, while giving the government more time to pass a law governing the practice.

The decision came as officials confirmed that a patient had already been helped to die in the Frenchspeaking province of Quebec.

The court had overturned a ban on physician-assisted suicide last February, putting Canada in the company of a handful of Western countries to make it legal.

But it had said the decision would not take effect for a year, giving the government time to produce legislation.

The work got off schedule because of the October election and the defeat of the Conservative government by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals. The newly elected justice minister had asked for the decision to be suspended for an extra six months.

Instead, the court gave the go-ahead for assisted suicide to begin now under certain conditions and granted the federal government four more months to come up with a national law.

The Canadian government said it respected the judgment and the additional time would help it develop an approach "that protects the most vulnerable among us while respecting the inherent dignity of all Canadians."

Polls show physician-assisted suicide has broad support but the issue has divided politicians in Parliament as they grapple with how to protect vulnerable Canadians while respecting their rights and choices at the end of life.

The court ruled doctors would be allowed to facilitate the death of patients in Quebec, which had already put its own law into effect in December.

Since the change in provincial law on Dec. 10, one person carried out an assisted suicide in Quebec City, a spokeswoman for the health and social services center for the Quebec City region said in an email.

There is no way to say whether this was the first assisted-suicide under

the new laws as Quebec does not currently keep such statistics, said Joanne Beauvais, a spokeswoman for provincial Health Minister Gaetan Barrette.

The Supreme Court ruling said people outside Quebec can apply to their provincial superior court for judicial authorization "to those who wish to exercise their rights" to doctorassisted death.

Friday's decision was split 5-4, with Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin and three others disagreeing with giving an exemption to Quebec and to other individuals.

The case is Carter v. Canada (Attorney General), 2016 SCC 4.

Eating green leafy vegetables may lower glaucoma risk

People who eat more green leafy vegetables, a good source of nitrate, may significantly decrease their risk of developing glaucoma, according to a large study.

Based on long-term data for more than 100,000 U.S. adults, those who consumed the most nitrate mostly from green vegetables like kale and spinach – were 21 percent less likely than those who ate the least nitrate to develop open-angle glaucoma by the time they were in their 60s and 70s.

Open-angle glaucoma, which affects about 1 percent of the U.S. population, usually starts with loss of vision at the periphery due to fluid build-up and optic nerve damage.

Impaired blood flow is implicated in the condition, the study team points out in JAMA Ophthalmology, and nitrates can be converted in the body to nitric oxide, which improves blood flow.

“Nitric oxide signaling is important for maintaining optimal blood flow, and some evidence suggests that it may also be important for keeping eye pressure low,” said lead author Jae H. Kang of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston.

The researchers used data on more than 63,000 women followed from 1984 to 2012 in the Nurses’ Health Study, and more than 41,000 men in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study from 1986 to 2012.

The participants were over age 40 at the beginning of the study period, had no open-angle glaucoma to start with, reported regular eye exams and completed dietary questionnaires including how often they ate green leafy vegetables like iceberg and romaine lettuces, kale, mustard greens, chard or spinach.

Based on these questionnaires,

researchers calculated intakes of nitrate and of various groups of foods.

They found that dark leafy greens were the biggest source of the nutrient, contributing 57 percent of the nitrate in the participants’ diets.

The men and women were divided into five groups by their intake of greens and of nitrate, ranging from an average of one-third serving of leafy greens (80 milligrams nitrate) per day for the lowest-level consumers to an average one and a half servings of greens (240 milligrams nitrate) per day on the high end.

By 2012, there were a total of 1,483 cases of open-angle glaucoma diagnosed.

Risk differences based on nitrate consumption were very similar to those based on leafy-vegetable consumption.

People who ate the most leafy greens were 18 percent less likely than

those who consumed the least greens to develop any form of open-angle glaucoma, and 48 percent less likely to develop the so-called paracentral form of the disease, which is particularly associated with blood flow, the authors note.

In the study, people who consumed more nitrate also had higher consumption of other nutrients, exercised more, smoked less and were leaner, but the authors adjusted for these factors when calculating the risk differences linked to nitrate and greens.

“The pro of increasing one’s dietary nitrate intake is that, by far, vegetables are the biggest source of dietary nitrate, and vegetables are part of a healthy diet,” Kang told Reuters Health by email. “Higher dietary nitrate intake has been linked to lower blood pressure, better blood circulation and better athletic performance.”

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Editor / Journalist / Social Media Marketing Seeking writer/editor/office assistant - capable of multi-tasking for busy belonger owned publishing company. Excellent business to client communication and organizational skills.

Manage contributors and edit copywriting.

Excellent command of English language, grammar and spelling.

Ability to source, research and write feature articles and rich website content. Able to travel within the islands, partake in water and land sports, and conduct interviews to produce engaging promotional editorial content for print and online.

Meet strict deadlines. Liaise with clients on social media marketing, update content for rapidly expanding website and blog.

Evaluate strategies, analyze stats, google analytics, SEO, inbound marketing. Sales ability a plus.

Requirements: University degree in related field. At least three (3) years ad agency experience in editorial writing, editing, publishing, project management, print and digital magazine production, social media strategy, inbound marketing. Must be Apple Macintosh computer literate with knowledge of: InDesign, PhotoShop, Microsoft Office, Word, Excell, Hubspot, Wordpress, Joomla, Envision, PugPig, WooCommerce. Willing to learn new software. Transportation required.

Three (3) references required. Salary commensurate with abilities and experience. Submit CV and writing portfolio prior to 4 February to: wolf@tmwlaw.tc Twa Marcelin Wolf, PO Box 209, Chancery Court, Providenciales, TCI

TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMISSION The Financial Services Commission hereby advertises the undermentioned 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 February 15, 2016.

Job Title: Filing Clerk Location: Grand Turk Salary: Grade 12 Qualification: 5 G.C.E. O’ Levels subjects with ‘C’ grade or above, or equivalent qualification; at least one (1) year in an office environment as an Office Assistant/Filing Clerk handling legal documents .

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RBC Royal Bank (Bahamas) Limited is presently considering applications for:

Associate Relationship Manager – Turks & Caicos Branch The successful candidate should possess the following qualifications: • 3 or more years Banking Experience • University Degree in Commerce or related field • AICB/ABIFS Diploma or a degree in banking or a related field would be an asset • Previous experience in portfolio and liability administration would be an asset Key Skills: • Outgoing individual with strong sales focus • Critical thinking with keen decision making capabilities • Ability to prioritize and organize • Relationship building/Planning/Organizing/Closing sales • Leadership, impact and influence • Ability to show empathy when dealing with client matters • Sense of urgency • Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines • Uses own initiative to proactively seek solutions/alternatives • Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills • High level of manual dexterity(Fully conversant & proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook – applicant may be subject to proficiency testing) Key Responsibilities: • Responsible for the on boarding of products and services for existing and new clients, identifying, referring and fulfilling on new opportunities as appropriate, promoting collaboration amongst Business Banking relationship team and partners • Provides direct support to clients with all lending and non-lending activities. Develops a strong knowledge of client’s operational requirements in order to provide financial solutions (primarily Cash Management and Deposit Solutions) that add value to the customer’s needs and goals, while driving revenue growth • Provides credit and sales support for Relationship Managers to enable the identification, planning and delivery of solutions for client and prospect needs • Be the service champion for Business clients including coordination of the service team, focusing on ensuring the client experience is delivered effectively through appropriate service partners • Acts as the Problem Resolution champion leveraging appropriate partners to resolve client concerns. *Applicants must have belongers status in Turks & Caicos Islands.

A competitive compensation package (base salary & bonus) will commensurate with relevant experience and qualifications.

Interested persons should apply by January 27, 2016 and follow the steps below: • • • •

Go to jobs.rbc.com Type Turks & Caicos in the search by location box Then select Search Jobs Select the role you wish to apply for

Job Summary

Reporting directly to the Registration Officer, the Filing Clerk is responsible for maintaining the filing system in the Companies, Trademarks and Patents Registration Department.

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FOR SALE OR RENT

Two Bedroom two bathrooms home With swimming pool, fully enclosed back yard Granite kitchen fully furnished Owner financing available Grace Bay

Contact: 331-7945/3316657 MECHANIC GOLF COURSE EQUIPMENT

Provo Golf Club seeks a qualified mechanic. A minimum of twelve (12) years experience in golf course equipment is required and the applicant must possess the following skills and experience.

Requirements •A history of maintenance of Golf Carts, mowers and tractors.

•General maintenance and repairs of all equipment used and operated on the Golf Course.

•Ordering or replacing any parts necessary.

•An aptitude to work unsociable hours is required.

Salary for this position is commensurate with qualifications and experience. Interested applicants should contact Veronica Rigby via email by February 5, 2016 at ronnie@habgroup.com or by fax 649-946-5191. Only persons selected for an interview will be contacted by email or telephone to schedule an interview.

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SAUNDERS & CO. LITIGATION ATTORNEY WITH A MINIMUM OF AT LEAST 15 YEARS POST-QUALIFICATION EXPERIENCE WITH ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ATTRIBUTES: •Admission to the Turks & Caicos Bar, •A minimum of 15 years experience in commercial litigation and commercial arbitration at all courts levels , •Qualified and experienced as an arbitrator in the areas of insurance and banking disputes; •Hard working with a willingness to work long hours including weekends and holidays; and •Fluent French and Spanish are essential.

Salary will commensurate with experience, minimum starting rate is $300.00 per hour.

Interested parties should send a cover letter and resume to Saunders & Co., Attention: Office Manager – via Fax: 941-4533 or

Email: info@ saunders.tc

PROCUREMENT CLERK WANTED Facilitation of purchase of vehicles and parts overseas (namely Japan).

Process of purchasing and export documentation in a foreign country. Ability to source Vendors, price negotiation. Maintain manual and electronic documentation. Maintain an open communication between field personnel and suppliers regarding backorders, delivery dates and/or substitute product.

Coordinating delivery and expedition of goods, ensuring goods are ordered and delivered in a timely and cost effective manner. Extensive knowledge of various Japanese vehicles and parts. Minimum of five years’ experience within automotive procurement department. Exposure to the mechanical, industrial and automotive industry an asset. Ability to work under pressure in order to meet deadlines and handle multiple tasks within a fast-paced work environment. Strong negotiation, mathematical and analytical skills.

Ability to communicate effectively, both written and oral. Solid research skills and commitment to continually learn about new products. Proficiency using Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel & PowerPoint). Must read, write and speak Japanese, possess valid passport with necessary travel visas (travelling to Japan). Part-time employment with Commission based salary.

Qualified applicants should forward cover letter and resume to: Paradise Auto Sales & Rentals, P.O. Box 908, 82 Cherokee Road, Providenciales. Resumes will be reviewed in the order they are received.

the policies, practices and procedures of insurance entities •Any other duties as set out in the Job Descriptions for Insurance Officer/Analyst or as assigned by Senior Insurance Analyst, the Head of Insurance or the Managing Director.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMISSION

Insurance Analyst The Financial Services Commission, a statutory body of the Turks and Caicos Islands Government responsible for the licensing and regulation of financial services businesses, is seeking applications for the post of an Insurance Analyst: DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

1.Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Economics, Business Administration or equivalent professional qualifications such as ACII or equivalent and Four (4) years related working experience in a senior position in the insurance industry, insurance regulation, or auditing field.

2.Candidates who do not satisfy the related work experience but who have (a) a solid degree in a relevant area and (b) can display strong analytical, problem solving and leadership skills, and or (c) possess a good background in or appreciation of mathematics may be considered upon such terms and conditions as the Commission may determine.

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED: •Sound knowledge of accounting principles; •Sound knowledge of financial and statistical analyses; •Sound knowledge of the operations of insurance entities and the insurance industry; •Good knowledge of local and international insurance regulations and standards, and generally of insurance law.

The Analyst is responsible for assisting with the planning and conducting of off-site and on-site reviews of insurance entities, including reviewing the financial and operational systems of insurance businesses, to determine the entities’ financial status and level of compliance with their own internal policies and standards and relevant local and international standards, ordinances and regulations.

COMPENSATION RANGE

Specific duties include: •Assist in developing annual plans for onsite inspections/reviews of insurance entities •Prepare annual risk assessment of assigned insurance entities to guide regulatory actions for the coming year •Perform off-site and onsite reviews of insurance organizations •Carry out rigorous analysis of financial statements, business plans etc.

