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PDM WANTS ‘CLEAN SWEEP’ By Todeline Defralien
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he People’s Democratic Movement (PDM) is looking for a “clean sweep” of the Five At-Large candidates in the upcoming general elections. PDM leader Hon. Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson said she is confident in the ability of the party’s slate of candidates, which she heads, and includes Hon. Derek Taylor, Deputy Speaker Hon. Josephine Connolly, and first-timers Robert Been and Karen Malcolm. The PDM currently has three AtLarge seats; Hon. Cartwright-Robinson, Hon. Connolly and Hon. Taylor. The party is already ramping up its campaign to raise the profile of the At Large Candidates by erecting several posters of the them across Providenciales. She said, “We are looking for a clean sweep. We are looking for all five of our All Island candidates to sail through. We had the popular vote last election, our constituency representatives won by the largest margins and of course we had the top vote in the All Island (At-Large, and I am telling you, if you do not vote for one Peoples Democratic Movement candidate Global United Fellowship Women’s Ministry hosted a day of mourning, fasting and prayer at the Downtown Ball Park on Thursday you are missing on a whole lot because July 28th to combat human trafficking and saying “No to violence against women.” we’re not duplicating each other. Each of us has a plan and each of us has passions The women and men who attended wore black and at the end, they released black balloons into the air to curse the spirit of and each one carries issues in their hearts murder on the Turks and Caicos Islands. that touch someone or many persons in the (See page 21 for more photos). Turks and Caicos).” Robinson also said that she wants those who may have left the PDM Party all deserve.” enforcement of our laws. We promise Movement (PDM) candidates for the over the years or recently to come back Robinson stated that you true empowerment. So with this 2017 elections are Keno Forbes for because the doors are open. all development in the Peoples team you would have a plan. You will ED #3 South Caicos; returning to ED She added, “I am so excited about Democratic Movement will be have enforcement and you will have #5 in Leeward unchallenged is Ezra this team and I can say to you that no leader “people centered”. empowerment and that is not just a Taylor; for the District of The Bight can do it alone. No Leader should want to “Our people are feeling promise; that will happen,” Robinson ED #6 is George Pratt; Douglas do it alone, and the work of the leader of hopeless. Our people are feeling explained. Parnell who hails from the island of this party just became much easier by the left out. Our people are leaving in The PDM Leader stressed North Caicos is the Candidate for ED awesome team that surrounds me. A leader families to live in another country. that they stand on the shoulders of #7Cheshire Hall and Richmond Hill; needs a strong team with different skills Our plans will show you where you great men and women and it is a Goldray Ewing is the Candidate for and different experiences, and we got it all. fit in and why you will be valued as privilege to serve, it is a privilege ED #5 and returning for ED #9, Five You heard where the interest lies with our a citizen as you should. We promise to have people entrust their lives Cays & Chalk Sound is the PDM candidates; separate interests, separate you plans that will have you in mind and their future to the people of TCI Deputy Leader Hon. Sean Astwood, passions, all coming together to make sure and you will not lose to the bottom and the PDM Party don’t take that while returning for the PDM in that we have a Turks and Caicos, not only line. We promise you enforcement lightly. ED #10, Wheeland is Hon. Delroy that we want, but the Turks and Caicos we of these plans. We promise you The People’s Democratic Williams.
GUF Women’s Ministry host a day of mourning, fasting & prayer
Premier Ewing signs historic agreement with PAHO - Page 10
Five cases of Zika in TCI - Page 6
FORTIS TCI supporting economic development - Page 9
Art Robinson’s credibility shattered at SIPT trial - Page 13
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TESS hosting Moonlit Jazz On The Beach Turks and Caicos singer Charles felt it necessary to bring and performer Chrystal Charles, a little artistry and fun to the commonly known as TESS, will summer months end. be hosting a summer moon, toes “I will be hosting the in the sand session on Friday, second annual Jazz and Soul show this coming November August 19, 2016 at 8 p.m. TESS, who has now again at the Palms, however I entered full time into the wanted to do something a little entertainment field, is once bit different during the summer! again channeling her love for It’s all about the ambience, the performance into a snazzy jazz fun and of course the artistry. night with cabaret flare and It’s something a bit new for island charm. Moonlit Jazz me too so I’m super excited!!” will give a feeling of refreshing Charles explained with a grin. nostalgia with its old school Attendees of the Island showmanship and relaxed Chic event will be entertained atmosphere on the Rotary by lead vocalist Ms. Chrystal Park Beach, next to Bay Bistro “TESS” Charles, who will be channeling to the audience Restaurant. After the success of her her inner Ella Fitzgerald, Etta first executively produced stage James, Judy Garland an even a show, ‘LISTEN’, held November little bit of a showgirl!! The night’s line up will 2015 at the Palms Courtyard,
also include a special debut of an original neo soul piece from the artist as well as appearances by professional dancers Ryesha Higgs, Shara Goldsmith and poet D. Rolle balancing out the local stars of the full moon event. Ticket cost is $40 for general admission and $50 for front row seats, which are limited. Guests will receive one complimentary glass of sparkling wine upon arrival and all patrons are encouraged to arrive on time. Special gratitude extended to The Palms Turks and Caicos and The Wine Cellar. For more information, kindly contact Chrystal TESS Charles on (649) 244-4412/ (649) 232-5171 or via email tesscharlestci@gmail.com . Chrystal Charles, commonly known as TESS
PDM hails Louise Garland Thomas as education and overall national icon by Hon. Sharlene Cartwrigth-Robinson
Leader of the Oppisition
Louise Garland
The PDM together with the country mourns the loss of Education Icon, Louise Garland Thomas who passed away earlier this month. As this we mourn and lay this giant of a lady to rest, we pause to recognize her national contribution to the area of education and national service generally. The Late Mrs Thomas had an education career that spanned over 40 years with teaching stints in several Islands, Principal stints of two Government High Schools, first female Education Officer for private schools, following that post, Education Officer for High Schools and also the CXC
National Awards Committee. She has Thomas was an ardent party supporter also held regionally position on behalf and we are grateful for the contribution of this country for many years which she made to our organization. A strong included service on the CSEC and FAC woman of faith, her “take charge” but both Committees of the Caribbean “make things happen personality” and Examinations Council. Her reach in her heart to serve are but a few of the education was then not just a national things that we will remember her for most of all. Our country is better today but a regional one. Since her passing we have because of persons who serve and serve heard many accolades bestowed upon with commitment, conviction and with her and we join in the chorus. She has a goal to make positive impact on the left an indelible mark in this country lives they would come in contact with. and this region not just in the education She is indeed an icon in the education sector but also in her involvement sector and in the area of public service. in service based institutions and As this country mourns and lays her to organizations, more notable the rest this weekend, we pause to thank National Trust, AIDs Committee, her family for loaning her to this Soroptimist and her Church Family. country in all the ways that it has and Party Leader said on a personal we extend to her family, our sincerest note that “The Late Louise Garland sympathy.”
Sandals Resorts International honoured In 2016 agents’ choice awards As the largest sampling of Canadian travel agents, the 2016 Agents’ Choice Awards give voice to those who are on the frontline of the Canadian travel industry. Sandals Resorts International is proud to announce that it has once again claimed top spot in two highly coveted award categories, including: Favourite Hotel Brand – All-Inclusive” for the 17th year in a row and “Favourite Responsible Travel Company” for the 9th straight year. “The Agents’ Choice Awards are an excellent way to take the temperature of the Canadian travel trade,” said Maureen Barnes-Smith, Director of Sales & Marketing, Unique Vacations Canada Inc, affiliate of the worldwide representatives for Sandals Resorts and Beaches Resorts. “We are humbled that Canadian travel agents continue to recognize Sandals Resorts International with these awards, especially since we know the field is so great with a wide array of quality travel products in the marketplace.” A testament to the strength and continued evolution of the Sandals product, Sandals Resorts International has remained undefeated in the “Favourite Hotel Brand – AllInclusive” category since the Agents’
Choice Awards were first introduced in 2000. With the largest sales team coast to coast across Canada of any Caribbean hotel company, Sandals Resorts International supports Canadian travel agents on a daily basis. Their efforts did not go unnoticed, with three members of their Canadian sales team named to the list of “Favourite Sales Rep/Business Development Manager”, a new category this year: Winston Chang – Business Development Manager, British Columbia and the Yukon; Tanya Idzan – Business Development Manager, Alberta and Northwest Territories and Meredith Hand – Business Development Manager, Atlantic Canada The Agents’ Choice Awards are conducted by Toronto-based Baxter Travel Media and their flagship publications, Canadian Travel Press and Travel Courier. With an increase of 10% more voters than last year, over 5,500 Canadian travel agents offered their opinion in 35 industry categories in the 17th annual edition. Agents selected their top three favourite travel suppliers in various award categories. The agents’ votes are weighted accordingly – three points for a first place vote, two for second and one for third. Baxter Travel Media has been
the main source of information in the Canadian travel industry for more than 60 years. With its two flagship magazines – Canadian Travel Press and Travel Courier – and a stable of supporting publications, products and services, Baxter Travel Media delivers the news and information that Canadian travel industry professionals rely on; in the convenient, innovative format they need it – print, digital, e-news, webinars, and social media. Sandals Resorts offers two people in love with the most romantic, Luxury-Included® vacation experience in the Caribbean. With 15 stunning beachfront settings in Jamaica, Antigua, Saint Lucia, The Bahamas, Barbados and Grenada, Sandals Resorts offers more quality inclusions than any other resort company on the planet. Signature Love Nest suites for the ultimate in privacy and service; butlers trained by the English Guild of Professional Butlers; Red Lane Spa®; Discovery Dining, ensuring top-shelf liquor, premium wines and gourmet specialty restaurants; Aqua Centers with expert PADI® certification and training; fast Wi-Fi from beach to bedroom and WeddingMoons®, for dream destination weddings are all Sandals Resorts exclusives. Sandals Resorts is part of family-owned Sandals Resorts International (SRI), which
includes Beaches Resorts and is the Caribbean’s leading all-inclusive resort company. With three spectacular locations in Turks & Caicos and Jamaica and soon a fourth in Barbados, Beaches Resorts is the ultimate getaway for every member of the family. With outrageous waterparks, XBOX® Play Lounge, the Scratch DJ Academy, exclusive Kids Camps, teen nightclubs, Certified Nannies, Butler service, Red Lane® Spas, Aqua Centers with expert PADI® certification and training; and free Wi-Fi, Beaches Resorts provides more quality inclusions than any other resort company on the planet. As a proud sponsor of Sesame Street, Beaches Resorts also offers the Caribbean Adventure with Sesame Street®, where kids can spend their vacation with their favorite friends from the Sesame Street gang with daily activities and weekly stage shows. Beaches Resorts are also the perfect place for family gatherings from reunions and special birthdays to FamilyMoons®, Beaches’ signature destination wedding and vow renewal program. Beaches Resorts is part of family-owned Sandals Resorts International (SRI), which includes Luxury-Included® Sandals Resorts and is the Caribbean’s leading all-inclusive resort company.
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Government reviewing service charge payment practices in tourism sector The TCIG has commissioned a Service Charge Review Committee comprising members from both the private and public sectors to examine and collate information received from owner, worker and employer groups operating within the hospitality industry on the management and distribution practices regarding service charges. The call for information will initially focus on the hospitality sector, a very important part of the economy, as the existing Service Charge Ordinance prescribes operational parameters solely for that sector. Currently there is a legal
requirement for any entity that levies a service charge to hold a register of such payments collected during the month and to distribute the amounts collected in equal shares or using a formula approved by the Minister for Finance to all employees. Most importantly, the legislation obtains that not less than 60% of the total service charges paid by customers or guests is payable to the employees of the collecting establishment. During the months of July and August 2016 a survey will be publicly distributed to obtain anonymous feedback on industry practices. The Service Charge Review
Committee also intends to conduct interviews of a representative sample of stakeholders in the industry to gather a wide range of openended, qualitative data. Information gathered will be held in the strictest confidence. It will be analysed, providing the Government with empirical findings on industry norms, and any necessary intervention that may be required to improve the management and transparency of these payments. “Service Charge” is defined in the Service Charges (Hotels and Restaurants) Ordinance as “any amount of money charged over and
above the price of accommodation in a hotel, or the selling price of a meal or intoxicating liquor or beverage purchased by a customer, for service to a guest or customer in a hotel or restaurant, but does not include any tax required to be paid under any Ordinance.” While the Ordinance does not specify a rate, most establishments levy the Service Charge at 10%. The Government is appealing to the public to participate in this fact finding exercise; moreover, to practitioners within the hospitality sector to whom the service charge directly relates.
No fetus misplaced at hospital Reports of a fetus being However, Nikira John misplaced at the Cheshire Hall Marketing and Public Relations Medical Centre (CHMC) are not Manager of the hospital, said: true. “We wish to vehemently dispel Deandrea Hamilton of any allegation of a fetus being Magnetic Media recently carried a misplaced by staff of CHMC. story to that effect, causing some Please be advised that reports controversy on social media. published by certain media houses
are highly sensationalized and grossly incorrect, despite our efforts to emphasize that this was an ongoing review. Our hospital staff is always committed to providing compassionate care, especially during times of distress and as always, our condolence is extended
to the patient involved. We have no further comment. Our patient confidentiality policies prohibit the disclosure of any kind of patient information. ” John said they received a report of an alleged misplaced fetus on 26th July, 2016.
•Hours of work: Incumbent works approximately 35-40 hrs. per week, Monday to Thursday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Fridays 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Accountability/Responsibility for independent Actions
The Turks and Caicos Islands Civil Aviation Authority Job Vacancy Job Title: Clerk / Librarian Location: Grand Turk Job Purpose: This position requires the individual to be the first point of contact for the Authority Head Quarters Office, and will provide administrative support across the organization. The individual will be responsible for the flow of people through the organization and ensure that all assign tasks are completed accurately and in a timely manner.
Required Education/Expertise/Skills: • High School Diploma • Five CXC Passes including English and Information Technology • This position requires excellent communication and interpersonal skills • Ability to be resourceful and proactive in dealing with issues that may arise • Ability to organize, multitask, prioritize and work under pressure Required Experience Two (2) years Office experience. Valid Driver’s Licence. Working Conditions
• Greeting Clients and Customers. • Receiving and registering incoming correspondence. • Registering and dispatching outbound correspondence. • Communication- receiving and directing incoming calls or any other information that needs dissemination. • Attention to Detail - Performing data processing, writing letters, Scanning/Photocopying, faxing, courier, sorting mail and filing documents. • Maintaining archive files. • Assessing and managing office miscellaneous items. • Managing the notice board. • Supervising Auxiliary Staff. • Drafting low level correspondence
Other Responsibilities •Entry of vendor bills/invoices in the accounting software. •Securing all Vendor bills/invoices and any documents relating to such for filing in the accountants office. •Assisting with collections
Managing Library: •Maintains and controls a wide variety of technical publications, documents, records, etc. • Maintaining technical documents printing and distributing inhouse documents, maintaining library shelves and files in proper order etc. •Receives amendments to all manuals and ensure prompt and accurate incorporation of such amendments in the appropriate manuals. . Salary Scale: $1,645.00 – $2,045 per month Address Resume to: Mr. Thomas Swann, Managing Director, TCI Civil Aviation Authority. Email address awillilams.caa@tciway.tc or fax 649-941-8085 no later than 12th August 2016.
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Premier Ewing welcomes pledge of commitment from new UK Minister for Overseas Territories
Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands Hon. Dr. Rufus Ewing Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands Hon. Dr. Rufus Ewing has welcomed newly appointed Minister for Overseas Territories, Baroness Joyce Anne Anelay’s promise of the United Kingdom’s (UK) continued commitment to the islands. And he has taken the lead in ensuring that the UK remains committed to the British Overseas Territories, at a time when there’s much uncertainty about their future following Britain’s decision to leave the European Union. Baroness Anelay wrote Premier Ewing on July 20th, 2016 while he was hosting the annual meeting of
BOT leaders in the Turks and Caicos among things: “ Thank you for your Islands. ...expression of the United Kingdom She stated: “I wanted to Government’s continued commitment take this opportunity to reassure to the Overseas Territories. I also you of the UK Government’s welcome your personal commitment to continued commitment to the champion the interests of the Overseas Overseas Territories and my personal Territories across Whitehall. I confirm commitment to the Joint Ministerial that I have had the pleasure of hosting Council (JMC) as the primary forum of the Premiers of Bermuda, the British dialogue between the UK and Overseas Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands Territories governments. I am aware and Montserrat; the Chief Minister of that the territories have wide-ranging Gibraltar, the elected representative of interests in the EU through your the Falkland Islands and the Minister current associate status and that for Social Development of Anguilla, the implications of the referendum for a Pre-JMC Meeting this week in result will be a key priority for your the Turks and Caicos Islands. Our discussions. I am very pleased that discussions were wide ranging and officials from Europe Directorate in fruitful. After careful consideration, the FCO will be able to link in on the we have reached consensus on our priority issues for the JMC this year.” session you have on this issue.” Meantime, Premier Ewing In her letter, Baroness Anelay noted that the previous Prime also received a congratulatory letter Minister (David Cameron) made from CARICOM Secretary General clear the UK’s commitment fully to Irwin LaRocque, who attended the involve the Overseas Territories as meeting in Turks and Caicos Islands. Britain prepares for negotiations to “I found it to be a rewarding exit the EU, in line with your various engagement and allowed me the constitutional relationships with the opportunity to exchange thoughts on regional developments with a group of UK. “As Minister I will continue our membership that might not have to champion the interests of the been fully engaged in the meetings Overseas Territories across Whitehall of our (CARICOM) community to ensure your interests are fully organs and institutions. I found quite taken into account,” she said, adding enlightening the areas of interest that the United Kingdom’s exit from identified for our discussion....I am the European Union provides an committed to working with you to “important opportunity to re-calibrate ensure that the Turks and Caicos valuable relationships with our Islands and the other Associate traditional partners, including the Members derive as much benefit as possible from CARICOM. It is also my Territories and the Commonwealth.” In his letter of response to hope that the Associate Members will Baroness Anelay, Premier Ewing stated, become more involved in the overall
Minister for Overseas Territories, Baroness Joyce Anne Anelay agenda of the Community and the workings of the Secretariat, through the CARICOM Committee of Ambassadors (CCA),” LaRocque wrote. During the meeting with CARICOM Ambassador, the leaders also agreed with Cayman Premier’s call for greater involvement by the associate members and for a relationship with CARICOM that reaps tangible benefits for the overseas territories. Premier Ewing noted that he welcomed the opportunity for participation in the CARICOM Committee of Ambassadors by the Turks and Caicos, the appointment to which he will announce soon.
Mother and daughter escape truck explosion
The red truck which exploded in flames on Leeward Highway By Todeline Defralien A mother and daughter were very lucky to walk away with no injuries from a truck explosion. This incident took place on Tuesday July 26th, on the Leeward Highway in Providenciales where a red truck
exploded in flames. The mother/driver of the red truck told The SUN, “As I approached the FirstCaribbean roundabout a red light came on that looked like a sort of warning. By the time I went up the hill and when I got up to the top of the hill I realised that the brakes were
tight and I couldn’t stop. I put it (the truck) in neutral and then I was able to stop and got out with my daughter.” She added, “By the time that I got out, I noticed it (the truck) started smoking heavily and there were sparks coming from the front of the hood. I
started flagging down persons and thankfully a tourist stopped and helped me and so I called 911 and by that time it was already engrossed in flames.” The mother and daughter were very thankful to have made it out of this incident without any injuries.
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Five cases of Zika in Turks and Caicos Islands
pregnant women to take extra precaution to avoid mosquito bites and to visit our local public health Five confirmed cases of Zika care providers who are currently infections have now been reported in issuing mosquito nets and providing the Turks and Caicos Islands, said educational material.” Dr. Ewing said the Premier and Minister of Health Dr. Environmental Health Department Rufus Ewing. Public Health Disease In a press release issued on and Sunday July 24th, Ewing said three Surveillance Team of the Ministry of of the cases were “imported” and two Health has stepped up surveillance are currently undergoing further activities and have been working with investigations to determine whether the persons infected with the Zika they are also imported or part of local virus to ensure that the risk of incountry transmission is reduced. transmissions. The Turks and Caicos Islands “I am urging all residents and visitors of the Turks and Caicos Islands is the 24th Caribbean country where to remain calm as there is no evidence Zika, a deadly mosquito-borne virus, of in-country transmission at this has been reported. The others are: Anguilla, time, although it remains possible,” said Ewing, who is a medical doctor, Aruba, Barbados, Bonaire, Puerto Rico, adding that the Ministry of Health is Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Grenada, Guadeloupe, working with the Caribbean Public Republic, Health Agency (CARPHA), PAHO and Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, UK IHR on the investigation of these St. Barts, St. Lucia, Saint Martin, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St. cases. “We are particularly asking Eustatius. St. Maarten, Trinidad and by Hayden Boyce Publisher & Editor-in-Chief
Tobago and U.S. Virgin Islands. Ewing said that during the Pre-Joint Ministerial Council Conference which was hosted in Turks and Caicos Islands last week, UK Overseas Territory Leaders, discussed new and innovative ways to combat the Zika virus by reducing the population of the Aedes Aegypti mosquito population. In February 2016, Government in its commitment to ensure that the Turks and Caicos remains Zika Free, Cabinet approved emergency funds in the sum of $327,433.00 to procure additional resources, chemicals and step-up on manpower in the fight to ensure that TCI remain Zika Free. The funding was earmarked to purchase mosquito nets for our vulnerable Populations such as pregnant women, the elderly. In addition, the Government said it would bulk purchase mosquito repellents which would be distributed to the above mentioned vulnerable group’s households throughout the
islands. The Department of Environmental Health will also be purchasing additional fogging machines and several hand-held industrial fogging machines which would permit more effective fogging operations throughout the islands, particularly within communities and areas which are not easily accessible with vehicles. Many people infected with Zika virus won’t have symptoms or will only have mild symptoms. The most common symptoms of Zika are fever, rash, joint pain, conjunctivitis (red eyes), muscle pain and headache. Zika is usually mild, with symptoms lasting for several days to a week. People usually don’t get sick enough to go to the hospital, and they very rarely die of Zika. For this reason, many people might not realize they have been infected. Symptoms of Zika are similar to other viruses spread through mosquito bites, like dengue and chikungunya.
