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HELP FOR HALLMARK

by Hayden Boyce Publisher & Editor-in-Chief

CIBC FirstCaribbean reopens Grand Turk branch

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housands of residents who depend heavily on the Hallmark credit and debit cards, may soon have their services restored.

Mr. Joe Connolly, an experienced chartered accountant who the Supreme Court appointed as Administrator of Hallmark, told The SUN that a letter of intent (LOI) was signed last week for the sale of Hallmark to a Brazilian company with extensive experience in the credit card business.

“I can also confirm that a sales agreement in line with the LOI was presented to the Hallmark owner over the weekend,” Connolly revealed.

“In my view if the sales agreement is signed, there is a very good chance that the MasterCard service will be reinstated and Hallmark will continue in business without any loss to the cardholders.

As of today (Thursday, November 29th, 2018) the shareholder has still not signed the share purchase agreement, but I remain hopeful. I do not know how long the offer will remain open.”

Connolly, a chartered accountant, with over thirty years’ experience with one of the top five audit firms in the world, told The SUN that if the offer fails, he would expect MasterCard to terminate their agreement on December10th “as previously indicated or possibly earlier”.

He added: “If MasterCard terminates the agreement there is no business model for Hallmark.”

Connolly said there have been expressions of interest from other parties, but they were only preliminary enquiries.

“They would, I assume, all be contingent on MasterCard not terminating their agreement,” he added.

Investigations by this newspaper revealed that at least three companies are exceptionally keen on buying out Hallmark, which has a customer base in excess of 5,000.

Hallmark is still not able to accept uploads to the prepaid cards until the MasterCard issue is resolved.

From left to right: CIBC FCIB’s Grand Turk branch manager, Queena Wilson; Clarence Simmons, one of the bank’s oldest customers in Grand Turk; Premier Hon. Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson; Larry Lawrence, CIBC FCIB’s TCI Country Manager; Her Excellency Anya Williams, Acting Governor, and Jacqui Bend, Director of Retail Banking, CIBC FirstCaribbean.

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IBC FirstCaribbean proudly announced the official re-opening of their Grand Turk Branch at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on the island capital on Thursday, November 29, 2018.

The celebratory occasion signifies a new era of service and convenience for the people of Grand

Joseph Connolly, who was appointed as Administrator by the Supreme Court of the Turks & Caicos on November 2, stated that he had been working with all stakeholders to reorganize Hallmark and restore the MasterCard service.

On November 17th, 2018, Connolly announced a “provisional agreement” with a company that has a background in financial services, to assist Hallmark.

He stated: “Whilst it is early days and there are still a number of contractual issues to be resolved, I am hopeful that with our new partner’s assistance the MasterCard service can be restored in the near future.”

He also urged secured credit card holders to continue to make payments on their

Turk, with CIBC FirstCaribbean being the only bank to offer a newly renovated location for in-branch services on the island since the other bank pulled out earlier this year.

The event was attended

by Her Excellency Anya Williams, Acting Governor; the Hon. Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson, Premier; Hon.

Derek Taylor, Deputy Speaker; Desmond Morrison, Director of Finance, Financial Services Commission; Larry Lawrence, TCI Country Manager, CIBC FirstCaribbean; and Jacqui Bend, Director of Retail Banking, CIBC FirstCaribbean.

cards to avoid charges, noting that the Hallmark office on Leeward Highway is open Monday to Friday to receive payments.

Meantime, Craig Potts, the American millionaire who owns Hallmark, said he is prepared to assist in the company’s recovery, but is meeting resistance.

Potts, who owns banks in the United States of America, told The SUN that the reason why Hallmark’s operations were suspended by the Financial Services Commission (FSC) was due to a “noncompliance issue, not a cash problem”.

Potts said he was even prepared to have the Hallmark building on Leeward Highway used as collateral for any loans which the company needs.

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CIBC FirstCaribbean reopens Grand Turk branch continued from page 1

Mr. Lawrence expressed delight on behalf of the bank in being able to offer an updated in-branch space that will allow for better service and a more enjoyable client experience.

“Today’s occasion celebrates the people of Grand Turk. CIBC FirstCaribbean has a long history of

stewardship, [and] we put our clients at the center of everything we do. Our mission is to serve the needs of the individuals, families and businesses in Grand Turk, and certainly, the wider Turks and Caicos community. Our new and improved branch will allow us to continue doing just that,” Lawrence

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He added, “We’re delighted to provide a more comfortable, convenient, modern, and spacious place for clients to interact with our team and learn about CIBC FirstCaribbean’s range of financial products.”

Devastation by Hurricanes

Irma and Maria forced CIBC FirstCaribbean to close its Grand Turk branch in 2017. Initial repairs facilitated a quick return to business for the Grand Turk community, but complete renovation was continually underway culminating with the grand re-opening.

Training for Public and Private Primary Health Care Staff in the use of Electronic Immunization Registry (EIR)

The Ministry of Health, Agriculture, Sports and Human Services has completed its training on the electronic immunization registry (EIR). This was Mr. Hayden Hopkin’s, PAHO consultant, second visit to the country. During the two-day training, October 30th to 31st2018, users of the system were trained in the use of the EIR. The TCI along with three other Caribbean countries received a grant from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) through PAHO for the introduction and implementation of the system.

With this system, a child’s immunization record can be accessed from any participating clinic on any island in the TCI. This system would enable easy access to immunization records years after the individual has left the program. In the future, this will eliminate the need to call clinics or search through books for immunization records. The Ministry is still in the process of entering immunization records from the past three years. The system was expected to be operational by November 2017, however, due the impact of the Hurricanes, the implementation process was postponed.

