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ECONOMY REBOUNDING T

By Todeline Defralien

he Turks and Caicos Islands economy is rebounding strongly, after suffering four months of decline following back-to-back devastating hurricanes Irma and Maria in September 2017.

The positive assessment was given by Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon. Sharlene Robinson who predicted that the economy is in track for further, steady growth.

The Premier’s forecast is in line with that of one of the Caribbean’s top economists, Dr. Justin Ram, Director of Economics at the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), who said earlier this year that The Turks and Caicos Islands economy recorded the second best performance in the Caribbean region in 2017 (far better than larger Caribbean economies such as The Bahamas, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Antigua, St. Lucia, Guyana, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, St. Kitts, St. Vincent and Suriname) and is expected to have “strong growth” in 2018.

In an exclusive interview with The SUN, Premier Robinson reported that the country’s economic and financial position was so bleak after the hurricanes because Government was earning considerably less than the $19million which is required to run the Turks and Caicos Islands each month.

This situation, she said, called for some careful and prudent management.

“In September we only took in about $5 million when it cost about $19.5 million a month... you then have to wait and say, ok now resorts are fully open, let’s see if the tourists are coming back, because that is our main revenue earner. We did quite a bit in terms of exemptions for customs; we needed to see how Central Provident Fund

Caribbean Federation of Police Welfare Association 7th AGM in TCI

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he Caribbean Federation of Police Welfare Associations (CFPWA) hosted their Seventh (7th) Annual General Meeting in the Turks and Caicos Islands from Tuesday May 22nd – May 24th.

In its first time taking place in the TCI, the Opening ceremony was held at the Vix Conference Room, Regent Village on Tuesday

(CPF) is performing which is another revenue earner and how import duties are performing. We have to look again at all of the revenue streams because your budget is then based on your projected revenue. So if your revenue for four months between September and December is trending miserably lower than what you even need to run your country, then you have to really wait and see if our open for business message is working,” she explained to The SUN.

She added: “Government is projection, and until you start seeing exactly where you are picking back up or where you’re not picking back up, there will be an exercise in futility. It took us several months to see exactly how we would be trending. It was a wait

May 22nd with over 30 delegates in attendance from all member countries.

This year’s conference is held under the theme “Fusing Ideas to Promote Standards and Unity in Regional Law Enforcement”.

From L-R: Assistant Commissioner Rodney Adams, Attorney General, Rhondalee Braithwaite- Knowles, Acting Governor Mrs. and see game more than anything else.”

She continued: “We never started picking back up until January and as a matter a fact, remember Beaches would have only opened middle December (2017) and thank God in a few days they were back up in full occupancy. I will pick on Beaches because people need to understand the impact which that has because when they (Beaches) would have closed, the airlift was affected.

So it’s not only what they are paying directly into the Treasury for taxes, you also have the airlift affected and other resorts not getting the numbers and you also have head tax and departure tax.”

“You would hear people say that we end the end of the year with a surplus but what does that means.

Anya Williams, Commissioner of Police Mr. James Smith, Sabrina Green, President of the Caribbean Welfare Association, Mr. Brenton Smith, Bishop Coleta Williams III, Keynote Speaker Mr. Clement Joseph Senior Crown Counsel and Assistant Commissioner of Police Wayne Jones.

See page-5 Because we were trending woefully low, we actually had to stop the level of spending that we would normally do. We cut our capital program in half because we couldn’t pay for the projects, and then of course it shifted and we then reduced expenditure. That’s what the supplementary was about; to make sure that we pull back on what we are spending. If you’re not doing all the things that you’re supposed to be doing and you pull back on spending and you have revenues coming in, it looks like a surplus because you’re not doing much.”

Robinson further expressed that the TCI was blessed and fortunate that many tourists started returning in large numbers, with hotels and villas recording strong bookings.

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LOCAL NEWS

ECONOMY REBOUNDING

continued from page 1 NO NEW TAXES IN BUDGET

Meantime, Premier Robinson said that TCI’s annual budget, which must be constitutionally passed before the end of July each year, will be presented no later than June, and will not contain any new taxes.

She said, “As it relates to the budget of course the challenge is post the hurricanes, my Government is not prepared to, in this climate, introduce a new tax, but aside from their urgent needs we have recovery efforts, rebuilding. You have competing building back schools, building back critical Government departments, your regular roads, your other national security issues that are emerging, your prevailing health care cost, so you have these major tickets with the same revenue.”

She revealed that the capital budget was recently approved by Cabinet and they were in the process of looking at operations.

“When I say operation, I mean the current cost and once we look at that we will determine what’s the next step. People are saying run your reserves and run a deficit budget if you have to, but spending your reserves requires you finding a way to say to the UK under your financials framework, ‘how do I build it back up?’ Spending your reserves, you run the risk as well of not having money put away for those days; like we had to draw on our reserves when monies weren’t coming in. Initially we were just spending as if nothing has happened.”

Premier Robinson also said that Government sent the Fiscal Strategic Policy Statement (FSPS) into the United Kingdom (UK) and received conditional approval.

She added: “The levels have since changed, which is required under the financial frame work that we sent that ahead. The levels have changed because we have increased

the capital program from initially $20 million to $38 million, looking at $18 million from our savings. Looking at our trends, we feel comfortable in terms of what we’re getting of revenue.

We feel comfortable and we’re cautiously comfortable because any external shock of course Turks and Caicos will have an issue, but when we go to Cabinet now to look at the detailed budget, because we’re going to be spending from our reserves, that requires UK approval and the budget will have to go up as well.”

When asked by The SUN if the budget was worth the wait, she said that she believes people will be surprised.

“We want to manage expectations in terms of program delivery and we do always have the challenge of a limited number of construction companies and we’re continuing the grow the ministry of infrastructure that has to put out projects. So while we, for example,

Premier Hon. Sharlene Cartwright Robinson during the supplementary we had a number of schools included and we were only able to take to contract the two schools in South Caicos and those schools of course rolled into the budget year.”

The Premier noted that once she comes out of Cabinet she will be able to state where the greater spending in terms of recurrent is, but her Government’s priority this year is Primary Health Care and Social Services.

TCI Hospital celebrates International Nurses Week 2018

Turks and Caicos Islands Hospital held several initiatives on May 6th – 12th to celebrate International Nurses Week 2018 under the theme: “Inspire, Innovate, Influence.” Nurses from across the organization convened at a special ceremony inside the main foyer of Cheshire Hall Medical Centre, which was video casted to Cockburn Town Medical Centre on Grand Turk.

During the ceremony held on Tuesday, presentations were delivered by senior managers and middle-management teams who lead nurses in different departments.

Newly appointed Chief of Clinical Services, Mikette Been gave remarks and is heralded as a trending example of the opportunities for growth available in the nursing profession beyond traditional responsibilities.

Speeches were also delivered by InterHealth Canada’s Chief Executive Officer - Gaston Levac, Dianne Hinneh - Emergency and Ambulatory Clinics Manager, Pheona Brown-Watson - Surgical Suites Manager, Denise BraithwaiteTennant - Chief of Medical Services and Percy Joseph – Deputy Site

Director of Cockburn Town Medical Centre.

The ceremony featured a flameless candle vigil in remembrance of Florence Nightingale who is an international hallmark of the nursing profession. Nurses stood at attention for a passionate recitation of the Nightingale pledge, which was followed by a group musical selection of the song, Carry your Candle.

A story board was created with over 20 nurses standing side-byside, each holding a sign containing a letter or sentence, to collectively build an important message showing

the dedication, compassion and selfless attributes engrained in the profession. The various specialties represented included nurses from the Emergency Department, Surgical Suites, Maternity, Outpatient and Inpatient Departments, Oncology and Dialysis Unit.

Other activities held to observe the occasion included a church service, radio appearance on RTC’s Health Matters show, a gift distribution across the hospital, along with a social barbeque inside the Healing Garden across both sites.

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LOCAL NEWS

Police Force needs more assistance

Members of the Police Association.

By Todeline Defralien

Members of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force deserve more support.

This was the consensus that emerged from the main speakers who addressed the Caribbean Federation of Police Welfare Association’s (CFPWA) 7th Annual General Meeting in the Turks and Caicos Islands from Tuesday May 22nd – May 24th.

In her address, Acting Governor Her Excellency Anya Williams noted that she is grateful personally for the role that the police play in the Turks and Caicos Islands, throughout the region and all around the world.

“A police officer in doing his job should never have to worry about how his family is going to be taken care of should something happen to them. A police officer at the end of serving 30 and 40 years of service to this country should not be thrown into the public and then have to look for something else to do to care for themselves and their family,” she said to loud applause.

“While I acknowledge that we’ve

done more and we’ve done better and I credit the force and I credit Mr. (James) Smith (Commissioner of Police) and his team for what they’ve done in terms of the Force in Turks and Caicos Islands in terms of bringing additional staff, additional resources, new vehicles, equipment, training and so on, and I believe personally there is still a lot of work for us to do in terms of looking out for the personal welfare of our officers and our staff. That is where our attention needs to be and that is where we need to take our country, because if we want to see more persons joining the force, if we want to see people in the public respect our Police Force it starts first with us ensuring that we put the Force on the level where it suppose to be,” Williams explained.

In his remarks, Inspector Winston Diamond said, “We are a skilled workforce and should be treated as such. With our welfare in mind, I am calling on the Governor, the Premier, the church, and the public to give us the external support that we need financially, physically, spiritually to make sure that we are paid for the job that we do; that

we have the manpower, equipment, training and the blessings that we need to do the job that is required of us.

I am also calling on the Commissioner of Police to see no wrong in the internal support which insures that these things are available to us.”

Diamond encouraged his colleagues to do their part to make sure that their fellow men welfare is taken care of by giving 100 percent.

“Remember what you do affect everyone positively or negatively.

When you don’t show up for work or report sick or fail to do what you are suppose to do, you are putting a strain on your fellow men,” he said.

Commissioner of Police James Smith added that of the Police Force fails to respect each other and the diverse backgrounds that they originated from, then they could never succeed in promoting unity in law enforcement.

“Success for partnership and working relationships is based on mutual respect and trust. I mean this both at local level, regional and international level, and if we fail to respect each other and the diverse backgrounds that we originated

from, then we could never succeed in promoting unity in law enforcement.

You may have heard expressions such as the thin blue line, the family of policing all which are meant to describe the way we feel about our fellow Officers and show everyone outside the Police Force that we stand together through thick and thin through good times and bad time and support each other in one of the most difficult and demanding roles of gods earth.”

He added: “How can we expect all of our Officers and staff to play for one team when some parts of the team think that they are more worthy than others just because of where they were born.”

In attendance was Hon. Premier Mrs. Sharlene CartwrightRobinson, H.E. the Acting Governor Mrs. Anya Williams, Hon. Attorney General, Rhondalee BraithwaiteKnowles, President of the Caribbean Welfare Association, Mr. Brenton Smith, Commissioner of Police Mr. James Smith and Keynote Speaker Mr. Clement Joseph Senior Crown Counsel.

Crime Report MAN ROBBED AT SCOTIA BANK

LANGUAGE AND RESISTING ARREST

At 12:10 p.m., on Friday, May 18th, 2018 a man was robbed at gunpoint while leaving the Scotia Bank on the Leeward Highway. The masked gunman stole a silver black faced iPhone s6 valued US$500, a Black Blackberry Z10 valued US$200 and US$300 in cash.

On Saturday, May 19th, 2018 a 30-year-old woman was arrested and charged following an altercation with Police at Sam’s Building on Thursday, May 17th, 2018. The woman was charged with the offences of Cruelty to a juvenile, Indecent Language and Resisting Arrest. On Sunday, May 20th, 2018 she was given bail in the amount of US$3000 and is scheduled to appear in court on Monday, June 4th, 2018.

WOMAN ARRESTED FORGED DOCUMENTS

FOR

UTTERING

A 21-year-old woman is currently out on US$10,000 bail following an arrest on Friday, May 18th, 2018 on suspicion of Uttering Forged Documents in relation to a report made by Ministry of Border Control and Employment in 2017. The woman is scheduled to return to the Police Station on July 19th, 2018 to be further dealt with.

CAKE STORE BURGLED

STOP AND SEARCH ARREST A 42-year-old man was arrested on Saturday, May 19th, 2018 following a stop and search by Police.

During the search of the vehicle, an amount of cannabis was found. The man is expected to face charges for Possession of Cannabis, Assault on a Police Officer and Obstruction. He is still in Police Custody.

GRAND TURK RIDGE HOME BURGLED

On Saturday, May 19th, 2018 a woman reported to police that her place of business was burgled.

According to the complainant, upon arrival employees discovered the store broken into and ransacked. Missing were a black Samsung 32inch Smart Television valued US$500, US$17 cash was stolen from the register, two cases of juice valued fifty dollars US$50, a six pack of ginger beer valued US$7 and two slices of banana bread value unknown. This is still under investigation.

Police on Grand Turk are investigating a Burglary that took place on Saturday, May 19th, 2018.

According to the complainant, upon returning home, she discovered it ransacked. Missing were one 32inch Black Television and 1 cell phone, value unknown.

WOMAN

At 9:30 p.m., on Sunday, May 20th, 2018 a woman

CHARGED

FOR

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BAR ROBBED OF CASH

reported to 911 that her bar was robbed by a gunman in the Bight, Providenciales. According to reports, the masked gunman stole an unknown amount of cash and made his escape in a vehicle.

The description of the gunman and the vehicle is unknown.

STORAGE UNIT BURGLED Police on Providenciales are investigating reports of the burglary of a storage unit. The unit that was last secured on Saturday, May 19th, was discovered ransacked on Monday, May 21st, 2018. Missing is one Champion generator, valued at US$600 and a second Generator valued at US$1000.00.

HIT AND RUN Police on Providenciales are investigating a Hit and Run that occurred at 1:00 a.m., on Monday May 21st, 2018. According to reports, the male victim was crossing the road on the Airport Road when he was struck by an unknown vehicle that sped off.

The 44-year-old man was taken to the Cheshire Hall Medical Centre where he was treated and later released.

The Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force continue to appeal to the general public who may have any information that can assist in the detection of any crime to come forward, or contact the Chalk Sound Police Station at 338-5901, 9418082, 911 or call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-8477.

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Human Rights Commission first multi-agency meeting a success

Human rights affect every aspect of our daily lives and, although some of these rights are well known, much of the time we don’t consider an issue from a human rights perspective.

As representatives of government, whether police officers, social workers, immigration officers etc., it is vital that our institutions have an understanding and a respect for Human Rights.

The Commission invited two decision-making members Nicholas Prew, Kabatha Smith, Brenda Been, Anthony Swann,Sabrina Green, Dr.Hamlet Nation, Straudy Lightbourne, Carolyn Outten,Aldora Robinson of each department to these new ,Tammika Lall- Williams stakeholder meetings to be held recommendations on methods that understanding in each agency of the international standards. The desired at the Commission’s offices. The will improve their processes, and as role and functions of our organization outcome is to make their departments Commission itself has a variety of a result provide resilience to avoid and, in turn, allow us to better a more robust Human Rights friendly powers available for it to complete future breaches. understand the pressures the various environment.This endeavor will research, investigate complaints and On April 26th 2018, the first agencies are working under, with bring forth a greater mindfulness submit reports to His Excellency of these meetings were launched at a view of collaboratively improving of Human Rights within the various the Governor regarding any Human the office of the Turks and Caicos outcomes. departments, and by extension the Rights failings within the Turks and Islands’ Human Rights Commission.

One of the proposals from country.

Caicos Islands.

The aim of these meetings is this meeting was the need for Liaison It is our desire that more

As a watchdog institution, to create a forum to share information Officers (LNO)representing various public facing departments will join us the Human Rights Commission has and utilise each other’s skills which departments. The LNO will bridge in helping to make this new initiative received a variety of case intakes from will enable problem solving and the gap between their organization the success that the people of the individuals that have already tried to introduce new strategies to improve and the Human Rights Commission. Turks and Caicos Islands both need find help from government agencies or our respective institutions.

The The officer will be the Human and deserve. persons who are making complaints Human Rights Commission deemed Rights Commission point of contact The Commission is very against the agency directly. this first meeting a smashing for issues arising in relation to that excited about this new approach and

Whilst one of the stated goals success. In attendance were various department. The selected individuals is looking forward to bringing about a of the Human Rights Commission is to organizations represented who will undergo an in-depth certified more sensitized society which will be assist individuals in situations where brought key topics relative to their training program, which makes for demonstrated through our key public they feel that their rights have been departments to be discussed. an excellent opportunity to arm the facing agencies. breached, it is also our responsibility This initiative will also allow various LNOs on Human Rights best to advise government and make the Commission to increase the practices and keeping in line with

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Closing Haitian Consulate will not solve sloop problems, says Premier Robinson

By Todeline Defralien

Despite great concerns by the local community and Haitian residents residing in TCI, closing the Haitian Consulate will not solve the sloop problems, according to Premier Hon. Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson.

When asked by The SUN if the removal of the Haitian Consulate will solve the sloop issues, she said, “No. You have to have multi solutions and there are many things that you have to do. It requires partnership and it requires so many different things and apart from the resources it requires regional and international partnership.

We are at a place today where we have five (5) UK Border Control Officers that are here simply because I have been very engaged with the United Kingdom (UK) on this topic and I’ve made several requests and they’ve come. Of course, as one could imagine, they want to assist and see if this is really what I need or they can also top up what I am asking for.”

Premier Robinson noted that the United Kingdom (UK) recognizes that Turks and Caicos Islands have needs and they are prepared to assist and find out what exactly those needs are.

Additionally, she stressed that currently the TCI is faced with a large number of undocumented people which is a national security issue when you don’t know who is in your country.

“What I’ve asked them for is greater protection for the borders, I

am looking for patrolling, you realise that as long as the ship was out there in people’s minds it (illegal sloops) stopped. What also happened is that you have people who’ve come forward and turned themselves in and asked to leave the country because of the high immigration enforcement, so you have to keep the enforcement going. People believe that it is cold and uncomfortable but you have to, because what this country is faced with is that we have a large number of undocumented people and that is a national security issue when you don’t know who is in your country,” she told The SUN.

The Premier further stated that the TCI needs sustained presence protecting the border and also need a sustained immigration approach.

“For me as the Minister of Finance I can’t plan a budget properly because I can never build enough schools because I don’t know how many children are here. I don’t know what roads are being used more than anything else because I don’t know what roads I need to build and where, because I don’t know where people are living and I don’t know what numbers of people are here. So it’s a planning resources problem as well.”

She added: “The sustained presence is not just the United Kingdom (UK), we have this OPBAT (Operation Bahamas and Turks and Caicos) relationship and The Bahamas actually went to a specially called Cabinet meeting after I spoke with the Prime Minister and the first item on

the agenda was how we help the Turks and Caicos. The Prime Minster, Hubert Minnis went to meet with the Prime Minister of London when we were there a few weeks ago and he used his few minutes in the meeting speaking to her to say accelerate Turks and Caicos request to allow us to assist.”

Robinson noted that she asked the UK already by letter to help TCI, but the Bahamas is also willing to help because it’s in their interest as well.

“I’ve already spoken to the Prime Minister, the Head of the Defense Force, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and they are all committed. The word is now for us to send a dip note into an MOU because we don’t have a Defence Force and I am just waiting for the go from the United Kingdom (UK). That is a direct relationship MOU and the Bahamas and it’s the first time ever. OPBAT, The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos are pushing for their special meeting now with our American Partners in this group.

We had concerns the last year when Donald Trump was reducing the budget for the Coast Guard and they feel that they would be so successful that they could roll back on activities.

We have now pushed that forward to strengthen our relationship with in up bet to make sure that there is greater patrolling,” she explained.

In addition, the Premier stressed that the United States (US) Coast Guard has been more than helpful to the Turks and Caicos Islands.

“One of the latest sloops the

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Premier Hon. Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson US Coast Guard intercepted it, last year we had about nine (9) boats heading for us at one time six (6) turned around and the US Coast Guards was able to turn the others. We see the value of having boats on the water because the cost comes to Turks and Caicos when they enter your water and you have to tow them in. The main thing for us is to get that Border protection up. The next thing of course is immigration enforcement. We have Immigration, we have Police Marine Branch, we have DECR dealing with illegal fishing and this Government is going to be moving towards what we call Border Protection Unit/Border Force.”