•Monitor and report on trends in the financial performance of insurance entities •Assist in evaluating and processing applications for insurance licenses •Collect, collate and analyze statistical information relating to the insurance industry and licensees •Investigate, as directed, complaints by the public or queries in respect of

OTHER INFORMATION APPLICABLE TO THE POSTS

This position falls within Grade 6 of the Commission’s pay scale. Actual salary payable will be determined by reference to the degree of qualification, experience, knowledge base and other criteria that the Commission may assess.

The duties for the posts may be carried out at either of the Commission’s offices in Grand Turk or Providenciales.

Applications should be received no later than February 19, 2016 and may be emailed to dmorrison@tcifsc.tc or faxed d to 1-649-941-8379.

Belongers only need apply.

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WATERLOO HOTEL MANAGEMENT LTD

Alexandra Resort, Blue Haven Resort & Marina and the Beach House We are seeking to employ, suitably qualified and experienced hospitality professionals in the positions listed below.

Our ideal candidate should have an outstanding command of the English language, written and oral, strong communication and excellent customer service skills. Salary for these positions will commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Engineering & Grounds •Chief Engineer •Maintenance Manager •Electricians •Maintenance/Room Technicians •Carpenter Helper Food and Beverage •Restaurant Maintenance Technician •Line Cooks •Bartenders •Servers •Pool and Beach Servers •Food Runners •Stewards Supervisor

Accounting •Night Auditor •Storeroom Associate Entertainment & Guest Services •Entertainment Manager •Senior Guest Services Supervisor •Senior Guest Services Agents Spa •Spa Therapists Loss Prevention •Loss Prevention Manager •Loss Prevention Supervisors •Senior Loss Prevention Officers

Interested persons may contact our HR department Mon. – Fri. from 9am-3pm via telephone number 946-8054 or you may submit your resume with qualifications and experience to:cgibbons@wihl.com  Board and Committee Meetings  Minutes of Management and Business Meetings  Corporate Reports, Official Documents and Contracts  Oversee policy management

Minimum Requirements:

MANAGER OF IT SOLUTIONS AND ERP SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT To oversee the effort to analyze, validate and document the business and system requirements as well as to support the ERP production environment.

Main Duties  Lead the implementation of the new ERP system; contribute to the design of core process technology solutions, establishing basic system administration processes and protocols, including business process design: user training, data/quality controls, and change management.  Oversee the design, modification and creation of business processes and/or technology enhancements used to implement the business/ technology solutions. This is done through research and an understanding of applicable business processes, systems, and operations requirements.  Work with business users to determine scope and requirements for new projects and/or working with business users on issues/ opportunities on existing applications/process.  Collaborate with various departments on identifying appropriate technology solutions to business problems; Identify and recommend alternative methods to meet business needs; Provides an industry perspective and improves business processes.  Provide business direction for initiatives with the possibility of leading high complexity projects and teams; Work with cross-functional teams to commit resource requirements over the lifecycle of the project.  Coordinate and align the IT function and business activities.  Coordinate and perform business analysis as needed for various departments.  Other responsibilities: o Creation/ updating &/or reporting of the  Monthly Corporate Scorecard  Monthly Corporate Targets  Weekly Comparative Peak Loads  Quarterly Board Package o Assistant the Corporate Secretary responsible for the

 Bachelor Degree in any Business related course is required; Professional Certification is an advantage i.e. PMP, CIA, ACCA  Minimum 15 years working experience in various industries that includes at least five (5) years in a supervisory/ managerial level and four (4) years or more in the Utility industry.  Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint  Excellent command of English language (Spoken and written); ability to communicate effectively with both technical and nontechnical audiences  Comprehensive knowledge of the processes, complexities and possible errors and solutions involved in Business Systems implementation  Exceptional organizational, coaching, mentoring, leadership and planning skills  Comprehensive experience with data analysis; demonstrates a creative, critical thinking approach to problem solving  Comprehensive experience with process and workflow design;  Proficient experience leading projects and knowledge of project management principles and methodologies;  Experience managing relationships with external vendors and/ or consultancies for outsourced work  Proficient in understanding of computer programming languages and operating systems

Compensation Compensation commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Deadline for submission of applications (inclusive of a cover letter, resume and a FortisTCI application form) is February 2, 2016 to: Dr. Kellie-Ann Evans-Hall Manager, Human Resources FortisTCI Limited P. O. Box 132, Providenciales Email address: hrapplications@fortistci.com or khall@fortistci.com

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REGISTERED NURSE REQUIRED * Must have a Bachelor’s Degree in nursing from a recognized University and at least 3 years post qualification experience

* Must be available, to work part time hours between 8am to 8pm daily, plus weekends, holidays and overnight to meet the needs of the clinic * Must be eligible for registration with the local health Practitioners Board * Must have experience in operationg theaters assisting with gynecology cases * Must be willing to be flexible to meet the needs of the clinic * Must be highly computer literate * Must have experience with medical billing software, Quickbooks and advantaChart * Salary commensurate with experience

DIJA BOUTIQUE

is seeking a sales clerk.

Computer literate, very experience in Excel and Quick books .

Must be willing to work week end and holiday Interested persons please contact Telephone 443 3104

STYLZ ABOVE THE REST

SEEKS 1 SECRETARY 1 HAIR STYLIST SALARY $6.00 PER HOUR CONTACT 232-1726

FLAMINGO TRUCKING SEEKS

1 Labourer Salary $6.25 per hour Contact 347-7993 WILLIAM GEOGRE

SEEKS 1 Domestic Worker Salary $6.25 per hour 6 days per week Contact 345-9488

Varlidysha Collection

Livenie Ellis is seeking 5 Tailors 2 Designers 1 Technician Work for 5 days a week Salary: $9 per hour Telephone: 345-8326/232-7358

JESSIE FORBES

SEEKS 1 BABYSITTER SALARY $6.00 PER HOUR CONTACT 232-1726

FARAH MORLEY

Julissa’s Beauty Salon seeks 1 sales person 6 days per week Salary $6.25 Contact 341-2425 LIVE IN HOUSE KEEPER NEEDED

Available immediately 1 live in house keeper needed. Suitable candidate MUST be well verse in the English Language, and have graduated from High School.

Duties include: Caring for children, Cleaning Cooking Doing grocery shopping.

Interested persons contact # 649 443 3104.

No calls after 6pm.

SUPER CUTS BARBERSHOP

FLORICE FORBES IS SEEKING 1 LABORER 5 DAYS A WEEK SALARY: $6.50 AN HOUR CONTACT: 247-1932

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Applicant must be honest reliable & hardworking, fluent in English & French Salary $6.00 per hour CONTACT 341-5039

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NEEDED DOMESTIC WORKER To work five days per week From 8am – 4pm Duties: General cleaning in house Salary $6.00 per hour

Contact 346-6622

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SEEKS 1 BABYSITTER SALARY $6.25 PER HOUR CONTACT 343-7407

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1 LABOURER $6.25 PER HOUR 1 DOMESTIC WORKER $6.25 PER HOUR 1 CASHIER - $6.50 PER HOUR 1 BEAUTICIAN $6.50 PER HOUR CONTACT 347-6334

2 Sales persons Salary $6.25 per hour Mon – Sat 244-0277 or 946-3437

Garnet Jolly is Looking for a Labourer Salary $6.50 per hour

Contact: 231-2307

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Bermuda government accused of selling out country in airport project

The newly published airport development agreement means the Bermuda Government has “put the Island out to any bidder, not even the highest bidder”, according to the Shadow Minister of Transport.

According to the Royal Gazette newspaper, Lawrence Scott warned the 33-page document’s lack of specifics could threaten Bermudian workers’ jobs down the line.

“There’s a lot of smoke and mirrors and a lot of unanswered questions,” Mr Scott said. “Then the more answers we get, the more questions there are.”

The deal, struck between the Government and the Canadian Commercial Corporation, will involve LF Wade International Airport being replaced by a new $249 million facility.

Among the perks granted to CCC and its subcontractor, construction firm Aecon — collectively referred to as Project Co —

will be an exemption from the employer’s share of payroll tax and customs duties on capital items such as construction materials.

A minimum revenue guarantee also means that if annual income does not reach projections over the 30-year contract, the Government will make up the difference.

Mr Scott called the guarantee “very troubling”.

He added: “Let’s say, for whatever reason, the Government came to its better senses and said right now is not the time to build an airport, let’s focus on education instead.

“Then if a Progressive Labour Party government comes in five or ten years down the line and decides to build an airport, Project Co has to be the one to build it.

“This has committed not just the present government, but any and every government down the line to going along with this, even if they found a better

deal.”

Mr Scott also expressed concerns over the contract’s Airport Personnel Transition Plan, which will see airport employees transferred to either Project Co, a new quango or Bermuda “on terms and conditions which, taken as a whole, are no less favourable than such employees’ existing employment terms and conditions”.

The agreement said: “Subject to applicable laws (including labour relations and collective bargaining laws) and the terms and conditions of the project agreement, Project Co shall have the right to structure the company, Project Co senior management, its employees, its organisation, reporting structures and business operations in a way which it considers appropriate.”

Mr Scott said: “I have a feeling that the workers will initially be given jobs, which won’t necessarily be a transition, and if they don’t

like the job they’ve been given, they’ll basically be let go. Then it won’t be the Government that causes these Bermudians to lose their jobs, it’s a private entity.

“Also, will they get the same retirement benefits?

Will they get the same pay?

That’s troubling to me, and it will be to others as well.

“The deal as a whole has issues. The PLP’s proposal is to create an airport authority first, then bring Aecon on board as a subcontractor, not the owner and operator.

“That way, the Bermudians who work there now would essentially be undisturbed.”

Bob Richards, the Minister of Finance, on Tuesday championed the “substantial advantages to the Government’s course in this redevelopment project”.

He added: “Not the least of benefits is the ability to work with the triple A-rated Canadian Government

The Bahamas NHIS defends national health insurance scheme

The National Health Insurance Secretariat (NHIS) says there has been “much misinformation” about the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bahamas scheme, insisting that its implementation “is a major advancement in moving our country forward and taking care of our people”.

“This is not business as usual,” the NHIS said in a statement, adding that NHI Bahamas,” in short, is an initiative that will facilitate the provision of modern, accessible and affordable health care services to all legal residents in The Bahamas.

“More importantly, it recognizes the right of Bahamians to accessible and affordable, high quality, health care. In order to build a more modern and prosperous Bahamas, we must improve our healthcare system.”

NHIS said that at present, only one third of Bahamians have private health insurance and that the NHI will ensure that all legal residents of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country “will be entitled to have health insurance.

NHI will bring about modern, affordable and accessible health care services to the Bahamas. Once fully implemented, NHI will offer a range of comprehensive benefits

The Bahamas Flag no matter your income, age, island of residence, or current health status.”

NHIS said that enrollment for NHI requires individuals to possess a National Insurance Board (NIB) Smart Card and that it has expanded the number of available registration centres to facilitate this exercise.

On

NHIS said that while all legal residents in the Bahamas are entitled to care under NHI, those who currently pay for private health insurance can maintain their current policies if they so choose.

“However, it is possible that your insurance policy may change given that primary care services will be covered by the Government of the Bahamas through NHI. Additional health insurance you purchase could be

a top-up to your NHI coverage.”

The NHIS said that it wanted to emphasize that no additional tax will be imposed for the primary care phase of NHI and quoted a statement from Prime Minister Perry Christie that no payroll deductions or other taxes will be imposed until health system strengthening has advanced.

“Everyone has a role to play. We are all encouraged to register and get our NIB Smart Card as soon as possible so that we are best prepared to move into the next phases on NHI and we can start benefiting from the coverage it will provide to us and our loved ones.

“Once fully implemented, NHI will bring about modern, affordable and accessible health care services to the Bahamas,’ the NHIS added.

and obtaining guarantees against cost overruns, shoddy workmanship and time delays.

“These have been the biggest issues plaguing Bermuda’s history of infrastructure development, and it has cost the taxpayer hundreds of millions of dollars in unnecessary expenditure.

“It is time for that to stop. We are today, and for the foreseeable future, paying for the sins of the past.

“But we are on a course towards getting Bermuda back to the days of a balanced budget. Even then, our work will not be finished.

We will still have to find additional revenues after that to pay off a multibillion-dollar debt.

“This means it is crucial that we exercise prudence in our fiscal policy.

This project is just one aspect of that strategy and notably, it does not impact the treasury and add millions of dollars more to the Government’s debt.”

Bar Association says advertising of services could be legalised

The president of the Antigua & Barbuda Bar Association said the body is not ruling out a possible revision of the Legal Professions Act of 2008, which bars members of the profession from advertising legal services to the public.

Attorney-atlaw and Notary Public Debra Burnette said there is a possibility that the twin island state may soon follow the United Kingdom which has since relaxed the advertising aspect of the law.

