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HAITIAN BABIES OUT-NUMBER LOCALS by Hayden Boyce Publisher & Editor-in-Chief
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aitian women living in the Turks and Caicos Islands are giving birth to babies at a rate that is almost double to indigenous mothers. This was revealed in official figures obtained by The SUN from Government’s statistical department. Between 2009 and 2015, there were 3,389 babies born in the Turks and Caicos Islands and 46 percent of them were born to mothers of Haitian nationality; 26 percent were born to Belonger women, 12 percent by Dominican women and six percent to Jamaicans. Between 2009 and 2015, there were 1,574 births by Haitian women, 888 by women from Turks and Caicos Islands, 407 by Dominican Republic women, 229 by Jamaica women, 23 from Bahamian mothers, 74 by Other Caribbean, 154 in a category called “others” and 39 by mothers whose nationality was not stated. An analysis of the figures showed that every year for the past seven years, Haitian mothers gave birth to more babies than women from the Turks and Caicos Islands. Every year for the same period, mothers from the Dominican Republic gave the third most births, followed by women from Jamaica, then The Bahamas. According to official figures, Turks and Caicos islands has a population of 31, 458, of which 12, 030 are British Overseas Territories Citizens and/or Belongers, 10,981 are Haitians, 1, 768 are Jamaicans, 1,476 from the Dominican Republic, 818 from the United States of America, 524 from The Bahamas, 403 from Canada, 381 from the United Kingdom, 374 from Guyana and 2,062 from other countries. According to the latest census that was done in 2012, the belonger population aged 18 or older stood at 9,853 in 2012 and their non-Bbelonger counterparts represented 13,337 persons.
Locals attended Caribbean Rocks New York 2016 A delegation from the Ministry of Tourism, Environment, Heritage & Culture led by Minister Porsha Stubbs-Smith, recently attended Caribbean Tourism Organization’s annual Caribbean Week in New York City. Among the group were TCI
The reason for this, according to the census, is that between 2000 and 2012, the non-Belonger population grew at a much higher rate whereas the growth rate was much slower for Belongers. In examining the non-belonger data
Mike Misick pension frozen - Page 54
DPP flees from TCI - Page 9
Hoza admits that he lied - Page 6
Bahamians vote NO - Page 33
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over the census years it is interesting that in 1970, the overall population was 96.4% belongers and 3.6% nonbelongers. In 1980 the percentage allocation was 83.8% belongers and 16.2% non belongers. This declining
trend continued in 1990 and 2001 for the belonger group. Likewise over this same period the non-belonger group showed substantial increases. In 2001 the percentage allocation of non-belongers to belongers was 48% to 52%.
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Crystal Palace in a 2-1 win, securing their 12th Football Association (FA) Cup title. The hosting of FA Cup Finals Viewing parties in the Caribbean was just one of many ways in which Flow has regaled fans of one of the most celebrated clubs in modern football history. Flow has engaged fans with a series of great innovations such as the Manchester United mobile app, the Red Alerts SMS, the microsite among others innovative products, services and promotions. Through these innovative methods, Caribbean fans have access to win tickets to Man Utd matches, up-to-date information on everything Manchester United, including matchup information, news
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Withhold Mike Misick’s pension is wrong, says attorney Prominent Barbadian Queen’s Counsel Ralph Thorne says Government officials are wrong for freezing the pension of former Premier Michael Misick. Thorne, who is Misick’s lawyer in the ongoing corruption trial, told The SUN: “I feel duty-bound to make an appeal to all those public officials who may be concerned in the matter of paying Mr. Michael Misick’s pension. I am aware that the payment of Mr. Misick’s pension became due when he reached the age of 50 years in February this year. We believe that the Parliament and the Treasury have processed and expedited the matter of payment towards Mr. Misick but that there is an obstruction somewhere within the system.” Thorne added: “We are aware that there has been in effect a judicial freezing order of Mr. Misick’s assets. However, if the basis of a judicial
freezing order is that the asset may be tainted by suspicions or allegations of illegality, it cannot be said that my client’s pension falls within that category.” He said the entitlement to a pension derives from Mr. Misick’s public service as Premier, having been democratically elected into office. “In my considered view, any further withholding of my client’s pension while he is on trial infringes his constitutional right to a presumption of innocence. It would seem that my client is being punished although he has not been convicted of any criminal offence,” Thorne continued. “Mr. Misick has maintained a dignified public life and has complied with the very onerous conditions of his bail. For his impeccable record of conduct, he is now being exposed to further financial hardship without a proper legal basis. The rule of law
Former Premier Michael Misick seeks to protect the citizen against the arbitrary exercise of power even by public officials. Whoever is responsible for obstructing the payment of Mr. Misick’s pension is offending against the rule of law.” Thorne said he has spoken to
Ralph Thorne, QC a local Attorney-at-Law to consider filing a constitutional motion against the State for this unlawful deprivation of his pension. My client’s lawful entitlement to his pension must be honored immediately!”
National Honours and Awards Committee open nominations The National Honours and Awards Committee (NHAC) is reminding the General Public that nominations are open for the National Honours Awards. The Committee will only consider persons who are nominated against the honour the person is nominated for. The Honours and awards form depicts a description of the achievements, merits and service a recipient should possess. It is of utmost importance that you nominate persons that you believe are worthy to receive an award. Additionally, a nominator must match the person that is nominated to the award since the committee cannot nominate him or her for a different honour or award. The category of awards are as follows:
•The Order of National Hero •The Order of Turks and Caicos Islands •The Patriotic Award •The Long Service Medal •The Meritorious Award •National Young Achievers Medal Forms are available at the Premier’s Office in both Grand Turk and Providenciales, The District Commissioners Office and on the Government’s website. Bring your completed nomination, in a sealed envelope, to your District Commissioner, Premier’s office clearly marked: National Honour and Award Program or any member of the National Honours and Awards Committee on or before June 30, 2016. The form only introduces your nominee. You are encouraged to add and attach information regarding your nominee’s work,
service & merits. Ensure that you provide all the information, in whatever form that information takes, to support your reason why your nominee should be so honoured. Whether documents, newspaper clippings, letters, testimonials. The Ordinance provides that an Honour or Award may be revoked if the Awardee allows persons to whom the award was not granted to wear his insignia or commits an act the Committee sees as bringing the Honours system into disrepute. The National Honours and Awards Committee Members are as follows:Mr. Willette Swann – Chairman; Mr. Rosabel Adams; Mrs. Cicely Ewing; Mr. Samuel Handfield; Mr. Alpheus Gardiner; and Mr. William Bill Clare The general public is reminded to ensure that all nominations are submitted by June 30, 2016.
TCI Tourist Board hosts major Travel Conference For the twelfth year the Turks and Caicos Islands Tourist Board welcomes premier Travel Wholesalers, Booking Companies and media from North America to its Annual TACC, Turks and Caicos Conference where some $300 million in vacation experiences are secured for these islands.
The opening shindig is hosted at the elite Amanyara Resort in North West, Providenciales tonight and launches three days of events designed to introduce or reintroduce the best of destination Turks and Caicos. A well-known networking series for the TCI, TACC attracts groups from Expedia, Travel Impressions,
Regulation 7 of the Physical Planning (Development Permission) Regulations, 1990 An Application, REGISTERED PR-12696, by Leeward Waterfront Ltd has been submitted to the Department of Planning for consideration of a project to construct a T-head groyne to stabilize the inlet shoreline and support planned beach nourishment. The project is located at block/parcel 60901/118. Anyone wishing to make representation(s) may do so in writing to the Director of Planning, South Base, Grand Turk or through the Department of Planning, Emily House, Leeward Highway, Providenciales, within twenty eight (28) days of publication of this Notice.
Costco, Flight Center (Gogo), Island Destination and many others. With site tours, conference session, cocktail parties, trade show and a jaunt into South Caicos planned for this year’s contingent, it is little wonder TACC, running June 7-10 is accepted as a major event on the TCI Tourist Board marketing calendar. Add to the travel wholesalers, there is significant media coverage. The Huffington Post, Atlanta Journal, Diplomatic Magazine, Travel Agent Magazine, Resident Media Magazine, Elite Traveler Magazine and Cable News Network (CNN), will all have the opportunity to explore the TCI. Stories of interest will include the rejuvenated North to Middle Caicos Causeway, plans for Provo
International Airport expansion and luxury diving in South Caicos. Tourist Board Director, Ralph Higgs said, “We look forward to hosting this year’s event and to hearing from our partners; however our destination is received and perceived in the marketplace. We will be sharing ideas on how we grow our business to our mutual benefit. We are particularly excited about attracting such powerful media this year. These efforts are consistent with our strategy to put spotlight on our other islands.” Next stop for TACC is South Caicos on Wednesday to tour Sail Rock and East Bay resorts with a return to Provo to check out the new Shore Club in Leeward.
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“OK, I LIED” says Chief Valuation Officer Shaaban Hoza
With a response that might lead him to conclude generated a gasp from some that his valuation might be counsel in the SIPT trial, a “tad” on the high side. He Government’s Chief Valuation continued to deny that they Officer Shaaban Hoza were saying that the Juniper admitted during the course Hole land was being sold by of his evidence that he had the bank, but accepted that lied to Government ministers the bank had a duty to get the in reports he made on the best price for the land. It was valuation of land relating to at also pointed out that at $16m least two major developments. the land could not be sold. His undervaluation on the two projects meant that JUNIPER HOLE he reduced what he believed VALUATION to be the true value of the QUESTIONED land concerned by more than $100Million. Mr Hoza was also Mr Hoza, who asked if he had taken into returned to Court on Monday account in valuing Juniper of last week to undergo cross- point, that as part of the examination by defence development agreement, the counsel, was subjected to Misick administration had an intense examination of agreed for the Government a his work during the period 10% share of the final purchase 2003-2009 in which, amongst price of the condominiums to other things, it is alleged be built, which would have that the economic interests been worth $70m in revenue of the TCI were prejudiced for the government. Mr Hoza by the actions of the indicted said that he was not aware of members of the Michael that fact. He was also asked if Misick administration. he was being truthful in saying Jerome Lynch that his $24m valuation was (Leading Counsel for in response to pressure to McAllister Hanchell) asked reduce the price bearing in Mr Hoza how working in mind that another very well Zimbabwe for the Robert respected independent local Mugabe government valuer had independently reclaiming land from white given a value of $24m. It was farmers gave him the put to Mr Hoza that his values experience to come to the TCI were so far out because he had and value land worth millions failed to take into account of pounds in a “very different that large portions of the land marketplace”. Mr Hoza said concerned was under water he had no difficulty in doing and not capable of being built the work, even though the on. He had valued this land at only insight into local values the same price as beach front he had had was a three-month land. Mr Hoza said he did not overlap with his predecessor. accept that very much of the Mr Hoza was asked land was under water (only why he had valued North about 15% he said) and the he West point land down from said the acreage values were $50 to $12 and he said it was averaged. as a result of what Judith Huw Evans (2nd Campbell had said to him Counsel for Chal Misick) about the acceptability of the asked Mr Hoza if he had any report to the minister. It was idea why those negotiating put to him that he’d lied in the the sale of Crown Land might reports. He said “OK I lied in be frustrated if the figures the reports” it was because he gave were too high. He of what Judith Campbell told said that it had not occurred me. He was asked how that to him that they were could be reconciled with his accountable to the Public professional responsibilities Accounts Committee and the and codes of practice. He said Governor and ultimately to that he hadn’t thought about the electorate, who might that at the time. think there was something He went on to confirm amiss if the land they were that he had lied about the true selling, was on the face of value of Joe Grant’s Cay ad it being sold well below his had just “plucked the figure of figures. Mr Hoza accepted $26.766m out of the air” and that the figures he gave Juniper Hole was just what he were not true market values “thought they (the ministers because he had added “special and civil servants) wanted value” (subjective factors him to do”. assuming future events) to Richard Bendall, give the government a basis Counsel for Clayton Green for negotiation. He accepted asked Mr Hoza if he stood by that that was not what he was his valuation of Juniper Hole ever asked to do. Specifically to which Mr Hoza confirmed asked about his valuation of that he did estimating that proposed golf course land at it was presently worth in Salt Cay at $7.76m he accepted the region of $72m. Bendall that he had no experience of handed Mr Hoza a property valuing golf courses and had sale magazine showing the used the same value as he same parcel of land to be would have applied to hotel offered for sale by Sotheby’s and condominium valuations. for $16m. He was asked if that It was pointed out to him
that this land was mangrove had continued. swamp, but he did not accept Mr Hoza said that that it was all incapable of he could not understand why being developed for building. TC Invest or the ministers During his evidence- concerned had not involved in-chief, Hoza told lead him in the negotiation process. prosecutor Andrew Mitchell, He said that he had provided QC, that he had been put the “Market Value” for the under pressure by ministers land he was asked to value and and the Permanent Secretary, his reports reflect the view he Judith Campbell to lower his still holds as to the true value valuations. of the land concerned. He said that he When he was asked saw his job as helping the about specific land valuations Government to get the best Mr Hoza told Mr Mitchell possible price they could sell that as a result of what he’d it (Crown Land) for. He said been told he valued land at that in order to calculate Juniper Hole (Middle Caicos) what the land was worth he at $24m when he believed would either use the “direct the true value to be $40m. He comparison method” – a said that he was also asked system whereby he would to review valuations he had compare the land to be valued already carried out and as a with what had been sold in the consequence had changed his area recently, or the “residual valuation of Joe Grant’s Cay value” method – where he from $95m to $27m. At North would calculate the value West Point he said he reduced of the finished development one parcel from $34m to $26m and subtract by estimation and another from $50m to the costs of building and $13m. Land in South Caicos anticipated profit, in order to he said he re-valued from arrive at a figure attributable $12m to $9m; East Caicos to the land. from $13m to $4m because This he said was that is what he thought he more speculative and not as was being asked to do. accurate a method because many assumptions had to be NO MINISTERS ASKED made and he was not always FOR VALUATIONS TO BE provided with sufficient CHANGED information by the developer, or TC Invest. During vigorous and Mr Hoza said that he detailed cross examination became concerned because by Adrian Kayne (2nd counsel from the time he arrived for Mike Misick) Mr Hoza in the Islands (2000) there conceded that no minister had were constantly complaints ever asked him to change his from ministers and civil valuations, but that he was servants that his valuations aware from general comments were too high, but he said he being made that there were could not understand why concerns about his values this was a problem because being very high. This he his valuations of the major agreed was no different under development land because the PDM Government. He they were only ever intended was asked if he thought his to be a “basis for negotiation”. valuations might be too high. He said that things came to a Mr Hoza refused to accept head in October 2006 when he this, saying all his valuations was asked to attend a Cabinet were correct. Meeting to explain why his When Kayne showed valuations were so high. Mr Hoza a copy of the He said at the Cabinet minute detailing his meeting Mike Misick (the attendance in October 2006, it Premier) had told him that was pointed out that nobody his valuations were very high had asked him to change his and if they remained high values. He was simply asked then they would be employing to explain his methodology independent consultants. He and asked if he needed help said that he was upset because with his workload, in which nobody in the meeting had case the Government could stood up for him and he came consider instructing private away from it believing that he valuations. needed to lower his valuations. Mr Hoza said that Mr Hoza said that he must have mis-recollected he did not have much help what was said, but he had in his department, there come away believing he needed was a trainee, but until 2006 to reduce his valuations. It he was pretty much on his was pointed out that Mick own, because of the difficulty Misick had supported him in in recruiting anyone to do the meeting and had made it the work. He said that he clear, in specific terms, that had himself come to the TCI nobody was asking him to give as a UN Volunteer, having anything other than a true previously worked in Tanzania “market value” for the land he and Zimbabwe. He said that was being asked to consider. when the PNP were in power Mr Hoza agreed the minister, Floyd Hall had that that is what the cabinet been a listening ear but the minute said, but remembered complaints about his reports it differently. He was asked
Government’s Chief Valuation Officer Shaaban Hoza why he did not take up the offer of help from outside independent contractors. If his valuations were accurate they would surely support his position. He said he wanted to keep the work in house, but Kayne suggested it was because he was afraid his inaccurate valuations would be exposed and then took him through a series of valuations in which it was suggested that Mr Hoza was wholly at odds with what anyone could actually sell the land for. Kayne asked Mr Hoza how his figure could represent the market value if nobody would ever buy it at that price. Mr Hoza said that he thought marketing was important, but that his figure were a guide, but Mr Kayne pointed out that as a professional valuer his assessment of “market value” was not meant to be a sale price guide, it was meant to represent what the land is worth, which Mr Hoza accepted. He also accepted that local people and ministers who had lived in the Islands all their lives would have a good idea as to what land could realistically be sold for. Hoza was asked about Juniper Hole and said that he still stood by his valuation of $40m. It was pointed out to him that in his statement to SIPT he said that it was worth $50 or $60m and he insisted that now it probably is worth even more than that. When asked about his statement to SIPT Mr Hoza did not accept that he was worried about his own position. It was put to him that he was now admitting that he had deliberately lied about what he believed to be the true value of land, which if he was right has cost the TCI over $100m in lost revenue. Did you not appreciate that you might be in a bit of trouble; is that why you were quick to try and blame others asked Mr Evans. Mr Hoza refused to accept that he was considering his own position when he made his statements
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‘I made the Turks and Caicos Islands sexy’: Mike Misick The former prime minister of a British colony in the Caribbean, who is on trial for corruption, claims he is the victim of a ‘political witch-hunt’. In an exclusive interview Michael Misick told Mail Online he was on a ‘crusade’ to gain independence for the Turks and Caicos Islands, a tiny archipelago which is ruled as a British Overseas Territory. Misick, who was married to hip hop model and actress LisaRaye and attracted celebrities like Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Chris Tucker and Lil’ Kim to the islands, said he was trying to make them ‘sexy’ and turn them into the Monte Carlo of the Caribbean. But he was forced to resign in 2009 and Britain then imposed direct rule from London which, he said, had ‘killed the buzz’ he had created and he added: ‘It’s going to take us 20 years to get it back’. Misick said there was no reason why the Turks and Caicos Islands - often known as TCI - could not be as successful as an independent country as places like Saint Kitts and Nevis, which was granted independence in 1983. He said it was ironic that the British people were voting on June 23 about whether they wanted their future to be in the European Union when the British government would not allow the Turks and Caicos islanders the same right of selfdetermination. Earlier this year Misick and eight other people, including several politicians from his Progressive National Party (PNP) went on trial in Providenciales, the capital of the Turks and Caicos Islands. Also on trial with Misick are the islands’ former Health Minister, Lilian Boyce, ex-Finance Minister Floyd Hall and senior politicians McCallister Hanchell, Jeffrey Hall and Clayton Greene. Misick and his co-defendants deny all the charges against them. London-based prosecutor Andrew Mitchell, QC, said the case was about ‘political corruption and financial greed’. Mr Mitchell has told the trial $13m (£9m) had been paid to PNP politicians during the period 20032008. Mr Mitchell claims Misick was one of the main beneficiaries and claims $23,400 (£16,330) was spent on a fashion consultant to ‘style the wardrobe of the Premier of the TCI’, $100,000 (£69,700) was spent
like to be self-governing.’ Misick denied the islands were subsidised by Britain and said: ‘We get zero dollars from the Foreign Office. The last time we got grant-inaid was in the 1970s or 80s.’ But he said: ‘The question of independence is not a question of money. It is a question of principle. The question is do you want to be governed by an external power?’ Explaining why he fled to Brazil, Misick said: ‘I went to Brazil after I saw the direction the intervention was taking. It was not a prosecution but a persecution. I applied for asylum in Brazil.’ Asked about the welcome he received when he returned to the islands he said ‘I’m popular. The people of the Turks and Caicos Islands know the genuineness of my heart and that my administration invested in infrastructure and education and transformed the country. ‘I did not steal from the country and that is why I got a hero’s welcome. If I was a pariah they wouldn’t do that. I’m still one of the most popular politicians in the islands. The Turks and Caicos Islands would have independent by now if I’d have been (left) in charge. ‘They said I was corrupt to discredit me. That tactic failed in Africa and India and it will fail in the Turks and Caicos Islands.’ Misick admitted his party had received campaign contributions but denied it was corruption and he questioned why only black people Michael Misick and his former wife LisaRaye, an American model and actress were on trial and none of the white on a boat charter for the premier’s comeback. developers who had given the money. wife LisaRaye and nine other guests, The islands are due to have ‘Not only is it a political witch-hunt $10,000 (£6,970) was paid to a private an election probably in November and but it’s also a racial one,’ he said. school in Switzerland attended by he plans to stand as a PNP candidate. Misick said: ‘There were LisaRaye’s daughter, and $150,000 He said he had the support of the no campaign finance laws. So there (£104,000) was spent on furnishings Prime Minister Rufus Ewing and was were people who gave money. They for the newly built home of the premier. hopeful of being selected next month. gave contributions and some were Misick’s trial is being heard without Misick stands by his record developers.’ a jury and by 78-year-old Jamaican as premier: ‘Between 2003 and 2009 Misick said he was perfectly judge Paul Harrison. there was unprecedented investment willing to give evidence at the trial But he told Mail Online: and the islands were transformed when the time comes although he ‘Because I am a man of faith I’m from a sleepy backwayer to a popular hoped the judge would accept there confident that I will ultimately be high-end destination.’ was no case to answer before it reached acquitted. We are completely innocent He said: ‘I told the governor the defence case. of all the charges against us.’ I wanted to call a referendum about ‘I’m not afraid and I have Misick said: ‘It’s independence and that is when the nothing to hide,’ he said. unprecedented to have a trial without relationship began to break down.’ A Foreign Office spokesman a jury in the Turks and Caicos Islands. Misick said: ‘The British told Mail Online today: ‘The UK takes They said there is no way of getting an government does not want to see allegations of corruption seriously and unbiased jury. We do not accept that. the remaining overseas territories we look forward to the people of TCI It is an insult to Turks and Caicos independent because it helps them getting justice. islanders to say they can’t listen to the with their importance in the world.’ ‘If it is the clear and evidence and bring back an impartial He said: ‘They want to control constitutionally expressed wish of the verdict.’ the Turks and Caicos but we want the people of TCI to pursue independence, The trial is due to last into same rights as an English person. But the UK Government will meet its next year but he says he is not waiting they wouldn’t give us a referendum. I obligations to help the Territory to for it to end before making a political believe the majority of islanders would achieve it.’