Robinson stated that her Government is going to do their part in terms of making the best use of their other resources and marrying critical departments and with that she is absolutely certain that it will make a difference.

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MAY 26TH, 2018 – JUNE 2ND, 2018

LOCAL NEWS

Tobacco dealers licence now required

The Department of Mental Health and Substance Dependence within the Ministry of Health Agriculture, Sports and Human Services hereby notifies the general public that commencing Tuesday May 15th 2018, applications for tobacco licences will be accepted.

According to the Tobacco Control Ordinance Part III Section 10, a person shall not manufacture, import, export, sell or distribute tobacco products without a license.

By definition, a tobacco product is a product entirely or partly made from the leaf of tobacco as raw material, which is manufactured to be used for smoking, sucking, chewing or sniffing and includes products such as cigarettes, cigars, chewing tobacco and snuff just to name a

few.

Applications can be collected and submitted at the following locations: Providenciales: Department of Mental Health and Substance Dependence, Samuel Harvey Building, Down Town Grand Turk: Department of Mental Health and Substance Dependence, Former Clinic Building, Duncombe Alley South Caicos, Salt Cay, North and Middle Caicos: District Commissioners Office

Persons submitting applications are advised to bring along a copy of their

business license and at least one form of identification.

Anyone who contravenes Section 10 of the Tobacco Control Ordinance commits an offense and will be subject to a fine not exceeding $10,000, or a term of imprisonment not exceeding three years, or to both”. “For a second or subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or a term of imprisonment not exceeding four (4) years, or to both”.

For further information about the Tobacco Dealer’s License contact the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Department on: 338-3613 in Grand Turk, and 338-4737 in Providenciales or visit our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ TCIDMHSD.

Turks and Caicos Sun

Suite#5, Airport Plaza Providenciales Turks and Caicos Islands Tel: (649) 339-5879 Fax: (649) 941-3281 Email: sun@suntci.com Read us online at www.suntci.com Publisher & Editor-in-Chief: Hayden Boyce

Final notice for electrician licence

The Ministry of Infrastructure, Housing and Planning issues this final notice to all electrical practitioners, property owners and businesses.

Approved electrical license applicants are required to pay the licensing fee for 2018 before May 15, 2018.

The processing of payments can be done at the Planning Department Offices in Grand Turk and Providenciales.

The Planning Department Office on Providenciales is located in Emily House, Leeward Highway, Providenciales and the office in Grand Turk is currently located in the Government Compound, on Pond Street.

The Electricity (Amendment) Ordinance 2015 which came into effect on March 1, 2016 states that, “no person

shall carry out electrical work of any nature unless he holds a license issued by the Board authorizing him to do so and is licensed in one of the following categories;” 1. Electrical Engineer 2. Master Electrician 3. Journeyman 4. Wireman 5. Linesman.

6. Apprentice or 7. Engineer-in-training

While the onus is on electrical practitioners to complete the licensing process, property owners and businesses have a responsibility to ensure they engage and use only electricians and electrical practitioners who are licensed and who can provide proof of

Bohio Dive Resort SEEKS AN ACCOUNTS SUPERVISOR All applicants should possess the following: REQUIREMENTS *Bachelor of Commerce *accounting certificate or degree *minimum 5 years experience in account process JOB DESCRIPTION * bookkeeping, bank reconciliation, accounts payable and accounts receivable, wage control * must understand inventory control * proficient in Sage 50 accounting and Microsoft Office * English both written and oral - French and Spanish an asset * ability to keep all information confidential * must be able to work long hours, nights, weekends and holidays * responsible for weekly payroll, general entries, monthly reconciliation * assist in budget preparation * cost reporting for all departments * oversea purchases & documentation control Salary: $400.00 per week Interested candidates should apply in writing with a cover letter and resume and references to info@bohioresort.com.

such license to perform electrical work in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Electrical works conducted by unlicensed individuals will not be approved by the electrical inspector and such persons performing electrical works without a license, contravene the provisions of Section 60T (b) of the Electricity (Amendment) Ordinance 2015. Any person who carries out any electrical work, electrical installation or electrical wiring without a license issued by the Board commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of $5,000 or to a term of imprisonment of six months, or to both such fine and imprisonment

The Ministry anticipates the full cooperation of all electrical practitioners, property owners and members of the public.

Graphic designer Information Technology and Production Manager: Kelano Howell Todeline Defralien Reporter

The Turks and Caicos SUN is a subsidiary of The SUN Media Group Ltd. We are committed to excellence in journalism, educating and informing our readers, serving and satisfying our advertisers and assisting in the overall development of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

HS LTD. CLEANER

Responsibilities: The successful applicants will be responsible for the general cleaning of communal areas, sweeping and mopping of floors, cleaning of windows and removal of trash. The applicants will also be responsible for any other duties assigned regarding general cleaning of the company’s property.

Requirements: The successful applicants must be able to work with little to no supervision, capable of performing manual labour outside daily, should be physically fit, hard working and reliable.

Wages: $6.50 per hour Please submit applications to: Veronica Rigby, HS Ltd, P.O. Box 124, Regent House, The Regent Village, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands, Tel: (649) 946-5126; Fax (649) 946-5191; Email: ronnie@habgroup.com Interested Belongers must also submit copies of their application to the Commissioner of Labour & Work Permit Board Zone 2. Position currently held by a work permit holder. Closing date for application is June 11, 2018.

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HELP FOR ASHLEY'S LEARNING CENTRE

EXTRAORDINARY MINDS ASHLEY'S LEARNING CENTRE, WAS THE RECIPIENT OF FUNDS AWARDED FROM THE NYC EASTERN CARIBBEAN RELIEF FUND! THE NYC EASTERN CARIBBEAN RELIEF FUND HAS DONATED FUNDS THROUGH THE BLUE HAVEN MARINA TO HELP WITH MUCH NEEDED REPAIRS TO THE ONLY SCHOOL IN TURKS AND CAICOS THAT PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. IGY MARINAS STRONGLY SUPPORTS THE FUND FOR ITS EFFORTS OF REBUILDING THE CARIBBEAN AFTER HURRICANES IRMA AND MARIA.

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL TO INTRODUCE A NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL

THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF THE TCI BROKE GROUND FOR ITS BRAND NEW, PURPOSE BUILT FACILITY WHICH WILL HOUSE GRADES 7, 8 AND 9. THE BUILDING WILL BE BUILT TO FACILITATE STUDENT LEARNING AND SET UP WITH THE APPLICATION OF TECHNOLOGY IN MIND. STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO BE INVOLVED IN PARTS OF THE DESIGN PROCESSES AND WILL HAVE CLASSROOMS WHICH ARE DESIGNED FOR ITS FLEXIBILITY ALLOWING COLLABORATIVE AND INDIVIDUAL LEARNING. PRINCI PRINCIPAL, KATIE HINKS STATED “I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE CAN OFFER HERE: A TRULY INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION FOR OUR STUDENTS, WHICH WILL SET THEM UP FOR THE FUTURE WHICH THEY ARE DESTINED FOR. WE ARE TRULY BLESSED WITH THE SUPPORT OF OUR BOARD AND OUR PARTNERS AT WIHL. WE OWE A HUGE DEBT OF GRATITUDE TO THEM FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND COMMITMENT TO THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF EDUCATION FOR OUR STUDENTS.”

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Jack Nasty releases new album

Turks & Caicos top recording artist Jack Nasty will be releasing his brand new album “DEEP IN DA BUSH” on June 1st, 2018 during a launch party at Lounge 649.

The artist is known for songs such as “Take Me To Paradise” and many more songs capturing local culture and current events.

Jack will also be

embarking on a week-long School Tour May 28-June 1 where he will be highlighting the importance of education, the preservation of culture and local heritage.

Jack who has a large local following in the TCI continues to remain engage with his communities and uses his music to highlight the TCI in a positive light.

The first single “649 Ladies” has been trending since it’s release two weeks ago and is played in almost every venue locally. Jack is thankful to InterCaribbean, The Hartling Group, Kia Motors, & RTC for making this project possible.

He continues to be thankful for community support showed by these amazing businesses in the TCI

Jack Nasty

Drowning incident at Grace Bay beach

The Ministry of Tourism is saddened by the unfortunate drowning that occurred on Grace Bay Beach, Providenciales on 21st May, 2018.

The identity of the 58-yearold victim has not been released as the matter is currently being investigated by the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force; hence no details have been released. The Ministry encourages anyone that witnessed the incident to kindly contact the police.

Clement Howell High School recognizes autism awareness month

On the above date, 911 Central received a report of an alleged drowning incident on Monday, May 21st at 3:20 p.m., near a beach by the Coral Gardens. EMTs attempted CPR before the victim succumbed and was pronounced dead on the scene by a doctor.

The Minister of Tourism, Hon. Ralph Higgs conveyed his disbelief after being informed of the unfortunate event that has shaken

In recognition of Autism Awareness Month, Clement Howell High School hosted a group of students from the Ashley Learning Centre. The school works closely with the Centre where some of our teachers visit and assist with teaching of the students, especially Music. The Tourism Club students are volunteers at the Centre working with the students on a regular basis and providing some basic items towards preparation of breakfast,

the close knit community; he asked residents to keep the family in their prayers. He further asked that the community allow the grieving family time to contact their loved ones and refrain from speculation and circulation of images on social media out of respect for the deceased and to allow the family to be notified.

A number of key agencies such as the DECR, Tourist Board and Maritime Department recognizes the snacks and lunch.

The students and teachers made a courtesy call on the Principal and then they received a tour of the school. The students welcomed the group and some participated in the tour with them. The group of students who came enjoyed interacting with the students from Clement Howell and they were excited to be in ‘regular school’.

They met other teachers in the staff-rooms, toured the labs and

importance of taking the necessary precautions to ensure safety on the water and will continue to host workshops to further increase awareness.

The Ministry of Tourism in general and the Turks and Caicos Tourist Board in particular will continue to offer assistance to the family in any way possible and we extend our heartfelt sympathy to the grieving family. ended with a session at the Music room. The students were able to play instruments and for those who are already knowledgeable of playing the instruments, they showed their skills.

The teachers wore T-shirts to celebrate the initiative. They also organized a small fundraising effort in order to make a contribution to the Centre on behalf of the school. The school will continue to support the Centre.

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FortisTCI Commissions 250KW Grid-tied Solar PV Systems in Providenciales FortisTCI is pressing ahead with the integration of solar power generation in the TCI, recently commissioning two gridtied photovoltaic (PV) systems in Providenciales in partnership with Global Management Co. Ltd, also known as Aircool. Together, the two PV systems equal approximately 250KW spanning 20,000 square feet of rooftop space and were installed by local contractor Green Revolution.

This latest project was commissioned under FortisTCI’s Utility Owned Renewable Energy (UORE) Program, whichofferscustomersthe opportunity to lease their home or business roof space to FortisTCI for the installation of a grid-tied PV system. Customersreceive a monthly credit on their electricity bill for the use of their rooftop space and a profit share of the PV system’s generation paid on an annual basis.

FortisTCI President and CEO, Eddinton Powell said, “The electricity sector continues to change at a rapid pace. These changes are largely driven by the day-to-day advancements in technology and the focus on the three megatrends that are now shaping the energy landscape– digitalization, decarbonization, and decentralization.

In this fast evolving environment, FortisTCI is continuously working

FortisTCI President & CEO Eddinton Powell and Director of Global Management Ltd. Craig Healee with members of the FortisTCI staff and owner of Green Revolution Paul Chaplin at the UORE contract signing to meet the needs of its electricity consumers, and to provide reliable and sustainable options. There is no doubt that today’s energy consumer demands an energy mix that includes electricity generation from renewable energy sources like solar and wind, and at FortisTCI we are committed to delivering a service that is world-class, and meets the needs of those we serve.”

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Since 2016, FortisTCI has commissioned three UORE projects in partnership with its customers. A total of 427.6KW of grid-tied PV has been installed, with a goal to connect an additional 200KW of PV in 2018.

The company is also planning for the integration of a 1MW utility-scale solar power project at various sites across the TCIthat will position

FortisTCI to have 2MW of grid-tied PV installed by the end of 2019.

Customers interested in learning more about the renewable energy programs available at FortisTCI can contact FortisTCI Business Coordinator Monette Collymore at renewableenergy@ fortistci.com.

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Turks & Caicos Collection hosts job training for Clement Howell High School students

Director of Human Resources, Wayne Garland, staff members of Turks and Caicos Collection, Teachers and students of the Clement Howell High School

By Todeline Defralien

Turks and Caicos Collection which is made up of the Alexandra Resort, Beach House and Blue Haven Resort hosted a one day job experience for the Hotel and Tourism Club students at the Clement Howell High School.

The job training exercise took place on Thursday May 17th where thirty (30) students visited all three of the properties and received hands on training and learnt what it’s like to work in the hospitality

industry.

The students visited various departments at the different resorts, such as, front office, kitchen, food and beverage, pool and beach and also had the opportunity to interact with some of the staff and guests.

In an interview with The SUN, Director of Human Resources, Wayne Garland said, “I was quite surprised. They are very excited about the hospitality industry and most of them are really focused and loved what we were able to show them. I think that we have some

Director of Human Resources, Wayne Garland speaking to the hospitality students

really good prospects coming into the industry and I am looking to the next four years to working and helping to groom them.”

This is the first initiative by the Turks and Caicos Collection and the Director of Human Resources revealed that they are looking at the possibility of adopting the whole hospitality program.

In addition, Junior Minister and student of the Clement Howell High School, Zoe Butler told The SUN, “We had the opportunity to experience the tourism industry first

hand which is definitely new to me and I got to go in and experience the different jobs to see how versatile the tourism industry is and I actually learned a lot of things that I couldn’t learn in a classroom setting.”

She added: “I am in love with the entertainment aspect of the tourism industry. I am very patient when it comes to performing arts and I see dance and music and poetry as a way to express myself and if while expressing myself I can entertain others than that is a plus.”

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Beaches Resort Celebrates 4th Annual Women Week

Over seven hundred female employees from 30 departments at Beaches Resorts were honored in a weeklong extravaganza of 4th annual Women’s Week celebration which ran from May 13th to May 19th, 2018.

Celebrated under the theme, Women of Worth, The female talents of the resort raveled in a new activity each day. The event kicked off with a special Mother’s Day Luncheon at the

Grand Caribbean Village ballroom room, where ladies of the resort not only honored but also received roses, baskets, and gifts to commemorate the special occasion.

Later in the week, the ladies enjoyed a day of sweet treats and a Women’s Health fair which featured several local health practitioners that came to discuss the importance of a healthy and balanced life.

The ladies were educated on Dental health from ProActive Dental Care and TCI Smiles, General Women’s Health with Grace Bay Medical, and Carolina Medical Center.

The Health Fair also welcomed the Public Health Nurse, the Health Promotions, Prevention & Advocacy Unit as well as Phycologist Dr. Anya Malcolm and her team.

There were 700 women

dressed in pink on the resort property for the annual group photo, every one elated and excited to celebrate not only their womanhood but also their bond as women of worth. Celebrations wrapped up Saturday, May 19th with over 20 female employees attending the Annual Night for a Fight Cancer Walk in support of Breast Cancer and Ovarian Cancer at the National Stadium.

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LOCAL NEWS

Laser hair removal

By Dr. Marsha Barnett

A head full of hair is a great thing but sometimes hair in unwanted areas can be quite distressing and embarrassing. When it comes on to hair removal, shaving, waxing, plucking, depilatory creams and even electrolysis are some options we tend to use. However, the gold standard for getting rid of unwanted hair is laser hair removal.

WHAT IS LASER HAIR REMOVAL AND IS IT EFFECTIVE?

Lasers are light devices that use specific wavelengths of light that are absorbed by specific tissues in the body. For instance, some lasers have wavelengths to cause an effect on the black pigment in hair follicles, or the red in blood vessels and so on.

Hence all lasers are not the same as they do not have the same wavelengths and therefore cannot be used for the same things or even in the same patients. The lasers designed for hair removal can be used on most parts of the body and as such, dermatologists use lasers to remove unwanted facial and body hair safely and effectively.

During a laser hair removal session, the laser light is used to emit energy to the hairs and the follicles,

thereby killing the follicles with heat.

Once these follicles are adequately altered, hair regrowth does not usually occur, making this technique your most realistic option for achieving long term or permanent hair reduction or removal. Removing the unwanted hair often requires a few office visits.

Most patients need between 4 to 6 treatments, spaced between 1-2 months apart depending on varying factors such as the body part being treated and the state of the hairs and speed of growth. However, a reduction in hair growth is usually seen after the first or second treatment. For most persons, the hair reduction is permanent and after finishing the treatments, most patients do not see any hair on the treated skin for several months or even years. Even if they do have hair growth in the area months after their treatment sessions, the hairs are usually lighter and finer. In cases like these, your dermatologist will be able to suggest intervals at which maintenance sessions would be required. Because the laser energy also affects surrounding tissues such as the oil glands associated with the hair follicle or acne or hair bumps in the area, laser hair removal will also help clear these lesions, dark spots associated with it and tighten the surrounding skin!

Great House Management Limited [Sailrock] is seeking a qualified candidate for the position below:

WHAT SHOULD I EXPECT?

There is usually a consult before any procedure is done. During this visit, your doctor will not only examine your skin and the areas of concern but also take a detailed history of your current medications, health issues, past experience with skin procedures, tendency for keloid scars and do on.

You may also be given instructions for preparation of the skin before the treatment and also skin care guidelines after sessions to ensure an ideal outcome. On the treatment day, before the treatment, the area will be cleaned.

Depending on the laser being used, some patients may need numbing gels for 30 to 60mins before the treatment however with newer technology, these treatments are far less painful and extensive numbing is not required. How long your treatment lasts depends on the size of the area being treated. Treating the upper lip takes minutes. If you are having a large area like the back or legs treated, your treatment may last more than an hour.

Generally, there is no downtime associated with the procedure and you should be able to get on with your day’s

Dr. marsha barnett activities after leaving the office.

A few persons may however get some discomfort, swelling and redness in the area. Other possible side effects are rare but include blistering, cold sore outbreaks and scarring. It is important to follow your dermatologist’s instructions. Following both the before-treatment instructions and after-treatment instructions will greatly reduce your risk of side effects.

Lasers have been used for decades in the management of medical conditions in a myriad of specialties, including dermatology.

Recently, strides in technology have allowed us to treat an ever-expanding range of conditions in all skin types with little to no ill effect. Laser hair removal is perhaps the most popular indication for lasers in dermatology as it is safe, effective and the only option for permanent results.

GREAT HOUSE MANAGEMENT LIMITED [SAILROCK]

is seeking a qualified candidate for the position below:

EXECUTIVE CHEF & BEVERAGES

COOK Job Summary Prepare and present main entrée’s, appetizers, and side orders.  Assist in the preparation of food items (i.e., preparing vegetables, meat, fish, salads, desserts, cold plates) for service.  Maintain a clean and organized work station.  Comply with food safety, sanitation, and workplace safety regulations.  Set up and stock stations with all necessary supplies.  Cook menu items in cooperation with the rest of the kitchen staff.  Stock inventory appropriately.  Ensure that food comes out simultaneously, in high quality and in a timely fashion.  Maintain a positive and professional approach with coworkers and customers.

Qualifications Minimum 1-2 years of experience in quality restaurant operations on a similar capacity.  Knowledgeable and experienced in food service.  Knowledgeable and experience in beverage service.  Ability to be on time and present for all scheduled shifts including weekends and holidays.  Excellent interpersonal skills.  Must be able to work with minimal supervision and have a strong initiative.  You must be able to perform efficiently during high volume peak periods.  Salary  $16,500 yearly Please submit applications to Human Resource Department: •Drop off: W104 Venture House, Grace Bay, Providenciales •Email: humanresources@sailrockresort.com Interested Turks and Caicos Islands must also submit copies of their application to the TCI Labor Board.