“It is still against the Code of Ethics under our laws to advertise for legal services,” she said. “While our laws, perhaps, would end up there, at present it does allow for limited advertisement in the form of publications or newsletters on legal issues,” Burnette said.

She also pointed out that, in recent times, some members of the Bar Association has questioned why the law prohibits them from advertising.

“I think that

Attorney at Law and Notary Public, Debra Burnette is perhaps a discussion that would have to take place at some point as time moves on,” she said.

Explaining the rationale for attorneys not advertising their services, Burnette said that their reputation, in the profession, should speak for itself.

The discussions was sparked a day after the association cautioned the public against accessing the services of a United Kingdom-based lawyer who was seeking to set up business here.

The Antiguanborn attorney, who recently returned to the island, was advertising her services in the local newspapers.

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FNM leader says PM Christie spreading false hope about Baha Mar sale

Free National Movement Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis

Free National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis has hit out at the Christie administration for continuing to “sell false hope” over the stalled Baha Mar resort, as thousands of the hotel’s former employees remain out of work and Bahamian contractors are owed millions.

In a statement Dr Minnis said Prime Minister Perry Christie “is a proven talk first, think later leader.”

He added: “As a result of the government’s missteps, Baha Mar has become a national burden and an international embarrassment for our country. Former Baha Mar board members have repeatedly presented the facts that connect Christie and his government’s poor decision-making which created this daunting delay saga.

At a time when so many Bahamians are hurting, we have a prime minister shuffling in dreamland, detached from the glaring realities. We need change.”

Dr Minnis said at the core of his

party’s platform is empowerment of Bahamians and entrepreneurship.

“A newly elected FNM government will strengthen foreign investment policies to ensure that what occurred at Baha Mar is not repeated. While strategic efforts will be made by a newly elected FNM government to attract global investors, the ‘new Bahamas’ cannot be so desperately dependent on foreign investment.”

“The FNM government will create opportunities to promote and enhance more Bahamian ownership.”

Last week, Mr Christie said there are a “huge number” of internationally recognisable corporate names interested in investing in Baha Mar and he is doing “all he can” to ensure construction is restarted “very soon.”

Speaking at the swearing in ceremony of Paul Andrew Gomez as the new Bahamas ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, Mr Christie said he has also been meeting with representatives from the China Export Import Bank, to ensure Bahamian employees and construction workers are protected.

Mr Christie said he fears if the project is not restarted in the near future, the cost to complete the hotel would double.

“I have been meeting with representatives of the employees, particularly casino employees who have had a number of meetings with me, whose employee benefits expire in two weeks time and therefore pending mortgage challenges are an issue. I have

been meeting with the China Exim Bank to ensure employees are protected,” Mr Christie said last week.

“There are a huge number of very internationally recognisable corporate names interested in the product, who have made applications for the product, those will be brought to your attention because it is for the bank to make a decision, including both hotel casino firms, and Bahamian interests that are here and including Chinese interest in the huge multi-billion dollar project.

“It makes no sense to allow that asset to continue to be exposed to the elements and be subject to deterioration because what starts off as a $300m exercise will end up costing $600m or $700m and counting.”

Reiterating comments he told the press weeks ago, he said: “So for The Bahamas we have a situation where the construction company has taken the position that it does not want to start construction without paying their subcontractors and that includes the Bahamian subcontractors. And I’ve argued that I’m not prepared to accept that those contractors will be paid less than a dollar for a dollar for the work performed. So I’m anticipating that 2016, very early in 2016 that we’re going to have a major move for Baha Mar.”

However, Dr Minnis said the prime minister should “stop shuffling with empty optimism on the Baha Mar matter and offer greater substance and sensitivity.”

He added that Mr Christie’s “false predictions make a mockery of the situation and the Bahamian people.”

Another charge brought against St. Vincent opposition politician

Opposition politician Ben Exeter was charged with carrying an offensive weapon without lawful authority, the fourth charge stemming from his December 29 arrest in Kingstown, where the opening of the 10th Parliament was taking place.

Gonsalves, a lawyer and Minister of National Security, cited the Public Order Act in making his case, but said he was not commenting on any particular incident. Exeter was the main opposition New Democratic Party’s (NDP) candidate for Central Leeward in the December 9 general election, which the NDP is claiming that the Unity Labour Party (ULP) “stole”.

Kay Bacchus-Browne, one of Exeter’s lawyers, told the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) that the charge is “ridiculous”.

She accused the police of acting after Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves said last week Thursday that it is an offence to carry a licenced firearm to a public meeting.

Bacchus-Browne said that Exeter was charged with “carrying what they call an offensive weapon without lawful authority”.

“It is a stupid charge. I intend to have a press conference on Monday and call in the press and talk about it. My interpretation of that is exactly

that Ralph Gonsalves gets on the radio, talks crap, and everybody follows it…” the lawyer told CMC.

Exeter was arrested in Kingstown, where NDP and ULP supporters had gathered in protest and support as the opening of the 10th Parliament took place.

He appeared in court on December 30 and pleaded not guilty to assaulting a police officer, resisting arrest and assaulting Granville De Freitas of Chester Cottage, causing actual bodily harm.

He is due back in court on January 25.

Bacchus-Browne said that it was not the first time that police were acting after Gonsalves commented publicly on a matter.

“In the case with Ordon Graham, Ralph gets on the radio and talks follow-up. The same thing with Lynch follow-up,” she said.

Graham is a former member of the SVG Green Party and Lynch is deceased, former host of the NDP’s daytime radio programme.

“And now I see it is happening with Ben. I think it is political harassment. It is a stupid charge. The man has a licence to carry a firearm.

You know what that would mean? That anybody who goes to a public meeting with a firearm can be charged. It is

stupid, and it is political harassment,” Bacchus-Browne said.

She contrasted the response of the state to its response to an incident in which Carlos James, the ULP’s candidate for North Leeward in the December 9 general elections, discharged a firearm in Petit Bordel last November to quell what he said was a “rain of missiles” that NDP supporters were showering on ULP supporters at a ULP event.

“So clearly, it is political harassment and I would like the comparison with Carlos James,” Bacchus-Browne said.

“He (Gonsalves) gets on the radio, or wherever he was, and says what he has to say and then the police just follow on because Ralph is a lawyer,” Bacchus-Browne said in reference to the Prime Minister’s press conference last week.

“It is ridiculous. I saw the charge and I call it a ridiculous charge.

Just take the logical step, it means that anybody who goes to any public meeting with a firearm can be charged and it becomes an offensive weapon because it is a public meeting. Can that make sense?” Bacchus-Browne said.

She believes the charge will not stand up in court “on an even playing field”.

‘Fearless’ Chicago TV Executive Found Dead During Belize Vacation

local TV executive in Chicago Anne Swaney

A local TV executive in Chicago, described as “fearless” and “a pivot around which we all orbited,” was found dead Friday morning in Belize, where she had been vacationing, the U.S. State Department confirms to PEOPLE.

The battered body of Anne Swaney, 39, was found near the Nabatunich Farm, in San Jose Succotz, where she was staying during her vacation, reports ABC7 Chicago, where she worked as executive producer of online operations.

Swaney was supposed to go horseback riding with a group on Thursday, but stayed behind to do yoga by the river, according to the station.

Some of her personal effects were found on a deck by the water, and police began searching for her that night. They found her body in the river the next morning, with lacerations on her neck and head, local police told the station.

“We suspect that she may have been sexually violated,” Benque Viejo Police Superintendent Daniel Arzu told NBC Chicago. “She had bruises around her neck that reveals that there might have been some strangulation or some sort of fight back.”

Swaney’s cause of death was ruled asphyxia by compression of the neck, manual strangulation and blunt force trauma to the head and neck, according to NBC Chicago.

The autopsy did not conclusively determine if Swaney had been sexually assaulted.

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Arzu told the station that the owners and all guests at the resort, including about 10 Americans, are being questioned.

There are known no suspects, he said.

“We offer our sincerest condolences to her family and loved ones on their loss. Our consular staff is providing all possible consular assistance,” the U.S. State Department said in a statement to PEOPLE.

Swaney’s family declined further comment to the Chicago Tribune.

“I’m really without words because it is a tragic loss for our newsroom, and really for the entire station and for the city of Chicago. She was terrific at what she did,” said John Idler ABC7 Chicago president and general manager.

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CDC alert for Zika virus may curb Caribbean ‘babymoon’ vacations

A travel notice issued by the Centers for Disease Control over the mosquito-borne Zika virus, which can cause babies to be born with brain damage, has Latin American tourism businesses on edge, particularly those in the Caribbean’s flourishing “babymoon” vacation business.

The CDC had been urging all travelers visiting areas of Latin America and the Caribbean to take extra precautions against mosquito bites to avoid contracting the virus. But officials upgraded the warninglate Friday to a Level 2 travel notice and are now advising pregnant women and women trying to become pregnant to consider avoiding travel to the affected areas out of concern that Zika may cause a catastrophic birth defect called microcephaly.

Most experts don’t expect a CDC alert to substantially hurt overall travel to Latin America.

But the flourishing Caribbean “babymoon” vacation business, which offers pregnant women and their spouses or partners “one last, relaxing hurrah before the baby comes,” according to About.com’s family vacations editor Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, could be more vulnerable.

The Caribbean Tourism Organization reports that 12.9 million American tourists visited the region in 2014, the most recent year for which statistics were available, a 5.5 percent increase over 2013. It is not clear what percentage of the travelers were on babymoon trips, but the percentage is small, experts say.

“We likely will see a significant decline in trips by women who are pregnant or trying to conceive to these regions in light of the apparent link between the virus and birth defects,” Euromonitor analyst Amanda Bourlier told NBC News via email before the CDC travel notice was issued. “But this demographic represents a relatively small subset of total travelers and as such we anticipate the economic impact from the tourism side should be limited.”

Recent news reports about the rapid spread of Zika and growing evidence of its dangers don’t appear to have had much of an impact on the budding industry so far.

Fodors.com is still seeing a spike in the babymoonrelated searches it has come to expect this time of year. And while some couples may cancel their trips or head elsewhere, many are sticking with their plans.

Jacyln Rutigliano, 29, and her husband are concerned about the news, but not enough to cancel their babymoon scheduled in two weeks on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia.

“My husband spooks more easily than I do with these things,” said Rutigliano, “But until news hits that shows our destination is specifically impacted, I believe he’ll continue to proceed with caution.”

But Nancy Yale, president of Cruise and World Travel, which books a lot of babymoon trips, said she had one couple decide to cancel

their Caribbean babymoon trip to Nevis, which was scheduled for February. Instead they will spend five days in Florida, she said.

“We’re also checking with travel insurance companies to see if a CDC travel alert about the virus would be a covered reason for cancellation,” she said.

The Cruise Lines International Association said it is in close contact with public health authorities about Zika virus concerns.

“Cruise ships publish a daily flier which includes information for passengers relating to health and safety. Zika virus, and corresponding prevention measures, would be one of the topics covered, if appropriate,” the association said in a statement, adding that “the recommended repellent is available on cruise ships.”

For those looking for alternative destinations for spring break, “the easiest Plan B is to pick a fun destination right here in the U.S. of A. such as baseball spring training in Arizona or Florida, maple sugaring and/or late-season skiing in Vermont, whale watching in San Diego or a living history immersion in Williamsburg, VA,” said Kelleher, the vacations editor.

And for alternative warm-weather romantic getaways, Fodors.com Editor-inChief Arabella Bowen suggests Palm Springs, California or the Hawaiian island of Maui. If sun and heat aren’t requirements, she recommends “Utah’s splurge-worthy Amangiri resort.”

Opposition disagrees with government’s decision to import chicken meat

The opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), has voiced disagreement with a decision by the government to issue licenses for the importation of chicken meat to alleviate a shortage of the product.

The JLP’s spokesman on Agriculture, JC Hutchinson, says the move is unnecessary as the island’s main producers have assured the market that the supply of the product will be back to normal within three weeks.

“If there is going to be normalcy in three weeks maximum, why are we having twenty containers coming in, even if we had a Chicken Meat cut off for three weeks, there The opposition are eight extra containers spokesman added that the coming.”Hutchinson said. importation of chicken meat

He believes focus is likely to create a glut in should be placed on working the market and impact small with suppliers and small farmers. farmers to more efficiently Following reports of a coordinate the production chicken shortage, Agriculture and distribution of chicken Minister Derrick Kellier said meat. in order to satisfy the

heightened demand for the product, an importation license will be granted for four containers of leg quarters per week, for five weeks.

The leg quarters will be imported from the United States and Canada and other areas that have been declared free of bird-flu.