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Report from June 8th Cabinet meeting His Excellency the Governor, Peter Beckingham, chaired the 18th meeting of the Cabinet on Wednesday, 8 June 2016, at the Hon. N J S Francis Building on Grand Turk. All Ministers were present except the Hon. Deputy Premier. At this meeting Cabinet:
April 2016 under the Providenciales Residential Land Allocation Scheme PLS002/Block 60811 in accordance with the Crown Land Ordinance 2012. Cabinet further noted the order of priority for the unsuccessful applicants, as determined by the ballots drawn, for the allocation of any parcel of Crown Land that successful applicants fail to take up;
with Caicos Pride Products Ltd and Day Boat Seafood LLC in respect of losses that both companies claimed they had incurred as a result of TCIG suspending a 2 year pelagic fishing research study in 2014 for which the Department of Environment and Maritime Affairs (DEMA) had previously granted the companies a research permit;
•Received a presentation by the Caribbean Development Bank on the •Advised His Excellency the Governor •Approved the Adoption Regulations Medium Term Development Strategy to issue an Exemption Order to 2016 which give effect to the Adoption enable people who are lawfully Ordinance which came into effect in for TCI; present in the islands but without the May 2015; •Approved policy recommendations right to work to do unpaid volunteer extensions of the proposed by the Regulations Sub- work with registered charities in the •Approved appointments of the following nonCommittee of the NHIB that will islands; executive members of the TCIG Audit inform amendments to the National Health Insurance Ordinance and •Noted Cabinet’s previous decision Committee – Mr Nigel Hearnden Regulations to deliver a National to approve amending the Fisheries (Chair, for one year from September Health Insurance Plan that provides Protection Regulations to allow 2016); Mr Bennett Stubbs (Member, 100% universal health coverage and fishing for bonefish with nets of 1¼ for two years from September 2016); access, is affordable and sustainable, inch mesh or mesh size equal or Mr Neville Adams (Member, for one greater than 3½ inches and approved year from September 2016) and Ms and protects the vulnerable; the commissioning of a study to Edith Cox (Member, for one year from •Advised His Excellency the Governor determine which of the net sizes September 2016. to endorse the process for the would be most appropriate; Further information on these matters allocation of Crown Land to the thirty six TC Islander applicants who were •Advised His Excellency the Governor will be provided by Ministers in due successful in ballots drawn on 29 to approve a settlement payment course.
Career Opportunities: Grace Bay Club 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. DATE OPENED: June 4, 2016 START DATE: TBA POSITION: Senior A/C Technician Job Overview: Air-conditioning and Cooler Technician or A/C Technician is responsible in conducting maintenance check and repairs for air-con and other cooling or heating system. Responsibilities: •Conduct maintenance check for air-con, heaters and coolers •Install Air-con and heaters. •Repair damage and dysfunctional air-con, heaters and coolers •Check its functions and status •Change spare parts •Document the reported damage of the air-con, heaters or cooler •Check the its major parts •Conduct daily routine for inspections •Check leakage Requirements: •Must have at least 2 year experience as a A/C Technician 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: $9.00 - $9.50 per hour DATE OPENED: May 23, 2016 START DATE: TBA POSITION: Chef de Partie – South American Cuisine JOB REQUIREMENTS •To have hands on knowledge of at least 5 years of Latin American Cuisine with an emphasis on Brazilian, Venezuelan, Chilean, and Peruvian & Argentinian. •To be able to source & procure all the requirements at the same time use what is available locally to produce world class South American food. •To be well versed with all the special dishes from the different regions of Latin America eg. Causa, Ceviche, Lomo Saltado, Pescado a la Macho, Tres De Leche etc. •To be able to produce Japanese- Peruvian Fusion food also known Nikkei style of food •Should have worked in ethnic Fine Dining restaurants in Venezuela, Columbia or Peru •Should be well versed in all aspects of the kitchen eg. Butchery, Garde Manger & Hot Range etc. •Should be able to do contemporary presentation as well as interpret old classical South American dishes in modern style. DUTIES •To understand and be aware at all times of food costs and percentages related to all Latin American products being used & imported for the restaurant and understand how daily departmental costs influence profit and loss results. •To monitor stock movement, to ensure stock security.
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•To ensure minimum kitchen wastage. •To assist with the provision of training and development for department staff in kitchen procedures. •To ensure knowledge of the product is maintained and communicated to all relevant personnel. •To work with the Sous Chef to ensure the mis en place is completed. •To report any maintenance issues to the Executive Chef immediately. •To comply with all Grace Bay Resort’s policies and procedures to ensure that all statutory regulations are observed. •To comply with the conditions of the food hygiene policies. •To be flexible and willing to help other departments at busy times if required. Qualified Islanders and Belongers need only to apply Salary Range: $24,000 per annum DATE OPEN: June 1 ,2016 START DATE: ASAP POSITION: Pool and Beach Attendant Job Overview: Assists guest with beach and pool recreational activities supervising, swimming and ensuring that the guests are catered to while they are relaxing on the beach or by the pool. Responsibilities: •Assists swimmers from water when in danger. •Provide excellent service consistent with the hotels standards operating procedures and brand attributes. •Greet all guests upon arrival, distribute towels, offer assistance with seating, and delivering consistent guest service, exceeding guest expectations, and providing all other supporting services. •Knowledgeable of pool facility such as length and depth of all pools etc. •Pool side bar hours of operation, location of facilities, and emergency procedure for rescue. •Knowledgeable of hotel facilities and services to answer guest inquiries. 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: $8.00 - $8.50 per hour DATE OPEN: June 1 ,2016 START DATE: ASAP POSITION: Pool and Beach Manager Job Requirements: •Manage and oversee pool and beach supervisors and attendants: Plan and organize workloads and staff assignments for staff •Meet regularly with staff for briefing and training •Monitor time sheets and prepare payroll reports •Ensure that all equipment and tools are available and to give the guests the best vacation possible 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: $2,500 - $3,000 per month Interested persons can contact our Human Resources Department no later than June 30th, 2016 @ (649) 946-5050 Ext. 1030 Email: sheba.wilson@gracebayclub.com Fax: (649) 946-5758 P.O. Box 128 Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands, British West Indies
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Integrity Commission recommended DPP John Master’s removal
John Masters resigned as result of the complaints of some Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) members of staff of the Office of DPP after the Integrity Commission against the former DPP, Mr. Masters.” of the Turks and Caicos Islands Otuonye said there has been recommended that “the authorities “much public speculation” about the might consider his removal from office nature of their investigation into as the DPP for misbehaviour”. Masters, adding that consistent with Director of the Integrity policy, the Commission refrained from Commission, Eugene Otuonye, Q.C., commenting while the investigation said in a press release issued Thursday was ongoing. June 6th, 2016, that on Friday 27th He noted, however, the May, 2016 they informed Masters of former DPP of his own volition made their findings of the examination of statements to the media (The Turks the allegations that he made against and Caicos SUN which broke the his deputy Angela Brooks. He made story) confirming that he was the these allegations against her while subject of an Integrity Commission’s the investigation against him in investigation. respect of the complaints by several The Integrity Commission’s members of his office alleging acts of director said their investigation corruption and breaches of the Code of into these complaints was virtually the Conduct, including victimization, completed at the time the former DPP was still ongoing. resigned from office. “The Commission has The Commission noted that subsequently been informed that while this investigation was going since communicating its report to Mr. on, the former DPP lodged a separate Masters, he has resigned his office for complaint against the Deputy DPP, personal reasons and left the Turks Mrs. Angela Brooks, in which he made and Caicos Islands,” Otuonye said. very grave allegations against her “In the light of his resignation, the including, among other things, that Commission, at its next meeting, will she misled the House of Assembly in decide on a course of action in relation relation to allocation of some funds in to the investigation commenced as the Office of the DPP’s budget for the
Former DPP John Masters 2015-16 Financial Year. Otuonye added: “The Commission examined the former DPP’s complaint pursuant to its powers under section 80(1) (a) of the Integrity Commission Ordinance. The Commission found that the former DPP’s complaint against Mrs. Brooks was frivolous, false and malicious. As a result of its findings, the Commission made certain recommendations to the relevant TCIG authorities, including that the authorities might consider Mr. Master’s removal from office as the DPP for misbehaviour pursuant to
section 91(4) of the TCI Constitution. The Commission also recommended for the immediate recall of the Deputy DPP, Mrs. Angela Brooks, from administrative leave.” The Integrity Commission is chaired by Sir David Anthony Cathcart Simmons, former Chief Justice of Barbados. The other members are Reverend Rueben Hall, former TCI Commissioner of Police Paul Harvey, Chartered Accountant Nick Haywood, attorney Martin Green, and Rev, Dr. Julia Williams.
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KITCHEN HELPER *general cleaning of kitchen and storage rooms *assist with food preparation on all items when asked *washing floors, equipment, walls, utensils and dishes *English - verbal and written *working hours Monday - Sunday including holidays based on scheduled shift *must be available to start at 6 am *hours based on weekly schedule *$6.25 per hour ----------------------------------------------------
HOUSEKEEPER / CHAMBERMAID *duties include cleaning public areas, guest rooms, laundry and kitchen *washing floors, walls, windows, washrooms and toilets *daily cleaning of guests rooms including washing floors, walls, windows washrooms, dishes, toilets and showers *laundry service for all items including bedding, towels, uniforms and guest laundry *must have pleasant personality and to able to adjust to guests needs *must be able to lift 30 lb laundry bags *English - verbal and written *must be available to start at 6 am, hours based on weekly schedule *wage: $6.25 per hour
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shift *must be available to start at 6 am , hours based on weekly schedule *wage: $6.25 per hour -------------------------------------------
COOK *minimum 1 year culinary experience in full service dining establishment *must understand the importance of consistency *knowledge of food preparation and health safety *fluent in English - verbal and written *preparation of all food items according to Chef ’s recipes *maintain high quality and appearance of all foods leaving the kitchen *ability to work in small area and extreme temperature *maintain clean work areas *working hours Monday - Sunday including holidays , based on scheduled shift *must be available to start at 6 am, hours based on weekly schedule *wage: $6.25 per hour ---------------------------------------------------
RESTAURANT TABLE SERVER
*must have at least 2 years experience in working at a resort *duties include: cleaning outdoor property, washing shower walls in guest rooms, garbage pick up, emptying garbage bins, moving garbage to dump, cleaning toilets when required *landscaping duties will be required *all duties required to assist in property maintenance *English - verbal and written *working hours Monday - Sunday including holidays based on weekly schedule *wage $6.25 per hour
*minimum 3 years experience in full service restaurant *fluent in English - verbal and written - Spanish is an asset *excellent mathematical skills *ability to properly represent the resorts restaurant *must have pleasant personality and ability to adjust to guests needs *must be able to take guests orders correctly and communicate them to kitchen *must be able to serve food in a courteous and efficient manner *must be able open and serve wine bottles *knowledge of mixing drinks to assist in bar *must be able to prepare accompaniments for plates *proper cash handling procedures and opening and closing duties *working hours Monday - Sunday, including holidays based on scheduled shift *must be able to start at 6 am, hours based on weekly schedule *wage: $6.25 per hour
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HOTEL / RESTAURANT SUPERVISOR *certification in sage 50 accounting software in order to complete restaurant bookkeeping entries daily *minimum 3 years experience in restaurant or bar *must have certified experience in wine tasting and service *ability to plan staff hours and scheduling *ability to function in a multi-cultural environment *English, French a must, Spanish is an asset *working hours Monday - Sunday including holidays, based on scheduled shift *must be available to start at 6 am, hours based on weekly schedule *wage: $400.00 per week
WATER SPORTS RENTAL ASSOCIATE * Must have minimum 3 years experience in Water Sports Rental Shop, in the Caribbean * English, French & Spanish * Strong Client skills and pleasant personality * mathematically Strong * able to lift 30 lb chairs * able to set up HOBIE Cat sail boat * must be able to start at 6 am, hours based on weekly schedule * wage: $6.25 per hour.__
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BARTENDER *minimum 3 years experience in a full service bar *fluent in English - verbal and written - Spanish is an asset *pleasant personality a must *excellent mathematical skills *ability to mix Bohio specialty cocktails *ability to open and serve bottle of wine *cleaning and organization of all areas of bar *re-stocking of fridges and inventory bar daily *must be able to open bottles of wine *ensure proper cash handling - open and closing duties *working hours Monday - Sunday including holidays, based on scheduled
Bohio Dive Resort Grand Turk Turks & Caicos Islands, BWI T: (649) 946 2135 F: (649) 946 1536 E: info@bohioresort.com W: www.bohioresort.com
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Expedia Group reports increase in travel demand for Turks and Caicos Islands Expedia group, one of the world’s leading travel companies, reported today that travel demand to Turks & Caicos on all Expedia sites grew 15 percent in 2015 when compared to 2014. Package bookings, transactions that combine components like flights and hotel, continue to increase in Turks & Caicos with more than 25 percent increase in 2015 year over year. New data from Expedia group also indicates that the United States remains the key feeder market for Turks & Caicos with a reported growth of 20 percent in 2015 year over year. The United Kingdom and Brazil are other key markets for Turks & Caicos, growing at over 5 percent and
nearly 30 percent respectively as well during the same time frame. “Expedia continues to support Turks & Caicos’ growth with its local presence and its constant rollout of effective solutions like the Expedia® PartnerCentral App. As properties continue to benefit from the company’s wide-range of tools, technology and expertise, we continue to build relationships with hotel partners who see the benefit of Expedia,” said Demetrius Canton, Director of Lodging Partner Services for the Caribbean, the Expedia group. “Attending the Turks and Caicos Conference and meeting with industry leaders and valued partners provides our Market Management
team with the opportunity to enhance our relationships in the region and further identify the priorities and needs of our partners.” Representatives from Expedia’s Market Management team will attend the Turks and Caicos Conference (TACC), the destination’s premier trade event and the single most important business generator for Turks & Caicos’ tourism industry, June 7 - 10, 2016. Throughout the fourday conference, Expedia executives shared the latest news - including the recent rollout of Expedia® PartnerCentral Conversations information on innovative marketing tools and recommendations on how hotel partners can take advantage of
Expedia’s mobile technologies, tools and market intelligence to achieve increased visibility and incremental demand for their properties. Expedia seeks to continue to add more properties to its portfolio in 2016 and to support tourism growth in Turks & Caicos and the Caribbean region. By working with the Expedia group, hotels in Turks & Caicos gain exposure to the more than 200 websites in more than 75 countries worldwide in 35 languages, in addition to a myriad of mobile sites and apps, from brands such as Expedia®, Hotels.com®, Travelocity®, Orbitz®, Hotwire®, Egencia®, Expedia® Affiliate Network and others.
Queen’s birthday parade marks to major anniversaries
The Turks and Caicos Islands will join sister Commonwealth nations around the world in celebrating Her Majesty the Queen’s Birthday on Saturday, 11 June 2016. The ceremony will be held on the nation’s capital, Grand Turk, where the annual Queen’s Birthday celebrations will take place on the parade ground at 10am. “The Governor’s Office would
like to invite everyone to come out and enjoy this special event marking the ninetieth birthday of Her Majesty the Queen,” said the Governor, Peter Beckingham. “As this is a particularly special occasion, and also marks the 50th anniversary of the visit by Her Majesty The Queen to the Turks and Caicos Islands it would be great to a strong turnout to mark the event, and
also to support the many members of the local community who will be participating.” The ceremony will include participants from the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force (RTCIPF), staff from HM Prison, Customs and Immigration officials, Fire fighters, the Ex-Serviceman Legion, Cadets, Boy Scouts, Girl Guides, Girls Brigade, Rainbows and children from the Island’s schools. All will be accompanied by the RTCIPF band.
Following the parade, Governor Peter Beckingham will present long service awards to key members of the uniformed services in recognition of their 18, 25 or 30 years of service to the Crown. The ceremony will last for approximately 60 minutes and it will conclude with a royal salute taken by the Governor. As is traditional in the TCI, the Governor’s Office will provide refreshments to all participating in the parade.
RESORT WEDDING PLANNER Responsible for overseeing all aspects of weddings for the Hartling Group Companies: The Sands, The Palms and The Shore Club. Duties: •Handling all inquiries and site inspections relating to potential weddings being held at company resorts. •Pursuing, closing and managing all contracts with potential clients. •Meeting clients to discuss their requirements and establish budgets. •Exercising creativity as it relates to ideas and themes and advising on wedding customs or etiquette preparing proposals and quotations for the work negotiating prices with suppliers such as florists, photographers, caterers and venues. •Ensuring clients are kept up to date with wedding plans, keeping detailed records to make sure that costs stay within budget. •Being present at the venue on the day of the wedding to ensure everything goes to plan. •Researching new products, services and suppliers, through word of mouth, online or using social media to ensure all Hartling Group weddings are up to date and on par with the latest trends in the Turks and Caicos. Requirements: •Must have minimum of two (2) years experience in wedding planning or assisting with weddings. •Must have an outgoing personality and be genuine, approachable, attentive and instinctive. •Must be accustomed to working in a high-pressured environment. •Must be smart, professional and consistently well-presented. •Excellent communication skills including spoken and written English. •Proven experience in ability to drive sales and ability to confidently negotiate rates. •Highly skilled in organization and administration skills and a real eye for detail. •Good numeracy and literacy. •Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office. Salary: $33,000- $36,000.00 per annum but commensurate with experience, not including service charge Interested applicants should apply to The Palms, Human Resources Department Monday through Friday, by submitting an updated resume, or by emailing to Shaquarse.been@thepalmstc.com, no later than end of day Friday June 17th, 2016.
ARCHITECT POSITION AVAILABLE Fully qualified Architect required for the following role: Job Summary • The successful applicant will be expected to undertake the traditional role of a professional Architect. • This includes detailed architectural design work, planning submissions, preparation of tender documents, construction contract administration, contract cost control and direct liaison with clients, consultants and contractors. Essential Skills/Experience • RIBA Parts 1-111 Professional Qualification • Fully qualified RIBA/ARB registered Architect. • Minimum 5 years post-professional qualification experience as Project Architect with direct Client liaison. • Minimum 5 years experience in contract administration and cost control on JCT contracts. • Minimum 5 years experience in managing an architectural team. • A strong background of technical detailing. • Excellent skills in AutoCAD, Autodesk Revit, Photoshop, Sketch-up, Excel and Word a pre-requisite. • Experience in the design and production of presentation and marketing materials including website programming. Salary rated according to experience, between $4k & $6k per month. Interested applicants should contact Mr. C Davies via e-mail by June 14, 2016 with current CV to info@coasttci.com or in writing to the address below. Only applicants meeting the minimum requirements listed above will be contacted for interview within 5 days of the closing date. Only suitably qualified Turks & Caicos Islanders need apply. Coast Architects, 82 Cherokee Road, PO Box 941, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands
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$14,000 raised at Windvibes first Gala fundraiser By Todeline Defralien The Turks and Caicos Islands largest watersports event Windvibes kicked off its first ever Windvibes Gala in celebration of their 10th year anniversary on Wednesday June 8th, 2016 at Opus Bar & Grill in Providenciales. Windvibes hosted this gala focusing on supporting local charities through the watersports event. The event was a huge success raising $14,000 in their first attempt of raising funds to donate to ten different local charities in the Turks and Caicos
Islands. The Gala was the pre event to the main Windvibes event day which will be on Sunday, 10th July at Long Bay Beach. Windvibes Organizer Hope Levin told The SUN that they are still chasing some silent auction winners, but it looks like they just made it to $14,000 raised from the Gala. She said that it’s incredible and more than they thought they would have raised that night being that they never did the fund-raising gala before. Levin added: “We'd never done a formal fundraising gala, so we didn't know what the response would be towards the event. The evening went
above and beyond our expectations. We had more attendees than anticipated. The Gala was just part of our fundraising efforts and we're still inviting business to sponsor Windvibes, gain some publicity and help us reach our goal for $50,000. I feel certain we'll achieve it.” The event was started in 2007 with the goal of promoting fun, active and healthy watersports in the Turks and Caicos. As it gained popularity they’ve begun to use it as a platform for the good of the entire Turks and Caicos community. Last year they raised over $10,000 for the Turks and Caicos Hope Levin, Founder of Windvibes National Trust.