Job Summary Candidate must demonstrate a proven track record of successfully leading/managing in an upscale Food & Beverage environment, with strong culinary experience and training.  Responsible for the execution of all company policies and procedures, ensuring that all services provided achieve the established standards within the agreed budgetary controls.  Advise the Corporate Executive Chef on all matters relating to the kitchen area and ensure a high standard of cleanliness and hygienic practice throughout the kitchen.  Assist the Corporate Executive Chef in budgeting i.e- food cost, payroll, etc.  Ensure guest satisfaction with the smooth and effective running of the day-to-day operation.  Assist in training and development of culinary staff members.  Maintain control of the standards for purchasing and receiving items.  Test and evaluate products for quality, paying particular attention to yield/holding qualities/market price/wastage usage of leftovers.  Constantly inspect all food service sections during service time to ensure that the correct standards are maintained.  Responsible for control of equipment and scheduling maintenance.

Qualifications 3 years of experience as an executive chef in a 4-star hotel.  Environment, Out-Island experience preferable.  Previous working knowledge of a seafood-based menu  A proven record of cost control.  HACAP trained.  A proven record of menu engineering.  Salary Range $65,000 - $70,000 yearly Please submit applications to Human Resource Department: •Drop off: W104 Venture House, Grace Bay, Providenciales •Email: humanresources@sailrockresort.com Interested Turks and Caicos Islands must also submit copies of their application to the TCI Labor Board.

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•Greeting Customers •Receiving and referring Customer Queries

May 16, 2018 Post: Job Category: Relevant Work

Receptionist Customer Service Experience: 2 years minimum in equivalent position Education Level: High School or Community College Graduate in Business Studies (preferred) Salary: $26,500 per annum

Job Description: Provo Water Company Ltd is seeking a people friendly individual with a minimum of High School or Community College Diploma in a business-related field with Customer service experience to fill the post of Receptionist.

This position serves visitors to the company, both personally and by telephone; answering or referring inquiries. This role will maintain the company’s telecommunications system and direct visitors appropriately to fulfill their needs.

The applicant should display a positive and proactive attitude, strong people & telephone skills, professionalism, customer focus, organizational skills, and possess excellent communication skills.

The applicant should be able to deal with emergencies in a timely and effective manner; multitasking and stress management skills are essential for this position Responsibilities (including but not limited to): •Telephone Answering

Education •High School Graduate or Community College Graduate in Business Studies (preferred) •2 years Customer Relations or customer facing Experience Skills and Experience Requirements •Proven work experience as a Receptionist, Front Office Representative or similar role •Able to work in a fast-paced environment with continual interruptions •Strong organizational skills •Able to contribute to a team environment •Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite •Hands-on experience with office equipment (e.g. fax machines and printers) •Ability to be resourceful and proactive when issues arise •Solid written and verbal communication skills •Customer Service attitude •Multitasking and time-management skills, with ability to prioritize tasks

Deadline All applications (inclusive of cover letter, CV & copies of qualifications) must be submitted by 21st May 2018 to: Customer Service Manager Provo Water Company Limited 197A Grace Bay Road Grace Bay, Providenciales Turks and Caicos Islands

c.malcolm@provowater.tc Only applicants selected for an interview will be notified

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GREAT HOUSE MANAGEMENT LIMITED [SAILROCK] is seeking a qualified candidate for the position below:

General Manager •The General Manager is responsible for the success of resort operations (financially and operationally) while maintaining the integrity of Sailrock Resort service standards. He/she will oversee the daily operation of all resort departments.

Responsibilities •Manage organizational change productively by driving continuous improvement, building support for change and adapting to change •Manage all activities of the property including employees, maintenance, sales, and profit & loss controls •Demonstrate visible operational leadership and management to the resort staff •Coordinate, direct and manage the resort operation to achieve maximum profitability, ensure guest satisfaction, protect the financial aspects of the business and maintain the building •Create an environment that assures consistent guest satisfaction •Maintain overall operation of the resort through verification analysis of guest satisfaction systems and financial reports. Ability to initiate corrective action when needed.

•Exercise the ability to attract, coach, train, and retain talent by engaging and showing a genuine passion to develop others. Partner with Human Resources to minimize employee relations issues.

•Manage and support financial aspects of the resort. Understand and formulate annual operations budget by identifying areas of cost reductions, operational improvements and periodic analysis of expense data.

•Work with Executive Director alongside corporate accounting team to prepare, review, and analyze monthly financial reports and to

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be able to describe impact of revenue, profit, or expenses that could affect financial results. Understand monthly P & L reports.

•Build and maintain strong working knowledge of HOA relationships •Manage and set room rates alongside sales and marketing team •Oversee the coordination of even and special service activities to ensure overall success of the even operationally and financially •Ensure that the product quality standards are met in all areas of the resort as it relates to the appearance, levels of maintenance and cleanliness; establish and maintain preventative maintenance programs to protect the physical assets of the resort •Be a change agent for the company. Initiate and implement resort management strategic initiatives and programs developed to enhance guest satisfaction. Identify areas of process improvement and leverage best practices by working with appropriate parties.

Qualified Candidates will have/be: •5+ years’ experience in Luxury Resort/Hotel Management required •Highly prefer prior experience as a General Manager or an Assistant General Manager •Working Knowledge of Opera system and/or RDP systems preferred •Proficient in Microsoft Office, specifically Excel and Word •Exceptional verbal, written and strategic planning skills •Strong Organizational Skills •Sound Knowledge of all aspects of resort operation and finance •Outgoing personality with excellent interpersonal skills, comfortable speaking and enjoy working with people •Perform any other reasonable duties as required by Executive Director or Resort Ownership •Ability to speak multiple languages a plus •MS/ED.M in International Hospitality & Tourism Salary Range •$70,000 - $90,000 yearly bonus base on experience.

Please submit applications to Human Resource Department: •Drop off: W104 Venture House, Grace Bay, Providenciales •Email: humanresources@sailrockresort.com Interested Turks and Caicos Islands must also submit copies of their application to the TCI Labour Board.

Beaches Turks and Caicos Resort Villages and Spa Summer Program: •Must be over 15 years old •Currently enrolled in school (Secondary, Community or other College/University) •Able to take part in the programme for thefull 5 weeks Applications close June 15th 2018. Send a cover letter titled Beaches Summer Programme 2018 accompanying theresume and copy of passport orcopy of the birth certificate with a passport size photo affixed to the attention of M McClean-Vaughn email mmvaughn@grp.sandals.com or Fax to: 941-4870 or drop off in our secureresume drop box at the service gate.

There are limited spots; applicants will be advised via text of the interview date and time.

Summer Internship attachments are available in the following Departments: •Accounting •Concierge

•Cost Control

•Dining Room

•Environmental Health and Safety •Engineering •Entertainment

•Environmental Health & Safety

•Front Office

•Gift/ Resort Shop •Grounds •Housekeeping

•Information Technology

•Kids Camp •Kitchen •Laundry •Photoshop •Projects

•Public Relations •Sales •Spa •Stewarding •Training

•Travel and Loyalty Department •Watersports •Weddings

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Employees be wise on your job

Issues in the work place from an employer’s perspective of their employees

By Drexwell Seymour

Last week, I addressed the fact that no Turks and Caicos Islander should be unemployed, so this week I will address some issues in the workplace from an employer’s perspective. (Please note that in a future article, I will address some concerns that employees have of their employers.)

I am aware that some work environments need a major improvement so that employees can perform effectively. However, there are some environments that are very conducive for excellent performance, yet some employers have major issues regarding their employees.

TARDINESS

Employees are being paid for working a certain number of hours in a day. It is unfair to an employer when an employee shows up to work late and then leaves work exactly on time.

When it comes to lunch time, in the private sector, the duration for lunch is normally an hour and in the public sector, the lunch break is for an hour and a half, yet employees continue to take more than the allocated time for lunch.

Employees should make every effort to come to work a few minutes before the start time and leave after the time ends. Employees should empathize with the employer’s position on tardiness. How would you feel if you were the employer and your employees are showing up to work late? How would you react?

I believe employees must

inform the supervisor at all times if they plan to be late, and if they are late, they should make up that time either during lunch break or at the end of the day. In addition, if you have to pick up your children from school in the afternoon, shorten your lunch break or modify your lunch break with your supervisor to coincide with the time to pick up your children.

Use of cell phone, other gadgets and the internet

Another major issue is the excessive use of the cell phone (unrelated to the work being performed) during working hours.

I know that there are many parents in the workplace and so the phones are in their possession at all times in cases of emergencies.

However, without any cases of emergencies, employees are on the phone taking away time from their work. Basically, employees are being paid to be on Facebook, WhatsApp, other social media and watching movies and being on the internet while at work.

Multitasking is a challenge and not everyone can do it. How can you perform effectively on job and provide your employer with the correct number of hours when you spend a lot of time on the phone and internet?

I know the use of the phone can be addictive (trust me I know) but some control must be in place. The use of phones and internet for personal use should be used only during lunch hours or any breaks your employers may provide. This type of behavior on the job is a distraction and will impact your productivity. If this excessive

use continues, soon employers may be force to implement harsh policies on the use of phones or take drastic disciplinary actions.

CONFIDENTIALITY

Recently, I recalled details about two of the TCIG’S vendors that went viral on the social media.

I thought that was so inappropriate and should not have been tolerated. Employees must maintain confidentiality regarding sensitive information about the company, even if you are no longer an employee.

Simply put, the company’s data it is none of your business and it should not be anyone else business. All employers should ensure that all employees sign a confidentiality agreement and if there is any violation of the agreement, disciplinary action should take place.

If competitive information or personal information gets in the wrong hands, it can be detrimental to a company or individual. The rule of thumb is “mind your own business”.

Loyalty to the company

I believe you should not badmouth the company you work for. If you do, perhaps are you on the wrong job. Some employees are bold enough to even vent their issues about their employer on social media.

Potential employers are observing you and will not want to hire you. Your current employer is also observing you and will not want to keep you as an employee.

You should be an ambassador

Drexwell Seymour for your company at all times. Learn as much as you can about your company and promote your company. If you hear complaints about your company and you can make a difference, take the initiative and make the changes even if it is not part of your duties. If you cannot make the change, inform the appropriate individuals who can make the change so that it takes place.

Take ownership of that task and ensure that the change is done.

CONCLUSION

There are other issues that employers face such as lying about being sick, negative attitudes, lack of professionalism, just working for a paycheck and not taking the initiatives to learn about other areas on the job.

However, I believe the aforementioned issues are the top three. Employees, I am aware that you too have issues with your employer that I will address in a future article. However, the onus is on you to be wise on your job and exceed the expectations of your employer.

•Supervise, coachand train Department employees.

•Conduct staff assessments Minimum Qualification

PROVO WATER COMPANY LIMITED INVITES SUITABLY QUALIFIED PERSONS TO APPLY FOR THE POST OF OPERATIONS MANAGER

Summary

The Operations Manager (OM) will be responsible for planning, directing and coordinating the maintenance and operations of Provo Water Company’s systems and contract operations.This position’s primary responsibility is ensuring organizational effectiveness by providing leadership for the operations of Provo Water Company (PWCo).Working with the management team, the position also contribtutes to the development and implementation of organizational strategies, policiesand practices of the Company.

Main Responsibilities •Over sigh tof Operations personnel,including licensed operator(s) and contractors •Oversight of PWCo’sassets and systems to achieve optimum returns.

•Oversight of the PWCo’scontract operationsin accordancewith contract documents •Coordinate maintenance activities with internal staff and contractors toensure compliance with PWCo standards, the Water and Sewerage Ordinance, other local regulations and industry best practices.

•Coordinate the work flow between Customer Service Department and Operations Department to ensure work is executed in an effective and timely manner.

•Improve the operational systems, processes and maintenance policies in support of PWCo mission •Manage and increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the Department.

•Develop and manage Department budgets in conjunction with Financial management team.

•Work with ManagingDirector to developand implement capital projects.

•Play a significant role inlong-termplanning, including initiatives geared toward asset management and operational excellence.

•Regular meeting swith Managing Director, Management Team and Section Leaders concerning operational/maintenance issues.

•A Bachelor’s degree in Civil or Mechanical Engineering or other applicable degree from an accredited university. A Master’s degree and professional qualification preferred.

•Ten(10) years involving the operation, maintenance, repair and installation of pipeline facilities; water/waste water mains, pumpstations, storage facilities, and system appurtenances; with at least five (5)years of supervisory experience.

•Must demonstrate strong project management skills.

•Excellent computer skills and proficient in excel,word, outlook, and access •Must demonstrate strong and effective leadership •Excellent communication skills both verbal and written Salary Salary will commensurate with experience and qualifications on scale 82,000 to 86,000 per annum. A company vehicle will be provided.

Submissions Interested persons should submit a resume, cover letter, two letters of reference (one from former employer preferred), copies of educational and professional certificates, Police Certificate and a copy of the passport photo page.

Deadline 22ndJune 2018 Submission must be marked: Operations Manager Position Addressed to: Managing Director Provo Water Company Ltd 197A Grace Bay Road Providenciales Turks and Caicos Islands If by email, send to: recruitment@provowater.tc

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WE’RE HIRING SUMMER STUDENT INTERNS!

Are you considering a future career in IT, Electrical Engineering, Business, Marketing, Mechanics, Customer Service, Analytics, Finance or Human Resources?

Apply TODAY to be a FortisTCI Summer Intern. What better way to help uncover your passions and discover your future career path than through real work experience.

Student Summer Employment Program (SSEP) Student Internship Program (SIP)

A three month program open to college and university students from June to August

SIP is a great introduction to the workplace. Spend two exciting weeks with FortisTCI this summer and learn what it’s like in a corporate environment.

Participating students will work in teams throughout various departments.

SSEP participants will gain valuable work experience and learn about the electric utility industry, under the supervision of FortisTCI’s seasoned professionals. This program is closely aligned with your chosen field of study.

A two week program open to 4th & 5th form high school students

SIP Criteria • • • •

Applicants must be 4th or 5th form students enrolled at a high school recognized by the Turks and Caicos Islands Ministry of Education.

Applicants must present a recommendation letter from their principal or guidance counselor.

Applicants must submit a 250 word essay titled, “Why FortisTCI Should Hire Me as an Intern”.

Applications are available from your school counselor or principal.

Submit your completed application, along with required documents to your counselor or principal by May 31, 2018.

SSEP Criteria • • • •

Applicants must be enrolled in a university or college undergraduate program majoring in: Accounting, Business, Engineering, Information Technology, Law, Marketing, or a closely related field.

Applicants must possess a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.0 or higher.

Applicants must provide an official transcript, attendance record, 2 letters of recommendation, and proof of residence status with a copy of your NHIB card.

Applications are available online at www.fortistci.com/careers, or pick up a copy at FortisTCI’s Leeward Highway office. Submit completed applications and required documents at the office, ATTN: HR, or by email to: aadams@fortistci.com, or cmunnings@fortistci.com, no later than May 31, 2018.

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LOCAL NEWS

Bordier Bank’s 3rd Annual Investors Conference cocktail reception

B

ordier Bank, which is celebrating over 31 years in the Turks and Caicos Islands, hosted its 3rd annual investor’s conference in Providenciales.

A cocktail reception was held for investors on Wednesday May 16th, 2018 at Beaches Resort & Spa, with guests traveling from Vietnam, Canada, United Kingdom, Singapore, and Switzerland.

In an interview with The SUN, Chief Risk Officer for Bordier Bank Kenrick Walters, said, “We’re absolutely delighted to be hosting this conference yet again here in the Turks and Caicos Islands. The objective of this conference is to just bring some fresh thinking to the investment process, to

the consideration about the investment options available to persons here in the islands.”

He added: “What is unique about this is that it is the first of its kind and the only one in Turks and Caicos Islands. We have an excellent lineup of international speakers covering a wide range of topics and the whole point really is the outside of the box thinking, those who are customary investors and are accustomed to the usual works, bonds and so on. We like to take it a step further to see ourselves as an outside of the box company and we are always looking for new and exciting solutions for our clients to help them meet their investment objectives.”

Walters noted that

they are really happy for the support they’ve received and stated that this year the focusing is more into some new emerging investment opportunities in crypto currency as well in Canada’s, two very exciting and controversial areas.

“It is pretty interesting for a bank like ours here in the Turks and Caicos to be bringing these to the market and it just goes to show that the Turks and Caicos Islands and the Caribbean region as a whole is on par with any international center and offering investors the full suite of opportunities wherever they may reside,” he added.

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WE ARE BUILIDNG A MORE SU

The energy business is changing, and so are we.

At FortisTCI, we are investing in environmentally sustainable energy solutions to continue to deliver reliable electricity to you, our customers.

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USTAINABLE ENERGY FUTURE

With rooftop solar installations, and the future addition of a 1MW solar PV system, we’re integrating even more renewable energy to the FortisTCI grid.

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LOCAL NEWS

Highlights of the annual Taste of Tapas event T

he Turks and Caicos Hotel & Tourism Association hosted its annual Taste of Tapas event last week Friday May 18th, 2018 at SuiRen, The Shore Club on Long Bay Beach.

The sold out Friday night extravaganza was all glitz and glam as food enthusiasts came together to raise over $24,000 for Team TCI to travel to Miami, Florida this summer to compete in the annual Taste of the Caribbean culinary competition.

Eleven of Turks & Caicos’ most prestigious restaurants

presented delicacies at the award winning Shore Club on Long Bay Beach to make this all happen.

Amanyara, Beaches, Parrot Cay, Sail Rock, Infiniti Restaurant, Kalookis, Parallel 23, Seven, Stelle, Sui-Ren and The Pavilion were this year’s participants.

Spearheaded by the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA), Taste of the Caribbean is an annual event that highlights the art of Caribbean cooking as it brings together top chefs and bartenders from the region to compete for honours in

a variety of food and beverage competitions. This year Team TCI will be led by Executive Chef Edwin Gallardo of Seven Stars Resort and will feature Joseph Charles, Wilkiens Martin, Derrick Carter, Christin Greene, Aristotle Florida, Vadivel Raju and Lit’l Chefs Inga Stubbs and Kevin Missick, supported by Executive Chefs Colin Watson and Lauren Callighen.

The SUN captured photographs at the event.

these

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HEALTHY

LIFESTYLE

J&J hit with $21.7 million verdict in another talc asbestos cancer case

Johnson & Johnson and its talc suppliers on Wednesday were hit with a $21.7 million jury verdict in a lawsuit by a woman who said she developed cancer after being exposed to asbestos in the company’s Baby Powder.

The verdict by a Los Angeles jury came down in the case of 68-yearold Joanne Anderson, who was diagnosed with mesothelioma, a form of cancer closely linked to asbestos exposure, and marked the second trial loss for J&J over similar allegations.

Of the $21.7 million the jury awarded in compensatory damages, J&J was assigned 67 percent, with the rest distributed among other defendants.

J&J has vehemently denied that its talc products contain asbestos or cause cancer, citing decades of testing by independent laboratories and scientists. But plaintiffs claim that asbestos and talc, which are closely linked minerals, are intermingled in the mining process, making it impossible to remove the carcinogenic

Johnson & Johnson Powder substance.

Anderson and her husband in 2017 had sued J&J, a unit of Imerys SA (IMTP.PA), Cyprus Amax Minerals, a unit of Brenntag (BNRGn.DE), Honeywell International (HON.N) and other local talc suppliers, but it was not immediately clear which of those companies were subject to the remaining damages award.

Damages could still grow as

the jury debates whether to award punitive damages, Anderson’s lawyer, Chris Panatier, said, declining to comment further.

“While we are disappointed with this decision, the jury has further deliberations to conduct in this trial and we will reserve additional comment until the case is fully completed,” J&J said in a statement.

J&J has also been battling

some 6,000 cases claiming its baby powder caused ovarian cancer, but the talc litigation has taken a new focus in recent months with plaintiffs claiming the widely used product causes mesothelioma due to alleged asbestos contamination.

Wednesday’s verdict marks the second trial loss for J&J over allegations that its talc-based products contain asbestos.

A New Jersey state court jury in April ordered J&J and its talc supplier, a unit of Imerys SA (IMTP. PA), to pay $117 million to a man who alleged he developed mesothelioma due to asbestos exposure from J&J Baby Powder. An appeal is pending.

A California jury in November last year cleared J&J of liability in another mesothelioma lawsuit.

The company and Imerys, as well as a local unit of U.S. drugstore chain Rite Aid (RAD.N), are also facing another mesothelioma trial in a South Carolina court.