Statement on Armed Force Recruitment in TCI By Michael Misick The Turks and Caicos Islands is in need of Boarder Defense and all efforts should be on establishing a TCI Defense Force where our young men and women can serve with honor and defend the land that they love. The audacity of the British Armed Forces to attempt to recruit young Turks and Caicos Islanders is mind boggling. The recent registration drive is a stark reminder that we are still under the curtains of a colonial power whose ultimate goal is to drain every resource from us to bolster their failing nation. Britain is a colonial power and a colonial power that has to be
seen for what it is. The UK never supported our efforts to establish a Turks and Caicos Olympic team but they had no issues taking our best athlete to be a part of theirs. In times gone by the British took natural resources including cotton, sugarcane and coffee back to Mother England but now they have returned to take our people. This latest move by the UK is in my view an effort to trick our young men and young woman to shed their blood on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan in a jihad while fighting for a country that does not love them and for a cause that will never be theirs. Racism in the British Army is serious and it is no secret. Just
last year a British Veteran was heckled as the Remembrance Day celebration because while he is a British citizen he is originally from South Africa. This man, who served in the British army for seven and a half years, did two tours of duty in Afghanistan and lost his hearing on the battlefield, has a fractured spine and lost 11 of his colleagues in the war but he was mocked at the remembrance day ceremony simply because he stood to attention to pay respect to his fallen comrades. Imagine after all the years of service, after carrying the bodies of his friends and fighting to the death to defend Great Britain this man was mocked and ridiculed because of his skin colour and guess
what, he is not even a very dark skinned man. Parents do not allow your children to be sacrificed for a cause that is not your own. We have our own issue in the TCI and cannot afford to lose any more good people. In this small nation where everyone is family, we should never have to line the streets of the airport to see the bodies of our beloved hauled from the cargo hold of a British jet while the British Generals sit at home and enjoy Sunday tea. Our nation is our pride and our people are our nation. Let us hold fast to our goals and stay focused on our dreams. My God bless you all and may God bless the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Collection and display of business licence certificates The Revenue Department (RD) hereby reminds the general public that Business Licence Certificates are available for collection at the various assigned Revenue Department Offices. Business Owners are urged to collect and display their Business Licences prominently in the place of business. This is in regards to section 16 of the Business Licence Ordinance
which states: “The Holder of a licence shall display the licence in a conspicuous place on any premises occupied by him for the purpose of carrying on business and shall produce such licence for inspection when requested to do so by the Permanent Secretary, Finance or a person authorized by him in that behalf, or a Police
Officer not below the rank of Sergeant.” A Business Owner may be liable for a fine of $1000, if he or she fails to properly display the business licence within his/her business. Business Licence holders are hereby urged to collect outstanding licences immediately. Officers of the Revenue Department are available to address any concerns.
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Premier pleased with CJ’s ruling on 12-storey buildings
Premier Dr. Rufus Ewing is pleased with Chief Justice Margaret Ramsay-Hale’s recent ruling in favour of allowing 12-storey buildings to be constructed in Turks and Caicos Islands, but he’s unhappy with how much it costs government to fight the case. On receiving the judgment, the Premier said: “While this is a victorious day for the Government and indeed the people of these islands, who have waited long enough and are deserving of the many opportunities that development brings, I must also register my displeasure with the amount of resources that have been usurped to fight a review that was undertaken against the wishes of the masses of the people.” He added: “My government, from coming to office, has continuously been faced with having to flush much needed resources fighting these types of vain attempts to thwart the progress of a people. These resources could have assisted the government with other critical programs for social services, education and policing and that is a great disservice to this country.” The nearly year-long dispute arose amidst the announcement by Cabinet that it had made amendments to the planning policy to increase the permissible height of apartments, condominiums and hotel buildings and increasing the density of the number of bedrooms per acre and based on the
Premier Dr. Rufus Ewing type of development in certain areas on Providenciales. The arguments put forth by the developers of the sister properties located in Leeward Providenciales were that their properties would be adversely affected by the Government’s amendments to the policy and they further accused the Government of not holding widespread stakeholder consultations prior to making the decision to increase the permissible height and density of tourism related development. However, the Government was and remains satisfied that consultation was in fact widespread and that interested persons were given ample opportunities and means
the Premier said in a press statement. On Thursday July 21st, 2016, Chief Justice Margaret Ramsay-Hale dismissed the judicial review into Government’s decision to raise the building height and density in the Turks and Caicos Islands. She stated: “It is clear from the Premier’s evidence that TCIG has considered that the potential impact of the 12 storey developments on the environment can be mitigated by imposing particular planning standards and requiring rigorous environmental impact assessment before any development is permitted. Although Ms. (Kathleen) Wood states that she cannot see how an informed Chief Justice Margaret Ramsay-Hale opinion on adverse environmental to communicate and engage with impacts could be reached without a the Government on the proposed strategic environmental assessment, amendments via stakeholder meetings, I do not accept the proposition that email, letters as well as through public because no such assessment was town hall meetings. undertaken, that TCIG failed to “I would like to register my discharge the duty imposed on it by government’s gratitude to our legal section 18 of the Constitution. The test team at Misick and Stanbrook, the is not whether the TCIG or the Premier technical support teams in the planning got it right when it determined that department and the Ministry of the question of the impact of such Infrastructure, Housing and Planning, developments on the environment and the Attorney General’s Chambers would be considered at the stage when for their diligence and dedication to planning approval is sought. The this matter. I am happy that we can now test is whether they understood the put this saga behind us so we can make Constitutional objectives of fostering progress in attracting much needed and protecting the environment and sustainable tourism infrastructure took those objectives into account and development that can provide jobs and it is plain from the evidence that they business opportunities for our people,” did.”
National Security Council considers CCTV and radar protection The Governor, Premier, Police Commissioner, Minister for Border Control and Attorney General held their fifth meeting of the National Security Council on Tuesday 26 July. They agreed to recommend to Cabinet an RFP as soon as possible for the first phase of closed circuit television cameras in Providenciales and Grand Turk. They noted the value of systems in other jurisdictions, and proposed that a steering group
be formed as soon as possible, chaired by the Director of the Premier’s Office, to take forward proposals, including considering possible private sector collaboration. They noted that it would be necessary for the AG to consider the need for some data protection legislation. Members of the Council also discussed the radar detection centre, and the need to collaborate with the RTCI Police Force, especially after the acquisition of new high-speed vessels, and
possibly drones, for the protection of TCI’s borders. The Council agreed to recommend to Cabinet that, to ensure as effective a detection unit as possible, members of the existing team should be transferred to become members of the Police staff under the direction of the Commissioner once the appropriate administrative steps have been taken. The Council will invite members of the wider NSC Advisory Group to a meeting soon in Providenciales.
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We must get tougher on crime, says Hon. Sean Astwood The People’s Democratic Government has taken crime seriously. Movement (PDM) is calling on Premier Instead of these staged politicized press Rufus Ewing to stop politicizing the conferences to shift blame directly to the issue of crime. police force, the Premier should make Deputy Party Leader for the genuine efforts to assist the police in PDM and Representative for Five Cays getting crime under control.” Hon. Sean R. Astwood stated the actions He noted that the Peoples of Premier Ewing are too predictable Democratic Movement brought a and useless in these times. motion to the House of Assembly in “We have all watched as serious 2014, which called for biometric testing, crimes continue to escalate to unsettling fingerprinting, CCTV, drones, etc. levels in our Country. As residents “This motion was passed become more frustrated, hopeless, and without the support of the government fearful, particularly of the growing list of and hence they have done nothing to unsolved murders from 2004 to present, this regard. In another effort to provide I along with countless others was solutions to our country’s crime problem. deeply disappointed with the Premier’s The Peoples Democratic Movement response in a recent press conference,” also unveiled a 12 Point Crime Plan Astwood said. approximately two months ago, which During a recent press conference incorporated every component necessary the Premier stated that he and his to prevent and/or reduce crime in our Government has given the police all the communities,” Astwood noted. resources needed. “I am calling on the Premier and Astwood said many interpreted his Government to demonstrate political this statement to infer that if any maturity and implement the PDM’s additional crime should occur, do not 12 Point Crime Plan, which includes blame the Premier or his Government building better relationship with our because they have already done our communities, border protection, better part. training for officers and rehabilitation He added: “As a member of programs for offenders to name a few. the House of Assembly, there is no He must abandon the tactics of evidence that the Premier and his taking to the media with a tough
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overall development of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
TCI Music Artist “Krissy” makes waves internationally Turks and Caicos Native, the talented reggae/ dancehall/soca artist Krissy best known as “Kristina Rigby”, is showing how to really “Work Work Work Work” as her remake of Rihanna and Drake’s Billboard hit “Work” has taken the internet by storm. The music video for “work Remake” will be released on Tempo Network’s Cross Caribbean
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Kendall Dean Sentenced to three years
On Tuesday 27th July 2016, 20-year-old Kendall Dean of Blue Hills Providenciales was sentenced to three (3) years imprisonment by the Supreme Court after he pleaded guilty to two (2) counts of Handling Stolen goods. It was on the evening of Thursday 31st December 2015, a complainant reported to 911 that
she was robbed at gunpoint by an unknown male in the area of Dako Yard in Blue Hills. Police were dispatched and investigation began. Taken from the victim was a handbag containing her cellular phone and other items. On Saturday 2nd January 2016, during a stop and search on Mr. Dean, a cellular phone
matching the exact description given by the victim was found in his possession. He told officers that he had just bought the phone from an unknown Haitian man. As a result, he was arrested and was formally charged and cautioned on Wednesday 18th January 2016 for Robbery and Handling Stolen Goods. The charge of Robbery was withdrawn.
Jitney Driver arrested for wounding
On Friday 29th July 2016 Investigators of the Royal Turks and Caicos Police have arrested a 40-yearold male for wounding Investigators of the Royal Turks and Caicos Police are investigating the report of a stabbing that occurred on Tuesday July 26th,
2016. The complainant reported that around 6:13 p.m. on that date, he caught a jitney from Gracebay to Down-Town, Providenciales. He offered to pay the driver $2 (two dollars) for his service but the driver
refused it and requested to be paid $3 (three dollars) instead. After the complainant explained to the driver that is all the money he has, an argument ensued which resulted in a fight. During the fight, the driver stabbed the complainant in the throat
and fled the scene. As a result, police officers visited the scene where the victim was met and taken to the Cheshire Hall Medical Centre where he was treated for non-life threatening injuries and later discharged.
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Supporting Economic Development in the Turks and Caicos Islands a priority for FortisTCI
Back Row (L to R): Alden Smith, Director Grand Turk Operations; John Redmond, Redmond and Associates; Nigel Hosein, FortisTCI Vice President of Production & Project Management; Devon Cox, Vice President of T & D; Alvejes Desir, Manager of Plan Operations; Allan Robinson, Vice President of Customer & Corporate Services Front Row (R to L): Ruth Forbes, Vice President of Finance, HR, IT and CFO; Eddinton Powell, FortisTCI President & CEO; Derek Rolle, Rolle Construction; Alexandria Missick, FortisTCI Director of Legal Services Capital investments by FortisTCI (the Company) are boosting economic development and transforming the electricity infrastructure throughout the Turks and Caicos Islands. Major investments were recently made on North Caicos and Grand Turk. Upcoming planned investments in utility-scale solar energy by way of a recently signed MOU with the Rocky Mountain Institute - Carbon War Room will also serve as a support for the development of renewable energy projects across several islands including Salt Cay and South Caicos. On Grand Turk, $3.2 million dollars has been invested in necessary infrastructure upgrades at the energy plant in South Base. The project awarded through tender to local contractor Rolle Construction includes the demolition of an old building that formally served as a part of a U.S. Military Base. At the time, the demolition created at least 12 jobs that included training provided by a U.S. Company headquartered in Florida named EE&G Environmental Services, LLC. The training imparted knowledge
and new skill sets on the handling and disposal of hazardous material to all persons assigned to the project. Phase two includes the construction of a new multipurpose building to house a workshop, personnel offices, and storage space, and is expected to employ up to approximately 20 persons during construction. Work will begin on August 1, 2016. Investments on North Caicos totalling nearly $1 Million for a substation, generation, and related infrastructure project, will help to increase reliability to customers in North and Middle Caicos. The project was completed in July 2016 by local contractors Charlie’s Construction responsible for the civil works, and TC Industrial responsible for all Mechanical Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) work. Other upcoming projects include the relocation of the submarine transmission cable at Heaving Down Rock in Providenciales and the introduction of 1 Mega Watt (MW) worth of utility-scale solar energy installed across the FortisTCI service territory. President and CEO of FortisTCI Eddinton Powell
said, “Investments such as these are critical to the development of a world-class electricity service across the Turks and Caicos Islands. The North Caicos substation and generation project, together with the relocation and upgrade of the submarine transmission cable [which is currently susceptible to frequent damage by passing boats] are a part of the Company’s long-term plan to produce significant renewable energy in North Caicos and will eventually connect all the way to South Caicos.” FortisTCI Limited (FTCI) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fortis Inc., and is the sole provider of electricity in Providenciales, North Caicos, Middle Caicos, South Caicos, East Caicos and adjacent Cays. In August 2012, Turks and Caicos Utility Limited (TCU), which is the sole provider of electricity on the Islands of Grand Turk and Salt Cay, was acquired by FTCI. Together the two companies serve more than 14,100 electricity customers in the Turks & Caicos Islands archipelago. FortisTCI President & CEO Eddinton Powell and Derek FTCI and TCU have an aggregate Rolle of Rolle Construction over looking Grand Turk diesel-fired generating capacity of site map approximately 82 megawatts.
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Premier Ewing signs historic agreement with PAHO The Premier and Minister of Health, Agriculture and Human Services, Dr. The Hon. Rufus W. Ewing will be leading a delegation to Washington DC this week to participate in two important meetings. Premier Ewing will meet with his other Caribbean UK Overseas Territories Ministers of Health at the Pan American Health Organization/ World Health Organization (PAHO/ WHO) Headquarters in Washington DC for an intense two days of meetings to advance the Multi-Country Strategy for the advancement of health care that was endorsed by the UKOT Ministers of Health in July 2014. This is the first time that a multi-country strategy for technical cooperation has been developed to the benefit of the six Caribbean UKOTs of Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Montserrat and the Turks and Caicos Islands. The strategy will focus on three priority areas addressing health and the social determinants of health in alignment with the national health plans of the UKOTs and Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) #3 – “Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages”. Premier Ewing will address the delegates on Thursday July 28th by giving an overview of the PAHO/WHO strategy for technical cooperation. A key discussion will also
take place on mental health and the incorporation of mental health care in primary health services. The Premier is joined by Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry Health, Agriculture and Human Services, Mrs. Tamera Robinson and the Director of Health Services, Dr. Nadia Astwood. On Friday July 29th Premier Ewing will meet with representatives of the U.S. Department of State for Energy to engage in high level discussions on renewable energy and opportunities for pilot projects being launched in the Turks and Caicos Islands. This is in keeping with the Government’s commitment to pursue initiatives for climate change adaptation and mitigation which is being led by the Cabinet appointed Climate Change Committee. Discussions will be held under the umbrella of the Caribbean Energy Security Initiative that was launched by US Vice President Joe Biden in June 2014 and the commitments made by stakeholders at the January 2015 Caribbean Energy Security Summit that was hosted by Biden at the Department of State. These commitments included improved support for policy reform, improved donor coordination and increased access to investment towards the overall goal of comprehensive energy diversification to facilitate the
introduction of cleaner forms of energy in the Caribbean. The specific support areas provided to the Caribbean are through improvement in governance, facilitation of development of cleaner energy sources, development of collaborative networks on clean energy, financial support for clean energy projects, increasing energy efficiency and expansion of access to electricity, information and technology. Among other initiatives, the US Department of State is currently supporting technical assistance in St. Kitts and Nevis for the development
of their geothermal resources and the U. S. Department of Interior, along with State is assisting Jamaica with the development of commercial renewable energy on public lands. The Premier will be joined by the Director of the Office of the Premier and Chair of the Climate Change Committee, Ms. Althea Been and the Energy and Utilities Commissioner in the Energy and Utilities Department of the Ministry of Infrastructure, Housing and Planning, Mr. Malike Cummings. The delegations return home on Saturday July 30, 2016.
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Ministerial statement by Premier Hon. Dr. Rufus Ewing Mr. Speaker I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate The Rt. Excellent Theresa May on her appointment as the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Territories and likewise The Rt. Hon. Boris Johnson as the new Foreign Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Baroness Anelay as the Minister with responsibility for the Overseas Territories. Mr. Speaker as Premier I had the pleasure of hosting the Premiers of Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands and Montserrat; the Chief Minister of Gibraltar, the elected representative of the Falkland Islands and the Minister for Social Development of Anguilla, for a PreJMC Meeting last week in the Turks and Caicos Islands. Our discussions were wide ranging and fruitful and we reached consensus on our priority issues to be discussed at the Joint Ministerial Council Meeting at the end of October this year. Mr. Speaker one of the main items on the Pre-JMC agenda was that of the Challenges and opportunities for the Overseas Territories following the UK’s referendum result to leave the EU. We have agreed that we would engage collectively with the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, David Davis MP and the Secretary of State for International Trade, Dr. Liam Fox MP and the Constitutional Group in the Cabinet Office and Leaders would also schedule bilaterally meetings with the relevant Secretaries of State. Mr. Speaker the Leaders also discussed the various infrastructural and development needs of their respective territories under the umbrella of Sustainable Economic Development. We discussed how HMG can assist the Overseas
Territories in attracting investment for infrastructure development, such as airports and seaports. Mr. Speaker the various health challenges that exist in our territories were discussed especially in relation to access to the UK NHS for tertiary level care, mental health, procurement of drugs and medicine and the Zika epidemic that is plaguing our region and ways in which HMG can support the territories. Mr. Speaker all of the Leaders felt that given the circumstances following Brexit, now is an appropriate time to re visit the Overseas Territories White Paper 2012 and our future partnership, and in that vein among some Territories there is a wish to undertake a Constitutional Review. Mr. Speaker given the importance of child welfare to all territories, the Leaders of the Overseas Territories present at the Pre JMC agreed to seek approval from their Governments to sign, at the JMC, the Memorandum of Understanding and Roadmap, for the purpose of more effective safeguarding of children, as proposed by the Falkland Islands. This Memorandum clearly demonstrates our commitment to the highest standards and systems for the protection of our children. Mr. Speaker, this memorandum of understanding will be presented to our Cabinet next week for positive consideration so that the TCI can be among those territories signing the MOU in October. Mr. Speaker these issues among others would be the subject of discussion when the OT leaders meet in London in October at the JMC with the new UK Ministers. Mr. Speaker and fellow Turks and Caicos Islanders, as stated in the Ministry of Health Press Release on Saturday and my press statement yesterday, on July 24th my Public
Premier Dr. Rufus Ewing Health Staff in the Ministry of Health, Agriculture and Human Services reported 5 confirmed cases of Zika virus infections in the Turks and Cases Islands, three of which are clearly imported and two of which are currently undergoing further investigations to determine whether they are also imported or part of local transmissions. The Ministry of Health is working with the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), PAHO and UK IHR on the investigation of these cases. The Environmental Health Department and Public Health Disease Surveillance Team of the Ministry of Health has stepped up its surveillance activities and has been working with the persons infected with the Zika virus to ensure that the risk of in-country transmission is reduced. Mr. Speaker, while we all know that this event was inevitable I
am urging all residents of the Turks and Caicos Islands and visitors to these islands to remain calm. We are focusing our efforts on reducing the possibility of or the impact of incountry transmission of the virus. The most significant health impact is related to the microcephalic birth defect and the neurological Guillain Barre’ syndrome that is sometimes associated with the infection. Mr. Speaker, this is why the Ministry of Health and IHC has from the onset of the regional epidemic been encouraging pregnant mothers to take the necessary precautions such as use of mosquito nets (which are being provided by the health department), use of mosquito repellents, wearing of long sleeve shirts and minimizing exposed body areas as ways to reduce mosquito bites, and also encouraging persons to help reduce the mosquito population in and around their homes by cleaning up their yards and removing all catchment containers and derelict vehicles that can hold water as methods of reducing mosquito breeding. Mr. Speaker the infected female Aedes aegypti mosquito is the only one that bites and can transmit the zika virus and others such as the dengue virus, yellow fever and Chikungunya fever and it does so nocturnally. Mr. Speaker it is with this knowledge in mind that much debate is now ongoing about the introduction of genetically modified Ades Aegypti mosquito as a means to control these diseases. Mr. Speaker this may be a viable option for the TCI as other OTs are also considering such methods, but until such time that these methods are approved the Environmental Health Department will continue its fogging activities where necessary and country-wide cleanup campaigns will also continue.
“Camp Build a Boss” – Boys Camp In an effort to continue to fulfil its The main objectives of this Camp experience are to: mandate to develop policies and plans of action for intervention, as well as strategies that empower young boys and girls throughout the Turks & •Create a foundation whereby, young men and Caicos Islands; the Department of Gender Affairs boys can engage in a structured growth experience under the Ministry of Home Affairs, Transportation designed to aid in the discovery and enhancement and Communication, in partnership with the of their leadership capabilities. “Pine Cay Project” present its second annual boys summer camp “Camp Build a Boss” under the •Provide young men and boys with a chance to work alongside trained professionals and very dedicated theme, “Explore and Create”. We believe that this camping experience members of the various Construction Companies, will be one of a kind as it provides an opportunity Faith Base Organizations and members of the for young men to ‘get their hands dirty’ and enjoy Civil Service, employees from the Public/Private a week of working within various trade fields. sphere We feel that the young men throughout Turks and Caicos Islands need more opportunities to •Offer an opportunity for young men and boys participate in positive structured programmes to learn a skill in their area of interest - Auto that will affirm their duty to becoming productive Mechanics, Maintenance, Carpentry, Electricity, citizens and taking their respective communities Home Repairs, Painting, Music, Diving, Swimming, into a better tomorrow. It is our firm belief that Snorkelling, Cooking, Plumbing, Imaging, Cooking, this Camp experience would motivate them in the and Woodwork Artwork etc. direction to accomplishing their goals, regardless The camping experience will include of the task. short sessions on:-
•Physical Education •Increasing Self Awareness •Identifying and coping with feelings •Learning technical/vocational skill of interest •Communication Skills •Setting Boundaries •Overcoming Fears •Anger management •Peer pressure There will be lots of fun and games from dominoes to marble games, kite flying etc. Due to the resounding feedback, the department has decided to make this an annual event. The Camp is scheduled to be held in Salt Cay and North/Middle Caicos for a duration of five (5) days commencing August 8 – 12, 2016 and August 15-19 (North Caicos). It targets young men and boys ages 10 – 15 years. Registration is FREE!! For further details please visit the Department of Gender Affairs, Clara Garland Building, Grand Turk Or call 3382681/ 338-2686 or 247-6233
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$55,000 raised for TCI Cadets at 6th Annual Premiers Cup residents took part in the fun by swinging their clubs for a good cause. Organisers of the Annual A total of 16 teams, representing 64 Premier’s Cup Golf Tournament said golfers, participated in this year’s that the competition’s sixth staging, event and the team consisting of held this past weekend at the Provo Galmo Williams, Anthony Garland, Golf Club have described it as a Tony Bell and Perry Delancy emerged resounding success. as the victors. Premier Hon. Dr. Rufus The monetary response enabled the tournament organisers Ewing was a participant, and the First to donate $55,000 to the 2016 charity Lady, Dr. Dawn Perry-Ewing, awarded recipient which is the Turks and trophies and prizes to the winners in the various categories. Participating Caicos Islands National Cadet Corp. $50,000 was raised for The in this year’s tournament also, were Turks and Caicos Cadets, and after His Excellency the Governor Mr. Peter the check was presented a donor Beckingham and Mrs. Beckingham. During the weekend, the committed to $500 extra to the charity leave the TCI Cadet Corp with a total golfers and spectators were entertained by local artist, Ms. Chrystal Charles of $55,000 from the Premier’s Cup. The event kicked off with a and the “We Funk” Junkanoo group. Organizers of this year’s said cocktail reception on the evening of Friday July 22nd followed by a fun- that this one is the most successful filled tournament on Sunday July ever and thanked all of their sponsors and players. 24th, 2016. The Committee is consisted A wide cross-section of
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The Turks and Caicos Islands Cadet Corp Non Commission Officers (NCOs) returned to the islands on Thursday July 21st, 2016 from a 12-day training summer
camp in St Vincent. The TCI Cadets placed 1st and 2nd in the debate competition held during the training camp. The TCI Cadets attending the
A Cadet from the Cadet Corp of Turks and Caicos Islands holds a check for $50,000 of Mark Fulford, President, Althea Williams, Vice president Gordon Burton, Treasurer, Claudine Ewing,
training camp completed their star 1 training and a ceremony will be held at a later date to award their certification. Premier Hon. Dr. Rufus
Secretary, Joy Field-Ridley, Edith Skippings, Don Gardiner, Arlington Musgrove and Dierin Longmire
Ewing, PS Education, Dep Sec Of Education and Education Director along with family members and supporters were on hand to welcome the cadets home.