Man charged with causing death by dangerous driving On Tuesday 31st March 2016, Traffic Officers of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force formally charged and cautioned a 37-year-old male of Blue Hills Providenciales for the offense of causing death by
dangerous driving. The charges stemmed from an accident that occurred around 4:37pm on Saturday 27th February 2016 on the Leeward Highway in the vicinity of Automotive Arts when the
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is looking for motivated proactive individuals to join its REGENT GRAND ‘resort team’ and contribute to this growing beachfront boutique luxury property. Candidates MUST want to actively participate in creating an excellent and professional guest experience.
PUBLIC AREA ATTENDANT and SUPERVISOR
•Candidate will be responsible to ensure the highest level of cleanliness and safety in all public and back of house areas of the resort •Ensure that all lobbies and public facilities are kept in a neat and clean condition, such as rooms, hallways and restrooms. •Sweeps, mops, scrubs and polishes floors, remove trash collected by attendants and collects linen and other supplies from floor linen closets. •Promotes a positive image of the property to guests and owners. •Must be responsible for spring cleaning of their area as per schedule. Must be pleasant, honest and friendly; must have a good command of written and verbal communication. •Fit and able for heavy lifting •Willing to work split shifts, holidays and weekends Wages: $6.53 /8.50 per hour respectively
HOUSEKEEPER
•Performs routine duties in cleaning and servicing of guest rooms under supervision of housekeeping supervisor. •Prepares and cleans guests’ rooms by making beds, cleaning kitchen areas, bathrooms, floors, corridors, furniture and appliances. •Removal of trash and dirty linen from rooms. •Responsible for spring cleaning of their area as per schedule. •Provide turndown services as required and replenishes guestroom and bath supplies. •Promotes a positive image of the property to guests and owners. Must be pleasant, honest, friendly and should also able to address guest requests and problems. •Willing to work split shifts, holidays and weekends Wages: $6.25 per hour
man lost control of the Grey Toyota Corolla Car that he was driving west down the Leeward Highway, hit the median and went airborne before colliding into two other vehicles that were heading east on the Leeward
Highway, causing death to 32-yearold Rival Baptist. The man is presently on Police bail for his appearance to court on Wednesday 8th June 2016.
SECURITY
•Responsible for patrolling resort facility on foot and create a general security/public safety presence to deter inappropriate activity. •Answers radio calls from other departments with requests for assistance, and respond to emergency situations involving guests, owners and employees. • Interact with guests of the resort to provide customer service and assistance when needed. •Participate in briefings with heads of departments and assist with internal investigations relating to sensitive security matters involving guests and resort employees. •Assist other departments as needed regarding safety and security matters. •Fit and able for heavy lifting •Willing to work split shifts, holidays and weekends Wages: $7.15 per hour
Requirements: Should have four years or more experience in the Public Area, Housekeeping and Security Department of a resort. Should be able to work cohesively with co-workers as part of a team. Must be able to read and write in English and understand verbal and written instructions. These positions are currently held by work permit holders Prospective & qualified applicants who are Turks & Caicos Islanders can send copies of their applications and resumes to the email address noted below or to the Labour Board.
Applications will be accepted up to June 24th, 2016 Please forward resumes to: Email: rosemary @ rwimgt.com Regent Grand Management Ltd. c/o Regent Street TKCA 1ZZ Grace Bay, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Tel: (649) 941-7770
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Seven Stars Resort & Spa encourages guests to be well, stay well Known for its award-wining spa and popular ocean-front yoga classes, Seven Stars Resort & Spa, Turks and Caicos, (formerly Seven Stars Resort) celebrates a new name as it continues its focus on wellness. With its recently expanded spa and enhanced health-inspired culinary and fitness offerings, this leading Caribbean resort invites guests to stay well and be well while on vacation. As Americans continue to make wellness and self-care a part of their everyday lives, the demand for wellness travel continues to grow with four out of five tourists now looking to integrate healthful activities and habits into their vacations*. At Seven Stars Resort & Spa, both new and returning guests can nourish the mind and body at the property’s recently upgraded spa, while also enjoying its revived fitness offerings and reimagined restaurant menus. “As a leading luxury resort in the Caribbean, Seven Stars Resort & Spa offers a relaxed and idyllic setting, along with a variety of health-inspired experiences and activities, that inspire guests to be well and stay well while vacationing at their own pace and preference,” said Ken Patterson, CEO, Seven Stars Resort & Spa. Along with its already extensive menu of signature restorative
treatments, guests can now enjoy a multi-station manicure and pedicure suite; refreshed relaxation area; and an expanded retail space, featuring an array of products for guests to enjoy at home. A new Custom Package also allows guests the opportunity to create a program of services and treatments suited just for them. In addition to the renewed spa, guests can continue their wellness routines while on vacation with Seven Stars Resort & Spa’s 24-hour fitness center, tennis courts and beachside yoga classes. Complimentary watersports, such as paddleboards, kayaks, and snorkel equipment, also allow guests to stay active outdoors just off-shore from the beach. On land, the resort also offers complimentary bikes for guests to cruise and explore the island. The resort’s culinary offerings are also among the island’s best, with Seven and The Deck offering inventive menus with a focus on freshly prepared seafood, steak and artfully prepared salads. Guests can also request to have a meal prepared in the comfort of their 13 and October 31 as part of the spacious suite by the resort’s personal Summer Getaways Package can enjoy chef. 30% savings when they book by June To explore Seven Stars 30. Resort & Spa’s re-imagined wellness For more information, visit initiatives, travelers who book ocean- www.sevenstarsgracebay.com or to front accommodations between August stay up-to-date on the latest news and
InterCaribbean Airways Ltd is seeking to fill the position of Airline Executive Qualifications and Experience: 1.Possess a working knowledge of UK Aviation Regulations for Off-Shore Territories (OTAR), ICAO and IATA aviation practices and standards, US FAA Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR), and Dangerous Goods Regulations. 2.Past experience and knowledge of ramp and aircraft operations. 3. Other skills to be determined and evaluated by the Chief Executive Officer, based on prior experience and necessary skills, knowledge and training. 4.Must speak, read, write, and understand the English language. Additional requirements include the ability to physically carry out the work scope involved. The duties and responsibilities include: 1.Providing managerial and administrative responsibility for the domestic and international base operations. 2.Ability to make responsible, strategic and tactical decisions that might affect safety and/or security of ground handling and station operations. 3.Ability to provide proper management of all station managers with respect to supplies, documents, manuals, and other equipment that is required for proper station operation. 4.Ability to lead the process of opening new stations, including the hiring of personnel as needed, and the appointment of station managers, as needed. 5.Experience in establishing appropriate policy, instruction, and procedures for individual stations. 6.Promotion of communications and coordination within all stations. 7.Ensuring all station personnel are properly trained to perform their duties in a safe and competent manner. 8.Provides resources and environment that fosters safe operating practices. 9.Experience in establishing budgets for staff, equipment, materials, and operating functions. 10.Ensures ground handling operations and station operations for passenger and cargo operations are conducted in accordance with applicable regulations and standards of the TCI CAA and interCaribbean Airways manuals at all stations. 11.The airline executive is the Manual Control Authority of the Station Operations Manual and the Ground Handling Manual. 12.is a participating member of the SMS Management Meeting Group, the Operational Safety and Security Advisory Group and for ensuring that he/she and all personnel under his/her authority have a full working knowledge of their duties and responsibilities with respect to the SMS program. Works within the SMS to establish quality control plans and inspection programs within the station network. 13.Conducts all-station telephone conference meetings with all station managers on a regular basis for the purposes of reviewing operational concerns, safety concerns, and to help with station logistical readiness issues. 14.Coordinates directly with the Security Manager for matters regarding the security of station and ground handling operations. 15.Assembles necessary data for the completion of IATS Standard Ground Handling Agreement for outsourced ground handling activities and coordinates agreement signing and execution with the Chief Executive Officer or Accountable Manager. 16. The authority and responsibility for the management and supervision of functions and activities within the scope of company-wide policy and guidance for cargo operations, including revenue cargo, nonrevenue cargo, and COMAT.
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TURKS HEAD YACHT CLUB
is seeking applications from suitably qualified candidates for the following positions. The successful applicants must:
ASSISTANT MANAGER/SUPERVISOR -Have at least 10 years’ experience in the hospitality industry with at least 5 years’ experience in a supervisory position -Responsible for Human Resources Management and the overall supervision of all employees -Inventory Controls, purchasing and planning. Perform accounting and banking functions in coordination with the POS system. - Managing relations with the cruise lines Shore Excursion Executives. *Remuneration on a profit share basis RESTAURANT CAPTAIN -Have at least 10 years’ experience in the hospitality industry with at least 5 years’ experience in a supervisory position -Be at least 30 years old -Have a clean criminal record -Have a valid passport -Have previous experience with MICROS POS systems -Possess the ability to remain calm in a high stress environment -Must be willing and able to work flexible hours, including on weekends and Public Holidays, as necessary to meet the challenging needs of the cruise ship schedule and/or reasonable needs of the business RESTAURANT COOK -Have at least 10 years’ experience in restaurant kitchens managing, ordering, preparing and hands on cooking in a supervisory position. Experience in tourism would be an asset. -Be at least 30 years old -Have a clean criminal record -Have a valid passport -Have previous experience with MICROS POS systems -Possess the ability to remain calm in a high stress environment -Must be willing and able to work flexible hours, including on weekends and Public Holidays, as necessary to meet the challenging needs of the cruise ship schedule and/or reasonable needs of the business WAITERS/SERVERS / BARTENDERS/SALES ASSISTANTS -Have at least 5 years’ experience in the hospitality industry, experience in the tourism would be an asset -Possess the ability to remain calm in a high stress environment -Be well spoken with English as primary language -Have a valid passport -Be at least 25 years old -Have a clean criminal record -Must be willing and able to work flexible hours, including on weekends and Public Holidays, as necessary to meet the challenging needs of the cruise ship schedule and/or reasonable needs of the business BEACH ATTENDANTS -Have a clean criminal record -Have a valid passport -Hold a valid certification in CPR and First Aid -Have at least 3 years’ experience in the tourism and hospitality industry. -Must be able to swim -Must be physically fit and well presented with a trustworthy and reliable disposition -Excellent communication, inter-personal and customer service skills with English as primary language -Must be willing and able to work flexible hours, including on weekends and Public Holidays, as necessary to meet the challenging needs of the cruise ship schedule and/or reasonable needs of the business Preference will be given to documented Turks and Caicos Islanders Written applications only and accompanying CVs/resumes must be addressed to the Manager at the following address: Cee’s Plaza, Suite No. 1 Church Folly PO Box 86 Grand Turk Turks & Caicos Islands
TURKS HEAD YACHT CLUB c/o EPIC Corporate & Consultancy Services Ltd. Phone: 649-946-1570 Fax: 649-946-1571 Email: epic@epiccorporate.com
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TCI exits third round follow up at CTATF June 2016 plenary
On Wednesday, June 8, 2016, in Montego Bay, Jamaica, at the 43rd Plenary of the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) it was determined that the Turks and Caicos Islands had made significant progress in addressing the deficiencies identified in the 2008 3rd Round Mutual Evaluation Report. It concluded that the Turks and Caicos Islands is now largely compliant with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Core and Key Recommendations and, thus, can exit the regular follow-up process. To make this determination, the CFATF conducted a robust desk-top review of the legislative and administrative measures undertaken by the Turks and Caicos Islands to address deficiencies in its regime to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. The CFATF is a FATF
Style Regional Body of 27 member jurisdictions in the Caribbean basin that have all agreed to implement the international standards to combat money laundering and terrorist financing established by the FATF Recommendations. Since 2008, the Turks and Caicos Islands has worked assiduously, bringing together technical capacity and strong political will, to remedy the deficiencies described by the CFATF. Despite limited human and financial resources, the Turks and Caicos Islands has moved again and again to ensure the enactment of a number of legislative changes and implement numerous administrative changes, aimed particularly at addressing the deficiencies identified in its 2008 CFATF Report. The CFATF assessors made a detailed analysis of the deficiencies
Turks & Caicos Islands National Insurance Board Domestic Investment Portfolio Public Notice The National Insurance Board takes pride in the prudent management and investment of contributions entrusted to it for the benefit of the people of the Turks & Caicos Islands. In doing so, we have constructed a well diversified portfolio designed to ensure the longevity of the National Insurance Fund (NIF). As part of the Investment Policy, 10% of the overall Fund is segregated for local investments in the Turks & Caicos Islands. Historically, the NIF has held Fixed Income type securities in the form of loans and bonds, Equity and Real Estate investments, many of which have matured or are scheduled to in the near future. Currently, the Domestic Investment portfolio is underutilized. The NIB is desirous of achieving its target for domestic investments by populating the portfolio with high quality, investment grade projects that meet its domestic investment criterion and return objectives and is actively seeking qualifiable opportunities. The NIF restricts debt investments to no less than $1m and equity investments to a lower limit of $250k. Further Domestic Investments guidelines are captured in the National Insurance Board’s Investment Policy Statement and is available on the NIB’s website at www.tcinib.tc. in the ‘Document Library’. Any further inquiries on the NIB’s Domestic Investment Fund and how to submit a proposal should be directed to: Ms. Diandra Mills Investment Manager TCI National Insurance Board Hilly A. Ewing Building Providenciales Turks & Caicos Islands E-mail: diandramills@tcinib.tc Tel: 649 941 5806 Cell: 649 332 3194
identified in the Turks and Caicos Islands’ 13th Mutual Evaluation Follow-Up Report and specific measures taken to address them. The CFATF member countries expressed their congratulations to the Turks and Caicos Islands for what was described as a clear demonstration of hard work and commitment. Recognizing that there are outstanding deficiencies to be corrected, the Turks and Caicos Islands is actively considering further reform of the legislative and administrative regime for the gaming industry and has begun work on a National Risk Assessment using the World Bank tool in order to greater identify the vulnerabilities which may exist in our jurisdiction. The Turks and Caicos Islands has been a reviewer in the new 4th Round of Mutual Evaluations, maintained involvement with CFATF working groups as a member of the Steering Group including the Working Group on FATF Issues WGFI, the Co-Chair of the Human Resources Committee of the Steering Group, providing reviewers for the CFATF/ International Committee Review Group (ICRG) process, the Co-Chair of the CFATF Risks Trends and Methods Group, Deputy Chair of the CFATF as well as hosting of the 10th CFATF Compliance Conference. This involvement has assisted the Turks and Caicos Islands to gain a greater understanding to promote better implementation of a robust AML/CFT
regime within the Turks and Caicos Islands. Thanks to the staff of the CFATF, especially Ms. Dawne Spicer, Deputy Director, for assisting the jurisdiction to meet the standards necessary to exit the Third Round Follow-Up Process. Thanks to His Excellency, the Governor, and Hon Premier and members of the Cabinet, the Financial Services Commission, Financial Intelligence Agency, members of the Attorney General’s Chambers, and all other officers and officials who have contributed over the past several years to this significant achievement for the Turks and Caicos Islands. The Turks and Caicos Islands’ delegation was led by Attorney General, the Hon. Rhondalee Braithwaite-Knowles (CFATF Prime Contact within the Turks and Caicos Islands and CFATF Deputy Chair) and included Interim Director of Public Prosecutions Mrs. Angela Brooks (CoChair of CFATF Human Resources Committee), Director of the Financial Intelligence Agency Insp. Dwayne Baker (Co-Chair of the CFATF Risks, Trends and Methods Group), Principal Crown Counsel (International) in the Attorney General’s Office Mrs. Khalila Tatem (member of CFATF’s WGFI and HRC) and Senior Legal Counsel in the Financial Services Commission Mrs. Kenisha Bacchus (Co-Chair of the CFATF’s HRC and member of CFATF’s WGFI).
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Grand Turk Fisherman’s tournament a success
The 2016 Grand Turk Liquors & FLOW fishing tournament was a resounding success, with more fish caught than in any previous year. Conditions were stormy on Saturday but the 12 boats that entered made the most of the weather and local knowledge to bring in a record catch. Sunday’s conditions were perfect and saw even more fish brought to the scales. The event kicked off on Friday night with a lively event at the Salt Raker Inn hosted by Erika Faller, with the Calcutta bidding and live and silent auctions, also a lively bar for a great start to the annual fund raiser. For the second year in a row, Ralph Dietcshe’s “My Boat’ team took top honors as tournament champions with the heaviest overall catch of 163.4 pounds on day one, and 205.8 pounds on day two for a total of 379.2 pounds overall and six category wins to take
boat. the Calcutta prize too. The lively fish auctions were Damian Noyes’ “Screaming Reels” team landed a fantastic 67.9 the best we have ever had, with some pound wahoo to take the biggest furious bidding generated as our two fish honors and several of the cash “celebrity GT auctioneers” William Cole categories, including the TCI Lotto and Keith “Mice” Simons worked the enthusiastic crowd. $1,000 biggest fish bonus. The victor’s collected their Kadis Simmons’ “Oasis Prince” took the largest fish Saturday with spoils in a prize giving ceremony with a nice 42.3 pound yellow fin tuna. H.E. The Governor, Peter Beckingham, Levardo Talbot’s “Blue Beast” was also with special remarks from Hon. Akierra in the money with a nice 38.5 pound Misick Deputy premier and Minister for Education, and Dr Hubert Fulford, YFT. For the first time this year Principal of the TCI Community college. The GTFT Inc. would like to there was also a ladies category, and the tournament committee would like say a HUGE thank you to ALL our to recognize the very colorful “Fish & incredibly generous sponsors, Far too Chicks” team for their tenacity as they many to mention from all over the TCI were back out on the water within an and beyond, especially Grand Turk hour of their main boat breaking down, Liquors who have been with us since having accosted a second boat. Also day one, and FLOW as one of our new special thanks to The Marine Police lead sponsors. We could do not this Branch and G & G shipping Co. for without the incredible support across assisting with the recovery of the first the entire TCI community, which
makes this event possible every year, and of course all our tournament participants from both Grand Turk and Providenciales; but most of all the incredible community of Grand Turk for their unwavering support every year! GTFT Inc. is a registered Not for Profit run solely by volunteers. We use the annual game fishing tournament as a fund raising vehicle to support local causes. In our inaugural year we supported the Geriatric & Special Needs Unit at the GT Hospital, in year two we sponsored a new computer suite at the H J Robinson High School, in our third year we sponsored Eliza Simon's Primary School with various legacy projects. All proceeds for the 2016 tournament will be going to legacy projects at the TCI Community Colleges.
