VOLUME 12 ISSUE 19

VOLUME 12 - NO. 19

MAY 14TH, 2016 – MAY 21ST, 2016

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LOCALS OUTRAGED OVER CROWN LAND RAFFLE

Spirit of unity at Sister Sister TCI’s Mother’s Day

Scores of women from a wide cross-section of the country came out to support the 3rd annual Sister Sister TCI’s Mother’s Day dinner which was held at The Palms Hotel last Friday, May 6th, 2016.

The event was organised by Mrs. Lillian Boyce, Founder and President of Sister Sister TCI, whose

By Todeline Defralien

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everal natives of Turks and Caicos Islands have expressed anger and outrage about a decision by Government to raffle Crown Land to locals.

Many of them vented their frustration on Facebook and other social media, while several others openly expressed their dissatisfaction with the new system when Government recently held a land raffle at the Gus Lightbourne Sports Complex, in Downtown Providenciales.

The consensus among those

aim is to empower women and encourage them to strive for excellence in every aspect of their lives.

Among those who attended the event were (from left to right) Deputy Premier Hon. Akierra Missick, who was a guest speaker; Minister of Tourism, Hon. Portia Stubbs-Smith; former Deputy Premier

on social media is that the raffling of Crown Land is demeaning to locals, deprives them of their birth rights, prevents them from being empowered economically and reduces them to second-class citizens in their own country.

At the recent raffle, only 36 parcels of land were made available and there were more than 500 applicants.

One of upset Belongers, J. Hall, who attended the raffle, wrote on Facebook: “It was the worst day of my life and the worst day to be a Turks Islander. I witnessed allocation of land displayed at its most despicable way

and Minister of Education, Lillian Boyce; Melanie Smith, human resources manager of Seven Stars hotel, Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly Hon. Josephine Connolly and Opposition Leader, Hon. Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson.

ever. A RAFFLE. You heard it folks...

RAFFLING our birth right to the lucky one. A few months ago I was informed a scheme was opening in the bight and I must apply. I mean why not, I own no land, both me and my fiancé are working, have kids and looking forward to the future. We applied. Being I am an avid reader I came across this tiny space in the paper that informed me of a raffle taking place for the issuance of crown land. Well, blow me down. At this circus they explained that they only have 36 parcels, over five hundred applied but three hundred made the list to raffle.

Wow.......I am still confused as to why

they accepted so many applicants and monies knowingly that only 36 parcels are available. Maybe they should have only accepted the first 36 applicants but who am I to share an opinion.”

He added: “They put all applicants name in a GARBAGE bag to be raffle.....I mean why not, the process is garbage anyway and shook it up until at one point names fell out of the bag. Names were called, feelings were hurt, young people got discouraged and to add fuel to fire they choose 36 more standby names.

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Jamaicans in TCI claim victimisation - Page 5

Immigration Minister concerned about increase in Haitian sloops - Page 6

Changes to top brass of Police Force - Page 7

FortisTCI closed on a US$45M private placement debt issue - Page 8

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LOCALS OUTRAGED OVER CROWN LAND RAFFLE Continued from Page 1 That was the most distasteful, husband, wife and children, now that’s discouraging and most despicable the true disgrace not the garbage bag.” event I ever attended. I never felt so Efforts to get comments from Premier embarrassed. Raffling our birthright Rufus Ewing and Opposition Leader away. There are better ways to do this Hon. Sharlene Robinson were people. What am I to do now??? How unsuccessful up to the time of writing will I own whats entitle to me? One this report. thing election is coming up......what However, Director of Crown is your plans about land allocation @ Land, Leroy Charles said this ballot Rufus Ewing Sharlene Cartwright. As process is a part of the legislation which a young Turks Islander I am hurt and says is that if there are more applicants sadden by this process. You will be than land, then the department has to hearing more from me in this matter. go through the open ballot process.

Another person, Anya Malcolm, “We try to make it as open as wrote: I agree! A disgrace! So fees possible,” Charles said. “A lot of people were collected from 500+ ppl. I didn’t are criticizing it. They’re saying, ‘why even go to the drawing because I had do I have to go through a ballot’; but a client. I sent my Mom but I did not like I said, if we have 36 names and we expect for my name to be called. And have more applicants, then how do we to think some of us were in the first separate it? I think it’s a fair system to 20 to apply. Why not go through those go to the ballot.” first 34 names, offer the land and if the Charles said that contrary to person cannot purchase or does not what some have stated, Crown land qualify then continue down the list. I is available, but he stressed that “we am sure there is more land to sell. An have to manage that land carefully and utter disgrace I tell you! that’s why they are cutting the sizes of Director of Crown Land Leroy Charles

Shuntel Been, wrote:” Back in the parcels down to meet the demands, January 2016 when I applied I was told so that years from now we do have land Director of Lands and Surveys since that it would be a raffle and I applied to satisfy those who are eligible for 2001, so he knows the system in and anyhow as well as others. I was told Crown Land. “ out and he feels that the ballot system they’ll have more applicants than Charles said the system was is fair because it doesn’t give anybody parcels of land and I applied anyhow reviewed by his department because of an advantage over the other person. so did others. About the garbage bag... what happened under previous People’s “It’s just that what we have to they did have a ballot box however Democratic Movement and Progressive do is to make a lot more land available there were too many names, so yes they National Party (PNP) administrations. to the people and that we started by resorted to a garbage bag. Truth be told “In the past we had several applicants reducing the size of the lands,” he added. they could have picked my name from and the way the applications were “So we’re going to make more lands a pig pen I just want some land. I have chosen was somebody looking at the available. One of the problems we’ve my money and ready to pay in full for names and saying we will choose this had in the past is personnel resources. my piece. But I don’t believe my name person but we will not give this person,” We have two Deputies one in Grand was pulled, more than likely I’ll end up he said. “What can be more fair than Turk and one in Provo so it increases buying a piece of private land anyhow. this current system and when you our capacity to deal with these issues What is really sad is the abuse that compare it to what has happened in and in a more efficient way. I must took place years ago with crown land. the past? “ say that we have not been doing such You have persons with multiple pieces, Charles said he has been a very good job because of the lack of

resources available to the department, but now that we are having more human resource for people to handle the situation you’re going to have more of this ballot session as we move forward, and not only in Providenciales but in the other islands.”

He said: “Eventually it will come down to a case where as a we provide more subdivision, more people are going to be satisfied. Once you’re satisfied you go out and therefore we’re going to be able to satisfy the request and I can guarantee you that a lot of the people who were not successful, they will eventually succeed.”

Charles was asked by media what happens here to the individuals’ names who were eventually selected?

He added: “At the end of the ballot the people who were selected, we’ll take the names for approval to Cabinet which is chaired by the Governor himself.

Once they approve of the procedure to be ok , they will approve those names.

When that approval comes back to the department, I will be writing letters to each individuals setting out the terms under which they will be granted and they will be given three months in which to come forward and make the payments. From among the first 36 we may have a few dropouts; people who say oh I wasn’t quite ready financially or some other reason. That’s why we choose alternatives. We choose up to 75 people so the next person in line will just drop in once somebody is dropped out.”

He noted that Crown Land has been very challenging, adding that they do have a situation where first of all when the Crown Land Unit was set up it wasn’t properly resourced to deal with the issues of Crown Land .

Travel entry requirement for the United States

The Ministry of Border Control and Employment was alerted to travel concerns expressed by some members of the public regarding a May 9, 2016 US Customs and Border Protection national media release captioned Clarifying the e-Passport Requirement for Visa Waiver Program Travelers.

The release pertains only to persons that are traveling to the United States with an Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) and not those traveling on a United States Visa or Turks and Caicos Islands Police Record. The new requirement is that all persons travelling on an ESTA must do so on an e-Passport. Only Turks and Caicos Islanders who are holders of a British passport identifying them as a British Citizen are able to travel to the United States using an ESTA. The British passport is an

e-Passport.

Persons who are in possession of a Turks and Caicos passport are still able to able to travel to the US using a United States visa or Turks and Caicos Islands Police Record.

Turks and Caicos Islands passports issued before July 2015 are not e-passports, while those that have been issued post July 2015 and printed in the United Kingdom are e-Passports. Persons holding a Turks and Caicos Islands e-Passport do not qualify for entry into the United States using an ESTA.

In a press release on May 9th, the Customs and Border Protection said that as part of the Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015, Visa Waiver Program (VWP) travelers traveling to the United States with an Electronic

System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) must have an e-Passport as of April 1, 2016.

This requirement was initially announced in August 2015 and the Department of Homeland Security has been making a concerted effort to notify travelers since November 2015.

Travelers from VWP countries are still eligible to travel to the United States without an e-Passport if they have a valid nonimmigrant visa. Travelers can apply for a nonimmigrant visa at a U.S. Embassy or Consulate.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) encourages travelers to check their passports and their current ESTA status to make sure they are in compliance with the requirement. As a reminder, if a traveler has acquired a new passport, they must submit a

newESTA application.

An e-Passport is an enhanced secure passport with an embedded electronic chip.

E-Passports are issued by the proper passport issuing authority and must meet international standards for securing and storing information corresponding to the passport and the passport bearer.

ESTA is an automated system that assists in determining a traveler’s eligibility to travel to the United States under the VWP and whether such travel poses any law enforcement or security risk. Upon completion of an ESTA application, a traveler is notified of his or her eligibility to travel to the United States under VWP. If an ESTA application is denied, the traveler will be required to apply for a nonimmigrant visa at a U.S. Embassy or Consulate.

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Jamaicans in TCI claim victimisation

Two newspapers in Jamaica, the Gleaner and the Observer, are reporting that Jamaicans in the Turks and Caicos Islands are being victimised, largely because of issues surrounding work permits.

However, Jamaica’s honorary consul in the Turks and Caicos Islands, Allan Hutchinson, said he is unaware of the reports.

The Observer newspaper which is owned by Jamaican hotel magnate Gordon “Butch” Stewart, said the Jamaican reputation for being tough and fearless when going after their goals, no matter where in the world they are, seems to apply everywhere else but the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI).

According to the Observer, a large number of Jamaicans interviewed here speak forcefully about the discrimination they are facing from TCI authorities. But without exception, they asked not to be identified because of fear of retribution.

“If you publish my name this morning, my work permit will be revoked by this evening,” said a Jamaican who left St Catherine three years ago to work in the thriving real estate business in this British-run archipelago.

“I’m obviously exaggerating the speed, but you get the point. They might just decide not to renew my permit when it expires in less than a year’s time,” he said, insisting: “Remember not to call my name.”

Said another Jamaican who has been living for seven years in the TCI: “I try to keep on good terms with my TCI co-workers because they have a tendency of reporting you to their Government, if you have a higher position than them, that you are occupying a position that they are qualified for.

“The thing that bothers me is that those TCI people making the complaints don’t qualify for the positions they are quarrelling about.

They just don’t like to see a foreigner, especially a Jamaican, over them. They want to cut you down.

“Others I have met have said the same thing. You better bet their authorities will act on their complaints.

I wish our authorities in Jamaica were like that — acting on our complaints.”

Asked if she had made any complaints to the Jamaican authorities, she said no, adding that she was unsure whether that would help and might only “expose me to repercussions here…The Jamaican consul here is well established in business and it might not be fair to ask

Jamaica’s honorary consul in the Turks and Caicos Islands, Allan Hutchinson him to jeopardise his welfare in the TCI.”

Several Jamaicans said their compatriots usually stand out where they work because of a higher work ethic, noting that some TCI citizens, or Belongers as they are called, don’t prove themselves to be good workers.

“Very often you see that as soon as they have some money they take off, many to the United States, and only return to work when the money is finished. Employers prefer us Jamaicans because we are reliable.

We don’t give one-hour notice when we can’t make it to work and cause pressure to be on our co-workers,” said a Jamaican who lives in Grand Turk, the capital. “We wouldn’t last long anyway.”

Yet another said while he had not been harassed as a Jamaican, he had been having difficulty getting members of his family to join him, after nine years in the TCI.

In the environment of tense uncertainty, a recent rumour caught fire that police were waiting at Moneygram outlets on the island to catch Jamaicans who are the biggest clients of the remittance agency. The rumour was never confirmed, but many Jamaicans were shaken.

One Jamaican woman who runs a successful business in the TCI said she started worrying about her status when Finance Minister Washington Misick was quoted by the

TCI Sun newspaper last year as launching a blistering attack on foreigners, including Jamaicans, bluntly telling them to stay out of his country if they want to engage in public celebration of their cultures.

“I didn’t expect it. To me, as long as you were not breaking any law, you should be able to be yourself, no matter where you came from,” the businesswoman argued. “I do feel I am making a useful contribution to the Turks and Caicos Islands.”

She added that before seeing

the newspaper statement, she had thought that the problem she was experiencing with getting work permits for Jamaicans to work in the business, because Belongers were uninterested, was just typical bureaucracy.

“Now, I think differently. I hear others saying that they have the same problem with work permits.

It seems they don’t want Jamaicans here. But it makes little or no sense because they don’t have the manpower that the country needs to develop,” she suggested.

Jamaicans, at 1,768, are the second-largest group of foreigners in the TCI population

have caused to affected applicants.

He said the TCI government has taken tangible steps in recent times to remedy the situation by making numerous changes to the process, with the most recent being the introduction of the 2016 Status Bill.

“Except for a few isolated cases, I am not aware of any prevailing practice of Jamaicans losing their work permits merely on the basis of a Belonger making a complaint to Immigration.

“In the instances where this happens and there is evidence of abuse or wrongful termination, there is sufficient recourse and legal framework for a complaint to be made and dealt MISTREATMENT FROM with via Labour Department, Labour AUTHORITIES Tribunal, Human Rights Commission, Integrity Commission, and to Office

The Gleaner newspaper of the Jamaican Consul,” said Edenreported that Jamaicans in yet another Hutchinson. regional state are complaining about No one taken from store the treatment they are getting from He said he was not aware of authorities there, but the Ministry of any practice, especially on the main Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade says island of Providenciales, where persons those complaints are yet to be reported were taken out of stores and their work to it. permits checked.

This time, the complaints “I contacted the proprietor have come from some Jamaicans living of the largest remittance service in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI), operation in the Turks & Caicos who last week told our news team that Islands, who happens to be a Jamaican, they are being targeted by police and and he confirmed that he is not aware immigration officials despite living of any such practice both in the past or and working in the islands legally. currently.

“We are living with a huge “If this happens in other sense of insecurity as you never know stores, I am not aware, and given the when your work permit will be denied,” geographic layout of the island and the said one Jamaican who asked not to be prevalent use of social media, I would named. become aware of it very quickly,” said

“Immigration and police have Eden-Hutchinson. been pulling people out of stores, He noted that the government offices and even stopping vehicles to of the TCI and, in particular, the check work permits and detaining Immigration Department and the people who do not have their permits police, reserve the right, at all times, with them,” added the Jamaican. to implement measures which they

“Even if permits or receipts are deem necessary to protect it borders taken to the detention centre, it is not and security. easy to get people released,” charged “I am usually aware of such another Jamaican living in the TCI. exercises during and after operation

He charged that contrived and they do not target any particular reports by persons who were born in nationality. It is also the law and the TCI (Belongers) could result in practice for persons on work permit Jamaicans losing their work permits. to be in possession of the actual work

But late last week, the Foreign permit or a copy of the receipt of Affairs Ministry said it had not had any payment for the renewal of same. reports, and Allan Eden-Hutchinson, “If he or she is unable to provide the honorary representative of the proof of either, they are deemed to be Jamaican Government to the TCI, also illegal and would be detained until scoffed at the claims. legal status is determined. In those

Responding to questions from circumstances, if a Jamaican is held, The Sunday Gleaner, Eden-Hutchinson my office should be notified,” added said the TCI Government, over the Eden-Hutchinson. years, has had many complaints In recent years, scores of delays in the processing of work of Jamaicans have made the TCI permits for all nationalities, and the their home, working mainly in the resulting inconveniences they may hospitality sector and the classrooms.

Western Union Connects Turks and Caicos with Cuba

Cubans in Turks and Caicos can use Western Union®services to move money into Cuba for the first time—within minutes

The Western Union Company, a leader in global payments services, announced the activation of Western UnionMoney Transfer® services to Cuba from Turks and Caicos at GraceKennedy Money Services Agent location.

GraceKennedy Money Services is a Western Union Agent in 11 Caribbean countries.

“As the first U.S. company with scale to move money from across the world to Cuba in minutes, we are pleased to extend the service from Turks and Caicos to Cuba, as we continue our phased roll-out from additional countries throughout the year,” said Sean Mason, Vice President and General Manager for Western Union in the Caribbean.“Our current movement of remittances from the U.S. to Cuba funds regular expenses and micro businesses, driving entrepreneurism, innovation

and employment opportunities. We are excited to be able to gradually offer our services to the Cuban diaspora across the Caribbean,” Mason added.

“We are thrilled to add this new community to our family, reinforcing our customer-focused approach. It is a privilege to connect Cubans in Turks and Caicos to their home community in a matter of minutes,” echoed Michelle Allen, Chief Executive Officer of GraceKennedy Money Services.

Remittances can be sent to

family members and other Cuban nationals for family expenses and personal support for businesses.

Customers can benefit from the large footprint Western Union offers to send money. In Cuba, receivers can pick up their funds in local currency from more than 490 Agent locations across all of Cuba’s 16 provinces and 168 municipalities.

This is a significant presence and it is represented by multiple classes of trade – from retail stores to exchange houses.

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Immigration minister concerned about increase in Haitian sloops

Minister of Immigration and Border Control, Hon. Ricardo Donhue Gardiner has expressed concern about the increase in the occurrences of sloops transporting illegal migrants to the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Following these events, Gardiner, met with the Haitian Consul Dr. Wencesclass Lembert to discuss this issue and to continue to work in concert with the Haitian government to stem the tide of illegal migrants to Turks and Caicos Islands.

The Minister stated: “The issue of illegal migrants to our Turks and Caicos Islands is an ongoing security concern that requires vigilance and effective policies to deter those who would transport and smuggle illegal migrants into Turks and Caicos Islands. We are taking measures to enhance our border security and I continue to work with the Haitian Consulate here as well as the Haitian Government to address this issue.”

In a press statement, the Ministry of Border Control cautioned those who would attempt to illegally migrate to Turks and Caicos Islands, that “these vessels will be detected by Turks and Caicos Islands Radar

Minister of Immigration and Border Control, Hon. Ricardo Donhue Gardiner

Haitian Consul Dr. Wencesclass Lembert

Systems, and you will be intercepted and repatriated to your homeland”.

In the statement, Gardiner said: “As a cautionary note to those in Turks and Caicos Islands that might be inclined to harbor illegal migrants, the penalties for harboring illegal migrants have been increased effective April 01, 2016. If you are caught providing assistance or shelter to an illegal migrant, you are subject to a fine of $20,000 on summary conviction or to a term of imprisonment of four years, or to both, as well as the possibility of revoking your status in Turks and Caicos Islands.”

He said that over the next few months, the Ministry of Border Control will be implementing additional

security measures to further enhance the protection and integrity of Turks and Caicos Islands borders.

Three sloops were detected and intercepted within the last seven weeks of which two were intercepted within three days of each other. The combined total was 230 persons. The staff at the Coastal Radar Station, the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force, the Immigration Department as well as all other front line and responding agencies are commended for their continued efforts in protecting the borders of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

In an interview with the SUN earlier this year, Dr. Wencesclass Lembert said: “The person that left

Haiti for political reasons this person also has his family that is taking care of him so that he can have a better life and realizing that this person gets legal in that country somehow is going to have to pay these people back whatever, because these people risk everything that they have. Most of the people here left Haiti because of economic reasons but there are some people in the TCI who left Haiti because of political reasons and if they are here for political reasons they can go and apply for political asylum.”

He added: “A lot of people are using these people taking money from them and make them pay and believe that because here is such a beautiful place they make them believe they are going to have jobs. A lot of the people who come here is like an investment.

They pay for the boat and they pay these people because they think that they are going to get jobs.”

Lembert said he plans to hire a TCI lawyer to make sure that when these people have problems they can help and are not exploited.

He noted that there are some people who pay between US$3000 and US$5000 U.S dollars to come to the Turks and Caicos Islands.

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Changes to top ranks of Police Force

Following the appointment of Deputy Commissioner Marc Callaghan the Force executive has re-examined the roles and responsibilities of the senior team.

Police Commissioner James Smith said that with immediate effect, there will be a new structure of the Force which will provide clear lines of accountability internally and at the same time ensure we service the needs of our communities.

This structure will give the Assistant Commissioners operational oversight of divisions and specialist departments as well as holding them responsible for some portfolio areas, Smith said.

In particular, Assistant Commissioner Rodney Adams will lead on A Division (Grand Turk, Salt Cay, Ambergris Cay and South Caicos) and the associated specialist functions.

To make this effective, the Commissioner said that Adams will operate from Grand Turk for a number of days each week to provide a focal point to our many government agencies and other partners based

Assistant Commissioner Rodney Commissioner of Police, James Smith Adams there ensuring that the Force reflects the importance of the nations’ capital.

“We are also taking this opportunity to trial a community policing program to establish how effective that may be on Grand Turk,” Smith added.

Assistant Commissioner Wayne Jones will lead the B Division (Providenciales, Middle and North

Deputy Commissioner of Police, Marc Assistant Commissioner Wayne Jones Callaghan

Caicos, Parrot and Pine cay) resources and associated branches of the Force, bringing our Criminal Investigation and intelligence assets under one command and ensuring senior support to our 911 staff and Specialist Operations.

“As Commissioner, I believe this will be only the first re-alignment of our resources which may be refined

in the light of experience to ensure we get the best from our people and support vulnerable communities by targeting those who would cause harm to them. I will continue to utilize outside assistance, at least in the short term, to continue the professional development of the Force and assist us in detecting those responsible for the most serious offences,” Smith added.

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Applications can be submitted to Milano Diamond Gallery, Grand Turk Cruise Center 946-2276.

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FortisTCI closes on US$45 Million private placement debt issue to fund planned capital projects

FortisTCI recently closed on a US$45 million private placement debt issue in the US Private Placement Market in New York.

The private placement consisted of US$22.5 million 5.14% Senior Unsecured Notes, Series 2016A, due May 2, 2031, and US$22.5 million 5.29% Senior Unsecured Notes, Series 2016-B, due by September 15, 2031. Bank of America Merrill Lynch acted as sole placement agent for the Company. Last year, FortisTCI also successfully retained its Corporate Credit Rating of ‘BBB’ (Outlook Stable) from Standards & Poor aiding this process.

The Company will use the funds toward financing its 2016 and 2017 Capital Infrastructure Program.

During this period, FortisTCI estimates that it will invest roughly $70 million inclusive of the US $45 million private placement debt issue.

Capital infrastructure investments are driven by growth, improved reliability, and the integration of renewable energy.

Some of the planned projects include: A multipurpose building on Providenciales with a new state-ofart system-wide SCADA-enabled (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) control room; new building facilities on Grand Turk to

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President and CEO of Fortis TCI, Mr. Eddinton Powell, accommodate a range of operational activities; Renewable Energy Programs on all islands; a fixed network and meter management system; and reconstruction of a new North & Middle Caicos Transmission and Distribution network.

These projects will play a major role in strengthening the electrical system, accommodating expected customer growth while also allowing the Company to integrate new technologies and renewable

energy sources.

President and CEO, Mr. Eddinton Powell, said, “It is important for FortisTCI to make investments in assets and infrastructure when and where necessary. Having this ability impacts the level of service quality FortisTCI can provide to its customers.

The Company remains committed to serving the Turks and Caicos Islands with the most reliable service at the least possible cost by making smart, timely, and well-planned investments.”