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Art Robinson’s credibility shattered in SIPT trial by Hayden Boyce Publisher & Editor-in-Chief The credibility of former Parliamentarian Arthur “Art” Robinson was severely shattered when he recently gave evidence in the Special Investigation and Prosecution Team’s (SIPT) corruption trial. The self-inflicted wounds to his trutfulness came while the former People’s Democratic Movement (PDM) Appointed Member in the House of Assembly was being questioned in relation to a development at North West Point in Providenciales, in which he was a major player, although he was never charged. The credibility issues emerged first in relation to a $15,000 payment which Robinson received, and secondly in relation to obvious differences in what he said in court compared to what he told SIPT in a taped interview and in a statement. In direct examination, Prosecutor Andrew Mitchell, QC, showed Robinson a June 27th, 2005 letter which he wrote to former Minister of Lands Galmo “Gilley” Williams advising that approval was granted by Temple Finance Group for $6million in relation to four parcels of land at North West Point. He then said that in May 2006, he was given a number of cheques to countersign; including one for Tim Smith for $500,000, another for $1million to Stanfield Greene; $1.8million to Alliance Realty; $1million to Samuel Been; $1million to Earlson Robinson and $1million to Quinton Hall. Robinson told the court that when he signed the cheques it was “a surprise” to him because he thought the property at North West Point was to be developed. He went on to say that he recognised the names before he signed the cheques, but noted that initially he could not relate all of the cheques to the various individuals until clarification was provided to him by Melbourne Wilson. He said there were normally due diligence instructions from a law firm or the holder of the account before cheques were signed, but that on this occasion he had no idea who was the client. After the cheques were signed, he added, he had a conversation with Melbourne Wilson and they discussed what happened and Wilson told him that the participants in the development wanted to sell their interests. “I wanted to know what happened in regards to the sale as opposed to the development,” Robinson added. He told the court that the only person who did not sell their interest and remained in the deal was Lynn Campbell, former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Natural Resources. Robinson testified that on May 24th, 2008, a $15,000 cheque from Alliance Realty was paid to him after he spoke with Melbourne Wilson. He added that initially, McClean Robinson Realty was going to be the agents for the development at North West Point and be responsible for the sales and marketing, but after the sale of the land occurred, Melbourne Wilson told him that Jeffrey Hall appreciated their efforts and wanted to
show his (Hall’s) appreciation by giving him the $15,000 cheque. Robinson said he told Wilson that the cheque should not have been paid to him personally, but Wilson told him that Hall wanted Robinson to benefit personally. Robinson said he nevertheless accepted the cheque and kept 75 percent of the money and gave his company the other 25 percent by way of a cash deposit. He noted that agency fees are normally 6 percent on developments and 10 percent on land. In response to the final question from the prosecutor, Robinson said that if he was party to the sale of the completed condominium development at North West Point, he would have made “several million dollars”. Under cross-examination by Queen’s Counsel Earl Witter, the lead lawyer for Floyd Hall, Robinson said his memory was never faulty. He said that the interview that he gave to SIPT and the separate statement he gave them could not be remembered wordfor-word. In relation to the oral exchanges he had with Wilson, Robinson said he was relying on his memory. “I never anticipated that I would be where I am (in court) today, so there was no need to record the casual exchanges,” he told the judge. “But everything that I said in my statement (to SIPT) and in my evidence is what transpired.” Robinson said he was approached by SIPT investigators and asked questions and he answered as best as he could. He said the officers came to his office and asked him about an interview and he told him he had to contact his lawyer Conrad Griffiths, QC. Robinson added: “Initially I had fears and apprehensions because accusations were made against me by SIPT and I had to defend myself because I did nothing wrong to be charged.” Robinson explained that suspicion was being cast that he “orchestrated whatever transpired”, so he had to defend himself and gave SIPT an interview about a week after they came to see him at his office. He said he went to SIPT’s office alone and gave them a recorded interview which lasted for about 45 minutes, instead of a written statement. Witter asked Robinson several times if he was a suspect in the case and he denied it on each occasion. He said he doesn’t remember being cautioned on May 9th, 2011 by Inspector Earl Brown or Constable Allan Siddall (now deceased). However, Witter stated that since the interview was done in accordance with the Judges’ Rules, Robinson was a suspect. Witter also asked Robinson if the evidence he gave the court was “tainted by political bias” and he said no. The Jamaican defence lawyer also asked Robinson if his evidence was tainted by reason of disappointment over his loss of potential earnings from the North West Point deal and he said no. Robinson said he was asked by SIPT if he benefitted financially from the cheques he signed and he told them no, and “it’s true to this day”.
Boyce, suggested to Robinson that his signature on various documents showed “wide involvement” in the proposed development at North West Point. Robinson said this was not true. However, Nicholson was able to show that Robinson was in fact very much involved in the project from start to finish, as his signature appeared at least 26 times on various important documents between 2005 and 2006. When asked if he made every effort to ensure that he was on the right side of the law before he signed the cheques, Robinson said he signs Arthur “Art” Robinson hundreds of cheques on a daily basis, He said the $15,000 cheque adding that there is a department that issued to him was “a gift” and “had carries out due diligence prior to him nothing directly” to do with North West signing. Point. He was then shown his “It was a gift that was offered statement to SIPT where he said that by Jeffrey Hall in respect of gratitude,” the source of the funds were from he said. After he was questioned further Scotiabank and that the request for by Witter, Robinson admitted that he them came from a reputable law firm. “benefitted from the (North West Point) In response to another transaction indirectly”. question from Nicholson, Robinson he Under further cross said he knew of money laundering and examination by Witter, Robinson said would not have signed any cheques if it was not true to say that he planned he had the slightest hint that money to sue because of fall-out from the deal laundering or criminality was involved, at North West Point. and to his mind there wasn’t any. Robinson was then showed a Nicholson was then able to statement he gave to SIPT in which he show Robinson that he was involved in said that he and his company just were the creation of Urban Development, the not happy with how the development company that was involved in the North went, and that the value of what they West Point project. He also showed received could have been much more. Robinson a share document which he The statement to SIPT also recorded signed, along with share certificates Robinson saying they had planned to and the transfer of shares. Robinson sue and that “they will have their day”. also signed the development agreement Robinson then admitted to the court between TCIG and Urban Development that he did in fact say that he and his relating to the construction of a hotel company had planned to sue, because and condominium project, the transfer the developers had reneged on the deal. of land from TCIG to the holding He then also admitted that the $15,000 company Urban Development and that was paid to him was a brokerage there were 11 other signatures from fee, and that he had specifically stated Robinson on documents relating to the this in the SIPT interview, although he development, in August 2005. told the court that it was a gift. Robinson agreed with Witter asked: “Why did you tell Nicholson’s suggestion that there was SIPT that it ($15,000) was a brokerage no criminality involved in the North fee?” West Point deal and he also agreed Robinson answered: “I don’t that it was not against the country’s recall why. I was trying to find a way to economic interest, as it would have describe the payment at the time.” employed and empowered Belongers. Witter then suggested Robinson also agreed that to Robinson that his answer was there was “nothing sinister” about the “nonsensical” and that he was not project and that it was “above board”, truthful in his testimony regarding the adding that in the Turks and Caicos North West Point matter. Islands when people speak of “a deal” In cross examination, Arnold it doesn’t mean anything criminal or “AJ” Nicholson, the lawyer for Lillian sinister.
NOTICE OF SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION Scotiabank (Turks & Caicos) Ltd. of Cherokee Road, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands hereby gives notice of its intention to sell by Public Auction the following properties pursuant to its power of sale as registered Chargee under the Registered Land Ordinance of the Turks and Caicos Islands. 1.Parcel 50500/235 Whitby, North Caicos Single storey with three bedroom, two bathrooms, powder room, living/family room, kitchen/dining room and laundry room, linen closets with a pool on site on 0.79 acre. Pelican Beach Villas Ltd. 2.Parcel 60003/252 Northwest & North Central Single storey with two bedrooms, one bathroom, living room and kitchen on 0.29 acre. Sandy Yvonne Lightbourne. The auction will be held at the office of Scotiabank (Turks and Caicos) Limited, Grace Bay Branch, Providenciales at 10 o’clock in the morning on Friday the 29th day of July 2016. A reserved price will be fixed on all parcels and a deposit of 10% is due immediately upon all accepted bids.
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The Ryesha Higgs Summer Dance Intensive gains great local support The Ryesha Higgs Summer Dance Intensive gained great support from the community of Turks and Caicos Islands. The event was hosted for a week through Sunday July 24th – Sunday July 31st with kids ranging from ages 6-8 and age 9-16 at The Stargazer Villa Studios in Providenciales. The dance classes includes: Ballet, Pointe, Horton, Jazz, Hip Hop, Body Conditioning, Stretching and more. In an interview with The SUN, Higgs said, “I wanted to give the young girls and boys of the Turks and Caicos Islands the experiences that I’ve had as a young dancer who has studied abroad at summer intensives as well as professional year programs. I felt that it was going to be a very enriching process for them to be able to dance different techniques throughout an entire day, to learn different steps, and different movements. A lot of the students are beginners so for them this is a
first time experience which I think that they’re going to take a lot from.” She said it feels great to be back home and she always wanted to find a way to give back her artistic education to the young people of the Turks and Caicos Islands and also the community at large. She added, “A lot of the kids are really enjoying the classes. Itt’s different but they’re having a lot of fun. I think it’s really a different experience for them and it’s also great that for many of them. It’s not like they’re part of something that has advance dancers and beginners. For the majority of them this is their first time dancing and so they’re able to experience together and learn together, build together and I think it’s developing friendships and it’s allowing people to meet each other which I personally enjoy.” Higgs has plans of opening a performing art school here in the Turks and Caicos Islands; not only for dancers but for musicians as well as well as actors and
individuals that wants to get involved with theatrics, musical theater, videography and everyone that has an artistic inclination to develop the skills that they have. Higgs is very satisfied and grateful for the turn out and support from the community and it shows her that a lot of the young people in TCI do want to develop new skills and explore their talents if they are given the chance to do so. Ryesha Higgs grew up in the Turks and Caicos Islands and moved to New York City at the age of sixteen to live on her own and pursue dancing professionally. She danced for a year at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, The Ailey School of professional division, from there she moved on to enroll in University and just completed her first year at University as an Honours Biology major which a potential interest in pursuing medicine and also is in the Professional upper school division program at the dance university of Hallam.
Ryesha Higgs instructs her classes
FLOW launches 10 Days of Give A Ways Campaign
In recognition of the 10 Day Countdown to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, on Tuesday, July 26th, FLOW launched a 10 Days of Give A Ways : 10 Day Countdown Campaign. Every day starting July 26th up until the Opening Day of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, August 5th, FLOW will be putting out new offers to customers for a chance to save, win, and capitalize on some of the greatest deals of the summer. Some of the deals customers can look forward to for the next ten (10) days are as follows: Day 10: Buy $10 Credit, Get $10 FREE! Day 9: Sign up for Superfast Broadband & pay ONLY $9 for the first month Day 8: Purchase a Prepaid handset & a 1GB data plan a receive $8 in talk time FREE Day 7: Top Up $20 or more and GET 500 MB (7 Day Plan) for FREE! Day 6: Get your SAMSUNG S6 for ONLY $499 ($400 Discount) Day 5: Stay CONNECTED to your 5 Closest Friends for ONLY $5 Day 4: Sign UP for FLOW TV and get 4 VOD titles for FREE! Day 3: Sign up for a NEW post-paid service and get 30% OFF! Day 2: Buy ONE handset and get the second handset 50% OFF! Day 1: Sign UP for ANY FLOW service and GET the first month FREE! Opening Day: Text DELANO to XXXX for a chance to WIN a FREE handset! Additionally, we have launched a Scrabble Text to Win Competition. Customers can play FLOW’s Summer Scramble for a chance to win daily prizes and a Grand Prize of $500 Credit. Each message costs only 0.25c
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The Ministry of Infrastructure, Housing & Planning host FIDIC training The Ministry of Infrastructure, Housing & Planning through the Human Resource Directorate & the Deputy Governor’s Office hosted an International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) Contracts Workshop for TCIG Staff, Statutory Bodies, as well as Contractors and Consultants. The Training was held from July 14 – 21, 2016 at the LIFE Center in Grand Turk and facilitated by the Joint Consultative Council (JCC - a full member of FIDIC) from Trinidad and Tobago in collaboration with FIDIC and ECV an accredited by FIDIC Tutors, Winston Riley Fapett, Civil Engineer (with almost 50 years experience in T&T in the fields of hydraulic structures, highways and roads) and John Dowse, a Chartered Civil Engineer. The JCC is currently the only organization authorized by FIDIC to facilitate and present FIDIC Contract training in the Caribbean Region. Participants of the Workshop were attendees from MIHP, Department of Planning, Department of Public Works, Department of Energy & Utilities, Estates Management, A. G. Chambers, Airports Authority, Internal Audit, SPPD, Procurement and Contracts, Olympic Construction and BCQS. The interactive course covered the FIDIC Short Form of Contract
(green book), the Conditions of Contract for Construction (red book) and Conditions of Contract for DesignBuild (yellow book). The training included: risk analysis, selection of the appropriate contacts, responsibilities of the employer, engineer and contractor. Commencement of procedure, extension of time, suspension, taking over certificate, defects period & performance certificate, variations, evaluation, measurement, termination of employer and or contractor, risks and responsibilities, insurance, force majeure, contractor claims, workmanship contractor claims, disputes, amicable settlement, were also discussed in depth. Trainees delved into an in-depth view of contract and administrative management of these FIDIC contracts and the management of claims, in particular, FIDIC risk allocation, project risk management, causes of claims, employer’s claims, contractor’s claims, engineer’s claims, engineer’s determination, employer’s entitlement, justification of time claims, prolongation and disruption of claims and the establishment of the dispute adjudication board (DAB) etc. and much more. The Workshop Graduates learned much and were commended by the facilitators as being their
most interactive group to date and were encouraged to put what they have learned into practice to improve, execute and promote TCIG’s sustainable development of The Turks and Caicos. The TCIG determined that
this training was necessary, not only to advance its’ development plans for the future but to ensure that our local professionals are enriched with international training, which inevitably translates into projects done to international standards.
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24 hours of democracy in action and its impact on TCI and other overseas territories The Governor, Peter Beckingham, welcomed leaders from seven of the UK’s Overseas Territories for lunch at Waterloo on 21 July. Commenting on the visit of Territory leaders to TCI, the Governor said, “I was delighted and honoured to have the opportunity to welcome to the Turks and Caicos Islands on 20 and 21 July the Premiers, Chief Ministers and Ministers from no less than seven Overseas Territories: Anguilla, Bermuda, BVI, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar and Montserrat. This is also a big honour for TCI, and a tribute to the work of many people here. The Territory leaders were in TCI to prepare for their annual meeting with the FCO’s Minister for the Overseas Territories and her ministerial colleagues at the Joint Ministerial Council which will be held in London in October.
“I was able to forward to Premier Ewing on the first day of the meeting a letter from the new Minister for the Overseas Territories at the Foreign Office, Baroness Anelay. In addition to her existing responsibilities as Minister of State for relations with a range of international organisations, the Minister has taken on this additional role for working with the Territories and will chair the Joint Ministerial Council meeting in London. “I was able to talk informally with the Territory leaders about the wider changes which have taken place in the UK recently. The biggest development has been the vote in the referendum in favour of leaving the European Union, closely followed by the appointment of a new Prime Minister, Theresa May. The Prime Minister has in turn made a number of major changes to our Cabinet,
including a new Foreign Secretary (who I had the privilege of working with in India on two visits he made as Mayor of London) and Chancellor of the Exchequer. “It is too early to predict what these changes signify for Turks and Caicos and the other Territories, but Baroness Anelay was at pains in her letter to Premier Ewing to underline the continued commitment of the UK Government to the Overseas Territories, as well as to involve them in the preparations for negotiations for the UK to leave the EU. “I was in London in July to attend meetings with other Governors and Ambassadors in the Foreign Office shortly after the referendum. It is clearly going to be a major task for UK Ministers and officials to prepare the groundwork for the UK’s exit from the EU. But Cabinet Ministers, the
Cabinet Secretary and officials all left no doubt that this was a challenge which can be met, and provides opportunities to raise the profile of the UK globally. They were also equally clear that the Territories and Crown Dependencies like Jersey and the Isle of Man will continue to be a part of the new structures of trade and services which emerge from international negotiations. “As I said to the visiting Territory leaders, the big changes in the governing party in the UK also demonstrated how efficiently and smoothly the democratic systems of government work in the UK, with one Prime Minister departing and another taking over in the space of less than 24 hours. It was, on any reckoning, an extraordinarily dramatic day in British politics, but accomplished in style and dignity.”
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Appointed Member in the House of Assembly
By Jamell Robinson TCI Patriot Now that the “silly season” is about to kick into high gear, my mind has drifted on the topic of Appointed Membership (AM) of the House of Assembly (HOA) and, most importantly - how it has been used over the years. Before I dive into the meat of the matter, let me quickly outline a belief about appointed membership. Personally, I believe that there is no room for them in what is effectively our Lower House, which was why I was so surprised that when the constitutional amendments were debated in the HOA, there was not a push at all to create a bicameral system in which these appointed members could reside. Whether appointed based on the popular vote or the Governor continuing to have two members, whatever the makeup, the People’s House should only be made up of persons elected by the people. This is a matter of importance because currently the Governor effectively has four (4) appointed members in our HOA. Even though he has to ‘consult’ the Premier and the Leader of the Opposition, he need not act on their advice as in the past. Now to the meat. Traditionally,
appointed members in the past have been appointed owing to three things: 1. It’s used as pay back for loyalty and hard work by party members after a hard fought election campaign, though in the case of Governors’ appointments it’s loyalty to the UK agenda; 2. It’s used as a way to help out persons financially, as a good paying gig for four years. I suspect this category will be hotly looked at going forward given the increase in salaries for Members of Parliament (MP) compared to the past; 3. And lastly, the AM is used for prospective candidates in the next General Election. This is because as an MP, you have the opportunity to learn the HOA standing orders, processes and procedures, plus demonstrate to prospective voters that you are electable. Additionally, with the secured salary and meeting every six weeks or so, you have the financial ability to work within the constituency that you are aiming to eventually represent in the HOA. Out of the three (3), it’s clear that the last is the best use of the AM as Party Leaders, Ministers and others have all gotten their parliamentary start as Appointed Members. A few notable examples are as follows: Hon. C. Washington
Misick (Governors’ Appointed Member 1988), Hon. Sharlene CartwrightRobinson (Government’s Appointed Member 1999), and Hon. Ricardo Donhue Gardiner (Government’s Appointed Member 2007). If you have seen the results over the years, why not maximize the AM? How you ask? Simply split the four (4) year term into four (4) segments and identify four (4) promising individuals in areas of greatest electoral weakness during the previous election, or in areas of pending parliamentary retirement then groom them to be viable candidates. Allow them to sit on House committees or even chair them if constitutionally possible; as each person will have an opportunity to participate in approximate nine (9) meetings of the house each year which is enough time to get a good understanding of how the HOA works. The only catch would be that the four (4) individuals chosen would have to be focused on service to country, and not the salary attached. This is because the first person and each subsequent person would have to voluntarily vacate the appointment at the end of their allotted time, as once a person becomes as MP there are limited ways in which to have them removed under the TCI Constitution. In the past, we have seen
Jamell Robinson - TCI Patriot mere verbal agreements breached in favour of a continuing salary. So clearly agreements between the four (4) persons and the respective parties would have to be reached as to timing, the order of service, and stiff penalties if the agreement is breached but in the end it is very doable.