Exercise after stroke improves blood pressure, may prevent repeat strokes

People who’ve had a stroke senior study author Dr. Ali Ali of the can improve their blood pressure and University of Sheffield in the UK said reduce their risk of repeat strokes in a phone interview.

Ali’s team pooled data from if they exercise, according to a new 20 earlier studies that evaluated review of previous studies.

“One of the challenges with exercise programs after a stroke or stroke and exercise is that some mini-stroke (technically known as people think they can’t because they a transient ischemic attack, or TIA). have limited mobility,” said Ada Tang Altogether, the studies involved 1,031 of McMaster University in Hamilton, patients from 10 countries.

Some studies focused on Ontario in Canada.

“But studies are showing it’s aerobic exercise such as walking, possible, safe and beneficial, even if running, cycling and circuits; others you can’t exercise as vigorously as evaluated resistance exercises aimed before,” Tang, who wasn’t involved at improving muscle strength or with the new study, told Reuters endurance.

The researchers found that Health by phone.

“It was interesting to see that stroke patients who participated blood pressure reductions mirrored in exercise programs - particularly blood pressure drops you’d expect if aerobic programs - reduced both someone started taking medication,” their top and bottom blood pressure

numbers several points compared with those who didn’t exercise.

Exercise also improved cholesterol levels, but it had no effect on blood glucose levels after overnight fasting or on body mass index.

Blood pressure reductions were most significant for those who started exercising within six months of their stroke. The drop was also more significant for those who also received lessons on diet and health.

“If you start doing exercise early after a stroke, the effect may be much more pronounced,” Ali said.

Ali’s team is now conducting research to learn what kinds of exercise programs might be most appealing to stroke patients, and what barriers might keep them from exercising, such as lack of

transportation and poor social support.

“We need patients, families and doctors to think about exercise as a treatment as important as medication,” he said. “Doctors wouldn’t forget to prescribe blood pressure tablets, but we often forget to talk about exercise after a stroke.”

While the new analysis found that stroke survivors who exercise have healthier blood pressures, it wasn’t designed to prove that exercise actually resulted in few repeat strokes for this group of patients. One study that tracked people for three years did find that exercise participants were approximately 80 percent less likely to be hospitalized or die from stroke or cardiovascular disease during that period.

Egg a day tied to lower risk of heart disease

People who eat an egg just about every day may have a lower risk of heart attack and stroke than individuals who don’t eat eggs at all, a large Chinese study suggests.

R e s e a r c h e r s examined survey data on egg consumption among 461,213 adults who were 51 years old on average. When they joined the study, none had a history of heart disease. Overall, they ate an average of half an egg daily; about 9 percent of them avoided eggs altogether while 13 percent ate roughly one egg every day.

At least half of the participants were followed for nine years or more. During that time, 83,977 people

developed heart disease or had a heart attack or stroke, and 9,985 died from these conditions.

Compared to people who never ate eggs, individuals who ate an average of 0.76 eggs per day were 11 percent less likely to develop cardiovascular diseases and 18 percent less likely to die from these conditions, the study found.

“This is important to people, especially those in the part of the world where eggs are major sources of highquality proteins and other important nutrients for the body,” said Dr. Luc Djousse, a researcher at Harvard Medical School in Boston who wasn’t involved in the study.

“The take-home message from this is that when consumed in moderation, there does not appear to be an elevated risk of developing heart disease or stroke,” Djousse said by email.

But that doesn’t mean people should be rushing to make a three-egg omelet every day for breakfast.

That’s because the study doesn’t offer any insight into the risk of heart disease or stroke associated with more than one egg a day, Djousse said.

“Eggs are not safe for anyone at risk of heart attacks or strokes, but particularly not for diabetics,” said Dr. J. David Spence of the Western University Stroke Prevention

& Atherosclerosis Research Center in London, Ontario.

“Eggs increase the risk of vascular disease,” Spence, who wasn’t involved in the study, said by email.

For example, egg yolks contain phosphatidylcholine, a chemical that can contribute to clogged arteries, he said.

Eggs are a primary source of dietary cholesterol, but they also contain highquality lean protein and many vitamins, the study team notes in the journal Heart. Previous research on the link between eggs and heart disease have offered inconsistent results, with some pointing to a protective effect and others suggesting that eggs might make people

more likely to have a heart attack or stroke.

Part of the issue revolves around cholesterol.

Eggs can contain around 200 milligrams of cholesterol, and scientists used to think that eating eggs would lead to higher levels of cholesterol in the blood, Djousse said.

Some more recent research, however, suggests that eggs might block the liver from making low-density lipoprotein (LDL), the bad kind of cholesterol that can build up in blood vessels and lead to clots and heart attacks, and boost production of highdensity lipoprotein (HDL), the good kind needed for healthy blood flow.

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Barbados elects first female PM in historic 30-0 landslide election

Mia Amor Mottley is now the

A humble Mottley thanked Prime Minister-elect of Barbados.

Barbados for the historic win, which

The 52-year-old Barbados became clear just after midnight, Labour Party (BLP) leader and after the late arrival of numerous her team romped home to an special ballot boxes at polling stations unprecedented 30-nil victory at the across the island. polls n Thursday May 24th, with a

“I have seen in my colleagues punishing defeat of the Democratic a level of commitment and sacrifice,” Labour Party (DLP). she added, while paying special tribute

With the demolition, the to party chairman George Payne for long-serving MP wrote her name on helping show the unity developed in history’s page when she is sworn in the Best For Barbados team which as the first female Prime Minister, included 20 new candidates. joining a prestigious regional list

“There should be no time for including the late Dame Eugenia gloating. We are all one people. We Charles (Dominica), the late Janet are Barbadians,” she said to loud Jagan (Guyana), Portia Simpson applause. “We will need many hands Miller (Jamaica) and Kamla Persadto help make light work. We will Bissessar (Trinidad and Tobago). rebuild Barbados together.

The BLP’s poll party started

“We have to get to the task just before midnight at its Roebuck immediately,” Mottley said, adding Street, St Michael headquarters mission No. 1 was to reduce the fiscal where thousands of supporters danced deficit, and that she wanted a Cabinet and sang throughout the wee hours of in place by Monday. this morning, forcing police to block Stuart signalled his off the street to vehicular traffic. retirement from elective politics, but

“This is not my victory. This Mia Mottley, the first female Prime Minister of Barbados indicated the Dems would definitely is not the Labour Party’s victory. This Minister Freundel Stuart. as St Philip North, St Philip West, St bounce back. is the people of Barbados’ victory,” She had earlier in the night Michael North West and St Lucy.

“We suffered a similar defeat Mottley told a jam-packed Roebuck cemented her personal victory in the

For the three-week campaign in 1999. We rebounded from that and Street in her victory speech, before St Michael North East constituency, there had been noticeably heavy I expect us to rebound from this,” he thanking her family, campaign easily beating former MP for support for the Bees at political said around 3:15 a.m. in his concession manager Jerome Walcott, and Bridgetown, Patrick Todd. meetings, and that manifested in speech. consultants Dr Clyde Mascoll and But this was a party win all former MPs such as Michael Lashley, Stuart also accepted blame Lucille Moe for the sacrifices they the way, with the DLP amazingly Dr David Estwick, Chris Sinckler, for the loss, saying it was on him made in the campaign. losing in its major stronghold, St Ronald Jones and Denis Kellman, all “unequivocally”, but adding the DLP

At around 3:40 a.m. on Friday, John, for the first time since it had comfortable winners last time out in had more than enough talent to lead Mottley officially acknowledged the been contesting that seat in 1958, and 2013, becoming victims of a massive it back to elective prominence. concession speech of outgoing Prime other powerhouse constituencies such national swing.

House of Lords approve bill paving way for BO register

Lord Ahmad said in the House of Lords Monday that the standards of the British Overseas Territories’ financial services on beneficial ownership information surpass international standards and admitted that by accepting a policy of imposing public registers, the UK government was disenfranchising the local democratically elected governments. As the upper chamber of the British Parliament passed the amended Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill with the inclusion of the imposition, the BOT minister said it was not what he had hoped would happen.

He accepted, too, that the creation of public registers before it becomes a global standard could have a negative impact on the territories’ economies, and pointed in particular to the territories still recovering

from last season’s hurricane damage.

Lord Ahmad said the Conservative government had wanted to work with the territories to progress issues on beneficial ownership and not to legislate for them without their consent.

He said that imposing public registers on overseas territories before it an international standard now carries with it the risk of a flight of business to less regulated jurisdictions where law enforcement will not have access to the information that it currently does with the systems established in the territories.

Lord Ahmad also criticised comments made in the House of Commons about tax havens, as he supported the territories’ work on transparency and said that they were important financial centres to the world economy. He noted that the

territories have been cooperative and warned that the open public register was not a panacea to the problem of global illicit finance.

Nevertheless, despite his feelings and arguments, he said the Commons had made a decision that had to be respected and that the UK would now seek to assist the territories in establishing the public registers.

During the debate many of the peers present spoke in support of the territories and warned of a catastrophe for financial services in the BOTs with the imposition of registers before they are the common standard. Lord Naseby, who set down an amendment that was withdrawn, pointed to the Cayman Islands specifically when he said Westminster telling them what to legislate was a constitutional problem. He spoke of Premier Alden McLaughlin’s consultation with

lawyers while he was in London last week, and added that in all likelihood the islands have a good legal case.

Lord Neuberger said that the regulatory standards in the territories were much better than the UK and also pointed out the inequity of imposing the register on the BOTs and not the Crown Dependencies. Several Lords agreed that the UK government should not be imposing laws on the territories, especially when they would have such unfair consequences.

Several of the lawyers among the lords also suggested offering their legal services to the BOTs to represent them in a judicial review.

Several of the lords agreed the imposition was unjust, but despite their sympathies, the amendment was supported by the upper house without any changes.

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Trinidad Chief Justice loses in court

Three of the most senior appellate the advice given by external counsel.

“Judges, and especially Chief Justices, binding on Archie, and the mere court judges in Trinidad and Tobago Hamel-Smith said he saw no reason for cannot be overly thin-skinned. They imitation of a section 137 investigation have ruled it is perfectly reasonable them to not carry on with their work hold public office and decide cases, did not render it wrong. He was also for the Law Association (LATT) to in the interim. The injunction was including cases involving the State. critical of the CJ’s lawyers submissions, investigate allegations regarding the granted until Monday when Archie’s The stakes are sometimes high; saying they were unduly restrictive of conduct of Chief Justice Ivor Archie. attorneys will seek permission for lives, jobs, compensation, property, the rights of the public.

In separate written, but unanimous conditional leave to petition the Privy investments, reputation, family, “They bear the hallmarks of an attempt decisions, acting Chief Justice Allan Council in London. freedom, causes, values and rights – to suppress the facts. If the allegations Mendonca and Justices of Appeal In their ruling, the judges held that the can all be taken away by the actions are false, as the respondent contends, Peter Jamadar and Nolan Bereaux Legal Profession Act did not confine of judicial officers. Parties win, and then why stop the enquiry,” Bereaux upheld the association’s appeal of the association’s ability to conduct its parties lose. Popularity is not an asked. The LATT conducted its Justice Nadia Kangaloo’s initial ruling. fact-finding exercise or, as Mendonca expectation that should be aspired to. own investigations into allegations They also dismissed Archie’s put it in his 68-page decision, “serve But accountability is.” contained in media reports that judicial review application. Almost as a post box for such complaints.” In In his 38-page ruling, Bereaux also accused him of attempting to persuade immediately, lawyers representing his 72-page decision, Jamadar was expressed similar sentiments to those judges to change their State-provided Archie – who went on vacation a second adamant that, “Accountability by of his colleagues. “In my judgement security in favour of a private company time this year on Saturday – sought public officers, including judges, is of the nature of these allegations where his friend, Dillian Johnson, an order preventing the association’s paramount value in a democracy.” cast serious slurs on the office of worked. council from having its legal advisers “Discourse in the public sphere is the CJ. They required strong and Archie was also accused of attempting Dr Francis Alexis, QC, of Grenada both necessary and needed in order authoritative responses. to fast-track Housing Development and Eamon Courtenay, QC, of Belize to sustain the democratic values of “Nothing of the kind has been Corporation (HDC) applications for continue with their deliberations. freedom and the rule of law – values forthcoming. When a response various people. He has only responded The two are to determine if there which the Constitution expressly was in fact given, it was tepid and to the allegations once and denied is sufficient material to trigger affirms and aligns.” inadequate in the extreme. The longer discussing judges’ security, but impeachment proceedings against He said freedom to think and express the allegations went un-denied, the admitted to recommending people for Archie. The order was sought after the one’s views were the “lifeblood of greater the damage to the office and HDC housing. Appearing with Hamelassociation’s lead counsel, Christopher democracy.” Admitting it was “a most the greater the negative impact on Smith for the LATT were Jason Hamel-Smith, SC, indicated the LATT difficult matter to adjudicate” and “sit the administration of justice, however Mootoo, Rishi Dass and Robin Otway was only willing to give an undertaking in judgement of one’s own Chief Justice,” much it may have been in the best while John Jeremie,SC, Ian Benjamin, it will not hold its special general Jamadar said the case emphasised the interests of the office holder to say Kerwyn Garcia and Keith Scotland meeting to discuss the report on the need for the independence, integrity, little or nothing.” represented Archie. investigations of a sub-committee and and impartiality of judicial officers.

He said the LATT’s enquiry was not

Cayman waters deadly in 2018

The Cayman Islands has already seen at least as many water-related deaths in the first five months of this year than it did for all of 2017, according to statistics released by the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service.

Seven of the water deaths to occur so far in 2018 involve visitors from the U.S. who were between the ages of 57 and 83.

The latest incident happened Saturday in East End when a 57-year-old man got into trouble while snorkeling. He was brought to shore by onlookers and taken to the Cayman Islands Hospital where he later died.

Six of the seven visitors experienced difficulties while they were out on snorkeling or swimming trips; the seventh visitor death involved a 70-yearold diver.

Another death, reported April 2, involved a 76-year-old West Bay man who had been out fishing when he got into distress.

The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service clarified that incident was not being recorded as waterrelated due to the circumstances surrounding it.

A possible eighth fatality involves missing swimmer Linvol Smith on Cayman Brac, who disappeared over the long holiday weekend. Searches for Mr. Smith were called off Monday.

Cayman recorded seven water-related fatalities for all of 2017, according to the RCIPS annual report released earlier this month.

It saw a higher number, 11 water-related deaths, for 2016.

However, that year saw a tragedy involving five Caymanian boaters – including two children – being lost at sea on the same craft.

The 2016 incident led to an overall review of Cayman’s marine response capability for both water rescues

Police divers practice underwater search-and-rescue techniques on April 30 at the site of the Kittiwake wreck off Seven Mile Beach. The training was part of an overall effort to improve RCIPS marine response capabilities. and interdiction of drugs and and rescue, as well as crimeweapons shipments. related searches as part of the

The RCIPS, working effort to bolster marine response with the local fire service, put capabilities. five new Wave Runners in The police service may service to help with search-and- be adding other assets to its rescue efforts near the coasts, aerial patrols in the near future, speeding marine officers’ ability according to the annual report. to respond to emergency calls.

“The RCIPS has obtained

Cayman’s long-range … permission to operate small, patrol craft, the Guardian, was unmanned surveillance aircraft sent to Miami for a refit and was and [is] currently operating expected to be back in Cayman the technology with a view to sometime during this year, police developing a wider capability in noted. support of existing resources,”

The RCIPS has also the police report noted. been training its officers and The Cayman Islands some civilian support staff on Joint Marine Unit responded underwater searches and diving to 36 vessels in distress calls exercises, including an April 30 during 2017 and an additional search-and-rescue exercise at 16 calls for people in distress in the site of the Kittiwake wreck local waters, according to police off Seven Mile Beach. The dive statistics. There were seven team went to Cayman Brac last people reported missing at sea weekend to search for Mr. Smith. last year in the Cayman Islands.

The RCIPS helicopter In addition, the unit has been outfitted with night- investigated 62 incidents of vision imaging to aid in search marine-related thefts, police said.

Guyana High Court grants stay to Former Finance Minister

A High Court judge Monday halted the trial of former finance minister Dr Ashni Singh in the lower courts after granting a stay of proceedings, attorney Anil Nandlall has said.

“I am pleased to announce that the judge in a very long written decision granted a stay of proceedings in respect of the criminal charges pending before the Honourable Chief Magistrate in relation to (Winston) Brassington and Ashni Singh until the hearing and determination of the challenge which we have filed which is pending before the Chief Justice,” Nandlall told reporters.

Justice Franklin Holder granted the stay on the Magistrates’ Court process, but it will only remain in effect until the substantial fixed date application is heard and determined.

Singh and the former chief executive officer of the National Industrial and Commercial Investment Limited (NICIL), were jointly charged by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) following investigations into the sale of three plots of state land. They are accused of illegally selling the land for more than GUY$900 million.

Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire is on Friday due to begin hearing the substantive matter concerning the constitutionality of the three joint charges.

Nandlall said that the reason offered by the judge in granting the stay “was that the integrity of the legal process has to be protected.

“The rationale is, obviously, that you can’t have an inferior court proceeding to hear and determine charges when their validity have been challenged in the High Court and those proceedings are pending before the Chief Justice,” Nandlall added.

Solicitor General Kim Kyte said Justice Holder granted the stay with the reasoning that he was protecting the judicial process.

“He doesn’t want the case in the Magistrates Court to be ongoing while Justice George is determining the fix date application,” she said, adding that it is her position that the fixed date application has no realistic prospect of success.

“The DPP was within her power to institute the charge and they cannot establish that she acted in bad faith or that the charge is bad in law. We have argued extensively that the charge is very good common law charge.”

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Cuba plane crash death toll rises to 111, Mexico suspends lease company HAVANA/MEXICO CITY - The death toll in one of Cuba’s worst air disasters rose to 111 on Monday while Mexico suspended the operations of the Mexican company that had leased the 39-year old Boeing 737 to Cuba’s flagship airline.

Grettel Landrove, a 23year old Cuban student who loved to dance flamenco, died in a Havana hospital from “severe traumatic lesions”, Cuban staterun media reported.

Two Cuban women remained in critical condition due to burns and other trauma, with a high risk of complications, media reports said. Their progress is being closely followed by many Cubans through regular hospital updates.

The airliner crashed shortly after takeoff on a domestic flight from Havana to the eastern city of Holguin on Friday in one of Cuba’s worst air disasters.

The accident has killed 100 Cubans, 7 Mexicans, two Argentines and two Sahrawis from a disputed area in the Western Sahara known as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.

The plane was a Boeing 737 built in 1979 and leased to Cuba’s flagship carrier Cubana by a little-known Mexican company Damojh.

Mexico’s civil aviation authority said on Monday it had temporarily suspended Damojh’s operations while it made sure the firm adhered to regulations and gathered information to help investigators find the cause of

Director of Legal Medical Institute Sergio Rabell speaks about the bodies of the victims of the Boeing 737 plane crash during a news conference in Havana, Cuba May 21, 2018. the crash.

Damojh, which owned three 737s before the accident, has been suspended twice before during regulatory compliance reviews, the authority said.

Operations were halted for about a month in 2010 after a Damojh plane made an emergency landing in the Mexican beach resort of Puerto Vallarta due to a problem with its landing gear.

The authority investigated again in 2013 after receiving a complaint from Marco Aurelio Hernandez, who was identified on the weekend

by Mexican media as a former Damojh pilot.

Hernandez was quoted

by Mexican newspaper Milenio as criticizing Damojh for a lack of adequate maintenance on its planes.

The 2013 probe led to a suspension for about two months.

Most aircraft accidents take months to investigate.

Cuban investigators have so far recovered the cockpit voice recorder and are still looking for the flight data recorder.

Cuba will lead the probe, with the aid of Mexican and U.S. investigators, Cuban staterun media said. It will receive technical assistance from Boeing and Pratt & Whitney, part of U.S.-based industrial group United Technologies, which manufactured the engines of the plane that crashed.

Friday’s crash was the worst in Cuba since a Sovietbuilt Ilyushin-62M passenger plane came down near Havana in 1989, killing all 126 people on board and another 14 on the ground.