Toddler said to be poisoned by necklace during Caribbean cruise

Caribbean cruise

A 2-year-old girl is recovering from what her mother calls a severe poisoning incident during a Caribbean cruise.

Samantha Gandy says she woke up early Wednesday to find her daughter Audrey drooling and burning with fever.

The 29-year-old woman alleges that medical staff on the Carnival Dream vessel diagnosed the girl as suffering from a virus and then downplayed the danger when told she could have ingested a necklace bead from a toxic plant while in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Seeds from

the Crab’s eye plant are commonly used to make jewelry.

The Monroe, Louisiana, woman says the girl was drooling and burning with fever and was rushed to a hospital when the ship arrived Thursday in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Upon arrival Thursday in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the girl was rushed to a hospital. Gandy says doctors told her the poisoning was nearly fatal.

Carnival and hospital officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment Saturday.

CARICOM and Italy strengthen ties

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Italy continued on the path of stronger relations on Wednesday as the new Italian Ambassador to the Community presented his credentials at the Secretariat’s Georgetown, Guyana headquarters.

Both men emphasised the strength of the friendship between CARICOM and Italy with Mignano pointing to the similarities, particularly of lifestyle, between the region and his country.CARICOM Secretary-General Irwin LaRocque received the letters of credence from Silvio Mignano who is based in Caracas, Venezuela.

LaRocque expressed his pleasure at the Italian envoy joining the CARICOM family and cited the long history of co-operation between that country and the Community.

He also took the opportunity to remind the Ambassador of the unjust blacklisting

by Italy of some CARICOM Member States as non-co-operative tax jurisdictions and expressed the hope that this issue would be rectified urgently given the adverse effect such an action was having on the economic and banking sectors in the community.

Wednesday’s ceremony came in the wake of the signing of two co-operation documents between the Community and Italy last month during the COP 21 in Paris, France.

A memorandum of understanding to establish mechanisms for cooperation in 13 socio- economic fields was signed by Ambassador LaRocque and Italy’s Special Envoy for the Countries of the Caribbean, Paolo Serpi.

CARICOM and Italy also signed a pact to start a five-year program worth six million euros to help Caribbean countries mitigate the negative impact of climate change. The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) signed on behalf of the Region.

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Putin probably approved London murder of ex-KGB agent

support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. But Britain’s measured early response to the report appeared to acknowledge a need for Russia to exert its influence over Assad in negotiations to end the Syrian civil war.

Prime Minister David Cameron said he would not rule out further action, but added:

“Do we at some level have to go on having some sort of relationship with them because we need a solution to the Syria crisis? Yes we do. But we do it with clear eyes and a very cold heart.”

Alexander Litvinenko, then an officer of Russia’s state security service FSB, attends a news

Interior minister Theresa conference in Moscow in this November 17, 1998 May, appearing before parliament,

President Vladimir Putin that former KGB bodyguard Andrei spoke of “a blatant and unacceptable probably approved a 2006 Russian Lugovoy and another Russian, Dmitry breach of the most fundamental tenets intelligence operation to murder ex- Kovtun, carried out the killing as part of international law and of civilized KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko with of an operation probably directed by behavior”, while the opposition Labour radioactive polonium-210 in London, a Russia’s Federal Security Service Party described an “unparalleled act British inquiry concluded on Thursday, (FSB), the main heir to the Soviet-era of state-sponsored terrorism”. prompting a row with Moscow.

KGB.

The image of Litvinenko lying

Russia, which had declined “The FSB operation to kill Mr on his bed at London’s University to cooperate in the inquiry, cautioned Litvinenko was probably approved by College Hospital, cadaverous and pointedly that it could “poison” Mr Patrushev, then head of the FSB, having lost his hair, was emblazoned relations. Britain accused the Kremlin and also by President Putin,” Owen across British and other Western of uncivilized behavior but did not said. newspapers and later shown to the immediately signal it would take any “I have concluded that there inquiry. He took over three weeks to stronger action. is a strong probability that when Mr die.

Litvinenko, 43, an outspoken Lugovoy poisoned Mr Litvinenko, he From his deathbed, critic of Putin who fled Russia for did so under the direction of the FSB. Litvinenko told detectives he believed Britain six years to the day before I have further concluded that Mr Putin - a former KGB spy who went he was poisoned, died after drinking Kovtun was also acting under FSB on to head the FSB before winning the green tea laced with the rare and very direction,” he said. presidency - had directly ordered his potent radioactive isotope at London’s Litvinenko’s death marked killing.

Millennium Hotel. a post-Cold War low point in Anglo- The Kremlin has always

An inquiry led by senior Russian ties, marred further by denied any involvement but the claim British judge Robert Owen found Russia’s annexation of Crimea and that Putin directly ordered a killing of

US tightens visa waiver rules for visitors after Paris attacks

The United States on Thursday began implementing restrictions to its Visa Waiver Program under a law passed after last year’s Paris attacks that makes it harder for citizens of some countries to visit.

Several of the Islamic State attackers who killed 130 people in France held European passports that would have allowed them to easily enter the United States under the former system.

Citizens of the 38, mainly European, countries in the U.S. Visa Waiver Program (VWP), who were previously able to travel to the United States for up to 90 days without a visa, must now obtain one if they have visited Iran, Iraq, Sudan and Syria since March 1, 2011.

They must also obtain a visa if they are dual Iranian, Iraqi, Sudanese or Syrian nationals, the U.S. State Department said.

Citizens from the 38 nations are required to obtain a travel authorization through the socalled Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) before coming to the United States.

The State Department said that as of Thursday it would revoke the ESTA travel authorizations held by citizens from the 38 Visa Waiver

A traveler has his passport scanned as he passes through U.S. Customs and Immigration Program countries if they are dual Iranian, Iraqi, Sudanese or Syrian citizens.

However, it noted that under the new law the U.S. secretary of homeland security has the authority to issue waivers to the restrictions on law enforcement or national security grounds.

People who could be eligible for a waiver include those who visited Iran, Iraq, Sudan or Syria on behalf of international organizations or humanitarian groups, or journalists who carried out reporting in the four countries.

They may also include people who traveled for legitimate business reasons to Iraq or to Iran following the July 14, 2015 nuclear agreement.

an opponent with a radioactive isotope in a major Western capital provoked immediate censure from Moscow.

Russia’s Foreign Ministry said what it called Britain’s biased and opaque handling of the case had clouded relations.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said such inquiries risked poisoning relations and pointed out that the inquiry relied on unpublicised information from the intelligence services.

The judge said he was sure Lugovoy and Kovtun had placed the polonium 210 in a teapot at the Millennium Hotel’s Pine Bar on Nov. 1, 2006 when they met Litvinenko for little more than 30 minutes.

Litvinenko said he had only drunk three or four mouthfuls of the cold green tea made with lemon and honey.

High polonium contamination was found in the teapot and the hotel bar, and traces of the highly radioactive substance were left across London including offices, hotels, planes and Arsenal soccer club’s Emirates Stadium.

Owen also concluded the two men had unsuccessfully tried to kill Litvinenko two weeks earlier at a meeting at a London security firm, and said it was “entirely possible” Lugovoy was planning to target him back in 2004.

The British government summoned Russia’s ambassador Alexander Yakovenko, demanding the Kremlin provide answers and extradite the two main suspects.

Ecuador says Assange will answer Sweden’s questions in days

WikiLeaks founder JulianAssange speaks to the media outside the Ecuador embassy in west London

Ecuador, whose U.K. embassy provides refuge to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, will have him answer questions from Swedish authorities about allegations of assault and rape against two women, President Rafael Correa said on Wednesday.

Correa told reporters at a briefing that he expects Assange to be questioned by Ecuadorean authorities in the next few days.

Assange, an Australian citizen, sought protection in Ecuador’s embassy in London to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he is alleged to have committed the crimes while on a visit.

Assange has said he fears Sweden will extradite him to the

United States where he could be put on trial over WikiLeaks’ publication of classified military and diplomatic documents five years ago, one of the largest information leaks in U.S. history.

Britain has accused Ecuador of preventing the course of justice by allowing Assange to remain in its embassy in the upmarket central London area of Knightsbridge since 2012.

Ecuador’s Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino said Swedish judicial authorities had shown “real lack of respect” by sending a questionnaire with some sections crossed out by hand, and a new version had been requested before the case could proceed.

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Palin’s endorsement fails to excite Trump rallygoers

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (L) points to U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (R) as she speaks after endorsing him for President at a rally at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa January 19, 2016.

When it comes to influencing the 2016 U.S. presidential race, Sarah Palin’s star power is turning out to be dimmer than expected.

There was no ecstasy in the crowd when the former Alaska governor and vice presidential nominee endorsed Republican front-runner Donald Trump at a rally in Ames, Iowa, on Tuesday night. And at Trump’s next appearance on Wednesday in Norwalk, people who came to see him - both hard-core Trump supporters and undecided voters - said Palin was not swaying them.

“They’re going to have to do an image remake of her,” said Joani Estes, 56, of Indianola, Iowa. Estes said her Pentecostal Christian faith made her feel aligned with Palin, but it did not make her feel any more strongly about Trump.

She liked him, she said, and was likely going to caucus for him during the state’s nominating contest on Feb. 1 - but she was also keeping the door open for his closest rival, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas.

Her friend Jenny Terrell, 55, said Palin’s endorsement made her less certain about her support for Trump. A longtime Democrat, Terrell said she had been inspired by Trump but was put off by Palin’s extreme opposition to abortion rights.

“I was a little disappointed,” she said, adding that even though she knew Trump had declared himself to be against abortion, she did not see him as being as fervently anti-abortion as Palin.

As a strategic move in Trump’s competition against Cruz in Iowa, getting an endorsement from Palin made sense, political experts said. She is popular among tea party Republicans who rail against the political establishment, as well as blue-collar evangelical Christians, two groups from which Cruz draws strong support.

It is not yet clear whether evangelical leaders in the state will follow Palin’s lead and choose Trump over Cruz. But Trump had already managed to draw some of those voters with his brash, sweeping talk of keeping refugees out of the United States, building a wall along the Mexican border to stop illegal immigration, and putting education policy back in the hands of local communities.

“I could care less” about Palin’s support for Trump, said Scott Heckart, 49, who said he had made up his mind to caucus for the billionaire businessman and former reality TV star.

Even Andrew Haup, 26 - who said he decided to support U.S. Senator John McCain of Arizona, the Republican presidential nominee in 2008, only after McCain made Palin his running mate - said her endorsement mattered little to him since he had already made up his mind to support Trump.

What is in store for Obama after the White House?

Washington - In one year, Barack Obama will leave 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. So what will life be like for America’s first black president after two terms at the White House?

Former presidents rarely remain in Washington after living and working in the US capital’s oldest public building.

Jimmy Carter headed home to Georgia, and Ronald Reagan went back to California.

Bill Clinton built a new life in New York, where he created his foundation and where his wife Hillary -- the Democratic frontrunner vying to succeed Obama -- launched her political career as a senator.

No one yet knows where the Obamas will head on January 20, 2017, when the next president is sworn in on Capitol Hill.

Every time someone close to them shows interest in a lavish property in Palm Springs or Honolulu, the press speculates about a veiled investment for the First Couple. But so far, no dice.

Nothing concrete has emerged.

The Obamas are attached to Chicago -- the president launched his political career there as a community organizer and celebrated his landmark 2008 election win. Obama’s presidential library and foundation will also be based in the Windy City.

“All the strands of my life came together and I really became a man when I moved to Chicago,” Obama said last year when he made the announcement about the library site.

“That’s where I met my wife. That’s where my children were born,” he explained.

But so far, there is no clear sign that Chicago is the family’s next destination.

“Chicago probably seems a bit too small for them now,” said Peter Slevin, a professor at Northwestern University in the Chicago suburbs and the author of “Michelle Obama: A Life.”

The only hint given by the US president? He has said that family will be his priority.

“They -- and Michelle -have made a lot of sacrifices on behalf of my cockamamie ideas, the running for office and things,” Obama told ABC in 2013, referring to his daughters.

In early 2017, Malia -- the Obamas’ older daughter -- will be at university. Sasha, now at the private Sidwell Friends school in Washington, will have more than half of her high school studies ahead of her.

Slevin says that like Clinton, Obama could settle down

President Barack Obama (L) and first lady Michelle, have yet to say where they will live after they move out of the White House in the Big Apple.

“Their friends are expecting the Obamas to live in Washington and then surely move to New York,” he told AFP.

“New York has much to offer them at a time when they would like to be a bit more anonymous than it is possible to be in Chicago.”

Michelle Obama, a trained lawyer, has repeatedly rejected the idea that she would enter politics as Clinton did following her eight years as first lady.