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The successful candidate must have/be; •Bachelor’s Degree in Kinesiology or equivalent work experience.

•Experienced in Spa operations with minimum 6 years for a luxury resort, with at least 3 years in management.

•Certificate in MassageTherapy required. Must hold CIBTAC or related certification.

Previous knowledge of SPASOFT/SALONIRIS and MBO software is preferred.

•Current CPR certification. Must be trained in Lymph Drainage and Craniosacral Therapy.

•Atleast two (2) years professional teaching experience for beginning, intermediate and advanced yoga; also fitness training preferably in a high-end and/or hospitality environment.

•Must be enthusiastic, motivated, and a team player.

•Must possess computer proficiency with Windows-based products.

•Must have outstanding experience delivering high-quality customer service.

•Display good organizational, written, and verbal skills.

Interested applicants can contact our Human Resources Department, Monday through Friday 9am to 5pm on (649)941-7555. E- Mail cover letter outlining your interest and supporting experience in a particular position along with your Resume or C.V. to hr@wymara.com

MARGARITAVILLE Grand Turk is seeking to fill the position of:

Resident Manager The Resident Manager will primarily be responsible for the successful operation of all aspects of a multi-faceted venue including, Food and Beverage, Entertainment, and Retail. The Resident Manager operates as the most senior manager on the property management team.

Reporting directly to the VP of Operations, the ideal candidate for the position of Resident Manager must display:  A positive upbeat personality – a “Leader of Fun”  Strong corporate strategic planning skills  Professionalism  Initiative  Objectivity  A track record of sound leadership  Excellent motivational, mentoring, coaching and training skills  A passion for excellence

Qualifications and Experience:

•5 or more years of senior management experience in a high-volume restaurant •3 – 5 years of multi unit management •Graduate of an accredited Hospitality Management program or equivalent preferred •Ability to manage a large team while delegating tasks and ensuring consistent follow-up •Ability to handle difficult and challenging situations and to work under pressure •The ability to understand and function within a multi-cultural/diverse environment.

•Working knowledge of construction •Must have proven analytical and resolution skills •Financial business acumen required

Deadline for applications: May 31st, 2016.

We thank all applicants for their interest in our company, however only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Other available positions are Chef, Bartenders, Servers, Cost Control Clerk, Retail Captain, Store Clerk, Dining Room Captain, Cook, Stilt Walker and Kitchen Helpers.

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Remains of murdered waitress sent back to Dominican Republic

By Todeline Defralien

Hundreds of individuals from the Dominican community gathered at the Catholic Church in Providenciales on Thursday May 12th, 2016 to say their last goodbyes to 26-year-old Dominican waitress Yuneiry Veras who was murdered last month.

The body of Veras was escorted by a line of cars to the Providenciales International Airport at approximately 11:30 am., after which it was sent back to the Dominican Republic her family for burial.

In an interview with The SUN, Edwin Hernandez, Assistant Consular for the Dominican Republic in the Turks and Caicos Islands said, “We are now in the process of sending the body to the family members in the Dominican Republic for them to give their final goodbye and to do their funeral as we do in our culture style.

We didn’t see her face because the body was covered in the casket, but the body was there.”

Ms. Yuneiry Veras was last seen around 2 am on Monday 18th April 2016 at her residence in Blue Hills. Her lifeless body was discovered about 1:04 pm on Saturday 23rd April 2016 in Pirate’s Cove located on Tom Lightbourne’s Drive, the

North Western area of Providenciales.

This section of Providenciales is very secluded and is surrounded by bushes.

The road is unpaved and leads to Bonefish Point Beach.

Investigators are awaiting the official results of an autopsy that was done on Monday 25th April; however a homicide investigation is already in progress.

Veras' body was found by police around 1 p.m. on Saturday April 23rd, 2016, in the area of Pirate's Cove, near a secluded beach at the back of Phase Two of the low-cost homes in the Wheeland area of Providenciales.

The SUN was reliably informed that the woman's body was found face-up and she was wearing a bra only. Her other clothes were located about 100 yards from where the body was found, and there was evidence of lots of blood in the area.

Police are appealing to the public for assistance in solving the murder of 26-year-old waitress Yuneiry Veras from the Dominican Republic who was the fourth woman from that country to be murdered in the Turks and Caicos Islands in the past five years.

In a press release sent to media houses police said they know that someone out there may know

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES Funtastic Tours Company Limited is seeking to fill the following posts: Assistant Manager / Gateway and Shorex Tour Operators Dispatchers Mechanics Assistant Mechanics Automotive Electricians Assistant Automotive Electricians Boat Captains Maintenance Officers / Labourers

All candidates must have a minimum of at least five (5) years experience in their specialist area in the tourism industry. o Must have a valid driver’s license with a minimum of five (5) years driving experience. o Tour Operators for All Terrain Vehicles must have extensive experience driving and maneuvering quad bikes and All-Terrain Vehicles and in managing large quay of tourists. o Tour Operators for Hummers must have sufficient electrical knowledge to troubleshoot cars on tours. o Boat Captains and Tour Operators in the aqua field must have a Captain’s License, CPR and PADI certification. Persons must be well versed in the natural habitat of various sea creatures. o Mechanics must be well versed in their specialized areas of repairing All-Terrain Vehicles, Electric Vehicles, Boats and Buses. Mechanics in their specialist field must have five (5) years experience. Assistant Mechanics must have (3) years experience in their specialized field. The company has a fleet of over seventy vehicles and climbing and requires several persons in the various mechanical areas. o Automotive Electricians must have at least five (5) years experience in repairing and maintaining high end electrical vehicles. Turks and Caicos Islands will be the first to pioneer such vehicles in the Caribbean. Assistant Electricians must have at least three (3) years experience in this highly technical field. o Maintenance Officers / Labourers must be able to maintain various trails, clean the Workshop and assist the Operators where necessary. o Positive and disciplined attitude towards work in a customer service environment. o Proven and unblemished employment record. o Have a good command of English and excellent communication skills. o Must be able to work flexible hours and extended overtime schedules, including weekends and public holidays to meet the demands of the industry. o Able to undergo intensive training to meet the requirements of the industry.

Remuneration package would be discussed at the interview process. All applicants should submit their resumes to Funtastic Tours Company Ltd at funtastic.tours@ yahoo.com. All applicants are required to submit a Police Record, three reference (3) letters (one from their last employer) and undergo a medical once successful at the interview process. Belongers will be given first preference.

26-year-old Dominican woman Yuneiry Veras body leaving in a white casket for the Dominican Republic what happened to Ms. Veras on the night of her disappearance. She was well known and have been in contact with a few persons due to her working at a popular Bar and Night Club located on

Aviation Drive.

Anyone with information about this murder or other crimes is asked to contact the Chalk Sound Police Station at 339-5901.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION SALES FirstCaribbean International Bank (Bahamas) Ltd as Chargee pursuant to the Registered Land Ordinance hereby gives Notice that it will cause to be sold by Public Auction the following scheduled properties outside the offices of Miller Simons O’Sullivan, Regent House West, Regent Village, Grace Bay, Providenciales at 10:00 a.m. on 31 May 2016.

1. Title No. 60804/157/K31 The Bight & Thomas Stubbs, Providenciales Registered Proprietor: Blue Water Production Ltd. Comprising a one bedroom condominium end unit on the fourth floor of The Alexandra Resort located in Grace Bay. The unit has a floor area of 1,054 square feet including the balcony. The condominium also contains an entrance area, bathroom, powder room, living/dining room and kitchen.

The unit has its own parking space and also benefits from the resort facilities including the swimming pool, restaurant, sun deck, tennis courts and a small gym.

2. Title No. 60715/210, Cheshire Hall & Richmond Hill, Providenciales Registered Proprietor: Lincoln Hudson Ferreira Comprising a 0.54 acre canal-front parcel of bare land containing dense indigenous bush and mature trees.

3. Title No. 60905/211/K12 & K13 Leeward Going Through, Providenciales Registered Proprietor: TCM Associates Ltd This property is located in a mixed use development known as The Regent Village and is close in proximity to many of the commercial tourism developments on Grace Bay beach. The units are located on the second floor of Regent House East. The Regent Village development has a central courtyard with landscaped gardening, street lighting, stone paved footpaths, covered walkways and CCTV security throughout the property.

The existing occupiers are restaurants, bars, shops and services. There is also office space and a substantial two story covered car park at the rear of the development. Each of the units is separately metered and has a restroom and ducted centrally air-conditioned system.

Any and all potential bidders will be required to produce one (1) valid form of identification to Miller Simons O’Sullivan on the day of the Auction.

Draft Terms and Conditions of Sale and the draft Agreements for Sale are available upon demand prior to the Auction.

Any and all Successful bidders will be required to pay a ten (10%) per cent deposit upon a successful bid before close of business on the day of the Auction. Any and all successful bidders will also have to pay Auction legal fees in the sum of Seven Hundred and Fifty Dollars (US$750.00).

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LOCAL NEWS

FLOW to showcase new retail store

Within the next few months, FLOW, which was formerly LIME, will launch a new concept retail store in Provo.

This was revealed by Country Manager Delleriece Hall at a cocktail reception held at Beaches Resort and Spa, on Friday, May 6th, to launch FLOW in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

“The new store will offer customers a totally new and enhanced customer experience, as part of Flow’s commitment to excellence in customer service. The new store will be equipped with a fully dedicated Home Entertainment zone with TV at the heart of the store, to revolutionary technology aspects such as integrated queuing, self-serve bill payment kiosks and even a charging station,” Hall said. “ As we combine the flexibility of our mobile network with the strength of fixed fibre technology, we are poised to deliver the most advanced communications products, on the best mobile network, ensure a superior Internet experience, introduce the latest apps and give our

customers access to exciting networks, our platforms, our and relevant content that is technologies, now we move accessible on multiple devices on to the next phase.

It is such as TV, mobile phones and time to invest in and begin smart devices,” said Hall, who the transformation of our is the first local female country customer experience.

We manager of the company. are now ready to reset our

She said the company organization and make our has dramatically enhanced its team and our customers the product and services portfolio central focal point,” she added. and now has a refined set Hall gave the of infrastructural tools, and assurance that Flow will a team of highly-skilled continue to be a major individuals at every level. investor and employer in

“And, perhaps most TCI and will continue to important, it has given us provide customers with the an opportunity to step back best telecommunications and reevaluate the way we technology available anywhere interact with our customers,” in the world – innovative, she added. “With our combined advanced, resilient – as we strengths, Flow is now seek to fulfill our mission to uniquely positioned to offer connect communities and Turks and Caicos a winning transform lives. consumer proposition through “We have made a our advanced Mobile, TV, number of investments in Landline and Internet services. Turks and Caicos. We launched We also have an opportunity 4G LTE mobile service in the to give our customers even Turks and Caicos which now more through new bundled provides superfast broadband packages that our converged and better connectivity than technology allows. ever before so that consumers

The CEO noted that can now access the internet as the “new” Flow they have a wherever there is coverage renewed focus on transforming with any 4G-enabled device, the total customer experience. including smartphones,

“We have spent a tablets and mobile hotspots. lot of time investing in our We’ve been supporting

The Ministry of Health, Agriculture and Human Services seeks Physiotherapist to provide physiotherapy services to clients in Primary Health Care Clinics on the islands of South Caicos, North Caicos and Middle Caicos. a

Regular physiotherapy visits will be scheduled on the islands of South Caicos, Middle Caicos and North Caicos based on demand to increase access to comprehensive physiotherapy services, especially among our aging population.

The physiotherapist will offer orthopedic, neurological, respiratory and pediatric services to include: •Post-surgical rehabilitation •Rehabilitation of sports injuries •Rehabilitation of work-related injuries •Rehabilitation of chronically weak or injured joints and muscles •Weight-bearing exercise for patients with osteoporosis The physiotherapist will enter a one year contract and will be paid on a per visit basis. Referrals for physiotherapy will be made through the local primary health care clinic. The physiotherapist will conduct an initial assessment with each patient and develop a treatment plan based on the recommendation of the referring physician and assessment findings. The visitation schedule of the physiotherapist will be based on the demand for physiotherapy within each island. Therefore, the visitation schedule will vary.

Required qualifications of the physiotherapist include: •Certification or academic degree in physiotherapy; graduate degree preferred •At least five years of practical experience in physiotherapy •Working knowledge of current physiotherapy principles, standards and methodologies.

Country Manager of FLOW TCI, Delleriece Hall the Island Fish Fry from its inception, one of most supported entertainment events on a weekly basis. We have also been supporting the Oseta Jolly Primary School for the past 10 years assisting eight families to educate their

children; and we signed the first- ever Olympic qualifying athlete coming out of the Turks and Caicos Islands, Delano Williams, as a FLOW TCI Brand Ambassador,” she said.

Provo Air Center has the following vacancies: DRIVER. Must be 25 years or older, with a high school diploma, and a valid TCI drivers lisence.Must speak English fluently; ability to speak a second language would be an asset. Very mannered and knowledgeable about the Turks and Ciacos Islands. Must possess a clean police record and is reliable. Must be willing to work shift and on week end and holiday.

GARDENER: Must have knowledge and experience with gardening. Willing to do hard manual works in hash weather conditions.

Intercaribbean Airways has the following vacancies: FLIGHT DISPATCHERS: Must Have FAA dispatcher license, with 2 -5 years or more experience and the ability to work in very high pace environment, excellent team player, and independent thinker. Must be able to work weekends and holidays

The physiotherapist will be paid on a per visit basis. The fee structure for services would include the following costs: •Daily physiotherapy visitation fee based on 8 hour work day •Airfare and/or ferry fare •Local transportation •Accommodations •Subsistence for meals

BAGGAGE HANDLERS: 18 – 25 years old in good physical and mental health and can lift weight over 50 lbs. and willing to work outside in harsh weather conditions, must have a high school diploma, clean police license, driver’s license. Must be willing to work weekend and holidays.

To request the full terms of reference or ask any questions regarding the terms of reference, contact Dr. Jamillah Berry, Health Planner, at jberry@gov.tc.

Interested persons should send their proposal along with current contact information to Dr. Berry at jberry@gov.tc. Proposals are due into the Ministry of Health, Agriculture and Human Services by Friday, 20th May 2016.

Belongers/Permanent resident holders only need to apply to HR@intercaribbean.com

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Celebrating ninety years with Her Majesty the Queen

Business licence in arrears will be suspended

The Revenue Department has concluded its Business Licence Renewal period on April 29th 2016.

All businesses with business licensing arrears at that date will be issued notices of suspension and revocation as prescribed in Sections 10 & 11 of the Business Licence Ordinance.

Business Licence Holders

are reminded that a Business Licence is not transferrable and as such, the sale of a business or transfer of shares must be immediately followed up with a cancellation notice to the Revenue Department. The new owners are required to acquire a new Business Licence through the application process.

National High School Spelling Bee 2016

His Excellency Governor, Peter Beckingham and wife Jill Beckingham invited residents of Grand Turk, Mrs. Lillian Swann and Mr. James Fulford whom both share 90th Birthdays with Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth, to have afternoon tea at Waterloo on Monday, May 2nd, 2016.

“I was delighted to hear that there are two nonagenarians on Grand Turk, so Jill and I decided it would be wonderful to mark the Queen’s birthday, and theirs, with a tea party,” said Governor Beckingham.

"Unfortunately, Mrs. Swann was unable to attend today, but we hope she will be able to join us soon.

I was fascinated to hear from Mr. Fulford about his life in Grand Turk and far beyond. He has evidently given years of service, including

during World War II, to the Turks and Caicos Islands.

"We are privileged to have such a worthy and lively citizen and his wife and family still with us on Grand Turk. His energy for a 90 year old is truly astonishing."

He continued; “Mr Fulford and his wife described the Queen’s visit to Grand Turk fifty years ago, in 1966, when they both had the honour to meet her. They clearly love their home, and have relished the opportunity to spend most of their 67 years of married life here.

“I asked Mr Fulford the trick to living such a long and healthy life: the answer, he said, was to thank God every morning you are alive, try not to worry, and enjoy a game of dominoes and an occasional glass of beer or rum!”

CASHWIZ

VACANCIES FOR SALES REPRESENTATIVES We are looking for a professional, competitive, self-motivated sales representatives to join our multinational CashWiz team. We currently operate in 10 Caribbean Islands with three stores in Turks and Caicos.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE: • Wait on customers in a courteous and professional manner • Assist all customers in consignment items and sales • Assist in the monthly inventory count and merchandising of the store • Daily monitoring of precious metal evaluation/must be able to demonstrate the ability to differentiate metal types and purity at reasonable level •Product Pricing and evaluation of precious metals, gems, electronics, games, cars, etc.

•Required to work on weekends and some holidays.

SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS: Operations • Completed high school education with at least five passes at CXC. Must have grade I or II in English and Mathematics • Computer literate and be able to master consignment software system; • Must be able to travel overseas on short notice for training sessions as required.

• Must provide 3 written job references and recent police clearance COMPENSATION: Competitive base salary plus a HIGH-INCOME EARNING POTENTIAL BASED ON OUR WEEKLY PERFORMANCE BASED BONUS SCHEME. BENEFITS: BENEFITS AS PER LABOUR LAW HOW TO APPLY: SEND COVER LETTER AND RESUME TO: RVIEIRA@CASHWIZ.COM BY MAY 20, 2016.

ONLY SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES WILL BE CONTACTED

starting at 9:30am at the Gustarvus Lightbourne Sports Complex, Providenciales.

The National High School Spelling Bee is an anticipated feature on the academic calendar attracting participation from public and private high schools throughout the country. The objectives of the Bee are to:

•encourage students to explore and study words particularly its meaning, diacritical markings and origin;

•help students to learn and spell words quickly and accurately;

•help students to learn and use proper pronunciation and word usage; and

•provide an environment to promote students’ self-esteem, character development and

sportsmanship This year, students from eleven schools will compete for the title of Champion Speller. The participating schools are: •British West Indies Collegiate •Clement Howell High •H. J. Robinson High •Holy Family Academy •Long Bay High •Maranatha Academy •Marjorie Basden High •Raymond Gardiner High •TCI Middle School •TCIPS Comprehensive High •Wesley Methodist High

The Bee will be broadcasted live on Radio Turks & Caicos.

For more information contact the Department of Education, Providenciales at Tel # 649-338-4804

VACANCY NOTICE FOR PLS POSITION TITLE: REPORTING TO:

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER ASSISTANT SENIOR AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER

JOB PURPOSE: To assist Air Traffic Controllers in order to achieved a safe and efficient flow of air traffic throughout the Turks and Caicos airspace.

RESPONSIBILITIES: •Coordinate operational data; pass and receive estimates under the supervision of the Air Traffic Controller • Perform other related duties as directed by the Senior Air Traffic Controller Applications including resume with contact information and two letters of character reference should be addressed to the Human Resources Manager, Turks and Caicos Airports Authority, P.O Box 1050, Providenciales. Tel No. 649-946-4420, Fax 649-941-5996.

SALARY: 24,495 per annum APPLICATION DEADLINE: 15 May, 2016 CAICOS OIL LTD. SOUTH DOCK ROAD, PROVIDENCIALES TEL: (649) 941-7872 / 941-7873 FAX: (649) 941-7874 POSITION: TRUCK DRIVER Cleaning and maintaining of yard and help with the loading and offloading of fuel tankers. Assist with warehouse duties. Must be willing to work weekends, and some holidays.

WAGES/SALARY: 12.50 per hour.

Interested persons should submit their resume along with a cover letter to the following: The Manager Caicos Oil Ltd., P.O. Box 653, South Dock Road, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands The deadline for receipt of all applications is June 3rd, 2016

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Deputy director of DDME attends regional meeting

Miss Rikardia Pardo, Deputy Audit, Status of CDEMA’s Country Director of the Department of Disaster Centered Programming, Update Management and Emergencies on the Caribbean Risk Information (DDME) recently returned to the System, A Methodological Approach islands, after attending the 7th to Developing Risk Profiles for Trade, Meeting of the Technical Advisory Progress in the Implementation of Committee (TAC) of the Caribbean the Relief Supplies Tracking System Disaster Emergency Management (RSTS), A Proposed Concept for Search and Rescue in the Caribbean Region, Agency (CDEMA).

The meeting, attended by all National Examining the Role of Social Media in Disaster Coordinators (NDCs) in the the Management of Emergency Events, region, was held at the Caribbean Status of Preparedness for the 2016 Hurricane Season, and Review Development Bank, St. Michael, Barbados from Monday 18th April – of 2014 – 2015 Emergency Events in CDEMA Participating States.

Friday 22nd April 2016.

Capacity building sessions

The Technical Advisory also provided; whereby Committee is an organ of the CDEMA were Governance Structure which makes presentations were given by regional recommendations for the consideration institutions which programmes of the CDEMA Council of Ministers. The support the implementation of the meeting therefore reviews a number CDM strategy. Some of the institutions of policy documents and technical presenting at the meeting include: tools and makes recommendations for Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH), International endorsements by the Council.

There were a number of Federation of Red Cross and Red documents and reports tabled Crescent Societies, Caribbean at the 7th TAC Meeting such as: Community Implementation Agency Preliminary Results of the CDM for Crime and Security (IMPACS) and

managing of drought plan the Caribbean Development Bank.

•Exercise Design and Scenario Key sessions focused on:

•Understanding the CDB Planning – to orient participants to the Emergency Relief Grant (ERG) - exercise design and planning process focused on re-familiarizing NDCs with in order to achieve a standardized approach to Exercise Planning, the CDB emergency grant facility.

•Proposal Writing – this Conduct and Evaluation. is an important skill for mobilizing resources to support disaster risk Ms. Pardo stated; “The meeting management at the national level. The provided a wealth of information and session provided participants with an tools which could assist the department opportunity to develop/enhance their in furthering its efforts towards CDM. knowledge and skills for mobilizing Additionally, the meeting highlighted resources. It specifically zero-in on the the growing need for wider adoption, conceptualization process, in an effort endorsement and implementation to facilitate the development of focused of the Comprehensive Disaster proposals which address and identified Management (CDM) Strategies at the problem. It focus on applying practical national, regional and global level.”

She further stressed; “The tools to develop stronger projects and project proposals. It has been importance of strategic national designed to be practical and useful for planning which incorporates disaster participants at varying skill levels. management. For the Turks and

•Drought Management - Caicos Islands this will serve as a examined the role of the NDO in means to help to strengthen national drought management plan, NDC’s preparedness, mitigation and response were given the opportunity to share mechanisms – thus, aiding the fight their experiences thus far and toward building a disaster resilient recommendations for planning and nation.”

iv) Review testing methods and materials in the lab when necessary. v) Monitor and approve construction progress. vi) Preparation of Engineer Certificates for progressed work. vii) Liaise with the Public Works on a daily/ weekly basis. viii)Provide weekly/monthly (or as determined) progress reports of projects to the Director or Ports/Board. ix) Engage and manage subcontractors and service providers to ensure minimal interruptions. x) Ensure that all facilities are operated in compliance with local regulations and international standards when necessary. xi) Be a standing participant of the Infrastructure Subcommittee of the Board of Directors.

JOB DESCRIPTION PORTS ENGINEER MANGER The Ports Authority of the Turks and Caicos Islands is seeking an outstanding professional for the role of Ports Engineer Manager.