Woman says Dominican resort didn’t investigate claim that she was raped by staffer

A Toronto-area woman says she is going public to warn travellers, after a security guard at a Dominican Republic resort raped her and the hotel “did nothing” to investigate — an occurrence she believes is all too common.

Christine Dayman, 44, and her family were staying at the Grand Bahia Principe Turquesa resort in Punta Cana two months ago.

It was the third time the music teacher had travelled to the all-inclusive Dominican resort with her two sons and her aging parents.

“I have never had any

notion of lack of safety,” she says. “It’s guarded. It’s gated. It feels completely safe.”

On the night of March 16 as she was walking to her room alone, she says a resort security guard approached her without speaking — she believed he was escorting her to her room.

Instead, she says, he shoved her against a wall at the top of a stairwell, lifted her dress and forced himself on her.

“He pounced on me,” says Dayman. “I was in such shock … I couldn’t process what was going on. I was completely stunned, and I froze.”

After the security guard ran off, Dayman says she ran to her room and called a friend back in Toronto, in hysterics.

The friend suggested Dayman report the attack at the front desk early the next morning — when she felt it was safe to leave her room.

“No one called the police. No one offered to show me pictures to identify the security guard. I wasn’t offered medical attention … The only thing they offered me was late checkout.”

Dayman and her family returned to Toronto later that day as scheduled.

JAMAICA – Customers owe water company $26 billion

The National Water Commission (NWC) has revealed that arrears owed by its customers have now skyrocketed to $26 billion.

This is up from $20 billion last year.

The arrears have accumulated over several years through theft of the commodity as well as unpaid bills.

The arrears continue to rise despite an initiative to get delinquent customers to pay.

Speaking at a

Belize Deputy Prime Minister confirms his “arrest” in the United States

media briefing at the NWC’s corporate office in Kingston on Friday, NWC President Mark Barnett said the company is implementing anti-theft strategies to reduce losses.

“What we are now doing is to ensure that new surfaces use a different type of material for the supply pipe leading from our mains in the street to the boundary…so as to minimise the possibility of bypassing or tampering,” he explained.

Barnett also noted that

the NWC will not be engaging in further amnesties to collect funds owed to it.

“Customers who benefitted from those amnesty don’t uphold their commitment… so we’re not continuing to break citizens into that bad habit of freeness. Anywhere else you go in the world, everybody pays for utilities. Why not in Jamaica?

And so, we are changing that whole approach. It cannot be free,” he asserted.

Belize Deputy Prime Minister, Patrick Faber

Belize Deputy Prime Minister, Patrick Faber, has confirmed that he was “detained for about three hours” last month when he visited the United States because police thought he fitted the description of a man who was about to launch a gun attack on a school.

Faber, who appeared on a television programme here on Thursday night, confirmed that the incident occurred on April 20 in Henry County telling viewers “there was an incident in the United States with the Henry County Sherriff…”.

Faber said that he had gone to the school where his two children are studying and was welcomed by the principal.

“I had called the school to say that I would be visiting and I was welcomed by the principal, to say you are able to come in. I wanted to check on their progress and I wanted to ensure that the school was aware that I am very much interested in their wellbeing, in their learning environment there and so on.

“So I made those arrangements and upon arriving at the school on the day that was scheduled, I was greeted by the police and I was held to gunpoint and arrested and I was detained for about three hours.”

The Deputy Prime Minister said that he later learned that there was a 911 call made to the police claiming that “I was going to the school to shoot, and in fact that I was a threat.

“According to the Henry County Sheriff’s office, they said that I was described by name and by features and so naturally I cannot blame the police for doing what they did. They acted in a manner that I think we would act here in Belize if a school, if we received information that a school was threatened.

“Naturally, the police later on found out that that was never my intention, that the school was actually expecting me to visit. It’s a normal situation for a parent to check in, especially if you don’t live in the country where the children are going to school.”

Faber said that the police apologized “profusely and in fact told me that they would be investigating the 911 call.

“They told me the specifics about the caller and in fact promised me that they would be investigating it further, and that in fact I was a victim. The police apologized profusely and I was allowed to go on my way,” Faber told television viewers here.

Faber said that his two children had re-located to the United States to be with their mother, his ex-wife, who has since re-married.

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Trump cancels summit with North Korea scheduled for next month

WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday called off a planned historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, even after North Korea followed through on a pledge to blow up tunnels at its nuclear test site.

Referring to a scheduled June 12 meeting with Kim in Singapore, Trump said in a letter to the North Korean leader: “Sadly, based on the tremendous anger and open hostility displayed in your most recent statement, I feel it would be inappropriate, at this time, to have this long- planned meeting.”

Trump called it “a missed opportunity” and said he still hoped to meet Kim someday.

The North Korean mission to the United Nations did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Trump’s cancellation of the summit.

U.S. stocks dropped sharply on the news, with the benchmark S&P 500 Index falling more than half a percent in about 10 minutes. Investors turned to U.S. Treasury debt as a safe alternative, driving the yield on the 10year note, which moves inversely to its price, down to a 10-day low and back below the psychologically important 3 percent level.

The U.S. dollar also weakened broadly, particularly against the Japanese yen, which climbed to a twoweek high against the greenback.

“Please let this letter serve to

A combination photo shows U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (R) in Washignton, DC, U.S. May 17, 2018 and in Panmunjom, South Korea, April 27, 2018 respectively represent that the Singapore summit, Washington. The rhetoric reached new for the good of both parties, but to the heights under Trump as he mocked Kim detriment of the world, will not take as “little rocket man” and in address place,” Trump wrote. at the United Nations threatened

“You talk about your nuclear to “totally destroy” North Korea if capabilities, but ours are so massive necessary. Kim had called Trump and powerful that I pray to God that mentally deranged and threatened to they will never have to be used,” he “tame” him with fire. said.

Kim rarely leaves North

Earlier on Thursday, North Korea and his willingness to meet and Korea repeated a threat to pull out of Trump’s acceptance sparked hope but the summit with Trump it had faded in recent days. next month and warned it was In a statement released by prepared for a nuclear showdown with North Korean media, Vice Foreign Washington if necessary.

Minister Choe Son Hui had called U.S.

North Korea’s pursuit of Vice President Mike Pence a “political nuclear weapons has been a source of dummy” for comparing North Korea tension on the Korean peninsula for - a “nuclear weapons state” - to Libya, decades, as well as antagonism with where Muammar Gaddafi gave up

his unfinished nuclear development program, only to be later killed by NATO-backed fighters.

“Whether the U.S. will meet us at a meeting room or encounter us at nuclear-to-nuclear showdown is entirely dependent upon the decision and behavior of the United States,” Choe said.

A small group of international media selected by North Korea witnessed the demolition of tunnels at the Punggye-ri site on Thursday, which Pyongyang says is proof of its commitment to end nuclear testing.

The apparent destruction of what North Korea says is its only nuclear test site has been widely welcomed as a positive, if largely symbolic, step toward resolving tension over its weapons. North Korean leader Kim has declared his nuclear force complete, amid speculation the site was obsolete anyway.

Cancellation of what would have been the first ever summit between a serving U.S president and a North Korean leader denies Trump what supporters hoped could have been the biggest diplomatic achievement of his presidency, and one worthy of a Nobel Prize.

“I felt a wonderful dialogue was building between you and me, and ultimately it is only that dialogue that matters,” Trump said in his letter to Kim. “Some day, I look very much forward to meeting you.”

In a union of tradition and modernity, U.S actress Meghan marries Prince Harry

WINDSOR, England - Prince one of the 100,000-strong crowd that Harry and his actress bride Meghan thronged Windsor’s streets.

Markle married on Saturday in a The ceremony was typical of dazzling ceremony that blended royal weddings in many ways. The ancient English ritual with African service was conducted by the Dean American culture, infusing the of Windsor while Justin Welby, the 1,000-year-old British monarchy with Archbishop of Canterbury, declared a blast of modernity. the couple man and wife, beneath the

In a medieval chapel at banners of the knights of the Order of Windsor Castle that 39 English kings the Garter, the world’s oldest chivalric and queens have called home since group dating back to 1348.

1066, Harry and Meghan exchanged The newlyweds will also vows watched up close by royals and be officially known as the Duke celebrities, and from afar by a global and Duchess of Sussex after Queen TV audience of many millions.

Elizabeth bestowed those titles on

Wearing a veil, diamond tiara them. and a sleek dress with a long train, the But throughout the wedding, American actress was accompanied there were significant breaks with up the aisle of St George’s Chapel by tradition, in particular when U.S. Harry’s father, Prince Charles, before Episcopalian bishop Michael Bruce she and Harry exchanged vows and Curry delivered a passionate sermon were proclaimed husband and wife. that was a far cry from the sober tones

The couple kissed on the steps of the Church of England. of the 15th Century chapel, before “There’s power in love,” he delighting the sea of well-wishers, boomed at a congregation that some of whom had camped for days to included Queen Elizabeth, senior witness the spectacular show of British royals and celebrities ranging from pomp and pageantry, by touring Oprah Winfrey to George Clooney and Windsor in a horse-drawn carriage.

David Beckham.

The union of Harry, 33, a “Do not underestimate it. former royal wild child and sixth-in- Anyone who has ever fallen in love line to the British throne, and 36-year- knows what I mean,” said Curry in an old Meghan, a divorcee whose mother energetic address that quoted Martin is African-American and father is Luther King. white, was like no other the royal Meghan’s mother, Doria family has seen before.

Ragland, 61, accompanied her

“We can break the barriers daughter to the chapel in a vintage down, it can be done,” said 40-year- Rolls Royce and shed tears of emotion old black Briton Yvonne Emanuel, at several points during the ceremony.

The newly married Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, leaving Windsor Castle after their wedding to attend an evening reception at Frogmore House, hosted by the Prince of Wales Windsor, Britain, May 19, 2018

Meghan entered the chapel thousands more celebrated at street unescorted, offering TV viewers and parties held across the country. the congregation a first good look at Air traffic controllers for her hotly anticipated wedding dress, nearby Heathrow Airport, one of which was created by British designer the world’s busiest, even closed the Clare Waight Keller of the French airspace over the town for the 15 fashion house Givenchy. minutes before the ceremony to avoid

Harry, looking nervous, marring proceedings with the roar of appeared to say: “Thanks Pa” to his low-flying aircraft. father, and “You look amazing!” to his Among the raft of celebrity beaming bride. guests were James Corden, British

In further breaks with host of the American TV chat show tradition, Markle, 36, did not vow to “The Late Late Show”, tennis ace obey her husband; while Harry, who is Serena Williams, British actor Idris three years her junior, wore a wedding Elba along with two of Harry’s exring - unlike other senior male royals girlfriends and the siblings of Harry’s such as his older brother Prince late mother Princess Diana.

William.

Her sister, Lady Jane Fellowes,

But in the narrow streets delivered the reading and the chapel of Windsor, 30 miles (20 km) west itself was garlanded with white roses, of London, the enthusiasm from the the favorite flowers of Diana, who died vast crowds waving British flags and in a car crash in Paris in 1997. cheering was overwhelming, while

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Georgia jury awards $1 billion verdict against Security Company after guard rapes teen

A Georgia jury has awarded an eye-popping $1 billion verdict against a security company after an apartment complex guard was convicted of raping a 14-year-old girl.

Hope Cheston was outside by some picnic tables with her boyfriend during a party in October 2012 when an armed security guard approached, attorney L. Chris Stewart told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The guard told the boyfriend not to move and raped Cheston, Stewart said.

The guard, identified in the lawsuit as Brandon Lamar Zachary, was convicted of statutory rape and is serving a 20-year prison sentence, according to online prison records.

Renatta Cheston-Thornton filed a lawsuit in March 2015 on behalf of her daughter, who was still a minor at the time. The jury on Tuesday handed down the verdict against Crime Prevention Agency, the security company that employed Zachary.

Zachary, who was 22 at the time of the rape, should never have been hired because he wasn’t licensed to be an armed guard, Stewart said.

The judge had already determined the security company was liable, so the jury was only determining damages, Stewart said.

After reading the verdict, Stewart

said, jurors immediately left the jury box — without waiting for the judge’s permission — to hug Cheston and her mother.

Attempts by the AP to reach the company for comment were unsuccessful. Online corporate registration information for Crime Prevention Agency shows that it was dissolved in 2016. The phone at a number listed online for Mario Watts, who’s named on the corporate registration as the CEO and identified in the lawsuit as the company’s registered agent, rang unanswered Wednesday.

The Associated Press does not generally identify victims of sexual assault, but Cheston, who’s now 20, said she wanted her name used. A full-time college student who plans to spend her summer working with an organization in downtown Atlanta that helps homeless people, Cheston said she wants her story to provide strength for other sexual assault victims.

A lot of women who suffer sexual assault don’t pursue justice, choosing instead to put it behind them, she said in a phone interview Wednesday.

“I feel like my case is just to show that you may not get it

Brandon Lamar Zachary immediately, but you will get what you’re worth,” Cheston said. “This shows that people do care about the worth of a woman.”

Stewart, who has tried a lot of sexual assault cases, said he was shocked when he heard the verdict.

He said he had asked jurors to really determine the value of the pain caused by the rape.

For Trump lookalike, crops mean more than social media fame

MADRID — A woman in Spain has found unexpected fame on social media after many found she bore a striking resemblance to U.S. President Donald Trump.

A journalist reporting on farming in northwestern Spain posted on Instagram a picture of Dolores Leis dressed in farm clothing with a hoe over her shoulder, prompting thousands of responses.

The 64-year-old has since been asked to comment on pressing U.S. policy and international issues — though she has shown more concern for a moth plague threatening her potato crops.

“I say that it must be because of the color of the hair,” Leis told the La Voz de Galicia Dolores Leis stands in a field on her farm in Galicia, in northern Spain, Thursday April 19, newspaper Tuesday She is different to Trump on one 2018 issue though — she doesn’t use Others, who called Leis farm, where the reporter found a mobile phone and has little “Trump’s Galician sister,” made her last week planting potatoes. interest in online chatter. an online call to research the Leis told the newspaper

Leis, who appears president’s family roots in the she has not felt overwhelmed by standing in the middle of her Costa da Morte, or Death Coast, sudden fame because, without a farming plot, her frowning face the rocky shore in northwestern smartphone, the online buzz is looking away from the camera and Spain with a long history of easy to ignore. blond hair held by a diadem, has shipwrecks.

“I look at everything that many fans now.

A Galician native who has my daughters show me, but it

“Can we replace Trump lived in the same town since she never stung my curiosity to have with this hard working lady?” one married her husband four decades one (phone),” she said. responder on Instagram asked. ago, Leis works at home and at her

“I was really proud of the jury because there is no basis in the legal world for how high a rape verdict can be,” he said.

Verdicts in the tens of millions of dollars, or even hundreds of millions, are not uncommon, Jeff Dion, director of the National Crime Victim Bar Association said in an email. But he’s never heard of a $1 billion verdict in a case with a single victim.

“This jury was clearly trying to send a message about bad conduct on the part of the company,” Dion wrote.

It is more than likely that the security company will appeal the verdict, said Georgia State University law professor Jessica Gabel Cino.

An appeals court would consider the reasonableness of the verdict and would also compare it to those awarded in similar cases to see if it’s proportional, and it will likely be lowered, she said.

Cino agreed that this verdict was highly unusual but said the allegations in the case seemed especially egregious.

“The facts are just so in the plaintiff’s favor when you put all of this together,” she said. “I mean, it’s really kind of serving up the right case on a platter to the jury.”

Australia searching for 50 athletes, officials missing after Commonwealth Games

SYDNEY - Australian authorities are searching for 50 athletes and officials missing a month after the Commonwealth Games ended in the host city of the Gold Coast while another 190 are seeking asylum, the country’s home affairs minister said on Tuesday.

Minister Peter Dutton told reporters in Canberra an operation had been organized to find the 50 people and “take them into immigration detention and eventually to deport them”.

He said another 190 people had sought protection visas, a class of visa in Australia assigned to refugees. Fifteen more have applied for other types of visas.

While some participants at major international sporting events overstay their visas or seek asylum in the host countries, the number of claims in Australia following this year’s Commonwealth Games, held April 4-15, is high.

Participants who went missing or sought refuge at previous Commonwealth Games, such as those held in Melbourne in 2006 and Manchester in 2002 and Glasgow in 2014, typically numbered in the dozens, not hundreds, according to government statements at the time.

More than 6,600 athletes and team officials attended the 2018 event, held on Australia’s subtropical Gold Coast.

Some athletes, including those from Cameroon, in Central Africa, did not show up for their events.

Dutton said on Tuesday under immigration law, people who apply for temporary protections visas are given bridging visas, which allow them to stay in Australia while their claims are processed.

Asylum seekers are a highly contentious political issue in Australia, which has a policy of stopping the flow of such people before they land in the country. Its policy of sending asylum seekers for processing to camps in Papua New Guinea and Nauru has drawn criticism from the United Nations and international rights groups.

Australia defends its tough laws by saying it deters people from making dangerous sea journeys to try to reach its shores after thousands drowned.

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Chilean Catholic church suspends 14 priests over ‘improper conduct’

SANTIAGO - Catholic church authorities in the Chilean city of Rancagua on Tuesday suspended 14 priests while they are investigated for “improper conduct”, a development that could deepen the crisis the church is facing over sexual abuse charges.

The suspensions were announced after a meeting of 68 priests of the diocese of Rancagua, which is located to the south of capital

city Santiago.

“Precautionary measures have been adopted,” Gabriel Becerra, vicar general of Rancagua, told reporters.

Earlier on Tuesday the Vatican said Pope Francis would host a second group of victims of priestly sexual abuse in Chile, days after the country’s bishops all offered to resign over the scandal.

Earlier this month, the pope

met three men who were victims of a priest accused of abusing boys in Santiago in the 1970s and 1980s. The second group includes priests who also fell foul of the same disgraced churchman, the Vatican said.

The five men, accompanied by two other priests who have helped them and two lay people, will see the pope from June 1-3.

In a subsequent statement,

Cyclists tried to scare cougar but it attacked, killing 1

The two mountain bikers did what they were supposed to do when they noticed a mountain lion tailing them on a trail east of Seattle.

They got off their bikes.

They faced the beast, shouted and tried to spook it. After it charged, one even smacked the cougar with his bike, and it ran off.

It wasn’t enough, authorities said.

As they stood trying to catch their breath, the cougar returned, biting one of them on the head and shaking him, Capt. Alan Myers of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Police said Sunday.

The second cyclist ran, and the animal dropped the first victim and pounced on him, killing him and dragging him back to what appeared to be its den.

“They did everything they were supposed to do,” King County sheriff’s Sgt. Ryan Abbott said.

“But something was wrong with this cougar.”

The attack Saturday near North Bend, in the Cascade Mountain foothills 30 miles (48 kilometers) east of Seattle, was the first fatal cougar attack in the state in 94 years. Myers said Sunday that the cougar was underweight — about 100 pounds (45 kilograms), when a typical 3-year-old male in the area would be 140 to 180 pounds (63 to 81 kilograms).

The 31-year-old Seattle man who was bitten first, Isaac Sederbaum, survived. Rescuers flew him to a hospital, where he was in satisfactory condition Sunday, Harborview Medical Center spokeswoman Susan Gregg said.

Myers identified the deceased victim, a 32-year-old Seattle resident, as S.J. Brooks.

After the cougar

Washington State Fish and Wildlife Police confer with an individual from the King County Medical Examiner’s and a King County Sheriff’s deputy on a remote gravel road above Snoqualmie, WA., following a fatal cougar attack attacked Brooks, a badly bloodied way into a park in Seattle in Sederbaum managed to get on 2009, encounters with people in his bike and ride off. He rode for Washington state are rare.

2 miles (3 kilometers) before he Attacks have become more could get a cellphone signal to call common as people increasingly 911. encroach on the animals’ territory.