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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 30 June 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 Providenciales Registered Proprietor: TCM Associates Ltd
Through,
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. Each of the units is separately metered and has a restroom and ducted centrally air-conditioned system. 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. 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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Sandals Foundation Help students “Get Prepared” For 2016 Hurricane Season
In preparation for the 2016 Atlantic Hurricane season, Sandals Foundation the philanthropic arm of Beaches Resorts hosted a funfilled ‘Let’s Get Ready’ hurricane preparedness seminar for over 90 local youngsters from three Government Schools on Providenciales. Students from Enid Capron Primary, Ostea Jolly Primary and the Ianthe Pratt Primary all gathered at the resort’s conference room in the Caribbean Village for an exclusive screening of Sesame Street’s ‘Let’s Get Ready’ Emergency Preparedness educational program which featured popular Sesame Street characters, Grover and Rosita as they prepare for their own families for emergencies through song, dance and games. “This is an annual event for Beaches and the Sandals Foundation,”
said Elanor Krzanowski, PR Manager for the Sandals Foundation, “We are always looking to educate students on easy ways to prepare both mentally and physically for any emergencies including Hurricane,” “This is our fifth, Hurricane and Emergency preparedness interactive seminar; we think it is important to deliver this information in the most fun and interactive way possible.” She continued, “Usually we host this annual event for students at our sponsored school, but this year we have decided to expand to ensure that students of the three government schools were included.” Third grade teacher Ms. Shawn Harris, who accompanied her students at the event also commented, “This is a great initiative
for our student not only were taught was aimed at increasing hurricane how to prepare themselves for awareness and improving readiness emergencies such as hurricanes, but for students. Students were also they also get to take this important taught about the various types information home to their parents, of hurricanes, flooding and list we have several students who are hurricane shelters that are available from bilingual families who can share in their communities and also the the information with their families “It was good to see Grover to ensure they are all safe during a and learn what to do in a hurricane, now I am confident and know what to storm.” “We teach hurricane do to help keep myself, my family and preparedness as a part of our school friends safe during an storm.” said curriculum, but this seminar gives the student Sasha Eugene, “I enjoyed the kids an opportunity to reinforce what event, now I can share what I learn they have learned by making it more with my younger brother and sister interactive and the incorporation on how to stay safe.” The ‘Let’s Get Ready’ of Sesame Street generate more interested because it’s fun and hurricane preparedness seminar interactive so the kids are excited.” is the first of many interactive seminars the Sandals Foundation, Ms. Harris Sai. The event hosted by Sesame in collaboration with Sesame Street Street furry friend Grover Monster, Workshop.
General Manager Are you a people person? Join a team where people come first. About Us – A leading player in the retail insurance sector, the Colonial Group, with over 30 employees and offices in Bermuda, The Bahamas, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands and the Turks & Caicos Islands, offers a complete range of premier financial and insurance services to our individual and corporate clients. We know that our products make a real difference to our clients and their families. The Role – reporting to the Chief Operating Officer – Property and Casualty and Chief Operating Officer – Health at headquarters in Bermuda, you will be responsible for managing and coordinating all aspects of the Company’s operation including business development and retention, technical, staff, administrative and support service functions, e.g. financial, computer and human resources. You will plan and accomplish agreed goals that are outlined in the business plan and contribute to the achievement of strategic corporate objectives. You will provide a critical link with corporate headquarters in Bermuda while focusing on new business development for the Medical and Property and Casualty portfolios. You will also be required to service existing clients ensuring that their day-to-day administration needs relating to claims, eligibility and overall customer service are fulfilled to the required standards. Excellent and innovative customer service delivery is important to us, critical to our strategic objective of business retention and growth and applies to all roles across the Group.
WANTED
Manager Supervisor Labourer Must be able to work 6 days per week Salary negotiable Contact 347-1482
Hart Jolly seeks 1 Tile layer Helper Salary $6.25 per hour Contact: 243-8228
The Person – You will have a Bachelors degree and/or a relevant professional insurance qualification (e.g. DipCII/ACII)). You will have a minimum of 15 years general insurance experience within a Property and Casualty or Medical Insurance Company, with at least 5 of those years at Senior Management level. You will have the ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines and a willingness to work extended hours to meet the needs of the clients and the Company. You will have proven ability to negotiate, influence and persuade internal and external stakeholders as well as excellent presentation and communication skills. The Benefits – The salary range is USD$91,000-USD$120,000 depending on experience and qualifications. We also offer an attractive benefits package. To Apply – Please send your resume/cv to our Vice-President, Human Resources at hr_manager_bm@colonial.bm. Closing date for applications is June 20, 2016.
COLONIAL INSURANCE BROKERS LIMITED A member of Colonial Group International Insurance, Health, Pensions, Life
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Governor Beckingham impressed with Cuba were already there, with dogs attired in Cuban colours for tourist photos marring the wonderful squares. There is also a large amount of private sector refurbishment of the precincts in Old Havana, paving the way for more tourist friendly cafes, bars and retail outlets. It’s still some way from the tourist-clogged sites of cruise ship attractions like Venice or Cancun, but those days cannot be too far away.” The Governor said it’s also too early to assess what impact the opening of Cuba may have on TCI as a tourist destination. “I didn’t have the opportunity to see any of the country’s beaches, but it is unlikely that they will too soon have the appeal of some of TCI’s beautiful by nature surroundings. Havana will become an additional stop on the cruise ship circuit, so to that extent it could become competition for Grand Turk, which already faces new arrivals like
Cuba Havana Last month, HE the Governor, Peter Beckingham, joined InterCaribbean’s inaugural flight of its new service from Providenciales to Havana. Commenting on the visit, the Governor said: “Travelling to any new destination is always exciting, and a visit I made to Havana recently met all my expectations. Given President Obama’s recent visit there, and the Rolling Stones free performance in front of about one million people, Havana and Cuba are certainly high on the list of many people’s “must visit” locations. Thanks to the bold steps by InterCaribbean’s Lyndon Gardiner to make his airline a truly regional operation, getting to Havana has now
become a lot easier from Turks and Caicos. The first flights to Havana from here started in May, joining the existing route to Santiago de Cuba.” He added: “It’s impossible in the space of a two day visit to make too many meaningful judgements about a city, but it did seem clear that even during the low season Havana is likely to become an extremely popular destination, especially from the USA. More seasoned visitors to Cuba than me, like Santiago Fittipaldi, who was in our small group and has travelled extensively in the region for his former company Burson Marsteller, believe that the advent of cruise ships will have a major impact on the city. Some of the less appealing signs
the recently opened cruise centre in the Dominican Republic. But we have managed to maintain an arrival rate in Grand Turk of around 900,000 a year, which is great for the island’s economy,” he said. “The opening up of Cuba could also in some respects benefit Turks and Caicos. In addition to the flights which InterCaribbean are running to the country, there are suggestions that some of TCI’s existing investors may look to Cuba to invest in parallel developments, which could offer the discerning traveller a taste of two very different markets. That prospect may still be sometime away, as our Embassy mentioned during our visit that it could be a mistake to overestimate the pace of change in Cuba. But for the time being it beckons the curious visitor as a destination, easily reached from Providenciales, full of wonderful buildings and a fascinating history and future.”
Governor Peter Beckingham with Lyndon Gardiner and Cuban Ambassador
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Cable & Wireless Communications’ Flow ID Wins Global Telecoms Business Award for Customer Service Innovation UXP Systems, the leader in User Lifecycle Management for telecommunications operators, is pleased to announce today that they have been presented with the prestigious Telecoms Innovation Award for customer service innovation. The award, presented by Global Telecoms Business, honors the most innovative telecommunication achievements in the industry. UXP Systems, along with C&W Communications (C&W), were recognized for their innovation in bringing personalized digital service experiences to customers via the Flow ID platform, a fully digital identity developed for all Flow customers across the Caribbean The Flow ID platform allows C&W to move from an inefficient and cumbersome model of managing customer relationships, based on several device IDs and billing accounts to one ID system. In effect, it provides customers with a seamless personalized digital service experience with one digital ID for all of their services at Flow. “By using UXP Systems’ MINT Digital Experience Engine, we were able to dramatically increase our portfolio of digital services, and create a single digital identity for customers with flexible login options”, said Carlo Alloni, C&W EVP and Chief Technology and Information Officer. Flow ID customers across the Caribbean are now able to enjoy simplified access to any of their existing services across the C&W service portfolio. “We were pleased to exceed expectations for the project and see C&W’s digital services basket
Career Opportunity Scotiabank (Turks and Caicos) Limited is seeking the services of a
Manager, Human Resources Salary ranges between $54,000 -$81,400 Commensurate with qualifications and experience Position Summary:
dramatically increased with all services seamlessly accessed via one ID,” said Jim MacDonald, VP Global Marketing at UXP Systems. ”This gives C&W the ability to bring new services to market rapidly while maintaining frictionless onboarding processes and market-leading user experiences across all services. It also advances their position to compete with OTT providers and allows them to keep transformation costs low by leveraging existing systems.” The Global Telecoms Business Awards were presented to winners at a ceremony attended by leaders in the global telecom industry in London. About UXP Systems UXP Systems is the industry leader in user lifecycle management. UXP Systems’ Digital Experience Engine powers the digital user lifecycle as operators transform to a seamless, digital world of entertainment, communications, and connected life services. Their User Lifecycle Management™, Multiservice Gateway and UXDR® Insight modules are transforming service experiences for operators like Vodafone, Cable & Wireless, Rogers Communications, TELUS and CenturyLink in order to simplify user journeys while unifying and personalizing access to digital services for every household user. UXP Systems’ Digital Experience Engine innovates above existing legacy systems to transform the user experience, enabling frictionless user registration and device on-boarding, new user acquisition models, delegated user access and individual user profiles across all screens and services.
IF YOU HAVE A PASSION TO SUPPORT, MOTIVATE AND LEAD PEOPLE, then consider this opportunity to be a key change agent at Scotiabank (Turks and Caicos) Ltd. The Incumbent to this position is responsible for providing overall Human Resources management advice and support to line managers in order to achieve the Bank’s business objective through the strategic implementation and direction of Human Resources policies and practices. This includes Recruitment and Staffing, distribution of Human Resources related programs, Leadership and Succession Planning, Total Compensation and Benefit management and typical Human Resource support for the bank’s employees and managers. The Incumbent of this position will report to the Managing Director.
Key Accountabilities for this role include: 1. Developing and maintaining local Human Resources strategy in alignment with business strategy and global corporate Scotiabank strategy. 2. Ensure legal and regulatory compliance and strong corporate governance of all HR Programs and Policies. 3. Leadership: Contribute to a comprehensive Leadership Resource plan that establishes and maintains bench strength for key jobs, as well as support cross-country/divisional moves and diversity goals. 4. Staffing & Recruitment- Maintain staffing strategies and programs to identify talent internally and externally, in line with global employment strategies, programs and policies. 5. Employee & Labour Relations- Ensure the Bank’s adherence/ compliance to all local labour legislation requirements. 6. Learning & Development- Working in collaboration with HR Caribbean North Learning team on both the short and longterm learning objectives of the country.
Desired Functional Competencies • Excellent communication, presentation, leadership and organization skills. • Good knowledge of the TCI Employment Ordinance and related legislation, policies and procedures. • Thorough knowledge of cash and non-cash compensation program analysis and design. • Thorough knowledge of human capital planning and investment including recruitment, retention and promotional strategies, policies and procedures. • Good knowledge of performance management systems/ programs. • Proven ability to manage the coaching and performance management process. • Proficiency in Microsoft Windows including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc.
Educational Requirements: • Progressive business experience and 3-5 years’ experience in human resources. • Preferred: A university/college degree from a recognized institution. • Preferred: professional human resources designation (if applicable) or equivalent work experience. Qualified candidates should submit C.V. to: Human Resources Department , Scotiabank (Turks and Caicos) Limited, 88 Cherokee Road, Providenciales, no later than June 10th, 2016 Note: Only persons short-listed for an interview will be contacted.
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TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROGRAMME OFFERING FOR 2016/2017 Two-Year Associate Degree: Automotive Engineering Technology (Grand Turk Campus Only) 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, 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.
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 $400 per course Courses which do not require the use of laboratory facilities $300 per course B.One Semester courses CXC and Upgrade Computer modules Associate Degree/GCE “A” level
$150 per course $250 per course $360 per course
C.Full Programmes (two Semesters) Sept – Dec; Jan- May; Student category Course Annual Fees TCI Nationals Certificate $1,000 Associate Degree $2,000 Bachelors Degree $4,000 Resident Non/ Certificate $1,500 Nationals Associate Degree $2,500 Bachelors Degree $5,000 Overseas Students Certificate $3,000 Associate Degree $5,000 Bachelors Degree $8,000
Semester Fees $500 $1,000 $2,000 $750 $1,250 $2,500 $1,500 $2,500 $4,000
D. OTHER PROGRAMMES UWI Advanced Certificates $2,000 $1,000 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. Graduation Processing Fee (prospective graduates ONLY) $50.00
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LOCAL NEWS
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he Rum & Rhythm Benefit and Auction: The Ultimate Caribbean Epicurean Experience will be held Friday at Capitale, 130 Bowery, from 6:30 p.m. to 11 p.m., sponsored by Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados and the Cayman Islands. Top male and female mixologists to challenge each other for title of CTO Mixologist of the Year at Rum & Rhythm on Friday 3 June at Capitale in New York It will be a battle of the sexes to determine Caribbean Week New York’s Mixologist of the Year at one of the most anticipated events on the tourism calendar in the “Big Apple”. Organizer of the event told The SUN, “This is the 43rd year that the Caribbean Tourism Organization has been celebrating Caribbean Week in New York and Rum & Rhythm in particular is an event we have to raise funds to provide scholarships to Caribbean nationals to pursue studies in Tourism, Hospitality and Languages. Those are the essential development skills to help them come back and put
their talent to work to develop the Caribbean Tourism industry which is the engine of growth for the Caribbean.” She said that they’ve been giving away scholarships since 1989, and so far they’ve given away over 200 scholarships amounting to a little over a million U.S dollars. She added: “The performances of the chefs were excellent and of course Rum & Rhythm is about them displaying their authentic Caribbean and so we have chefs from across the Caribbean from the English, French, Spanish and Dutch, Caribbean displaying the diversity of the Caribbean cuisine. This is a very important event for the Caribbean since Tourism is so important to the region and it’s critical that we draw the best and brightest into the industry and this is one of the ways the Caribbean Tourism Organization reaches out to help develop the youth and people who are already employed in the industry who wants to develop their skills.” As part of its 10th year
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indvibes did things a little different this year celebrating their 10th year anniversary. Windvibes hosted the first Windvibes Gala that took place on Wednesday June 8th, 2016 at Opus Bar & Grill in Providenciales. The event was well attended by a wide cross section of the community as well as international persons. The purpose of this event is to raise money for ten different local charities here in the Turks and Caicos Islands. Windvibes Organizer Hope Levin told The SUN, “Our fundraising Gala this evening is to raise money for the ten different charities. Right now our goal is
$50,000 so well be giving $5,000 to 10 different local charities. The support has been phenomenal; it’s amazing right now we’ve had so many people who came out, businesses that came out to support the event and most of all we have professional violinist Dave Kim of San Francisco who came in to perform for the event .” The event was started in 2007 with the goal of promoting fun, active and healthy watersports in the Turks and Caicos. As it gained popularity they’ve begun to use it as a platform for the good of the entire Turks and Caicos community. Last year they raised over $10,000 for the Turks and Caicos National Trust. These photographs captured the event.
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Bigger baby bottles linked to weight gain Babies who drink from large a year, with parents with no more than bottles early in life may be experience a high school education. more weight gain by six months of age Only 298 infants had complete than infants who drink from smaller information on weight and length at bottles, a study suggests. their six-month checkup, and these Starting when the babies were infants were included in the analysis. two months old, researchers tracked On average, babies weighed their weight based on the size of their about 7.1 pounds (3.2 kg) at birth, bottles, which ranged from 2 ounces to 11.7 pounds (5.3 kg) at two months, 10 ounces. About 45 percent were being and 17.6 pounds (8 kg) at six months, fed from bottles that held at least six researchers report in the journal ounces of baby formula. Pediatrics. Compared with babies fed But babies who used smaller from smaller bottles, infants with at bottles weighed less at two and at six least six-ounce bottles had about a half- months, 11.2 pounds (5.1 kg) and 17.2 pound (0.21 kilograms) more weight pounds (7.8 kg), respectively. gain by six months, the study found. That compares 11.9 pounds “Every baby is different, but we know (5.4 kg) at two months and 18.1 pounds that a two-month-old infant will (8.2 kg) at six months for infants who generally take four ounces per feed,” had larger bottles. said lead study author Dr. Charles One limitation of the study Wood, a pediatrics researcher at the is that researchers didn’t directly University of North Carolina at Chapel measure how much babies drank, the Hill. authors note. “Larger bottles may mean They also didn’t look at how parents are more likely to overfeed bottle size changed over time or the their infants, contributing to more range of bottle sizes parents used weight gain,” Wood added by email. during the study period. It’s possible To assess how bottle size that families used different sizes of influences infant weight gain, Wood bottles or used smaller bottles but gave and colleagues focused on 386 babies babies multiple bottles at each feeding, whose parents fed them only formula. the authors point out. About 41 percent were black, 35 One challenge for bottle-fed percent were Hispanic, and 23 percent babies is that they may have a harder were white. time than breast-fed infants learning Almost two-thirds were from to sense when they’re full, said Karen households earning less than $20,000 Bonuck, a pediatrics researcher at
Albert Einstein College of Medicine months are a crucial time for babies and Montefiore Medical Center in New to figure out when they’re full, said Dr. York who wasn’t involved in the study. Wendy Sue Swanson, a pediatrician at With bottle feeding, parents may take a Seattle Children’s Hospital who wasn’t “clean your plate approach because they involved in the study. can visualize any remaining milk in a “It’s known that rapid weight bottle in a way that they cannot when gain is a risk for obesity and it’s also an infant is being fed at the breast,” thought that the first few months Bonuck said by email. of life help develop our satiety “Parents who purchase larger responsiveness – how our cravings and bottles may be doing so out of a desire sense of fullness while eating feel – and to express nurturance through feeding,” therefore if fed excess amounts during Bonuck added. that time we may set children up for a The problem with this parental bigger challenge with overweight later impulse is that those first few in life,” Swanson said by email.
Middle-aged African-Americans more likely than whites to die of stroke
Pregnant women may overestimate risk of some drugs
In middle age, black Americans are four times more likely to die of stroke than whites, a U.S. study suggests. But the reason doesn’t appear to be differences in care after a stroke. Instead, it’s because African-Americans have more strokes at age 45 and throughout middle age, the study found. “This is important because it implies that the changes we have to make to reduce the disparity are community-based efforts to prevent and control risk factors, rather than hospital-based approaches about differences in the care of stroke patients,” said lead study author Dr. George Howard of the University of Alabama at Birmingham. To assess racial disparities in stroke rates and survival odds, Howard and colleagues analyzed data on more than 29,000 people living in the southern U.S. During an average follow-up period of almost seven years, there were 1,168 strokes including 242 that were fatal, researchers report in the journal Stroke, online June 2. By age 55, blacks were about three times more likely to die of stroke than whites. The odds of death from stroke were roughly doubled for blacks at age 65 compared to whites. On a case by case basis, however, blacks had slightly lower rates of death following stroke than whites. The higher mortality among blacks was almost entirely due to
higher rates of stroke, although that disparity steadily declined with age. From ages 45 to 54, blacks were about three times more likely to have a stroke. But there isn’t much difference in the odds of having a stroke by the time people reach ages 75 to 84, the study found. Roughly 40 percent of the racial disparity in the odds of having a stroke between ages 45 and 65 may be explained by risk factors such as hypertension or diabetes, the authors note. Both of these risk factors were more common among blacks than whites at those ages. Overall, 71 percent of blacks in the study had hypertension, compared with 51 percent of whites. About 31 percent of blacks had diabetes, as did 16 percent of whites. It’s also possible that these risk factors impact African-Americans differently, or that they might experience certain conditions like hypertension over longer periods of time than whites, Howard said. “To affect this, we need to make changes to prevent blacks from becoming hypertensive and diabetic, and then have better control of risk factors (blood pressure levels and glucose levels) in blacks,” Howard added. The rest of the disparity in stroke rates may be explained by problems such as limited awareness of risk factors and early symptoms for stroke or social and economic issues such as access and affordability of care, the authors note.
A girl drinks milk from a feeding bottle on a street in Lisbon May 1, 2008.
Pregnant women are often Wales and Northern Ireland. steering clear of drugs that might Roughly 40 percent of the ease problems like nausea and participants were pregnant when urinary tract infections even though they completed the survey, while the treatments may be safe, a U.K. the rest had given birth within the study suggests. previous year. About 17 percent of Researchers surveyed 1,120 the women reported having a chronic women about common problems they medical condition, most often asthma, experienced during pregnancy and allergies, depression, anxiety or whether they thought medications thyroid issues. to treat these issues were harmful or For common pregnancy issues beneficial. like nausea, sleep problems and Overall, about 76 percent constipation, women often avoided of the women reported taking medication even though there are medication for at least one of eight certain treatments available that are common conditions during pregnancy not considered harmful, the study including nausea, heartburn, found. constipation, colds, urinary tract Even though about 79 percent of infections, neck or pelvic pain, women experienced nausea during headaches and sleeping problems. pregnancy, for example, only around But for some problems, many 10 percent of them took medication. women didn’t take medications, even Non-prescription anti-nausea drugs when drugs might not be harmful offer an example of how women may or forgoing treatment might be needlessly suffer and potentially dangerous, researchers report in allow small problems to escalate into the International Journal of Clinical bigger ones by avoiding treatment, Pharmacy, online May 30. said Angela Lupattelli, a study “Many women avoid coauthor and pharmacy researcher medications as they fear harming the at the University of Oslo in Norway. child,” said lead study author Michael “Nausea and vomiting can Twigg, a pharmacy researcher at the be very devastating for women, and University of East Anglia. it is very important that women do “We don’t want women not become dehydrated or unhealthy to avoid medication and suffer as a result of pregnancy sickness,” unnecessarily from conditions that Lupattelli added by email. can be treated relatively easily,” With sleep, 67 percent Twigg added by email. of women reported problems but To understand how women only about 1 percent of them took think about medication use during drugs even though there are some pregnancy, Twigg and colleagues nonprescription options that are analyzed data from an online survey not considered harmful during of women in England, Scotland, pregnancy.