Overview

The Ports Authority of the Turks and Caicos Islands is a self-supporting public statutory body established in 2008 for the management of maritime affairs.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Under general direction of the Deputy Director of Ports the Ports Engineer shall direct, plan, organize, integrate and oversee the engineering/construction work of the Ports Authority of the Turks and Caicos.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: •Knowledge and experience in planning and managing port related projects •Knowledge of Contract management and FIDC •Knowledge of public procurement processes highly desirable •Knowledge of Planning Ordinance Regulations and Building Codes of the Turks and Caicos Islands •Hands-on maintenance and repair skills required

Minimum Requirements:

The holder of the post will provide expert professional assistance and support to the Board of Directors and management of the Ports Authority on engineering, construction and major maintenance, and related facilities matters; and performs related duties as assigned.

Training and Experience: Under Graduate Degree from a recognized university with a major in civil engineering or a closely related field; and at least twelve years of responsible management experience in the design, construction and maintenance of diverse and complex public facilities, with civil engineering and construction experience.

Holder may be expected to relocate within the Islands to undertake works.

Salary and Allowances: $ 72,000 per annum.

In addition, he/she will be responsible for engineering design, project management, surveying, consultancy and construction contract administration, construction inspection, scheduling and quality control, cost estimating, and major maintenance programmes.

The incumbent is expected to make high-level decisions within general policy guidelines and utilize exemplary and analytical skills on matters that are critical to the operational success of the Ports Authority.

Project Specific Duties to include but not limited to the following: i) Review and approve the design drawings on behalf of the Ports Authority to ensure compliance with the designs of projects. ii) Assist with the preparation of Contract Documents using FIDIC conditions of contract. iii) Oversee facilities modification, including obtaining estimates on equipment, labour, materials and other related costs and requirements.

Interested persons should submit a resume, along with their contact information, cover letter, two letters of reference (one preferably from a former employer), copies of educational certificates, a Police Certificate and a copy of the Passport photo page. For complete job description please email boardsecretary@ports.tc.

Qualified Turks and Caicos Islander, either living in the TCI or abroad, are encouraged to apply .

Applications should be addressed to: Director, Ports Authority of the Turks and Caicos Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands and can be delivered to the Turks and Caicos Islands Ports Authority, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands or emailed to: boardsecretary@ports.tc by the deadline date. The subject line in the email should read “Ports Engineer Manager”. Envelopes should have the subject “Ports Engineer Manager” clearly marked on the front.

Deadline: May 26, 2016. We thank all applicants for their interest. However, only persons selected for an interview will be contacted. Full Job Description can be found on www.ports.tc

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MAY 14TH, 2016 – MAY 21ST, 2016

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LOCAL NEWS

Sonia Bien-Aime elected to FIFA Council

Sonia Bien-Aime of the Turks and Caicos Islands continues to make her country proud on the world-stage, by being elected as the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football's (CONCACAF) Female Representative of the FIFA Council.

During elections in Mexico City, on Thursday, May 12th, BienAime, the president of the Turks and Caicos Islands Football Association, won with a 27-8 victory over her opponent.

"I'm honored and very privileged to be given an overwhelming vote of confidence from 27 of the 35 voting members for the CONCACAF Female Representative on the FIFA Council," Bien-Aime, 44, told the The SUN in an exclusive interview from Mexico City. "I now have an opportunity to continue the work that I have started and future Sonia Bien-Aime advocate for gender equality and Hernandez of Cuba and Pedro the empowerment of more women in Chaluja of Panama to represent the leadership positions."

Confederation on the FIFA Council.

All of the Confederation’s 41 In July 2015, Bien-Aime Member Associations participated was selected to serve on FIFA's in the elections for CONCACAF executive committee representing positions and with a majority of votes, the Caribbean, becoming the first Victor Montagliani, President of the woman elected to soccer's top body Canadian Soccer Association, was in a voting seat not specifically elected as President of CONCACAF. designated for a female.

Rodolfo Villalobos of Costa Rica was CONCACAF has 41 elected to the CONCACAF Council member associations that include 27 as a Vice-President. from the Caribbean,7 from Central

In addition to Bien-Aime, America, 4 from North America and FIFA Members elected Luis 3 from South America.

CAICOS OIL LTD. SOUTH DOCK ROAD, PROVIDENCIALES TEL: (649) 941-7872 / 941-7873 FAX: (649) 941-7874 POSITION: LABOURER Cleaning and maintaining of yard and help with the loading and offloading of fuel tankers. Assist with warehouse duties. Must be willing to work weekends, and some holidays.

WAGES/SALARY: 7.50 per hour.

Interested persons should submit their resume along with a cover letter to the following: The Manager Caicos Oil Ltd., P.O. Box 653, South Dock Road, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands The deadline for receipt of all applications is June 3rd, 2016 CAICOS OIL LTD. SOUTH DOCK ROAD, PROVIDENCIALES TEL: (649) 941-7872 / 941-7873 FAX: (649) 941-7874 POSITION: MECHANIC Cleaning and maintaining of yard and help with the loading and offloading of fuel tankers. Assist with warehouse duties. Must be willing to work weekends, and some holidays.

WAGES/SALARY: 12.50 per hour.

Interested persons should submit their resume along with a cover letter to the following: The Manager Caicos Oil Ltd., P.O. Box 653, South Dock Road, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands The deadline for receipt of all applications is June 3rd, 2016

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This trip was truly an eye opening experience. We were able to further our passion for science and learn so much about so many things. We all have an even stronger resolve to continue our education, especially in the sciences, so that we can one day contribute to the ideas that will shape the world. We could not be more appreciative of the opportunity provided to us by FortisTCI and we thank you very much.

— 2016 Maranatha Academy Science Project Team www.fortistci.com | 649-946-4313 | 1030 Leeward HWY, Providenciales, TCI

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On April 13 – 17, we, the 2016 Fortis TCI National Science Fair Project winners of Maranatha Academy went on a 5 day trip to Washington D.C. to observe the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Festival which was hosted at the D.C. Convention Center.

This was an extensive science exhibition, which gave us the chance to expand our knowledge in various branches of science which ranged from the elementary level to university. There were presentations on topics such as; “Harnessing the Power of the Immune System to Fight Cancer,” “Inside the Head of a Coral,” “Algebra to Orbit: An Astronaut’s Perspective,” “Breaking the law of Physics,” and “How Big, How Far, are Objects in Space,” just to name a few.

On the following days we were able to view some of the exhibits and displays in different sections of the Convention Center. We had the opportunity to view some of the operations at NASA including the Federation of Galaxy Explorers, which is an initiative that seeks to inspire the next generation for future endeavors in space and engineering. They offer programs covering their Moon Base, Mars Base and Robotics projects. Time was also spent viewing a number of attractions, such as, the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial, the White House and the Smithsonian Art Museum.

The fair occupied four floors and featured hundreds of exhibits so we were unable to view them all but one thing of note that we saw was a robot at one of the exhibits that was similar (but not autonomous) to the one we built for our science fair project.

We were also able to market the Turks & Caicos Islands. Everywhere we went people asked about the Turks & Caicos Islands and where it was located. They were generally impressed by our pictures of home showing clear, clean, turquoise water and beautiful white sand beaches.

We would like to officially say thanks to Fortis TCI for providing us with such a wonderful opportunity to participate in this awesome experience. The exposure was truly amazing. Thanks again.

– 2016 Maranatha Academy Science Project Team.

From left to right: Mr. Adrian Reader, Renard Brown, Patrice Joy V. Talaro, William Elliott, Mrs. Phyllis Morris-Gordon, Roshawn Cox, and FortisTCI VP of Customer and Corporate Services, Mr. Allan Robinson

www.fortistci.com | 649-946-4313 | 1030 Leeward HWY, Providenciales, TCI

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Beaches celebrates 2nd annual women’s week

Beaches Turks and Caicos Resort Villages and Spa honored its female talent during a week long list of activities marked Women’s Week 2016.

From May 2nd -9th , the female talents f the resort reveled in a new activity each day. The celebration began with morning devotion on Monday May 2nd followed by a special lunch with General Manager Lucky Kahlon. On Wednesday May 4th the women of the resort enjoyed a day of sweet treats. Thursday May 5th Health professionals in dental, skin, nutrition; medicine and gynecology were invited to the resort to host a Health Fair.

Over 20 female talents also represented the resort at the annual Cancer Walk at the National Stadium. Sunday May 8th, a special Mother’s Day luncheon was held and lots of prizes were given. Monday

May 9th the resort hosted a Blood Drive under the theme “Women: Make a difference”.

Celebrations wrapped up Wednesday May 11th with Pink T-shirt Day as female talent wore pink shirts that read “Beaches Celebrates Women’s Week 2016; Celebrating and Appreciating Our Women.”

BTC employee Shicora Harvey said “I think it’s a good thing for Beaches to honour its women.

Women work very hard and it was great to see Beaches acknowledge that this week.” She added, “I ‘m still very young so I don’t consider myself a woman yet but I will say that this past week has made me feel proud to be a young woman.”

There were 700 women dressed in pink on property for the grand finale. Longtime employee Michelle Parker said “Wow! This

was an empowering week. Women from all walks of life took part in this week’s activities. This represents not only the resort’s commitment to staff but to unity, strength and kindness.”

Intern Katianna Prospere says that “I’m truly amazed! I’m only on internship but it was good to see that Beaches really appreciates their staff and this week specifically women. Everyone has been asking how the program is going and I just say it has been girl power and fun all week long!”

General Manager Lucky Kahlon says that this is the second time the resort has hosted Women’s Week and he looks forward to next year. “Every single one of our staff members means a lot to us but this week it was all about our women and it feels awesome to see the smile on their faces at every event.” He added “This will definitely be an annual thing for

us we want to keep this movement going and make it even bigger.

Kahlon thanked everyone who took part in making the week spectacular, “We have an amazing team here and on behalf of Beaches I want to thank them for putting this week together and of course those persons that came in to assist with the health fair Dr. Jo Bowden of Grace Bay Medical Center, Dr. Jamekia Harvey of Paradise Smiles, Dr. Lise Cloutier of Court Yard Chiropractor, Georgia Wint of Faces & Fingers and Lakiesha Wilson of Cheshire Hall Medical Center, they were all a part of this year’s health fair and we are grateful for their contribution as well.”

Kahlon hinted that there may be an event to celebrate male staff, “There is something fantastic planned for the men this year, and we can’t leave them out.”

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Agriculture Department to host training workshop on pesticide safety

Like most countries in the Caribbean, pest control products are used in the Turks and Caicos Islands to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of environmental health and agriculture programmes. In some instances they’re are used widely in homes and other human dwellings for vermin control. Recognizing the obvious information shortage amongst farm workers and pesticide operators on the safe use of chemicals, the

Department of Agriculture is moving assiduously to promote programmes that foster efficient pesticide management and use throughout the country.

On May 17, 2016, the Department of Agriculture will host a Pesticide Use and Safety Training on Providenciales. The target audience for this exercise would be pest control operators, government vector control officers, landscaping companies, plant

nurseries operators, and individuals whose jobs require the application of chemicals. The main objectives of the program are to create an awareness amongst pesticide operators of the importance of precautionary use of these products, participants to gain a better understanding of classes of chemicals, interpreting pesticide labels, and overall management of pest control products.

The training will include

practical demonstrations and videos for getting the message across to the participants in an effective way. One kit each of a personal protection gear would be given to each participant.

The program will be repeated on the Island of North Caicos, where the main target groups would include private farmers and government farm workers. These individuals will also receive a personal protective gear each.

Officials attend child safe-guarding workshop

A team of nine persons comprised of A/Asp. Mary Durham; Sgt. Ensa Wilson; Social WorkersJean Williams and Jaala Kennedy; Doctors- Sonia Mera and Antrieve Benjamine; Education Officer – Sarah Kennedy; Public Prosecutor- Leanna Brooks and Prison Officer - Meshelle Jennings attended a Child Safe Guarding workshop which was funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, United Kingdom.

This workshop was attended by all overseas dependent territories held in Miami on Wednesday 30th and Thursday 31st March 2016 with the topic

This very informative workshop was chaired by Bermuda Commissioner of Police Michael DeSilva assisted by Larry Covington, the FCO’s Law Enforcement Adviser to the Overseas Territories.

The workshop comprised of presentations from the Territories and the UK on multi-agency child abuse and neglect investigations with discussions on the issues and challenges faced by the agencies involved in the investigation of crimes against children, in providing support to victims & witnesses, and in the prosecution of offenders

Additionally, participants were of ‘The Multi-Agency Response to the Investigation provided guidance and an understanding of best of Child Abuse & Neglect’.

The aims of the workshop were to assess practices contained in the UK College of Policing legislative frameworks and partnership working Authorised Professional Practice on Managing arrangements (and to determine any significant Sexual and Violent Offenders; Child Abuse; Child gaps) of British Overseas Territories (BOT) multi- Sexual Exploitation; Domestic Abuse and Female agency teams to effectively safeguard children by Genital Mutilation protecting them from harm and maltreatment, The team is required to form a ‘TCI Working preventing impairment of children’s health and Group’. The first task will be to draft a Child Abuse development; and to introduce stakeholders to and Neglect Investigative Strategy, with aims and examples of best practice and lessons learned in objectives, which will be done in full consultation with OTD-CSU. child safeguarding from other jurisdictions.

CHINSON RESTAURANT JOB OPPORTUNITIES 1.BAKERS •Must be able to obtain sanitation certificate •Must be experienced in the production of Jamaican pastries to include all Bread products •Must be able to prepare Caribbean cuisines •Willing to work long hours and weekends •Salary commensurate with experience 2.PASTRY CHEF •Must be able to obtain sanitation certificate •Must be experienced in the production of Jamaican pastries to include all Bread products •Must be able to prepare Caribbean cuisines •Willing to work long hours and weekends •Salary commensurate with experience 3.ASST. MANAGER •Must have at least 10 years’ experience in full service restaurant •Must have working knowledge of Micros or equivalent POS systems •Assist with inventory management and cost control •Willing to work long hours and weekends •Assist General Manager in the training and supervision of line staff •Possess valid driver’s license •Multi-lingual •Salary commensurate with experience 4.CASHIER/HOSTESS

•Must be able to work long hours and remain calm under pressure •Clean police record •Ability to multi-task is essential •Must be very honest •Enjoy providing excellent Customer Service •Pay rate US$6.25 per hour plus tips •English plus fluent in Spanish or Creole would be an asset 5.KITCHEN HELPER •General Cleaning of the kitchen and pastry room •Assist with prep work and washing of utensils •Willing to work weekends and long hours •Salary US$6.50 per Hour 6.COOKS •Must be able to obtain sanitation certificate •Must be experienced in the production of Oriental Cusines •Must be able to prepare Caribbean cuisines •Willing to work long hours and weekends •Salary commensurate with experience Please apply in writing with full resume to no later than May 31st 2016 The CEO Chinson Restaurant & Pastries P.O. Box 293, 14 Savannah Rd. Leeward Highway Provicenciales

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Regional scientific conference to be hosted in TCI in June

The Turks and Caicos Islands will welcome the team from the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) as they join together and plan the upcoming Carpha Scientific conference to be held in the Turks and Caicos, in Providenciales in June under the theme ‘Family Health’.

This will be the 61st meeting of this conference which is the longest running health research conference in Latin America and the Caribbean and the organizers are very proud to be hosting this meeting here in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

The team met with the Premier Hon. Dr. Rufus Ewing in a press conference hosted at his office in Providenciales on Wednesday April 20th, 2016.

This conference will be held on June 25- 26th at Beaches Resorts in Providenciales and the other satellite meetings will be held at various other venues throughout Providenciales.

Delegates will be coming from the Caribbean as well as international guests who will be coming to the Turks and Caicos to be a part of this very important conference.

Premier Hon. Dr. Rufus Ewing said: “The Turks and Caicos Islands has been a part of this conference for several years and it has been the desire of us here in the Turks and Caicos Islands, at least since I became chief medical officer, to host this conference in the Turks and Caicos Islands. We

( Front row: Charlene Higgs, Dr. Teresa Maitland, Lorna Thomas (carpha), Hon. Premier Dr. Rufus Ewing, Dr. C. James hospedales (executive director CARPHA), Wesley Clerveaux (PS/ministry of health, agriculture and human services), carlon kirton (carpha), Dr. Nadia Astwood.

Back row: Kendra Malcolm, Eunice Clare, Renessa Williams and Kenrick Neely (Local organizing committee team for the upcoming conference). in the Turks and Caicos Islands each year have been increasing our participation in the area of research, every year presenting more and more health research papers that will go toward shaping health policies not only in the Turks and Caicos Islands but also regionally.”

The Premier noted that the conference will bring tremendous exposure to the Turk and Caicos Islands.

“Over the years we’ve had an increasing number of persons presenting at the conference and this is properly the highest we have had so far. Not many of the health professionals in the Turks and Caicos Islands have the opportunity to

Career Opportunities: Grace Bay Resorts is looking for candidates that have the requirements listed along with an outgoing professional manner. They love to work with different types of people, meet challenges with a positive attitude and live the standards of our organization. Their management style is one that balances a commitment to people and their development with business/financial accountability and delivers an exceptional guest experience Stewarding Supervisor Job Requirements: Job purpose of Stewarding supervisor is to assist and lead the Stewarding Team, Restaurant Outlets, and Director of Food and Beverage in the cleaning and organizing of the Food and Beverage Outlets.

Essential Duties: •Perform special cleaning projects as assigned.

Ensure proper set-up, breakdown and maintenance of all banquet functions.

•Interview, hire and train new stewards as required. Maintain proper administrative records on associates i.e. Attendance log, coaching and counseling sessions, disciplinary forms, etc.

•Ensure that floors are swept and mopped. Keep floors clean and dry, spills are picked up immediately using wet floor signs, dry rags, and dry mops.

•Clean walls, tables, racks, sinks, floor mats and disposal area. Polish stainless steel.

•Clean ovens, hoods, filters, drains, hot boxes, steam tables, flat boxes and ceiling vents, according to schedule or as specified by the Executive Chef or Chef of their respective area of responsibility.

•Maintain organization and ensure proper storage and cleaning of all rolling stock and racks, silver, presoaking and operation of dish machine.

•Ensure all trash is emptied at end of shifts; containers washed out and returned to kitchens.

•Comply with attendance rules and be available to work on a regular basis.

•Perform any other job related duties as assigned.

This position is currently held by an expatriate worker Qualified Islanders need only to apply copying applications to the Commissioner of Labour & Work Permit Board Zone 2 Salary Range: US$24,000 - $30,000 per annum Group Director of Food & Beverage Job Requirements (Chef N B) to be responsible for overall Food & Beverage and Culinary Operations for Grace Bay Resorts by overseeing concepts for front and back of house operations, creating total guest experiences. The successful candidate will have demonstrated experience in achieving food & beverage revenues, profit and guests satisfaction goals by developing and implementing menu designs and concepts that are current with international and local trends, ensuring that the Grace Bay Resorts are culinary Destinations.

The successful candidate must meet the following qualifications and experience: •10+ years experience in a Senior Culinary Role, either as Executive Chef or Culinary Director.

•Extensive culinary skills, with exposure and intimate knowledge of international cuisines and food trends.

•Educated in Culinary Management, Food & Beverage Management, Restaurant Management and 5 Diamond requirements •International Hotel and Restaurant experience a must.

•Caribbean experience considered a definite plus.

•As an Executive Committee Member, work closely with the company’s senior management team to develop and implement strategies for food & beverage and kitchen operations that support achievement of the company’s goals.

•Oversees the inventory, purchasing and disbursement of all supplies, while maintaining strong P&L statements.

•Extensive experience overseeing multiple food & beverage units simultaneously, while driving revenue.

actually attend the conference when it’s held in other jurisdictions, so this is the first time we will have the entire health sector getting the opportunity to attend at least select sessions and to be educated and participate in the conference, so I think that’s a big boost and big benefit,” he added

He said the TCI will also be taking the opportunity to share as much as possible as to what the TCI is doing in the area of health.

“This conference has over 200 delegates from across the Caribbean, from the United States, from the United Kingdom, from Canada so there’s a chance to rub shoulders with people who are thinking and leading health all over the world. As a

professional, I contribute some of my professional scientific development to having been part of that. There is going to also be a policy dialogue focusing on the food environment. As you know, TCI faces a big problem from non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, obesity and we’re focused on childhood obesity and focused on the food environment and have a policy package for discussion; how feasible is it, how could we actually do this, monitoring nutritional labeling, reducing the level of salt and fat and sugar, reducing the advertising of junk food to children, improving the school feeding environment, are among the things to be discussed,” Dr. C. James Hospedales explained

•Ability to “think outside of the box” as it relates to menu design, concepts, trends and culinary events.

•Ability to create the “WOW” factor for entertaining VIP guests.

•Demonstrated experience overseeing and developing exceptional Front and Back of House teams to meet and exceed guest expectation, revenue generation and employee satisfaction.

•Ideal candidate will be a “strategic thinker”, skilled at identifying company development opportunities as it relates to overall food & beverage strategies and growth of the Brand.

•New Hotel Opening experience considered a definite asset.

This position is currently held by an expatriate worker Qualified Islanders need only to apply copying applications to the Commissioner of Labour & Work Permit Board Zone 2 Salary Range: US$120,000 - US$180,000 per annum Bonus: Maximum $2,000 monthly at the Discretion of the Board of Directors Sous Chef Duties and Responsibilities •Demonstrate a participative supervisory style which promotes effective use of subordinates calculating added value profit return against time and resources invested.

•Meet all company and statutory requirements with regards to food hygiene and employee health & hygiene.

•To remain alert to potential threats to life, safety and security of employees and guests, with particular emphasis being placed on fire prevention, training / awareness, evacuation and emergency procedures.

•To show a positive attitude at all times and promote mutual respect within the Kitchen and through all departments.

•To ensure budgeted food costs are met by structured, conservative buying and produce utilization.

•To keep up to date records for compliance with health & safety regulations.

•To assist the F&B Director to monitor department’s performance against budget and GSTS, communicating feedback and providing appropriate support/action where necessary.

•Help to maintain appropriate levels of staffing, according to business levels and help to ensure staffs are motivated to deliver consistently high levels of guest service.

•To be responsible for the day to day running of the kitchen.

•To assist the F&B Director in the maintaining of food cost percentage through control in wastage, purchasing, storing, portion control.

•To assist the F&B Director in implementing and carrying out the departmental training needs.

•To check mis en place is ready and is to the required standard for service.

•On a daily basis check with the function sheets and liaise with the F&B Director to the duties needed to be carried out that day.

•To be responsible for the writing of menus in the F&B Director’s absence.

•To act in accordance with all Health & Safety and Hygiene regulations and to adhere to the Company’s Health &Safety policy.

Job Requirements •Minimum 5 years experience as Sous Chef.

•Extensive knowledge of International food including Asian, Indian as well as Mediterranean.

•Qualified first aid trainer.

This position is currently held by an expatriate worker Qualified Islanders need only to apply copying applications to the Commissioner of Labour & Work Permit Board Zone 2 Salary Range: US$48,000 - US$60,000 per annum Annual Bonus: Maximum 10% of annual salary at the discretion of the Board of Directors

Interested persons can contact our Human Resources Department no later than May 27, 2016 @ (649) 946-5050 Ext. 1066 Email: sheba.wilson@gracebayclub.com Fax: (649) 946-5758 P.O. Box 128 Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands, British West Indies

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Students of three Government Schools in TCI go on a health exercise The Department of Environmental Health continues to give knowledge to students and people of the Turks and Caicos Island on how to keep their environments clean and kept away from diseases.

The Department hosted a field visit exercise in Providenciales and in the other Islands in the TCI taking students around the different areas to show them what they do in their field.

Director of Environmental Health Kenrick Neely told The SUN the exercise showed the students how they collect the mosquitoes larva and pupa and also how they treat the swamps.