“There are three things that are certain in life: death, taxes and Michelle is not running for president,” Barack Obama said a few weeks ago.

One thing is for sure: money will not be an issue. Obama, who enjoys writing, is expected to focus on the traditional -- and lucrative -- art of writing his autobiography in his post-presidency.

“Memoirs have always been an acceptable means of making money and cashing in on the presidency,” says historian Mark Updegrove, who is the director of the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, Texas.

Well-paid speaking engagements -- at home and abroad -- should pour in.

“The question is how much you want to commercialize having been the commander-inchief,” adds Updegrove, the author of “Second Acts: Presidential Lives and Legacies After the White House.”

-Charity work? High court?

Obama has said he hopes to work with minority youths in tough neighborhoods -- where the dropout rate, unemployment and incarceration rates are higher than elsewhere -- to give real meaning to the phrase “equal opportunity.”

While some former presidents of the White House have faded into the background, others have made a significant mark during their so-called second act.

John Quincy Adams, who left office in 1829 after failing to win re-election, returned to Congress where he stayed until the end of his life, using his gift for soaring oratory to make the case against slavery.

William Howard Taft, who was president from 1909-1913, then became the chief justice of the US Supreme Court.

Could Obama -- a former president of the Harvard Law Review who will be 55 years old as he starts his post-White House life -- be tempted by the high court?

“I think being a justice is a little bit too monastic for me,” he told The New Yorker in October 2014. “Particularly after having spent six years and what will be eight years in this bubble, I think I need to get outside a little bit more.”

The example of the two Democratic presidents before him -- Carter and Clinton, who both launched foundations that are respected beyond America’s borders -- could serve as a guide for Obama.

Persistent rumors also suggest he could be interested in teaching courses at Columbia University in New York, where he studied in the early 1980s.

“I love teaching. I miss the classroom and engaging with students,” he told The New Yorker.

For Updegrove, recent history shows that a president’s “Second Act” can also help make his time at the White House look better in retrospect.

“I do think you can burnish your legacy by focusing on the things you most want to be remembered for,” he said.

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British lawmakers debate banning Trump after Muslim comments

British lawmakers on Monday debated a petition to ban U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump from Britain over remarks on Muslims, but while describing his comments as “crazy” and “offensive”, most said the ban would go against free speech.

Members of parliament said Trump should be allowed into Britain where his views could be challenged, that a ban would give him more publicity or that it was not for Britain to get involved in U.S. affairs.

Trump caused outrage last month with his comments that Muslims should be banned from entering the United States. He spoke after 14 people died in a shooting spree in California by two Muslims whom the FBI said had been radicalized.

His comments prompted more than half a million Britons to sign a petition calling for him to be barred from entering the country, where he has business interests.

The three-hour debate saw lawmakers from all sides criticize Trump’s comments. While it was not followed by a vote, many more lawmakers spoke against a ban than for it.

“I want to see Donald Trump

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump motions to his daughter, Ivanka Trump, as she takes the podium at a campaign rally in Concord, New Hampshire January 18, 2016. come to this country ... I want him not comment on who it was considering to get a sense of the fury and the for exclusion but said “a frank and frustration with his xenophobic open exchange of views” was the most remarks,” said Gavin Robinson, a effective way to influence Trump. lawmaker from Northern Ireland’s “The U.S. remains our most Democratic Unionist Party. important bilateral partner. It is in

Only interior minister Theresa the UK’s interests that we engage all May can issue an order banning entry presidential candidates, Democratic into Britain and Prime Minister David and Republican, even though we may Cameron has said while Trump’s disagree profoundly on important comments were “divisive, unhelpful issues,” he said. and wrong”, he does not back the idea “I believe it is for the American of barring him. people to hold him to account. It is

Immigration Minister James bad politics ... to intervene in the Brokenshire said the government did electoral processes of other countries,”

said Conservative lawmaker Tom Tugendhat.

Some spoke passionately in favor of banning Trump however, saying he should not be treated differently from others who have been banned for similar views.

“Just think what would happen in the current climate if he came ... and preached that message of divisive hate,” said Jack Dromey, an opposition Labour Party spokesman on home affairs.

“To have someone come to our shores who demonizes all of the Muslim community would be fundamentally wrong and would undermine the safety and security of our citizens and that is not a risk I am prepared to take ... I don’t think Donald Trump should be allowed within a 1,000 miles of our shore.”

Trump has threatened to cancel over 700 million pounds ($1 billion) of planned investments in golf courses in Scotland if he is banned.

Trump International Golf Links in Scotland said in a statement: “It is absurd that valuable parliamentary time is being wasted debating a matter raised as part of the American presidential election.”

Iraq searching for three U.S. citizens reportedly abducted

Security forces in Baghdad were hunting for three U.S. citizens who Iraqi lawmakers said on Monday had been kidnapped, which, if confirmed, would make them the first Americans abducted in the country since U.S. troops withdrew in 2011.

Unknown gunmen seized the trio from a private apartment on Friday in the capital’s southeastern Dora district, said Mohammed al-Karbouli, who sits on parliament’s security and defense panel. It was not immediately clear if their motives were political or criminal.

Iskandar Witwit, deputy head of the same panel, gave a similar account citing senior security officials who said the civilians had been taken from the district’s Sihha residential complex.

Iranian-backed Shi’ite Muslim militia fighters, seen as a bulwark in the fight against Islamic State militants, have a heavy presence in that part of the predominately Sunni district.

Witwit said the three were employed by a private company and two of them also have Iraqi citizenship.

Dora was a bastion of the insurgency against the

2003 U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein and the site of intense sectarian bloodletting that peaked around 2006-07.

Federal police now run most checkpoints there.

The capital of Iraq, OPEC’s second biggest oil exporter, has seen a proliferation in recent years of well-armed criminal gangs that carry out contract killings, kidnappings and extortion.

Iraqi police set up extra checkpoints in Dora on Monday and sent out helicopter search parties. Two Iraqi army helicopters were

seen hovering over the district, while police vehicles patrolled the streets, residents said.

The U.S. State Department said on Sunday it was working with Iraqi authorities to locate Americans reported missing, without confirming they had been kidnapped.

The Iraqi government has struggled to rein in the Shi’ite militias, many of which fought the U.S. military following the 2003 invasion and have previously been accused of killing and abducting American nationals.

Iraq has seen a

series of abductions of foreign nationals in recent months.

At least 26 Qatari hunters kidnapped last month in the southern desert by unknown militants have not yet been found.

In September, 18 Turks taken in Baghdad by an armed group that used a Shi’ite Muslim slogan were released following several weeks in detention.

The radical Sunni militants of Islamic State have maintained a limited presence in Baghdad, regularly claiming bomb attacks against Shi’ite neighborhoods.

Obama faces immigration hurdles even if he wins at high court

If the U.S. Supreme Court endorses a key immigration initiative of President Barack Obama protecting more than 4 million illegal immigrants from deportation, his administration could face a surge of applicants and little time to process them before he leaves office in January 2017.

Obama announced the action in November 2014 but it has never gone into effect, being put on hold by a federal judge in Texas in February 2015. The plan was designed to help illegal immigrant parents of children who are U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents. It would protect them from deportation and give them work authorization.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would decide whether Obama acted lawfully in creating the program by executive order, bypassing a gridlocked Congress. If Obama wins when the court rules by the end of June, his administration would have just seven months to implement the

program.

Obama’s victory could be short-lived because the next president, set to be elected in November, would have the final say on whether to keep the program in place.

Democrats including presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton have embraced Obama’s plan.

Republican presidential candidates including businessman Donald Trump and Texas Senator Ted Cruz have assailed it. Cruz said on Tuesday if elected he would rescind Obama’s order on the first day of his presidency.

An earlier immigration program that gave similar relief to children of illegal immigrants who grew up in the United States showed that such policies take time to implement.

Launched in June 2012, it took two months to put in place.

After that, there were almost 408,000 applications in the first six months of the program, according to government

Immigrants and community leaders rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court to mark the one-year anniversary of President Barack Obama’s executive orders on immigration in Washington, November 20, 2015 numbers. By January 2013, only program.

154,000 applications had been A Department of Homeland approved. More than 700,000 people Security spokeswoman said the federal have since benefited from the program. government is complying with the The government has been able to do injunction. nothing to prepare while Obama’s Immigration advocates said executive action has been on hold. In they are preparing for a new effort to the injunction that halted the plan, educate potential applicants about the U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen program. They forecast much higher specifically said the administration numbers than those who applied to the was barred from “implementing any earlier 2012 program, largely because and all aspects or phases” of the many more are eligible.

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TURKS AND CAICOS TOURIST BOARD

Financial Controller

Deputy Director

A rewarding career opportunity awaits you in the Country’s most important sector. Are you able to perform professional level accounting duties in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, legal and regulatory requirements? Are you highly efficient and able to prepare, analyze, verify, reconcile and maintain the organization’s financial transactions? The Tourist Board has an exciting opportunity for the ideal candidate. Reporting to the Director of Tourism, the successful candidate’s key result areas are: •Accounting •Fiscal Responsibility •Budgeting and Financial Reporting •Audit ESSENTIAL DUTIES Accounting •Manage accounts payables invoices and contractual agreements for all goods and services and ensure timely settlement of all scheduled payments.

•Manage payments due to the TCI Board of Tourism (advertising, road shows, events).

•Prepare monthly payroll, including payment of employee and employer NHIP and NIB contributions within the required time frame.

•Ensure all advance accounts are acquitted on a monthly basis to accurately report the spending against budget for the Tourist Board.

Fiscal Responsibility •Assist with the planning, development, organization and implementation of the TCI Board of Tourism’s fiscal function and performance.

•Enhance/develop, implement and enforce policies and procedures of the TCI Board of Tourism by way of systems that will improve the overall operation and effectiveness of the organization.

•Provide financial advice and knowledge to the Director as required and others within the TCI Board of Tourism’s financial discipline.

•Provide strategic financial input and leadership on decision making issues affecting the TCI Board of Tourism.

•Optimize the handling of bank and deposit relationships and initiate appropriate strategies to enhance cash position.

•Protect the organizations assets by establishing, monitoring and enforcing internal controls.

•Regularly handles confidential data and restricts communication of information only to authorized persons.

Budgets and Financial Reporting •Preparation of the Tourist Board’s annual budget to accurately reflect the funding requirements of the Tourist Board.

•Continually monitor spending against the budget and advise the Director of any anticipated overspends to ensure action can be taken.

•Manage budgets and control expenses effectively to ensure spending is in line with budget and forecasts.

•Provide timely and accurate analysis of budgets, financial reports and financial trends in order to assist the Director and the Board in performing their responsibilities.

•Provide continual improvement of the budgeting process through education of persons functioning at the Executive level on financial issues impacting their budgets.

•Provide status of financial condition of the TCI Board of Tourism by collecting, interpreting and reporting of key financial data.

•Produce both internal and external financial reports to the TCI Board and TCI Government reporting within the legislative time frame.

•Preparation of the annual financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for audit.

Audit •Coordinates the information required by outside examiners and auditors as appropriate.

•Promptly respond to audit queries.

•Respond to and act on audit recommendations to ensure changes are implemented to mitigate the audit issues arising.

Other •Comply with the policies, procedures and guidelines of the TCI Board of Tourism.

•Perform other duties as directed by the Director of Tourism REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE •A Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Business Management, with at least five (5) years working experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

•Five (5) or more years experience managing an accounting function in a public or private sector environment, with prior audit and payroll management experience.

•Proficiency in MS Office software with an emphasis on Word and Excel.

•Possess intermediate knowledge of financial systems-Quickbooks.

•Ability to read, analyze and interpret financial reports, legal documents and government regulations.

•Ability to prepare reports, write business correspondence and effectively present information and respond to queries from Management, Board members and the general public.

SALARY: Salary for this position is commensurate with qualifications and experience.

For consideration please submit the following documents to chairman@ turksandcaicostourism.com or submit to The Chairman, Turks and Caicos Tourist Board, Front Street, Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands.

•Cover Letter •Current Resume •Two (2) reference letters •Current Police Record •Proof of Resident Status Only persons shortlisted for an interview will be contacted in this regard.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: January 29th 2016

A rewarding career opportunity awaits you in the Country’s most important sector. The Tourist Board has an exciting opportunity for the ideal candidate. This position is based in Grand Turk.

Reporting to the Director of Tourism, the successful candidate’s key result areas are: •Destination Marketing •Product Development •Statistics •Quality Assurance •Administration

Essential Duties:

1. Destination Marketing 1.1 Assist with the development and implementation of the TCI Board of Tourism’z marketing strategy and strategic tourism plan, with special emphasis on Grand Turk and the surrounding islands.