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Bahamians overwhelming reject referendum bills
The four bills touted to bring gender equality to the country’s Constitution were “overwhelming” rejected by voters at the polls yesterday, although only a handful of results were released last night by the Parliamentary Registration Department due to numerous technical setbacks. It is the first time in recent elections that full polling results have been withheld. Instead Parliamentary Commissioner Sherlyn Hall gave an estimation based on voting trends from results that he saw. His department only released unofficial results from six of 38 Hon. Perry G. Christie Prime Minister Commonwealth of The Bahamas at the Launch of the YES constituencies last night and only Bahamas Campaign “Equal Rights for our Sons and Daughters” on Sunday, April 10, 2016 three of those were in New Providence. Results were released for North Bahamian electorate and I can only saw appeared to be a “rejection”. Andros and Berry Islands; Cat Island, say that much based on the results “I’ll leave it at that,” he said. Rum Cay and San Salvador; Mangrove coming,” he told reporters last night. “Our fax is down because y’all Cay and South Andros; Bamboo Town “We are still waiting for some (the media) had to do some sort of and Carmichael. Only partial results constituencies to provide results; gymnastics, the cabling, so whatever were released for Elizabeth. they are still coming in but the vast mechanism that y’all did they have In the results that were majority appears to be, the vast difficulty communicating by fax to released, the no vote more than majority in terms of the no vote, all us so most of the results have been doubled the yes votes across all four of the questions have been rejected, telephoned,” he added. questions in most cases. overwhelming.” Last night, former Prime Progressive Liberal Party Of the delays, Mr Hall said: Minister Hubert Ingraham told The (PLP) Chairman Bradley Roberts “Well I have received reports that the Tribune he was “disappointed by the released a press statement at 10pm current, BEC, the team in Montagu government’s incompetence” in staging conceding the vote with only five they are in darkness so they have the referendum. complete results declared. difficulty counting their ballots in Around the time Mr Roberts Mr Hall pointed to electricity darkness so I can speak to that. Others, released a press statement conceding outages and telecommunication issues it’s a typical election, you have four the vote, results from only three when pressed for an explanation over questions to count on the ballot paper constituencies had been released the stalled process. and I’m sure if had you participated in by the Parliamentary Registration “From the position of my office this you would understand the gravity Department. and from the results coming in to the of what they were going through but I In his statement, he called the office from all of the 38 constituencies, must commend my staff for a good job.” exercise a “giant step” in the ongoing it appears as if the four constitutional He noted the results were still fight for freedom, social justice and bills have been rejected by the coming in after 11pm, but said what he equality. He commended the efforts
of the staff of the Constitutional Commission, the YES Bahamas campaign, and Prime Minister Perry Christie. Mr Roberts said: “The vigorous and sometimes emotive public debate for and against the constitutional changes enlightened our people, deepened our democracy and our country is more mature and better for this exercise. “The PLP remains committed to the principle of equality for all Bahamians under the law. We do so because it is consistent with our core values and the foundational principles upon which the PLP was built and thrived.” When asked why Mr Roberts sent what appeared to be a concession speech before his department had released the majority of the results, Mr Hall said he could not speak for the PLP chairman. The full results will be published by June 9, according to Mr Hall, who said the department had two days to release the results and that official figures would be sent to the governor general first. Polls opened across the country from 8am to 6pm yesterday. Anecdotal reports indicated that voter turnout in the capital was slow throughout the day. Mr Hall thanked his staff, Family Island administrators and poll workers for their service administering the historic vote, which he said went smoothly. Prime Minister Perry Christie did not release a statement on the results up to press time.
Allen Chastanet sworn in new St. Lucia PM An emotional Allen Michael Lucia is a mature democracy in which Chastanet was sworn in Tuesday as the will of the people lives,” and “we the sixth Prime Minister of St Lucia humbly accept the overwhelming since the island attained political mandate you have given to us”. independence from Britain in 1979, The UWP won 11 of the 17 vowing to unite the country following seats at stake in Monday’s general Monday’s general election. election, ousting the incumbent St Chastanet, an economist and Lucia Labour Party (SLP) that was hotelier, took the oath of office before seeking a second consecutive term Dame Pearlette Louisy at Government under the leadership of Dr Kenny House on the outskirts of the capital. Anthony. The brief ceremony was witnessed Chastanet congratulated all by family members, including his 17 successful candidates as well as 82-year-old father, Michael, as well as those who participated in the general his wife and two children. election, noting that “the will of the Several of the victorious people was to give the United Workers members of the United Workers Party Party an opportunity to pursue policies (UWP) were also present as Chastanet, and programmes aimed at improving choked up with emotion, thanked the standard of living and the quality the population for giving him an of life for all St Lucians. opportunity to lead the island over the However, he warned that next five years. in order for the “ambitious goal to “Thank you St Lucians of succeed, I will require the cooperation all categories for listening and going and full support of all St Lucians. out in large numbers yesterday and “It is for this reason I wish exercising your constitutional rights,” to signal from the onset my desire he said, adding “yesterday you voted to foster a far more cooperative and for change and the United Workers collaborative relationship with all Party is ready to bring about the interest in society, including the change you want”. official opposition,” he said, reminding Chastanet said “as a nation his audience that the 2016 general we have proven once again that St elections “are all now but over and it
Prime Minister Allen Chastanet taking the oath of office is to the future we must look and work with a sense of national pride and duty”. Chastanet, who is expected to name his Cabinet soon, said that “it has never been and will not be on this occasion, the practice of the United Workers Party to gloat. “We are immensely grateful to the confidence the electorate has reposed in us, but we are also mindful of the enormous job that lies ahead and high level of expectation that exist among the population.” He spoke of problems and challenges highlighted during the campaign, including unemployment among young people, saying these issues were of “utmost importance
to us, so too are the unsatisfactory standards in health care, inaccessible tertiary education for those who wish to go beyond secondary school”. The new prime minister said his immediate task now was to help the country “arrest the current state of disillusionment and hopelessness” and promised to implement policies that in the end all of St Lucia will be able to enjoy in the future. “We know our economy thrives when money circulates through the local economy, we shall put money in people’s pockets. This commitment is not just for those who voted for the United Workers Party, it is to all St. Lucians,” he added.
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International credit rating agency downgrades Bermuda A United States-based Despite having experienced international credit agency has positive growth in2015 for the first time downgraded Bermuda’s issuer and since 2008, Moody’s said Bermuda’s senior unsecured ratings to A2 from economic strength “remains some way A1. below that of its A1 rating peers.” Moody’s Investors Service also At “Moderate (-)”, Moody’s said that Bermuda’s economic outlook assessment of Bermuda’s economic “remains stable.” strength is below the “High” median Despite improved economic score for A1-rated sovereigns, and prospects, Moody’s said Bermuda’s more in line with lower A-rated peers. economic strength continues to lag “That score balances that of A1-rated sovereigns. Bermuda’s high level of wealth and The island’s fiscal strength a highly internationally-competitive continues to trail many A1-rated peers insurance industry, against its small, due to its high interest burden, even open economy and weak growth as its debt metrics have stabilized at a performance and prospects,” Moody’s moderate level, Moody’s said. said. “The stable outlook reflects On a comparative basis, it our view that with economic said Bermuda’s economy of US$5.8 prospects beginning to improve billion is “very significantly smaller” and the government’s consolidation than the ‘A1’ median of US$256 billion. programme expected to support a “Even as the country emerges gradual improvement in the fiscal from recession, we do not think that position, debt metrics will remain the negative impact of its size on its stable over the rating horizon,” credit profile will be compensated for Moody’s said. by growth,” said Moody’s, forecasting The country’s foreign currency that Bermuda will grow on average long-term bond and bank deposit 1.8 per cent annually in 2016-20, lower ceilings were changed to Aa3 from Aa2 than the 3.0 per cent median forecast and A2 from A1, respectively. for A-rated peers. Moody’s said foreign currency “The latter factors weigh on bond and deposit ceilings remain the island’s overall economic resilience P-1. The local currency ceilings were and point to Bermuda’s higher changed to Aa3. susceptibility to shocks than A1-rated
sovereigns,” Moody’s said. if moderate, economic growth and Despite continued declining budget deficits in the challenging economic conditions, the next few years, “which should allow rating agency said the Bermuda Bermuda to retain economic and fiscal Government’s adjustment measures, strength consistent with its A2 peers,” taken under the Medium Term Moody’s said. Expenditure Framework, have led to It said the Bermudian the stabilization of its debt-to-gross economy experienced a recession domestic product (GDP) ratio at about between 2009 and 2014, with output 40percent since 2013. contracting on average 3.3 per cent At this level, Moody’s said annually. Bermuda’s debt burden is in line with Moody’s estimated that the median for A1-rated sovereigns. Bermuda emerged from this recession However, given Bermuda’s in 2015, with GDP expanding about more narrow revenue base, Moody’s 1.5 percent in real terms last year. said the island’s interest burden is “Positive economic significantly higher than that of its momentum should carry into2016 and A1 rating peers, with the interest 2017 supported by increased tourism payments-to-revenue ratio exceeding activity related to the 2017America’s 12 per cent – the second highest among Cup, as well as by increased A-rated sovereigns – compared to a 4.5 investment on tourism-related per cent “A1” median. and public infrastructure projects,” Moody’s said the need to Moody’s said. devote greater resources to servicing It expects that Bermuda’s its debt leaves Bermuda with economy will accelerate to 2.3 per cent considerably lower fiscal flexibility on average in 2016-17 and will grow than its A1-rated peers and less able between one and two per cent during to absorb shocks. the following three years. Moody’s assessment of The fiscal outlook will Bermuda’s fiscal strength remains be closely tied to the economy’s “High (-)”, below the “Very High (-)” performance, as additional deficit median score forA1-rated sovereigns. reductions will rest more on revenue The stable outlook is measures in coming years, Moody’s predicated on a return to positive, said.
More to Jamaica than ‘anti-gay Gestapos’: Man Booker winner Marlon James
Marlon James, author of ‘’A Brief History of Seven Killings’’, poses for photographers after winning the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2015 in London, Britain, October 13, 2015 Living as a closeted gay man in Jamaica drove novelist Marlon James to such despair that he once wrote he knew he had to leave “in a plane or a coffin.” He left, on a plane for the United States, seemingly confirming Time magazine’s 2006 headline that the Caribbean island was “The Most Homophobic Place on Earth.” Back for the Calabash International Literary
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Festival, which features poets, novelists and writers from across the globe, the 2015 Man Booker Prize winner said his own story was actually more complicated. “The thing about Jamaica, for such a small country, is that there are 10 different Jamaicas and the one you live in is not necessarily the one that everyone else lives in,” said James, 45. He described his milieu as for the most part
The nine-members of the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) Saturday held talks with officials of the major political parties here amid widespread speculation that presidential elections could take place on October 9. According to informed sources, the CEP has indicated a willingness to publish an electoral calendar next week, as early as Monday outlining the dates for the presidential elections. The sources said that
“uptown,” very different from Killings,” James’ novel about the Jamaica that makes an assassination attempt on headlines as a place where Bob Marley that catapulted gay people are beaten to death the author to global fame. The class divide is by mobs. International media painted a one-sided picture of especially acute for gay people. A poor gay Jamaican his home country, James said. “They have a narrative that can face violence on the Jamaica is a place where streets, but an “uptown” these anti-gay Gestapos are gay Jamaican can be tacitly running around killing people accepted, or at least tolerated. that they are just so desperate “It’s the one country in the to get that narrative.” world I have a right to be in. Rather than a fear In the sense that I can step of being killed, the “coffin” into Jamaica with a sense comment he wrote in a 2015 of entitlement because I New York Times article am entitled to my country,” referred to touching rock said James, who lives in bottom and contemplating Minneapolis and teaches at suicide as he struggled with Macalester College. “Which is not to his identity. “I didn’t think I could say I’m kidding myself that live here as a gay man. But I everything is fine or that I didn’t need a beating to find could walk down the street that out,” he said. holding some guy’s hand or The divide between anything like that.” the better off “uptown” and “The reason that homophobia underprivileged “downtown” is so acute in Jamaica is creates a constant tension because the church supports on the island, one addressed it,” said the former churchin “A Brief History of Seven goer who underwent attempts
the first round will be held on Medina that the poll will be held October 9 and if a candidate in October. He said it “should take does not receive the necessary amount of votes to prevent a place on October 9 and that second round, then that will based on the information he has, take place on January 8, 2017 “from the date of publication and the final election results will of the electoral calendar, CEP be published January 30, next needs 90 to 120 days to organize year. elections”. Media reports here The October elections said that Interim President would also include voting for Jocelerme Privert, who was in one-third of the Senate. Cuba attending the summit of During the meeting the Association of Caribbean on Saturday, party officials States (ACS) told his Dominican were informed that the Republic counterpart, Danilo presidential race, which fielded
to cure him of being gay. But James also acknowledged churches as the “lifeblood” of many communities and a constructive force. James has come back to Jamaica three times so far this year, and credits the Calabash Festival for the publication of his first novel. It was at a workshop at the biannual event that U.S. author Kaylie Jones convinced James to resurrect the book after multiple rejections. “This is also a place where I discovered so much of the world of literature. This is the place where my mind was first blown, in a way. It’s a sense of familiarity and family and also discovery. Also, it’s nice seeing a beach,” he said, sitting by the Caribbean Sea. James said he was not ready to move back to a country he had left when he was 37, because of the opportunities for writers in the United States.
54 candidates, will not be reopened to accommodate any new candidates and the current 54 will have until June 27 to confirm their participation in the election. Gerald Germain, spokesman for Jude Celestin, who placed second in the October 25 presidential election, said his candidate agrees with the timetable and the CEP’s proposal. “We’ve always contended that the October. 25 elections were not elections,” he said.
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Brazil’s top prosecutor requests arrests of key politicians Brazil’s top prosecutor recordings in which the has asked the country’s politicians allegedly discuss highest court to arrest senior legislation that would limit political allies of acting the impact of the ongoing President Michel Temer Petrobras investigation. That for allegedly obstructing a probe has already ensnared corruption probe into state oil many of their colleagues across company Petrobras, a leading the ideological spectrum. media outlet reported on “It’s impossible to Tuesday. stop the Car Wash probe” at TV Globo said that this point, said Sergio Praca, Attorney General Rodrigo a political science professor at Janot is seeking the arrests of Fundacao Getulio Vargas, a former president Jose Sarney, university in Rio, referring to former planning minister and formal name of the Petrobras current Sen. Romero Juca, investigation. “Brazilians lower house Speaker Eduardo have come to expect it will Lower House President of the Ethics Council Jose Carlos Araujo, left, speaks alongside Council Vice President Sandro Cunha and Senate head continue.” Alex, center, and Council Rapporteur Marcos Rogerio as they meet to vote on proceedings against former House Speaker Renan Calheiros. All four Calheiros said the Eduardo Cunha in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, June 7, 2016. Cunha is facing allegations of lying to congress by denying politicians belong to Temer’s reported requests for him and holding overseas bank accounts, and has been charged with corruption and obstruction of justice centrist Brazilian Democratic the others to be arrested were Movement Party, or PMDB, “disproportional and abusive.” jailed. allegedly suggested in the repeatedly argued she did and performed key roles in Speaking at the start of a Both Cunha and Juca recordings that Rousseff ’s nothing wrong, insisting that suspending President Dilma Tuesday Senate session, he have labeled the report as impeachment could help the push to remove her was Rousseff from office in early told colleagues that the body “absurd.” block the corruption probe at to tamp down the Petrobras May. “will not be dragged into this Cunha was earlier Petrobras. investigation, which she had The Supreme Federal crisis, it will be the solution.” suspended from his duties for Temer could struggle refused to do while in office. Tribunal Justice Teori Sarney said in a statement obstruction of justice in the to hold on to power if Zavascki The Senate Zavascki will decide on the that he has been left “stunned, same case. decides to arrest his allies. impeachment commission request. Only the high court outraged and upset.” Because Juca was forced two At least 54 of 81 senators says her trial could end in can arrest or try elected of his age, the 86-year- weeks ago to take a leave will have to vote in favor for mid-August while Brazil is officials. old would be placed under of absence because of the Rousseff to be permanently hosting the Olympic Games in Janot and the high house arrest with an ankle audios recorded in the case removed from the presidency Rio de Janeiro. Chief Justice court’s press office declined to monitoring device if Zavascki by an executive of another on the accusation that she Ricardo Lewandowski will comment on the media report. decides the charges are valid. state owned oil company, broke fiscal laws. make the final decision. The case is based on audio The other three would be Transpetro. The senator Rousseff has
Report outlines reasons for PNP defeat in Jamaica elections The decision by former prime minister Portia Simpson Miller not to participate in a national debate ahead of the general elections in February may have cost the then ruling People’s National Party (PNP) an opportunity to serve for another five year term, according to a committee set up to examine the party’s defeat. The committee also said it found that campaign management meetings were infrequent and there was not a sufficient mix of younger people involved in the leadership of the campaign. It also indicated that the PNP’s message of economic management “did not convey any hope of ease to the challenging economic circumstances of the electorate,” and any attempt to provide an ease to the lower socio-economic group was not evident. The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) won the February 25 general election by a one seat majority in the 65-member Parliament. The Julian Robinson committee was established to conduct a formal assessment of the factors that contributed to the electoral loss. It presented its report to PNP executive members last Monday. It has not yet been made public. But both major newspapers have quoted extensively from the report that showed the PNP entered the election campaign with unresolved issues among members of its leadership team who did not trust each other, and this led to a dysfunctional and disjointed campaign. In addition, the Robinson-
led committee found that the party’s message did not communicate hope and was incoherent. The report is said to be critical of the PNP’s leadership regarding the timing of the election, with one newspaper reporting that “the report does not name the persons who should shoulder the blame but anyone who reads it would know at whose feet the blame should be laid”. Regarding the decision not to participate in the debate, there is the criticism that even after JLP leader Andrew Holness had answered questions regarding the consecution of his home, the PNP stuck to its position of not participating in the debates, a decision that the committee described as “fatal”. The issue of Holness’s house was raised during the campaign with the PNP insisting that he answer a series of questions before the party would agree to participate in three planned national debates. “Post-election polls and focus groups have indicated that this was the main reason we lost the election,” the committee reported, adding that the decision represented a missed opportunity to articulate the party’s message, influence the undecided, and debunk the J$18,000 (One Jamaica dollar =US$0.008 cents) rebate floated by the JLP. The report noted that the issue also “created the notion that the party was arrogant and nonchalant in its treatment of the public in general”. The report is expected to be further discussed when the PNP executive meets on Monday.
Caribbean tourism officials address Zika concerns Caribbean countries have been assured that the mosquitoborne Zika virus has not had a significant impact on the tourism industry, even though the mosquitoborne virus, which is linked to the birth defect microcephaly, has been detected in several countries in the region. However, President of the Caribbean Hotel Association, (CHA) Karolin Troubetzkoy told the media at Caribbean Week in New York that Zika is still being monitored. “The CHTA, we ran a survey with our own hotels and while some said yes there was an impact especially with wedding groups or babymooners, the overall response is that it has not affected business to the extent the numbers were down. “So it’s really very different from hotel to hotel, island to island, and I think there are still a lot of markets that are not concerned about the Zika virus, which as you know is a mild virus, only one in five persons would show symptoms,” Troubetzkoy said. She noted however, that for women who may want to conceive, the connection to microcephaly would certainly affect their choice of holiday destination. Tourism officials are working closely with the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) to promote an education campaign on the prevention of the spread of Zika. Chairman of the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO), Richard Sealy, added that there is
a health and tourism programme which has been addressing a number of health concerns over the past several years. “Because remember in 2009 it was H1N1 then in 20013-14 it was Chikungunya along with the threat of Ebola. Fortunately it didn’t come to the Caribbean region as far as we know. And of course now Zika is the flavour of the year,” said Sealy, who is also the Minister of Tourism In Barbados. He noted that despite the concerns over the spread of the virus, the Caribbean has not recorded a high level of cases of infection. “I understand the question of perception especially for visitors who may be thinking of starting a family or adding to a family. But the statistical reality is that the incidence of Zika has been quite minimal in the Caribbean. We have members of CTO that haven’t had a single case. “We have some, most from the single digit numbers. It is not an epidemic in the Caribbean in the CTO as far as we see it but it is something we are very conscious of and as you heard we are working in the context of that regional programme and the combination of health and tourism, because it is one of the strong points of the Caribbean region. “There are people who come to the region for the very reason that they’re convinced that our infrastructure, as far as health is concerned, is strong,” Sealy said.