“This is just one of the areas that we decided to bring the kids and show them our techniques of treating and dipping and the purpose of dipping is to check to see if the number of mosquitoes

that you would probably have here. When you do one dip we normally do a count to see how much larva, pupa was in that dip and that will determine and tell us our mosquito density if this area is not treated,” he said

Neely added: “We do this exercise after rainfall, we come out and monitor our swamps. We do monitoring on a daily basis but after rainfall we do increase monitoring and treatment of the swamps because we have 309 swamps throughout Providenciales and we have about 100 of those swamps that are wet all year round. Those swamps have mosquito fish in them and you don’t have any problem with the mosquitoes because the fish will eat the larva once they develop and also eat the eggs and we also will treat those other swamps with a bait/ oil that is environmentally friendly.”

This initiative is taken place in all of the different Islands in the Turks

Director of Environmental Health Kenrick Neely

Members of the Providenciales Environmental Health Department along with Students and teachers of the three Government Schools in the TCI. and Caicos Islands.

“The kids are very educated. You’ll be surprised to hear some of the questions that the kids ask you and you’ll also be surprise of some of the answers that they give you when you ask them questions and it shows that the kids are listening to the radio and television and listening to what we are saying. We are in the schools on a monthly basis

educating the kids on proper waste disposal on the importance of eliminating mosquito breeding sites so that they wouldn’t have mosquito problem as a result of them treating their homes or cleaning up their yards, you will see a decrease in mosquito population,” Neely explained.

Mr. Neely said he would like for the general public/for the residents to

play their role in ensuring that they clean their properties and clean their communities and store their garbage properly because all of this will help in decreasing vector born diseases as well as rodents and we must take pride in this beautiful by nature Turks and Caicos Islands and let’s keep Turks and Caicos Islands ZIKA free.

5th Avenue Holdings Is seeking to employ one person as a Part-time Labourer $6.25 per hour Duties include but are not limited to daily cleaning of raw sewage treatment, screens of debris, filters, pipes, valves, submersible pumps, etc., under supervision of Plant Manager using OSHA-approved PPD (personal protection devices).

Must be available for emergencies that require additional hours during evenings and weekends, and must be able to communicate in English.

Please submit applications in person to our administrative office located at Turtle Cove Landing, attention Roger Darville.

Cutoff date for applications is May 23, 2016.

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Surveying Students may also access one semester courses of their choice from any Associate Degree programme and obtain credits.

Applicants for the Associate Degree must satisfy the following minimum requirements- Five GCE or CXC subjects including English A and Mathematics at the General Proficiency Level with Grads I, II, and III or GCE Grades A, B, C. Students without CXC/GCE Mathematics and English must complete the College Foundation Math: MTH1110 and MTH1120, and ENG1111 and ENG1122 (at additional cost) For the Certificate Programmes, the minimum of three GCE or CXC subjects, one of which must be English at General Proficiency level 1, 11, & 111 or GCE Grades A, B, C.

TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROGRAMME OFFERING FOR 2016/2017 Two-Year Associate Degree: Architectural Design & Building Technology (Both Campuses) Business Studies (Both Campuses) Computer Studies (Both Campuses) Education: •Early Childhood Education (Both Campuses) •Secondary Education: o English/Social Studies, Math/Computers, Math/Business, Computer/ Business, Music English/Math/Social St. (Both Campuses) o Math/Science (Grand Turk Campus Only) •Primary Teacher Education (Both Campuses) Engineering: •Computer & Electronic Engineering Technology (Both Campuses) •Electrical Engineering Technology (Both Campuses) Environmental Science (Grand Turk Campus Only) General Studies with concentration in any three of the following: (Grand Turk Only) •Sciences: Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Information Technology •Humanities: Economics, Government and Politics, Law, Sociology Hospitality Studies (Both Campuses): •Tourism Management •Culinary Arts Marine Biology (Grand Turk Campus) Paralegal Studies (Both Campuses) Public Sector Management (Grand Turk Campus Only) Social Work (Both Campuses) “A” Levels: •Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Information Technology (Grand Turk Campus only) •Economics, Mathematics, Communications, Politics, and Sociology (Both Campuses) One-year Certificate: Business Studies (Both Campuses) Hospitality Studies Construction, Carpentry and Joinery In Collaboration with the University of the West Indies, School of Continuing Studies Two-Year Certificate (Both Campuses): Administrative Corporate Secretaryship Administrative Professional Secretaries Human Resource Management School Administration Two/Four Year Bachelor Degree: Bachelor of Science in Education (Primary) (Both Campuses) Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (Both Campuses) with concentration in: •Accounting •Finance & Management •Human Resource Management •Marketing Bachelor of Science in Hospitality & Tourism Management (Provo Campus Only): •Tourism Management and Entertainment •Hospitality Management (with specialization in Restaurant Management) Short Technical/Vocational Programmes/Courses for skill development Duration: 6 Weeks Accounting Information System, Business Communication (Theory & Practice) Cake Decorating Conversational Spanish Customer Service, Dining Room Management English as a Second Language Introduction to Building Services, Introduction to Estimation and Costing Mixology PRC Courses (TCI Studies and English) Restaurant Operation Team Building Duration: 60 contact hours AutoCAD, Automotive Maintenance,

Students applying through the Mature Student Entry policy should be twenty one (21) years or older with relevant experience in specific areas of interest. Note that students may be required to complete a Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) portfolio.

For the Bachelors Degree, the minimum of an Associate Degree from the TCI Community College or another recognized institution. The deadline for applications is June 10th 2016. Any application received after this date would be deemed as LATE. Applications should be fully completed and then submitted to the Registrar, TCI Community College, P O Box 236, Grand Turk, Turks & Caicos Islands or to TCI Community College, Providenciales Campus for the attention of the Registrar. An application fee of $25.00 should accompany the application form. Late application fee is $50.00 For further information contact: Grand Turk Providenciales Telephone: (649) 946-1163 Telephone: (649) 941-3210 Fax: (649) 946-1661 Fax: (649) 941-8380 Email: tcicomc@tciway.tc Email: pvtci@tciway.tc

TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROGRAMS AND FEE STRUCTURE COST OF PROGRAMMES/COURSES OFFERED BY THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE – 5th September 2016 A. SHORT COURSES Courses are for fifteen days for two hours per day (except for AutoCAD, Automotive Maintenance & Surveying) Credits earned could be transferred into the College programmes.

Students may audit the courses and not participate in the examination. Students should indicate at the commencement of the course whether or not the course is being audited. No credit will be given for those courses which are audited.

B.ONE SEMESTER COURSES Courses run from September – December, January – May; concentrated summer semester May – early July.

C.FULL TIME PROGRAMMES Two years, two semesters per year for the majority of the programmes. Some programmes are for five semesters with compulsory summer courses during the first year. Additionally students may access summer courses from May – early July.

TUITION FEES ARE AS FOLLOWS A.Short Courses Courses which require the use of laboratory facilities $450 per course Courses which do not require the use of laboratory facilities $350 per course B.One Semester courses CXC and Upgrade $200 per course Computer modules $350 per course Associate Degree/GCE “A” level $400 per course (Arts/Humanities), $500 per course (Sciences) C.Full Programmes (two Semesters) Sept – Dec; Jan- May; Student category Courses Annual Fees Semester Fees TCI Nationals Certificate $1,500 $750 Associate Degree $3,000 $1,500

Bachelors Degree $5,000 $2,500 Resident Non/ Certificate $2,000 $1,000 Nationals Associate Degree $3,500 $1,750 Bachelors Degree $6,000 $3,000 Overseas Students Certificate $3,500 $1,750

Associate Degree $6,000 $3,000

Bachelors Degree $8,500 $4,250 D.OTHER PROGRAMMES UWI Advanced Certificates $2,500 $1,250 OTHER FEES Application Fees $25.00 Late application $50.00 Registration Fees $25.00 Late registration $50.00 Transcripts $30.00 for initial transcript and 50% discount for others when applying for multiple transcripts.

Facility fee $40 (ALL STUDENTS PAY THIS ANNUAL FEE) NB: ALL FEES ARE PAYABLE AT THE TIME OF

REGISTRATION. Fees are subject to change.

Transportation Fee $50.00 per month (Grand Turk) Graduation Processing Fee (prospective graduates ONLY) $50.00

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National Identity

revolt in unity by Islanders to stamp our commonality.

I say all of that to point to the

The question of who we are as fact that each Island has essentially Turks and Caicos Islanders has been developed somewhat uniquely one that many have pondered for independent of each other save for the decades with no definitive answer to commonality of Grand Turk, South date.

Caicos, and Salt Cay during the salt

Our history teaches us that industry. Think about it: ask any our Islands have been conquered, re- Turks and Caicos Islander where they conquered, colonized, and conquered are from and they will tell you which again by the French, the Spanish, and island they were born, grew up or finally settling with the British. From where their family is from rather than that time to present we have had very saying the Turks and Caicos Islands. few occasions where persons across In most other countries these Islands have had a singular people would say the country first and cause to be unified as one. only when prompted would they say

Little or no development took which state, city or town. This speaks place for centuries. We were not even to our tribalism, where a person would used as a traditional colony, where prefer an outsider preside over them a single industry was developed for rather than someone from a different the sole purpose of supplying the ‘tribe’ to theirs. mother country. Case in point, the Some, both local and foreigner salt industry was spearheaded by have used the TCI back-story: Bermudian settlers for their own tribalism; colonialism; geography; or benefit not England’s. lack on national identity to keep us

Middle Caicos was settled divided for their own agenda. Some

by Africans from the Slave Ship have perpetuated this in ignorance Trouvadore that was shipwrecked off not fully knowing the long term of East Caicos. The sisal, sponge and effects. other plantation related industries For example, I was born in attempted were set up by relocated the USA, grew up in Grand Turk on American Loyalists who were granted Good Street, North Back Salina and land in the Caicos Islands. All these later relocated to Breezy Brae; my industries never proved sustainable in parents are from Grand Turk and the long term, nor were they deployed North Caicos, and I am a Turks and throughout the TCI as a whole. This Caicos Islander. Undoubtedly, there likely resulted in not producing a will not be many, if any other Turks

By Jamell Robinson, TCI Patriot

and Caicos Islanders exactly like me.

My older brother was born in Grand Turk, grew up on Good Street then later relocated to Breezy Brae and has lived in the USA for many years.

Though seemingly similar, he is not exactly like me. However, the common thread we share is the fact that we are both Turks and Caicos Islanders in every sense of our national and cultural identity.

So what are the solutions??

We need a name change, either in what we call ourselves or completely changing the name of the country.

Hon. C. Washington Misick proposed Turcaisians many years ago; merging the Turks with the Caicos. This is a start.

Whatever the combination, once it serves to unite us, it can work.

The country name change may be the answer because historically countries that have an ‘and’ in them, the island coming behind it are treated poorer than the island(s) at the front. Usually, this is because the island before the ‘and’ is the economic hub, the seat of government or just simply bigger.

An example here would be Trinidad and Tobago, Antigua and Barbuda, or St. Kitts and Nevis. What we have in the TCI is the opposite of many countries. The Caicos Islands are geographically bigger than the Turks Islands. Providenciales is now the economic hub, yet Grand Turk remains the seat of Government.

Though, for a brief point in our history, Kew, North Caicos was the capital.

The perfect example of a uniting name is The Bahamas. The Bahamas has more islands and cays than the TCI; and like its name, the citizenry also has one unifying name: Bahamians. They have their issues I’m sure; but their national identity is not one of them. Also of note is that many former African colonies have changed their names on achieving independence, such as Ghana, which was formally known as the Gold Coast. Why should we have to wait for independence if a name change is desired by the people?

The other solution or opportunity is that circumstances must get to the point across the length and breadth of this country where we have no other choice but to unite and conquer that which divides. Every Caribbean country has had that moment as a part of their story. We have yet to have ours, though some may opine we did with the Junkanoo uprisings.

Nevertheless, what JAGS started in 1975 has yet to take root in this country and what he fought for has yet to be universally respected or accepted across the country. The time must come and I believe that time is drawing near and then and only then will we unite and define both our National and Cultural Identity.

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3rd Annual Sister Sister TCI Mother’s Day Dinner S

ister Sister TCI is again very pleased to thank the general public for their support at its 3rd Annual Sister Sister Mother’s Day Dinner on Friday, May 6th, 2016, at The Palms hotel in Providenciales.

Founder of Sister Sister TCI, Mrs. Lillian Boyce said: “Every Mother’s Day the overall theme of Sister Sister TCI is “My Mother, My Sisters, My Daughters, My Friends”. We chose a special theme this year’s “She Is My Heroine”. Special thanks to our guest speakers and all the kind people who made contributions, but

we will like to make special mention of Mrs. Adams of Building Materials who provided a large basket for the Mother of the Year and a gift for every lady in attendance.”

She added: “As we celebrate the important role of women in our society, we wanted to highlight their courage, strength, struggles and stories of how they have been able to overcome life’s challenges. Our events are held to empower women and encourage them to strive for excellence in every aspect of their lives.”

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FLOW hosts cocktail reception T

elecommunications company Flow held a lavish cocktail reception at Beaches Resort and Spa, on Friday May 6th, 2016, to launch its entry into the Turks and Caicos Islands market.

Several business executives and a wide cross-section of customers attended the event Speeches were made by His Excellency Governor Peter Beckingham and Mrs. Delleriece Hall, CEO of FLOW TCI. Among those who won prizes were: Sally Collier - iPhone 6; David Bee - Samsung 6; Javar Grey - IPhone 6; Velma Virgil - Sony; Laverne Reynolds - Ipad; Dr. Dionne Lightbourne- gift certificate and Luiose Baley- Samsung 7.

Here are some photos from the event.

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HEALTHY

LIFESTYLE

How your phone might give your kid a short attention span

Parents who turn to they focused on different objects. smartphones and tablets to break The babies were around 11 to up the tedium of caring for an infant 13 months old. around the clock may be teaching their Researchers put parents and babies to have a short attention span, a babies in a room with several engaging small study suggests. toys and then sat back to see what

That’s because when parents happened when the parents didn’t get stop focusing on playtime with their any instruction on how to interact with baby to concentrate on other things their kids. like tiny screens, their infants may Generally, care givers fell into mimic this behavior by also focusing two groups: those who let infants direct on toys and other objects for shorter the course of play and those who tried periods of time. to guide babies toward specific toys.

In other words, babies learn to When parents looked where their kids focus better when their parents aren’t did, they typically both paid attention distracted, said lead study author to the same object for more than 3.6 Chen Yu, a brain science researcher at seconds. Then, the infant’s attention Indiana University at Bloomington. lingered on the same object for another “If parents join a child’s attention on a 2.3 seconds after their parent turned toy object, children are more likely to away. show longer attention on the target While that may not seem like object compared with cases that much time, the babies whose parents parents don’t show any attention or followed their lead focused on objects interest,” Yu said by email. for about four times longer than did

This works best when parents infants whose care givers’ were quickly follow their baby’s lead, Yu added. distracted.

“If parents try to lead by Babies whose parents made getting the child’s attention on the little effort to focus on what their kids object of the parent’s interest, this were playing with during the study had effort may not be successful,” Yu said. even shorter attention spans than the “But if parents just follow the child’s children whose parents focused briefly attention/interest it is easier to be in before looking away. joint attention with their child.”

Beyond its small size, other

To understand how parental limitations of the study include the distraction influences babies’ attention lack of information on other parent and spans, Yu and colleagues outfitted caregiver behaviors that may shape 36 infant-parent pairs with head- children's attention spans, the authors mounted gadgets that tracked their note in the journal Current Biology. eye movements to measure how long Talking about toys during

: A woman uses her mobile phone outside a branch of UK retailer Phones 4U advertising the new Blackberry Z10 in central London playtime and reading stories about toys, for example, may increase young children's interest in these toys and help them focus on these objects for longer periods of time, they write.

The paper also didn't address how a parent's own history of attention deficit or hyperactivity disorders might influence the way their children learn to focus on objects.

The study only looks at how well children follow what their parents look at second by second, and not at every way that kids mimic the focus

they see in care givers, noted Dr. Sam Wass, a researcher at the University of East London and the University of Cambridge in the U.K. who wasn't involved in the study.

"This paper isn't looking at attention span per se," Wass said by email. "Rather, it is about how second-by-second changes in a parent's attention influence a child's attention.

So if I choose to pay attention to nice things, my baby is more likely to pay attention to them too."

E-cigarette poisonings on rise in young kids Electronic cigarettes are sickening a growing number of young kids, usually because children drink the liquid nicotine that’s used in the devices, a U.S. study of poison center calls suggests.

Often, children aren’t seriously harmed, but several have had severe complications like comas and seizures and one child died from liquid nicotine poisoning.

Even small amounts of liquid nicotine can cause serious poisoning or death in young children, said senior study author Dr. Gary Smith, director of the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.

The study, which focused on poison center calls about kids under six years old exposed to tobacco and nicotine, found e-cigarettes posed the biggest risk to toddlers.

“Children in this age group are curious, have newfound mobility, explore their environment by putting things in their mouth, and do not recognize danger,” Smith added by email.

Big U.S. tobacco companies are all developing e-cigarettes. The battery-powered gadgets feature a glowing tip and a heating element that turns liquid nicotine and other flavorings into a cloud of vapor that users inhale.

Smith and colleagues analyzed poison center data from January 2012 through April 2015. During that period, monthly calls related to e-cigarettes surged from 14 to 223, they report in the journal Pediatrics.

Overall, there were 4,128 calls about e-cigarettes, accounting for about 14 percent of the roughly 29,000 total calls related to children’s exposure to nicotine and tobacco during the study.

When kids got their hands on e-cigarettes, they were five times more likely to be admitted to a health facility and more than twice as likely to have serious medical problems compared to children exposed to traditional cigarettes, the study found.

Most of the time, kids got their hands on e-cigarettes at home.

Typically, symptoms from drinking liquid nicotine - like vomiting, nausea, and a rapid heartbeat - went away within a few hours.

Among the children who needed medical care, less than 3 percent were hospitalized and roughly 2 percent had severe complications like breathing difficulties, seizures and comas.

The study probably underestimates the risk of e-cigarettes, however, because it only includes cases voluntarily reported to poison control centers, the authors note. It’s

also possible physicians might be more inclined to report issues with e-cigarettes because the devices and the resulting medical problems are relatively new.

Even so, the findings should serve as a warning to parents because drinking liquid nicotine can be much more toxic to kids than eating tobacco found in traditional cigarettes, said Dr. Sean Patrick Nordt, an emergency medicine researcher at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine who wasn’t involved in the study.

Liquid nicotine is easier for the body to absorb than tobacco in cigarettes, Nordt said by email.

Because cigarette tobacco also doesn’t taste very good, kids are less likely to ingest enough of it to seriously hurt themselves.

By contrast, e-cigarettes “can look and smell like candy to children,” Nordt added.

Nicotine is also much more concentrated in liquids than in traditional cigarettes, noted Dr. Kyran Quinlan, a researcher at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago and chair of the council on injury, violence and poison prevention for the American Academy of Pediatrics.

A cigarette has about 1-2 milligrams of nicotine, but liquid refills for

An e-cigarette sits in a tray on the bar at the Henley Vaporium cigarettes are often contain at least 18 milligrams, Quinlan, who wasn’t involved in the study, said by email.

“A small sip, say a teaspoon which is 5 milligrams, exposes a child to the nicotine of several packs of cigarettes all at once,” Quinlan said.

“Parents should know that the highly concentrated liquid nicotine used in e-cigarettes is a new deadly poison,” Quinlan added. “The packaging, colors and flavors make these toddler magnets. Young children should have no access to e-cigarettes or their refill liquids because it could kill them.”

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VACANCY- OFFICE ASSISTANT Applications are invited from interested and suitably qualified individuals for the position of Office Assistant FortisTCI, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands.

Description Responsible for providing a wide range of administrative services within the Executive Service Department.

Main Duties

 Collection and delivery of mail and other materials as required from and to the post office, government agencies and other institutions.  Sorting, delivery and pick up of mail from various offices on the premises at regular intervals.  Packaging/packing of material received for dispatch; labeling, inserting material in envelopes.  Perform general office or clerical work such as photocopying, binding, faxing/ emailing and filing.  Maintenance of recording information in the system, solution of minor technical problems and reporting service providers for regular maintenance and repair.  Providing logistical, hospitality and administrative support generally, including during events and meetings, as required.  Scheduling meetings and preparation of conference rooms.  Support in local shopping /purchasing and restocking of supply closet with printing ink, pens, paper, and other office supplies.  Preparation of requisitions (electronically) as required.  Preparation of reports of a routine nature as required.  Any other duties as directed by immediate supervisor.

Academic/Technical/Management: Experience and Qualifications:  Associate Degree in business or related area

MAY 14TH, 2016 – MAY 21ST, 2016

 Minimum three years relevant work experience.  General knowledge of office procedures and practices, together with the ability to do routine clerical work such as general scheduling, telephone skills, typing, filing, sorting, and record keeping; strong knowledge of correct spelling and proper grammatical usage;  Solid degree of competency in Word and Excel & other Microsoft Office suite.

Core Competency Skills:

 Able to operate common office machines such as photocopier, binding machine & computer.  Able to make simple arithmetical calculations;  Ability to understand and follow written and oral instructions; and the ability to deal tactfully and effectively with the other employees, guests and other stakeholders.  Knowledge of postal regulations preferred.  Able to clearly and effectively communicate verbally and in written form.  Accountable for conduct and promotes and supports positive working relationships among staff.  Maintain confidentiality.  Dependability  Possess valid driver’s license

Compensation commensurate with experience and qualifications Deadline for submission of applications (inclusive of a cover letter, resume and a FortisTCI application form) is May 17th, 2016.

Ruth Forbes Vice President HR, Finance and CFO FortisTCI Limited P. O. Box 132, Providenciales Email address: hrapplications@ppcltd.tc or rforbes@fortistci.com

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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: Regional General Manager Job Summary

The General Manager is responsible for achieving optimal guest satisfaction and a good working environment to attain all set objectives. To achieve this, the General Manager should run the hotel in accordance with the Standard Operating Procedures and Policies as set out by the company.

The General Manager shall see to the implementation of optimal and attractive products and services required to address the hotel’s target groups, based on pre-agreed marketing plans and budgets. The General Manager shall ensure the correct production and distribution of information and promotion materials as agreed to. Guard the efficiency/productivity and the company results:  Draw up plans and budget concepts (revenues, costs, etc.);  Safeguard the realization, tracing and adjustment of deviations;  Developing improvement actions, carry out costs savings;  Guard/ controlling of cost price;  Delivering of data and proposals for the budgets and investments;  Safeguard quality of operations (internal & external audits);

Manage the various Department Heads

 Coordinate planning of Department Heads and Assistant Managers with regard to time-tables, work schedules, employment of employees within the different services; solving of bottle necks;  Coordination of the execution of activities via instructions to the Heads of Departments/ Assistant Managers, supervision of the execution;  Determination of the workforce, recruitment and hiring of new staff, supervision of sufficient introduction, execution of performance reviews and training of staff.  Be accountable for responsibilities of department heads in their absence;

Implement the SOPs optimally in the hotel and act as a flag ship establishment for the brand.