When rescuers arrived, In North America, there have been it took about half an hour to find about 25 deadly attacks and 95 Brooks, who was dead with the nonfatal attacks reported in the cougar on top of him in what past century, but more attacks appeared to be a den-like area. have been reported in the U.S. An officer shot at it, and it ran off. West and Canada over the past Several hours later, Washington 20 years than in the previous 80, Department of Fish and Wildlife according to Fish and Wildlife. agents used dogs to track it to a Experts say that people nearby tree. They shot and killed encountering the big cats in the it. wild should stop and pick up small

Authorities plan to match children immediately. Because DNA taken from the animal with running and rapid movements can DNA from the victims to be certain trigger the animal’s prey drive, they killed the right cougar. They don’t run. Instead, face the cougar, sent the animal’s carcass to a speak firmly and slowly back away veterinary lab at Washington — appearing as large as possible, State University for a necropsy to such as by standing on a rock or determine what might have been stump or opening a sweatshirt or wrong with it. jacket.

There are an estimated Keep your eyes on the 2,000 cougars in Washington. animal and become more assertive Until the 1960s, the state paid if it doesn’t back off. And if it does hunters a bounty for killing them. attack, fight back.

Now, it allows 250 to be hunted in “The idea is to convince 50 designated zones. the cougar that you are not prey,

While they are sometimes but a potential danger,” Fish and known to kill livestock or pets, and Wildlife advises on its website. though one even found its

the Diocese of Rancagua reported that the information was given to a prosecutor’s office and that, from the canonical point of view, the antecedents were sent to the Vatican.

“We deeply regret any act or situation that violates the values and principles that underpin our Catholic Church and we want to express our solidarity with the victims,” said a statement later issued by the diocese.

Japanese climber dies on eighth attempt on Everest

Japanese climber Kuriki Nobukazu

KATHMANDU - A Japanese climber, who lost nine fingertips to frostbite in a previous expedition, died on Monday during an attempt to climb Mount Everest, an official said, the second person to die on the world’s highest mountain during the current climbing season.

Nobukazu Kuriki, 36, was found dead near camp 2 at about 6,400 meters (20,997 feet) on the 8,850-metre (29,035-feet) mountain, tourism department official Gyanendra Shrestha said from base camp.

“Sherpas found his body inside the tent,” Shrestha told Reuters. Details of the incident are not immediately available due to poor communication with the higher camp, he said.

Kuriki had made seven unsuccessful attempts to scale Everest.

In 2012, Kuriki spent two days in a snow hole at 27,000 feet (8,230 meters) on Everest in temperatures below minus 20 Celsius. That was when he had to have his fingertips amputated.

Macedonian Gjeorgi Petkov, 63, died at the weekend climbing Everest, hiking officials said without giving details.

Scores of climbers have successfully made it to the top of Everest this month taking the benefit of good weather, officials said.

Nepal has allowed more than 340 foreign climbers to ascend the peak during the current season which started in March and continues through this month.

Britons dash to become German before Brexit

BERLIN - Driven by the prospect of Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union next year, the number of British passport holders who became German citizens jumped by 162 percent last year, Germany’s Federal Statistics Office said on Wednesday.

Nearly 7,500 Britons acquired German citizenship last year. This follows a 361 percent rise in 2016, bringing the total for the two years to around 10,400. This is more

than double the number of Britons who became Germans in the 15 years from 2000.

“A link to Brexit is obvious,” said the Office, adding Britons were the second biggest group to be granted German citizenship last year after nearly 15,000 Turks.

With no Brexit deal yet in sight, despite a leaving date of March 2019, many Britons are worried they will lose the right to live and work in Europe’s biggest economy,

which is enjoying an unusually long period of growth and record low unemployment.

Britons usually need to have lived in Germany for eight years to qualify. Applications take more than six months to process and Britons can take up dual citizenship while Britain is still an EU member.

Overall, the number of people becoming German rose by 1.7 percent last year to 112,200, the highest level since German, British and European Union flags fly in front of the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany July 20, 2016 2013.

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WORLD NEWS South Africa kidnappers demand ransom in bitcoin to free teenager

Representation of the Bitcoin virtual currency standing on the PC motherboard is seen in this illustration picture, February 3, 2018

JOHANNESBURG - A criminal gang in South Africa who kidnapped a teenage boy on Sunday are demanding a ransom in bitcoin cryptocurrency of nearly $120,000, police said.

Katlego Marite, 13, was dragged into a car while playing with two friends near his home in Witbank, a town in the eastern province of Mpumalanga, on Sunday afternoon, police spokesman Leonard Hlathi said.

“They demanded that the family should deposit a sum of 15 bitcoins, not in rands,” he told news channel eNCA. “(The parents) don’t even know what these bitcoins are. They are not dealing in those things. They are in tatters as we speak.”

Although police in South Africa have reported a recent rise in kidnappings, the ransom demand in cryptocurrency appears to be a first.

In December, kidnappers in Ukraine received a ransom worth more than $1 million in bitcoins for releasing their victim - an employee of a British cryptocurrency exchange.

Malaysia says search for Flight MH370 to end next week

KUALA LUMPUR - A private search by a U.S. firm for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which went missing in 2014 in one of the world’s biggest aviation mysteries, will end on Tuesday, Malaysian Transport Minister Anthony Loke said on Wednesday.

Flight MH370, carrying 239 people, disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014.

Malaysia had agreed in January to pay Houston-based Ocean Infinity up to $70 million if it found the plane during a 90day search in the southern Indian Ocean.

The hunt for the Boeing 777 was previously expected to end in June, as the 90-day agreement did not cover time taken for refueling and resupplying search vessel Seabed Constructor.

However, Ocean Infinity had finished scouring its targeted search area in April and had requested an extension until May 29, Loke said.

“This morning I raised this (request) in cabinet and we agreed to extend to May 29,” he told reporters in Putrajaya, Malaysia’s administrative capital.

Asked it that mean no further extensions, he said: “Yes.”

Newly elected Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad had

Malaysia’s newly elected Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad attends a news conference in Menara Yayasan Selangor, Pataling Jaya, Malaysia May 12, 2018. earlier said Malaysia would review and possibly end its agreement with Ocean Infinity, amid other moves to cut government spending.

Mahathir, 92, ousted the long-ruling Barisan Nasional coalition, led by ex-premier and former protege Najib Razak, in a stunning election upset on May 9.

Loke, who was sworn in as minister on Monday, said the

government would release a full report on the investigation into MH370’s disappearance after the offshore search was completed, but had not yet determined a date for the report’s release.

Voice 370, a group representing the relatives of those aboard the flight, had called on the new government to review all matters related to MH370, including “any possible falsification or elimination of records related to MH370 and its maintenance”.

“I’m not privy to whatever details that may not have been revealed, but as minister, I am committed to releasing all details to the public,” Loke said.

The decision to engage Ocean Infinity came after Australia, China and Malaysia ended a fruitless A$200 million ($159.38 million) search across a 120,000 square-km (46,332 square miles) area in the Indian Ocean last year, despite investigators calling for the target area to be extended 25,000 square kilometers (9653 square miles) north.

The Seabed Constructor has covered 86,000 square kilometers (33,205 square miles) so far but has yet to identify any significant findings, Ocean Infinity said in its weekly search update on May 15.

University of Southern California torn by scandal surrounding gynecologist Two-hundred faculty members of the University of Southern California on Tuesday called for the USC’s top official to resign over the school’s handling of complaints that a campus health clinic gynecologist sexually abused his patients during pelvic exams.

The demand for USC President C.L. Max Nikias to step down came in an open letter from professors to the school’s Board of Trustees as USC faced a mounting tide of litigation accusing Dr. George Tyndall of misconduct and the university of complicity and negligence.

Tyndall resigned from the university last year after an internal inquiry found his pelvic examination practices were beyond accepted medical standards and that he had harassed patients.

More than 2,200 students, alumni and others at USC, one of the most prestigious private U.S. institutions of higher education, signed a separate online petition calling for Nikias’ ouster as the campus reeled from its third major personnel scandal since last year.

The university has acknowledged failing to properly act on at least eight complaints made against Tyndall between 2000 and 2014.

Several former patients have filed civil lawsuits in the past two days, and one new accusation lodged in a sworn

declaration released on Tuesday dates Nikias acknowledged the back to 1991. “faculty’s anger and frustration” in a

A hotline and special website statement on Tuesday, and said he that USC set up recently have received was “committed to working with them” about 200 more reports from concerned to implement a new action plan to patients, the university said. address the crisis and to “change the

The Chinese government culture.” last week voiced “deep concern” over Nikias came under fire last reports that many of Tyndall’s alleged year over accusations of chronic victims were foreign students from drug abuse by a former USC medical China. school dean and allegations of sexual

Tyndall, 71, could not be harassment by another medical school reached by Reuters for comment. dean.

However, in interviews with the Those scandals were cited in Los Angeles Times he has denied both the faculty letter and the online wrongdoing and defended the efficacy petition as evidence of Nikias’ failures of his medical exams. as president.

The university recently “He has lost the moral authority brought the situation to the attention to lead the university,” the letter of the Los Angeles County District said. “The university administration’s Attorney’s Office, which referred the actions have been wrong at every turn.” matter on May 9 to the Los Angeles The letter pointed to the Police Department “to investigate fact, acknowledged by USC, that the potential criminal misconduct,” a university allowed Tyndall to quietly spokesman for the D.A. said in an resign last year, following the inquiry, email. without reporting him to the state

An LAPD spokesman, Tony Im, medical board. said on Tuesday police “have no active The university said it initially criminal investigation on this matter.” declined to report Tyndall to the medical

Responding to the faculty letter, board because he stated his intention USC Board of Trustees Chairman John then to retire, but USC did report Mork said in a statement that the him after he sought reinstatement in board’s executive committee had “full March. confidence” in Nikias.

“In hindsight, we should have

Mork called the reports made this report eight months earlier surrounding Tyndall “distressing.” when he separated from the university,”

Nikias said in a letter to the campus last week.

“It is true that our system failed, but it is important that you know that this claim of a cover-up is patently false,” USC Provost Michael Quick said in a message posted on Monday.

Several accusers who alleged Tyndall molested them under the guise of medical treatment recounted a sense of something being wrong at the time but not fully comprehending the encounters as sexual abuse until reading about other allegations in the Los Angeles Times earlier this month.

One USC graduate identified only as Jane Doe alleged in a sworn declaration released by her attorney on Tuesday that Tyndall had taken pictures of her genitals with a camera during a pap smear appointment, then tried to deny it, in 1991.

Eight complaints reported in the early 2000s to a former health center director, who has since died, were never brought to light until they were uncovered during the course of an investigation the university opened in 2016.

That probe was launched, and Tyndall was suspended, after a staff member at the student health center came forward with reports that he had made sexually inappropriate comments to patients.

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Next generation iPhone chips go into production

Apple Inc. manufacturing partner Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has started mass production of nextgeneration processors for new iPhones launching later this year, according to people familiar with the matter.

The processor, likely to be called the A12 chip, will use a 7-nanometer design that can be smaller, faster and more efficient than the 10-nanometer chips in current Apple devices like the iPhone 8 and iPhone X, the people said. They asked not to be identified discussing private plans. Apple and TSMC spokeswomen declined to comment.

More-capable chips help smartphones run apps faster and last longer before having to be recharged, key advantages in a competitive industry that’s struggling to grow.

In April, TSMC, the world’s largest contract chipmaker, said it started mass-producing 7-nanometer processors, but didn’t disclose it was building them for a specific partner.

TSMC shares were little changed on Wednesday.

There have been concerns about how Apple would fare amidst a slowdown in the mobilephone industry, as major markets from the U.S. to China grow more saturated. Global smartphone shipments fell 8.5 percent in the fourth quarter and declined 0.5 percent for the year, according to researcher IDC.

Apple would be one of the first phone makers to use the new chip technology in consumer devices, but it isn’t the only one.

Samsung Electronics Co., Apple’s biggest competitor, is working on adding these components

to its new phones, and said on Tuesday it will start churning out processors using the technique this year.

Apple is also trying to get ahead of 7-nanometer designs from Qualcomm Inc., the biggest maker of mobile phone chips.

Huawei Technologies Co. is also grabbing market share in China with its phones and in-house designed processors.

Apple plans to launch at least a trio of new iPhones this fall, including a larger version of the iPhone X’s design, an update to the current iPhone X size, and a lower-cost model with many of the iPhone X’s features but with a cheaper LCD screen.

TSMC wants to spend more than $10 billion to expand its Hsinchu headquarters production facility, which includes a research and development center where it builds the latest chip technology.

Report finds Android malware pre-installed on hundreds of phones

Even if you’re careful about avoiding sketchy websites and apps, there’s nothing you can do if your smartphone has malware built in.

That’s actually the case with hundreds of different smartphones, according to Avast Threat Labs. The researchers found adware installed mostly on devices not certified by Google from manufacturers like ZTE, Archos and myPhone. Users with affected phones will see popup ads and other annoying problems, and because the adware is installed on a firmware level, it’s incredibly difficult to remove.

This isn’t the first time we’ve seen bad apps pre-installed, as Lenovo famously shipped the “Superfish” malware with brand new PCs. It’s one of the bigger scandals related to malware installed on Android devices, however, and might affect a lot more users.

There are a couple of different variants of the Android malware APKs, but they work on the same principal.The infected apps, called droppers, are installed in a hidden way in a list of system applications in the settings. They download a small file called a manifest that tells the app what other files to get. It then downloads those and installs an APK from an URL found in the manifest, and uses a standard

Android command to install it.

Finally, it starts the payload service. The payload APK contains Google, Facebook and Baidu ad frameworks. It is able to detect any antivirus software, and will “hold back any suspicious actions in this case,” said Avast. If not, it will show popup ads for sketchy games while you surf on your default browser.

That’s already a big nuisance, but could get a lot worse if you actually installed any of the games.

The top countries affected are Russia, Italy, Germany, the UK and France. Avast managed to disable the dropper server via takedown requests, but it was quickly restored using another provider. The adware servers are still operating, and lots of users have complained about bad ads, the company notes.

Avast contacted Google, which “has taken steps to mitigate the malicious capabilities of many app variants on several device models, using internally developed techniques,” said the company.

Specifically, Google Play Protect should automatically disable the dropper and the payload, if it’s

Acer’s Chromebook Spin 13 could be the most well-rounded Chrome OS laptop on the market

At Acer’s annual global press conference, the company announced its usual assortment of new computers ranging from humble tablets built for education to the wild desktop rigs with dual Xeon CPUs. But among Acer’s avalanche of metal and silicon, there was one device that felt like an anchor for the company’s growth and success: the new Chromebook Spin 13.

For years, Acer has made some of the best Chromebooks you could buy, and with the new 2-in-1 Chromebook Spin 13, Acer is keeping the newfound flexibility found on last year’s R13, while upping the ante with a new an all new, more premium feeling design.

Taking a cue from the Google Pixelbook, the Chromebook Spin 13 features a 13.5-inch 2256 x 1504 touchscreen with a 3:2 aspect ratio instead of a traditional 16:9 ldisplay. Then, Acer went and replaced the big long hinge on the R13 with a more standard two-sided setup, before tacking on a new one-piece Gorilla Glass touchpad. And unlike Acer Chromebooks of old couple years ago, the Spin 13 sports a full metal chassis that should give it some added durability and a touch of class.

The Chromebook Spin 13 shouldn’t be hurting on power either thanks to your choice of 8th-gen Intel Core i3 or i5 CPUs, up to 16GB of RAM, and either 32GB, 64GB or 128GB of storage.

The Spin 13 even features built-in Wacom stylus support (including an onboard hidey hold for stashing the active pen when its not in use), so you can save handwritten notes or sketches with ease.

But perhaps the best thing about the Chromebook Spin 13 is that it looks like its going to cost half the price of Google’s slick, but expensive $1,000 Pixelbook. Prices are going to start at $400 for a non-2-in-1 Chromebook 13, while the the 13 Spin will command a $100 premium on top of that.

And just in case you wanted something slightly bigger, Acer is also making 15-inch versions of its new Chromebook, including the new $450 Chromebook Spin 15, which Acer claims is the world’s first 15-inch Chrome OS convertible.

Ferrari debuts SP38 Supercar made for one customer only

available.

Another solution, of course, is to use mobile antivirus software that Avast just happens offer (or another antivirus app, we presume). That should uninstall the payload, but you’ll have to manually go into your settings to disable the dropper.

Crafted for “one of Ferrari‘s most dedicated customers,” the SP38 is in a class all its own.

Crafted from the chassis and running gear of a 488 GTB, the SP38 sports design details influenced by the F40, including rear spoiler and engine cover construction influenced by the heritage car.

Boasting ultra-thin headlights and a carbon fiber flip-up assembly, the SP38 was designed with speed in mind, as its owner reportedly maintains a “deep passion for racing.” According to Top Gear, stats may include a 0-62 time of approximately three seconds with a top speed of 205, if the SP38 is comparable to a standard 488 GTB. The unique car is one of Ferrari’s one-off models, never to be repeated again.

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Civil rights groups warn Amazon about gov’t use of facial recognition

U.S. civil liberties groups have called on Amazon.com Inc to stop offering facial recognition services to governments, warning that the software could be used to target immigrants and people of color unfairly.

More than 40 groups sent a letter to Amazon Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos saying technology from the company’s cloud computing unit was ripe for abuse. The letter underscores how new tools for identifying and tracking people could be used to empower surveillance states.

Amazon has marketed a range of uses for its Rekognition service, unveiled in late 2016. These include detecting offensive content, identifying celebrities and securing public safety.

In a blog post last year, Amazon said a new feature let customers “identify people of interest against a collection of millions of faces in near real-time, enabling use cases such as timely and accurate crime prevention.” Customers provide the data for Amazon’s tool to search.

“Seconds saved in the field can make the difference in saving a life,” Chris Adzima, an analyst in the Washington County Sheriff’s Office in Oregon, said in the blog post.

But rights groups say the powerful tool raises concerns.

“People should be free to walk down the street without being watched by the government,” said the letter to Bezos. “Facial recognition in American communities threatens this freedom.

In overpoliced communities of color, it could effectively eliminate it.”

Amazon has helped various U.S. jurisdictions use Rekognition, said the letter, citing public records obtained by affiliates of the American Civil Liberties Union.

In Oregon, law enforcement uploaded 300,000 mug shots dating to 2001 into Amazon’s cloud and indexed them in Rekognition, according to another Amazon blog post.

Rekognition identified four faces with more than 80 percent similarity to an image of an unidentified hardware store thief; a Facebook search subsequently helped with the case, the post said.

The City of Orlando Police Department has also used Rekognition, according to Amazon’s website.

In a statement, Amazon Web Services said, “Our quality of life would be much worse today if we outlawed new technology because some people could choose to abuse the technology.”

Amazon requires customers abide by the law and be responsible when using Rekognition, it added.

The world’s largest online retailer is not alone: Microsoft Corp and Alphabet Inc’s Google offer recognition services as well.

Identifying faces has become a common feature in consumer products from Apple Inc and Facebook Inc.

Facebook not done enough to prevent misuse, says Zuckerberg

BRUSSELS - Facebook be broken up, Zuckerberg said the Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg question was not whether there apologized to EU lawmakers on should be regulation but what Tuesday, saying the company kind of regulation there should be. had not done enough to prevent “Some sort of regulation is misuse of the social network and important and inevitable,” he said. that regulation is “important and He declined to answer inevitable”. when leading lawmakers asked

Meeting the leaders of the him again as the session concluded European Parliament, Zuckerberg whether there was any cross use stressed the importance of of data between Facebook and Europeans to Facebook and said subsidiaries like WhatsApp or he was sorry for not doing enough on whether he would give an to prevent abuse of the platform. undertaking to let users block

“We didn’t take a broad targeting adverts.

Facebook has been enough view of our responsibility.

That was a mistake and I am embroiled in a data scandal after sorry for it,” Zuckerberg said in it emerged that the personal data of 87 million users were his opening remarks.

In response to questions improperly accessed by a political Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg about whether Facebook ought to consultancy.

Microsoft, Google find fresh flaw in chips, but risk is low Cyber security researchers have found a new security flaw that affects a broad swath of modern computing chips and is related to the Spectre and Meltdown chip flaws that emerged in January.

The newest chip problem, known as Speculative Store Bypass or “Variant 4” because it’s in the same family as the original group of flaws, was disclosed by security researchers at Microsoft Corp and Alphabet Inc’s Google on Monday. Though the flaw affects many chips from Intel Corp, Advanced Micro Devices Inc and Softbank Group’s ARM Holdings, researchers described the risks as low, partly because of web browser patches already issued earlier this year to address Spectre.