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Obama is ‘fired up’ for Clinton as Democrats seek to unify party
U.S. President Barack Obama formally endorsed Hillary Clinton’s White House bid on Thursday and called for Democrats to unite behind her after a protracted battle with Bernie Sanders for the party nomination. U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts also backed Clinton on Thursday, telling MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show” that presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump was “a genuine threat to the country.” Clinton, the presumptive Democratic nominee, said it “means the world” to her that Obama had her back in a bruising campaign for the Nov. 8 election. Clinton also said she had the “highest regard” for Warren, a fiery critic of Wall Street, and was “really pleased to have her good ideas and support.” Vice President Joe Biden also waded into the campaign on Thursday. “Whoever the next president is, and God willing in my view it will be Secretary Clinton,” Biden said in a speech at the American Constitution Society in Washington. The Obama endorsement increases pressure on Sanders, a U.S. senator from Vermont, to bow out of the race and lend his support to Clinton so that the party can focus on defeating Trump. “It is absolutely a joy and an honor that President Obama and I over the years have gone from fierce competitors to true friends,” Clinton told Reuters in an interview. After an unexpectedly tough battle against Sanders’ challenge from the left, former first lady Clinton made history when she reached the number of delegates needed to win the party nomination this week. That made her the first woman to lead a major U.S. party as its White House candidate. Obama, who enjoys rising approval ratings as he nears the end
U.S. President Barack Obama appears in a still image from a video released on June 9, 2016 in which he endorses Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, in Washington, D.C., United States of eight years in office, will appear with Clinton on the campaign trail next week in Wisconsin. The two were opponents in the 2008 Democratic presidential primary race, which Obama won, but they buried their rivalry and she served as his secretary of state for four years. Clinton is the 2016 candidate who the White House believes will best safeguard Obama’s legacy. “I don’t think there’s ever been someone so qualified to hold this office,” Obama said of Clinton in a video. “I’m with her. I am fired up, and I cannot wait to get out there and campaign for Hillary.” Trump assailed the endorsement on Twitter: “He wants four more years of Obama—but nobody else does!” Clinton’s campaign tweeted a brash response: “Delete your account.” Sanders, who galvanized young voters with his calls for more social equality and measures to rein in Wall Street, has been reluctant to
concede the race, despite concerns among leading Democrats that continuing party divisions could hamper Clinton’s efforts to beat Trump. Obama and other senior Democrats are seeking a delicate balance of rallying the party behind Clinton, while not alienating Sanders and his supporters. In what appeared to be an attempt to gently ease Sanders toward giving up his campaign, Obama met the democratic socialist for about an hour in the White House, laughing warmly as they walked into the Oval Office. Although Sanders told reporters afterward that he still planned to compete in the final nominating contest in Washington, D.C., next Tuesday, he said he would work with Clinton to defeat Trump. Sanders was then welcomed on Capitol Hill by Senator Harry Reid, the top Democrat in the Senate. Reid said the lawmaker from Vermont was
in a “good place” with his Democratic colleagues. He suggested that Sanders was close to acknowledging defeat by Clinton. “I didn’t hear a single word about him trying to change the fact that she is the nominee, I think he’s accepted that,” Reid told reporters. In the endorsement video, Obama recalled the party unity that followed his prolonged primary battle against Clinton in 2008. “Secretary Clinton and Senator Sanders may have been rivals during this primary, but they’re both patriots who love this country and they share a vision for an America that we all believe in,” Obama said. Warren told MSNBC she was endorsing Clinton because “a female fighter in the lead is exactly what this country needs.” Warren’s populist credentials will boost Clinton’s ability to court Sanders voters as she prepares to battle Trump. Warren was the only female Democratic U.S. senator who did not endorse Clinton during the primary race. Clinton told Reuters she and Warren had similar views about issues such as economic policy and protecting the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reform law and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which Warren pushed to start. Trump said in an interview with Reuters last month that he would try to dismantle the Dodd-Frank law. In the interview with Reuters, Clinton said her overall economic package, including plans to rein in Wall Street and cut taxes for the middle class, would come during the first 100 days of her presidency if she defeats Trump. Clinton previously said a plan to generate jobs by investing in transportation and other infrastructure spending and immigration reform would be among other early priorities.
Thousands gather for Muslim funeral honoring Muhammad Ali A Muslim funeral for Muhammad Ali on Thursday drew thousands of admirers to the boxer’s hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, where mourners prayed over the body of a man who battled in the ring and sought peace outside it. An estimated 14,000 people, representing many races and creeds, attended the jenazah, or “funeral” in Arabic, where he was repeatedly feted as “the people’s champion.” Ali, a three-time heavyweight champion known for his showmanship, political activism and devotion to humanitarian causes, died on Friday of septic shock in an Arizona hospital. He was 74. “The passing of Muhammad Ali has made us all feel a little more alone in the world,” said Sherman Jackson, a Muslim scholar at the University of Southern California. “Something solid, something big,
Worshipers and well-wishers take photographs as the casket with the body of the late boxing champion Muhammad Ali is brought for his jenazah, an Islamic funeral prayer, in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. June 9, 2016 beautiful and life-affirming has left this world,” he said of a man who was forced to give up more than three years of boxing at the height of his career for his refusal to serve in the U.S. military during the Vietnam War.
Jackson praised Ali for advancing the cause of black Americans during and after the civil rights movement of the 1960s. Others admired him for making Islam more acceptable and giving U.S. Muslims a hero they could share with the American mainstream.Imam Zaid Shakir, a founder of Muslim liberal arts school Zaytuna College in Berkeley, California, led worshippers in prayers such as “Allahu akbar” (“God is greatest”) over Ali’s body, which lay in a casket covered with a black and gold cloth. Ali and his family planned his funeral for 10 years, making sure it would honor his Muslim faith while also adapting to the demands of Western media-driven culture. U.S. President Barack Obama also praised Ali on Thursday in a Facebook live broadcast from the White House, showing off a copy of the
book, “GOAT: A Tribute to Muhammad Ali,” and a signed pair of boxing gloves gifted to him by Ali. “It’s very rare where a figure captures the imagination of the entire world,” Obama said. “He was one of a kind and in my book he’ll always be the greatest.” Ali was due to be buried on Friday, after a funeral procession and before one final goodbye when thousands more will gather for an interfaith service. Luminaries including former U.S. President Bill Clinton, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and comedian Billy Crystal will attend Friday’s event, at the KFC Yum Center. “Ali will never die. His spirit will live on,” boxing promoter Don King told Reuters from Thursday’s venue at Freedom Hall, the complex where Ali defeated Willi Besmanoff in 1961 in his last fight in Louisville.
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Black students more likely to be suspended: U.S. Education Department
No charges against mother in Cincinnati gorilla case: prosecutor
A mother and her child visit a bronze statue of a gorilla outside the Cincinnati Zoo’s Gorilla World exhibit, two days after a boy tumbled into its moat and officials were forced to kill Harambe, a Western lowland gorilla, in Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. May 30, 2016
A student at Walter H. Dyett High School walks through the hallway in Chicago, Illinois, in this photo taken on October 5, 2012 Black students are almost four times more likely to be suspended from public school than white students, part of persistent disparities in U.S. schools, according to U.S. Education Department data released on Tuesday. The department’s Civil Rights Data Collection for the 2013-14 school year showed that the higher rate of suspensions come as black students are more likely than whites to be absent and to have inexperienced teachers, and are less likely to have access to science and math courses. Education Secretary John King said the disparities shown in the survey of 96,000 schools and 50 million students underscored the continuing need to improve equity in U.S schooling. The data “illustrate in powerful and troubling ways disparities in opportunities and experiences that different groups of students have in our schools,” he said in a statement. The number of students from kindergarten to 12th grade (K-12) who were suspended one or more times fell to 2.8 million, down almost 20 percent from the previous survey in the 2011-12 school year. About 1.1 million black K-12 students were suspended, a rate 3.8 times that of white students. Black preschoolers were 3.6 times more likely to be suspended than whites, the data showed. Black K-12 students also were 1.9 times more likely to be expelled from school than white students. K-12 students with disabilities were more than as twice likely to be suspended as students without disabilities. Students with disabilities were two-thirds of students kept apart from classmates or restrained, even though they made up 12 percent of students overall, the study showed. Among academic subjects, a third of high schools with high black or Latino enrollment offered calculus, compared with 56 percent for those with low numbers of black and Latinos. Just under half of high schools with high numbers of black and Latino students offered physics, compared with 67 percent for those with low Latino and black enrollment. The survey defined high black and Latino enrollment as schools with more than 75 percent Latino and black students. Eleven percent of African-American students are in schools where more than onefifth of teachers are in their first year of teaching, versus 5 percent of white students. Eighteen percent of high-school students overall are chronically absent, or out of school 15 days during the year, while 22 percent of black students are chronically absent.
No criminal charges will be filed against the mother of the 3-year-old boy who fell into a gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo, causing zookeepers to kill an endangered gorilla to protect the child, an Ohio prosecutor said on Monday. A 17-year-old endangered western lowland silverback gorilla named Harambe was shot by zoo staff in the minutes after the boy fell on May 28, touching off a storm of criticism aimed at both the zoo and the boy’s mother. Some critics had called for criminal charges against the mother, who was with the boy at the zoo, for reckless endangerment. Police and prosecutors did not provide the name of the mother, but multiple media reports identified her as 32-year-old Michelle Gregg, who works as a preschool administrator.
The boy suffered a concussion and some scrapes but escaped serious injury. The family previously said it does not intend to sue the zoo. “I am very sorry about the loss of this gorilla but nothing about this situation rises to the level of a criminal charge,” Hamilton County prosecutor Joseph Deters said on Monday. “Had she been in the bathroom smoking crack and let her kids run around the zoo that’d be a different story,” he told reporters on Monday. “She was attending to her children by all witness accounts and the 3-year-old just scampered off.” He said the mother, according to witnesses, never placed her son in danger and only turned away for a few seconds to deal with another child. “If anyone doesn’t believe a 3-year-old can scamper off very quickly, they’ve never
had kids because they can and they do,” he added. Deters also said he was glad the zoo had changed the gorilla enclosure to prevent a repeat of the incident. It will reopen Tuesday with a higher barrier and added knotted rope netting. The family was pleased with the prosecutor’s decision. “This is one more step in allowing us to put this tragic episode behind us and return to our normal family life,” the family said in a statement. The boy was at the zoo with his mother, three sisters, ages 7, 4 and 1, and family friends when he climbed over a 3-foot barrier and fell 15 feet into a moat, according to the Hamilton County prosecutor’s office and witnesses. The gorilla dragged the child through the enclosure before zoo officials shot him.
District of Columbia approves $15/hour minimum wage The District of hearing. He and other supporters Columbia’s city council approved a $15-an-hour minimum wage say Washington’s robust economy on Tuesday, a rate adopted by and growing population mean it a growing number of U.S. cities can support a higher minimum and states seeking to battle wage. The District of Columbia’s base income inequality. The council voted wage is $10.50, and will go up by unanimously to pass the $1 on July 1 under existing law. measure boosting the minimum The federal minimum is $7.25 an hourly wage to $15 by 2020, with hour. The $15 minimum subsequent hikes tied to inflation. A final vote will come later this is estimated to raise wages month, and Democratic Mayor for 114,000 workers, or about Muriel Bowser has backed the 14 percent of the District of bill. Columbia’s workforce, according Once approved, the U.S. to an analysis for the council by capital will join California and the non-profit Economic Policy New York in making $15 the Institute. hourly minimum. At least eight The higher pay proposal cities, including Seattle, have was supported by unions but also approved the $15 base. was opposed by the District’s “Raising the minimum Chamber of Commerce. It said wage will help address the issues the District should not raise of residents being pushed out of wages until neighboring suburbs the District due to rising costs do. of living and income inequality,” The District of Council member Vincent Orange, Columbia’s booming restaurant a sponsor of the bill, said in the industry also opposed it.
Restaurant owners and the local restaurant association said that higher costs would lead to layoffs. Some lawmakers said the measure did not go far enough to address a widening income gap and 18 percent poverty rate. Council member David Grosso added an amendment requiring the government to study a minimum income system to help the poorest residents. “Raising the minimum wage is a good thing, but is $15 enough? Or should the number be $35, or $50 an hour?” he asked. Under the measure, the minimum for workers who get tips, like waiters and bartenders, would also be $15 an hour by 2020. Following talks with unions, restaurateurs and community activists, employers would have to make up the difference between a base for tipped workers that will be $5 an hour in 2020, up from the current $2.77, Orange said.
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Philanthropist Bill Gates to donate 100,000 chicks to fight poverty Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates, speaking in front of chickens pecking and clucking in a New York City skyscraper, announced plans on Wednesday to donate 100,000 chicks to poor nations in an effort to end extreme poverty. The chicks will go to rural areas in two dozen developing countries from Burkina Faso to Bolivia, where the Heifer International charity manages breeding operations and distribution, according to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Raising and selling chickens can lift families out of poverty, and a farmer breeding 250 chickens a year could make $1,250 U.S., said the Foundation, which is partnering with the Heifer International. “There’s no investment that has a return percentage Billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft’s co-founder Bill Gates speaks to the media, in anything like being able to breed front of a chicken coop set up on the 68th floor of the 4 World Trade Center tower, in chickens,” said Gates, the co- Manhattan, New York, U.S., June 8, 2016, while announcing that he is donating 100,000 founder of Microsoft Corp. chicks to developing countries with the goal of ending extreme poverty He urged the public to donate through Heifer been stated in terms of giving Trade Center, a site not typically International. somebody a chicken and showing used for showcasing chickens, he “The numbers today in them how to raise chickens.” said. terms of Americans who give Gates said he aimed “We snuck them in,” he to Heifer or things like that is to boost household chicken quipped. actually quite small, so we’d like ownership in places such as West According to the United to see that scaled up,” Gates said. Africa, where it is now 5 percent, Nations, an estimated 800 million Referring to the proverb to 30 percent. people live in extreme poverty, that teaching a man to fish will Gates made his with those in fragile and conflictfeed him for a lifetime, he said: announcement on the 68th floor torn states suffering the most. “The parable could have of a new building at the World
U.S. man pleads guilty to hoax threat to blow up Statue of Liberty A West Virginia man a federal public defender authorities said. on Monday pleaded guilty to representing Smith, said after He has attended a making a hoax threat to blow the hearing that her client was school for the deaf and blind, authorities said, citing his up the Statue of Liberty last satisfied with the deal. year, which prompted the The defendant, from Facebook page, and he used a evacuation of thousands of Harts, West Virginia, was sign language interpreter in tourists from Liberty Island in accused of making the hoax court on Monday. Authorities said the New York harbor. threat in an April 2015 call Jason Paul Smith, in which he identified himself iPad registered in Smith’s 42, admitted to one count of as an “ISI terrorist” named name was also used to make conveying false and misleading Abdul Yasin, and said “we” two 911 calls in May 2015, information and hoaxes before were planning to “blow up” the when a user identified as “isis allah Bomb maker” threatened U.S. District Judge Vernon Statute of Liberty. More than 3,200 people to attack Times Square and kill Broderick in Manhattan. The defendant said he was were evacuated from Liberty police officers at the Brooklyn currently in mental health Island after officials learned of Bridge. The defendant was treatment. a bomb scare at around 11 a.m. Assistant U.S. Officials sounded an all-clear arrested in Texas in August Attorney David Zhou said the about four hours later. and released on bail the government agreed under Authorities suspect a following month, according to a plea deal to recommend fugitive named Abdul Rahman court records. ISIS is short for the a sentence of three years’ Yasin of involvement in the supervised release, though 1993 bombing of the World Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, the judge is not bound by that Trade Center in Manhattan. a group also known as the recommendation. Smith made the threat Islamic State and ISIL. Smith faces a by placing a call from his iPad The case is USA v. maximum five-year prison to New York City’s emergency Smith, U.S. District Court, term at his scheduled Sept. 6 911 system, using a service Southern District of New York, sentencing. Jennifer Willis, for the hearing-impaired, No. 16-cr-00128.
Thousands protest against Suriname government For the second time in three weeks thousands , on Thursday, took to the streets of Paramaribo protesting against austerity measures from the Desi Bouterse led administration. Some protestors called for Bouterse to “go home” while others denounced price hikes for electricity and water. The protest was organized by several worker’s unions and private sector organizations who have stated that harsher times are coming with another hike in the price of electricity coming in September this year and January 2017. In a petition presented to speaker of the house, Jennifer Geerlings-Simons, the protestors claim that inflation has risen to 46 per cent, while the national currency is losing its value everyday due to an “incompetent monetary policy by the government”. “Numerous public servants, pensioners, disabled persons and others who have become victims of the ongoing financial and economic crisis are serious financial problems and should be immediately compensated for the inflation”, protesters said in the petition. Last week, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a Stand-by Agreement of US$ 478 million to boost the government’s economic restructuring program amid a drop in commodity prices. The IMF also announced that it will immediately disburse US$81 million as part of a two-year agreement. However, Members of Parliament from the opposition voiced their anger in parliament on Tuesday, accusing the government of by-passing the legislative in its engagement with IMF to strike the loan agreement. The restructuring program aims to strengthen Suriname’s public finances following a drop in prices for its principal commodities namely gold and oil. According to the IMF the sustained drop in the prices of gold and oil has caused substantial external and fiscal deficits, and international reserves have declined significantly. These negative external developments, combined with the closure of Suriname’s alumina refinery in late 2015, have pushed the economy into a recession. “Implementing the structural reform agenda is essential to ensure a prosperous future for Suriname,” the IMF said in a statement.
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Israel says con men stole millions from global companies
Israeli police say this building served as the headquarters of an international scam operation that duped global companies out of more than $10 million, in the coastal city of Netanya, Israel, Tuesday, June 7, 2016. The police said they have busted a new crime ring in which French and Italian immigrants posed as company executives to bilk millions of dollars from dozens of multinational giants, including Kia Motors, Hugo Boss and Chanel. The case suggests that the so-called fake CEO scam is still thriving in Israel, where Gilbert Chikli, the man widely credited with inventing it continues to evade French attempts to arrest him. The scam had all the trappings in the latest case are either jailed or of a major con. Working from a dingy under house arrest. But not the man who boasts office building just a short drive from the glittering Mediterranean Sea, of pioneering the scam years ago, eight immigrants from Europe formed inspiring copycats like these around an unlikely team that allegedly the globe: French-Israeli con artist conspired to dupe major multinational Gilbert Chikli. He mysteriously remains a free man, living in luxury companies out of millions of dollars. Most of them spoke French, in his villa in a seaside Israeli city as the others Italian. Using their French authorities try to bring him to language skills and familiarity with justice over a massive con for which he European business practices, they was previously convicted. “If they have a problem, they telephoned employees at some of Europe’s biggest companies, identified can come see me. They know my themselves as top executives and address. I am not fleeing,” Chikli told tricked workers into transferring The Associated Press by telephone. large sums of money to bank accounts “Send them my regards.” The case illustrates how in their control, police said. Among the companies targeted, according financial crime has globalized faster to police and suspects’ lawyers: Kia and more efficiently than the law Motors, Hugo Boss and Chanel. enforcement that is trying to fight it. It was a classic “fake CEO” or Israel extradited Chikli to France “fake president” scam, a scheme used to stand trial in 2008 for defrauding by various criminals worldwide that HSBC, Thomson, Accenture and other has robbed companies of some $1.8 companies out of 6.1 million euros, billion in just over two years, according and attempting to extract over 70 million euros from at least 33 others. to the FBI. Most of the eight suspects
Last known surviving rescue dog from 9/11 New York attacks dies at 16 The last known surviving search and rescue dog deployed to New York after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the city has died at the age of 16 in a Houston suburb, fire department officials said on Tuesday. Bretagne, who was deployed the World Trade Center, was given a final tribute by about two dozen members of the Cy-Fair Volunteer Fire Department, who lined a sidewalk outside a veterinarian’s office and saluted her as the ailing dog walked in. The golden retriever was suffering from numerous problems, including kidney failure. She died on Monday and was carried out in a flagGolden retriever Bretagne, the last known draped coffin. “She is literally one of us,” surviving search and rescue dog who was said fire department Captain David deployed to New York World Trade Center after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the city, has died Padovan. at the age of 16 in a Houston, Texas suburb after Bretagne, a former member of the state’s Texas Task Force 1 suffering from numerous problems including emergency response team, was kidney failure, United States on June 7, 2016 also deployed to help in disasters aimed at helping instill a love of books nationwide, include Hurricane Katrina for young students, the department and Rita. She was one of the 300 to 400 said. dogs searching for victims at the World Bretagne joined Texas Task Trade Center in lower Manhattan. Force 1 when she was a puppy. Her Bretagne retired at age 10 first major deployment was to search and became an ambassador for the for survivors at the World Trade Center, fire department. She went to a local her former handler and owner Denise elementary school once a week, where Corliss said in an American Humane first graders read to her in a program Association tribute to Bretagne.