Prepare a monthly financial reporting Ensure an adequate administration, for the outgoing and incoming invoices, for the payment of invoices and for drawing up periodical management data. Justify deviations and differences.

employment  Correct use of Company’s corporate identity.  Maintain contacts with public authorities Other Managerial Positions:  Hotel Manager  Asst. Spa Manager  Recreation Manager  Regional Spa Manager  Asst. Recreation Manager  Executive Housekeeper  Room Service Manager  Executive Chef  Regional Chief Engineer  Beach House Manager  Hotel Financial Controller

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 Banquet Server Resort Butler Guest Services Supervisor Head Baker Recreation Attendant Chef de Partie Accountant Private Estate Attendant Yoga/Pilates Instructor Wood Carver

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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:

Other tasks

 Handling complaints.  Other reliable to the above mentioned, tasks in order of the executive;  Handing over opinions and beliefs, decisions etc. to the executives;  Leading various internal and external meetings;  Supervise the fulfillment of the regulations of the

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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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 position of Catering & Conference Services Manager.

POSITION OBJECTIVE Works as an intermediary between Banquets, Resort Operations and Clients to exceed guest’s expectations as it relates to catered meeting/meal events at any of the three company resorts. Acts as the main point of contact for group and catered event clients to oversee all aspects of a group and/or catered event at one or more of the WIHL properties. This position will report to our Director of Catering and Conference Services.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS 1. Call on definite bookings as assigned to detail event business; analyze requirements of functions, outline available facilities and services offered, as well as provide menu proposals and quote menu prices.

2. Coordinate catering /event requirements of meals, snacks, basic a/v and meetings as requested by individuals or groups by completing Banquet Event Orders, up-selling all experiences including spa and private venue events.

3. Oversee all guest-room and conference details pertaining to assigned groups and events.

4. Detail all aspects of the group / event on Conference Resumes and review with the departments at weekly meeting.

5. Verify deposits on hand at time of file turnover and collect any additional deposits as outlined in Group Sales and Catering Contracts. Prepare invoices and secure final payment guarantee. Work with designated Group Billing Coordinator for all properties involved in the group contract to ensure final master bill is accurate and processed accordingly.

6. Serves as Conference / Event Catering Manager during functions to minimize confusion and resolve problems such as space adjustment, guest services issues and/or need for additional equipment.

7. Attends Banquet Event Order meeting for property and leads as instructed

by Director.

8. Communicates all details of group / catered event including final guarantees to all departments involved.

9. Works closely with the Banquet Manager and Culinary Team to create menu proposals and achieve /exceed guest expectations.

10.Prepare necessary information regarding group pick-up/fall off, deposits on hand and distribution status of Banquet Event orders and Group Resumes.

Salary for this position is ranged: - $32,000 - $38,000 per annum based on qualifications and experience.

Interested persons may contact our Corporate 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 or kbeen@wihl.com Deadline for all applications to be submitted is May 30th 2016

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Duties and Responsibilities: Clear and distribute correspondence as required, complete errands on behalf of the office, assist with the preparation of room for meetings, prepare and serve refreshments when required, perform daily cleaning duties to ensure the office is clean and safe for staff and perform any related duties assigned from time to time.

Special Features of the job  Requires walking and extensive use of hands, pushing, bending, lifting, twisting and carrying sometimes heavy items.

Competencies and skills required  This position requires knowledge of health and hygiene requirements, ability to understand basic materials, must have an eye for details, ability to use modern office equipment, ability to understand and follow simple written instructions and basic time management skills.

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NEWS NEWS

Caribbean is the world’s fastest growing tourism market

The always sun-drenched “The Caribbean is considered Caribbean is looking particularly a zone of tranquility; that is fetching right now. particularly appealing when there

Island sojourns are in high are issues overseas,” Hugh Riley, demand, hotels in the region are secretary general of the Caribbean getting deluxe upgrades and airlines Tourism Organization, offered. are opening more routes connecting The region has also tapped the world to the Caribbean -- all of into its air of romance. which has made for tourism growth “We suspect that declaring that’s outshining the rest of the 2016 ‘The Year of Romance in the world’s.

Caribbean’ has attracted some very

The Caribbean opened its favorable response,” Riley added. arms to 7% more tourists last year, Romance or otherwise, a growth that was higher than every sunny set of Caribbean countries is other region, and nearly double the courting the world’s jetsetters.

4.4% global average tourism growth in Barbados, Cuba, Curaçao, 2015, according to the World Tourism Haiti, Suriname and Trinidad & Organization.

Tobago saw some of the greatest

So why are more folks tourism growth in 2015, and Belize is flocking to the tropics? coming into its own as a hotspot.

Mostly because more people These seven isles are 2016’s have more money to play with now “it” destinations, and where many will that the global economy is getting want to be next time they swap their itself in order. desk for the beach.

And because air capacity hit a well-timed growth spurt.

FOR ALL-TO-YOURSELF

Jet Blue was the Caribbean’s BEACHES: TOBAGO biggest fan, adding flights from the U.S. to Curacao, Grenada and When basking in the beauty of beaches, Barbados, with plans to open up the biggest problem, after choosing flights from Fort Lauderdale to the which swimwear to sport, might be Bahamas in August. where to find secluded shores.

Delta increased air capacity In Tobago, the 25-mile-long to Belize and St. Croix, and Alitalia sister island of Trinidad, beaches are added flights from Milan to Antigua unspoilt and still unencumbered by & Barbuda. crowds.

At Englishman’s Bay, visitors

The super dollar helped encourage Americans to pack their will have a half-mile of palm-lined flip-flops and sarongs for island sand to themselves, and at getaways, with visits growing 6.3% Pirate’s Bay a 157-step to 14.3 million, or roughly half of all descent leads to crystal-clear waters many don’t know are there. trips to the Caribbean last year.

Europe saw seven-year high Jemma’s Seaview Kitchen, growth with 4.2% more people taking built into a tree on the beach in their euros to the islands. Intra- Speyside, serves up homegrown Caribbean travel hit a high, too, as favorites like king fish and callaloo.

11.4% more Caribbean travelers spent FOR ADVENTURE: CURAÇAO the year checking out neighboring countries.

Stats aside, Caribbean For visitors ready to go from the tourism is up because people just water’s edge to its depths, Curacao want to escape the general global offers up some of the Caribbean’s best below-the-sea exploits. disquietude.

FOR SWIMMING AND SUNNING: BARBADOS Barbados rarely gets left off of best beach lists -- the island’s Crane Beach has regularly been ranked among the 10 best beaches in the world.

But there are 59 others if that one somehow doesn’t suit.

Then there’s the flying fish.

They’re not hard to find since the flying fish is a national symbol of Barbados.

The one to try comes in a sandwich, called a cutter, from Cuz’s Fish Stand in Bridgetown, an unassuming beach shack with rave reviews and a perpetual line.

FOR GOING BEYOND THE BEACH: BELIZE’S JUNGLE

There’s hopping a mini plane to plunge into the interior of virgin rainforest.

Or scaling the Voltzberg dome accompanied by eight species of monkeys for panoramic tropical vistas.

And looking for giant leatherback turtles at Galibi Nature Reserve.

Either way, visitors are unlikely to see much of their hotel room.

FOR COLONIAL RELICS: CUBA It’s possible to land in Cuba without any plans and still have the most memorable trip of your life.

Now that travel restrictions are easing for many, dreams of strolling the storied cobblestone streets of Trinidad on the island’s southern coast can come true.

The town’s Spanish Colonial architecture has remained startlingly unchanged since the 19th-century sugar boom, with its pastel hues and ornate ironwork.

When night falls, the salsa rhythms heat up at Casa de la Musica, a live music street dance under the stars.

Belize is more than beaches, it’s got mountains and jungles and waterfalls too.

Up in the Maya Mountains at the edge of the island’s Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve, there’s a 16-cabana ecotourism gem, Gaia Riverlodge, that peeks over a waterfall and a river that powers it.

Inside, indigenous Belizean hardwood adorns private, thatched- FOR PRIVATE GROTTOS: HAITI roof rooms where names like “Sun” Haiti has emerged as a and “Cascade” sub for numbers and the chef makes staples like fish serre big-time travel destination and the with organic ingredients from Gaia’s island’s best lure is Bassins Bleu near Jacmel in southern Haiti. garden.

As with most gems, the hidden

Beyond the lodge, at Barton Creek Caves, visitors can kayak into Haitian trio of blue water basins can an archaeological wonder where be tricky to find, but once travelers ancient Maya called on rain gods as have hiked the hike, dropped a straw into a refreshing hacked-open coconut early as 200 A.D. and descended the rope to get to the pools, they might have the grotto all FOR BEING AT ONE WITH to themselves.

NATURE: SURINAME

Adventurers have been Suriname is on an upswing as a known to jump from the waterfalls tourist destination, meaning going that fill the pools, but Bassins Bleu now puts travelers ahead of the influx has a daily visitor limit to protect its perfection, so it’s best to plan ahead. and makes for a dialed-back break.

Rihanna launches regional scholarship programme

Barbadian pop superstar tuition expenses.

Rihanna is helping students from The application window the Caribbean attain college launched on Monday, May 9 and education through her Clara Lionel will remain open until June 10.

Fifty winners will be selected and Foundation (CLF).

Rihanna will offer grants, announced later in August. through the Global Scholarship In a video also posted on Programme, to residents of YouTube on Monday, Rihanna said: Barbados, Brazil, Cuba, Grenada, “I don’t think it’s fair that children Guyana, Haiti and Jamaica who should carry the burden of financial are eligible to attend school in the limitations at school at such a young US and have been accepted into age. We launched the CLF initiative an accredited four-year college or [towards] these basic needs that university. children have in the schools.”

Through the needs-based “We want college graduates scholarship, these students will in our programme. A lot of these have the opportunity to receive kids [are] really smart and are an award between US$5,000 and doing really well in school but they $50,000 to go toward their tuition. may not have the access [to] or the Awards are for undergraduate financial stability to take it any study only and may be used only for further than that so that’s why we

started,” she added.

Prospective candidates may apply here: https://scholarsapply. org/claralionelfdn/

CLF was founded in 2012 by Robyn “Rihanna” Fenty in honour of her grandparents, Clara and Lionel Braithwaite.

Grants funded by CLF are used to promote global programs in the areas that Rihanna is most passionate about including health, education, arts and culture.

Current programs include the Clara Braithwaite Center for Oncology and Nuclear Medicine at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Barbados, the Clara Lionel Foundation Global Scholarship Singer Rihanna poses at the second annual Diamond Ball Program and the Barbados Micro fundraising event in Santa Monica, California December Grants for Schools Program.

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CARIBBEAN NEWS

Barbados records economic growth in first quarter of 2016

The Barbados economy grew by an estimated 1.7 per cent during the first quarter of 2016, thanks to another strong winter tourist season, according to figures released Tuesday by the Central Bank of Barbados (CBB).

It said that long-stay arrivals were up seven per cent, with continued improvement in the United States and United Kingdom markets. Retail prices are estimated to have remained unchanged for the quarter and unemployment for 2015 averaged 11.3 per cent, down from the previous year’s 12.3 per cent.

The CBB said that international reserves at April 30 stood at BDS$938 million (One Barbados dollar =US$0.50 cents), equivalent to 14 weeks of import cover, an increase of BDS$11 million during the winter tourist season.

The bank said that the current forecast for economic growth in 2016 is 1.6 per cent, mainly because of tourism and ancillary activity.

“Summer airlift capacity is forecasted to be up 4.5 per cent, with increases from the UK and US. Total investment in infrastructure, tourism facilities and alternative energy is expected to be 23 per cent higher than last year.”

It said the fiscal deficit for 2016/17 is projected to be five per cent of gross domestic [product (GDP), on the basis of expenditures approved by Parliament in March 20 16.

This compares with projected nominal growth of GDP of 2.5 per cent – real growth of 1.6 per cent, plus a deflator of 0.9 per cent -, implying a further increase in the gross debt to GDP ratio. As has become the norm, a budget and financial statement is expected shortly, in an effort to close this gap.”

The CBB said net private inflows increased by BDS$19 million, largely due to the proceeds from the sale of Banks Holdings Limited to the Brazilian conglomerate, Ambev, which yielded BDS$102 million for local shareholders and BDS$68 million

Flag of Barbados for overseas-based shareholders.

It said that the proceeds from this sale contributed to an increase for the quarter of BDS$186 million in commercial banks’ net foreign assets.

“Private net investment inflows are estimated at BDS$170 million for the quarter, above the average of BDS$BDS $83 million.”

But the bank noted that there has been a slowdown in the installation of solar photovoltaic systems by homeowners and businesses.

It said that three megawatts of energy was produced by new installations in the first quarter, compared with the four megawatts in the same period last year.

The Barbados Light & Power continued work on its solar farm with a capacity of 10 megawatts, which is targeted to come on stream in September of this year. There are estimated to be 150 purely electric vehicles currently registered in Barbados, and 39 charging facilities that are accessible to the public are distributed across the country.

Unlike most countries where electric vehicles are sold, Barbadian owners do not face a situation where the range of their vehicles is of concern,” the CBB noted.

It said that companies and agents in the international business sector are adapting to the changing currents and opportunities in the sector.

“Although there was a two per cent decline in the number of total licenses awarded in the quarter, there has been an expansion in the number of societies with restricted liability and exempt insurance management companies.”

Barbados’ largest physical export category, chemicals, was up six per cent, and exports of value added rum were about the same as for the period a year ago, but commodity rum exports were down.

The bank said that fuel import prices fell by 37 per cent and the volume of fuels imported was down by 16 per cent, a saving of BDS$33 million, or five per cent of all imports for the first quarter of 2016.

The figures show there were also declines in most other imported goods including food and beverages which contracted by four per cent.

The CBB said that in response to the unsustainable deficit of 11 per cent in fiscal year 2013/14, Government committed to a new medium term programme of fiscal consolidation, which saw the reduction of the 2014/15 deficit to 6.9 per cent of GDP.

It said the estimated deficit for fiscal year 2015/16 was 5.4 per cent, in excess of the targeted accrual deficit of 4.5 per cent at the time of the Minister of Finance’s Economic Statement in June 2015.

World leading tour operators convene in Barbados

Global tour operators recently carved out critical time to meet with the leadership of Barbados’ tourism industry, from May 11-15, 2016.

According to CEO of the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc., William Griffith, the conference, dubbed Connect Barbados 50, was a major thrust by the industry to join in the 50 anniversary celebrations of Barbados’ independence, while affording local partners the chance to interact directly with some of the biggest sellers in tourism.

“Over 950 meetings took take place and our partners had a golden opportunity to negotiate additional business for their respective properties, attractions, etc. For us at the BTMI, it was an important opportunity to get vital feedback from them while showcasing all that is new and

About 100 companies linked to Cayman in Panama Papers

exciting about our destination.”

The BTMI conference, which was hosted by Hilton Barbados, attracted tour operators from the USA, the UK, Canada, Europe and the Caribbean & Latin America, including major names such as Expedia, British Airways Holidays, Virgin Holidays, Thomas Cook, Apple Vacations, CheapCaribbean.com, JetBlue Getaways and more.

The deals struck during the business-to-business (B2B) conferences often generate millions of dollars and provide hundreds of jobs for industry workers. During the conference, the operators explored the Museum of Parliament, learnt of the island’s Barbados’ history during the Holetown Heritage Walking Tour and savoured Barbados’ best epicurean offerings during several events.

CEO Griffith emphasized the importance of maintaining a strong reciprocal relationship with the tour operators indicating that it bodes well for the island’s tourism arrivals in the long term.

“Tour operators are a major source of revenue for our country because of the hundreds of thousands of visitors they refer to our destination each year. At the same time, they rely heavily on us as destination marketing companies to provide them with up-to-date selling points that can match what visitors want.

This week is therefore about empowering them to be true ambassadors for brand Barbados and we are pleased to be able to do this with the support of our partners, the Barbados Hotel & Tourism Association (BHTA) and the Barbados Tourism Product Authority (BTPA).”

The facade of the Arango Orillac Building, home of the Mossack Fonseca law firm in Panama City, Panama, which is the source of the vast trove of documents detailing offshore financial dealings

The Cayman Islands plays only a minor role in the offshore data leak involving the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca.

Of the 214,000 offshore companies set up by the firm, none was incorporated in the Cayman Islands and only 104 had a link to Cayman. In almost all of these cases, the companies, although incorporated elsewhere, provided a Cayman Islands contact address or were set up on the instruction of a Cayman-based intermediary.

About a third of the companies are still active.

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists on Monday published an online database of entities, officers and intermediaries linked to the Panama Papers release. The database does not contain all of the 11.5 million internal documents belonging to Mossack Fonseca because the ICIJ decided not to release files containing phone numbers, bank account information, financial transactions or passports for privacy reasons. As a result, the database does not always reveal the beneficial owners of the entities, but more commonly shows only a corporate service provider or parent company.

However, the now-published data includes all of the 214,000 offshore companies established or administered by Mossack Fonseca between 1977 and 2015. In addition, the database contains about 14,000 intermediaries, such as law firms, banks and trust services providers who directed the Panama law firm to establish entities on behalf of their clients.

A cursory search of the Cayman-linked entities, officers and intermediaries revealed the typical assortment of banks and trust services providers, investment entities and corporate directors that can be expected in a corporate database of offshore companies.

In addition to 104 entities connected with the Cayman Islands, there were 32 Cayman intermediaries linked to entities set up by Mossack Fonseca. Cayman companies, service providers and individuals are named about 600 times as officers of entities created by the Panama law firm.

In the international context, this means Cayman’s role in the Panama Papers is relatively benign as far as volume is concerned. Mossack Fonseca worked with intermediaries in more than 100 countries.

An analysis by Swissinfo shows that the largest number of intermediaries that instructed Mossack Fonseca to establish companies or trusts came from Hong Kong (4,902), the United Kingdom (2,106) and the United States (1,540).

Switzerland also played an important role, with at least 1,339 intermediaries setting up more than 34,000 offshore companies with Mossack Fonseca alone, Swissinfo reported.

The largest number of offshore companies were set up on the instruction of the law firm’s intermediary clients in Hong Kong, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

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Jamaica not yet on board regarding genetically modified mosquitoes The Jamaica government says it is still in fact it exist, it would have existed to study proposals allowing countries before my time as minister,” Tufton to release genetically modified told radio listeners. mosquitoes to help fight the mosquito He said he would want to review any such proposal “to determine…that the borne Zika virus.

Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton science of it, this particular pursuit speaking on radio here, said he’s in is no way endangering our natural the dark over plans announced by his environment. So I have asked the Ministry to release the genetically permanent secretary to give me a report on it and in the week to come I modified mosquitoes.

Countries across the region will be will get that report”. meeting in Mexico in July to discuss Jamaica has resorted mainly to fogging the implementation of a pilot to release and reducing mosquito breeding sites sterile mosquitoes as a biological as a method of vector control and control method for the Aedes Aegypti Tufton said that a survey of 600,000 sites across the island found 75 per mosquito.

But, Tufton told radio listeners that he cent had breeding sites for the aedes is not clear on the programme and has aegypti mosquito. asked for a report on the details of the Tufton said the number of confirmed proposal. cases of the Zika virus in Jamaica has “I don’t know that it exists and if it increased. exists it would be news to me, so I have “The results suggest that we have requested a brief on the matter and if about 10 cases, we have picked up

Mosquitoes another one or two cases. There is still reason for concern as Zika could expand based on the prevalence of the adedes egypti mosquito and that the virus is in our environment.

Over the weekend, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said the Zika epidemic a year later has taken the Americas, including the Caribbean,

Man paralysed after being shot by police

Thorne Clarke, 22, was the blue uniform,” he recalled. criminal” causing him to develop left paralysed from the chest “They told me to stop and I did “huge, deep bed sores.” down after being shot in the back and they asked me to come out “We wanted to fly him by police while driving on Wilson of the vehicle. I asked them why out when he got shot, but we Tract three months ago. and told them to give me a reason. were told we couldn’t do that

The former accounting They just kept shouting at me because he was under police major at The College of The telling me to get out. I asked guard, we couldn’t even move Bahamas said he still has no them again, why I needed to get him to Doctors Hospital because idea why officers pulled him over out when I did nothing wrong the head nurses said he was or why they “felt the need to and they refused to answer me.” under arrest,” Ms Clarke said. shoot him” when he “posed them “They didn’t answer so “The nurses there were not paying no threat”.

I began to pull off. I didn’t even him any attention. When he was

In an interview with get 10 feet when they shot at finally released his bedsores The Tribune in his Faith Avenue the car. They hit me in the back were terrible. They were like old home, Mr Clarke said his medical and my legs immediately went people bedsores, he was there for bills are “piling up” and he needs stiff. I couldn’t take my foot off a month and one of the bedsores to have surgery to remove the the gas pedal so I crashed into was so bad my fist could fit in it. bullet that is still lodged in his Windsor Park wall. “Officers “After the police left, spine - something he says the then came and dragged me out the nurses started to treat him Royal Bahamas Police Force of the car, threw me on floor different. When they released (RBPF) should fund. and handcuffed me. They were (him), he was not a criminal but

In addition Mr Clarke kicking and one of the officers at that point he was already said he needs a hospital bed, a had his foot on my face. I was bad. When I brought him home back brace, a wheelchair and screaming because I was in pain,” and I changed him and then I a full-time caregiver since he He claimed that the officer told saw the bedsores, it broke me is no longer able to take care of him that he “might as well make down. I didn’t break down when himself. He said the family plans peace with the Lord and die.” they told me he got shot and was on suing the RBPF for medical “I had on a tam and they paralysed but that bedsore did it expenses, pain and suffering. took it off and looked at me,” he for me. I couldn’t stop crying. To

Mr Clarke was shot said. He claimed that the officer see how they neglected him that shortly after 10pm on Saturday, then remarked. “This isn’t even hurt me. They just had him lying February 13, in the Wulff Road the n*a we was looking for.” After there in filth with no attention.”

Area. that they got on the phone and Ms Clarke also said

According to a police called their bosses, they didn’t doctors in the United States report released the next even call the ambulance until said if her son had received the day, officers said they saw a 15 minutes later when their proper medical attention right suspicious looking man get into superior got there,” he claimed. away, he might have been able a Nissan vehicle and attempt to Mr Clarke said officers to walk. She also said they don’t drive off. stayed with him in the hospital understand why the bullet was

“Officers surrounded for four days “until they caught never removed. the vehicle and ordered the the guy they thought I was or Mr Clarke is scheduled driver out. The driver refused was associated with, then they to travel to Jackson Memorial and attempted to ‘knock down’ left.”

Hospital in Florida in June to one of the officers. The officer in Karen Clarke, Mr remove the bullet and begin fear of his life, shot the suspect. Clarke’s mother, said her son physical therapy but the family The suspect was then taken to was in the hospital for four weeks is unable to pay the medical the hospital under heavy police and no one from the RBPF came expenses. guard,” the RBPF press release to speak to her or her son until They are hoping to have said. two days before he was released. a cook out to raise funds on

However, Mr Clarke said Even then, Ms Clarke said they Labour Day. he never got out of his vehicle still did not explain to her what When contacted and never tried to hit anyone happened.

by The Tribune, Assistant with his car. He said he was She also criticised Commissioner of Police Stephen driving through a corner when the staff at the hospital, who Dean said police are “sticking to officers stopped him. she claimed neglected her son their original statement” on the

“They were dressed in because “they thought he was a matter.

by surprise, saying that it has become “notorious.”

“It has made headlines in newspapers and television news programs around the world,” said PAHO on the epidemic’s first anniversary on Saturday.

“Researchers on various continents are scrambling to discover more about it.

And health authorities in the Americas are struggling to raise awareness of the potentially devastating impact of this new virus – without causing undue alarm.”

PAHO said Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are transmitting Zika virus in 57 countries and territories, 38 of them in the Americas.

Sexual transmission of the virus has been confirmed in nine countries, and almost 1,300 cases of microcephaly or birth defects have been reported, the vast majority in Brazil.