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The Shore Club is now accepting applications/résumé for the following position. Only highly self-driven & motivated, personable and professional individuals, whom have the desire to serve others, need apply: IT ADMINISTRATOR Duties and Responsibilities •Ensure that the Resort’s technology assets are functioning efficiently, effectively and are properly protected through the daily management of the IT Department and all of its resources. •Responsible for coordinating end-user support including administration, security, installation, configuration and troubleshooting of hardware and software. •Developing and maintaining documentation for operation of the computer systems and software licensing. •Make recommendations for improvements and enhancements to existing systems. •Will be available to provide after-hours error resolution for property systems as needed, including being on call. •Execution of network security, stability and survivability directives. •Manages the Capital Budget process for all system related items. •Maintain Resort’s PCI compliance status and provide quarterly reports to CFO as required. •Plan, coordinate and execute special projects as necessary. •Interacts with Resort Executive Team, Management Team, Staff and Guests to resolve technology related issues and provide guidance on future projects. •Responsible for all data backup and restoration functions. •Maintain documentation of all systems, software and hardware. •Experience in networked computer environment. •Excellent oral and written communications skills in English language. •Knowledge of wireless (wi-fi) systems. •5 years’ experience in a hospitality environment. •Experience with set-up of CCTV cameras. •Verify daily all system interfaces. Starting salary $45,000.00 per annum not including service charge
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strategic planning, and any horticultural capital projects as needed (i.e, installation of new gardens) •Grows potted plants and nursery stock and maintains records on the growing operation. •Trains and supervises subordinate personnel in greenhouse operations and in the proper methods and techniques of planting ornamental plants. •Trains ground personnel in the techniques of pruning, wound dressing, cavity repair, and the cabling and bracing of trees and shrubs. •Prepares orders for various types of plants and seeds. •Inventories, maps, and labels trees and shrubs on campus for instructional and maintenance purposes. •Preparation of maintenance programs for the control of plant diseases and insects. •Prepares fertilizer programs for various types of plants. •Confers with landscape architect and other personnel in the selection of plants. EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES •Knowledge of the growth, development and protection of plants, and use of plants for food, leisure, sports, social and environmental benefits •An understanding of horticultural plant production systems and how their components are integrated and managed in an environmentally friendly and sustainable manner •Thorough knowledge of ornamental horticulture in all phases. •Thorough knowledge of plant propagation and culturation. •Considerable knowledge of the principles of nursery management. •Knowledge of the principles of supervision and management •Knowledge of the elementary principles of landscaping. •Ability to supervise the work of others. •Graduation from an accredited college or university in an appropriate curriculum and considerable experience related to this class of work; or any equivalent combination of training and experience. •Bachelor’s degree in horticulture, botany, natural sciences or a related field •Minimum of ten years’ experience as a professional horticulturist •Minimum of four years’ experience in management position Starting salary $36,000.00 per annum not including service charge
MAINTENANCE MANAGER Duties and responsibilities •Establish goals, measurements and results for the department along with the General Manager. SENIOR HOUSEKEEPING SUPERVISOR •Involvement in the preparation of the Maintenance Operating and Duties and responsibilities Capital budgets. •Ensures maximum compliance and efficiency in the performance of •General operational and preventative maintenance of systems including: Housekeeping staff in guest rooms and surrounding areas Boilers and heating systems; Make up air and HVAC systems; Pool •Carries out the policies and procedures of Housekeeping Departments facilities; and General plumbing issues. Standard Operating •Maintain hotel guest rooms and public areas by performing routine •Offers assistance to guests and owners, initiates corrective action on maintenance jobs and repairs. complaints of cleanliness and service to guest rooms •Troubleshoot and perform minor repairs on heating, cooling and •Assists in and conducts monthly Housekeeping Inventories as required ventilation systems. •Conducts routine guest room and common area inspections. Provides •Troubleshoot and perform minor repairs on plumbing systems, electrical inspections scores and retrains for success systems and appliances. •Assists in and conducts staff scheduling and annual performance •Maintain the hot tub by ensuring a safe chemical balance through evaluations frequent testing. •Maintains inventory and stock controls •Organize, implement and track all maintenance projects for guestrooms •Ensure delivery of service excellence to all guests by monitoring staff and public areas. performance and provides hands-on training and development •Monitor and revise as needed, departmental health & safety tools •Evaluates and updates Executive Housekeeper on staff performance. including training programs, policies and practices. Makes recommendations for appropriate action in the areas of •Ensure a safe work environment is maintained at all times and that all disciplinary and commendation colleagues are committed to working safely. •Maintains quality controls and assurance •Partner with Front Office Manager to ensure safe guest evacuation •Assists in overseeing Laundry Department as required in service, during emergencies (i.e. Fire Alarm). quality, inventory, inspection, scheduling and overall performance •Motivate, train and lead maintenance personnel by personal example Starting wage $11.00 per hour not including service charge and tips. with a philosophy of work conduct, enthusiasm and personal development that leads to maximum performance and job satisfaction. HORTICULTURIST\LANDSCAPING MANAGER •Effective scheduling, vacation planning and department productivity to Duties and responsibilities budget. Provides professional advice on the selection, ordering, planting, and •Effective and timely interaction with all Hotel & Restaurant departments maintenance of trees, shrubs, ground covers, and turf grasses on property. and positively impact guest experience by effectively and efficiently •Plans and designs annual garden plans/planting layouts and perennial resolving maintenance concerns. flower beds. •Effective and timely interaction with HR regarding payroll (i.e. set up •Establishes and maintains high horticultural standards and practices; new hires, etc). providing direction, training and motivation for the horticultural staff, •Occasional maintenance to staff residence as required. interns and volunteers •A positive contributor to the leadership team of the hotel. •Is a hands-on leader, actively working in the daily horticultural tasks in the exterior gardens and greenhouses •Works with garden volunteers/docents developing long-term productive KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES •Prior Maintenance Management and/or supervisory experience within relationships and growing the size of the program overtime a operation equal in size and facilities. •Manages and supports overall plant health and soil nutrition strategies for •Strong communication skills, both written and verbal. Proven ability to all gardens to include sustainable gardening practices and integrated pest motivate and lead employees in a busy, high quality environment. management in the outdoor and indoor gardens •Background in electrical and or plumbing are essential. •Establishes and oversees a systematic plant records policy, including •Good English communication skills (both written & oral). direction of the plant collection policy and design aesthetic in coordination •Ability to respond quickly in a dynamic and changing environment. with The Shore Club’s master plan, mission, and strategies Ability to handle multiple requests in a fast-paced environment. •Coordinates heating and cooling of greenhouses, irrigation systems and •Good training, coaching and mentoring skills are essential. maintenance of horticultural equipment collaboratively with Grounds •Proven experience with budgets and payroll process is essential. and maintenance Starting salary $40,000.00 per annum not including service charge •Responsible for the operational department budgets, budget monitoring, PLEASE NOTE: Shore Club is NOT scheduled to open to the public for business until November 2016. All resumes are subject to screening. Accepted candidates will receive a call or email confirmation with a scheduled time for meeting and required documents for the actual interview. All applicants must have a willing, positive and personable attitude as well as be willing to work long hours, holidays and weekends. Turks & Caicos Islands citizens only need to apply to The Shore Club located on Long Bay Beach, Providenciales or e-mail: careers@theshoreclubtc.com Deadline is August 10, 2016.
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CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Requirements: •BA/BS Degree or equivalent. •Accounting Designation (CA, CMA, CPA) •At least 10 years post qualification experience. •At least 10 years management/supervisory experience at a property of similar size and quality. •Experience in Condo Hotel environment, including STRATA Association set up. •Extensive Resort pre-opening and renovations experience. •Ability to liaise with investors at high level. •Advanced knowledge and skills in computer systems, most specifically, Excel, AccPac, Micros, MXP Purchasing System QuickBooks, Opera and Visual One. •Complete understanding of Executive Committee level functions. •Sound knowledge of both European and American Accounting Plans. •Solid training in all areas of Accounting from A/P, A/R, General Ledger, Credit, Collections, Audit, Inventory control, Payroll, Budgeting, Costing, P&L preparation and analysis, etc. •Ability to inspire, develop and train people for promotion. Responsibilities: •Overseeing the overall finance departments of multiple properties/ companies including outside contracts within the organization •Assisting executive management, ownership and related associations with the production of financial reports, detailed analysis and business outlook. •Directing departments in the preparation and consolidation of financial budgets and projections. •Prepare, present and provide interpretation of operational reports as they impact group business finances. •Developing and maintaining chart of accounts and master lists. •Actively involved in yield management and revenue enhancement. •Coordinating internal and external audits. POOL AND BEACH ATTENDANT •Must be able to work in all outdoor element, rain, sun, etc. as required •Must be able to work long hours on feet •Must be able to lift 30lbs or more •Must know how to swim •Must be trained and certified in CPR, First Aid. •Life guard experience is a plus •Must be able and willing to work all days and shifts •Creating a luxury guest experience through delivery of high level service for all pool and beach services Starting salary $6.50 per hour not including service charge. COOK •Must have previously worked as a line cook for a minimum of 1 year in similar operation pepa •Must be able to “prep” food products, using standardized food preparation techniques and learn menus, recipes, preparation and presentation •Acceptable knife skills •Must be able and willing to work all days and shifts •Prepare all orders turned in by wait-staff using Resort’s standard recipes with focus on consistency while ensuring all orders are cooked quickly and according to order •Maintain the work area, including all counter tops, utensils, equipment, and refrigeration in a clean and sanitary condition Starting salary $7.00 per hour, not including service charge. BARTENDER Requirements: •Must have 3 years’ experience as a bartender in luxury resort •Must have advanced knowledge of beverage preparation and service of alcoholic beverages with ability to mix, garnishes and present drinks using standard ingredient recipes. •Maintain proper and adequate set-up of the bar on a daily basis and cleaning of bar area on closing. •Requisitioning and stocking of all beer, wine, spirits, paper products, etc. and produce based projections from the daily functions sheet. •Must be able and willing to work all days and shifts Starting wage $7.00 per hour not including service charge and tips.
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POOL & BEACH SUPERVISOR Responsibilities: •Oversees and maintain complete safety in and around pool and beach areas •Follows operating standards in accordance to TCI laws and hotel procedures on job duties and life-safety •Maintains proper levels of service and equipment furniture and maintenance •Assist in the conducting of guest activities in the pool areas •Monitor entire cleaning operations for the cleanliness, health and sanitation of the pools and surrounding area •Assist in every way possible to assure proper customer service is being upheld. •Enforces pool and beach sanitation and safety rules and requirements •Supervises pool and beach areas for safety and customer service •Monitors and upholds guest areas (No Solicitation policy is enforced and facilities for registered hotel guests only) •Train new employees on proper protocol and customer service •Ensures all furniture setting are inline, organized and set to hotel resort standards •Complete all tasks for the day and oversee all duties/projects in a timely fashion •Ensure safety precautions are followed in pool area and identify possible safety hazards and reports to management •Monitor supplies and reports all damaged furniture to management •Perform all other duties as assigned by the Property Manager Requirements: •Must have 5 years’ experience in luxury resort in same capacity •High School Diploma •Must have prior pool/beach supervisory experience •Life-safety training and certification CPR, AED, First Aid, Water Safety required •Being an excellent swimmer is required period certification may be required •Working with Pool Chemicals is required •Hands on knowledge of non-motorized sports equipment set-up and handling is required •Must be able to stand and work outdoors for an extended period of time •Weekend and flexible shifts are a must •Must have excellent written and oral communication •Must have outstanding customer service and leadership skills •Must be reliable and professional •Must be proficient with computers, including Excel, Word and Outlook. •Must be detailed oriented. Starting wage $8.00 per hour not including service charge and tips.
HUMAN RESOURCE ADMINISTRATOR RESERVATIONS/SALES AGENTS SECURITY OFFICERS SECURITY SUPERVISOR FRONT OFFICE SUPERVISOR NIGHT & DUTY MANAGER NIGHT AUDITOR ASSISTANT RESTAURANT MANAGER FOOD & BEVERAGE SUPERVISOR ACCOUNTING(Various positions) CHEFS(Various positions) RETAIL SUPERVISOR HOUSEKEEPING MANAGER SPA THERAPIST/ATTENDANTS MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN LINE POSITIONS For the below line staff positions, resort experience is an asset but not a requirement. Starting wage $6.25 per hour not including service charge and tips.
GROUNDSMEN LABOURER HOUSEMAN ROOM ATTENDANTS LAUNDRY ATTENDANTS DISPATCHERS STEWARDS PBX OPERATOR PAINTER FRONT OFFICE AGENTS SERVERs PUBLIC AREA ATTENDANT
HOUSEKEEPING SUPERVISOR •Must have 5 years’ experience in luxury resort in same capacity •Must be able and willing to work all days and shifts Starting wage $9.00 per hour not including service charge and tips. PLEASE NOTE: Shore Club is NOT scheduled to open to the public for business until November 2016. All resumes are subject to screening. Accepted candidates will receive a call or email confirmation with a scheduled time for meeting and required documents for the actual interview. All applicants must have a willing, positive and personable attitude as well as be willing to work long hours, holidays and weekends. Turks & Caicos Islands citizens only need to apply to The Shore Club located on Long Bay Beach, Providenciales or e-mail: careers@theshoreclubtc.com Deadline is August 10, 2016.
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TCI makeup artist’s depiction of police brutality featured in Essence magazine By Todeline Defralien Turks and Caicos Islands very own Simone Johnson continues to make a name for herself landing a feature of her makeup work in the very popular Essence Magazine for 2016 for her amazing depiction of police brutality that is happening in America. Essence Magazine featured Johnson’s work to help raise awareness to police brutality and gun violence. Due to the numerous instances of police brutality that have been occurring over the past few months, following the death of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, Black America was once again thrust back into a state of protest. The heart wrenching incidents have affected many people worldwide where many celebrities since then have made appearances, written statements and voiced their concerns about the state of the justice system in America and the issue of police brutality, particularly as it pertains to people of color. To express herself in the best way she good Makeup Artist Simone J posted via social media a photo depicting her face with six bullet wounds and tears of blood streaming from her eyes. Essence Magazine wrote, “In the midst of protests and rallies, town halls and vigils, makeup artist, Simone J turned to what she knew best, her makeup kit. She posted a
photo depicting her face with six bullet wounds and tears of blood streaming from her eyes that has since gone viral. Gory though it may be, it is a powerful depiction of Black life in America. The magazine spoke to the makeup artists, Simone J to get her take on the look and she said, “The development of that art piece came about after vigorously following the news of the recent events that took place. I also saw the videos online which were absolutely tragic and heart-breaking to watch. To see that, nowadays, you can actually watch someone take their last breath on Instagram blows my mind. The next morning I woke up to yet another black man (Philando Castile) being gunned down. I don’t think there were words to describe how I felt mentally, emotionally nor physically at that time. Even though I am not a citizen of the USA, I wanted to show my support for the Black Lives Matter movement and to help raise awareness using my platform which is through art, as this situation affects the world. Sometimes when tragedy strikes there are no words to describe what you feel inside.” She explained that the 6 shots to the face represent, “The six shots to the face represents the type of violence that led to the death of these men involved and to also raise awareness that gun violence is a major issue. The “tears of blood” represents bloodshed, pain, hurt, anger and despair, the hands being place
where they were means hands up, don’t shoot! It also means quietness/silence and peace and the highlight in the corner of my eyes (as unnoticeable as it might be) means that eventually, as small as it might be, there is hope. Hope for peace, unity and love. Johnson told The SUN that she realise that this image can be seen as controversial but the officers who lost their lives at what started as a peaceful protest died by the hands of guns also. Her heart goes out to all of the families who have lost loved ones due to gun related violence. She personally believes that, the people who are responsible for committing these careless acts should be held accountable and the mind-set toward certain stereotypes must change. Then and only then there can be hope for a better future and there wouldn’t be a need to specify which life matters. “I was truly humbled and grateful that Essence choose my work to be a part of their magazine. The fact that one of the largest black owned magazine wanted to feature my work to help raise awareness to police brutality and gun violence was truly an honor. I’m new to this industry; however, given the opportunity to be a part of such a prestigious magazine has boosted my confidence in pushing my career further within the beauty industry. I also want to thank TCI SUN for taking the time to recognize local talent in Turk and Caicos Islands,” Johnson said.
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GUF Women’s Ministry host a day of mourning, fasting & prayer G
lobal United Fellowship Women’s Ministry Williams, Hon. Sharlene Cartwright Robinson, Pastor hosted a day of mourning, fasting and prayer at Elvis Belen, Pastor Irma Coleby, Pastor Karen Higgs, the Downtown Ball Park on Thursday July 28th to Pastor Daniel Carcano & wife and several women in combat human trafficking and saying “No to violence the TCI community that came out in their all black against women.” gears. The purpose of GUF Women’s Ministry Director – Deaconess Lillian Boyce said, is to offer our women of all ages, color, nationality “One the behalf of Global United Fellowship women’s and creed equal opportunities for personal growth, ministry and our Provincial leader of GUF TCI Bishop Dr Coleta Williams; we say thanks for supporting fellowship and ministry. The event saw the attendance of Provincial the awareness campaign and Thursdays in black; leader of Global United Fellowship, Bishop Dr. Coleta “Demanding a world without rape and violence.”
Our mandate is “combating human trafficking” and say “No to violence against women.” We prayed for hurting families and the lost of their love ones. We prayed for our police officers that God will help them to find the perpetrators. Your Facebook support and the circle of love and prayer was a wonderful start today and I pray that we will continue our fight. Sisters together we can and I love you, May the soul of all our departed sisters and love ones RIP.” The following are photo highlights of the event.
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6th Annual Premier’s Cup Cocktail Party
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he 6th Annual Premier’s Cup Cocktail Party and Registration for the 6th Annual Premier’s Cup was held last week Friday 22nd at Provo Golf Club. The event was well attended by several Ministers and officials of the TCI. The event kicked off with a cocktail reception on the
evening of Friday July 22nd, 2016, followed by a fun-filled tournament on Sunday July 24th 2016 at the Provo Golf Club and Closing Ceremony at Opus Restaurant in Grace Bay. This year the event raised $50,000.00 for The Turks and Caicos Cadets. After check was presented a donor committed to $5000.00
extra The TCI Cadet Corp in total received $55,000.00 from the Premier’s Cup. Organizers of the Annual event described this year’s event one or our most successful ever. The following are photo Highlights from the Cocktail Party.
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HEALTHY
LIFESTYLE Olympics unlikely to worsen global spread of Zika
A health agent carries a bucket of guppy fish to place them in standing water to consume larva of Zika-transmitting mosquitoes in an empty lot of Rio de Janeiro’s Tijuca neighborhood, Brazil, February 17, 2016 People visiting Brazil for the 2016 Olympics won’t significantly add to the global spread of Zika virus, according to a new analysis. Most likely, only six to 80 people visiting Brazil for the Olympics would be infected with Zika virus, and between one and 16 would feel any symptoms, researchers suggest. The Olympic and Paralympic games, scheduled for August and September, are expected to bring 350,000 to 500,000 people to Brazil. The new results support the recommendation of the World Health Organization (WHO) that “postponing or relocating the Olympics is not going to meaningfully impact the international spread of Zika,” said lead
author Joseph Lewnard, of the Yale School of Public Health in New Haven, Connecticut. U.S. health officials have concluded that Zika infections in pregnant women can cause microcephaly, a birth defect marked by small head size that can lead to severe developmental problems in babies. The WHO has said there is strong scientific consensus that Zika can also cause Guillain-Barre, a rare neurological syndrome that causes temporary paralysis in adults. The connection between Zika and microcephaly first came to light last fall in Brazil, which has now confirmed more than 1,600 cases of microcephaly that it considers to
be related to Zika infections in the mothers Some academics suggested moving or canceling the games over concerns that travelers would become infected and bring the disease with them when they returned home. “We thought it was important to crunch the numbers and see whether the threat warranted the calls being made,” Lewnard told Reuters Health. He and his colleagues estimate that the probability of a person visiting Rio de Janeiro and getting infected ranges from one in 6,200 to one in 56,300, which translates to a total of six to 80 Zika infections. Since most people with Zika do not feel any symptoms, they estimate that between one and 16 people would feel physically ill. Between three and 37 people would likely take the virus to their home country, since the average time the virus remains in the body is about 10 days (although it persists longer in some cases). “The majority of people will clear shortly after arriving home or before arriving home,” said Lewnard. Many visitors will return to countries where it’s unlikely the virus will be spread by mosquitoes. In those countries, the main concern is
sexual transmission of Zika virus, the researchers write. Lewnard also said these estimates are based on a worst case scenario that assumes visitors will be as vulnerable to Zika as residents of Brazil. In reality, he said, visitors will likely stay in hotels with air conditioning and will take other precautions, such as using window screens and bug spray. The risk of spread of Zika from the Olympics is relatively low when compared to the spread from normal tourism, he added. The researchers also expect that few pregnant women will travel to Brazil, due to travel warnings. In a separate study in the same journal, researchers from Yale and Brazil’s ministry of health suggest that women in future Zika outbreaks should be told to delay pregnancy for more than six months at the start of the outbreak to minimize children’s exposures to Zika. The team, led by Yale’s Martial Ndeffo-Mbah, used data from Zika’s spread in Columbia. They found shorter pregnancy delays may increase the exposure of fetuses to Zika since pregnancies would cluster near the peak of the outbreak.
For teen girls, abortion linked to better outcomes vs. giving birth Compared to teen mothers, Reproduction, online July 7. Only about 50 percent of teen mothers “It becomes clear that really attain a high school diploma by age 22 girls who have an abortion before age 18 have no negative effects that carry the only difference was, young compared to 90 percent of teen girls into early adulthood, a nationwide women who went on to continue the who don’t give birth, the agency says. pregnancy and deliver, their overall For the new study, the researchers study in Finland suggests. Girls who had underage level of education was then lower than analyzed data on 29,000 women born abortions tended to have higher women who chose to have an abortion,” in Finland in 1987 and followed until educational attainment and were less Heikinheimo told Reuters Health. 2012 when they were 25 years old. Of likely to be dependent on welfare at “And of course it certainly makes a lot that group, 394 gave birth and 1,041 had abortions before age 18. The age 25 compared to the girls who gave of sense.” birth, the study team found. In the developed world, a researchers compared the two groups “This is the result we were large proportion of all teenage with teen pregnancies to each other expecting,” said coauthor Oskari pregnancies end in induced abortion, and to a reference group of women Heikinheimo of University of Helsinki he and his co-authors write. Among with no pregnancies before age 20. The risk of psychiatric and the Helsinki University Central 15- to 19-year-olds, this proportion has Hospital. been 30 percent in the U.S., 43 percent disorders and drug overdose by age Previous studies have linked teen in the UK, 77 percent in Sweden and 25 was similar for those who had an motherhood to lower educational levels 59 percent in Finland in recent years, abortion and those who gave birth. The authors note that compared to the and worse physical and mental health they add. According to the CDC, there reference group, both groups with teen in adulthood, but had not analyzed the same outcomes after abortion, the were 249,000 babies born to women pregnancies were more economically authors write in the journal Human 15 to 19 years old in 2014 in the U.S. disadvantaged and had higher levels
Later start, finish to menstruation may extend women’s lives
Women whose periods begin later and who experience menopause later in life are more likely to live to be 90, new research suggests. “Our study found that women who started menstruation at age 12 or older, experienced menopause, either naturally or surgically, at age 50 or older and had more than 40 reproductive years had increased odds of living to 90 years old,” said study author Aladdin Shadyab. He’s from the department of family medicine and public health at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine.
of risk-taking behavior before and after becoming pregnant. But compared to girls who gave birth, those who had an abortion got higher grades in school and tended to come from families with higher socioeconomic status. Both groups had lower levels of parental education and a higher need for income support in childhood than the reference group. “I’m very glad about these results because there is a lot of misinformation about abortion,” particularly in American political discourse, Heikinheimo said. The Finnish political and social attitude toward reproductive choices is more liberal than in other countries, including the U.S., Heikinheimo said. In terms of risk factors, unplanned pregnancy is one piece in a complicated puzzle.
Shadyab said his grandfather lived Also, “those who experienced to the ripe old age of 102. And that’s what menopause later in life were more likely to started his interest in researching longevity. be in excellent health overall, which may be The new study included a racially and a possible explanation for our findings,” he ethnically diverse group of over 16,000 said. American women who were part of the Although the study can’t prove ongoing Women’s Health Initiative study. cause and effect, these factors might help Fifty-five percent of these women lived to explain the women’s extended longevity, age 90. Shadyab suggested. “Our team found that women who The study also found that two started menstruation at a later age were unhealthy factors -- smoking and diabetes less likely to have certain health issues, like -- were less likely in women whose periods coronary heart disease,” Shadyab said in a began later and ended later. UCSD news release.
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Rosie’s Bakery & Cake Delight One (1) Assistant Baker Applicant must have experience in baking bread, Pastries and cakes from the eastern Caribbean. Salary: commensurate with experience Requirements for all Applicants: Hardworking team player with excellent people skills. Willingness to work, weekends as required. In addition to the performance of the essential functions employees may able required to perform supportive functions, with the percentage of time performing each function to be solely determined by the supervisor. Only Belongers apply for these positions. Application forms available from Butterfield Gold Human Resource Department. Only applicants selected for interview will be notified.