1.2 Market TCI as a tourism destination to stimulate economic development; attend consumer and trade shows, conduct familiarization trips, site visits and sales missions.

1.3 Build and maintain positive working relationships with tourism stakeholders, government agencies, and community groups; enhance Belonger participation and ownership in the tourism industry.

1.4 Assist with the development of annual advertising plans, creative messaging, and media buys.

1.5 Plan, coordinate and monitor special events relative to the TCI and overseas Tourism Calendar.

1.6 Work closely with all tourism stakeholders to facilitate the expansion of tourism in Grand Turk and the family islands.

1.7 Ensure communication and distribution of promotional, collateral and public information materials.

1.8 Oversee the development of marketing collateral, brochures, and advertising for the promotion of Grand Turk and the Family Islands.

2. Product Development 2.1 Develop an annual product development plan and provide leadership, guidance and support with regards to implementation of the activities in the plan, including Community, Cruise and Cultural Tourism product development activities.

2.2 Identify new tourism products based on market and consumer research, and maintain and enhance existing tourism products in keeping with the annual product development plan of the destination.

2.3 Identify sources of financing for product development.

2.4 Liaise with the Director of Tourism, government departments, non-governmental organizations, the private sector and other relevant entities to execute product development plans and activities.

2.5 Ensure that product development information on the destination is collected and shared with all offices, including the overseas offices and other relevant stakeholders, so that they are apprised of new products in the destination, the status of existing products etc.

2.6 Work closely with the National Trust on Heritage Sites and attractions development and maintenance.

3. Statistics 3.1 Provide guidance and oversight in all offices with respect to the collection, analysis and distribution of statistical information for the destination.

3.2 Ensure that other tourism statistical data and tourism-related data is being sourced that would be of interest to the destination and ensure distribution of same to the relevant stakeholders.

3.3 Must be aware of trends and practices in established and emerging markets.

3.4 Oversee the accurate analysis of tourism data collected by the statistics unit and prepare quarterly reports on findings.

4. Quality Assurance 4.1 Promote the importance of standards to industry stakeholders and encourage them to participate in the Board’s Site Inspection and Quality Assurance programme to benefit their business.

4.2 Provide guidance and oversight with respect to the Board’s Site Inspection and Quality Assurance programme to ensure its effectiveness and desired impact and seek to strengthen and expand the programme as needed 4.3 Provide guidance to the introduction and implementation of new tourism/hospitality standards that are relevant to TCI tourism products and services, which are intended to give the destination a competitive edge.

4.4 Oversee annual grading and rating of all TCI accommodation.

4.5 In conjunction with Revenue Control ensure that all TCIG accommodation taxes are paid.

5. Administration 5.1 Provide input into the development of the annual budget of the TCI Tourist Board.

5.2 Participate in the development and management of Grand Turk’s and surrounding islands’ annual budget.

5.3 Manage the day-to-day operations of the Grand Turk Tourism office.

5.4 Provide quarterly reports on tourism activities to the Director of Tourism, and keep the Director informed on matters of relevance.

5.5 Prepare quarterly reports and make presentations on the economic status of tourism within the destination.

6. Other 6.1 Function as deputized Director in the absence of the Director of Tourism.

6.2 Comply with the policies, procedures and guidelines of the TCI Tourist Board; enforce and advise of any changes in laws and policies which may affect the Tourist Board.

6.3 Perform other duties as directed by the Director of Tourism.

Skills/Qualifications/Competencies: • A Bachelor’s Degree in Tourism, Public Relations, Marketing, Business Management or a related field with a minimum of 5 years of experience in the travel/tourism industry, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Three or more years of tourism management experience.

• Management skills including ability to supervise and motivate employees.

• Considerable knowledge of TCI’s tourism products and services, with the ability to administer all aspects of tourism programmes.

• Ability to contribute to the development of marketing and strategic plans.

• Ability to assist with the annual operating budgets encompassing all activities and operations of the TCI Board of Tourism.

• Ability to maintain effective relationships with the key tourism stakeholders, staff in all offices, the Director of Tourism, and the Board of Directors.

• Ability to develop, coordinate and evaluate travel and tourism promotional activities.

• Well-developed analytical and problem solving skills.

• Proficiency in MS Office software.

SALARY: Salary for this position is commensurate with qualifications and experience.

For consideration please submit the following documents to chairman@turksandcaicostourism.com or submit to The Chairman, Turks and Caicos Tourist Board, Front Street, Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands.

•Cover Letter •Current Resume •Two (2) reference letters •Current Police Record •Resident Status Only persons shortlisted for an interview will be contacted in this regard.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: January 29th 2016

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‘Affluenza’ teen to drop fight against Mexico deportation: source

Lawyers for a Texas teen who killed four people in a so-called “affluenza” drunk-driving case have told Mexican authorities they want to drop their fight against his deportation to the United States, a Mexican official said on Wednesday.

Ethan Couch’s legal team presented a document to a court in western Jalisco state seeking to end the effort, although the 18-year-old must still sign the paperwork and have it ratified by judicial authorities, the official said.

That would pave the way for the teen to return to the United States to face charges he violated his probation in the 2013 drunk-driving case.

He faces a hearing in February to see if his case will be transferred from juvenile court to adult court.

Couch’s lawyers in the United States said their client has filed paperwork that could see him soon return to Texas from Mexico.

“It is our understanding that paperwork has been filed by Ethan’s counsel in Mexico that will terminate the ongoing Mexican immigration proceedings,” his lawyers, Scott Brown and William Reagan Wynn, said in a statement.

“We believe that this will result in Ethan’s return to the United States within the next few weeks,” they said.

Couch and his mother, Tonya, were arrested in Mexico last month following a more than two-week manhunt. His mother was deported to the United States last month.

The teen is being held in a detention center for migrants in

U.S. national Ethan Couch is pictured in this undated handout photograph made available to Reuters on December 29, 2015 by the Jalisco state prosecutor office Mexico City, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Documents in the case must be sent to couch

physically and cannot be relayed to him electronically, the official added.

The legal procedure to end the appeal could take some time to complete, after which there should be nothing preventing his removal back to the United States, the official said.

A top migration official in Jalisco said on Tuesday that once Couch dropped his deportation fight, it could still take another month before he is repatriated to the United States.

A psychiatrist testifying on behalf of Couch, then 16, at his 2013 trial in juvenile court contended his family’s wealth had left him so spoiled that it impaired his judgment to tell right from wrong.

The “affluenza” diagnosis, which is not recognized by the American Psychiatric Association, was widely ridiculed.

Marijuana Inc. eyes Mexico as drug liberalization looms reputable pharmaceutical and tech firms.

“I am not so optimistic to think that a cannabis business in Mexico would not encounter opposition or violence from the cartels.

However, their profit margins are being eroded daily, monthly and yearly by the continued expansion of medical and recreational marijuana programs in more and more U.S. states.”

Canada’s new prime minister, Justin Trudeau, has promised to legalize the drug and a Supreme Court decision A man gesture during a demonstration in support of the support of the in November opened the door legalization of marijuana outside the Supreme Court building in Mexico City, in for Mexico to one day follow this November 4, 2015. suit, prompting the ruling

Many top companies controlled by ruthless drug party to present a bill to cashing in on legal cannabis cartels. regulate medical marijuana. are considering a bet on “Me personally, I’m “It shows North Mexico after a Supreme Court not afraid to go to Mexico,” America ... is moving in the decision raised hopes for a said Daniel Sparks, head same direction, and that’s legalization of medical and of government affairs at more than just symbolic: it’s recreational marijuana in a BioTrackTHC, a U.S.-based indicative of what will happen country reeling from years of provider of marijuana supply- at a global scale,” said Brendan gruesome drug violence. chain software.

Kennedy, chief executive From medical He said that just as of pot private equity firm marijuana growers to pot mafia groups and bootleggers Privateer Holdings. “Mexico private equity firms, many gave up on illicit moonshine is an interesting investment weed entrepreneurs see after Prohibition ended in opportunity.”

Mexico as a tempting new the United States, Mexico’s His firm calculates a business opportunity even drug gangs would have little legal medical and recreational though cannabis is still illegal interest in a legal marijuana cannabis market in Mexico and the market is currently market, especially if it lured in could be worth $1.7 billion a

year.

Products that firms could offer range from marijuana plants for medical usage and cannabis-based medicines to supply-chain software, allowing regulators to track suppliers and inventory, and pot-themed social media websites.

The U.S. legal pot market was worth some $3.5 billion in 2015, according to marijuana investment and research firm the ArcView Group.

A federal U.S. legalization of marijuana would create a market worth $36.8 billion in retail sales, it said.

The Supreme Court decision in Mexico only allows four plaintiffs who brought the case to grow and smoke their own marijuana.

Polls show most Mexicans oppose outright legalization, including President Enrique Pena Nieto, although he has called for a national debate on the matter.

There is more support for medical marijuana regulation, and lawmakers say the bill submitted by Pena Nieto’s Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) is likely to pass in some form.

With a population of 120 million people, Mexico could provide a sizeable market for marijuana investors. Still, the seven cannabis companies, legalization advocates and lawmakers consulted for this article stressed any opening would take time.

“It’s likely a market that is of some interest to the company, but not immediate interest” said Stephen Schultz, spokesman for Britain’s GW Pharmaceuticals, which produces Sativex, a cannabisderived medicine.

Uruguay blazed a trail in 2013 by becoming the first country to allow the commercial cultivation and distribution of weed. But it has struggled to roll out the project and legal marijuana won’t be available on pharmacy shelves until mid-2016, about 18 months later than planned.

How Mexico’s market develops will affect investment.

As it stands, the PRI’s medical marijuana bill only allows for imported cannabis. That has upset some, like Mexico City Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera, who argue that any legislation should help foment a domestic medical marijuana industry.

Researchers find possible ninth planet beyond Neptune

The solar system may host a ninth planet that is about 10 times bigger than Earth and orbiting far beyond Neptune, according to research published on Wednesday.

Computer simulations show that the mystery planet, if it exists, would orbit more than 50 times farther from the sun than Earth, astronomers with the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena said.

So far, the planet has not been observed directly.

“It’s a pretty substantial chunk of our solar system that’s still out there

to be found, which is pretty exciting,” said astronomer Mike Brown, whose discovery was published in this week’s Astronomical Journal.

Brown and astronomer Konstantin Batygin, also at Caltech, initially were skeptical that such a large planet would have eluded detection.

But they modeled the hypothetical planet’s gravitational effects on several known bodies in the region and found a near-perfect match.

The computer model also predicted the location of other objects beyond Neptune,

in a region known as the Kuiper Belt, and those were found in archived surveys as well.

At that point, “my jaw sort of hit the floor,” Brown said in a statement.

Brown’s earlier research helped to demote Pluto in 2006 as the solar system’s ninth planet after other small, icy bodies were found beyond Neptune.

“All those people who are mad that Pluto is no longer a planet can be thrilled to know that there is a real planet out An artist’s rendering shows the distant view from “Planet Nine” back there still to be found,” Brown towards the sun, in this handout photo provided by the California Institute said. of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena, California, January 20, 2016

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Netflix global push grabs more customers than expected; shares jump

Netflix Inc’s (NFLX.O) aggressive push into international markets won more customers than the video streaming service and its investors expected last quarter, sending its shares surging 7 percent.

The dominant online video company said on Tuesday it had 74.8 million subscribers at the end of December and forecast 6.1 million more through March, fueled by its expansion this month into virtually every country except China, where it is exploring ways to launch its service.

The projection is more bullish than the 4.94 million average estimate of analysts surveyed by FactSet StreetAccount.

Shares of Netflix rose 7 Reed Hastings, co-founder and CEO of percent to $115.42 in after-hours Netflix, speaks during a keynote address trading. at the 2016 CES trade show in Las Vegas,

Netflix, which started Nevada January 6, 2016. sending DVDs to customers by mail two decades ago, now offers subscribers in the fourth quarter, its subscribers unlimited online below the 1.65 million it forecast, access to TV shows and movies and less than 1.9 million a year from Hollywood studios plus its earlier. own original shows such as “House “Our high penetration in of Cards” and “Orange is the New the U.S. seems to be making net Black.” additions harder than in the past,”

New customers overseas the company said in a quarterly are countering slowing growth letter to shareholders. for Netflix in the United States, Netflix said it expects U.S. the company’s biggest market. It subscribers to jump 1.75 million added 1.56 million U.S. this quarter. The company will

likely benefit from the return of hit show “House of Cards” and a traditional bump in interest at the start of the year from people with new TV sets.