Dominica signs multi-million dollar road rehabilitation project

National Authorizing Officer, Carleen Roberts signing the contract with Philippe Valbon, Managing Director of Trayvis EURL of Martinique

More than 5,000 farmers are to benefit from a multi-million dollar agreement as the Dominica government moves to rehabilitate a number of feeder roads across the island.

“This investment will serve 5073 farmers, providing access to an anticipated 16, 092 acres of productive land. This investment goes beyond the negative diatribe of non-believers, it proves that the government of Dominica is committed to agriculture,” Agriculture Johnson Minister Drigo said at the signing ceremony.

Under the agreement, contracts were signed with companies from St. Lucia, Martinique and the host country Dominica totalling more than EC$20 million (One EC dollar =US$0.37 cents).

The funds will come from the European Union through the Banana Accompanying Measures (BAM).

Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit told the ceremony that “the specific objective of the feeder road rehabilitation project is to enhance the commercial competitiveness and productivity through an improvement of physical infrastructure”.

He said the agricultural sector “has been and will continue to be a major contributor to rural employment specifically and economic development overall.

“It has the ability to earn much more foreign exchange and is essential in our quest to feed ourselves in a sustainable manner.’

He said that notwithstanding the various challenges including the loss of preferential treatment on the European market for Caribbean bananas, the impact of diseases, “government’s investment in the sector has ensured that it remains strong”.

He said the signing ceremony is a further indication of his administration’s efforts to continue the investment in the sector.

“Under the BAM Euro15.27 million or approximately EC$45.81 million have been allocated for strategic development initiatives in the agricultural sector thereby helping the government to achieve some of its development objectives,” Skerrit said.

The road rehabilitation exercise is expected to be completed within a 1 month period.

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Trump draws even with Clinton in national White House poll

Clinton and 40 percent backing Trump, with 19 percent undecided. The survey of 1,289 people was conducted over five days and has a credibility interval of 3 percentage points.

“Very happy to see these numbers,” Trump said in a written comment to Reuters. “Good direction.”

A spokesman for Clinton’s campaign did not respond to requests for comment on the poll.

A Reuters/Ipsos survey conducted in the five days to May 4 had the former secretary of state at 48 percent and the New York magnate at 35 percent.

Republican strategist Dave Donald Trump signs autographs at the end of a Carney said the Reuters/Ipsos poll campaign rally in Eugene, Oregon showed the vulnerability of Clinton,

Republican Donald Trump who is still battling U.S. Senator pulled even with Democratic rival from Vermont Bernie Sanders for the Hillary Clinton in a Reuters/Ipsos Democratic nomination.

“She has been in the public eye opinion poll released on Wednesday, in a dramatic early sign that the Nov. for decades, served in high office, and 8 presidential election might be more now she’s in a dead heat with Trump, in a race that everyone thought she hotly contested than first thought.

While much can change in would win easily,” said Carney, who the six months until the election, the has been critical of Trump. “Everyone results of the online survey are a red thought it would be a romp.”

Trump has his own problems, flag for the Clinton campaign that the billionaire’s unorthodox bid for the though. He is struggling to bring White House cannot be brushed aside. some senior Republicans behind his Trump’s numbers surged after he campaign after primary election effectively won the Republican battles in which his fiery rhetoric nomination last week by knocking out rankled party elites.

Several Republican leaders his two remaining rivals, according to -- including House of Representatives the poll.

The national survey found Speaker Paul Ryan -- are withholding 41 percent of likely voters supporting their support.

Women arrested in Chicago airport with $3 million in drugs in luggage: police

A combination photo shows (L-R) Pa Yang, 57, Mai Vue Vang, 58, and True Thao, 52, all of Minnesota, after their arrest at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport with more than $3 million of heroin and opium in their luggage in these photos released by the Chicago Police Department, Chicago, Illinois, United States on May 11, 2016

A Cook County judge set a $50,000 bond each on Wednesday for three women who were arrested at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport with more than $3 million of heroin and opium in their luggage.

The three - Pa Yang, 57, Mai Vue Vang, 58, and True Thao, 52, all from Minnesota - had arrived on Tuesday on a flight from Japan, the Chicago Police Department said in a statement.

During a screening of passengers, U. S. Customs and Border Protection agents discovered 70 pounds (32 kg) of heroin and opium in numerous small packets in the women’s luggage, police said.

The women are being represented by the Cook County Public

Defender’s office, who told Circuit Court Judge Donald Panarese Jr, they have not been able to question their clients because a translator is needed.

Officials did not say what language the interpreter must speak.

The attorney representing the women declined to comment or give his name. Messages left for representatives at the public defender’s office were not immediately returned.

The women each face one felony count of possession with intent to deliver, according to the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office. The charge is punishable by 15 to 60 years in prison.

They are scheduled to appear in court June 2 and are being held in the Cook County Detention Center in Chicago.

“After a tough primary, that’s out to people like him in just one year. going to take some effort,” Ryan said That is no way to create good job with about unifying the party. “We are rising incomes for the vast majority of Americans, is it?” committed to putting that effort in.”

Trump has taunted Clinton

The former reality TV star will face pressure to tone down his in recent days for failing to “close the rhetoric and clarify his policy positions deal” against Sanders.

University of Virginia political when he visits Republican lawmakers, science professor Larry Sabato said including Ryan, on Thursday.

Former Republican Trump - who has promised to force presidential nominee Mitt Romney Mexico to pay for a border wall to halt criticized Trump on Wednesday for illegal immigration and called for a not releasing his tax returns, saying temporary ban on Muslims entering the only explanation was that the the country - could also face a wall of opposition among minority voters. documents contained a “bombshell.”

“This is an election that

Trump has said that he will make public his tax returns on the will be determined as much by the demographic composition of the completion of an audit.

Clinton and Trump both poll American electorate as anything else well with voters of their respective - and that didn’t change in a week,” he parties, but independent voters said.

Clinton’s loss in the continue to express uncertainty about who they will support, with 38 percent Democratic primary election in West in the Reuters/Ipsos poll saying they Virginia on Tuesday also signaled are unsure or would vote for someone possible trouble for her in industrial states in November, underscoring how else.

With the party’s primary she still needs to court working-class season winding down, the two likely voters in the Rust Belt.

Roughly six in 10 voters nominees have turned their attention to attacking each other, both on policy in West Virginia, which has one of the highest unemployment rates in and personality.

Clinton took aim at Trump’s tax country, said they were very worried reform plan at a rally in New Jersey about the direction of the U.S. economy in the next few years, according to a on Wednesday.

With a typical American preliminary ABC News exit poll.

The same proportion cited family earning $54,000 per year, Clinton said, “It would take that the economy and jobs as the most family 24 years of work to earn what important issue in the election.

Donald Trump’s tax plan will hand

Zimmerman to auction gun he used to kill Trayvon Martin

The Florida man who shot dead black youth Trayvon Martin in an incident that prompted nationwide civil rights protests will auction the gun he used on Thursday and use some proceeds to challenge presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s gun control policies, the auction website said.

The U.S. Department of Justice recently returned to George Zimmerman the Kel Tec 9mm gun that he used to kill Martin, an unarmed black teenager, on Feb. 26, 2012, according to Gunbroker.com, the website where the weapon is being auctioned.

Zimmerman described the weapon as “a piece of American history”, according to the website.

The one-day auction is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. EST (1500 GMT) on Thursday with bidding starting at $5,000.

Zimmerman, who was a neighborhood watch volunteer at the time of the incident, said the shooting was in self-defense. Martin’s family said the teenager was simply passing through the housing area on his way home from a convenience store.

Zimmermann was acquitted of second-degree murder and manslaughter charges in the incident that stirred civil rights rallies and drew international attention Florida’s controversial “stand your

to

The handgun used in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin is seen this handout photo provided by the State Attorney’s Office on May 17, 2012 ground” law.

President Barack Obama said after the acquittal of Zimmerman that Martin “could have been me, 35 years ago” and urged Americans to understand the pain African-Americans felt over the case.

Zimmerman said on the website he planned to use a portion of the proceeds to fight Black Lives Matter, a black rights movement that grew out of the incident, and counter “violence against law enforcement officers.”

Proceeds would also be used to help fight Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton’s “anti-firearm rhetoric,” he said.

“I am honored and humbled to announce the sale of an American firearm icon. The firearm for sale is the firearm that was used to defend my life and end the brutal attack from Trayvon Martin,” he said in the description.

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Bahamian accused of hacking celebrities’ emails pleads guilty in U.S.

A Bahamian man accused of hacking into celebrities’ email accounts to steal unreleased movies and television scripts, personal information and sexually explicit videos that he then tried to sell pleaded guilty on Monday.

Alonzo Knowles, who was arrested in December after allegedly trying to sell an undercover agent 15 scripts for $80,000, pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court to charges of criminal copyright infringement and identity theft.

“I am sorry for my actions,” Knowles said in court.

Under a plea deal, Knowles, 24, agreed to forfeit $1,900 along with 25 unpublished movie and TV scripts and copies of unpublished music found on a DropBox account belonging to him.

He also agreed to waive his right to appeal any sentence below 2-3/4 years in prison.

His sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 25.

According to authorities, Knowles maintained a list of at least 130 celebrities’ emails and phone numbers. His victims included movie and TV actors, a casting director, a popular singersongwriter and a hip-hop artist, authorities say.

Prosecutors have not identified by name the celebrities or the titles of the scripts at issue.

But one script he offered to sell to the undercover agent was for “All Eyez On Me,” the upcoming biopic of Tupac Shakur, who died in a 1996 shooting, the film’s production company has said.

The probe began in December, after a person described as a “popular radio host” received an offer from someone for scripts of a TV drama’s upcoming season, authorities said.

The radio host contacted the show’s executive producer, leading to an investigation by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, authorities said.

The investigation led to Knowles, who in video conference calls told the undercover agent that he had “exclusive content” that was “really profitable” and worth “hundreds of thousands of dollars,” prosecutors said.

Knowles later traveled to New York, where he met the agent and provided the 15 scripts along with social security numbers for three professional athletes and an actress, authorities said.

Prosecutors said Knowles told the agent he accessed the celebrities’ email accounts by sending a virus to their computers or by emailing a fake notification that their account had been hacked and asking for their passcodes.

Following the meeting, Knowles was arrested.

British Overseas territories resist calls for concessions to end tax secrecy

Key UK overseas territories led by the British Virgin Islands are still resisting David Cameron’s calls to make fresh concessions on ending tax secrecy at the prime minister’s anti-corruption conference in London on Thursday.

The overseas territories have said they will not sign up to public central registers of beneficial ownership, one of the key demands of the charities and anti-corruption campaign groups eager to expose the money launderers hiding their gains in the BVI and elsewhere.

Cameron knows his attempt for global leadership status on fighting corruption is being hampered by his inability to persuade the overseas territories to do more to end tax secrecy at a meeting which John Kerry, the US secretary of state, will also attend.

Downing Street is increasingly confident that leaders from the key territories will at least attend the summit, after those from the Cayman Islands said they would come.

However, the BVI government has yet to announce whether it will send representatives. More than half of the offshore companies set up by the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca were registered in the BVI.

In recent weeks ministers have started pressing the overseas territories to accept the so-called automatic exchange of information between a range of jurisdictions – a significant initiative agreed last month and backed by the UK, Germany, France, Spain, Italy and now 15 other countries.

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The UK Treasury wants the overseas territories to sign

up to the initiative, which covers company beneficial ownership registers and new registers of trusts that generate tax consequences.

The Treasury says such automatic exchange would give tax and law enforcement agencies direct access to significant amounts of information, allowing for more effective investigation of financial crime. British officials speaking on Monday said only Anguilla, Montserrat, Gibraltar and the Isle of Man – representing smaller financial centres – have so far agreed to the scheme.

The willingness of leaders from the Cayman Islands to attend the summit is a sign that they may be willing to compromise.

Officials said they were in a dialogue with all the overseas territories, pointing out the EU wants to make automatic exchange of information a global standard. One official said he was confident some of the territories would attend the summit, but “a dialogue was underway on whether they would come and on what basis”.

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Some of the overseas territories resent the fresh demands on sharing information only weeks after they had ended bruising negotiations with Whitehall by agreeing to a central register of ownership open only to UK law enforcement agencies.

Cameron is prepared to accept criticisms from campaign groups on his failure to persuade the territories to back a public register, arguing that the territories have taken a great step forward by agreeing to any register.

UK officials said the summit will issue a communique, a declaration and each attending country would publish its own action plan – a device for each

country to make pledges that go further than the declaration.

The UK action plan will contain commitments on the disclosure of companies that purchase property in the UK.

A diverse group of leaders are attending the summit, including the Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari, his Afghan and Columbian counterparts, Ashraf Ghani and Juan Manuel Santos, as well as the Argentinian foreign minister, Susana Malcorra.

The conference will also be addressed by Sarah Chayes, author of Thieves of State: Why Corruption Threatens Global Security.

Malta’s prime minister, Joseph Muscat, is giving a keynote address – although one of his ministers, Konrad Mizzi, featured in the Panama Papers.

Mizzi set up a secret offshore trust in New Zealand, receiving help from Keith Schembri, Muscat’s chief of staff.

Schembri, a former bank clerk, helped set up the trust and filled in much of the paperwork. His Maltese diplomatic passport appears in the Panama Papers.

Mossack Fonseca identified him as a Pep, a politically exposed person.

The revelations have caused a major political row in Malta. Last week, Mizzi narrowly survived a motion of no confidence in the country’s parliament. He was the only serving EU minister to be found owning an opaque offshore trust.

Russia, meanwhile, is sending a top former spy to the summit. Oleg Syromolotov was the deputy director of the FSB, the agency which sent two assassins in 2006 to poison the Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko. In January a public inquiry found that Vladimir Putin had “probably approved” the operation together with Nikolai Patrushev, the FSB’s then director.

Cameron says leaders of ‘fantastically corrupt’ countries to attend UK anti-graft summit

British Prime Minister David countries coming to Britain.”

Cameron went on: “Nigeria Cameron was caught on camera telling Queen Elizabeth on Tuesday and Afghanistan - possibly two of the that leaders of some “fantastically most corrupt countries in the world.”

The queen, who steers clear corrupt” countries, including Nigeria and Afghanistan, were due to attend of political comment, did not respond to Cameron’s comment. But the his anti-corruption summit.

Cameron will host an Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin international anti-corruption summit Welby, said: “But this particular on Thursday aimed at stepping up president is actually not corrupt.” global action to combat corruption in Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari and Afghan The Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow (L) introduces Prime Minister David Cameron all walks of life.

In a pooled video feed made President Ashraf Ghani, both of (C) to Queen Elizabeth, as Chris Grayling (2nd R), leader of the House of Commons and Chris Bryant, available to the ITN broadcaster, whom are due to attend the summit, shadow leader of the House of Commons, watch during a reception in Buckingham Palace to mark Cameron was shown talking with the acknowledge corruption in their the The Queen’s 90th birthday, in London, Britain May 10, 2016 queen at Buckingham Palace about countries and have pledged to clean it Afghanistan is at number 166, second- “There is no doubt that historically, up. from-bottom, in campaign group Nigeria and Afghanistan have had the summit.

“We had a very successful Buhari’s spokesman Garba Transparency International’s latest very high levels of corruption, and cabinet meeting this morning, Shehu said Cameron’s remarks were Corruption Perceptions Index, an that continues to this day,” said Cobus de Swardt, Managing Director of talking about our anti-corruption not “reflective of the good work that annual ranking of countries.

Only North Korea and Transparency International. summit,” Cameron said when the the president is doing”. queen approached. “We have got the “The Prime Minister must be looking at Somalia, jointly ranked at number 167, “But the leaders of those countries have sent strong signals that Nigerians - actually we have got some an old snapshot of Nigeria,” Shehu said, are perceived to be more corrupt. leaders of some fantastically corrupt adding: “Thank you to the Archbishop.” Nigeria is at number 136 in the index. they want things to change.”

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London’s mayor an exception to proposed ban on Muslims: Trump

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who has called for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States, suggested he would make an exception for London’s newly elected Muslim mayor, the New York Times reported.

However, Sadiq Khan who was sworn in as mayor of the British capital on Saturday, dismissed Trump’s response, saying the real estate billionaire and presumptive Republican nominee had an “ignorant view of Islam”.

“There will always be exceptions,” the Times on Monday quoted Trump as saying when asked how his controversial proposal would apply to Khan, the son of a Pakistani immigrant bus driver and a seamstress.

Trump said he was happy to see Khan elected, the Times reported, adding: “You lead by example, always lead by example.

If he does a good job ... that would be a terrific thing.”

Trump put forth the idea of the ban after deadly attacks by Islamist militants in Paris and California last year. Muslim and human rights groups, Trump’s Democratic rivals and many of his Republican presidential opponents condemned the proposal as divisive, counter-productive and contrary to American values.

Khan said Trump’s view risked alienating mainstream Muslims and played into the hands of extremists, making both Britain and the United States less

Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to supporters in Charleston, West Virginia, U.S. May 5, 2016 secure.

“This isn’t just about me it’s about my friends, my family and everyone who comes from a background similar to mine, anywhere in the world,” he said in a statement on Tuesday.

“Donald Trump and those around him think that Western liberal values are incompatible with mainstream Islam - London has proved him wrong.”

Khan, 45, a candidate from the opposition Labour Party, defeated his Conservative rival by a record margin last week to secure the biggest individual mandate in British political history after an

acrimonious campaign.

After his victory, he accused his opponents of using fear and innuendo about his alleged links to extremists to turn ethnic and religious groups against each other, which he described as “something straight out of the Donald Trump playbook”.

In an interview with Time magazine, Khan said he wanted to go to the United States to see the interesting programmes the mayors of New York and Chicago were implementing, but that he would have to visit before January in case Trump won the Nov. 8 election.

Major New York landlord accused of forcing out tenants to convert units

A man pauses in a park along the Hudson River in Hoboken, New Jersey April 7, 2016, as the skyline of New York’s Mid Town Manhattan and the Empire State Building is pictured during sunset

A major New York City landlord was accused on Monday of using harassment, intimidation and fraud to force rent-regulated tenants out of his buildings in order to convert their apartments to more profitable market-rate units.

Steven Croman, whose company owns more than 140 apartment buildings in Manhattan, was also criminally charged with falsifying mortgage documents to obtain more than $45 million in loans.

The 49-year-old Croman pleaded not guilty at state Supreme Court in Manhattan on Monday to 20 felony counts including grand larceny and fraud.

Rent-regulated

apartments, which limit the amount landlords can charge residents based on certain criteria, are a kind of Holy Grail in the city’s high-priced real estate market.

In Manhattan, the median sales price for apartments hit $1.15 million in 2015, according to real estate firms.

But the number of rentregulated apartments has steadily declined, prompting Mayor Bill de Blasio to promote affordable housing as a major priority.

The criminal charges stem from false documents Croman submitted listing rent-regulated units as market-rate apartments and inflating his commercial rental rates to obtain better

refinancing, according to the office of New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

Barry Swartz, Croman’s mortgage broker, was also charged and pleaded not guilty on Monday.

A separate civil lawsuit filed by Schneiderman’s office detailed a variety of illegal tactics Croman allegedly used to force out tenants occupying rent-regulated units.

Croman filed baseless lawsuits against residents to pressure them to move, the lawsuit said. In some cases, Croman’s employees refused to acknowledge receipt of rent checks and then sued tenants for unpaid rent, the complaint alleges.

The lawsuit accuses Croman of hiring a former police officer to intimidate rentregulated tenants.

In addition, Croman routinely engaged in shoddy construction practices, creating dangerous conditions, the lawsuit said.

On more than 20 occasions, health department investigators measured illegally high levels of lead dust in Croman’s buildings, according to the lawsuit.

Dallas woman dies after being mauled by pack of dogs in city

A 52-year-old woman bitten more than 100 times by a pack of dogs last week in a Dallas neighborhood has died, the county medical examiner said on Tuesday.

Antoinette Brown, a grandmother who had served in the U.S. Army, died on Monday, a week after Dallas police said she was mauled by dogs who ripped off her flesh.

She had been in a medically induced coma, with bandages covering exposed tendons and muscles, police said.

“They ate her like they was eating a steak,” her mother, Barbara Brown told the Dallas Morning News.

Dallas police said they did not find any dogs around Brown when they arrived at the scene but animal control officers later took custody of six canines from a nearby home that were suspected of attacking Brown.

The owner of the dogs could face criminal charges, police said.

In response to the mauling, Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings told local media the problem of roaming dog packs in a few impoverished parts of the city had gotten out of hand and called for stepped up efforts to control the animals.

Florida man accidentally shoots himself, notices two days later

A man accidentally shot himself in the arm while cleaning his gun but did not notice until two days later, according to Florida police.

Michael Blevins, 37, of Deltona, said he did not feel pain from the bullet, which pierced skin and muscle before exiting his body, according to an incident report from the Volusia County Sheriff ’s Office.

He also told a deputy that he did not notice the bleeding until he replaced a black shirt he was wearing with a brown one, and the wound created a stain.

Blevins did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Tuesday.

A woman who answered a telephone believed to be at Blevins’ residence, but would only identify herself as Lila, described him as a disabled worker and said she was his emergency contact.

The shooting happened on Thursday in Blevins’ living room as he cleaned a revolver and loaded the cylinder while resting the gun on his chest so his dog would not jump on it, according to the police report.

Blevins told a deputy his back suddenly gave out due to an old injury and he fell, striking his forehead on a table and accidentally firing the gun, the report said.

According to the report, Blevins said the blow to his head, coupled with pain medication he takes for the back injury, likely distracted him from feeling the gunshot.

Blevins took himself to Florida Hospital Fish Memorial on Saturday where staff reported the incident to the sheriff. The case was closed without charges as an accidental shooting.

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Baltimore officer waives jury trial in death of Freddie Gray

Officer Edward M. Nero is pictured in this undated booking photo provided by the Baltimore Police Department

A Baltimore police officer will be tried by a judge instead of a jury on charges stemming from the 2015 death of Freddie Gray, a black man who died in police custody, a Maryland judge ruled on Tuesday.

Edward Nero, 30, is the second officer to face trial in Baltimore City Circuit Court over Gray’s death from a neck injury suffered in a police transport van.

The incident sparked rioting and protests across the city of 620,000 and is one of those highlighted by the Black Lives Matter movement.

Nero is charged with second-degree assault, two counts of misconduct in office and reckless endangerment. All are misdemeanors. Five other officers

also face charges over Gray’s death, ranging from misconduct in office to second-degree murder.

In a pre-trial hearing, Judge Barry Williams granted a request

by Nero’s lawyers to waive his right to a jury and have Williams decide his fate in a bench trial. Williams warned Nero that it was difficult to reverse his decision.

“You generally can’t turn around and have a jury trial,” he said.

Legal experts have said police officers normally waive their rights to a jury because they think judges are more likely to render a not guilty verdict or impose a lighter sentence.

Defense lawyers had tried

to have the trials moved from Baltimore, saying media coverage had made it impossible to find an impartial jury in the majority black city.

Williams said he was granting “at this stage” a defense motion for no discussion of a spring-assisted knife found on Gray.

Prosecutors and the defense have sparred over whether the knife was illegal under state or city law.

Testimony was set to start on Wednesday, but Williams allowed a one-day delay because of electrical work in prosecutors’ offices. He said the trial could run through at least May 18.

Nero was among officers who arrested Gray, 25, in April 2015, when he ran from them, unprovoked.

Gray was not secured by a seatbelt in the police van and an autopsy showed he died from a neck injury incurred during transport.

The first trial, that of Officer William Porter, ended in a hung jury in December.