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ST. PAUL’S METHODIST COLLEGE HOME OF THE SAINTS – A PLACE WHERE EVERY CHILD IS SPECIAL P. O. BOX F 40897 - FREEPORT, BAHAMAS PRINCIPAL: Mrs. Lin Glinton 25th July, 2016 ST. PAUL’S METHODIST COLLEGE in Freeport, Grand Bahama, Bahamas, is accepting applications for teachers in the following areas for the 2016-2017 School Year: BIOLOGY & CHEMISTRY - To teach Grades 10 – 12 for BGCSE and SAT EXAMINATIONS.
preparing students
TECHNICAL DRAWING, GRAPHICAL COMMUNICATIONS & ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION - To teach Technical Drawing & Graphical Communications to Grades 7 – 12 in preparing them for BJC and BGCSE, and Electrical Installation to Grades 10 – 12. RELIGION, SOCIAL STUDIES AND GEOGRAPHY - To teach Grades 7 – 12. Experience needed in preparing students for BJC and BGCSE. All applicants must hold a degree from an accredited University and a Teacher’s Certificate with teaching experiences. Two Letters of Reference, certified copies of degrees and certificates, proof of teaching experience and a Passport size photo must accompany application. A commitment to the values of Methodist School Education is expected of teachers. Only those persons who have no difficulty with the Methodist beliefs and teaching need apply. Please submit applications to:
lcglinton@gmail.com
Sincerely ST. PAUL’S METHODIST COLLEGE
Lin Glinton Submit applications to Butterfield Gold Ltd., Principal Human Resource Department Town Center Mall Providenciales Tel: 649-946-4211
WATER PLANT OPERATOR Leeward Water is looking for a full-time Water Plant Operator to work at its water purification plant in TCI. Applicants must have strong mechanical aptitude and experience using hand and power tools. They should possess strong plumbing skills with previous experience operating and working on pumps, motors, valves, and piping. Job requires applicant to work days and be available for night call outs. Must have good computer skills including Microsoft Office suite of products. Able to effectively communicate in English, both written and oral. High school or equivalent education required. Interested parties should send a current CV to our office at Turtle Cove Landing, Attn: Roger Darville or call 649-941-3440
NOTICE Regulation 7 of the Physical Planning (Development Permission) Regulations, 1990 An application, PR12715, by FortisTCI Limited for Rezoning of 60810/53 and 60906/174 From (R4) RESIDENTIAL and (T01)TOURISM, respectively, To (I1) INDUSTRIAL GENERAL has been submitted to the Department of Planning for consideration of Outline Development Permission. 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, downtown, town center mall, Providenciales, within twenty eight (28) days of publication of this notice. DATED: JULY 9th 2016
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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: $55,000 - $60,000 per annum plus Maximum 10% bonus at the discretion of the Board of Directors
OPEN JOB POSITION DATE OPEN: July 4, 2016 START DATE: ASAP POSITION: Housekeeping Supervisor Requirements: •Minimum 3 years’ experience in a supervisor role or higher •Ability to work on own initiative etc. •Ability to work under pressure and resolve problems •Excellent attention to detail •Committed to providing exceptional customer service •Ability to motivate a team. Responsibilities: •Assigns housekeepers and housemen their duties and inspects work to ensure that it is done to the standards of cleanliness. •Investigates complaints regarding housekeeping service and equipment, and takes corrective action. •Obtains list of rooms to be cleaned immediately and list of prospective check-outs or discharges to prepare work assignments. •Assists with coordinating work activities among departments. 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: $20,000 - $25,000 per annum DATE OPEN: July 4, 2016 START DATE: ASAP POSITION: Cook Job Overview: A Line Cook’s major responsibility is to prepare food, help the kitchen workers in the preparation of food items and set up allocated stations for menu, as instructed by Chef and compliant with standards. They also arrange, prepare and break down the stations while maintaining the uppermost hygienic standards. Shifts vary. Full time. Weekend and holiday work may be required.
DATE OPEN: July 18, 2016 START DATE: ASAP POSITION: Executive Chef Job Overview: The executive chef will train and manage kitchen personnel and supervise/coordinate all related culinary activities; estimate food consumption and requisition or purchase food; select and develop recipes; standardize production recipes to ensure consistent quality; establish presentation technique and quality standards; plan and price menus; ensure proper equipment operation/maintenance; and ensure proper safety and sanitation in kitchen. The executive chef may oversee special catering events and may also offer culinary instruction and/or demonstrate culinary techniques. The executive chef directly supervises kitchen personnel with responsibility for hiring, discipline, performance reviews and initiating pay increases. He/she will assist in the development of employees. Additionally, will supervise all kitchen workers and give performance reviews, grant pay increases and take disciplinary action when necessary. Executive chefs prepare meals in the kitchen and delegate work to other chefs and cooks during the restaurant’s busy times. At the end of the work day, executive chef will insure the proper cleanliness and closing of the kitchen. Attendance at meetings as required Qualifications: •Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent •International experience preferred. •Candidate should have at least 5 years’ experience in a Executive Chef kitchen management capacity and excellent knowledge of current culinary trends. •Must have experience in high volume hotel business. •Must be competent in culinary creativity as demonstrated by cooking test. •With strong knowledge of food cost and inventories. •Must possess the ability to handle stressful and busy hotel. •Candidate must have good knowledge of computers (i.e: Excel & Word). •Clear, concise written and verbal communication skills. •Candidate must be comfortable to speak to guests and conduct meeting. •Must have a good understanding of cost control. •Candidate must be a leader and a mentor. Full time. Weekend and holiday work may be required.
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: $9.50 - $10.80 per hour
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: $60,000 - $86,400 per annum plus 10% maximum bonus at discretion of the Board of Directors
DATE OPEN: July 4, 2016 POSITION: Housekeeper
DATE OPEN: July 13, 2016 POSITION: Domestic Worker
START DATE: ASAP
Job Overview: We are looking for a professional Housekeeper able of attending to our facilities with integrity and attention to detail. The goal is to create a clean and orderly environment for our guests that will become a critical factor in maintaining and strengthening our reputation. Responsibilities: •Perform a variety of cleaning activities such as sweeping, mopping, dusting and polishing •Ensure all rooms are cared for and inspected according to standards •Protect equipment and make sure there are no inadequacies •Notify superiors on any damages, deficits and disturbances •Deal with reasonable complaints/requests with professionalism and patience •Check stocking levels of all consumables and replace when appropriate •Adhere strictly to rules regarding health and safety and be aware of any companyrelated practices Qualified Islanders and Belongers need only to apply Salary Range: $6.25 per hour DATE OPEN: July 19, 2016 POSITION: Director of Guest Services
START DATE: ASAP
Job Overview: A member the management team responsible for the overall performance of the Personal Concierge (Butlers), Front Office and Guest Services staff and the operation of the guests services and concierge departments; to include, but not limited to staffing, training, scheduling, ensuring high guest satisfaction. Reports to: Executive Assistant Manager – Rooms. Minimum Qualifications: •Certification by a recognized Butler School •6 – 10 years’ experience in a senior management position in the hospitality industry and or Butler Service •International hospitality experience •Read, write and speak English (2 or more additional languages desired) Essential Job Functions: •Ensuring the complete satisfaction of all guests. •Ensuring that the staff of the Guest Services and Personal Concierge Department provides world class and personal service to all guests •Daily training through the Line-up process plus weekly/monthly training sessions with Guest Services and Personal Concierge and other staff members. Maintaining records of all training •Upholding the Grace Bay Resort’s Credo and culture •Coordinate and ensure smooth operations of all Guest Service areas •Build rapport with in-house guests •Utilize leadership skills, motivation techniques and experience in order to maximize employee productivity •Interact with all guests to ensure their satisfaction, to gather personal preferences •Conduct him/herself in manner reflecting the position as a department head and a senior leader of the Grace Bay Club management team •Update and maintain all Guest History Files
START DATE: ASAP
Job Overview: To undertake a wide range of domestic tasks for the guests and the hotel ensuring that the rooms and common areas are kept in a clean and hygienic condition according to the standards of the hotel. Responsibilities: - Maintain basic records such as time sheets, room log sheets and task sheets - To undertake training as required. - Maintain cleanliness standards in the rooms and common areas - To undertake any other related tasks requested by management. 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 - $9.00 per hour DATE OPEN: July 1, 2016 POSITION: Labourer
START DATE: ASAP
Job Overview: As a general labourer, your duties are varied and may include activities that assist other departments and personnel, such as cleaning, sweeping mopping, assembling, lifting, moving, and offering general assistance. The labourer will assist skilled people in performing their tasks. In order to get this job, you should be physically fit, hardworking, and able to follow instructions rapidly and proficiently. 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: $13,200 - $20,000 per annum DATE OPEN: July 20, 2016 POSITION: Carpenter
START DATE: ASAP
Job Overview: This person will be responsible for constructing and repairing building frameworks and minor structures—such as doorframes, partitions, furniture, and rafters—made from wood and other materials. Requirements: Must be detail oriented Basic math skills Must be able to carry heavy materials and small equipment Must possess problem-solving skills 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: $16,000 - $22,000 per annum Interested persons can contact our Human Resources Department no later than August 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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Two Caregivers To work 6 days a week including weekends Work includes cooking and cleaning Salary $250.00 weekly Contact: 331-4475
is placing the following ads for its clients: Two (2) domestic workers, 5 Days per week @ $6.25 per hour Two (2) Tile Layers, 5 days per week @ $7.00 per hours Three (3) Painter Helpers, 6 days per week @ $6.25 per hour Two (2) Babysitter, 6 days per week @ $6.25 per hour One (1) Mechanic, 6 days per week @ $7.00 per hour One (1) mechanic helper, 5 days per week @$6.25 per hour Interested persons please contact (649)2417278 between the hours of 10:00 am - 3:00pm Tuesday - Thursday.
LIFE CHANGING LIQUOR STORE
Queen Of The Sea
Is seeking one Labourer To work 6 days a week Salary $6.50 an hour Contact: 244-2154
Is seeking one Store Clerk To work 6 days a week Salary $6.75 an hour Contact
Ocean Vibes Scuba & Watersports Ltd
LUXURY CUTS AND BRA IS SEEKING
Is seeking two dive instructors one parasail boat captain and one sail boat captain salary for each is $100 per day Please email resume to
gtshoreexcursions@gmail.com
1 Hairdresser To work 6 days a week Salary $6.50 an hour Contact 241-2550
Oyster House Seeking
1 Chef 1 Kitchen Helper Must be able to create menus Salary Negotiable Contact: 432-0221
JULISSA’S BEAUTY SALON
Seeking one Barber To work six days a week including weekends Salary $7.00 an hour Contact: 3427995
SAVOR LTD SEEKS
1 Baker 1 Kitchen Helper To work 6 days a week Starting Salary $8.00 an hour Contact: 331-0221
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WANTED
Crust Bakery Seeking
1 Domestic Worker To work 6 days a week including weekends Work includes cooking & cleaning Salary $6.25 an hour Contact: 345-4424
One Pastry Supervisor One Kitchen Helper To work 6 days a week Starting Salary $8.00 an hour Contact: 331-0221
Luxury Cuts and Braids is seeking
MERVIN MISICK IS SEEKING
Two Hairstylists Must be able to braid, cut & style To work 6 days a week Must be flexible at any time Salary $6.50 an hour Contact: 346-2239
B&M CONSTRUCTION IS SEEKING
1 Finishing Carpenter To work 6 days a week Salary $6.50 an hour Contact: 247-6647
Premium Variety Store
Is seeking one Store Clerk To work 6 days a week Salary $200.00 every two weeks Contact: 347-9482
WANTED 1 Labourer To work 6 days a week $6.50 an hour Contact: 244-2889
1 Labourer To work 5 days a week $6.50 an hour Contact: 243-4849
Diamond Cleaning Services
Seeks 1 Labourer Salary $6.25 per hour Mon-Fri 8:00am to 12:00pm Contact 241-7600 from Mon-Fri between the hours of 9:00am to 4:00pm
JaMal Co Ltd
1 CARPENTER • Salary Offering: $12.00 per hour Closing date for application is the 6th August, 2016 Applications should be emailed to jmc@tciway.tc
LIVE IN NANNY in wanted South Caicos Salary: $100 per week. Must be patient, hardworking & honest Contact: Lewis Francis at 244 4149 Or
lewisfrancis09@yahoo.com
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Hubert Ingraham will not run for FNM leadership
AMID intense speculation about his future, former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham seemed to permanently close the door to any possible return to frontline politics yesterday, writing in a letter that he will not accept a nomination for a position at the FNM convention later this week even if he is nominated. His statement, sent to Free National Movement (FNM) Chairman Sidney Collie, was a move to definitively dismiss rumours of his return and to discourage attempts underway from some in the party to nominate him for leader at the convention this week. His statement brings clarity to the leadership race, especially for party Leader Dr Hubert Minnis and his challenger Loretta Butler-Turner, as the camps for both had kept a keen and sometimes wary eye for signs of Mr Ingraham’s possible return. Mr Collie read Mr Ingraham’s letter during an appearance on the talk show “Hard Copy” with host Steve McKinney. In the letter, Mr Ingraham said: “Today I advise you as chairman of the Free National Movement, that I will not accept a nomination for any office of the party at the national convention this week. I remain retired. To be clear, should my name be proposed as a nominee to any position at the convention, you should accept this letter as the authority to declare that I have declined the nomination. “Please, therefore, make this letter available to the convention chairman, the rules committee chairman, the
convention session chairman at the time of nominations and to all and any other persons who would wish a copy of same. “Further, I will make no exception if you choose to make this letter available to the public as soon as possible.” Mr Ingraham, 68, served as Leader of the FNM for 19 nonconsecutive years and resigned effectively on August 31, 2012, after the Progressive Liberal Party was elected to government in a landslide defeat of the FNM in the May 7 general election. He served three terms as Prime Minister, from 1992 to 2002 and 2007 to 2012.#Mr Ingraham added that the party he led for 19 years has been a bastion of democracy in the Bahamas. “Various personalities have often clashed during our 45 year history but when the dust settles we remained a party whose leaders aspire the best vision for a free and democratic Bahamas committed to the economic and social empowerment of all Bahamians. The Free National Movement is a noble organisation, a huge tent with many talented and dedicated individuals who are capable, committed and ready to lead the FNM and once again make us the majority party of the Bahamas. I pledge my full support for my party and for the leadership team which will emerge from our convention this week.” In the lead-up to the convention, Mr Ingraham often failed to definitively say whether or not he would enter the leadership race, raising speculation that he might make a surprise move on the convention floor like he did in 2005 after a
short period of retirement. At the same time, he displayed no obvious sign of mounting a comeback, and the fact that such speculation became a huge narrative in the lead-up to the race highlights how large his presence continues to loom over his party’s politics. In earlier interviews with The Tribune, some FNM delegates expressed a desire to see him return while others had an opposing view, often blaming him for the fractured state in which the party currently finds itself. Some insiders in the campaigns of Dr Minnis and Mrs Butler-Turner said they thought Mr Ingraham would wait to see if he could mount a successful comeback before officially ruling one out. Nonetheless, there was concern that his potential comeback would derail the efforts of their preferred candidate to win the race. Questions will likely remain about Mr Ingraham’s decision thus far not to endorse either candidate in the leadership race. His letter to Mr Collie highlights the way his public life continues to diverge from that of his former law firm partner, Sir Lynden Pindling’s protégé and colleague, Prime Minister Perry Christie. As Mr Ingraham, 68, chooses to remain retired, Mr Christie, 72, has stirred controversy after saying recently that he will continue to lead the PLP in the foreseeable future, citing the support of young members of his government and a desire to ensure party stability.
Former Bermuda Premier Brown launches lawsuit against police
Former Premier Ewart Brown Former Premier Ewart Brown has confirmed that he filed a Supreme Court writ today against the Bermuda Police Service after the arrest of a top physician at Bermuda Healthcare Services. This afternoon, Dr Brown told <i>The Royal Gazette it had been delivered earlier today, adding that he could not comment further until the court had seen the documents. The former Progressive Labour Party politician has alleged that the police acted unlawfully when Mahesh Reddy was arrested and his home searched in May as part of an ongoing “financial investigation”. Dr Brown has previously said that police had begun questioning Dr Reddy’s credentials as a physician — and likened the matter to a state of war. A public access to information request by this newspaper subsequently revealed that a five-year investigation into claims of corruption against Dr Brown had cost more than $2.2 million to date.
ECLAC forecasts economic contraction for the Caribbean SANTIAGO, Chile — The United Nations’ Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ELAC) has forecast economic contraction for the region this year. ECLAC said that economic activity in the region will contract -0.8 per cent this year, marking a steeper decline than in 2015 when the decline was -0.5 per cent. ECLAC said there is an urgent need to mobilize investment – both public and private – to promote the region’s economic recovery and meet the challenges imposed by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Central America, the commission said, will grow 3.8 per cent, “thanks to the boost coming from its improved terms of trade, resulting from lower hydrocarbons prices; the recovery of its external and domestic demand; and increased income from remittances. The Caribbean, meanwhile, will suffer a -0.3 per cent contraction in its Gross Domestic Product (GDP), ECLAC said.
According to the ECLAC’s report, six countries are expected to show an economic contraction in 2016, namely Venezuela (-8.0 per cent), Suriname (-4.0 per cent), Brazil (-3.5 per cent), Trinidad and Tobago (-2.5 per cent), Ecuador (-2.5 per cent) and Argentina (-1.5per cent). On the other hand, ECLAC said regional growth will be led by the Dominican Republic (6.0 per cent), Panama (5.9 per cent), Nicaragua and Bolivia (4.5 per cent), and Costa Rica (4.3per cent). “Faced with an economic contraction, the region needs progressive structural change with a big environmental push that promotes development based on equality and sustainability, as we have proposed in our institutional document Horizons 2030: Equality at the Centre of Sustainable Development, which we presented in Mexico last May,” said ECLACs Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena. She said “the capacity of
Alicia Barcena countries to accelerate economic growth depends on the spaces for adopting policies that support investment. These policies should be accompanied by efforts to change the conversation between the public sector and private companies. Increasing productivity is also a key challenge for moving forward along a path of dynamic and stable growth”.
The survey indicates that in the external arena, the global economy will maintain low levels of growth, which will be accompanied by a slow expansion in trade, “which has not managed to recover the levels seen before the international financial crisis”. The report points to deteriorated prices for the region’s commodities exports and greater international financial uncertainty and volatility, “which have increased since the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union, the socalled Brexit.” “This decision has also produced greater risks to the world’s future growth,” ECLAC said. In the regional sphere, the report forecasts a -2.1 per cent contraction for South America in 2016,mainly due to a deterioration in its terms of trade, weaker external demand and a significant deceleration in domestic demand, “which reflects a sizeable fall in domestic investment.”
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Jamaica’s Yohan Blake moves woman from chicken coop
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Sophia Afflick JAMAICA STAR – Sophia Afflick once lived in a chicken coop in St Thomas with her children. She had moved from her house in Commodore, Portland after she was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism in 2010. “I fell in a serious case of depression. I wanted to lay down everyday and I felt like committing suicide and I never wanted to be around my children. I was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism at Princess Margaret Hospital in St Thomas, and my sister was living in that parish, so I decided that it was best to move there for treatment,” Afflick said. Having journeyed to St Thomas to stay in a two-bedroom house with one of her sisters, Afflick said she became very uncomfortable. “Sometimes, I sleep on di sofa so that mi two daughters could share a bed with my sister’s children. It was really stressing for us. We needed our own space,” she further stated. After a while, Afflick said she and her sister started experiencing conflicts, so she left. “There was an abandoned fowl coop in the yard and things became so desperate that I decided to fix it up as best as I could and live in it. We neva have no furniture. All I had was two baskets with clothes fi me and di children with one small table and a second-hand mattress. That’s all we had, but we felt safe and we had more peace of mind,” Afflick said.
Prime Minister retracts statement about deportees to St. Lucia
CASTRIES, St.Lucia, Prime Minister, Allen Chastanet, has retracted his statement about the number of criminal deported to St.Lucia and has apologized for the error. Chastanet had asserted recently, among other things, that 800 criminal deportees were sent back to this country by the United States in one year. However he now says that figure was in respect of criminals returned to the ninenation organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). The assertion brought a response from the US Embassy in Barbados, which pointed out that United States government statistics indicate that the total number of deportees returned to St Lucia in the last five years was less than 100. In 2015, there were only St Lucian Prime Minister Allen Castanet eight such cases. In apologizing for the of the United States,” he error the Prime Minister said he declared, adding that because did not want that to be the issue there is a difference of opinion at hand, when there is a bigger with Washington does not put issue at play relating to the this country at odds with the security of the country. Americans. The St Lucia leader “It does not mean that observed that there is a deportee if something is not working to problem, which predated his our benefit or hurting us we assuming leadership of this do not have freedom to say so,” country and is an issue for not Chastanet observed. this country alone. He said that governments Chastanet explained that in the Caribbean need to change the point of his original deportee their strategy and approach to statement was not to condemn the United States. the US. “Right now I believe we “We are strong allies have become irrelevant and part
of that is because we are not speaking with one voice from Caricom,” the St Lucia Prime Minister asserted. He said there was need to understand US politics, have a stronger relationship with political parties in the US and mount a lobbying effort in the US. The US government said it only deports convicted criminals back to their country of origin in consultation with that country’s government. In the case of Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, the U.S. Embassy in Bridgetown sends letters to local police or other relevant authorities informing them of the crime for which the individual is being deported, all pertinent information about the logistics of their return, and how local law enforcement can receive more detailed information regarding the criminal history of the individual. The lead U.S. government agency conducting deportations, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), is focused on smart, effective immigration enforcement that prioritizes threats to national security, public safety, and border security. It is the view of the United States that each country has an international obligation to accept the return of its nationals who are not eligible to remain in the United States or any other country.