But in 2009, Chikli says he chartered officials by their Israeli counterparts a private plane and flew back to Israel. often relate to extremely complex A French court in May 2015 sentenced financial affairs, which demand long him in absentia to seven years in and considerable investigations,” he prison. Instead, he’s been sipping said. Irit Kohn, a former director coffee at a portside café in Israel and hanging out at his private swimming of the Israeli Justice Ministry’s international department, said the pool. France issued two requests to countries’ differing legal systems has Israel for Chikli’s arrest, the French held up cooperation on criminal cases. Criminals, in contrast, have Justice Ministry said. The first request came the year after he escaped been far more nimble at running their cross-border activities, keeping a step prosecution in France. The second came this January, ahead of the law. In the case of the eight according to a copy of the Interpol notice obtained by The Associated immigrants in Israel, police began Press. It was issued just two weeks tracking them in November, secretly after the release of a new heist- videotaping them from inside their thriller film based on Chikli’s life story, office in an old building housing starring Julie Gayet, the companion of a car-repair shop in Netanya, a French President Francois Hollande. Mediterranean city north of Tel Chikli’s wife, Shirly, attended the Aviv that is home to a large French immigrant community. Paris premiere. On May 2, police raided the Still, Israeli officials show no signs of going after Chikli, even as suspects’ office. Suspects tried to they prosecute his alleged copycats destroy computers and telephones, for similar crimes. Israel’s police and police say, in an effort to get rid of Justice Ministry declined to explain evidence. Defense lawyer Liya Felus why, saying they do not discuss said indictments in the case are set to individual cases. France’s Justice Ministry said be issued Wednesday, though she did the Interpol notice issued against not know how many would be charged. Chikli, called a “diffusion,” is the Police investigated the case together equivalent of a provisional arrest with Belgian authorities, requesting warrant, with an aim to extradite a legal assistance from France, Italy, criminal to France. Interpol cannot Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia, force a country to comply with arrest according to court documents. In the meantime, police are notices and some countries routinely ignore them. Israeli Justice Ministry keeping most of the details secret. In court hearings over the spokesman Noam Sharvit said Israel adheres to extradition requests when past month in the Israeli city of Rishon Lezion, a police investigator warranted. French Justice Ministry repeatedly handed thick binders spokesman Olivier Pedro-Jose said of classified evidence to a judge, as Israeli-French cooperation on such suspects wearing leg cuffs sat behind a cases comes with delays. “The execution glass panel and the suspects’ relatives of requests for help from French and lawyers looked on.
Uber raises $3.5 billion from Saudi investment fund
A man leaves the headquarters of Uber in San Francisco. Uber said Wednesday, June 1, 2016, that it is getting a massive cash infusion from Saudi Arabia Uber said Wednesday it is getting a massive cash infusion from Saudi Arabia. The oil-rich nation’s sovereign investment fund is putting $3.5 billion into the global transportation company, and will get a seat on Uber’s board of directors. Funding for new tech companies has been slowing down in recent months amid concerns that many startups have been overvalued. But San Francisco-based Uber has been able to raise billions of dollars as it pursues ambitious plans to expand around the world. Uber says its internet-based ride-hailing service now operates in nine countries of the Middle East, one of its fastest-growing markets.
Eighty percent of its passengers in Saudi Arabia are women. The country doesn’t allow women to drive. The Saudi money is part of a larger round of funding by several investors, which valued Uber at $62.5 billion. The company, which has raised well over $14 billion since its founding in 2009, says it now has more than $11 billion in cash and available credit to fund its expansion. Uber’s regional rivals have also reported big investments this year, as on-demand ride services have grown in popularity. Apple recently invested $1 billion in China’s Didi Chuxing, while General Motors has put $500 million into U.S.-based Lyft.
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AmazonFresh cranks up pressure on British supermarkets
Shares in Britain’s listed supermarkets have been hammered in recent years as the grocery market has been convulsed by changing shopping habits, the rise of German discounters Aldi and Lidl and price competition, and analysts see AmazonFresh as a potential challenge to the whole industry over time. “We will be very methodical and considered in how : Amazon boxes are seen stacked for delivery in the Manhattan borough of New York City, we roll this service out further in January 29, 2016 the UK,” Kavan said. Shoppers in the eligible Amazon (AMZN.O) come out of the blue but it will has launched a British version further worry investors about the London districts, or postcodes, of its U.S. AmazonFresh food fundamentals and prospects of who are members of the Amazon delivery service, stepping up the the UK food retail market,” said Prime subscription service will pressure on the traditional big Bernstein analysts, who estimate be able to choose from a range of more than 130,000 products, supermarkets already locked in a Amazon could eventually take up to 13 percent of all food sales in including about 20,000 grocery brutal price war. items. In a long-anticipated the country. Amazon will offer Britain’s online food move to break into Britain’s 178 and frozen products billion pounds ($257 billion) market is expected to nearly fresh grocery market, the world’s double to 17.2 billion pounds in from Morrisons, with which it largest online retailer launched the five years to 2020, according struck a wholesale supply deal in February, brands including AmazonFresh on Thursday in to industry research group IGD. “We are launching with a Coca-Cola, Kellogg’s, Danone, parts of central and east London. Britain has one of the comprehensive offer in a limited Warburtons and Walkers as world’s most developed online area and will take our time to well as products from local food grocery markets with the big hone and improve our service,” producers and shops in locations four retailers Tesco (TSCO.L), AmazonFresh vice president Ajay such as London’s trendy Borough Market. Sainsbury’s (SBRY.L), Wal-Mart’s Kavan said. Amazon Prime members (WMT.N) Asda and Morrisons AmazonFresh will (MRW.L) already competing with initially offer a full grocery in the United Kingdom pay an specialist delivery firm Ocado service from a distribution center annual subscription of 79 pounds. in the east of the capital. It plans They can sign up for a 30-day trial (OCDO.L). The online grocery bar is to use small and medium-sized of AmazonFresh and would then external carriers for deliveries, pay 6.99 pounds per month for the even higher in the capital. “The entry of which could be on the same day service, with unlimited deliveries for orders over 40 pounds. AmazonFresh into the UK doesn’t as the order.
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg loses control of social media
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during a panel discussion held as part of the China Development Forum at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing. Zuckerberg briefly found his Twitter account hijacked, as were at least two of his other social media accounts. Zuckerberg’s Facebook account and password were not compromised, the company said in a statement; his account on Facebook-owned Instagram was also unaffected. Facebook Inc. said Monday, June 6, 2016, that none of the company’s systems or accounts were accessed and that Zuckerberg’s affected accounts have since been re-secured. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg briefly found his Twitter account hijacked, as were at least two of his other social media accounts. Zuckerberg’s Facebook account and password were not compromised, the company said in a statement; his account on Facebook-owned Instagram was also unaffected. Facebook Inc.
said Monday morning that none of the company’s systems or accounts were accessed and that Zuckerberg’s affected accounts have since been re-secured. A person close to the situation confirmed that Zuckerberg’s LinkedIn and Pinterest accounts also were affected. Officials for both of those social media networks didn’t
immediate respond to requests for comment. Screenshots preserved by the technology website Engadget showed someone with access to his largely dormant Twitter account using it to say Zuckerberg was “in the LinkedIn database” and inviting the social media mogul to get in touch. LinkedIn declined to comment. It’s not yet clear how the hack happened, although a spate of massive data breaches at companies — along with recent news that a 2012 breach at LinkedIn Corp. was much bigger that previously disclosed — has recently given hackers a wealth of password data to work with. Several high profile Twitter users have also had their accounts hijacked in recent weeks. Zuckerberg’s name is synonymous with Facebook, but the billionaire has several accounts on rival social networks, including one registered with Google Inc. None appear very active.
Employees walk in the main office building of Samsung Electronics in Seoul, South Korea, in this file photo taken on January 6, 2016
Apple case against Samsung should go back to lower court: Justice Department The U.S. Department of Justice asked the Supreme Court to overturn an appeals court ruling that had favored Apple Inc over Samsung Electronics Co Ltd in smartphone patent litigation, and asked that it return the case to the trial court for more litigation. Samsung had appealed a federal appeals court ruling to the Supreme Court, which agreed to hear the case. The Justice Department submitted its view in an amicus brief on Wednesday. An Apple spokeswoman declined to comment, while Samsung told Reuters in a statement it welcomes “overwhelming support” for overturning the appeals court ruling in favour of Apple from various parties including the U.S. government. “If left uncorrected, the appeals court’s ruling could lead to diminished innovation, pave the way for design troll patent litigation and negatively impact the economy and consumers,” the South Korean firm said. The world’s top smartphone rivals have been feuding over patents since 2011, when Apple sued Samsung in Northern California alleging infringement of the iPhone’s patents, designs and trademarked appearance. Following a 2012 jury trial, Samsung was ordered to pay Apple $930 million. Samsung has been trying to reduce that figure ever since. Its efforts were partially rewarded in May 2015, when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed the trademark liability, bringing Samsung’s exposure down to $548 million. The appeals court, however, upheld Samsung’s infringement of the iPhone’s patents, including those related to the designs of the iPhone’s rounded-corner front face, bezel and colorful grid of icons. Samsung then asked the Supreme Court to review the design patent portion of the decision, calling the damages awarded excessive. In March, the justices agreed to look into whether courts should award in damages the total profits from a product that infringes a design patent, if the patent applies only to a component of the product. In its amicus brief on Wednesday, the Justice Department said it was unclear whether Samsung had produced enough evidence to support its argument that phone components, not the entire phone, should be what matters when calculating damages. The Supreme Court should send the case back for the trial court to determine whether a new trial is warranted on that issue, the Justice Department said. The case is Samsung Electronics Co Ltd et al vs. Apple Inc, in the Supreme Court of the United States, No. 15-777.
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Drones emerge from shadows to become key cog in U.S. war machine When U.S. drones obliterated a car carrying Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour last month, it was the kind of targeted killing that unmanned aircraft are best known for. But 15 years after a drone first fired missiles in combat, the U.S. military’s drone program has expanded far beyond specific strikes to become an everyday part of the war machine. Now, from control booths in the United States and bases around the Middle East, Afghanistan and parts of Africa, drone crews are flying surveillance missions and providing close air support for troops on the ground. “In the wars we fight, this is the future,” said drone pilot Lieutenant Shaw, as he stood in a hangar at the Air Force’s drone base in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar. Crews spoke to Reuters on condition that only their first names and rank be used to identify them. The increased use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in a wide range of battle applications comes as the United States looks to reduce the number of soldiers fighting abroad. The U.S. military declined to provide statistics breaking down drone activity into types of missions, but dozens of interviews with people working in the secretive programs show UAVs have become an integral tool on the battlefield. That is likely to raise further objections from critics who say drones often miss their intended targets, can only partly relay what is happening on the ground and encourage warfare with impunity waged by people at computer screens far from danger. In Afghanistan, the United States has around 9,800 troops left and plans to cut the level to 5,500 by early 2017.
U.S. airmen prepare a U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone as it leaves on a mission at Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan March 9, 2016. Picture taken March 9, 2016 At its peak a few years ago, remaining manned fighter aircraft. the U.S. military had around 100,000 They also release more weapons soldiers there, yet the dramatic than conventional aircraft, Reuters decrease does not mean the conflict reported in April. is winding down. In fact, the Taliban For the first time, the top insurgency is as potent now as at any Air Force general in the country was time since 2001. trained as a drone pilot before he As part of its expanding deployed, a move he said reflected the program, the Air Force aims to double importance of unmanned aircraft in the number of drone squadrons over the broader military mission. the next five years. “Our airmen are flying Even some proponents, like persistent intelligence, surveillance, retired Lieutenant Colonel T. Mark reconnaissance, and strike missions McCurley, a former Air Force drone all across Afghanistan,” Major General pilot, say over reliance on remote Jeff Taliaferro told Reuters in Kabul, killing and electronic intelligence has referring to the drone program. hurt efforts on the ground. “They’re performing “Too often, remotely piloted everything from counterterrorism aircraft are being used as a tool to to base defense, and really it’s a wantonly kill individuals, rather than capability a lot of our missions have as one of many tools to capture and come to rely on.” shut down whole terrorist networks,” The latest generation of drones he said. carries more and bigger weapons Central to the shift toward and an expanding payload of hi-tech remote operations is Afghanistan, sensors designed to handle a wider where weak local forces, a dwindling range of missions for the conventional troop presence and rugged terrain military. have made it something of a testing The number of hours flown by ground. the Air Force’s newest attack drone, Drones there log up to eight the MQ-9 Reaper, more than doubled times as many flight hours as the few globally between 2010 and 2015, to
Oil hits 2016 high on U.S. draw forecasts, Nigeria woes New York. “With the industry projecting a decline in total U.S. crude oil stocks in this week’s reports, the market bears are remaining on the sidelines.” U.S. crude’s West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures CLc1 settled up 67 cents, or 1.4 percent, at $50.36 a barrel. It was WTI’s first settlement above $50 since July 2015. The session high was Fuel prices are displayed at a Kazakh state-owned oil and gas company KazMunayGas $50.53, a peak from October. gas station in Almaty, Kazakhstan, May 4, 2016 Brent crude futures U.S. Energy LCOc1 settled up 89 cents, or Oil prices jumped more The Administration 1.8 percent, at $51.44 a barrel. than 1 percent on Tuesday, Information hitting 2016 highs, with U.S. (EIA) will issue official inventory In post-settlement trade, Brent reached $51.54, a peak since crude settling above $50 a barrel numbers on Wednesday. the first time in almost a year, on Crude oil rallied in the October. Both Brent and WTI expectations of domestic stockpile past two sessions after rebels in draws and worries about global Nigeria’s Niger Delta vowed to have almost doubled in value supply shortfalls from attacks on halt output in the country, Africa’s since winter, when they hit their biggest producer until last year. lowest since 2003. Nigeria’s oil industry. Prices bounced off U.S. crude stockpiles The Nigerian government said likely fell by 2.7 million barrels it was initiating talks with the those lows on talk of an OPEC last week to mark a third straight rebels. production freeze, which did not week of declines, an updated “The market remains materialize. The rally heightened Reuters poll showed. [EIA/S] concerned about unscheduled after last month’s wildfires in A report by trade group supply interruptions with the Canada’s oil sands region and American Petroleum Institute latest coming from additional shut- also has been supported by supply (API), released after prices settled, ins in Nigeria,” said Dominick outages elsewhere, including showed a higher-than-expected Chirichella, senior partner at the Nigeria, Venezuela and Libya. crude draw of 3.6 million barrels. Energy Management Institute in
nearly as many hours as F-16 fighter jets, according to statistics from the Air Force Safety Center. In a plan announced late last year, the Air Force proposed roughly $3 billion in funding to expand its attack drone force further, adding 75 of the latest Reaper aircraft. It already fields at least 93 Reapers and 150 of the older MQ-1 Predators, both built by General Atomics, as well as 33 much larger Global Hawk surveillance UAVs, manufactured by Northrop Grumman. The U.S. Army also operates a fleet of roughly 130 MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft, an upgraded version of the Predator, and all military services have thousands of smaller, mostly unarmed surveillance drones. One challenge for the U.S. military is recruiting enough staff to operate a growing fleet and expanding range of roles. As many as 3,500 new personnel may be added to a workforce of roughly 1,700 pilots and sensor operators in a bid to expand the program and relieve stress and overwork, according to proposals released by the Air Force’s Air Combat Command. While Afghan missions are flown via satellite link by pilots at bases in the United States, aircraft take off and land under the control of crews deployed to the airfields in Afghanistan. As a steady procession of Reapers rolled down the runways and into the bright Afghan sky, operators at Kandahar described life in on of the fastest-changing sectors of the military. “My old job was going away, while this field is rapidly expanding,” said Captain Bryan, a pilot who used to fly KC-135 refueling aircraft.
Spotify co-founder Ek says no intention to sell
Daniel Ek, co-founder of Swedish music streaming service Spotify which has the biggest paid subscriber base in the world, said on Thursday he had no intention of selling the company. While investors believe privately owned Spotify is probably heading for a public listing, some industry analysts see the loss-making company as a takeover target for a larger tech giant with deeper pockets. “My selfish ambition with Spotify is just trying to show ... that we can create one of those super companies here in Europe,” he told journalists at the symposium Brilliant Minds, which aims to bring artists and musicians together with the tech community. Asked if that meant he was not up for selling the firm, Ek said: “I’m not going to sell, no.” Spotify, founded in 2006, pays more than 80 percent of its revenue to record labels and artists and has not yet shown a profit as it spends to grow internationally. It competes in a business crowded with formidable rivals such as Apple Music, Google Music and YouTube. Many other European tech start-ups have been swallowed up by bigger Silicon Valley competitors. Ek said Silicon Valley got an earlier start in building up its tech giants but that Europe finally has the right conditions to support its own entrepreneurs. “For the first time now there’s an ecosystem around it with capital and experience that can actually help guide entrepreneurs,” he said.
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British lawmakers pass new digital surveillance law British lawmakers passed on Tuesday a new surveillance law to give security agencies more extensive monitoring capabilities in the digital age after several amendments were added to better protect privacy. Lawmakers voted 444-69 in favor of the Investigatory Powers Bill, which interior minister Theresa May said would help “keep us safe in an uncertain world”. The bill will now go to the House of Lords upper house of parliament. Several lawmakers, including the opposition Scottish National Party, voted against the bill, saying
that the protections for privacy were not strong enough. Last November, Prime Minister David Cameron’s government announced plans for sweeping new powers which would force tech firms to store details of every website people visited for a year as well as spelling out the ability of spies to collect bulk data and hack into individuals’ computers and smartphones. Calling the scrutiny of the bill “unprecedented”, May said there was a new privacy clause that would require agencies to consider
less intrusive means to achieve the same ends and special protections for lawmakers, lawyers and journalists. “It provides far greater transparency, overhauled safeguards and adds protections for privacy and introduces a new and worldleading oversight regime,” May told parliament. A debate about how to protect privacy while giving agencies the powers they need has raged since former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden leaked details A magnifying glass is held in front of a computer about mass surveillance by British screen in this picture illustration taken in Berlin May 21, 2013 and U.S spies in 2013.
Ford, Fiat Chrysler pivot to more SUVs, fewer small cars Ford Motor Co (F.N) and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCAU.N) (FCHA.MI) are cutting production of smaller cars and idling workers at some North American factories, while boosting output of sport utility vehicles in reaction to a long-term shift toward larger vehicles, the companies said on Tuesday. The Detroit-area plant that makes the slow-selling Ford Focus and C-Max compact cars will shut an additional five weeks through the end of this year, Ford told Reuters. Ford spokeswoman Kelli Felker said company executives earlier this year saw demand for small cars slowing and planned the extra downtime. The factory employs about 2,445 hourly workers, most of whom will be laid off when the plant is idled. U.S. consumers have increasingly favored SUVs and pickup trucks over traditional cars like sedans and hatchbacks. Car sales made up about 42 percent of U.S. new-vehicle sales in the first five months of this year. That compares with about 46 percent in the same period of 2015, and 51 percent in 2013, when U.S. gasoline prices were still averaging above $3 a gallon. The U.S. government has forecast gasoline prices will average about $2.27 a gallon this
A Ford logo is pictured at a store of the automaker in Vienna, Austria, April 28, 2016. summer. As gas prices have fallen, five of its plants in the United so has demand for smaller cars States and Mexico will not have such as the Focus. U.S. sales of any summer shutdowns this year the model are down 12 percent and three other factories will through the first five months of shorten the normal two weeks of this year. downtime to a single week. At the same time, auto FCA said previously that makers are revving up production it plans on July 5 to cut a shift at of sport utility vehicles and trucks. its Detroit-area plant that makes Ford said on Tuesday that five the light-selling midsize Chrysler of its U.S. and Canadian plants 200, indefinitely laying off 1,300 that make SUVs or heavy duty workers. trucks will have one rather than No. 1 U.S. automaker the normal two weeks of summer General Motors Co (GM.N) said shutdown in order to keep up with it would not divulge its North robust demand. American summer plant schedule. Among the plants with In April, after an reduced downtime due to high earthquake in Japan cut supplies demand is the Louisville Assembly of some auto parts, GM chose to Plant in Kentucky, which makes send parts it had to pickup truck the Ford Escape, one of the top- and SUV plants and shut for two selling SUVs in the United States. weeks four plants that mostly Fiat Chrysler said that make cars.