Williams also denied a motion brought by media groups for access to sealed court records, trial transcripts and other documents.

But he eased his restriction over transcripts, saying reporters could order them with the exception of bench conferences.

China scrambles fighters as U.S. sails warship near Chinese-claimed reef

China scrambled fighter jets on Tuesday as a U.S. navy ship sailed close to a disputed reef in the South China Sea, a patrol China denounced as an illegal threat to peace which only went to show its defense installations in the area were necessary.

Guided missile destroyer the USS William P. Lawrence traveled within 12 nautical miles (22 km) of Chineseoccupied Fiery Cross Reef, U.S. Defense Department spokesman Bill Urban said.

The so-called freedom of navigation operation was undertaken to “challenge excessive maritime claims” by China, Taiwan, and Vietnam which were seeking to restrict navigation rights in the South China Sea, Urban said.

“These excessive maritime claims are inconsistent with international law as reflected in the Law of the Sea Convention in that they purport to restrict the navigation rights that the United States and all states are entitled to exercise,” Urban said in an emailed statement.

China and the United States have traded accusations of militarizing the South China Sea as China undertakes large-scale land reclamation and construction on disputed features while the United States has increased its patrols and exercises.

Facilities on Fiery Cross Reef include a 3,000-metre (10,000-foot) runway which the United States worries China will use to press its extensive territorial claims at the expense of weaker rivals.

China’s Defence Ministry said two fighter jets were scrambled and three warships shadowed the U.S. ship, telling it to leave.

Labour’s Khan becomes first Muslim mayor of London after bitter campaign

Sadiq Khan, the son of a bus driver, became London’s first Muslim mayor on Saturday, seeing off a Conservative challenger who attempted to link him to extremism and securing a much-needed win for his opposition Labour Party.

Khan’s victory, which also makes him the first Muslim to head a major Western capital, was confirmed shortly after midnight inside London’s futuristic glass and steel city hall following a day of mixed news for Labour in elections elsewhere in the country.

Dealt a crushing blow in Scotland, where it came third behind the Scottish National Party and Britain’s ruling Conservatives, Labour did better than expected in England, saving its left-leaning leader from an early challenge.

But the big prize was the London mayor vote, which pitted Khan, 45, who grew up in public housing in inner city London, against Conservative Zac Goldsmith, 41, the son of a billionaire financier.

“This election was not without controversy and I am so proud that London has today chosen hope over fear and unity over division,” Khan said in a short speech after the results.

“I hope that we will never be offered such a stark choice again. Fear does not make us safer, it only makes us weaker and the politics of fear is simply not welcome in our city.”

Plaudits for Khan flooded in from as far afield as New York, whose mayor Bill de Blasio said on Twitter: “Sending congratulations to London’s new mayor and fellow affordable housing advocate, @SadiqKhan.”

Khan’s 13.6 percent margin of victory over Goldsmith was the widest in a London mayoral election in 16 years, showing that a bitter campaign marred by accusations that Khan had links to extremists and charges of antiSemitism within Labour ranks had failed to deter his voters.

The Labour lawmaker replaces Conservative Boris Johnson, who ran the city of 8.6 million people for eight years. A top campaigner for Britain to leave the EU, Johnson is seen as a contender to succeed David Cameron as party leader and prime minister.

The Conservatives were keen to keep hold of the post, which does not run the City of London financial district but has influence over government in lobbying for the capital.

The mayor is responsible for areas such as policing, transport, housing and the environment.

Khan, looking exhausted after a much delayed result, made an emotional speech referencing his Pakistani father, who he said would have been “proud that the city he chose to call his home, has now chosen one of his children to be the mayor.”

Khan held his lead in the opinion polls, despite accusations

by Goldsmith that he has shared platforms with radical Muslim speakers and given “oxygen” to extremists.

Khan says he has fought extremism all his life and that he regrets sharing a stage with speakers who held “abhorrent” views. The Labour Party accused Goldsmith and the ruling Conservative Party of smearing Khan.

Sadiq Khan attends the signing ceremony for the newly elected Mayor of London, in Southwark Cathedral, London, Britain, May 7, 2016

Goldsmith denied the charge, saying he had raised legitimate questions over his opponent’s judgment - but the tactics do seem to have backfired, with some voters interviewed by Reuters saying they found the campaign “disgusting and slimy”.

While fighting those charges, Khan, a former human rights lawyer, also distanced himself from the newly elected Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, after a row over anti-Semitism.

The Labour leader ordered an inquiry into charges of anti-Semitism

after suspending Ken Livingstone, a political ally and a former London mayor, for saying Adolf Hitler had supported Zionism.

The impact of the crisis was difficult to gauge in the election of more than 2,700 local officials and new devolved authorities in Scotland and Wales.

Compared to the last regional elections in 2011, Labour’s share of the vote was down 9.2 percent in Scotland and 7.6 percent in Wales, allowing a strong showing for the antiEU UK Independence Party before a referendum on membership of the bloc on June 23.

But, with fewer losses in England than expected, Corbyn was able to rally enough support to prevent an early challenge.

Corbyn, who was elected as party leader last year on a wave of enthusiasm for change and an end to ‘establishment politics’ among mostly younger members, welcomed some of the results and said he would fight to re-establish Labour in Scotland.

“We hung on and we grew support in a lot of places,” he said.

But he did little to quell criticism of his leadership in a party which has moved from crisis to crisis, the latest the row over anti-Semitism forcing Corbyn to suspend Livingstone.

Richard Angell, director of Labour activist group Progress, said the party had to refocus on issues that concern voters.

“Corbyn need to shake up his operation, kick out Ken Livingstone as a first step to nailing the antiSemitism problem and focus on voterfriendly policy,” he told Reuters.

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Amazon takes aim at YouTube with new video service

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) launched a service on Tuesday that allows users to post videos and earn royalties from them, setting up the world’s biggest online retailer to compete directly with Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) YouTube.

The service, called Amazon Video Direct, will make the uploaded videos available to rent or own, to view free with ads, or be packaged together and offered as an add-on subscription.

Amazon will pay content creators 50 percent of the revenue earned from rental receipts or sale of the videos, according to the company’s license agreement. For ad-supported videos, the creators will get half of the net ad receipts.

Amazon’s fast-growing Prime loyalty program already offers original TV programming and access to digital entertainment products such as Prime

An Amazon logo is seen on a worker’s jacket at an Amazon Fulfillment Center in Wroclaw, Poland December 3, 2015, during the busy holiday shopping season.

Music and Prime Video, as well as one-hour delivery of purchases, for an annual fee of $99.

YouTube offers a free, adsupported service as well as a $10-permonth subscription option called YouTube Red.

Uber to offer union representation to New York City drivers

Amazon, though, has a long of $701.40. way to go to catch up with YouTube, the Users of Amazon’s service will go-to venue for video on the internet be able to make their videos available in United States, Germany, Austria, since 2005.

“I don’t see 50 million Prime the United Kingdom and Japan.

The company has also signed users making a huge dent in the 2 billion YouTube user ecosystem,” up several partners for the service, Wedbush Securities analyst Michael including Conde Nast Entertainment, the Guardian, tech blog Mashable and Pachter said in an email to Reuters.

Ivan Feinseth, at Tigress toymaker Mattel Inc (MAT.O). has been making a Financial Partners, said Amazon had Amazon the technological wherewithal and concentrated push into video. financial resources to be a contender In a client note issued earlier in any business, but was similarly on Tuesday, Bernstein analyst Carlos Kirjner estimated that the company cautious.

“I don’t know if it’s going to will spend about $2.9 billion on video totally disrupt YouTube, or even some content for Amazon Prime this year.

Amazon recently launched of the other services, but for those that are heavy Amazon users, it will have a monthly subscription to its video program for $10.99 and plans to an appeal,” he told Reuters.

Amazon’s shares, already up offer its video streaming service as a about 57 percent in the past 12 months, standalone service for a monthly fee of rose 3.2 percent to an intraday record $8.99.

WhatsApp has finally launched desktop apps for Windows and Mac

An Uber car is seen parked with the driver’s lunch left on the dashboard in Venice, California, United States on July 15, 2015

Uber [UBER.UL] will join with the International Association of Machinists to launch an independent guild to represent drivers of the ridehailing service in New York City, company officials said on Tuesday.

Under a five-year agreement, the Independent Drivers’ Guild, which will be a branch of the Machinists Union, will aim to protect the current 35,000 drivers and any future drivers who work for Uber in the city, the guild said in a statement.

“Forming this Guild is crucial for thousands of drivers who need a stronger voice and gives organized labor an opportunity to shape the new economy in a way that supports and values workers and their families,” said James Conigliaro Jr., founder of the Independent Drivers Guild. Uber has been trying to repair a sometimes rocky relationship with its drivers across the country.

Some drivers have filed lawsuits contending that they should be classified as employees rather than contractors.

According to court documents made public this week, drivers who worked for Uber in California and Massachusetts would have been entitled to an estimated $730 million in expense reimbursements over the past seven years had they been

officially employed by the company.

Uber and the guild said the new organization would seek to improve the relationship between drivers and the company, insure discounted legal services, provide life and disability insurance, roadside assistance, education services and access to an online employee center.

“This would not only mean more money for drivers, it would also free up resources for a new benefits fund administered by the Guild and used to cover benefits such as paid time off or parental leave,” Uber’s chief adviser, David Plouffe, said in a separate statement.

The union will also give drivers the ability to appeal deactivation decisions, when Uber denies access to its app for drivers found to have broken its code of conduct. Being deactivated can limit or halt drivers’ ability to earn income.

Plouffe said the union would also level the playing field for Uber drivers since rides on Uber will be taxed at the same rate as taxis and private drivers for the first time.

Membership of the guild is currently free for all Uber drivers in New York City until the organization gains more members. Afterward, there will be a fee to join, according to the guild’s website.

WhatsApp logo Last year, WhatsApp introduced its instant messaging service to the web with WhatsApp Web.

Fifteen months later, the chat client – which has more than a billion users – has taken things a step further and launched native desktop apps for both Windows and Mac devices.

The Facebook-owned announced that its apps are now available for Windows 8 and above as well as Mac OS X 10.9 and above.

They are synced with the app on users’ mobile devices.

“Like WhatsApp Web, our desktop app is simply an extension of your phone: the app mirrors conversations and messages from your mobile device,” the company said in a statement.

“The app lets you message with friends and family while your phone stays in your pocket.”

But for it to work, you need the mobile app running on your phone nearby while using your computer to send messages via WhatsApp. Although there are advantages to using a native desktop app.

The statement adds: “Because the app runs natively on your desktop, you’ll have support for native desktop notifications, better keyboard shortcuts, and more.”

After installing the app, you’ll have to scan a QR code using the app on your mobile.

Once the QR code is recognised, you’ll be authenticated to use WhatsApp on the desktop.

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Google says ‘no’ to payday lender ads

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Google, a unit of Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O), said it would ban advertisements for payday loans as these “deceptive or harmful financial products” take advantage of vulnerable customers.

Google, which joins Facebook Inc (FB.O) in blocking ads by payday lenders, announced its decision a day after the U.S. Treasury suggested that online lenders support more transparency in their transactions.

Payday lenders, which offer small loans at high interest rates that have to be repaid in a short period of time, have come under criticism as borrowers often fail to pay the loans or tend to refinance them, increasing their debt.

“Research has shown these loans can result in unaffordable payment and high default rates for users,” David Graff, director of global product policy at Google, said on Wednesday on a Google blog. (bit. ly/1qe5nMP)

Shares in online lender Enova International Inc (ENVA.N) fell 6.2 percent on Wednesday, while the World Acceptance Corp (WRLD.O) was down 3 percent.

“It’s disappointing that a site created to help give users full access to information is making arbitrary choices on the advertisements users are allowed to see from legal businesses,” Kirk Chartier, Enova’s chief marketing officer, said in a statement.

He added that Enova did not expect significant impact to its business from Google’s decision.

The company will ban advertisements for loans where repayment is due within 60 days of the date of issue. In the United States, the company will also ban advertisements for loans with annual percentage rates (APRs) of 36 percent or more.

Federal policymakers and regulators have in the past discussed and rejected the idea of capping APRs - or yearly interest rates on loans - at 36 percent.

Some states, including New Hampshire and Montana, have done so at regional levels, however, according to the Consumer Federation of America.

“To make an advertising rule that contravenes state and federal law is not only disturbing, but it’s discriminatory,” Lisa McGreevy, CEO of the Online Lenders Alliance, told Reuters.

“A certain class of people who wouldn’t otherwise qualify for regular credit now can’t get credit ... It’s them (Google) deciding who can and cannot have information about credit.”

Advertisements that appear on the top and right side of a Google search results page will no longer show marketing from the payday lending industry beginning July 13.

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Report claiming bias in Facebook ‘trending’ topics sparks social media outcry

Facebook (FB.O) workers have often omitted conservative political stories from the website’s “trending” list, the technology news site Gizmodo said on Monday in a report that sparked widespread comment on social media.

An unnamed former Facebook employee told Gizmodo that workers “routinely suppressed news stories of interest to conservative readers,” according to Gizmodo, while “artificially” adding other stories into the trending list.

Facebook told Reuters on Monday that there are “rigorous guidelines in place” to maintain neutrality and said that these guidelines do not prohibit any news outlet from appearing in trending topics.

Facebook did not respond directly though to questions about whether employees had suppressed conservative-leaning news.

“These guidelines do not permit the suppression of political perspectives. Nor do they permit the prioritization of one viewpoint over another or one news outlet over another,” a spokesperson for Facebook said.

The report alarmed some social media users, with several journalists and commentators

A Facebook logo is pictured on an Apple’s Ipad in Bordeaux, southwestern France, March 10, 2016 criticizing Facebook for alleged bias.

“Aside from fueling right-wing persecution, this is a key reminder of dangers of Silicon Valley controlling content,” tweeted journalist Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald).

“Well, you go to Hell, Facebook,” tweeted Kyle Feldscher (@Kyle_Feldscher), a reporter at the Washington Examiner, a conservative-leaning publication.

“For anyone who cares about press freedom, this is frightening stuff,” tweeted Bloomberg Editor Bill Grueskin (@BGrueskin), with a link to Gizmodo’s story.

“Former Facebook Workers” quickly became one of the top-ten trending topics on Twitter (TWTR.N) in the U.S. after the Gizmodo story broke.

The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), one of the groups reportedly blocked from Facebook’s trending list, said it would closely monitor how the claims against Facebook unfold.

“If we can confirm that the allegations are true and accurate, that would be disappointing,” said CPAC Communications Director Ian Walters, who added that he was sensitive to the fact that the claims are as of yet unconfirmed.

A post on Facebook’s help center said that the “trending” section of the site “shows you topics that have recently become popular on Facebook.” It lists “engagement, timeliness, Pages you’ve liked and your location” as some of the factors that determine what trends show up for each Facebook user.

Facebook users can also manually remove certain topics from their trending list.

Disney shares stumble as expectations outpace reality

For Walt Disney’s Peter Pan, flying was “all a matter of faith and trust.” Investors in Walt Disney Co showed a lack of both in the company’s stock on Wednesday.

Disney’s shares fell 4.5 percent to $101.76 in morning trading and were the biggest drag on the Dow Jones industrial average after the entertainment conglomerate’s quarterly earnings and revenue fell short of sky-high estimates.

As expected, Disney did get a boost from the success of the animated hit film “Zootopia” and “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”.

But its cable business continued to struggle, theme park attendance was weaker than expected and product sales fell, leading to first miss on earnings per share in 19 quarters.

“We believe the nature of Disney’s franchises like Star Wars has resulted in expectations running ahead of reality,” Barclays analyst Kannan Venkateshwar wrote in a note to clients.

Venkateshwar rates Disney “underweight” on valuation, with a price target of $89.

Disney has a forward price-earnings ratio of 17.3, compared with an average 14.4 for its peers.

Thomson Reuters StarMine’s intrinsic valuation model, which takes into account analysts’ EPS forecasts, indicates

The entrance gate to The Walt Disney Co is pictured in Burbank, California February 5, 2014 Disney’s stock should be trading at $98.12 - about $4 below where it was trading on Wednesday.

“We are reluctant to pay a significant premium to the group average (and market) for Disney given that historical and projected growth rates have not generally been superior to peers,” wrote Cowen & Co analyst Doug Creutz, who maintained a target of $88 on Disney’s shares.

RBC Capital analyst Steven Cahall, who has a price target of $103 on Disney, was also cautious.

“...We’re concerned that it’s at peak earnings with “The Force Awakens” potentially setting an impossible comparable, and domestic parks running low on headroom with record occupancy, especially if U.S. economic weakness sets in,” he wrote.

For Goldman Sachs, troubles in Disney’s cable business, which includes sports network ESPN, “underscores

our bear concern about rising expectations.” Goldman analysts, led by Drew Borst, cut their price target to $109 from $111 - the only cut among brokerages tracked by Thomson Reuters.

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Disney’s disappointing results had little effect on shares of other media companies, such as Viacom Inc, Time Warner Inc and Twenty-First Century Fox Inc. And some analysts saw the stock’s drop as a chance to buy.

“Content is king and Disney is the king of content,” said Ivan Feinseth, an analyst at Tigress Financial Partners, which holds Disney shares on behalf of clients.

David Miller, an analyst at Topeka Capital Markets, termed the results a “rare blip” and said the stock’s weakness was “an outstanding buying opportunity.”

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Oil jumps on first U.S. drawdown since March; Brent up 4 percent

Oil jumped on Wednesday, with Brent up more than 4 percent for a second day in a row, after the U.S. government unexpectedly said crude inventories fell the first time since March, adding to concerns over supply outages in Canada and Nigeria.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said crude inventories fell 3.4 million barrels last week, compared with analysts’ expectations for an increase of 714,000 barrels and the American Petroleum Institute’s (API) build of 3.5 million barrels in preliminary data issued on Tuesday. [EIA/S] [API/S]

The EIA report “has been quickly viewed as bullish, with the crude draw just about exactly opposite to what API had,” said Dominick Chirichella, senior partner at the Energy Management Institute in New York.

Oil markets extended gains after the data. Brent crude futures LCOc1 settled up $2.08, or 4.6 percent, at $47.60 per barrel. In the previous

An oil pump jack can be seen in Cisco, Texas, August 23, 2015 session it gained 4.3 percent.

The EIA, in a separate report on Wednesday, said it expected Brent to trade at $76 a barrel in the next year on continued increase in demand.

U.S. crude’s West Texas Intermediate futures CLc1 rose $1.57, or 3.5 percent, to settle at $46.23.

The rally in crude crossed over to refined oil products, with gasoline

settling up 6 percent and ultra-lowsulfur diesel, or heating oil, 4 percent.

The refining margin, or “crack,” for gasoline 1RBc1-CLc1 had its biggest daily gain in three months, rising more than 14 percent to above $20 a barrel.

Crude prices had risen earlier after Shell announced a Nigerian pipeline closure while Canadian energy companies tried to restart

closed facilities that had halted more than 1 million barrels per day (bpd) in supply after a huge wildfire in Alberta’s oil sands region.

“We were not totally surprised with the draw after the shut-in in Canadian production,” said Tariq Zahir, trader and managing partner at Tyche Capital Advisors, New York.

“But while the fires have taken tar sands production offline, we believe this will not be a prolonged event.”

In Nigeria, a refinery official said crude flows were halted to the Kaduna and Warri refineries after a pipeline attack. Nigeria’s state petroleum company says the Kaduna refinery produces 1.5 million liters (12,579 liquid barrels) of fuel per day, while the one in Warri had a capacity for 125,000 bpd.

On Tuesday, Royal Dutch Shell’s (RDSa.L) Nigerian unit said it had declared force majeure on Bonny Light exports following the closure of the Nembe Creek Trunk line for repairs after a leak.

Senate committee questions Facebook over news selection

The sun rises behind the entrance sign to Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park before the company’s IPO launch, May 18, 2012

A U.S. Senate committee launched an inquiry on Tuesday into how social media website Facebook selects its news stories after a report that company employees blocked news about conservative issues from its “trending” list.

The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation asked Facebook Chairman and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg in a letter to answer questions about the company’s news curation practices and its trending topics section.

The investigation comes after Gizmodo reported on Monday that a

former Facebook employee claimed workers “routinely suppressed news stories of interest to conservative readers,” while “artificially” adding other stories to the trending list.

U.S. Senator John Thune, the chairman of the committee, told reporters Tuesday his primary concern was that Facebook may be engaging in deceptive behavior if employees meddled with what trending news was displayed.

“If you have a stated policy, which your followers or your audience knows to be the case, that you use an objective algorithm for trending topics

-- you better follow that policy,” Thune said. “It’s a matter of transparency and honesty and there shouldn’t be any attempt to mislead the American public.”

The letter to Facebook includes requests for information on the organizational structure for the “Trending Topics feature.”

Adam Jentleson, deputy chief of staff to Democratic Senator Harry Reid, balked at the request in a statement provided to Reuters.

“The Republican Senate refuses to hold hearings on [Supreme Court nominee] Judge [Merrick] Garland, refuses to fund the president’s request for Zika aid and takes the most days off of any Senate since 1956, but thinks Facebook hearings are a matter of urgent national interest,” Jentleson said.

A Facebook spokesman said it had received Thune’s request for more information about how “Trending Topics” works.

“As we investigate, we will also keep reviewing our operational practices around Trending Topics — and if we find they are inadequate, we

will take immediate steps to fix them,” the spokesperson said.

Tom Stocky, the vice president of search at Facebook, responded to the allegations Monday night in a lengthy post published to the social media site saying there are “strict guidelines” for trending topic reviewers who “are required to accept topics that reflect real world events.”

He added that those guidelines are under “constant review” and that his team would “continue to look for improvements.”

Katie Drummond, the editor-in-chief of Gizmodo, called her publication’s story “accurate” in a statement released to Reuters Tuesday.

Gizmodo’s report alarmed several social media users, with some conservatives in particular criticizing Facebook for alleged bias.

“’If a Conservative Speaks and Facebook Censors Him - Does He Make a Sound?’” Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (@ScottWalker) wrote on Twitter Tuesday, with a link to a National Review story that detailed the allegations against Facebook.

U.S. posts $106 billion budget surplus in April The U.S. government posted a $106 billion budget surplus in April, down 32 percent from the same period last year, the Treasury Department said on Wednesday.

The government had a surplus of $157 billion in April of 2015, according to the Treasury’s monthly budget statement. Analysts polled

by Reuters had expected a $112 billion surplus for last month.

Accounting for calendar adjustments, April

would have shown a $147 billion surplus compared with an adjusted $157 billion surplus in April 2015.

The current fiscal year-to-date deficit was $355 billion, up 25 percent from a $283 billion deficit this time last year. On an adjusted basis, the gap was $310 billion compared with $283 billion last fiscal year.

Receipts last month totaled $438 billion, a 7 percent decrease from the same period last year, while outlays stood at $332 billion.

A copy of the budget sits in front of Office of Management and Budget Director Shaun Donovan as he attends a meeting held by U.S. President Barack Obama and members of his national security team and cybersecurity advisors on new actions to enhance the nation’s cybersecurity,...

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Macy’s forecast drives sell-off in U.S. retailer shares

Investors heavily discounted to $76.11.

In another blow, Office Depot U.S. retailers on Wednesday after a series of disappointments in the sector, Inc (ODP.O) and Staples Inc (SPLS.O) including a weak forecast from Macy’s shares sank after a federal judge late Tuesday granted a request to stop their Inc (M.N).

Macy’s stock dropped as much planned merger because of antitrust as 14 percent to $31.82, the lowest concerns. level since December 2011, after the The retail industry has suffered company reported a much bigger-than- from competition from Amazon.com expected drop in quarterly sales and (AMZN.O) and other online retailers as consumers’ spending patterns have slashed its full-year forecast.