Antigua to revive online gaming dispute negotiations with US ST JOHN’S, Antigua -- In a national broadcast on Monday night, the prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston Browne, announced that negotiations will be recommenced as soon as possible with relevant US agencies in an attempt to resolve the dispute with the United States over online gaming. To this end, Browne said he has instructed Antigua and Barbuda’s ambassador in Washington DC, Sir Ronald Sanders, to lead this effort. Sanders was the ambassador to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) when the case against the US was first brought and won by Antigua and Barbuda at the WTO in 2004. In March 2004, Antigua and Barbuda won an arbitral award from the WTO in a dispute involving the United States concerning access to the US market for internet gaming. Antigua and Barbuda sought redress from the WTO because it had a thriving internet gaming industry that employed a large number of computer literate people and earned significant sums for its economy. However, the US took the unilateral action of prohibiting entry to its territory of internet gaming from Antigua and Barbuda, and prosecuting many of the internet gaming operators. In very short order, Antigua and Barbuda lost lucrative jobs for its
people and significant revenues to its according to rules which bind 163 national treasury. countries around the world,” Browne “Our taking the US to the noted. WTO’s dispute settlement procedure Prior to asking the WTO in March 2003 was not a hostile to establish an Arbitration Panel act or an indication of any lack of to adjudicate the dispute, the then friendship toward the US. Indeed, at Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party the time, Antigua and Barbuda was (ABLP) government engaged the US host to a US military base on our soil government in consultations in an which we willingly accommodated in attempt to settle the matter. furtherance of the national security However, after those interests of the US. consultations failed to reach an “Previously, we also hosted an understanding, in March 2004, the additional US military base as well as Arbitration Panel found in Antigua a relay station for the Voice of America. and Barbuda’s favour. US tourists and investors were then – The day after the decision as they are now – warmly welcomed was rendered in the WTO, the ABLP in our country,” Browne pointed out. lost the elections, and the incoming However, by unilaterally government of the United Progressive declaring internet gaming from Party (UPP) was left to superintend Antigua and Barbuda into the the implementation of the WTO US as illegal, not only did the US decision. materially and significantly affect In the years that followed, employment and trade revenues in the UPP government again entered Antigua and Barbuda, it also violated a period of consultation with the US its commitments under the General authorities, but that too ended in Agreement on Trade in Services stalemate. (GATT) which is an international Eventually the US appealed agreement supervised under WTO the decision of the Arbitration Panel rules. in 2005, but the result remained in “We had no choice but to Antigua and Barbuda’s favour. go to the WTO. That is the recourse Throughout the UPP open to all countries that have a trade administration, despite many efforts dispute, and it is a recourse used by to reach an agreement with the US the US more than any other nation. to meet its obligations, no satisfactory It is the mechanism for the peaceful conclusion was reached. and legal settlement of trade disputes, In 2006, Antigua and Barbuda
went back to a WTO Compliance Panel, which found that: “The US had taken no action to comply with the rulings and thus remained out of compliance”. The matter again had to be pursued twice in 2007 at the WTO and, in the end, the arbitrators set Antigua and Barbuda’s level of trade loss at US$21 million annually. The WTO also awarded Antigua and Barbuda the right to suspend protections of US intellectual property rights to recover the money due. In other words, Antigua and Barbuda has the legal right to sell US material, such as films, videos, music, books including text books, without the payment of copyright. That sum now stands in excess of US$200 million. According to Browne, since the ABLP returned to office in June 2014, it too has engaged the authorities in the US in discussions on this matter, but the Cabinet has agreed that proposals made by the US authorities do not represent a serious commitment to resolve the issue. “By comparison with the sum of over US$200 million that our country has lost, and that has been awarded to us by the highest competent international authority, the proposals from the US are regrettably paltry. Therefore, we have not been able to accept them,” he said.
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CARICOM joins OAS in calling for free and fair elections in Haiti
WASHINGTON – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries Wednesday said they remained optimistic that free and fair elections will be held in Haiti in October even as strategies are being discussed to strengthen the democratic process in the French-speaking CARICOM country. Chairman of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS), Ambassador Eliston Rahming of the Bahamas said he remained optimistic that the people of Haiti will find ways to strengthen their democracy. Rahming was speaking at a special sitting of the Council where Haiti’s Foreign Minister Pierrot Delienne outlined the situation in the Caribbean island where Interim President Jocelerme Privert has issued a decree ordering voters to elect a new head of state on October 9. “As Chairman of the Permanent Council, I would like to express our optimism that the Haitian people will find a way to strengthen its democracy and its electoral institutions in accordance with the principles of the international law and the Charter of the OAS, the Bahamian diplomat said. Delienne told the OAS that “necessary corrections have been brought to the process,” and that “we are bound and determined to have free, honest, democratic, inclusive and transparent elections.” He said the Privert administration hoped to “finally and once and for all bring an end to the unending electoral crisis” Dominica’s Ambassador to the OAS, Hubert Charles, speaking on behalf of the CARICOM caucus, told
the Permanent Council that Haiti partnership support necessary to remains a “legitimate and valued ensure the success of the elections”. member of our hemispheric family” Antigua and Barbuda’s which is working to ensure political Ambassador, Sir Ronald Sanders stability in the country. said the situation in Haiti has been a He told the Haitian Foreign matter of concern for member states Minister that Port Au Prince recognises and supported the statement made by that political legitimacy and stability OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro are necessary for the “continued social Lemes that every effort should be made and economic progress of the Haitian to support the elections in the French people. Caribbean Island without delay and in “We thank you for providing a calm atmosphere” us with an update on the ongoing Sir Ronald said that St. John’s preparations for the scheduled is pleased to have heard from Delienne elections. We are certain that the that the process for elections “is now elections will provide an opportunity solidly on track” and that Privert has for the Haitian people to exercise issued the decree for the October 9 poll. their constitutional right to select the “This is a significant and most welcome country’s leaders,” Charles said. development. The dates have been He told the Council that the set an all delegations here will hold OAs has already been engaged in the authorities in Haiti to their supporting the Haitian provisional implementation,” he said, noting that government and the Electoral free and fair elections are “vitally Commission in “laying the groundwork important for the effective and for successful elections and a return sustainable governance of that country to what the Minister describes as and for its stability and economic constitutional normalcy. progress”. “We wish to assure the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Honourable Minister that this Ambassador Omari Williams said he is Council and the OAS in general aware of the “increasingly challenging stands ready to provide additional situation” in Haiti but remains technical and supervisory support so hopeful of witnessing “free, fair and that the aspirations of the provisional transparent legislative, municipal and government and the Haitian people local elections for a democratically regarding the holding of free, fair and elected President as well as members inclusive elections are realised.” of the legislature and other bodies”. Charles said that he was Last Thursday, the Haitian looking forward to further discussions parliament failed to meet for a fourth with the Haitian delegation “on ways consecutive occasion to decide on the in which the OAS can support the future of Privert, whose term expired government in ensuring this important more than a month ago. outcome”. As had been the case on He said he was urging all OAS previous occasions, there was no member states to “rally behind the consensus regarding a quorum among government and provide the moral and the six political groups represented in if necessary the material and critical the Parliament.
Cayman Islands judge rejects ban on release of genetically engineered mosquitoes GEORGE TOWN, all of the matters and the role of Cayman Islands -- Justice the court, none of the grounds on Ingrid Mangatal has rejected which the application had been the application by activists in based had been made out. the Cayman Islands to overturn Local activists had filed a decision of the National the legal action to have the Conservation Council (NCC) NCC decision overturned and regarding the controversial to prevent the release because release of millions of genetically they believed that it was flawed engineered mosquitoes in Grand and unlawful. The group claimed Cayman. that there was an inadequate However, this does not public consultation process; that mean the bio-engineered insects the NCC failed to carry out an will be released in the Cayman independent assessment as the Islands just yet. In the absence decision was based purely on of her written ruling setting information coming from Oxitec, out the basis for her decision, the company that produces the attorneys representing the the genetically modified (GM) applicants asked for a further mosquitoes; and that the project stay to give them a chance to was putting the community and appeal her decision once they see environment at risk. the ruling. Following the short At a judicial review hearing, Dr Bill Petrie, the hearing on Monday morning, head of the Mosquito Research the judge agreed to a further 24- and Control Unit (MRCU) said, hour stay until she presents her “Naturally, we are pleased that decision in writing on Tuesday the judicial review has been afternoon, when the applicants’ essentially refused and the legal team is expected to begin grounds not made out, however a formal appeal process and a there is another stay until 26 further stay application. July and there is notice of an Although Justice appeal, so really we have to wait Mangatal did not give any details, and see what happens tomorrow.” she said that after considering Petrie said the concern
Justice Ingrid Mangatal now was that the current weather conditions were ideal breeding for the Aedes aegypti and the longer the GM release is halted, the more pressing the public health issue becomes.
“The quorum is not found at the Chamber of Deputies so the session is again put in continuation,” said Cholzer Chancy, the President of the National Assembly. He gave no indication as to when the next session of Parliament will be held. Privert came to office under the socalled February 5 agreement that was brokered after then President Michel Marelly left office without a successor being elected. Under the terms of the agreement, Parliament had to elect an interim president for a term of 120 days and confirm a consensus prime minister. Continuation of the elections process to the second round was scheduled to take place on April 24 and the new president, elected by that process, would have been installed on May 14, 2016. But the election has not taken place and is now most likely to be held on October 9 and if a candidate does not receive the necessary amount of votes to prevent a second round, then that will take place on January 8, 2017 and the final election results will be published January 30, next year. The October elections would also include voting for one-third of the Senate. In a statement posted on its official website, the French government said it welcomed Pruvert’s announcement regarding the elections on October 9, noting that “all Haitian citizens must be able to make their choice in free and transparent elections organised by the Haitians themselves. “Only institutions resulting from the election will be capable of taking up the economic and social challenges Haiti is facing,” Paris said.
Caribbean banks to hand over files as Ottawa looks for offshore tax cheats `OTTAWA – The Trudeau government has won a round in its battle against offshore tax cheats. Two banks have agreed to give the federal revenue minister information from the accounts of a Caribbean financial institution to help the government crack down on Canadian tax evaders. The Federal Court of Canada has approved federal requests for seven years’ worth of transaction information from the Royal Bank of Canada and Citibank, N.A., related to accounts in the name of Cayman National Bank Ltd. The Royal Bank and Citibank — neither of which opposed the federal demands — have 120 days to hand over records from Jan. 1, 2009, through Dec. 31, 2015, including account statements, deposit slips, cheques, bank drafts and wire transfer orders. The Canada Revenue Agency plans to comb through the data to see if Canadian residents are using the Canadian dollar accounts, opened by Cayman National Bank, to transfer funds to Canada and avoid reporting taxable income from their foreign holdings. Revenue agency spokesman David Walters says the move is part of the government’s ongoing efforts to fight offshore tax evasion.
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Accepting White House nomination, Clinton offers ‘clear-eyed’ vision U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton cast herself as the steady leader at a “moment of reckoning” for America, contrasting her character with what she described as a dangerous and volatile Donald Trump. In the biggest speech of her quarter century in politics, Clinton on Thursday accepted the Democratic presidential nomination for the Nov. 8 election with a promise to make the United States a country that worked for everyone. “We are clear-eyed about what our country is up against. But we are not afraid,” she said. She presented a sharply more upbeat view of the country than her rival Trump offered when Republicans nominated him last week, and even turned one of Republican hero Ronald Reagan’s signature phrases against the New York real-estate developer. “He’s taken the Republican Party a long way, from ‘Morning in America’ to ‘Midnight in America,’” Clinton said. “He wants to divide us - from the rest of the world, and from each other.” Clinton portrayed Trump as a threat to the country, saying “a man you can bait with a tweet is not a man we can trust with nuclear weapons.” Vying to be the first woman elected U.S. president, Clinton called her nomination “a milestone.” “When any barrier falls in America, for anyone, it clears the way for everyone. That’s why when there are no ceilings, the sky’s the limit,” the 68-year-old Clinton said. On Friday, she will hit the campaign trail with her running mate, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia. The two will hold a rally in
Thursday wore fluorescent green T-shirts that said “Enough is Enough.” Their occasional chants of protest were drowned out by Clinton supporters chanting, “Hillary!” Clinton acknowledged Sanders and his supporters. “I want you to know, I’ve heard you,” she said. “Your cause is our cause.” APPEAL TO REPUBLICANS
Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Hillary Clinton pust her hand on her heart as she delivers her nomination acceptance speech on the fourth and final night at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. July 28, 2016. Philadelphia before setting off on a bus “whatever God gave them.” tour of Pennsylvania and Ohio, two The speech capped a four-day Rust Belt states that could be pivotal nominating convention that opened in the November election. in discord after a leak of hacked Trump will campaign in Democratic National Committee Colorado on Friday and is scheduled to emails showed party officials favored visit Ohio next week. Clinton over primary rival Bernie Sanders, a U.S. senator from Vermont. A REINTRODUCTION Even though DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a Clinton While her speech was not ally, resigned on Sunday, angry as electrifying as those given by Sanders supporters throughout the President Barack Obama and some week disrupted the convention and other prominent Democrats at the undermined efforts by Clinton and Philadelphia convention, Clinton was Sanders to present a united front. authoritative and self-assured in her On Thursday, people familiar pitch to the American public. with the matter said the FBI is She acknowledged some people investigating a cyber attack against still do not know her well. another Democratic Party group, “I get it that some people just which may be related to the earlier don’t know what to make of me. So let hack against the DNC. me tell you. The family I’m from, well The incident at the Democratic no one had their name on big buildings,” Congressional Campaign Committee Clinton said in a reference to Trump, and its potential ties to Russian hackers whose name is plastered across his are likely to heighten accusations, so properties. far unproven, that Moscow is trying She said her family built a better life to meddle in the U.S. election to help and a better future for their children, Trump. using whatever tools they had and Sanders supporters on
She appealed to voters beyond the party, praising Arizona Senator John McCain, a former Republican candidate for president, as a war hero, and the military service of the son of Trump’s running mate, Indiana Governor Mike Pence. “I will be a president for Democrats, Republicans and independents,” she said. Clinton said it would be her “primary mission” to create more opportunities and more good jobs with rising wages, and to confront stark choices in battling determined enemies and “threats and turbulence” around the world and at home. “America is once again at a moment of reckoning. Powerful forces are threatening to pull us apart,” said Clinton, a former secretary of state. “No wonder people are anxious and looking for reassurance - looking for steady leadership.” The evening sounded at times more like a traditional Republican convention than a Democratic one. During retired General John Allen’s remarks, chants of “USA!” filled the hall and large flags were brought in to be waved. Speakers, some of whom included military and police officers, made frequent mentions of religion and patriotism.
Pope, at Auschwitz, asks God to forgive ‘so much cruelty’
Hunched on a bench near the gate to the Auschwitz death camp site in Poland, Pope Francis prayed silently on Friday in tribute to 1.5 million people, most of them Jews, gassed there by Nazi occupiers during World War Two. Marking the third day of his trip to Poland for an international gathering of Catholic youth, Francis spent a few minutes speaking quietly and exchanging gifts with about 12 Auschwitz survivors, including a 101-year-old woman. One of the male survivors gave the pope a picture of himself surrounded by other inmates in a bunk, and asked Francis to sign it. The somber-looking pope kissed each survivor. The Argentine-born pontiff, 79, made no statement as he proceeded to walk through the barely-lit corridors of the drab, brick building of Auschwitz Block 11 which had housed prisoners selected for special punishment. Before his trip, Francis said he had decided that silence in prayer was the best way to pay tribute to those who died.
With aides using small flashlights to light his way, Francis visited the underground cell where Franciscan monk Maksymilian Kolbe was killed after offering his life to save a Polish man whom camp handlers had picked to die of starvation. In Auschwitz’s commemorative book, Francis wrote in Spanish: “Lord, have mercy on your people. Lord, forgiveness for so much cruelty”. German occupation forces set up the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp during World War Two in Oswiecim, a town around 70 km (43 miles) from Poland’s second city, Krakow, in the country’s south. Between 1940 and 1945 Auschwitz developed into a vast complex of barracks, workshops, gas chambers and crematoria. On July 29, 1941, the camp director, in reprisal for the escape of a prisoner, chose 10 others and sentenced them to death by starvation. When the selection was completed, Kolbe stepped forward and volunteered to die in place of one of them, Franciszek Gajowniczek. Kolbe was later killed by
Pope Francis pays respects by the death wall in the former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oswiecim, Poland, July 29, 2016 lethal injection but the man he saved Francis listened silently as Poland’s survived the war. He was made a saint chief rabbi, Michael Schudrich, and a in 1982 by then-Pope John Paul II, a priest recited Psalm 130 meters (yards) away from the end of the infamous Pole. On Friday, the 75th single rail track where cattle cars anniversary of Kolbe’s sacrifice, brought hundreds of thousands of Francis also visited Birkenau, a part prisoners to the camp. of the camp where most of the killings During a visit to Rome’s synagogue in January, Francis were committed in gas chambers. He walked solemnly past appealed to Catholics to reject antiguard towers, barbed wire fences and Semitism and said the Holocaust, in remains of crematoria that the Nazis which some six million Jews were blew up before the camp was liberated killed, should remind everyone that by the Soviet Red Army on Jan. 27, human rights should be defended with 1945. “maximum vigilance”.
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Reagan’s would-be Family wakes to find assassin now Virginia suburb’s 5-1/2-foot crocodile infamous new resident in their bathroom Joe Mann has lived in the exclusive Kingsmill gated community in Williamsburg, Virginia, for more than 30 years and he’s not shy about voicing his opinion when it comes to his newest neighbor: would-be presidential assassin John Hinckley. “I think it’s foolhardy; I think it’s not justifiable,” Mann, 75, a retired executive, said on Wednesday, hours after a federal judge ruled that Hinckley could be released from a psychiatric hospital to live with his 90-yearold mother at Kingsmill. “If you look at it logically as a risk-reward ratio, the reward is only to him. The risk is to everyone else.” U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman said in Washington Hinckley, who wounded U.S. President Ronald Reagan and three others in 1981 in an assassination attempt born of his obsession with actress Jodie Foster, no longer posed a danger to the public now that his psychosis was in remission. [L1N1AD0OF] Williamsburg, with a population of approximately 15,000, is perhaps best known for the historical tourism site Colonial Williamsburg. The city is home to the College of William & Mary, one of the oldest schools in the United States. Hinckley, now 61, has gotten to know Williamsburg over the past decade, since Friedman began allowing him to take increasingly long furloughs from a government psychiatric hospital in Washington to his mother’s home. He has completed more than 80 unsupervized visits with his family, according to the judge. Hinckley was permitted several hours of free time to explore the city, although he was under surveillance by the U.S. Secret Service and required to
John Hinckley Jr. arrives at the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. District Court in Washington November 19, 2003 keep a cell phone with him that said, administrators expressed could be tracked. concern about safety or about the He started volunteering negative public perception that two days a week at the library Hinckley might bring. of Eastern State Hospital in Ken White, 55, a Williamsburg in 2012 and later communications professor at worked in its cafeteria. He William and Mary, was surprised obtained his driver’s license and at the idea of Hinckley living in began using his mother’s car to his town. get around. “I would think that if you shot According to court a United States president you documents, Hinckley has engaged wouldn’t ever be out of prison,” in community activities in an effort White said. to socialize, including bowling at A security guard at the a local alley, attending lectures gate of the compound, where and concerts and exercising at a Hinckley’s future home overlooks community center. the 14th tee of Kingsmill’s River He connected with a local Course, turned a reporter away on chapter of the National Alliance Wednesday. for the Mentally Ill, where he has Laura Kaplan, a 23-yearbefriended others with psychiatric old a bookkeeper, said the town illness. would likely be a good place for However, many in the city someone with Hinckley’s history have resisted his approaches. He to put his past behind him. failed to secure employment or “Williamsburg would volunteer work at several places, be a nice quiet place to put including a grocery store, a law somebody if you had to put library and an organization that somebody someplace,” Kaplan helps disabled adults, according said as she carried groceries out to a letter from the hospital to the of a supermarket across the street judge in December 2014. from Kingsmill. In each case, the hospital “Honestly, it doesn’t bother me.”
DARWIN, Australia -- An Australian family woke up to a bizarre discovery -- someone had entered their home and left a 5-1/2-foot crocodile in their bathroom. Homeowner Becky Myers said she and her family members often spot crocodiles near their home in the Bees Creek area of Darwin, but the saltwater croc her tenant discovered in their home recently was the first they had ever found inside the house. The tenant sent a photo of the croc via Snapchat to Myers’ daughter, Coralie, 16. “I woke up like ‘what the hell? Am I dreaming? This can’t be real,’” Coralie Myers told NT News. “I went into bathroom and there’s a croc sitting there on my floor. I didn’t know if it was alive or not -- its eyes were open but it wasn’t moving.” The 5-1/2-foot crocodile was indeed alive, but in poor health. Her mouth had been taped shut before being abandoned in the bathroom by an unknown prankster. “[The tenant] thought my mum put it there because she went fishing the other day,” Coralie Myers said. “But we don’t know who it was.” “The croc didn’t creep me out, the fact someone came in to our house freaked me out,” she said. Crocodile ranger Tom Nichols said the croc put up a bit of a fight despite her poor health and taped mouth. He said she was taken to a nearby farm for medical attention. Nichols said the prankster or pranksters could face hefty fines for interfering with wildlife.
A Darwin, Australia, family’s tenant discovered a crocodile in the bathroom in the early morning
Obama brings down the house with DNC speech PHILADELPHIA (WLS) -- fear.” But when those in the hall booed President Obama delivered a rousing their opponent, he stopped them. speech that brought the house down “Don’t boo,” he told them. on the third day of the Democratic “Vote.” National Convention, the day after Obama ended his speech Hillary Clinton cracked the glass returning to the theme that catapulted ceiling as she became the first woman him into the national spotlight 12 to be nominated by a major party for years ago: hope. “It’s been you who’ve fueled my president of the United States. Headlining the third night dogged faith in our future, even when President Obama defended his eight the odds are great, even when the road years in office before delivering a is long. Hope in the face of difficulty, hope in the face of uncertainty, the rousing endorsement of Clinton. “I can say with confidence audacity of hope. America, you have there has never been a man or a vindicated that hope these past eight woman - not me, not Bill, nobody - years. And now I’m ready to pass the more qualified than Hillary Clinton baton and do my part as a private to serve as president of the United citizen. I’m asking you to join me - to States,” Obama said. reject cynicism, reject fear, to summon When the applause died down what’s best in us; to elect Hillary he turned to his predecessor, watching Clinton as the next president of the from his box at the Wells Fargo Arena, United States,” Obama said. Hillary Clinton came out after with a smile. “Sorry Bill, but it’s true,” he the president’s speech in a surprise joked. appearance, embracing the president He also laid into Republican and waving at the crowd. The other party stars on nominee Donald Trump, saying he’s “just offering slogans, and he’s offering stage also took time to roast Trump.
Vice President Joe Biden forcefully dismissed the idea that Trump cares about average people or the middle class, noting the negativity of Trump’s catchphrase: You’re fired. “How can there be pleasure in saying ‘you’re fired’? He cares about the middle class? Give me a break. That’s a bunch of malarkey!” Biden said. But Biden also took time to praise Clinton, who he has known for three decades, and to note the importance of her nomination. “We all understand what it means for our daughters and granddaughters when Hillary Clinton walks into the Oval Office,” he said. Clinton’s running mate, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine, was formally nominated for vice president Wednesday afternoon by acclamation. In his speech he formally accepted the nomination and then proceeded to draw a sharp contrast between Clinton and Trump, listing her accomplishments and mocking Trump. “It’s gonna be great- believe
President Barack Obama hugs Hillary Clinton after addressing the delegates during the third day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on Wednesday me! We’re gonna build a wall and make Mexico pay for it- believe me! We’re gonna destroy ISIS so fast- believe me! You cannot believe one word that comes out of Donald Trump’s mouth,” Kaine said. Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, who considered a third party candidacy and is endorsing Hillary Clinton, laid into Trump during his speech as well.