A Delta Air Lines plane taxis toward a gate between other Delta

Internationally, Netflix planes at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, U.S., added 4.04 million subscribers, on Monday, July 20, 2009. compared with its estimate of 3.50 million. Netflix does not break down where its international subscribers are based.

From January through March, the company expects to add about 4.35 million international subscribers.

“The rollout in 130 countries in early January ensures

Delta Air Lines Inc (DAL.N) on Tuesday that they will have no problem said a billion-dollar windfall from low fuel hitting their international target,” prices will far offset slumping sales to Europe Wedbush Securities analyst after the November Paris attacks, forecasting Michael Pachter said. its profit margin will more than double in the

Netflix said it may be able first quarter. to start a service in China this year,

Shares were up around 3 percent in but it may take longer. “We have afternoon trading, despite Delta reporting a work and uncertainty ahead,” the fourth-quarter adjusted profit of $926 million company said in its investor letter. just short of analysts’ average estimate of $928 “Our expectations are modest and million, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. long-term.”

With fuel prices chopped nearly by half

Netflix said revenue rose from a year earlier, Delta said it expects an 22.8 percent to $1.82 billion in operating margin between 18 percent and 20 the December quarter. Analysts percent in the first quarter, up from 8.8 percent on average had expected revenue in the same period in 2015. of $1.83 billion, according to

Delta, the third-largest U.S. airline by Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. capacity, has also bet that fuel will stay lower

Excluding items, Netflix for longer. earned 7 cents per share, ahead

In order to pocket each dollar that oil of analysts’ average estimate of 2 prices decline, Delta has closed its fuel hedges cents per share. for 2016, exiting contracts at a cost of $100 million to $200 million per quarter, its Chief Financial Officer Paul Jacobson said Tuesday on an investor call. The financial instruments protected against rising oil prices but required a payout when prices fell.

Delta expects $3 billion in fuel savings

Apple Inc has applied few months.

In November, the this year, Jacobson said. A spokesman confirmed to set up its own stores in India, Shares in Apple, the government eased foreign that labor has surpassed fuel as Delta’s largest one of the world’s fastest growing world’s most valuable company investment norms in 15 major cost. smartphone markets, as the by market value, are down 28 sectors, including relaxing the

The guidance appeared to outweigh iPhone-maker looks to tap new percent from their peak in April mandatory local-sourcing rule investor concerns about lower unit revenue in opportunities amid worries last year. for foreign single-brand retailers 2016. of slowing growth in its main The company operates in the case of “cutting-edge

For the first time, Delta provided markets. more than 450 stores in 18 technology” products. details on the longer-term impact of the Nov.

Apple sells its iPhones, countries. Chief Financial Officer Kant said his department 13 Paris attacks claimed by Islamic State, in iPads and Macs in India through Luca Maestri told Reuters in would examine Apple’s application which 130 people died. third party resellers, and October that Apple had 25 stores in view of the changes made for

Delta, the U.S. partner of Air France industry analysts estimate that in China and was opening a new local sourcing.

KLM SA (AIRF.PA), expects the Paris attacks the Cupertino, California-based one roughly every month.

For years, India has been to hurt unit revenue in the first quarter by 0.5 company has less than a 2 percent Its plans for India have a low priority market for Apple as percentage points, its President Ed Bastian said share in India’s smartphone been held back due to restrictions spending power is weaker than on the call.

He added that Delta has had less market, dominated by cheaper on foreign investment in the retail in China, where the company’s demand from corporate clients for international brands. industry, which require single iPhones swiftly became musttravel since the attacks.

The company has filed brand overseas retailers to buy have devices after their 2007

Delta now expects passenger unit an application with India’s close to a third of the goods sold at launch. revenue, which compares ticket sales to flight Department of Industrial Policy their stores from local producers.

But Apple is now looking capacity, to drop between 2.5 percent and 4.5 and Promotion to open its own Apple representatives to boost its market share in India’s percent in the first quarter. That includes a stores, Amitabh Kant, secretary held talks with Indian government rapidly growing market, and the headwind from the strong dollar, which has at the federal trade ministry unit officials about a relaxation of the company’s recent growing spend lowered the value of foreign sales in dollar told Reuters.

30 percent local-sourcing norms on advertising in the country has terms for months.

Apple also confirmed the before filing the application, indicated an aggressive campaign

Yet the decline is “better than many application filing, but declined to said a source familiar with the to sell more. had feared,” UBS analyst Darryl Genovesi said give details. company’s plans.

India is likely to overtake in a research note. In the fourth quarter, the

Its expansion plans Apple’s plans come the United States to become the measure fell 1.6 percent. in India come at a time when against the backdrop of initiatives world’s No. 2 smartphone market

Delta has slowed capacity growth to concerns about slowing growth in unveiled by Indian Prime Minister in 2017, according to research Europe since the attacks and expects to slash the United States and China, the Narendra Modi, who met with firm Strategy Analytics. The local seats abroad by as much as 2 percentage points world’s most important market Apple chief Tim Cook during smartphone segment is dominated in 2016 to counteract weak demand, Bastian for smartphones, have weighed his U.S. visit last year, to boost by Samsung Electronics and said. on the company’s stock in the last foreign investments in India.

India’s Micromax.

Apple seeks nod to open India stores amid concerns of slowing sales growth

Delta Air Lines sees profit margins doubling from cheap fuel

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WhatsApp drops $1 subscription, studies making businesses pay

The world’s most popular messaging service, WhatsApp, is dropping its token $1 fee still levied on some users as it experiments with making businesses pay to reach their customers, Chief Executive Jan Koum said on Monday.

In addition, the Facebookowned communications service expects in the coming months to offer complete encryption of messages, in a move to ensure the privacy of user conversations that is likely to draw further criticism from some governments.

The authorities in the United States, Britain and elsewhere say the growing prevalence of encryption on services such as WhatsApp and Apple’s iMessage, hamstring their ability to monitor criminal suspects or thwart

militant plots and have threatened to pass new laws to block these changes.

WhatsApp, the service that offers free text, picture and video messages, has been slowly working to develop end-to-end encrypted communications services for more than a year. It has already introduced full encryption for users on Android phones.

“We are a couple of months away from calling it done,” Koum said, noting that once completed, WhatsApp will represent the world’s largest An illustration photo shows Whatsapp App service offering completely private logos on a mobile phone in Sao Paulo, Brazil, messaging. “Soon we will be able to December 16, 2015 talk more about this,” he said.

Once fully introduced, he noted.

WhatsApp will be the largest encrypted The seven-year-old company, communications service in the world, which was acquired by social media

Wal-Mart to hike pay for 1.2 million workers in 2016

Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT.N) said more than 1.2 million of its employees would get a raise in 2016 and introduced new rules allowing staff to carry over paid days off as the retailer aims to retain workers amid a tight U.S. labor market.

The steps are part of a previously outlined two-year $2.7 billion investment in wages, benefits and training. The company said the measures are incorporated in financial forecasts unveiled to investors in October.

In a statement, Wal-Mart said all employees hired before Jan 1, 2016 would earn at least $10 an hour, up from the $9 minimum.

Wal-Mart said the raises, which will take effect on Feb. 20, would rank as one of the largest single-day private-sector pay increases ever. Wal-Mart employs 1.4 million workers in the United States and 2.2 million globally.

Wal-Mart has said its investment in wages - the move to increase entry-level pay to $9 an hour was implemented in April of last year

- has weighed on its profits but has also led to improved customer service, helping lift U.S. sales recently.

“We’re seeing strong increases in both customer experience and associate engagement scores,” Judith McKenna, chief operating officer for Wal-Mart’s U.S. operations, said in the statement.

The announcement came just a few days after Wal-Mart said it was closing 154 U.S. stores and 115 overseas. The move affected about U.S. 10,000 workers, although WalMart said it was aiming to transfer many to nearby stores.

Wal-Mart said the latest raise would increase the average full-time hourly wage to $13.38 and average part-time wage to $10.58. It did not provide current average figures.

The company said it was also consolidating rules for paid vacation, sick and personal time into one paid time-off category. Among other changes, it said full-time employees would be able to carry over up to 80 hours of paid time off from one year to the next.

giant Facebook for $19.2 billion in 2014 and now counts nearly 1 billion users, is testing making restaurants, airlines and credit card firms pay to contact consumers.

“Today, we are announcing that WhatsApp is going to be free to users.

We aren’t going to charge a dollar a year anymore,” Koum told an audience of entrepreneurs and investors at the annual Digital-Life-Design (DLD) conference in Munich.

He said making customers pay even small amounts remains difficult in many countries where access to credit cards and bank accounts for making online payments remains complicated.

Instead, Koum said it will begin experimenting this year to simplify how businesses interact with consumers.

Hyatt says 250 hotels had malware last year

Hyatt said Thursday that it found malicious software in about 250 of its hotels that may have exposed customers’ creditand debit-card numbers and other information to hackers.

It’s the first time the hotel operator has listed the hotels affected since it announced it found malware at its hotels in December.

The hotel chain does not know at this time how many customers were affected, a Hyatt spokeswoman said.

Hyatt Hotels Corp. said the malware was present between July and December within payment-processing systems at its restaurants, spas, front desks and

other areas in its hotels.

Cardholder names, card numbers and expiration dates may have been exposed, the company said.

Several other hotel chains reported being hacked last year, including Starwood, Trump Hotel Collection and Mandarin Oriental.

Hyatt said the malware was found at many of its brands, including the Park Hyatt, Hyatt Regency and Andaz. About 100 of the hotels affected were in the U.S. The rest were abroad in cities including London, Paris and Shanghai.

The Chicago-based company has about 630 properties.

Rise in U.S. jobless claims spurs labor market worries

The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits rose to a six-month high last week, suggesting some loss of momentum in the labor market amid a sharp economic slowdown and major stock market selloff.

Another report on Thursday showed factory activity in the mid-Atlantic region improved in January as shipments rebounded, but still contracted for a fifth straight month. That indicates national manufacturing activity remained in the doldrums at the start of this year.

Initial claims for state unemployment benefits increased 10,000 to a seasonally adjusted 293,000 for the week ended Jan. 16, the highest reading

since early July, the Labor Department said. It was the second straight week of gains and confounded economists’ expectations for a drop to 278,000.

“The picture does not look great. Unemployment claims need to come back down in a hurry to make us sure that the jobs market has not lost its edge,” said Chris Rupkey, chief economist at MUFG Union Bank.

While layoffs appear to have picked up a bit in recent weeks, the increases might not suggest a material weakening in labor market conditions as claims data is difficult to adjust around this time of the year.

Claims have now been below the 300,000 mark, which is associated with strong labor market conditions, for

46 straight weeks. That is the longest streak since the early 1970s.

The jump in claims came against the backdrop of a stock market rout that has seen the Standard & Poor’s 500 index .SPX drop 8.4 percent since Dec. 31.

At the same time, data on retail sales, exports, inventories and industrial production have suggested economic growth slowed abruptly at the end of 2015.

The economy has been buffeted by the headwinds of a strong dollar, slowing global demand and relentless spending cuts in the energy sector.

An inventory overhang has also left businesses placing fewer new orders with factories, leading to predictions that

fourth-quarter gross domestic product increased at an annual rate of less than 1 percent after expanding at a 2 percent pace in the JulySeptember quarter.

Stocks on Wall Street were trading higher on European Central Bank President Mario Draghi’s comments that the ECB could “review and possibly reconsider” its monetary policy stance when it meets in March.

U.S. Treasuries fell marginally, while the dollar firmed to a two-week high against the euro.

The increase in jobless claims so far this month has been concentrated in oil-producing states like Texas, Louisiana and Alaska.

Outside the energy, mining and manufacturing sectors, which have been devastated

by a slump in crude oil prices and the impact of a strong dollar, layoffs have been generally low as the labor market approaches full employment.

The four-week moving average of claims, considered a better measure of labor market trends as it irons out week-to-week volatility, rose 6,500 to 285,000 last week, the highest reading since midApril.

The claims data covered the survey period for January nonfarm payrolls.

The four-week average of claims rose 14,250 between the December and January survey periods. While that suggests a drop in payroll gains from December’s robust 292,000 jobs, employment growth in January is expected to top 200,000.

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Oil below $30 fans wipeout fears among U.S. shale survival artists

Across oil fields from Texas to North Dakota fears are growing that crude’s plunge below $30 a barrel is more than just another market milestone and marks a countdown to an endgame for many shale producers that so far have braved the 18-month downturn.

Oil prices tumbled by more than a fifth this month to 12-year lows 70 percent below mid-2014 levels and traders brace for more declines as world production keeps outpacing demand.