The stock helped lead a 1.5 changed.

“You heard one after another percent decline in the S&P 500 retail during the earnings season talk about index .SPXRT.

The selling spread quickly in the difficulties - they’re cutting, they’re the sector as worries about the outlook closing stores,” said Quincy Krosby, for brick-and-mortar retailers mounted. market strategist at Prudential Shares of Fossil Group (FOSL.O) fell Financial in Newark, New Jersey.

28.1 percent to $28.83, also following “The fact of the matter is there have results and a weaker-than-expected been questions about retail spending, and valuations overall in consumer forecast.

Nordstrom (JWN.N) was down discretionary were rich.”

Last week, teen apparel chain 6.4 percent at $45.72, Tiffany & Co (TIF.N) fell 5.5 percent to $66.82 and Aeropostale Inc (AROPQ.PK) filed for Target Corp (TGT.N) shed 4.9 percent bankruptcy after years of losses.

The retail weakness further dampens the outlook for the consumer discretionary sector .SPLRCD, which after putting in the best performance of any Standard & Poor’s 500 sector last year is up just 1.2 percent but still among the most expensive sectors relative to earnings.

Mark Luschini, chief investment strategist at Janney Montgomery Scott in Philadelphia, said retail stores may need to build up their online businesses or find a niche in order to boost sales.

Macy’s is trying to make money from its unproductive real estate.

Without new strategies from People hold Macy’s shopping bags outside the companies, shares may need to sell off store at the Herald Square location in New York, more to make prices attractive again to U.S., May 9, 2016 investors, he said.

Macy’s, which is down 8.5 times forward earnings, Thomson percent for the year so far, trades at 9.7 Reuters data show. times its forward earnings estimates, By comparison, the S&P 500 while Nordstrom Inc (JWN.N), down .SPX is valued at about 16.7 times the 8.2 percent for the year, trades at 14.9 forward earnings of its components.

Spotify says growth has quickened since Uber to offer union representation to New Apple Music’s launch

Jonathan Forster, Vice President of Spotify Sales for Europe, Middle East and Africa, speaks during an interview in Stockholm, Sweden, May 9, 2016

Music streaming service from the Coachella Valley Music Spotify has seen a faster pace of and Arts Festival in California. growth since the launch in June Spotify now has 30 million last year of rival Apple Music paying users, making it the market (AAPL.O), a top executive said on leader in music streaming, while Monday.

Apple Music has reported having

Spotify, which was 13 million paying subscribers created in Stockholm 10 years since its launch last year in over ago, now boasts of having close 100 countries. to 100 million users in more than But the company is facing 59 markets, despite increasing competition on more fronts than competition and, so far, a lack of just Apple, from players such profits. as Pandora Media Inc (P.N) and

“It’s great that Apple is newer rivals such as German in the game. They are definitely start-up SoundCloud and U.S. raising the profile of streaming. music producer and rapper Jay Z’s It is hard to build an industry on Tidal. Meanwhile Alphabet Inc’s your own,” Jonathan Forster, a (GOOGL.O) Google is competing vice president and one of its first with both YouTube and Google employees, told Reuters in an Play Music. interview.

Forster said having

“Since Apple Music started multiple streaming services was we’ve been growing quicker and not sustainable in the long run. adding more users than before.”

“My Internet history

“It would be terrible if we would tell me that there’s were just taking each other’s users probably not going to be that or to learn there was just a ceiling many significant players, and of 100 million users - I don’t think then maybe smaller niche cases that is the case,” said Forster, who ... maybe there could be a classical had just returned to Stockholm music streaming service,” he said.

“It’s a hard business.”

Asked about acquisition possibilities, Forster said future purchases would be on a similar scale to its recent deals in order to bring on new teams and technology.

“I wouldn’t be surprised to see Spotify continue to invest in areas that are relevant or adjacent to our business,” he said.

Revenues will continue to come largely from subscriptions but Spotify will also hunt for other income in areas such as concerts, merchandising and video, though Forster was quick to add that the company was “not trying to be a Netflix (NFLX.O)”.

The company on Monday launched a new video offering which will include exclusive content, like short, behind-thescenes videos of artists.

And Spotify has no intention of slowing its pace of expansion, having said in March that it had raised $1 billion in convertible debt from U.S. firms TPG Capital [TPG.UL] and Dragoneer Investment Group.

Forster said that it was reassuring that the company’s conversion rate for turning new users of the advertising-based service into subscribers, had held up at 25 to 30 percent, despite its user growth.

“That should have a negative effect on the conversion rate but it hasn’t,” he said.

Asked whether Spotify could be an acquisition target for a larger technology company like Google or Facebook(FB.O), Forster said: “I’ve always felt Spotify likes being Spotify. We have fought to get to where we are today and we are quite happy and it would be emotionally hard not to be us, but who knows?”

“I think that people have really woken up to the opportunity of streaming. We can see that it is just the beginning. We’ve never grown quicker than we have.”

York City drivers

An Uber car is seen parked with the driver’s lunch left on the dashboard in Venice, California, United States on July 15, 2015

Uber [UBER.UL] will join with the International Association of Machinists to launch an independent guild to represent drivers of the ride-hailing service in New York City, company officials said on Tuesday.

Under a five-year agreement, the Independent Drivers’ Guild, which will be a branch of the Machinists Union, will aim to protect the current 35,000 drivers and any future drivers who work for Uber in the city, the guild said in a statement.

“Forming this Guild is crucial for thousands of drivers who need a stronger voice and gives organized labor an opportunity to shape the new economy in a way that supports and values workers and their families,” said James Conigliaro Jr., founder of the Independent Drivers Guild.

Uber has been trying to repair a sometimes rocky relationship with its drivers across the country.

Some drivers have filed lawsuits contending that they should be classified as employees rather than contractors.

According to court documents made public this week, drivers who worked for Uber in California and Massachusetts would have been entitled to an estimated $730 million in expense reimbursements over the past seven years had they been officially employed by the company.

Uber and the guild said the new organization would seek to improve the relationship between drivers and the company, insure discounted legal services, provide life and disability insurance, roadside assistance, education services and access to an online employee center.

“This would not only mean more money for drivers, it would also free up resources for a new benefits fund administered by the Guild and used to cover benefits such as paid time off or parental leave,” Uber’s chief adviser, David Plouffe, said in a separate statement.

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Tony Cozier: West Indian commentator dies aged 75

Legendary West Indian commentator Tony Cozier has died at the age of 75.

A familiar and respected voice around the world, the Barbadian will be remembered for a career in TV, radio and journalism spanning 58 years.

Born in Bridgetown in 1940, he made his BBC Test Match Special debut in 1966 and also wrote several books.

"Tony was the master of going between TV and radio ball-by-ball commentary. He was the master of both," said BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew.

"He's easily the best I've come across in 25 years at being able to do both disciplines."

Barbara Slater, director of BBC Sport, said: "Tony will be remembered with fondness by everyone at the BBC.

"Since his Test Match Special debut 50 years ago this summer, Tony has been a very popular commentator on the programme during matches against West Indies and throughout many major tournaments.

"His voice was one of the most recognisable in the game and he will be

sadly missed. We pass our condolences to his family and friends."

The son of a journalist, Cozier studied journalism at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, and began commentating and writing on West Indian cricket in 1958.

He played hockey as a goalkeeper for Barbados and cricket as an opening batsman and wicketkeeper for two Barbados clubs, Wanderers and Carlton.

But he became a household name through his work with major media organisations throughout the world, including the BBC, Channel Tony Cozier was known as "the voice of West Indies cricket" Nine and Sky. "Fifty years on, he was still lack of organisation and outlook.

In December 2011, he was awarded honorary life membership commentating on Test Match Special "Tony moved seamlessly between television and radio boxes of the Marylebone Cricket Club for when England toured the West Indies. services to the game, and the media "Throughout his career Cozier had to throughout the world, gleefully centre at the Kensington Oval in tread the tense tightrope of Caribbean describing the West Indies' domination Barbados is named after him. politics, where even the slightest of the 1980s and then lamenting their

"Tony Cozier was one of the negative observation of a player's subsequent demise.

"He was a wonderfully finest writers and broadcasters in the performance can provoke a furious game. He started reporting in 1958 and nationalistic backlash. descriptive and disciplined seven years later he hit the airwaves "He withstood this stoically commentator, his melodic Bajan accent and determinedly, remaining a strong the perfect soundtrack to any cricket for the first time. critic of the West Indies Cricket Board's match."

Powell struggles to find form in winning 200m

Asafa Powell held off a strong field at Kingston's National Stadium and later described the 200m victory as a learning experience Kingston (Jamaica) (AFP) - Former 100 22.14 seconds. Anneisha McLaughmeter world record holder Asafa Powell lin-Whilby was second in 22.79 seconds flashed across the finish line in 20.45 and Shalonda Solomon took third in seconds to win the men's 200m race at 22.80 seconds. Kemar Bailey-Cole's the Jamaica International Invitational. winning time of 10.01 seconds in the Powell held off a strong field at King- men's 100m was also a highlight of the ston's National Stadium and later de- night.Bailey-Cole, who is still recoverscribed the 200m victory as a learning ing from a hamstring injury that kept experience. him out of the World Championships

"Honestly I don't remember in Beijing last year, surprised himself how to even run the 200m event so this with his fast time, the joint sixth fastis a work in process," he said. est in the world so far.

The 33-year-old Powell said he felt Tyson Gay, of the US, finished good for the first 150m then got tired fifth in a time of 10.08 seconds. over the last 50m. "But I worked hard Elaine Thompson, who won all week," he added. the bronze in the world indoor 60m

Powell finished ahead of Amer- in Portland in March, was brilliant in ican Bejee Lee and Jamaican Rasheed winning the women's 100m in a time of Dwyer, who both ran 20.52 seconds.

10.71 seconds.

World Championships medal- "This was my second 100m for ist Shaunae Miller of the Bahamas the season and I am training hard," she retained her 200m title with a mag- said. "I am working on my start and nificent run, breaking away from the just went out to execute a good race." women's field in the last 60m to win She described the race as a "stepping by a massive margin in a wind-aided stone to see where I am at."

Thompson clocks sizzling 10.71 in Kingston wind

Elaine Thompson clocked a sizzling wind-assisted 10.71 seconds to win the 100 meters at the Jamaica International on Saturday, sending out a warning to her sprint rivals ahead of August's Rio Olympics.

The Jamaican got off to a blistering start with English Gardner before pulling away from her rival in the last 40 meters to win by 14 hundredths of a seconds.

American Gardner was second in 10.85 with the fast-finishing Michelle-Lee Ahye of Trinidad and Tobago third in 10.98, both also aided by an illegal wind of +2.4 meters per seconds.

Thompson, who last summer logged 21.66 -- the fifth fastest 200m of all time -- to take silver at the Beijing world championships, told Reuters things were coming together nicely for what she hoped would be a twin sprint assault in Rio.

"It's a stepping stone, so I'm taking it one step at a time. Each race that I run I'll see what I can correct with my coach and see what I have to do next," Thompson said. "I've been training really hard this year so I just went out there to execute and that's what I did and I came out victorious."

Thompson, third in the 60m at the world indoors in March, would have become the second fastest Jamaican woman behind reigning Olympic and world champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (10.70) had it not been for the wind.

"My start isn't the best, but I’m working on it and I’ve been getting better," the 23-year-old said.

There was also local success

Elaine Thompson of Jamaica celebrates her bronze medal finish in the women's 60 meters final during the IAAF World Indoor Athletics Championships in Portland, Oregon in the men's blue riband sprint when Kemar Bailey-Cole, who withdrew from last year's world championships with a hamstring injury, recovered from a poor start to edge American Mike Rodgers by two hundredths of a second in 10.01.

His compatriot Julian Forte, who faded in the last 20 meters, was third in 10.06, while American former world champion Tyson Gay finished fifth in 10.08.

The wind also robbed American Brianna Rollins, the 2013 world champion, of the year's second fastest time in the 100m hurdles, as her 12.52 was aided by a trailing wind of +2.9 m/s.

World 400m silver medalist Shaunae Miller of the Bahamas ran a world leading 22.14 in the 200m but again the mark will not stand because of the +2.5 m/s wind.

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Curry scores 29 as Warriors eliminate Blazers

for-20 shooting, including 5-for-11 on 3-pointer and converted a three-point play to get Portland within 110-109 3-pointers.

In his first start since sprain- with 4:02 to go.

Andre Iguodala and Curry ing a ligament in his right knee during the first-round series against the Hou- countered with 3-pointers for the Warston Rockets, he went 36 minutes and riors, but McCollum completed a personal 11-point flurry with another trey found time for a game-high 11 assists.

Draymond Green added a 13-point, and a 2-point jumper, keeping Port11-rebound double-double, and Shaun land's hopes alive at 118-114 with 2:24 Livingston added 10 points for the to go.

The Trail Blazers used an Warriors, who have won seven straight early 10-0 burst to build a lead. Harkat home over the Trail Blazers.

Lillard topped Portland with 28 points, less and Lillard had 3-pointers in the but he shot just 7-for-24. He also had run, which put Portland up 18-8 in the game's fifth minute. seven rebounds and seven assists.

The two 3-pointers were twice

Backcourt mate CJ McCollum came alive in the fourth quarter to fin- as many as the Warriors had in the ish with 27 points on 11-for-23 shoot- first 16 minutes of the game.

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) celebrates during the fourth quarter in game five of

The Trail Blazers, meanwhile, ing. the second round of the NBA Playoffs against the Portland Trail Blazers at Oracle Arena

Allen Crabbe (20), Al-Farouq had six in the first quarter alone. And Aminu (16) and Moe Harkless (13) also when Aminu dropped in a pair over a scored in double figures for Portland, three-possession span midway through Stephen Curry bombed in a 3-point- early by as many as 11 and hanging er with 24.9 seconds remaining on within 118-116 with the basketball in- who were playing their first-ever play- the second period, Portland had their biggest lead at 49-38 with 5:35 left in off series against Golden State.

Wednesday as the Golden State Warri- side the final 50 seconds.

Portland made 16 of its 36 the half. ors held off the Portland Trail Blazers However, Klay Thompson harassed The Warriors chipped away, 125-121 to seal the Western Conference Damian Lillard into a miss from 17 3-point shots, outscoring the Warriors getting within 63-58 at the half behind semi-final playoff series four games to feet, and Curry, freeing himself above 48-42 from beyond the arc.

The Trail Blazers, who led for 13 second-quarter points from Thompone. the top of the key, nailed a 25-footer for The Warriors, who advanced to the the backbreaking hoop that put Golden the first 29 minutes of the game, re- son. gained a 96-95 advantage on a driving Golden State momentum bridged the Western finals for the second year in a State up 121-116.

Curry capped a 29-point game hoop by McCollum with 10:45 remain- halftime break, and when Curry burrow, await the winner of the Oklahoma ied just his second 3-pointer in eight City Thunder-San Antonio Spurs semi- with four free throws in the final 18.2 ing in the contest.

Golden State then ran off to attempts at the 7:01 mark of the third final. seconds, helping Golden State record

Should the Thunder eliminate their eighth victory in 10 playoff games its biggest lead of the night, getting quarter, the Warriors had their first 2- and 3-point hoops by reserve center lead, 75-73. the Spurs in Game 6 on Thursday, the this year.

With Curry swishing his third Thompson led the Warriors Marreese Speights in an 11-3 run that best-of-seven Western finals would be- 3-pointer in the waning seconds of the with 33 points, hitting 13 of 17 from the produced a 106-99 advantage. gin on Monday in Oakland.

The Trail Blazers would not period, the Warriors held a 93-91 edge The fifth-seeded Trail Blazers gave the field and six of nine 3-point attempts.

Warriors a battle in Game 5, leading Curry's 29 points were a result of 10- go away, though. McCollum buried a entering the fourth quarter.

Murray splits with coach Mauresmo

Andy Murray and his coach Amelie Mauresmo have agreed to end their two-year working relationship, the British world number three said on Monday.

Twice grand slam winner Murray lost the Madrid Open final to Novak Djokovic on Sunday.

"I've learned a lot from Amelie over the past two years," Murray said in a statement.

"She's been a calming influence in the team and we'll miss having her around.

"I'll take some time to consider the next steps and how we progress from here, but I'd like to thank her for everything she has done, she's been an invaluable member of the team."

Mauresmo described working with Murray as being a fantastic experience.

Work halted on some Olympic projects 88 days before games

"I've thoroughly enjoyed being part of the great team of people he has around him," she said.

"Dedicating enough time along with the travel has been a challenge for me. I wish him and the team well and I hope he goes on to win any more titles."

The partnership between the two Wimbledon champions -- Murray won the men's singles in 2013 and French former world number one Mauresmo triumphed at the All Britain's Andy Murray and his coach Amelie Mauresmo take part in a practice session on the eve of his England Club in 2006 -- seemed final match against Serbia's Novak Djokovic, at the Australian Open tennis tournament at Melbourne a surprise alliance when it was Park, Australi announced after the 2014 French Open.

Mauresmo has not been regu

Yet the pair have enjoyed not been able to quite reach the peaks larly on the circuit with Murray since plenty of success with the 36-year- he climbed when Ivan Lendl was his giving birth to her son Aaron last old Mauresmo helping guide the Scot mentor, winning Olympic gold in 2012 August and had indicated then that to seven titles and to two Australian as well as the U.S. Open later that she would have to see how she could Open finals. summer before his historic Wimbledon cope with being both a parent and a globe-trotting coach.

However, the 28-year-old Murray has success.

With less than three months to They did not say exactly what go until the start of the games, the problems entailed or how work on parts of Rio de Janeiro's serious they were.

We have no intention of Olympic Park and Olympic Village was halted on Monday hampering the event," Robson amid fears for the safety of Leite, the ministry's regional workers, Brazil's Ministry of superintendent, told reporters.

Labor and Employment said.

"We just want the safety of the

Officials who reviewed population, the workers and all work on a television tower those who will visit Rio." in the Olympic park and The Olympic Park, digging work at the Olympic where 16 sports will take place village shut down operations at nine venues, was declared at those and two other sites. open last month but final

touches to the tennis courts and sponsors' areas are still being made. The games open on August 5.

The city's oversight agency said it had immediately complied with the ministry's order.

"Two areas where digging took place were cordoned off and a meeting will decide what adjustments are necessary so work can continue," the Geo-Rio Foundation said in

a statement.

Such injunctions are common in Brazil and are usually quickly resolved.

However, Leite reminded reporters of a ministry study released last week showing that at least 11 people have been killed while working on Olympic projects, compared to eight in the 12 cities preparing to host the 2014 World Cup, which was also held in Brazil.

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'Wiser' Gatlin American Pharoah plots Bolt revenge is busy making money after Japan win in retirement

US sprinter Justin Gatlin clocked a time of 10.02 seconds in Kawasaki American Justin Gatlin roared to a 100 metres victory in Japan on Sunday, as track and field's pantomime villain kicked off his preparations for this summer's Rio Olympics.

Floored by Jamaican sprint king Usain Bolt in the 100m and 200m at last year's world championships, two-time doping offender Gatlin clocked a time of 10.02 seconds into a slight headwind in Kawasaki in his first test of the season.

"Definitely it's given me motivation, but also it's made me smarter and wiser," Gatlin told AFP, referring to his Beijing disappointment.

"Usually you can come with a strategy that can combat the whole field," added the 34-year-old after finishing well clear of Japan's Ryota Yamagata (10.21) and Ramon Gittens of Barbados (10.26), despite a sore right ankle.

"But when you go against someone like Usain, who is unique in stature and talent, you've got to come with a contingency plan, a plan B."

Gatlin had been unbeaten in 28 races over two years before Bolt's ruthless Beijing take-down of his American rival, whose frustration at being demonised in the media was plain to see.

"It has made me a smarter and wiser competitor to know when to stay within my technique, execute my race and just worry about myself," said Gatlin, who runs in Shanghai next week.

"I rolled my ankle in November -- it was almost a break. It's still swollen so to be able to come out here and run this race, just smooth, I'm happy with that."

Local favourite Yoshihide Kiryu, who has run a wind-assisted 9.87, finished fourth in 10.27, just ahead of Japanese schoolboy sensation Abdul Hakim Sani Brown, the 17-year-old who broke Bolt's meet record in the 200m at last year's world youth championships.

Former 400m Olympic champion Jeremy Wariner trailed home third behind Jamaican-born teenager Julian Walsh of Japan, who won in a personal best of 45.68 with Jarrin Solomon of Trinidad and Tobago (45.77).

Wariner, hoping to make the United States team for Rio his country's Olympic trials in July, faded badly in the home straight to finish in 46.04.

"No excuses," the 2004 Athens gold medallist and twice world champion told AFP. "It wasn't what I wanted. My (first) 200 was good but I think the wind got to me down the home stretch.

"It is what it is," added Wariner, who took silver at the 2008 Beijing Olympics before a torn hamstring sabotaged his bid in London four years ago. "I've got some work to do."

World champion Tianna Bartoletta won the women's long jump with a best leap of 6.61 metres, the American edging out Australian Brooke Stratton (6.55m) and China's Xu Xiaolang (6.47m).

Canada's Shawn Barber, who captured pole vault gold in Beijing, claimed top spot in Kawasaki after clearing 5.62 metres.

Asian champion Xie Wenjun led a Chinese double in the 110m hurdles, clocking 13.36 seconds with Zhang Honglin runner-up in 13.59 and Japan's Hideki Omuro third in 13.61.

American Pharoah has been a busy boy in retirement.

Last year's Triple Crown winner has frolicked with more than 100 mares since he started his second act as a stud on February 15. And he has been paid handsomely for it: American Pharoah's fee is $200,000 for every healthy foal.

You can do the math. More than $20 million is already due to Ashford Stud, the farm that bought his stud rights last year for an undisclosed amount. And he's only about halfway through his first breeding season.

By comparison, American Pharoah won $8.7 million in his career, when he won 9 of 11 races.

The $200,000 stud fee is an impressive amount, about twice what experts were estimating he might be worth last spring when he became the first Triple Crown winner in 37 years. And it's far more than any of the other 12 stallions on Ashford Stud's farm in Versailles, Kentucky, about an hour east of Churchill Downs.

American Pharoah's stablemate, Giant Causeway, gets $85,000 in stud fees.

But believe it or not, the $200,000 isn't the top stud fee on the market.

Tapit, who won only three races in an undistinguished career, fetches $300,000 in stud fees. Why? His bloodlines and the success of his offspring, which include three that are entered in this year's Derby.

There's no way to know how successful American Pharoah's offspring will be.

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None will be born until next year and won't be eligible to run in the Derby until 2020.

But if they prove anywhere near as successful as their dad, American Pharoah's fees could rise to the top of the industry, said Evan Hammonds, executive editor of trade publication Bloodhorse.

Still American Pharoah won't be able to approach the record $1 million stud fees that Northern Dancer was getting near the end of his stud career in the mid 1980s. The market for horses has changed since then.

"There's a little more restraint among buyers on the high end of the market," said Hammonds. "They won't spend the crazy money any more. And that changes the market for stud fees."

The mating season for thoroughbreds runs from midFebruary through late May or June because of when owners want foals to be born. Gestation for a horse is 11 months.

Horses must turn 3 years old in the calendar year they run in the Derby, so no owner wants a horse born in the late in the year, which would make them much younger than the other competitors.

American Pharoah is mating with two to three horses a day, seven days a week, although when he pulled a muscle in his back during mating earlier this year, it put him on the sidelines for about two weeks, Hammonds said.

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