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WORLD NEWS Wish granted: Six-year-old boy will be garbage man for a day SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Ethan Dean will be living his dream on Tuesday. The six-year-old has a garbage truck bedspread and pillow. He has garbage truck toys. He’s had a garbage truck birthday party. Now, thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, he’s going to experience what it’s like to be a garbage truck driver. The boy who has cystic fibrosis will ride in a real garbage truck through downtown Sacramento, collecting trash and recyclables, just like he’s always wanted. When Ethan visited the Make-A-Wish Foundation in February, he was asked a series of questions: What do you want to be? Who do you want to meet? What do you want to have? Where do you want to go? Almost all of his answers were garbage truck-related, said Jennifer Stolo, CEO of the local chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation. He really, really wants to be a garbage man when he grows up. It meant the wish he’d be granted wasn’t too mysterious. “We pretty much knew it was going to be about garbage trucks,” said Ethan’s dad, Ken Dean, laughing. He’s been watching them come down the street since he first learned how to crawl, his dad said. Stolo and her team of “fairies” knew just what he wanted. Tuesday morning at an outdoor assembly at his elementary school in Rancho Cordova, Ethan will discover his garbage man surprise. Then he and his partner will take off, stopping in five locations for garbage and recyclables, before ending at the Capitol for a press conference and VIP lunch. Ethan was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis as an infant and began treatment at eight weeks old. The genetic disorder is characterized by a buildup of thick mucus and frequent lung infections, and the median life expectancy is about 40 years old.
MH370 captain’s home flight simulator had route plotted to Indian Ocean
The Australian Defense Vessel Ocean Shield is among the ships searching for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which has been missing since March 2014. Officials recently revealed that the captain of the airliner had a home flight simulator in which a route was plotted to the southern Indian Ocean, where the airliner is believed to have crashed CANBERRA, Australia -- does not validate theories the The captain of missing Malaysia captain planned a deliberate Airlines Flight 370 had a home murder-suicide. simulator flight simulator at his home in The which a route was plotted to the information shows only the southern Indian Ocean, where possibility of planning. It does the airliner is believed to have not reveal what happened on crashed. the night of its disappearance It is unclear if Capt. nor where the aircraft is located,” Zaharie Ahmad Shah, a pilot the ATSB said in a statement. for Malaysia Airlines since 1981, “For the purposes of defining the created the simulation but the underwater search area, the device was in his home. The relevant facts and analysis most Australian Transport Safety closely match a scenario in which Bureau, which has been leading there was no pilot intervening in the underwater search in the the latter stages of the flight.” The captain’s sister, Indian Ocean for MH370, said confirmation of the plotted course Sakinab Shah, has rejected
accusations her brother brought down the plane on purpose. Malaysian police previously said they found no evidence the captain was suffering from personal or financial stresses. “They did their tests in 2014, there was nothing incriminating in his activities,” his sister told CNN before the flight simulator details were released. “The FBI did their tests ... if there was anything, the police would be the first people to know. That’s why this story has been dismissed ... He’s been made a scapegoat from the beginning. This latest accusation? Oh my God. Heaven forbid.” MH370 disappeared March 8, 2014, after leaving Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia en route to Beijing with 227 passengers and 12 crew members on board. The pilots last communicated with air traffic control 38 minutes after takeoff. The plane disappeared from air traffic controllers’ radar screens three minutes later. Malaysian authorities concluded the flight had ended in the Indian Ocean, but no confirmed MH370 debris was found until last year when a right wing flaperon was discovered on Reunion Island, east of Madagascar.
Baltimore prosecutor drops police charges in Freddie Gray case
Local artist PFK Boom raises his fist at to remember Freddie Gray and all victims of police violence during a rally outside city hall in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., July 27, 2016 Baltimore’s top prosecutor on Wednesday dropped remaining charges against police officers tied to the death of black detainee Freddie Gray, after failing four times to secure convictions in a case that inflamed the U.S. debate on race and justice. Prosecutor Marilyn Mosby had stunned the city and became a national figure when she filed charges against six officers just days after Gray’s death from a broken neck suffered in a police van sparked protests and rioting in April 2015. The death of the 25-year-old was among the high-profile deaths of black suspects at the hands of U.S. police that have made law enforcement tactics and police officers’ treatment of minorities into national headlines, It
Mosby said. “Police investigating police, whether they are friends or merely their colleagues, was problematic,” she said to cries of “we’re with you” from onlookers. Successful prosecution was impossible without an independent investigation, a say in whether the cases would be heard before a judge or jury, community oversight of police and major justice reforms, she said. Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis said the decision to drop charges was wise and would help the city move forward. “As the trials end and this chapter in Baltimore’s history closes, it is important that we collectively resolve to direct our emotions in a constructive way to reduce violence and strengthen citizen partnerships,” Davis said in a statement.
also fueled the rise of the civil rights movement Black Lives Matter. FOUR ATTEMPTS TO CONVICT The decision to drop charges against the three remaining officers Gene Ryan, the head of the facing trial came a day before Officer Garrett Miller was due to go on trial in Baltimore police union, also welcomed Baltimore City Circuit Court. the decision but said Mosby’s At a news conference held allegations of police interference were before a mural in Gray’s neighborhood “outrageous.” “The state’s attorney simply memorializing him, a combative Mosby said individual police officers had tried could not accept the evidence that was presented,” Ryan said at a news to thwart her investigation. The interference included conference, flanked by the accused officers who were witnesses officers and their lawyers. Prosecutors last week failed investigating the case and key questions not being asked during in their fourth attempt to secure a interrogations, she said. A police conviction against a police officer. counter-investigation aimed at Judge Barry Williams acquitted disproving the prosecution’s case also three officers in bench trials, and the failed to execute search warrants, trial of a fourth officer ended in a
deadlocked jury. The officers still face administrative reviews over Gray’s death. Reacting to the decision to drop charges, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said Mosby had made a bad call in prosecuting the officers. “It was disgraceful what she did and the way she did it,” he told reporters in Florida. Gray was arrested after he fled officers unprovoked in a highcrime area. Officers bundled him into a police wagon shackled and not secured by a seat belt. Prosecutors alleged that officers gave Gray a “rough ride,” and failed to secure him as outlined in department protocol or to seek medical assistance. But defense lawyers said officers had the discretion on whether to fasten detainees into seatbelts, and that it was unclear when Gray suffered his fatal neck injury. It represented one of the first high-profile cases in which a prosecutor went after officers involved in a black suspect’s death. Grand juries had declined to charge officers involved in the shooting of Michael Brown, 18, in Ferguson, Missouri, and in the choking death of Eric Garner, 43, in New York. Federal prosecutors have launched a civil rights investigation into the shooting of a black man by police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Minnesota officials began a probe into a fatal shooting of a black motorist outside St. Paul. Both killings occurred this month and triggered new protests.
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Islamic State claims attack that killed priest during Mass SAINTE-ETIENNE-DUROUVRAY, France — Two attackers took hostages inside a French church during morning Mass on Tuesday near the city of Rouen, killing an 86-yearold priest by slitting his throat before being shot and killed by police, French officials said. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack. Another person inside the church in Normandy was seriously injured and is hovering between life and death, Interior Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet said. Police managed to rescue the only three other people inside the church in the small northwestern town of SaintEtienne-du-Rouvray, he told reporters. A regional Muslim leader said one of the two attackers — who were killed outside the church — was known to police. It was the first known attack inside a French church in recent times. A church was targeted last year, but the attack never was carried out. A statement published by the Islamic State-affiliated Amaq news agency said the attack was carried out by “two soldiers of the Islamic State” who acted in response to calls to target nations in the U.S.-led coalition fighting IS in Iraq and Syria. The RAID special intervention force was searching for possible
In this grab made from video, police officers speak to a driver as they close off a road during a hostage situation in Normandy, France, Tuesday, July 26, 2016. Two attackers seized hostages in a church near the Normandy city of Rouen on Tuesday, killing one hostage by slitting their throat before being killed by police, a security official said. The identities of the attackers and motive for the attack are unclear, according to the official, who was not authorized to be publicly named. explosives in or around the church. “The investigations are ongoing. There are still unknowns,” Brandet said. “There are dogs, explosive detectors and bomb disposal services and as long as there are still unknowns, the judicial police cannot get inside the site. It’s a dramatic situation.” Dominique Lebrun, the archbishop of Rouen, confirmed the
death of 86-year-old Rev. Jacques Hamel. “I cry out to God, with all men of good will. And I invite all non-believers to unite with this cry,” Lebrun wrote in a statement from Krakow, Poland, where Pope Francis was expected. “The Catholic Church has no other arms besides prayer and fraternity between men.” French President Francois
Hollande, arriving on the scene, called it a “vile terrorist attack” and said it’s one more sign that France is at war with the Islamic State, which has claimed a string of attacks on France. “We must lead this war with all our means,” he said, adding that he was calling a meeting on Wednesday of representatives of all religions. The pope condemned the attack in the strongest terms. Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, said in a statement the attack hits particularly hard “because this horrific violence took place in a church, a sacred place in which the love of God is announced, and the barbaric murder of a priest.” France is on high alert and under a state of emergency after an attack in the southern city of Nice on Bastille Day — July 14 — that killed 84 people that was claimed by the Islamic State group, as well as a series of attacks last year that killed 147 others around Paris. Islamic State extremists have urged followers to attack French churches and the group is believed to have planned at least one church attack earlier. In April 2015, an Algerian student who was arrested after shooting himself in the leg was
Bloomberg warns of Trump economic plans at Dem convention NEW YORK — Michael Bloomberg, elected mayor of New York City as a Republican, offered a forceful denunciation of fellow New York billionaire Donald Trump on Wednesday at the Democratic convention, describing the GOP presidential nominee as a “risky, reckless, and radical choice.” One of the nation’s richest men, Bloomberg drew upon his business background in his unorthodox convention speech to make the case that a Trump administration would be disastrous for the nation’s economy. “Trump has left behind a welldocumented record of bankruptcies and thousands of lawsuits and angry shareholders and contractors who feel cheated and disillusioned customers who feel ripped off,” said Bloomberg, now an independent. “Trump says he wants to run the nation like he’s run his business. God help us.” “Truth be told,” said Bloomberg, “the richest thing about Donald Trump is his hypocrisy.” A three-term mayor who left office in 2013, Bloomberg considered making a third-party run for president
Indonesia to execute 14 drug convicts this week, most are foreign citizens
this year before opting against a campaign, expressing worry he would siphon away votes from Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and inadvertently help elect Trump. Though Bloomberg said that Clinton was “not a flawless candidate,” he praised her work ethic, intelligence and attempts at bipartisanship that made her “the right choice — and the responsible choice — in this election.” “To me, this election is not a choice between a Democrat and a Republican,” Bloomberg said. “It’s a choice about who is better to lead our country right now, better for our economy, better for our security, better for our freedom, and better for our future.” While in office, Bloomberg had a cordial relationship with Clinton, who, as a senator from New York, was involved in the city’s post-9/11 rebuilding effort. He did, too, with Trump, who he knew from New York’s glitzy social circuit and from dealings with him as a developer. But Trump’s hardline approach to immigration alienated Bloomberg, who often makes the case
JAKARTA -- Indonesia will execute 14 drug offenders, most of them foreigners, the country’s attorney general said Wednesday. The announcement spurred United Nations human right officials to urge the country’s government to rethink the “unjust” use of capital punishment. Four of those slated to die are reportedly Indonesian; 10 others are from South Africa, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Pakistan and India.
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks during the third day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , Wednesday, July 27, 2016 an open immigration policy is needed to keep the nation’s economy growing. He deemed Trump’s economic plan “a con” and “a disaster in the making.” “He would make it harder for
Attorney General Muhammad Prasetyo said the executions are expected to begin as early as Friday and completed no later than Sunday. The planned executions come after 14 executions of drug offenders last year. The government has put more men to death in the last two years than it has in the previous decade. “The increasing use of the death penalty in Indonesia is terribly worrying and I urge the government to immediately end this practice, which is
small businesses to compete, do great damage to our economy, threaten the retirement savings of millions of Americans, lead to greater debt and more unemployment, erode our influence in the world, and make our communities less safe,” Bloomberg said. He also ad-libbed a line calling Clinton a “sane, competent person” and pointedly suggested that Trump was not. Bloomberg has also become arguably the nation’s leading guncontrol advocate, spending millions of his own fortune to finance candidates and groups that call for the restriction of firearms. Trump, meanwhile, has courted the support of the National Rifle Association, a pro-gun lobbying group that frequently criticizes Bloomberg. Trump did not immediately respond to the speech. The Clinton campaign believes that Bloomberg’s appearance, scheduled in a prime-time slot, shows the breadth of support for the exsecretary of state. They expressed hope he would make further appearances on her behalf.
unjust and incompatible with human rights,” said Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, the U.N. high commissioner for human rights, in a statement. “The death penalty is not an effective deterrent relative to other forms of punishment, nor does it protect people from drug abuse.” President Joko Widodo, in his war on Indonesia’s drug problem, has claimed about 50 people are killed in his country each day from drug use.
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Verizon to buy Yahoo’s core business for $4.8 billion in digital ad push
A combination photo shows Yahoo logo in Rolle, Switzerland (top) in 2012 and a Verizon sign at a retail store in San Diego, California, U.S. In 2016 Verizon Communications Inc said on Monday it would buy Yahoo Inc’s core internet properties for $4.83 billion in cash, marking the end of the line for a storied Web pioneer and setting the stage for a big new internet push by the telecom giant. Verizon (VZ.N) will combine Yahoo’s (YHOO.O) search, email and messenger assets as well as advertising technology tools with its AOL unit, which it bought last year for $4.4 billion. Verizon has been looking to mobile video and advertising for new sources of revenue outside the oversaturated wireless market. The No. 1 U.S. wireless operator is betting that it can take data on more than 200 million unique monthly visitors to Yahoo sites, many of them on mobile devices, and combine it with data on 150 million or so unique monthly AOL users and data on its own user base of over 100 million wireless subscribers to offer a more targeted service for advertisers. Barclays said last month Verizon could save $500 million a year in costs of acquiring internet traffic and other expenses by buying Yahoo’s internet business. The deal likely means more investment in popular content sites such as AOL’s Huffington Post and Yahoo Finance when they become part of a much larger entity. “It now becomes somewhat easier to justify investing in content,” said Brian Wieser, an analyst at Pivotal Research. Verizon said it would provide more detail on the strategy behind the acquisition when it announces second-quarter earnings on Tuesday. LONG WAY DOWN The deal came after activist investors led by Starboard Value LP lost faith in Yahoo Chief Executive Officer Marissa Mayer, who was hired in 2012, and forced
“It’s a decade of mismanagement that has finally ended for Yahoo,” said Recon Analytics analyst Roger Entner. “It’s the continuation of an extension of Verizon’s strategy toward becoming a wireless internet player and a move away from (telecom) regulation for Verizon into an unregulated growth industry. Under Armstrong, AOL has beefed up its advertising technology with a string of acquisitions, and launched the mobile video service go90. Verizon has not disclosed how financially successful the unit has been, but Armstrong, known as a formidable salesman, has clearly won the confidence of Verizon’s leaders.
FAR BEHIND GOOGLE, what became a protracted sale FACEBOOK process. Yahoo, founded in 1994, The integration of Yahoo was a dominant player in the will not come without challenges. early days of the internet, but has In its latest results, it reported a long lost its leadership position in second-quarter net loss of $439.9 internet search and advertising to million as it wrote down the value Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google, of Tumblr, the microblogging and Facebook Inc (FB.O) and others. social media service it acquired in Mayer said on a conference 2013 for $1.1 billion. call with investors that she Even with AOL and Yahoo, planned to stay at Yahoo through Verizon would still be far behind s the deal’s close. Marni Walden, Google and Facebook. According head of product innovation and to eMarketer, Yahoo is expected new business at Verizon, will head to generate $2.32 billion in net the combined internet unit and U.S. digital ad sales, while AOL said no decisions had yet been is expected to make $1.3 billion made on the management team. in 2016. Facebook and Google “Yahoo gives us scale are forecast to deliver sales of that is what is most critical here,” $10.3 billion and $24.63 billion, said Walden, adding that the respectively, by the end of this company’s audience will go from year. the millions to the billions. “We The Verizon deal would want to compete and that is the transform Yahoo into a holding place we need to be.” company, with a 15 percent Mayer, in an interview stake in Chinese e-commerce with Reuters, said she still saw company Alibaba Group Holding a “path to growth” for Yahoo, Ltd (BABA.N) and a 35.5 percent especially in mobile. “What’s interest in Yahoo Japan Corp exciting about the Verizon (4689.T) as well as Yahoo’s transaction is that it brings us convertible notes, certain minority back to growth sooner,” she said. investments and its non-core She said she was “open-minded” patents. about a possible role with the Yahoo executives said the combined companies. remaining company is structured But analysts expect AOL to “indefinitely” hold its Yahoo CEO Tim Armstrong - like Mayer Japan and Alibaba stakes. They a one-time Google executive - to are worth about $40 billion based be the driving force behind the on their market capitalizations, combined companies. while Yahoo had a market value Yahoo is still one of the of about $37.4 billion at Friday’s largest properties on the internet, close. with hundreds of millions of Yahoo will continue as customers using its email, finance an independent company until and sports offerings, among others, the deal receives shareholder and a heavily trafficked home and regulatory approvals, the page. companies said. It is expected But Google has a to close in early 2017. It plans stranglehold on the internet to change its name and become search business and built an a publicly traded investment industry-leading email service, company. while Facebook dominates Yahoo currently has $7.7 in mobile and social media. billion in cash, in addition to the Meanwhile, traditional web $4.8 billion it will receive at the banner advertising, long Yahoo’s close of the deal, which it plans strength, has become much less to return to shareholders, Yahoo lucrative in the age of mobile and executives said on the call. video.
Malaysia Airlines orders Boeing 737 MAX jets in $5.5 billion deal Malaysia Airlines said on Wednesday it had ordered 50 Boeing (BA.N) 737 MAX jets, with firm orders for 25 and rights to purchase 25 more. Deliveries will begin in 2019 and the deal is worth $5.5 billion at list prices, the full-service carrier said in a statement. Airlines typically receive a discount off the list prices. The 737 Max is the re-engined and upgraded variant of Boeing’s popular narrowbody model. The new planes will cut operating costs and their longer range will allow the airline to fly to more destinations, Chief Executive Peter Bellew said in a statement. This is the first major decision by the ailing carrier since Bellew took over from former chief executive Christoph Mueller on July 1. The new planes will replace some of the airline’s 56 Boeing 737-800s, which have an average age of 4.1 years according to airfleets.net. Malaysia Airlines has been struggling since the disappearance of flight MH370 and shooting down of flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine, both in 2014. The national carrier was taken private by state-fund Khazanah Nasional Bhd [KHAZA.UL] following the twin disasters as part of a restructuring plan, which included a shrinking of its network. Since then, the airline has canceled all non-stop flights to Europe except those to London and ended several low-yield Asia-Pacific services. Bellew told reporters the airline was aiming to tap capital markets by March 2019, adding that he was confident it would break even in 2018. He said with the new planes, costs would go down by 40 percent and operating expenses would drop by 15 percent.
Amazon gets permission from UK to explore drone deliveries
Amazon boxes are seen stacked for delivery in the Manhattan borough of New York City, January 29, 2016 Amazon.com Inc said on Monday it has entered into a partnership with the British government to speed up the process for allowing small drones to makes deliveries. The world’s biggest online retailer, which has laid out plans to start using drones for deliveries by 2017, said a cross-government team supported by the UK Civil Aviation Authority had provided it with the permissions necessary to explore the process. Amazon unveiled a video last year showcasing how an unmanned drone could deliver packages, narrated by former Top Gear TV host Jeremy Clarkson. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said last month the use of drones for deliveries will require separate regulation from their general use. Wal-Mart Stores Inc said last month it was six to nine months from beginning to use drones to check warehouse inventories in the United States.
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Apple sells more iPhones than expected, shares jump after hours Apple Inc (AAPL.O) sold more iPhones than Wall Street expected in the third quarter and estimated its revenue in the current period would top many analysts’ targets, soothing fears that demand for the company’s most important product had hit a wall. Its shares rose 7 percent in after-hours trading. The world’s most valuable publicly traded company said it sold 40.4 million iPhones in the third quarter, down 15 percent from the year-ago quarter but slightly more than the average analyst forecast of 40.02 million, according to research firm FactSet StreetAccount. IPhone sales dropped for the second straight quarter, pushing down Apple’s total revenue 14.6 percent in the fiscal third quarter, ended June 25. Demand for Apple’s phones has waned in China, partly because of economic uncertainty there, and has also slowed in more mature markets as people tend to hold on to their phones for longer. The sales slump has stoked concerns about whether the tech leader can continue to deliver profits at the level Wall Street has come to expect. “China was a major letdown,” said Patrick Moorhead, an analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy. “Samsung and Huawei are much more competitive now than a year ago and the Chinese economy is not doing well at all.” Moorhead said, however, that increased services revenue - which includes the App Store and iCloud was a “very big bright spot for Apple.” Chief Financial Officer Luca Maestri told Reuters in an interview that Apple’s performance had topped his expectations in a quarter weighed down by tough foreign exchange
A guest uses her Iphone to take pictures in Cannes, France, May 12, 2016 rates and difficult comparisons with blockbuster iPhone 6 sales from the previous year. Apple reduced channel inventory by $3.6 billion, exceeding the $2 billion expected reduction, meaning sales were better than they appeared, Maestri said. Customer demand “was better than what is implied in our results and better than we had anticipated,” he said. Sales of the iPhone fell last quarter for the first time since the gadget’s release in 2007, dropping 16.3 percent. Maestri projected the gadget’s average selling price to rise in the September quarter. The iPhone drives about twothirds of Apple’s total sales. Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook said during a call with analysts that the iPhone SE, a cheaper, four-inch (10 cm) phone released this year, was extending
BlackBerry unveils second, cheaper, Android device BlackBerry Ltd unveiled The company trimmed the Priv’s a second Android-based handset price in April. on Tuesday, a device combining Calling the DTEK50 Alphabet Inc’s popular software and “the world’s most secure Android broad app catalog with the Canadian smartphone,” BlackBerry said company’s security and productivity it will alert users if someone is features at a lower price. making remote use of its camera The faded smartphone or microphone, or accessing the pioneer is hoping the DTEK50 phone’s location information. will sell in greater numbers than BlackBerry did not the Priv, its first phone using the announce any distribution deals Android operating system, which with major U.S. carriers, with Chief Executive John Chen has said initial U.S. sales instead expected suffered because of its high price. to come mostly via Best Buy Co Inc, The company said the 5.2- Amazon.com Inc and BlackBerry’s inch touchscreen-only DTEK50 is own online store. available from Tuesday for pre-order Canada’s biggest wireless from BlackBerry’s online shop in the carriers will all sell the device. U.S., Canada, UK, France, Germany, “The lack of specific detail Spain, Italy and The Netherlands on operator channels outside for $299. It plans to begin shipping Canada says that there’s still no the device on Aug. 8. path to massive volumes,” IDC’s “This is a good marriage Jackson added. of proposition and price point for BlackBerry recognized enterprises,” said John Jackson, an sales of roughly 500,000 devices analyst at International Data Corp. in the three months to the end of Shares in the Waterloo, May, down from some 1.1 million a Ontario-based company were up year earlier as demand for its aging 1.4 percent at $7.18 on the Nasdaq product portfolio sunk. and rose 1.6 percent to C$9.50 in Once a dominant force in Toronto. smartphones, BlackBerry now holds At its November launch just a sliver of the global smartphone the Priv, which features a slide market. Earlier this month it said out keyboard, cost $699 without a it would cease production of its contract in the United States and Classic handset, which uses its own C$899 without a contract in Canada. BlackBerry 10 operating system.
the range of people able to buy Apple As iPhone sales level off, Apple phones. is attempting to use such services to “It’s opening the door to wring more revenue out of its existing customers we weren’t reaching before,” base of users. The business emerged as he said. Apple’s second largest after the iPhone Apple’s quarterly net profit for the first time in the second quarter, fell 27 percent to $7.8 billion, while eclipsing gadgets such as the iPad and revenue of $42.36 billion beat analysts’ the Mac. average estimate of $42.09 billion, That shift bodes well for Apple according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. because gross margins on services are better than the average for the rest of CHINA WORRIES the company, Maestri said. “It’s a great business because Sales in Greater China, once it is recurring in nature and more touted as Apple’s next growth engine, linked to our installed base,” he said. decreased 33.1 percent, compared with Maestri touted music as an a 112.4 percent growth in the year- example of one successful service, earlier quarter and a near 26 percent saying the growth of the Apple Music fall in the second quarter. streaming service had more than made Maestri attributed the drop to channel up for declines in digital downloads. inventory reduction in the nation, To redouble its momentum in music, foreign exchange headwinds and a Apple purchased rights to the next general downturn in the Chinese season of popular series Carpool economy. Karaoke, CBS Television Studios “It is very clear that there announced on Tuesday. are some signs of economic slowdown India was one of the rare in China, and we will have to work bright spots, with 51 percent growth through them,” he said. in iPhone sales, as Apple expands into Adding to Apple’s woes in emerging markets. China, the company’s stores for books “India is now one of our fastest and movies went dark earlier this year. growing markets ... We’re looking Cook said Apple was working with forward to opening more retail stores regulators to restore the services but in India down the road, and we see played down the financial impact of huge potential,” Cook told analysts. the outage, saying the stores yielded Apple forecast fourth-quarter less than $1 million in revenue during revenue of $45.5 billion to $47.5 billion, the short time they were on the market. largely above Wall Street’s average “It’s not a revenue-related issue,” he estimate of $45.71 billion, according to said. “This is a service we want to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. provide our customers.” The forecast, covering the Apple’s services business, quarter ending in September, will which includes the App Store, Apple likely include at least the first Pay, iCloud and other services, weekend of sales of the iPhone 7 range, generated nearly $6 billion in revenue, which Apple is expected to launch in up 18.9 percent from the previous year. September.