Yet many of around 50 listed U.S. independent oil producers and scores of smaller ones need $40-$60 a barrel to break even, according to A pump jack stands idle in Dewitt County, Texas January 13, 2016 several analysts. A longer spell of $30 oil will confront them with stark choices: and it’s beginning to feel like that here,” said Jill Potts, an owner of bankruptcy, debt writedowns in return again.”

Summit Oilfield Supply in Cuero, for deep concessions to creditors or fire The deepest downturn of the Texas. Her business sells valves, sales of assets at a time when potential pre-shale era lasted five years and fittings, hoses and other equipment buyers are skittish. it took two decades for prices to fully to shale companies and so is exposed

“There’s no place to make recover. to the industry’s ups and downs. “If cuts anymore. There’s not much else In the heart of the Eagle Ford anybody says they are making money you can do now. Companies are losing formation in south Texas, where the in the oilfield they are lying,” Potts money on a monthly basis. It’s bad fracking boom unlocked vast supplies, said. everywhere,” said Raymond Lasseigne, contributing to the global abundance The once crowded trailer parks president of privately-held TMR that is now sinking prices, some say housing workers are nearly deserted, Exploration in Bossier City, Louisiana. the latest plunge may be just too much. stacks of drill pipes rust and idled rigs “I went through the bust in the 1980s “We’re going to reach a breaking point spread over acres lay down on their

NSA says new phone spying program meets privacy safeguards

A new system for collecting domestic telephone records meets several privacy and civil liberties benchmarks, the U.S. National Security Agency said on Friday.

The program, which some Republican presidential hopefuls have criticized because they say it puts Americans at greater risk of attack by Islamic State and other violent groups, has satisfactorily complied with eight privacy safeguards that include transparency, oversight, data minimization and use limitation since its implementation in November, according to a report released by the NSA’s Civil Liberties and Privacy Office.

The NSA ended its daily vacuuming of millions of Americans’ phone metadata, meaning the numbers and time stamps of calls but not their content, late last year after Congress passed a law reforming some of the government’s surveillance practices.

A presidential review committee found that the bulk data collection, exposed in 2013 by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, was an ineffective tool in fighting terrorism. The data collection was also criticized by privacy advocates and tech companies wary of broad government surveillance.

Apple European headquarters briefly evacuated by police

Under a replacement program that took effect on Nov. 29, NSA and law enforcement agencies must get a court order and ask communications companies like Verizon Communications to authorize monitoring of call records of specific people or groups for up to six months.

While some Republicans vying for the White House have criticized the shutdown of the bulk program, other Republican contenders have defended it.

Senator Ted Cruz of Texas has defended his vote in favor of NSA reforms by saying that the new program actually is capable of collecting a greater percentage of calls than the old one, due to technical upgrades.

Some privacy advocates expressed skepticism at Friday’s report, given the level of secrecy shrouding the U.S. intelligence community.

“The USA FREEDOM Act ended bulk collection, but this report leaves us guessing just how good a job it did,” said Robyn Greene, policy counsel with Open Technology Institute at the New America, a Washington think tank.

The other four privacy principles that have been complied with are individual participation, purpose specification, data quality and data security.

Apple’s (AAPL.O) European headquarters in Ireland was briefly evacuated on Monday while police searched the premises following a security alert that staff said had been completed and they had returned to work.

Irish police, who were assisting in searches with security teams from Apple’s county Cork facility, said it could not confirm if the security alert was over but

sides.

Since the downturn started, agile independents have slashed spending 50-70 percent, steered drilling rigs to sweet spots and fracked wells more intensely to lift output.

Barclays estimates cuts will reach $73 billion by the end of 2016 and most producers by now have run out of levers to pull while hopes for a nearterm recovery are all but vanishing.

“Folks who never thought about bankruptcy or a Plan B, are starting to,” said Charles Beckham, a restructuring law partner at Haynes & Boone in Houston, noting a recent uptick in business.

For many the crunch time may come in April during the semi-annual reviews of banks’ lending to the energy sector. Last October, many lenders mostly maintained their credit lines because oil futures at the time signaled prices would recover this year.

In the last few weeks, however, U.S. benchmark futures CLc1 have tumbled to average around $33 a barrel for this year, nearly a third below the $47 a barrel 2016 forecast banks had several months ago, suggesting a credit pullback.

Major drugmakers push back in U.S. price debate

With a backlash brewing over the price of medicines in the United States, drugmakers are pushing back with a new message: Most people don’t pay retail.

Top executives from Eli Lilly and Co (LLY.N), Merck & Co (MRK.N) and Biogen Inc (BIIB.O) said in interviews with Reuters this week that the media focus on retail, or “list prices,” for branded medications is misplaced.

They stressed that the actual prices paid by prescription benefit managers, insurers and other large purchasers are reduced through negotiated discounts.

A couple of dramatic price hikes in 2015 exposed the whole industry to ongoing scrutiny in Congress and on Wall Street. Turing Pharmaceuticals raised the price of a generic anti-infective drug called Daraprim by 5,000 percent, and the larger Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (VRX.N) raised the price on a heart drug Isuprel by more than 200 percent.

The largest drugmakers quickly portrayed those cases as outliers. But the industry practice of raising prices each year for treatments used by millions of people is attracting new attention.

Adam Schechter, Merck’s president of Global Human Health, said the industry needs to better explain the value of drugs and how they can prevent healthcare costs

down the line.

“We have to explain the difference between the list price and the net price,” he said in an interview.

Toward that end, two drugmakers at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco this week shared with Reuters some limited information on actual pricing.

Eli Lilly said the actual average price increase on Humalog, its injectable insulin used to treat diabetes, has been a modest 1 to 2 percent annually over the last five years. The company declined to provide a list price.

Horizon Pharma plc (HZNP.O), a small drugmaker, raised list prices across its business about 7 percent for this year, Chief Executive Tim Walbert said in an interview.

But he said he expects the company’s actual price increases to be 4 percent or less.

More recently, Pfizer Inc (PFE.N), one of the world’s largest drugmakers, raised U.S. list prices on more than 100 drugs as of Jan. 1, according to data from information services company Wolters Kluwer that was published last week by UBS Securities.

The list included a 9.4 percent rise for pain drug Lyrica and a nearly 13 percent increase for erectile dysfunction drug Viagra. Pfizer said in an email the prices don’t reflect “considerable discounts” to many payers, but did not provide examples of net prices.

a staff member told Reuters employees had returned to their desks.

The iPhone maker employs 5,000 people in the southern Irish county of Cork. Police said the company’s main campus where most of the employees are based had been evacuated.

A police spokesman said an army bomb disposal team had not been called An Apple logo is seen inside the Apple Store in Palo to the scene Alto, California November 13, 2015

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West Indies batsman Gayle fires Big Bash parting shot at critics

Sydney - Controversial West Indies batsman Chris Gayle has hit back at critics of his allegedly sexist behaviour, telling them to kiss his “Black Rass”.

However, he also unleashed a rant against “haters” on Instagram late Tuesday amid questions over whether has played his last innings in Australia.

“I think a lot of past and present cricketers who smile in front my face could’ve have there (sic) say In the public when my so call issue was going on, but y’all don’t have the BALLs to stand firm when it matters,” the post said.

“But yet when u see me you’re like, Chris that’s BS against you, it was blown out of proportion.

“The past cricketer who say I make myself look like a chop, the other who claim I was no good to the youngsters while playing for the thunder, the next one who said he expect that sort of behavior from Chris - Y’all can kiss my ‘Black Rass’.”

The former cricketer was ex-England captain and television commentator Andrew Flintoff who tweeted, “Big fan of @henrygayle but he made himself look like a bit of a chop there.”

Former Australia opener Chris Rogers accused Gayle of setting a poor example for young

Jeffrey Webb’s house, left, and Canover Watson’s house, both on Adel Drive in Loganville, Georgia

Chris Gayle’s Melbourne Renegades fined the star opener $7,000 after an attempt to flirt with a female presenter on live TV was condemned as ‘completely out of line’ by Cricket Australia players while all-rounder Shane Watson said asking a TV reporter out for a drink in a live interview was the sort of behaviour to be expected from Gayle.

On the field, Gayle went out in a blaze of glory, smashing 50 off just 12 balls to equal the fastest half-century in T20 history, although the Renegades failed to

make the weekend’s finals.

“When I’m on a momentum, when I’m on a roll, it’s gonna be difficult for bowlers out there to actually try and contain me, it doesn’t matter who you are,” he said in a post-season interview with the club, predicting further records.

Sinclair fifth woman home in 10K event

Jamaican Kenia Sinclair followed up her runner’s-up spot in Friday night’s elite women’s mile race with a creditable fifthplace finish in the women’s division of Saturday’s Bermuda Marathon Weekend 10-kilometre event held in wet and windy conditions.

Sinclair, 35, was 14th overall in a time of 37 minutes and 42 seconds – almost two minutes behind the British female winner, Faye Fullerton.

The 31-year-old Fullerton was clocked in 35:37, ahead of compatriot Charlotte Arter in 35:48. Finishing third in 36:22 was Heather Kampf, of the United States, who beat Sinclair into second place in the mile race.

The overall 10K winner was Zambia’s Jordan Chipangama, who stormed to an emphatic victory over the undulating course.

It was his fourth win in Bermuda.

Chipangama won the 10K event in 2014, and back-to-back halfmarathon titles in 2013 and 2014.

“It feels goods to win another 10K and I love Bermuda,” said Chipangama, who finished a close third in Friday’s elite mile race.

“The weather wasn’t kind to us, but above all it was a good race and I love being here.”

Bermudian Lamont Marshall held off Englishman

Football association funds paid for Jeff Webb’s house

Jamaica’s Kenia Sinclair in action Nick Swimburn in an exciting sprint to the line to take second for the second year in a row. Marshall finished in 31:46 with Swimburn a further two seconds adrift.

The annual Bermuda

race weekend, which has grown to include the 10K, mile races for elite runners, local runners and schoolchildren, and halfmarathon, began with a marathon in 1975.

A sum of US$250,000 from the Cayman Islands Football Association, designated for the construction of a new football complex in Prospect, was used pay for a portion of Jeffrey Webb’s mansion in suburban Atlanta, Georgia, Canover Watson testified during his criminal trial Monday.

Watson testified Monday morning that the deposit of US$250,000 was made in April 2011 into a Fidelity Bank account opened to receive funds from the Cayman Islands Health Services Authority. However, that deposit was not from the HSA, but came from a company called Black Holdings Ltd., which had received it from the local football association, Watson said.

Statements made by prosecutors earlier in the trial indicated this money had originally come from the football association, but the Crown did not attach it to a specific project. During his testimony Monday, Watson did.

Watson, an accountant by trade, said he reviewed all of the transactions into and out of the Fidelity Bank account held by AIS (Advanced Integrated Systems) Cayman Ltd. while preparing his defense in the criminal trial. Watson and Webb have been accused of personally benefiting from the award of the health authority’s contract for a hospital patient swipe-card system to AIS Cayman and its Jamaican partners, an award Watson is accused of directing as the former chairman of the Health Services Authority’s board.

Watson’s attorney, Trevor Burke, QC, asked whether, in his review of the AIS Cayman financial records, Watson had discovered “other deposits” going into the Fidelity account for AIS. Watson noted that about US$250,000 from Black Holdings was placed into that account. Watson said he understood that company to be controlled by a man named Peter Campbell.

Mr. Burke asked whether Watson was aware whether Black Holdings had received a “similar sum” prior to the payment into the AIS account.

Watson responded that Black Holdings had a contract with FIFA, world football’s governing body, to build a football field at what is referred to as the “Centre of Excellence” in George Town, Grand Cayman.

“These were monies due contractually from CIFA [the Cayman Islands Football Association] to Black Holdings,” Watson said. Watson was the treasurer of the Cayman Islands Football Association at the time the transfer was made to the AIS Cayman account.

Webb was the association’s president.

Around the time the Black Holdings cash transfer was done, another deposit of US$240,000 came into the AIS Cayman account from a company, J&D International, by way of a loan made to that company from Fidelity.

Webb was a director of J&D International, which was ultimately controlled by Trinidadian politician and former FIFA Vice President Jack Warner.

Upon a further review of the records, Watson said it appeared that the money from Black Holdings, the loan from J&D and other funds in the AIS account were used to pay US$520,000 for a home in Loganville, Georgia, that Webb bought in 2011. “That US$520,000 was the precise figure paid for [Webb’s] home?” Mr. Burke asked.

Watson said he could not testify about a “precise figure” but that it did appear to pay for the purchase of the home in Georgia.

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