The Meltdown and Spectre flaws, which emerged in January, can allow passwords

and other sensitive data on chips to be read. The flaws result from the way computers try to guess what users are likely to do next, a process called speculative execution.

When the flaws emerged in January, researchers warned that they were likely to find new variants of Spectre in the future. Earlier this month, German computer science magazine c’t reported that a “next generation” of flaws had been found in Intel’s chips and was likely to be disclosed this month. Intel declined to comment on whether Monday’s announcement was related to the German magazine’s story.

In its research findings, Microsoft said that patches issued for common web browsers earlier this year greatly increased the difficulty of carrying out an attack with the newly discovered flaw.

Chips from Intel, AMD

and ARM all have patches available, either directly from the makers or through software suppliers such as Microsoft. Intel said it expects a performance slowdown of between 2 percent and 8 percent from the patches, and ARM said it expects a slowdown of between 1 percent and 2 percent.

However, Intel said that because of the low risk of a real-world attack, it would ship its patches turned off by default, giving users the choice whether to turn them on. AMD also advised leaving the patches turned off due to the difficulty of carrying out an attack.

The security problems do not appear to have impacted chipmakers’ stock prices. Intel shares are up nearly 16 percent to since the start of the year to $54.32, and AMD shares are up 18.3 percent to $12.99 since the start of the year.

About $1.2 billion in cryptocurrency stolen since 2017 Data Protection laundering using General

NEW YORK - money Criminals have stolen about cryptocurrencies is the theft Regulation, which takes effect $1.2 billion in cryptocurrencies of these tokens by bad guys,” on Friday. will since the beginning of 2017, Dave Jevans, chief executive “GDPR as bitcoin’s popularity and the officer of cryptocurrency negatively impact the overall emergence of more than 1,500 security firm CipherTrace, security of the internet and will also inadvertently digital tokens have put the told Reuters in an interview. cybercriminals,” said spotlight on the unregulated Jevans is also chairman of aid Jevans. “By restricting access sector, according to estimates APWG. from the Anti-Phishing Of the $1.2 billion, to critical information, the Jevans estimates that only new law will significantly Working Group.

The estimates were about 20 percent or less hinder investigations into cryptocurrency part of the non-profit group’s has been recovered, noting cybercrime, research on cryptocurrency that global law enforcement theft, phishing, ransomware, and include reported and agencies have their hands full malware, fraud and cryptotracking down these criminals. jacking,” he added. unreported theft.

“One problem that Their investigations GDPR, which passed in aims to simplify we’re seeing in addition of criminal activity will 2016, to the criminal activity likely take a step back with and consolidate rules that like drug trafficking and the European Union’s new companies need to follow in

order to protect their data and to return control of personal information to EU citizens and residents.

The implementation of GDPR means that most European domain data in WHOIS, the internet’s database of record, will no longer be published publicly after May 25. WHOIS contains the names, addresses and email addresses of those who register domain names for websites.

WHOIS data is a fundamental resource for investigators and law enforcement officials who work to prevent thefts, Jevans

said.

He noted that WHOIS data is crucial in performing investigations that allow for the recovery of stolen funds, identifying the persons involved and providing vital information for law enforcement to arrest and prosecute criminals.

“So what we’re going to see is that not only the European market goes dark for all of us; so all the bad guys will flow to Europe because you can actually access the world from Europe and there’s no way you can get the data anymore,” Jevans said.

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NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE BOARD VACANCY FOR THE POSITION OF OFFICE ATTENDANT- PROVIDENCIALES SCOPE

To perform a variety of office support duties and to carry out the cleaning function of the National Health Insurance board office.

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

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

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

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AT THE TCICC Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced persons for the following full-time positions at the TCICC for the semester commencing Monday, August 27, 2018.

1. Culinary Arts Lecturer 2. Automotive Engineering Technology Lecturer 3. Science Laboratory Technician Lecturers are required to have knowledge and skills obtained through collegiate preparation resulting in a Master’s degree (Doctorate preferred) which must include eighteen (18) graduate semester hours in the area being applied for, from an accredited and recognized institution The Laboratory Technician should be able to work with little or no supervision; conducting and supporting scientific investigations and experiments. A minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree is required Salary is in the scale: US$40,210.00 - $43,488.40 per annum for Lecturers and US$27,399.90 - $39,102.30 per annum for Lab Technicians.

In the case of staff recruited from overseas, appointment is on contractual terms for an initial period of two years. A gratuity is payable at the end of satisfactory contractual service at the rate of 10% of salary drawn during the period of service.

A housing allowance is payable at existing rates.

Applications with copies of qualifications (including official transcripts), two character references, a police record and a recent testimonial from current place of employment should be sent to the:

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INTEGRITY COMMISSION – PROVIDENCIALES OFFICE

Secretarial Support Officer Purpose and Key Responsibilities To provide reliable, confidential and efficient secretarial support service for the Commission.

Key responsibilities will include: • assisting the Commission’s Secretary in the discharge of her statutory and secretarial duties including, handling sensitive and confidential documents and materials; • typing, faxing and photocopying of routine correspondence as required; • maintaining a comprehensive filing system; • screening incoming calls and answering routine questions; • scheduling appointments for the Commission and Staff Members; • receiving and dispensing mails; • taking notes of meetings when needed; • such other duties that may be assigned.

Qualification and Experience • An Associate Degree in Business Administration or equivalent qualification; • A minimum of 5 years experience in multi-tasking secretarial service or related field.

Competencies and Other desirable qualities include:

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649 946 1661 649 946 1163 tcicomc@tciway.tc dean@tcicomc-edu.com

• possession of the highest standards of integrity and probity, and understanding of fiduciary responsibilities to the people of the Turks and Caicos Islands; •ability to work effectively in teams, as well as being able to work unsupervised and under pressure; • excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills; • excellent demonstration of inter-personal skills, respect and high regards for sensitive and confidential information an materials; • excellent computer skills particularly in the use of Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Power Point and Publisher.

Remuneration • Salary is $30,000 per annum.

Application procedure Applicants are requested to submit their CV together with an accompanying letter demonstrating why they would wish to work with the Commission and what particular attributes they would bring to its work. Certified copies of qualifications as well as the names and letters of two referees must be submitted with your application.

The deadline for submission of applications is 8th June 2018, with a view to commencing work latest by August 2018.

Please note that only applicants selected for interview will be notified. Applicants who had previously applied for any of these posts need not apply for it again.

Applications should be returned to the Secretary, TCI Integrity Commission either by email, fax, or mail Direct mail should be addressed to Mrs. Wanda Ariza, Secretary, The Integrity Commission, Franklyn Missick Building, Church Folly, Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands. The contact details are: e-mail: secretary@integritycommission.tc; Tel. 9461941; Fax. 9461355.

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HS Ltd.

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Cook

Main Duties Prepare food items of consistent quality in accordance with production requirements and quality standards while maintaining a safe sanitary work environment. Start prep work on food items needed for the menu of the day. Organize all of the various prep items needed from different areas to ensure that all items are in place and ready for service. Inform the Manager of any shortage of supplies that need restocking before items completely run out.

Requirements Applicants must have a minimum of three-year (3) culinary experience preferably in hotel food and beverage industry. Comprehend and follow recipes and cooking techniques. Must have thorough knowledge and understanding of food service sanitation standards. Thorough knowledge and understanding of standard kitchen equipment and its use. Applicants must be willing to work varied shifts, split shifts, nights, weekends and holidays as required by management.

Perform other duties as assigned, requested or deemed necessary by management. Applicants will be required to work on a full-time basis. Must be able to walk, stand or stoop for the duration of shift (at least 8 hours). Applicants must be able to understand/speak/read/ write English proficiently. Applicants must be detail oriented, must be hardworking and a team player. Work with minimal supervision.

The salary range for this position is $30,000 - $35,000.00 per annum, commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Please submit applications to: Veronica Rigby, HS Ltd, P.O. Box 124, Regent House, The Regent Village, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands, Tel: (649) 946-5126; Fax (649) 946-5191; Email: ronnie@habgroup.com.

Interested Belongers must also submit copies of their application to the Commissioner of Labour & Work Permit Board Zone 2. Position currently held by a work permit holder. Closing date for application is June 4, 2018.

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BIM PROJECT ARCHITECT We are looking for a qualified BIM Project Architect, minimum 5 years’ experience, to spearhead and be responsible for the Revit transition, with a proven background in BIM to assist in the development and deployment of in-house Revit processes, BIM standards adherence and digital team support.You will be working alongside the Development Team’s Architect, Civil, Structural and MEP Engineer providing one to one project trouble shooting and thus strong communication skills are paramount. It will largely be project focused where your core responsibility will be to implement BIM/Revit for the project, therefore familiarity with family creation, worksets, scheduling and overall competency in Revit are essential, as is experience in the delivery process at a construction detailing level. You will be undertaking audits of BIM models and content creation as well as assisting in development of core documentation such as BEPs and EIRs. A history of solid Revit use in the industry is required as is an in-depth understanding of complex modelling, parametric families and worksets, demonstrating proverbial Revit and AutoCAD excellence is essential. Preferably you will have an architectural background and strong experience with Navisworks and Dynamo.

Salary circa US$60,000 depending upon experience.

Position open to all qualified TCI nationals.

Please submit applications to: Veronica Rigby, The Regent Ltd, P.O. Box 124, Regent House, The Regent Village, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands, Tel: (649) 946-5126; Fax (649) 946-5191; Email: ronnie@habgroup.com.

Interested Belongers must also submit copies of their application to the Commissioner of Labour & Work Permit Board Zone 2. Closing date for application is 4thJune 2018.

BUTTERFIELD GOLD GROUP OF COMPANIES POSITIONS AVAILABLE All positions, areheld by Work Permit Holders

The employee will be exposed to fumes or airborne particles, extreme heat, toxic or caustic chemicals, risk of electrical shock and vibration, One (1) Labourer moderate to loud noise levels. To be exposed to outside weather

conditions.

Applicant must be physical, able-bodied individuals capable of lifting Applicants will be exposed to hazardous work environments. heavy loads and to assist the Mason & Carpenter.

Wages: starting from $7.50 per hour Salary: from $9.50 per hour Location: 23 Parade Ave, Providenciales One (1) Domestic Workers All aspects of cleaning & other domestic duties including preparing meals for the OwnerApplicant must be of excellent character and work ethics. Be able to work independently Applicant must be willing to work flexible hours Wages starting from $6.50 per hour Location: Leeward, Providenciales Coral Quarry One (1)Mechanic The employee is responsible for the repair and maintenance of all company equipment/machinery, and to ensure minimum downtime of same through proper coordination of the preventative maintenance program.

Must have least 10 year’s experience Must have the ability to lift and move up to 100lbs Must have vision abilities; close vision, color vision, peripheral vision and depth perception.

Applicants must have knowledge of occupational hazards and safety precautions applicable to the trade. Must have the ability to communicate effectively

One (1) Labourer Offloading the cement boat and must be Physical, able-bodied individuals capable of lifting heavy loads any other duty pertaining to the Plant.

Wages from $ 7.50 per hour Location: South Dock Road Application forms available from Butterfield Gold Human Resource Department.

Only Belonger apply. Applicants selected for interview will be notified.

Submit applications by May 31, 2018 to: Butterfield Gold Ltd.,

Human Resource Department

23 Parade Ave Providenciales Turks & Caicos Islands Tel: 649-946-4211 Labour Commissioner, Labour Department Providenciales Turks & Caicos Islands

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WORLD NEWS

‘The Power of Love’: address by U.S. bishop at Harry and Meghan’s wedding

LONDON - Following is the demonstrated by the fact that we’re all address by U.S. Episcopalian bishop, here. Two young people fell in love and Michael Bruce Curry, at the wedding of we all showed up. But it’s not for and Britain’s Prince Harry and American about a young couple who we rejoice actress Meghan Markle, as delivered. with. It’s more than that.

And now in the name of our Jesus of Nazareth on one loving, liberating and life-giving God, occasion was asked by a lawyer to Father, Son and Holy Spirit, Amen. sum up the essence of the teachings of

From the Song of Solomon in Moses and he went back and reached the Bible: “Set me as a seal upon your back into the Hebrew scriptures to heart, as a seal upon your arm; for love Deuteronomy and Leviticus and he said. is as strong as death, passion fierce as “You shall love the Lord your God with the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, all your heart, all your soul, all your a raging flame. Many waters cannot mind and all your strength. This is the quench love, neither can floods drown first and great commandment. And the it out.” second is like it: Love your neighbor as

The late Dr Martin Luther yourself.” Then in Matthew’s version King once said, and I quote: “We he added, he said, on these two - love of must discover the power of love, the God and love of neighbor hang all the redemptive power of love. And when law, all the prophets, everything that we discover that, we will be able to Moses wrote, everything in the holy make of this old world a new world. For prophets, everything in the scriptures, love, love is the only way.” everything that God has been trying

There’s power in love. Don’t to tell the world – love God, love your underestimate it. Don’t even over- neighbor. And while you’re at it, love sentimentalize it. There’s power, power yourself. in love. If you don’t believe me, think You know, someone once about a time when you first fell in said that Jesus began the most love. The whole world seemed to center revolutionary movement in all of around you and your beloved. Oh human history. A movement grounded there’s power, power in love, not just in in the unconditional love of God for its romantic forms, but any form, any the world and a movement mandating shape of love. There’s a certain sense people to live that love and in so doing in which when you are loved, and you to change not only their lives but the know it, when someone cares for you, very life of the world itself. I am talking and you know it, when you love and you about power, real power, power to show it, it actually feels right. There’s change the world. If you don’t believe something right about it. And there’s a me, well, there were some old slaves reason for it. The reason has to do with in America’s antebellum south who the source. We were made by a power of explained the dynamic power of love love. And our lives were meant and are and why it has the power to transform. meant to be lived in that love. That’s They explained it this way, they sang why we are here. Ultimately the source a spiritual, even in the midst of their of love is God Himself. The source of all captivity. It’s one that says “There our lives. is a balm in Gilead”. A healing balm.

There’s an old medieval poem Something that can make this right. that says: “Where true love is found, “There is a balm in Gilead to make the God himself is there.” wounded whole. There is a balm in

The New Testament says it Gilead to heal the sin-sick soul.” One this way: “Beloved, let us love one of the stanzas explains why, “If you another, because love is of God; And cannot preach like Peter, and you those who love are born of God and cannot pray like Paul, you just tell the know God. Those who do not love do love of Jesus, how he died to save us not know God.” Why? For God is love. all.” Oh that’s the balm in Gilead.

There’s power in love. There’s This way of love it is the way power in love to help and heal when of life. They got it. He died to save nothing else can. There’s power in love us all. He didn’t die for anything he to lift up and liberate when nothing could get out of it. Jesus did not get an else will. There’s power in love to show honorary doctorate for dying. He didn’t us the way to live. get anything out of it. He gave up his

“Set me as a seal on your heart, life, he sacrificed his life for the good of a seal on your arm, for love it is as others, for the good of the other, for the strong as death.” well-being of the world, for us. That’s

But love is not only about a what love is. Love is not selfish and young couple. No, the power of love is self-centered. Love can be sacrificial,

Bishop Michael Curry from the U.S. poses for a portrait at St George’s Chapel in Windsor castle ahead of the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in Windsor, Britain, May 18, 2018 and in so doing, becomes redemptive.

And that way of unselfish, sacrificial, redemptive love changes lives. And it can change this world. If you don’t believe me, just stop and think and imagine. Think and imagine. Well.

Think and imagine a world where love is the way. Imagine our homes and families when love is the way. Imagine neighborhoods and communities where love is the way. Imagine governments and nations where love is the way.

Imagine business and commerce when love is the way. Imagine this tired old world when love is the way, when love is the way, unselfish, sacrificial, redemptive, when love is the way, then no child will go to bed hungry in this world ever again when love is the way.

We will let justice roll down like a mighty stream and righteousness like an ever-flowing brook. When love is the way poverty will become history.

When love is the way the earth will be a sanctuary. When love is the way we will lay down our swords and shields down by the river side to study war no more. When love is the way, there’s plenty good room, plenty good room for all of God’s children. Because when love is the way we actually treat each other, well, like we are actually family. When love is the way we know that God is the source of us all and we are brothers and sisters, children of God. My brothers and sisters, that’s a new heaven, a new earth, a new world,

a new human family. And let me tell you something, old Solomon was right in the Old Testament, that’s a fire.

Teilhard de Chardin ... and with this I’ll sit down. We’ve gotta get y’all married. French Jesuit Teilhard de Chardin was arguably one of the great minds, great spirits of the twentieth century. Jesuit, Roman catholic priest, scientist, a scholar, a mystic. In some of his writings he said from his scientific background as well as his theological one, in some of his writings he said, as others have, that the discovery or invention or harnessing of fire was one of the great scientific and technological discoveries in all of human history. Fire to a great extent made human civilization possible.

Fire made it possible to cook food and provide sanitary ways of eating which reduced the spread of disease in its time. Fire made it possible to heat, warm environments and thereby made human migration around the world a possibility, even into colder climates.

Fire made it possible, there was no Bronze Age without fire, no Iron Age without fire, no Industrial Revolution without fire. The advances of science and technology are greatly dependent on the ability and capacity to take fire and use it for human good.

Anybody get here in a car today? An automobile? Nod your head if you did, I’m guessing - I know there were some carriages. But those of us who came in cars, fire, the controlled, harnessed fire made that possible. I know that the Bible says, and I believe it, that Jesus walked on the water.

But I have to tell you that I didn’t walk across the Atlantic Ocean to get here. Controlled fire in that plane got me here. Fire makes it possible for us to text and tweet and email and Instagram and Facebook and socially be dysfunctional with each other. Fire makes all of that possible.

And de Chardin said fire was one of the greatest discoveries in all of human history. And he then went on to say that if humanity ever harnesses the energy of fire again, if humanity ever captures the energy of love, it will be the second time in history that we have discovered fire.

Dr. King was right. “We must discover love the redemptive power of love. And when we do that, we will make of this old world a new world.”

My brother, my sister, God love you. God bless you. And may God hold us all in those almighty hands of love.

Bishop Curry admits he thought invitation to preach at Royal Wedding was an ‘April Fool’s joke’

The power of love was flowing freely through the aisles of St. George’s Chapel on Saturday during the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. And the man who made sure that emotion was at the forefront couldn’t even believe he was invited.

Bishop Michael Bruce Curry — who spoke passionately during the Windsor ceremony — appeared on numerous media outlets on Tuesday, including Good Morning America, where he told co-host Robin Roberts that he was shocked to be asked to preach.

“It was the decision of the couple, but they were

in consultation both with the Archbishop of Canterbury and with the Dean of St. George’s and I’m sure others as well,” he recounted to Good Morning America, adding, “I got a phone call, and I didn’t believe it, because a member of my staff called and said, ‘They’d like you to preach at the royal wedding,’ and I said, ‘Get out of here it’s April Fools. You’ve got to be kidding me.’

And it was actually true.”

The news was so secretive, Curry said he couldn’t even tell his wife “for about a month.”

He similarly told Good Morning Britain of getting the call, “I thought somebody was doing an

April Fool’s joke on me,” adding, “I Middleton to Camilla, Duchess of just didn’t [think] in my wildest Cornwall, and a huge jaw drop from Zara Tindall. imagination.”

“When I sat down from

Bishop Curry covered a variety of topics in his sermon, the sermon I remember thinking also paying homage to Meghan’s to myself, ‘I hope that was okay,’ ” American heritage. At one point, Curry told Good Morning Britain, the bishop quoted Martin Luther also admitting to Todaythat he was King Jr., saying, “We must discover “a little bit nervous.” the power of love, the redemptive Of the reactions, Curry told power of love. And when we do that, Today that he had “permissions” to we will be able to make of this old cover the topics he did, and also world a new world. Love is the only noted he’s used to a quiet audience, way.” saying,“I’ve learned to be able to

The sermon quickly went hear an amen by looking in their viral, and also drew some priceless eyes. And I was looking in the eyes expressions from the royal family, of people that were there, and they including a side-eye from Kate were doing quiet British amen.”