Samsung sues Huawei for alleged patent violations SEOUL, South Korea — Samsung Electronics Co. sued Chinese smartphone maker Huawei for allegedly violating six of its patents in the latest move in a series of deepening patent disputes between Asian smartphone giants. The South Korean company said Friday that it took legal action to defend its intellectual property despite efforts to resolve the dispute amicably. “At all times we have faithfully negotiated with other patent holders for the fair licensing of technology in order to ensure fair competition and continued growth in the industry,” the company said in an emailed statement. “However, despite our best efforts to resolve this matter amicably, it has regrettably become necessary to take legal action in order to defend our intellectual property.” Samsung would not say where the lawsuits were filed or whether the lawsuits were related to mobile devices. South Korea’s Yonhap News said Samsung sued Huawei in Beijing for infringing on patents for smartphones worth 80.05 million yuan ($12 million). In May, Huawei filed lawsuits against Samsung in the United States and China, accusing the South Korean company of violating 12 patents for
mobile devices and networks. Huawei demanded reasonable compensation but did not seek a sales ban on Samsung mobile devices in the United States. Samsung and Huawei are two of the largest makers of smartphones based on Google’s Android system. Samsung is the world’s largest smartphone supplier and Huawei is the third after Apple.
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Triple Double Basketball Program Coaches Lead Flyers to Victory
The Providenciales Amateur for weeks leading up to the tournament. Basketball Association’s (PABA) Smith spoke about the training saying, 2nd Annual Mallory McCormish “It takes an honorable man to sacrifice Tournament has ended and the Flyers, his time for the development of others coached by Keith Cox and Triple Double and that’s exactly what Coach Jon and Basketball Program coaches Jon Wynn Coach Dwyane did for us.” and Dwyane Krzanowski, have been As for the tournament itself, crowned the National Champions. the Flyers came out strong as they The team, consisting of Justin won their first two games against Missick, Terventé (Treeco) Williams, the Grand Turk Kings and the South Joash (Joey) Ewing, Devonté Smith, Caicos Harbor Boys. On the third night Abdel Dormeus, Jevonne Bolt, Quinton they suffered a loss to the TCIPS Lions Higgs, Karl Shand Jr., Leroy Penn, but were able to win the loser’s finals Kennon Higgs, Lawrence Saintange, against the Clement Howell Eagles and Mervin Malcolm, and Aquille take the Grand Final in a spectacular Mohammed, (as well as Stuart Ewing rematch against the Lions. and Maldiny Joseph who aged out of While proud to call themselves the tournament but still practiced with National Basketball Champions, the the team) took home the Championship team is quick to point out that this title previously held by the TCIPS journey has been about far more than Lions after winning 54-45 in the final just athletics. Reflecting on his time game of the tournament against the under their tutelage, Bolt had the 2015 Champions. following to say, “…they helped me Team Captain, Justin Missick, out in every aspect of my game, on and specifically requested Wynn and off the court, especially helping me to Krzanowski to coach their team as he be mentally ready for the challenges worked with them during his time with life brings towards you…they’re great the Rising Stars Basketball Club and leaders and role models…” felt that their style of coaching would Quinton Higgs spoke about be the best fit for his team. the team bond saying, “Their guidance, “Coaches Jon and Dwyane are support and motivation helped all of us two of the most well rounded men I’ve transition into being a great basketball ever met,” said Missick. “Their hard team, champions, and a family that work goes without question as it was a is there for each other on and off the great joy working with them.” court.” Wynn and Krzanowski spent The words of praise weren’t their Saturday and Sunday evenings one sided, however, as both coaches training the team from 5:00 p.m. to had high praise for their team. sunset and also included Wednesday “We’re extremely proud of morning beach conditioning sessions these young men,” said Wynn. “The
level of respect they had for us, each other, and the sport of basketball defines what it means to display good sportsmanship.” “It was an honor to be picked by these young men. Even though we’re relatively new to the coaching scene in Turks and Caicos, the fact that they had faith in us to guide them to victory means a lot,” said Krzanowski.
The team will now go about their lives getting back to work and enjoying their summer break from university while Coach Jon and Coach Dwyane can be found every Saturday at the Graceway Sports Centre from 8:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. training the next generation of athletes as the directors of the PABA’s Triple Double Basketball Program.
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Paba Re-Launches Youth Development League As Triple Double Basketball Program The Provo Amateur Basketball Association (PABA) officially opened the 2016 season for their rebranded youth development league, the Triple Double Basketball Program, this past Saturday, July 16th. The recent re-launch and rebranding by the PABA is in an effort to build stronger basketball programs at the grassroots level. President of the PABA Sydwell Glasgow said he is excited to usher in an improved approach to developing basketball here in Providenciales for the association and hopes to get more local young players prepared to play at the next level. While improving the
fundamentals of the youth playing the country’s most popular sport is certainly a focal point, it is definitely not the only point of focus for this youth program. With a Mantra of Basketball…Education…Life Skills, the Triple Double Basketball Program aims to also build character by making personal development a priority through its mentorship program, tutoring, and a strong code of conduct. “The ultimate goal is for the players to gain the skills and values necessary to be successful in life. Team sports can teach so much about recognizing your strengths and weaknesses and about working together
with other people, about how to lead and how to follow someone else’s lead. While we’re increasing their basketball skill, we’re also teaching them all these skills that will help them throughout their life; in school and later in their chosen careers. We want them to understand personal accountability and how to handle a certain level of responsibility,” stated Triple Double co-director Dwyane Krzanowski. Both Krzanowski and his co-director Jon Wynn boast experience when it comes to developing young men and women. Krzanowski during his time as a mentor with the US Army National Guard and Wynn during his time with basketball
programs in Dayton Ohio and Atlanta Georgia. It is this type of experience that contributes to a stellar program that focuses on developing the whole person and not just the player and gets them prepared to take advantage of potential scholarship opportunities by building their resolve both on and off the court. The Triple Double Basketball Program runs every Saturday morning at the Graceway Sports Centre from 8 to 10:30 a.m. For more on how you can register, volunteer, or become a sponsor visit their Facebook page, www.facebook.com/tripledoubletc, or website http://www.tripledoubletc.com.
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Jamaican diver plots as little splash as possible at first Games
Jamaican diver Yona Knight-Wisdom hopes his uncharacteristically large frame will not only help him stand out amongst his competitors at his first Olympics but also enable him to win by making as small a splash as possible. Standing at 1.89m (6’3”) tall and weighing close to 90kg, the first male diver from the Caribbean island to qualify for the Olympics is at least 20cm taller than the slight Chinese divers who dominated the London 2012 Olympics. While he sees his height as a disadvantage that prevents him from spinning as fast as other divers, his weight allows him to propel himself higher from the springboard and execute the harder dives, he told Reuters by phone from the United Kingdom. “The main thing I have to my advantage is that I’m able to get a really clean entry into the water, so I make very little splash,” said Knight-Wisdom, who competes in the individual three-
and Exercise Science degree at Leeds Beckett University, in May. Sponsored by BritishJamaican musician and sauce maker Levi Roots he chose to represent Jamaica after struggling to get into the British diving team. Jamaica has only had one other Olympic diver, Betsy Sullivan, who participated in the 1972 Games in Munich. In the run-up to the Games, Knight-Wisdom said he is training for at least 25 hours a week with only Sundays off. Yona Knight-Wisdom of Jamaica dives While he’s keeping his eye during the men’s 1m Springboard final on the final and clinching a spot at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in in the FINA/NVC Diving World Edinburgh, Scotland, July 30, 2014 Series next year, his main goal is meter springboard event. to enjoy the occasion, he said. “I’m just to keep it really, Still, he admits, his really simple and just try to get presence holds greater significance the most consistent performance in breaking down stereotypes because I feel like people will about divers. make mistakes.” “To see an African The British-born 21-year- American diver kind of at the top old, whose father is Jamaican level in this sport, there’s very few and mother from Barbados, now of us,” he said. counts himself as a professional “Some people do still get athlete after competing his Sports shocked when I do say I’m a diver.”
Sir Curtly says Jason Holder’s captaincy was premature
Jason Holder’s captaincy has come under scrutiny following the team’s embarrassing defeat to India in the first Test when ended here on Sunday Former West Indies Holder has been saddled with a fast bowler Sir Curtly Ambrose heavy burden and should not be believes that current Test captain, blamed entirely for the team’s 24-year-old Jason Holder, was failures. thrown off the deep end when he “… When we were was elevated to the top position in in South Africa prior to the 2014. World Cup in Australia and Sir Curtly was employed New Zealand, the chairman of as the regional squad’s bowling selectors, Clive Lloyd, said they consultant for three years until would recommend Jason Holder he was replaced in May of this to be the captain,” he said. year. “I remember Stuart Williams and The Antiguan believes that young myself because Stuart was head
coach then, kept saying to Clive Lloyd every single day that it’s too much of a burden for the young man. He’s just getting his feet wet in international cricket and to burden him with the captaincy in a big tournament like the World Cup would be too much. Let Darren Sammy lead the team to the World Cup and after the World Cup and you want to make changes, then you can look and see what’s happening.”
Russell’s lawyer disputes anti-doping charge Andre Russell’s lawyer has disputed the Jamaican Anti-doping Commission’s (JADCO) claim that the West Indies allrounder had missed three dope tests in a 12-month period, resulting in a violation of the whereabouts clause. According to The Jamaica Gleaner , Russell’s lawyer Patrick Forster claimed at the hearing of an independent panel on July 20 that his client had received correspondence from JADCO for only twice - January to March, 2015 and July to September, 2015 - for allegedly missing the out-of-competition doping tests. Forster requested JADCO’s lawyer to make available the Commission’s third correspondence which notified Russell of his transgression. The tribunal panel chairman Hugh Faulkner then asked JADCO to provide documentary evidence of Russell’s third filing failure, following which it was agreed that JADCO would provide details on Monday. JADCO has until August 10 to serve their files, while the deadline for Russell’s team is September 7. The hearing is set for September 19 and 20. In March this year, JADCO said Russell had reportedly missed three dope tests in a 12-month period, which equated to a failed test under doping laws. Athletes are required make their whereabouts known to local anti-doping agencies to facilitate testing under the WADA code and face a ban of up to two years if found guilty of repeatedly missing them. Russell, 28, has been a leading player in the T20 format in recent times. He played a crucial role in West Indies winning the 2016 World T20 title in March and April, and is a key performer in domestic leagues around the world. Russell was part of winning campaigns for Sydney Thunder in the 2015-16 Big Bash League and for Islamabad United in the Pakistan Super League in February. He is currently playing for Jamaica Tallawahs in CPL 2016.
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Michael Jordan speaks against both police killings, targeting of police
Basketball legend Michael country over police killings of black Jordan spoke out on police violence men and increased debate throughout on Monday and announced two $1 the United States over policing and million grants, to civil rights group minorities. The calculated killings in NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund and to a two cities of police officers by black group that works on improving police military veterans this month have fueled concerns of a backlash against relations with communities. “I can no longer stay silent,” police. Five officers were killed in Jordan wrote in a statement sent to Dallas and three in Baton Rouge, the media. The retired sports star Louisiana. Jordan said he wants fair and business magnate is known for his reticence to address social issues, treatment for people of color by police though he has made political donations as well as respect and support for in the past. police officers. One of the $1 million grants is “As a proud American, a father who lost his own dad in a senseless act going to the Institute for Communityof violence, and a black man, I have Police Relations, an organization been deeply troubled by the deaths launched in May by the International of African-Americans at the hands of Association of Chiefs of Police that law enforcement and angered by the will work to foster best practices in cowardly and hateful targeting and community policing. The other grant will killing of police officers,” Jordan, 53, law enforcement reform work by wrote. Over the past two years there the National Association for the have been waves of protests across the Advancement of Colored People’s Legal
Canada to send 313 athletes to Rio
former basketball great Michael Jordan in Paris, France June 12, 2015. Defense Fund, a longstanding civil rights group. Jordan, who is worth $1.14 billion according to the Forbes magazine list of billionaires, has made a fortune through endorsements for products such as Nike, and through his ownership of National Basketball Association team the
Charlotte Hornets. He played professional basketball with the Chicago Bulls in the 1980s and ‘90s when the team won six NBA championships. Jordan had briefly retired from basketball in the mid-1990s after his father was murdered.
‘Birdman’ signs with Cavs, reuniting with LeBron
A view of one of the blocks of apartments where Canadal’s athletes competing in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games are supposed to stay in the Olympic Village in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 23, 2016 Canada will send 313 athletes to the Rio de Janeiro Olympics determined to improve on the one gold medal won at the London Summer Games. Trampolinist Rosie MacLennan, who won Canada’s only gold four years ago, is back to defend her Olympic title and will lead the team of 187 women and 126 men into the Rio Games opening ceremonies on Aug. 5 after earlier being named the country’s flag bearer. The Canadian team, announced on Monday includes 100 athletes who have competed in at least one other Summer Games and Georgia Simmerling, who is attempting to become the first Canadian athlete to compete in a different sport at each of three Olympics. Simmerling, who will be competing in track cycling at Rio, was a member of the Canadian freestyle skicross team at the 2014 Sochi Olympics
and the Alpine ski team at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games. While Canada has featured at or near the top of the Winter Olympics medal standings, their efforts at the Summer Games have not been nearly as impressive with just 18 medals in London (one gold, five silver, 12 bronze) to sit well down the table in 36th place. Lesley Thompson-Willie, a member of the Canadian women’s eights, will be competing in her eighth Olympic Games. She was also named to the Canadian team for the boycotted 1980 Moscow Games. At 56, Thompson-Willie will be the oldest member of the Canadian team while 16-year-old artistic gymnast Shallon Olsen will be the youngest. Equestrian Ian Millar, who represented Canada at 10 Olympics, will not be in Rio but his daughter Amy will be in the saddle to carry on the family tradition.
Miami Heat forward Chris Andersen (R) is heading to the Cleveland Cavaliers to reunite with former Heat teammate LeBron James. The Cleveland Cavaliers In his career, Andersen holds officially signed Chris “Birdman” averages of 5.5 points, 5.1 rebounds Andersen on Friday, reuniting the and 1.4 blocks in 17.8 minutes over 683 games (45 starts). He has a career center with LeBron James. The contract is a reported one- field-goal percentage of .533, having year deal for the veteran’s minimum. hit at least .500 from the field in each The 6-foot-10, 245-pound of the last eight seasons. Andersen split time between the Andersen won an NBA Memphis Grizzlies and Miami Heat championship with Miami in 2013 last season, appearing in 27 games (15 while a teammate with James, and starts) with averages of 3.9 points and set an NBA playoff record by shooting 3.6 rebounds in 14.9 minutes. .807 (46-for-57) from the field over The 38-year-old Andersen has 20 games during the Heat’s title played 14 NBA seasons in a career run. Overall, he has appeared in 73 stalled by a two-year ban for violations career postseason games (two starts), of the NBA’s substance-abuse policy. averaging 5.3 points on .631 shooting He has had stops in Denver (twice), from the field, 5.0 rebounds and 1.2 New Orleans, Miami and Memphis. blocks in 17.1 minutes.
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Jack Nicklaus on Tiger Woods: ‘I don’t ‘understand what he is struggling with’ FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla -His blonde locks and burly physique earned him the nickname “The Golden Bear.” So it’s no surprise that Jack Nicklaus’ next big post-golf venture nests in the food industry. Nicklaus isn’t pestering the tents of sleeping campers, but appeasing appetites of hungry airplane passengers. The Golden Bear Grill opened Wednesday at Fort LauderdaleHollywood International Airport. The restaurant’s menu features many of the items Nicklaus enjoyed from the kitchen of his wife, Barbara, during a golf career spanning more than 40 Jack Nicklaus (L) pats U.S. team member Tiger Woods on the shoulder before his round during the years. When Nicklaus, 76, wasn’t fifth-round singles competition against the international team at the 2013 Presidents Cup at Muirfield talking about graham-cracker- Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio crusted Key lime pie, he spoke about an adjustment to his analysis. gets sick, then they’ve got another generational rival Tiger Woods and the “I felt bad for the game of golf issue other than what they are trying multitude of golfers snubbing the Rio when guys first started [dropping out],” to do...making a living in golf and to be Olympics. Nicklaus said. “I thought maybe it was able to perform at their best and Golf was not part of the a little selfish on their part to not grow highest level. Olympics during Nicklaus’ run at a the game of golf. “I’ve taken the opposite side of record 18 professional major titles. “Then I started thinking more my own opinion.” That could have been what led him to about it and thought maybe I shouldn’t Nicklaus pointed at golf ’s think that players such as the World’s have said that because it’s not about outdoor nature when speculating about No. 1 golfer Jason Day, No. 2 Dustin that. They aren’t about growing golf why the sport’s top athletes fear for Johnson, No. 3 Jordan Spieth, No. 4 right now. They are into playing golf. their health amid Zika virus concerns. Rory McIlroy, Adam Scott, Graeme I’m into growing golf because I’m past “I don’t know whether golf McDowell, and others were “selfish” for my time. I look to the future of what will stay in the Olympics, because of not accepting the honor to represent happens to it. These guys are thinking what is going on right now, because their countries. ‘how do I make a living, how do I they are voting on it next year,” Now, like he did so well during perform?’ If they get sick, and then all Nicklaus said. “They are going to be his revered career, Nicklaus is making of the sudden they have a family that in the 2020 [Olympics]. The thing is
for most sports, the Olympics are the pinnacle of that sport. Tennis and golf, the Olympics aren’t the pinnacle of those sports ... Wimbledon, U.S. Open, the Masters, British Open, are the pinnacle of our sports. It has done ok with tennis, which has survived through the Olympics and went very well. I think golf has to get started and understand. I think that this year the guys had a horrible time trying to figure out their schedules. They were trying to figure out how they are going to play the British Open, then jam in the PGA before the Olympics, which is what they are doing this week. So they’ve had other issues. “The Zika has been a large part of it. A lot of them are young guys. In most sports that are played they play in a stadium or indoors in an auditorium or something like that. They are out on a facility down next to a marsh area. There are going to be mosquitoes there and that’s probably going to be an issue for them.” Tiger tracker Nicklaus said he has exchanged several text messages with Tiger Woods, but he hasn’t “talked” to him since the Masters. Woods trails Nicklaus with 14 major titles, for most all-time. But the days are adding up since Woods won his last. He last hoisted a major trophy at the 2008 U.S. Open.
Serena Williams withdraws from Rogers Cup Top-seeded Serena Williams Williams said in a statement. “I has withdrawn from the Rogers Cup was looking forward to competing due to shoulder inflammation. in Montreal and I look forward to ` Williams, a three-time returning soon.” champion, made the announcement Williams recently won her on Sunday. She was to receive a first- seventh career Wimbledon crown to round bye in the tourney that begins tie Steffi Graf ’s record of 22 Grand Slam titles. Monday in Montreal. Her withdrawal comes less “Because this is an Olympic than two weeks before the start of year, the players have very full the Olympic tennis, where she is schedules,” tournament director scheduled to represent the United Eugene Lapierre said in a statement. States. “Sometimes your body “Due to inflammation in needs rest. We hope that Serena will my shoulder, I unfortunately must recover quickly and wish her much withdraw from the Rogers Cup,” success for the rest of the season.”
London, United Kingdom; Serena Williams (USA) during her match against Angelique Kerber (GER) on day 13 of the 2016 The Championships Wimbledon
Warriors’ Draymond Green avoids jail in slapping incident
Golden State Warriors Draymond Green will avoid jail time over a slapping incident in a deal with the district attorney
Golden State Warriors standout Draymond Green reached a plea agreement to avoid jail time in the case in which he was charged for slapping a Michigan State football player. Officials in East Lansing, Mich., announced the agreement on Friday. Green will be fined $500 and pay $60 in restitution to Jermaine Edmondson, who police said was slapped by Green on July 10. Green didn’t have to amid guilt or enter a nocontest plea, according to assistant city prosecutor
David Meyers. Green, a former Michigan State basketball star, originally was facing a misdemeanor assault charge. It was reduced to a noise violation, which is an infraction. Edmondson is no longer part of Michigan State’s football program. School officials previously said his departure was not related to the incident with Green. Edmondson told police that their conflict started the previous night after they bumped into each other at an East Lansing bar. When
Edmondson saw him again the next night he told Green “last night wasn’t cool.” Soon after, Green slapped him so hard police nearby said they could hear it. Green said his legal team is taking care of the situation but he plans to “learn from” his arrest. Green is prohibited from contact with Edmondson for one year as part of the plea deal. The original charge will be reinstated if he contacts Edmondson or is convicted of a new criminal charge.
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