Ralph Lauren to cut about 1,000 jobs and shut shops Ralph Lauren Corp (RL.N) is cutting about 1,000 jobs and closing 50 stores as part of a sweeping plan to lower costs and revive sales growth at the luxury fashion brand. Shares of Ralph Lauren, which also forecast declines in fullyear and first-quarter revenue, fell as much as 10.4 percent to $86.32 in early trading on Tuesday. The jobs being eliminated represent about 8 percent of the company’s full-time jobs, spokesman Ryan Lally told Reuters. Ralph Lauren, like some other luxury brands, has been struggling amid sluggish spending on luxury apparel and accessories. The company’s margins have taken a knock as department stores discount heavily to get rid of excess inventory. Moreover, the company’s
Japanese banks raise guard after $16 million taken from ATMs
lower-end Polo and Lauren brands are facing competition from retailers such as H&M (HMb. ST) and Inditex’s (ITX.MC) Zara, which are known for their shorter production times. Ralph Lauren said on Tuesday it would try to reduce the time taken to get new products to shelves to nine months from 15. The company brought in Stefan Larsson as chief executive late last year in the hope that he would replicate his success of reviving sales at Gap Inc’s (GPS.N) Old Navy, where he cut down production times and focused on offering trendy clothes at low prices. Larsson has also worked with H&M for about 15 years, where he helped grow the company’s sales to $17 billion from $3 billion and introduced partnerships with luxury brands
such as Versace and Karl Lagerfeld. The company will focus on its luxury Ralph Lauren line and the lower-end Polo and Lauren brands, Larsson said in the 49year old company’s first investor day call on Tuesday. The company’s sales have fallen in every quarter in fiscal 2016, leading to a full-year sales decline of nearly 3 percent. Ralph Lauren said it expects net revenue for the current fiscal year to fall in the low-double digit percentage range, hurt partly by store closures, pullback in inventory receipts and weak traffic. The company said it expects to record restructuring charges of up to $400 million and an inventory reduction-related charge of up to $150 million, mostly in the current fiscal year.
A woman uses a copy machine placed next to an ATM at a convenience store in Tokyo, Tuesday, June 7, 2016. Japanese banks that lost some 1.8 billion yen ($16.5 million) when fake overseas cards were used at convenience store ATMs are scrambling to combat such fraud. The illegal withdrawals were made in just a few hours on May 15 at more than 1,000 ATMs in 17 prefectures (states), according to Japanese media reports Japanese banks that lost some 1.8 billion yen ($16.5 million) when fake overseas cards were used at convenience store ATMs are scrambling to combat such fraud. Seven Bank, which operates ATMs in the 7-Eleven convenience store chain, halved its withdrawal limit to 50,000 yen from 100,000 yen for customers using non-Japanese cards. E-net, a joint-banking service whose members include national and regional banks, reduced its withdrawal limit to 40,000 yen from the previous 200,000 yen for non-Japanese cards. The illegal withdrawals were made using fake cards of a South African bank in just a few hours on May 15 at more than 1,000 ATMs in 17 prefectures (states), according to Japanese media reports. Police have arrested three suspects so far, one in Tokyo and two in Aichi prefecture in central Japan. In the latest development, police found a manual with detailed instructions on how to use fake cards to withdraw money from ATMs, national broadcaster NHK reported Tuesday. Masatoshi Ogihara, a Seven Bank spokesman, said the bank is strengthening monitoring and cooperation with police but declined to provide specifics for security reasons. China Union Pay cardholders used to be able to withdraw up to 200,000 yen at Seven Bank, Ogihara said, but are also now limited to 50,000 yen. Money was also taken at Japan Post Bank ATMs. Hayato Kayanuma, a spokesman for the postal bank, said it is working on plans to deal with the fraud but has not lowered the withdrawal limit. He added that the plans would not affect cards issued in Japan.
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U.S. warns banks on cyber threat after Bangladesh heist
An illustration picture shows a projection of binary code on a man holding a laptop computer, in an office in Warsaw June 24, 2013 U.S. regulators on Tuesday told banks to review cyber-security protections against fraudulent money transfers in the wake of revelations that a hacking group used such messages to steal $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank. The notice from the Fed and other financial regulators came two weeks after the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation privately urged banks to look for signs of possible cyber attacks. That report asked them to hunt for technical clues that they have been targeted by the same group, according to a notification seen on Tuesday by Reuters. The warnings suggest that
U.S. government and law enforcement agencies are concerned that recent attacks on banks in emerging-market economies could lead to losses for big U.S. firms that rely on the socalled SWIFT fund-transfer network, which serves as the backbone of international finance. Concerns about cyber threats to banks have grown since Bangladesh Bank disclosed its heist in March. Similar cases later came to light including an earlier $12 million theft from Banco del Austro in Ecuador, an attack on Vietnam’s Tien Phong Bank and one on an unidentified victim in the Philippines. Dan Guido, a former member
of the security team for the U.S. Federal Reserve System, said he expects the hacker group will launch more attacks. “There is a hacker group out there that is polished and practiced. They know when they target a bank, they get in and get out and the attack will work,” said Guido, chief executive of cyber-security firm Trail of Bits. The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, or FFIEC, said that banks should review risk-management practices and controls over payment systems networks, including authentication, authorization, fraud detection and response management. The group did not issue new cyber security rules, but highlighted existing guidelines. It warned banks that they could suffer financial losses from cyber attacks involving wire fraud and also be scrutinized by regulators to determine whether they are complying with security regulations. The FFIEC’s members include the U.S. central bank, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Comptroller of the Currency. FBI ALERT The FBI’s warning, which provided technical information about the recent
attacks, said a “malicious cyber group” had compromised the networks of multiple foreign banks. “The actors have exploited vulnerabilities in the internal environments of the banks and initiated unauthorized monetary transfers over an international payment messaging system,” the bureau said in a May 23 alert. The report, which did not identify specific victims, asks recipients to call the FBI if they find any of the technical indicators mentioned in the bulletin or have other “related information.” An FBI spokeswoman declined to elaborate on the notification. Bank security experts said that the FFIEC’s letter would have little impact because it was simply repeating previous recommendations. “It’s the duty of regulators to issue these kinds of statements,” said Bill Nelson, chief executive of the Washington-based Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center, or FS-ISAC, which shares information on emerging cyber threats with some 7,000 members. Shane Shook, an independent financial security consultant, said he would like to see the U.S. government require stricter controls over employees’ use of bank messaging services.
U.S. presses China to reduce barriers for foreign business Senior U.S. officials pressed China again on Tuesday to reduce barriers for foreign businesses, saying concerns had grown as the regulatory environment became more complex, and they also bought up concerns over a new law on foreign non-governmental groups. Foreign business confidence has been affected by regulatory and protectionist worries, following a series of government investigations targeting foreign companies and China’s roll-out of a national security law limiting the use of overseas technology. U.S. business groups have also complained about new Chinese regulations they say favour local firms and make it more difficult to operate in China, as well as other laws related to national security. “Concerns about the business climate have grown in recent years, with foreign businesses confronting a more complex regulatory environment and questioning whether they are welcome in China,” U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew told Chinese and American businesses and officials. “Our two governments have a responsibility to foster
conditions that facilitate continued and increased investment, trade, and commercial cooperation,” Lew said, on the second day of high-level talks between the two countries in Beijing. “This means enacting policies that encourage healthy competition, ensuring predictability and transparency in the policy-making and regulatory process, protecting intellectual property rights, and removing discriminatory investment barriers. These policies are vital as China seeks to build on its economic progress in recent decades.” Secretary of State John Kerry, speaking at the same event, said that as the two economies become more intertwined in shared prosperity, they have more “skin in the game” to keep their economic relationship on an even keel. Kerry expressed concern about China’s new law on foreign non-governmental organisations, which he said may have a negative impact on non-profit health care groups that want to do business in China. The law, which was passed by China’s parliament in April despite months of criticism
and lobbying by the West, brings NGOs under the Ministry of Public Security, giving police broad authority over their finances and work. A U.S. official said the law was a major topic of discussion throughout the two days of talks. In a press conference marking the end of the talks, Kerry said President Xi Jinping gave assurances that China “intends to remain open” and “does not see that these laws are going to be applied in any way whatsoever that affects the ability to open up and to do business”. “We have to sort of show some patience, if you will, to see how in fact it is interpreted,” Kerry said. “We could not have registered our concerns more directly or forcefully.” China says it is committed to welcoming foreign companies to the country, the world’s secondlargest economy. State Councillor Yang Jiechi, China’s top diplomat who outranks the foreign minister, said China was working to open its markets, and pointed to talks over a bilateral investment treaty as an example of this.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew shakes hands with China’s Vice Premier Wang Yang before the Economic Dialogue of the 8th round of U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogues in Beijing June 6, 2016
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Usain Bolt could lose Olympic Gold after teammate tests positive
KINGSTON Jamaican Olympic relay gold medalist Nesta Carter‘s “B” sample for the use of a banned stimulant at the 2008 Beijing Games has returned positive, two sources familiar with the case told Reuters on Wednesday. The Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) said last Friday in a statement it had received notification from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that one of its competitors had returned an adverse analytical result but did not name the athlete. Neither Carter nor his agent has responded to repeated queries for a comment on the positive test. Carter, who has helped Jamaican 4x100 meter relay teams to Olympic and world championship titles, returned a doping violation for the banned stimulant methylhexanamin in a re-test of 454 samples from the 2008 Beijing Games ordered by the IOC. The same two sources told Reuters that the B-sample also came back positive. Methylhexanamine has been on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Code prohibited list since 2004 although it was reclassified on the 2011 list as a “specified substance”. “It’s now a matter of the next steps relating to the hearing,” said one of the sources who spoke on condition of not being named. President of the Jamaica Olympic
Association Mike Fennell declined comment when contacted Wednesday afternoon. First-leg relay specialist Carter has been a vital member of Jamaica’s dominant squad, helping the Caribbean island win gold medals at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics and the 2011, 2013 and 2015 world championships. Historically, the sanction for the use of Methylhexanamine has been a suspension of six months to a year and the loss of results from the period concerned. Although his relay team mates Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell and Michael Frater are not accused of doping, it is possible the IOC could strip them of their gold medals due to Carter‘s B-sample testing positive. For instance, all members of the victorious American 4x400 relay squad at the 2000 Sydney Olympics were subsequently stripped of their medals after Antonio Pettigrew admitted a doping offence and had all his results from January 1997 onwards disqualified. However, in other instances team members have been allowed to keep their medals. When American Marion Jones was stripped of her two relay medals from the Sydney Games for doping offences, her team mates kept theirs after an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. IOC spokesman Mark Adams said discussions over what to do with the
Nesta Carter of Jamaica reacts after winning his men's 100 metres heats during the IAAF World Athletics Championships at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow medals won by any dope cheats exposed by phone on Wednesday, Frater who ran by the re-testing were ongoing. the second leg in Beijing told Reuters. “It is still being worked out,” “Can’t comment until everything is he said. “What we want to do, and are official.” trying to do, is target athletes who That rule, IAAF Rule 41, was have positive results and stop them passed in 2003 and implemented in from competing in Rio.” March 2004. If Bolt, Powell and Frater lose The rule states, “the relay team their relay medals - they could appeal shall be automatically disqualified to the Court of Arbitration for Sport from the event in question, with all (CAS), according to an International resulting consequences for the relay Association of Athletics Federations team, including the forfeiture of all (IAAF) rule. titles, awards, medals, points and prize Bolt and Powell could not be and appearance money” if there is a reached for comment. When contacted positive.
Bahamian-born street fighter and MMA pioneer Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson dies at 42 Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson, several promotions, including the He was the star of the first the Bahamian-born bearded street UFC and Bellator, which staged his MMA show broadcast on network fighter who parlayed his internet two most recent fights. While his television, beating Thompson by popularity into a mixed martial arts win-loss record was only 5-2 and third-round knockout in May 2008 (MMA) career and worldwide fame, he never won a championship belt, on CBS with the defunct EliteXC has died. He was 42. the personable Slice became one of promotion. With Slice and pioneering Slice was taken to a hospital MMA's best-known figures, attracting featherweight Gina Carano as the in Margate, Florida, near his home large television audiences and crowds top attractions, EliteXC's two CBS on Monday, Coral Springs Police Sgt. to his growing sport. shows drew big television ratings Carla Kmiotek said. His death was Slice's death also was and introduced millions of viewers to confirmed by Mike Imber, his long confirmed by Scott Coker, the CEO of MMA. time manager. Bellator, which promoted his return Although Slice never reached the "We lost our brother today," to MMA last year after a five-year sport's competitive heights, his aura Mr Imber said in a text message to absence. Slice beat Dhafir "Dada 5000" never waned among MMA fans: His The Associated Press. Harris with a third-round knockout in bout with Harris four months ago The cause of death was still unclear. February at Bellator 149 in Houston, drew the largest television ratings in Sgt Kmiotek said there is no active but the result was overturned after Bellator's history. police investigation, and no foul play Slice tested positive for steroid use. The UFC issued a statement is suspected. "We are all shocked and praising Slice, who appeared on a Born in the Bahamas and saddened by the devastating and highly-rated season of their longraised in the Miami area, Slice was untimely loss of Kimbo Slice," Mr running reality competition show, a strip club bouncer and bodyguard Coker said. "One of the most "The Ultimate Fighter," in 2009. Slice who began competing in unsanctioned popular MMA fighters ever, Kimbo also fought at UFC 113 in Montreal, street fights in 2003. Videos of his was a charismatic, larger-than-life losing to Matt Mitrione before taking violent knockout victories in those personality that transcended the his five-year break from MMA. bouts became wildly popular online, sport. Outside of the cage he was a "He carried himself as a both for Slice's raw punching power friendly, gentle giant and a devoted true professional during his time and his distinctive, intimidating family man. His loss leaves us all in our organisation," the UFC's appearance. with extremely heavy hearts." statement read. "While he will never After gaining viral internet Slice was scheduled to be forgotten for his fighting style and fame at a time when the phenomenon headline the Bellator 158 show in transcendent image, Slice will also be was still relatively new, Slice studied London next month in a bout against remembered for his warm personality MMA and eventually competed for James Thompson. and commitment to his family and
Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson friends." American Top Team, the prominent South Florida gym where Slice trained for many years, mourned his passing. "The ATT Family and South Florida community lost a legend today," the team said in a post on its Twitter account. Slice also had a professional boxing career between stints in the cage, winning all seven of his fights with six knockouts from 2011-13. For all of his glowering incage swagger and outsized fame, Slice was extraordinarily honest about his fighting abilities. He acknowledged being an MMA newcomer with much to learn, never claiming to be anything but a big puncher providing for his family while constantly working to learn the sport's other disciplines.
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Muhammad Ali, ‘the greatest’, remembered as boxer who transcended sports
The death of Muhammad Ali, the former heavyweight champion known as much for his political activism as his boxing brilliance, triggered a worldwide outpouring of affection and admiration for one of the best-known figures of the 20th century. Ali, who had long suffered from Parkinson’s syndrome which impaired his speech and made the once-graceful athlete almost a prisoner in his own body, died on Friday at age 74. The cause of death was septic shock due to unspecified natural causes, a family spokesman said on Saturday. Ali was admitted to a Phoenix-area hospital, HonorHealth, with a respiratory ailment on Monday. “He’ll be remembered as a man of the world who spoke his mind and wasn’t afraid to take a chance and went out of his way to be a kind, benevolent individual that really changed the world,” the family spokesman, Bob Gunnell, said at a news conference in Scottsdale, Arizona. Despite Ali’s failing health, his youthful proclamation that he was “the greatest” rang true until the end for millions of people around the world who respected him for his courage both inside and outside the ring. Along with a fearsome reputation as a fighter, Ali spoke out against racism, war and religious intolerance, while projecting an unshakeable confidence that became a model for African-Americans at the height of the civil rights era and beyond. Stripped of his world boxing crown for refusing to join the U.S. Army and fight in Vietnam, Ali returned in
In New York’s Harlem district, fans gathered outside the famous Apollo Theater, where a marquee paying tribute to Ali read: “The greatest of all time. 1942-2016.” Nearby, hundreds more gazed at projections of phrases and images most associated with Ali, such as “float like a butterfly and sting like a bee.” Few could argue with his athletic prowess at his peak in the 1960s, with his dancing feet and quick fists. But Ali became much more than a sportsman. He spoke boldly against racism in the ‘60s as well as against the Vietnam War. Signs and flowers left by fans of the late Muhammad Ali, the former world heavyweight boxing Ali met scores of world leaders, champion, at the Ali Center in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. June 4, 2016 during and after his championship triumph by recapturing the title and believed. reign, and for a time he was considered starring in some of the sport’s most “The confidence - and I know the most recognizable person on earth, unforgettable bouts. everybody thought it was an arrogance known even in remote villages in “I think when you talk about about him - he always projected a countries far from the United States. Muhammad Ali, as great an athlete, confidence,” she said. “And he stood by Ali’s diagnosis of Parkinson’s as great a boxer as he was, he was the that.” came about three years after he greatest boxer of all time, he means so President Barack Obama, the retired from boxing in 1981. Despite much more to the United States and first African-American to reach the his failing health, he appeared at the the world,” said Ali’s long-time friend, White House, said Ali was “a man who opening ceremony of the 1996 Atlanta boxing promoter Bob Arum. fought for us” and placed him in the Olympics, stilling the tremors in his “He was a transformative pantheon of civil rights leaders Martin hands long enough to light the Olympic figure in our society.” Luther King Jr and Nelson Mandela. cauldron. Bursting onto the boxing scene “His fight outside the ring From Africa to East Asia to in the 1960s with a brashness that would cost him his title and his public the U.S. South, news of Ali’s death threatened many whites, Ali would standing. It would earn him enemies brought tributes across the world of come to be embraced by Americans of on the left and the right, make him sport, entertainment and politics. all races for his grace, integrity and reviled, and nearly send him to jail,” In Kinshasa, the city where disarming sense of humor. Obama said in a statement. “But he battled George Foreman in the “In the end, he went from Ali stood his ground. And his victory 1974 “Rumble in the Jungle” - a city being reviled to being revered,” civil helped us get used to the America we that was then part of Zaire and is now rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson recognize today.” the capital of Democratic Republic of told CNN on Saturday. Ali’s daughter Maryum said Congo - the fight is remembered as Pam Dorrough, a tourist in on Saturday: “I am happy my father much for its political symbolism as for New York’s Times Square, admired no longer struggles. He is in a better Ali’s tactical brilliance in beating his Ali’s refusal to apologize for what he place. God is the greatest.” hulking opponent.
Tiger Woods to skip US Open at Oakmont
Tiger Woods smiles at the third tee during the final round of the Wyndham Championship golf tournament in Greensboro, N.C. Woods is writing his first book since 2001 that is due out next spring. The book does not have a title, but it will be about his historic victory in the 1997 Masters. Woods is writing the book with Canadian golf writer Lorne Rubenstein. For the third time in the past Woods said on his website six years, the U.S. Open will go on Tuesday that he is not ready for without three-time champion Tiger tournament competition and will skip Woods. the U.S. Open next week at Oakmont,
along with his Quicken Loans National and October. the following week at Congressional. Meanwhile, his absence fueled “While I continue to work hard speculation about when he might on getting healthy, I am not physically return, even though Woods repeatedly ready to play in this year’s U.S. Open has said he does not know. Woods and the Quicken Loans National,” played five holes when he opened his he said. “I am making progress, but golf course in Houston, and also was I’m not yet ready for tournament seen swinging a club at a junior clinic competition.” in South Carolina and at his media Woods first missed the U.S. day at Congressional — three swings Open in 2011 when he was recovering from 100 yards to the 10th green, all of from leg injuries. He missed in 2014 at them in the water. Jack Nicklaus said last week Pinehurst No. 2 while recovering from his first back surgery a week before at the Memorial he expects Woods to return. the Masters that year. He has not played since a tie for “ I think Tiger would have liked 10th in the Wyndham Championship in to have played this week,” Nicklaus August. Woods had two more surgeries said. “He’s just not ready.” on his back after that, in September
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