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ENTERTAINMENT

Barack and Michelle’s next act: TV deal with Netflix

LOS ANGELES - Former U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, have struck a deal to produce films and series for Netflix Inc, the streaming service said on Monday, giving the former first couple a powerful and unprecedented platform to shape their postWhite House legacy.

Under the name Higher Ground Productions, the Obamas have the option to produce scripted and unscripted series, documentaries and feature films, Netflix said in a statement.

The Obamas will Former President Barack Obama waves with his wife Michelle as they board Special have hands-on involvement in Air Mission 28000, a Boeing 747 which serves as Air Force One, at Joint Base Andrews, producing content and will appear Maryland, U.S. on January 20, 2017 personally in some of the shows while curating others, said a details of the topics they planned also marks one of the biggest person familiar with the deal. to cover but the content is not coups for Netflix in drawing top Terms of the multi-year expected to be directly political. level talent away from traditional deal were not disclosed and the Barack Obama in a Hollywood studios and television first of the programming is not statement recalled the “fascinating networks. expected to reach viewers until people” from all walks of life that In the past year, Netflix about May 2019, the person said. he had met during his eight years has cut deals with Shonda Rhimes,

The agreement between in office, ending in January 2017. the woman behind hits like the Obamas and Netflix, which “We hope to cultivate and “Scandal” and “Grey’s Anatomy,” boasts some 125 million curate the talented, inspiring, and Emmy-winning Ryan Murphy, subscribers worldwide, is a first creative voices who are able to who created “Glee” and directed for any occupant of the White promote greater empathy and the TV series “American Crime House. understanding between peoples, Story.”

The closest comparison and help them share their stories Netflix, which has is former U.S. Vice President with the entire world,” he added. budgeted $8 billion for Al Gore, whose global warming Netflix chief content programming in 2018, is also documentary “An Inconvenient officer Ted Sarandos said in a producing Martin Scorsese’s next Truth” won an Oscar in 2007. Gore statement that the Obamas are film starring Robert De Niro and also launched a youth-oriented “uniquely positioned to discover Al Pacino. cable TV network, Current TV, and highlight stories of people Barack Obama was the in 2005 but it was sold to Middle- who make a difference in their first guest on David Letterman’s East based Al Jazeera in 2013, communities and strive to change return to television in an extended which later shut it down. the world for the better.” talk show format with Netflix that

The Obamas gave no

The deal with the Obamas debuted in January.

Hip hop singer Lauryn Hill to perform in UK for album anniversary tour

Lauryn Hill

LONDON - American singer and rapper Lauryn Hill will take to the British stage later this year as she marks 20 years since the release of her award-winning debut solo album.

The former Fugees band member released the hugelysuccessful “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill” in 1998, the first hip-hop album to win the coveted album of the year prize

at the Grammy awards.

The 42-year-old is going on a world tour this summer to mark the anniversary, with the UK performances slated for the end of November and early December.

The album “chronicled an intimate piece of my young existence”, Hill said in a statement about the tour.

“I loved and believed deeply in my community’s

ability to both love and heal itself provided it received the right amount of support and encouragement,” she said.

“Our world today, both complex and changing, is in need of the balance between moral fortitude and cathartic expression. I hope the love and energy that permeated this work can continue to inspire change with love and optimism at the helm.”

Singer R. Kelly sued for sexual battery, false imprisonment

Recording artist R. Kelly leaves the Cook County Criminal Courthouse after being acquitted of child pornography charges in Chicago June 13, 2008

A woman who said she meet R&B singer R. Kelly at a party in 2017 has filed a lawsuit against him, accusing him of sexual battery, false imprisonment and transmitting a sexual disease, the latest in a string of accusations against the Grammy-award-winning pop star.

In the civil lawsuit filed in New York state court on Monday, the woman, Faith Rodgers, said she first met Kelly at a party following his performance in San Antonio, Texas, in March 2017, when she was 19.

Kelly, 51, has denied multiple accusations of sexual misconduct over the past year.

His manager John Holder on Tuesday said in an email that Kelly had no comment “at this time” on Rodgers’ lawsuit.

RCA record company publicist Theola Borden did not respond to a request for comment.

Rodgers, who is now 20, says in the lawsuit that the singer famous for “I Believe I Can Fly” made arrangements for her to visit him in New York in May 2017 and “initiated unwanted sexual contact” with her there.

“During the course of their, approximately one-year relationship, defendant, R. Kelly, routinely engaged in intimidation, mental, verbal and sexual abuse, during and after sexual contact,” the lawsuit said, adding that Kelly’s conduct “was designed to humiliate, embarrass, intimidate and shame Plaintiff.”

Rodgers said in a TV interview with “CBS This Morning” on Tuesday that Kelly “has this type of, like, intimidation right off the bat. ... So I was just waiting for it to be over.”

“I found myself like that multiple times,” Rodgers added.

In the lawsuit, she also accused Kelly of locking her up for extended periods of time as punishment and knowingly transmitting herpes to her through sex.

Her lawsuit follows several U.S. media reports in the past year alleging sexual misconduct

by Kelly, one of the most successful R&B singers of the past 20 years.

Music streaming service Spotify removed Kelly’s music from promotional playlists this month. That followed a #MuteKelly campaign, supported by the Time’s Up campaign against sexual harassment in the workplace, that called on companies associated with his music business to cut ties with the singer.

In response to the Spotify decision, Kelly’s management said in a statement: “Mr. Kelly for 30 years has sung songs about his love and passion for women. He is innocent of the false and hurtful accusations in the ongoing smear campaign against him, waged by enemies seeking a payoff.”

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SPORTS Clippers, Doc Rivers agree to contract extension

The L.A. Clippers announced that the team has agreed to a contract extension with head coach Doc Rivers.

Per club policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.

“Doc is one of the top coaches in the NBA, coming off one of his finest seasons since joining the Clippers,” said L.A. Clippers Chairman Steve Ballmer.

“We trust Doc to lead a competitive, tough, hard-working team while upholding a culture of accountability expected to resonate throughout the organization.”

Under Rivers’ direction, the Clippers have earned the NBA’s fifthbest record (259-151, .632) across his five-year tenure. Upon joining the team in 2013, he led L.A. to its best record in franchise history (57-25, .695)

and a second straight Pacific Division title. L.A. has reached the postseason in four of Rivers’ five seasons with the team. Rivers is the winningest coach in Clippers franchise history by both total victories (259) and winning percentage (.632). Despite coaching an NBA-high 37 unique starting lineups throughout the 2017-18 season, Rivers’ squad was in playoff contention until the final homestand of the season, finishing with a 42-40 record.

“I am proud of the success we have had here over the last five seasons, but there is more work to be done,” said Rivers. “We are coming off a year where our team battled through many challenges and much adversity, proving deep talent and even greater potential. I am looking forward to

Roland Garros overhaul in full swing ahead of French Open

Roland Garros, home of the French Open

PARIS - Legal challenges have pushed the promised overhaul of Roland Garros back to 2020 but with construction finally well underway, this year’s French Open is poised to offer fans a “nouvelSle” experience.

A stroll down the alleys of the venue reveals how far work has progressed, with the expansion continuing apace days before the tournament starts.

Court Two is gone, enabling the modernization of neighboring Philippe Chatrier, the Center Court, which barring further delays will sport a new retractable roof two years from now.

The roof, which can be set up in 12 minutes, will bring the French Open on par with the other three grand slams — the Australian Open, Wimbledon, and the U.S. Open.

After this year’s tournament, which runs from May 27-June 10, 80 percent of Philippe Chatrier will be destroyed.

“It is one of our biggest challenges,” Gilles Jourdan, director of the expansion project, told Reuters. “The stands of the Center Court will be destroyed so they can be rebuilt next spring and be ready for 2019.”

A little further on, work on Court Simonne Mathieu is almost complete.

Named after France’s second-most decorated female player, the arena will replace Court One, the stadium’s third-largest court, affectionately known as the “Bullring” because of its shape and atmosphere.

The Bullring’s 5,000-seater replacement will be nestled among the area’s graceful 19-century greenhouses, and will be ready in time for the 2020 tournament.

Concern for the greenhouses was at the heart of the fierce opposition the French Tennis Federation faced when it announced the revamp, because the plan involved expanding the venue into the picturesque Serres d’Auteuil.

getting back to work on the court to develop our players and compete with the NBA’s elite.”

Entering his 20th season as an NBA head coach, Rivers is one of just two active coaches (Gregg Popovich) to win at least 800 games and his 846 career regular season wins are 14thmost in NBA history and second-most among active coaches. The 1999-2000 NBA Coach of the Year, Rivers led the Boston Celtics to the 2008 NBA Championship, and has earned two Eastern Conference Championships and seven divisions titles. A 13-year NBA veteran and former Clippers point guard (1991-92), he coached in Boston from 2004-2013 and prior to that, led the Orlando Magic from 1999-2003.

Doc Rivers

New golf world tour with massive prize money proposed

A new global golf circuit unlikely to be sanctioned for is being planned, multiple sources world ranking points, which could have confirmed to Reuters, in on its own make it a non-starter. what would be the biggest Ranking points are used upheaval in the professional to determine eligibility for the game in decades. four major championships, which

To be named the World are not run by the PGA Tour.

Golf Series, the circuit proposed Player contracts are also by the British-based World Golf dependent on their world ranking.

Group has been in the planning “Every player’s deal is centered stages for more than a year. around world ranking points,”

The group hopes to stage leading British agent Andrew 15-to-20 yearly tournaments ‘Chubby’ Chandler, who is aware around the world, each offering of the proposed World Golf Series, a purse of close to $20 million, told Reuters. according to sources familiar “This series will never with the plans. get world ranking points, so it

Such a figure would will cost people money in the end. dwarf the prize money currently I think there are a lot of obstacles on offer on the game’s richest to get over. circuit, the U.S. PGA Tour, whose “The cards are stacked biggest purse this season is $11 against them if they don’t get six million. of the world’s top 10 players to Several blue-chip sign up.” sponsors are believed to be on The series sounds board for the World Golf Series if eerily similar to the world tour top players can be signed. proposed by then-number one Organizers, however, Greg Norman more than two are understandably reluctant to decades ago — a plan that went release details while they are still nowhere after the PGA Tour in the sensitive negotiation phase played hardball. with agents, players, sponsors It divided and conquered and television companies. by issuing an “us or them”

“It would not be ultimatum, threatening to scrap appropriate to make a comment the membership of any player at this time,” the World Golf who signed up for the doomed Group, whose Chief Commercial venture.

Officer is Richard Marsh, said in an email to Reuters.

HARDBALL AGAIN

A leading player says he and other top professionals are The PGA Tour will likely aware of the proposal. play hardball again to try to see

“Why would you not be off a threat to its near monopoly interested — 18 tournaments for on the world’s best talent. $20 million?” the player, speaking “I’m sure the (PGA) tour on condition of anonymity, told would be concerned,” the player Reuters. who spoke to Reuters said, adding

But the new tour faces that just because Norman’s major hurdles, not least that it is proposed tour never got off the likely to meet staunch opposition ground did not mean this one from the PGA Tour, which will would suffer the same fate. hardly be pleased by the prospect

“I’m not sure what they of a rival circuit siphoning off its did with (Norman’s tour), but best and most marketable talent. these are different times.”

The new tour is also But another comment

by the same player suggested the World Golf Series is having trouble getting its plans to come together.

“At first I heard it was going to get off the ground in 2019, then it was 2020, and now it’s 2021,” he said.

Chandler raised the intriguing question of whether the European Tour might be more interested in playing ball with the World Golf Group than its American counterpart.

The European Tour plays for much smaller prize money than the American one, struggling to attract top players to many of its events. Thus, it has more incentive to consider new ventures and business partners.

While Chandler was happy to talk about the World Golf Series, another agent was more tight-lipped.

“I’d prefer not to comment on it,” Jay Danzi, agent of threetimes major champion Jordan Spieth, told Reuters, in perhaps an indication of the sensitivity of the topic.

If the participation of players such as Spieth is crucial, one name looms as even more important.

“The critical figure could be Tiger Woods,” Chandler said of the 42-year-old American former world number one, who remains the game’s most marketable figure.

But Woods, a decade after winning his 14th and last major title, has off-course income of about $50 million, so the prize money from the World Golf Series is unlikely to be enough on its own to entice him.

As the end of his playing days looms, Woods can also look forward to receiving millions from his PGA Tour retirement plan, another reason not to rock the boat.

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WORLD SPORTS

Donavan Mitchell, Ben Simmons lead 2017-18 NBA All-Rookie first team

Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell and players to reach those marks.

Philadelphia 76ers guard/forward Ben Simmons Lauri Markkanen, Bulls (15.2 ppg/7.5 were unanimously selected to the 2017-18 NBA All- rpg/36.2 3FG%/84.3 FT%): Markkanen became Rookie First Team after receiving first-place votes the fastest player in NBA history to make 100 threeon all 100 ballots from a global panel of sportswriters pointers, hitting the mark in his 41st game. The and broadcasters.

7-footer from Finland tied for fourth among rookies

Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum in scoring average and ranked second in rebounding (99 First Team votes) fell one vote shy of joining average and free throw percentage.

Mitchell and Simmons as a unanimous selection to Donovan Mitchell, Jazz (20.5 ppg/3.7 the NBA All-Rookie First Team. The First Team rpg/3.7 apg/1.49 spg): Mitchell became the first also features Los Angeles Lakers forward Kyle rookie to lead a 45-plus-win team (48-34) in scoring Kuzma (93 First Team votes) and Chicago Bulls since the San Antonio Spurs’ David Robinson forward Lauri Markkanen (76). in 1989-90. The four-time Kia NBA Western

Mitchell, Simmons and Tatum are the Conference Rookie of the Month set the NBA rookie three finalists for the 2017-18 Kia NBA Rookie of record for three-pointers made with 187. the Year award. The winner will be revealed at the Ben Simmons, 76ers (15.8 ppg/8.2 2018 NBA Awards presented by Kia on Monday, apg/8.1 rpg/1.73 spg): Simmons joined Oscar June 25 on TNT (9 p.m. ET). The second annual Robertson (1960-61) as the only rookies in NBA NBA Awards, honoring this season’s top performers, history to average at least 15.0 points, 8.0 assists will take place at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, and 8.0 rebounds per game. A four-time Kia NBA Calif.

Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month, the

The NBA All-Rookie Second Team consists Australian native led rookies in rebounding, assists of Lakers guard Lonzo Ball, Sacramento Kings and steals average while helping the 76ers (52-30) guard Bogdan Bogdanovic, Atlanta Hawks forward/ finish with the third-best record in the East. center John Collins, Phoenix Suns forward Josh Jayson Tatum, Celtics (13.9 ppg/5.0 Jackson and Dallas Mavericks guard Dennis Smith rpg/47.5 FG%/43.4 3FG%): Tatum led rookies and Jr. ranked eighth among all NBA players in three The voting panel selected five players for point field goal percentage. The Kia NBA Eastern the First Team and five players for the Second Conference Rookie of the Month for December Team at any position. Players received two points started in all 80 of his appearances for the No. 2 for a First Team vote and one point for a Second team in the East (55-27).

Team vote.

2017-18 NBA ALL-ROOKIE SECOND TEAM Complete voting results by media member will be posted at pr.nba.com the night of the NBA Awards Lonzo Ball, Lakers (10.2 ppg/7.2 apg/6.9 presented by Kia. Click here for the list of 100 media rpg/1.69 spg): Ball ranked second among rookies in voters for the 2017-18 NBA All-Rookie Teams. assists and steals average and fourth in rebounding average while playing a rookie-leading 34.2 minutes 2017-18 NBA ALL-ROOKIE FIRST TEAM per game.

Kyle Kuzma, Lakers (16.1 ppg/6.3 Bogdan Bogdanovic, Kings (11.8 rpg/45.0 FG%/36.6 3FG%): Kuzma, the second- ppg/3.3 apg/44.6 FG%/39.2 3FG%): The Serbian leading rookie scorer behind Mitchell, became the guard was the fourth-leading rookie in both threefirst rookie ever to record at least 1,200 points, 450 point field goal percentage and three-pointers made rebounds and 150 three-pointers in a season. He (129). joined Kobe Bryant (2007-08) as the only Lakers John Collins, Hawks (10.5 ppg/7.3

A look at the NBA All-Rookie First Team. rpg/1.08 bpg/57.6 FG%): Collins set a franchise rookie record for field goal percentage and became the sixth rookie in Hawks history to average at least 10.0 points and 7.0 rebounds.

Josh Jackson, Suns (13.1 ppg/4.6 rpg/1.04 spg/25.4 mpg): Jackson averaged 18.5 points and 6.1 rebounds in his final 29 games of the season, and he scored at least 15 points in each of his last 12 games.

Dennis Smith Jr., Mavericks (15.2 ppg/5.2 apg/3.8 rpg/1.03 spg): Smith, the first Dallas rookie to post a triple-double since Jason Kidd (1994-95), tied for fourth among rookies in scoring average and was third in assists average.

Some NFL owners ready to go rogue on new anthem policy

The NFLPA lashed back against the league for creating a protocol that did not adhere to the collective bargaining agreement, nor did the NFL and its owners include players in conversation about the new policy demanding teams and its players stand if on the field for the Star-Spangled Banner.

With that in mind, San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York said he abstained from an otherwise unanimous vote on the final day of the owner’s meetings.

York said he felt players and officials should have direct input on the matter.

In October, he said he supported players — including former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick and safety Eric Reid — and their right

to protest. “when we see it.”

New York Jets chairman

“We encourage (players) to stand, but we’re not requiring you Christopher Johnson said in March to do anything,” he said. “You can a change in anthem protocol was express yourself, but we want you uncalled for, but he did vote with the to stand because you want to stand. majority on Wednesday in the name of ... And we want to make our country the good of the game.

However, Johnson said Jets’ and our communities a better place — not because you’re forcing us to, but players are free to protest without fear of NFL or team fines. Johnson because we’re compelled to.”

The NFL policy permits said if his players are fined, he will teams to choose to stay in the locker cover the cost. room during the national anthem, but “I do not like imposing any calls for fines and punishment for any club-specific rules,” Johnson told mode of disrespect. Steelers owner Newsday. “If somebody (on the Art Rooney said that would include Jets) takes a knee, that fine will be players holding a fist over their head borne by the organization, by me, and locking arms. Cowboys owner not the players. I never want to put Stephen Jones said there is no fine restrictions on the speech of our schedule for anthem-related penalties players. Do I prefer that they stand? and that owners will know disrespect Of course. But I understand if they

felt the need to protest. There are some big, complicated issues that we’re all struggling with, and our players are on the front lines. I don’t want to come down on them like a ton of bricks, and I won’t. There will be no club fines or suspensions or any sort of repercussions. If the team gets fined, that’s just something I’ll have to bear.”

Johnson plans to huddle with players at his first opportunity.

“Even without those fines, this is going to be tough on the players, and I want a chance to speak with the coaches and other players to get feedback on this policy and to build on the good work and momentum that we have built up on these issues of social justice, on legislation, and all the things that we can do,” he said.

Ronaldo feels like 23 years old

MADRID- Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo has no plans to slow down and feels a decade younger than his 33 years, the Portuguese declared.

“Right now I have a biological age of 23,” the five-times world player of the year said in an interview with Spanish television program El Chiringuito.

“I’ve still got a long time left, I can keep playing until I’m 41. I’m feeling good, happy, I can’t complain.”

Ronaldo is top scorer in the Champions League for a remarkable

sixth year in a row, with 15 goals in 12 linking Paris St Germain forward games in this season’s competition. If Neymar with a move to Real and gave he hits the net against Liverpool on his backing to his current team mates.

Saturday in Kiev, he will become the first “I’ve been here for eight years ever player to score in four European and people always say 50 players are Cup finals. coming here but in the end no-one comes.

The Portuguese has had to take In September people think lots of players extra responsibility in attack this season are going to come but the ones who take for Madrid as Karim Benzema and us to finals are always the same ones,” Gareth Bale have struggled for form at he said. various stages of the season.

“The best players are already at Madrid.

Ronaldo, however, did not appear Bale, Benzema, (Lucas) Vazquez, (Marco) enthusiastic about press speculation Asensio. They are all here.”

Cristiano Ronaldo

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