Commenting on the training, Ms. Alrisa Gardiner, Senior Public Health Nurse/EPI manager stated; “We are truly excited about this registry as we have been in dire need of an electronic system for our immunization programme for some time.

Once the registry became available and was presented to the EPI managers at our annual regional meeting, the request for it to be introduced in the TCI was immediate.

It was this quick response which caused the country to be awarded the grant from the CDC through PAHO. The intended users of this registry, from both public and private facilities

offering immunization services, have expressed their appreciation for this registry and their eagerness to begin using it. Once this system is up and running, this will truly make access easier for both the clients and the health care provider. The registry will not only be uploaded with data from the last three years, but also new encounters, both children and adults. I must thank the team at the Government Computer Unit, particularly Mr. Andre Mills, who from Mr. Hopkin’s first visit, ensured that access to the registry was available for modifications which were completed by the end of that visit, and, to Mr. Brandon Williams who stayed with us for our twoday training and provided onsite assistance.”

Trainer Mr. Hayden Hopkin commented; “We have just concluded a very successful two-day training including participants from the public and private sector in the TCI on the electronic immunization registry. This registry was installed and configured during my visit last year, after which there was a period of back data entry where data from previous years was uploaded to the system. Now that the nurses are trained, they will be able to use this system and experience the many benefits which it brings to the TCI’s programme; benefits such as easier access to immunization data, the ease of generating reports and forecasting, among others. I would like to say thanks to the participants, they were receptive and eager to learn. Thanks also to the TCI Ministry of Health and Computer Unit for facilitating the installation of the system and training. Special thanks to the EPI manager for all her hard work and for coordinating the various activities”.

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Sharp increase in vehicle theft Police are reporting a sharp increase in the number of vehicles that have been stolen through robberies or theft which may be used to commit further crimes.

This was stated in a recent crime prevention bulletin issued by Sgt. Kevin Clarke, who did not give actual numbers to substantiate the increase, but offered tips to help reduce the risk of vehicles being stolen.

Persons have been warned against leaving vehicles running or keys in the ignition because they are going into the store or house for one minute, because it takes less than a minute for a criminal to get into the vehicle and take off.

The police also asked persons to remember their licence plate number, vehicle color, make and model.

“This is important to give the police the exact information to alert any potential sightings. Always park in a well lit location. Avoid leaving valuables inside your vehicle where passers by can see them. If confronted by a robber, do not resist. Cars can be replaced; you can’t,” the police stated.

The police noted that the Turks and Caicos Islands is one of the safest places to live, work and visit destinations in the region.

“While this is so, residents and visitors must exercise common-sense precautionary measures regarding personal safety. As the festive season approaches, The Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police suggests the public to be vigilant as they go about their daily business. While you will be shopping and partying, criminals will be looking to take advantage so this is no time to be complacent. Many

criminals prey on people who are off guard,” the statement added.

“To avoid becoming a victim, you need to take charge of your own safety at all times, actively tuning your thoughts and actions toward crime prevention can help lower chances of becoming a victim of a crime of opportunity.

The police noted that thee of the most common crimes that are reported to the Police on a regular basis are Theft of motor vehicles, Robbery and Burglary.

“Robbery is a serious crime.

While money is often the motivation, these incidents are considered crimes of violence because they involve the threat or actual use of physical violence. The basic rules of prevention are to be sensible and to be alert. The following tips can help reduce the risk of robbery,” the police said.

The following anti-robbery tips were issued: 1. If possible, don’t walk alone during late-night hours. Walk in groups whenever you can—there is always safety in numbers.

2. Let a family member or friend know your destination and your estimated time of arrival or return. That way, the police can be notified as quickly as possible if there is a problem.

3. Make every effort to conduct banking business during the day, while doing so, be alerted as to your surroundings.

4. Walk on the sidewalk whenever

possible. Walk close to the curb, avoiding doorways, bushes, and other potential hiding places.

5. If you have to walk in the street, walk facing traffic. A person walking with traffic can be followed, forced into a car, and abducted more easily than a person walking against traffic.

6. Avoid carrying large sums of cash, or displaying expensive jewellery in public.

7. Avoid phone distractions which can take away your attention from being vigilant.

The useful tips that can assist in lessening your chance of being a victim of this particular crime, were: 1. Make your home look occupied example leaving lights on, radio or television.

2. Lock all outside doors and windows before you leave the house or go to bed.

Even if it is for a short time, lock your doors.

3. Leave lights on when you go out. If you are going to be away for a length of time, connect some lamps to automatic timers to turn them on in the evening and off during the day.

4. Make sure that your door hinges are on the inside 5. Check your locks on doors and windows and replace them with as many secure devices as deemed necessary.

Sgt. Kevin Clarke 6. Push button locks on door knobs are easy for burglars to open. Install deadlock bolts on all your outside doors.

7. Sliding glass doors are vulnerable, insert a piece of stick to jam the door from sliding from the outside. Special locks are available for better security.

8. Other windows may need better locks. Check with a locksmith or hardware store for alternatives.

If you see you or hear anything suspicious, trust your instincts and make a report to the Chalk Sound Police Station at 338-5901, Gracebay Police Station 941-5891, Grand Turk Police Station 232-7812, South Caicos Police Station 231-0248 or North Caicos Police Station at 231-1307. In case of emergency dial 911.

TCHTA Ready for TCI Shines clean-up campaign

Members of the Turks and Caicos Hotel and Tourism Association (TCHTA) are gearing up to host the upcoming TCI Shines Clean-up Campaign which is set to take place across Providenciales on Saturday, December 8th, 2018.

The bi-annual initiative, which focuses on the cleanliness of the destination, encourages all Turks & Caicos residents to make continued efforts to keep the destination ‘beautiful by nature’.

Speaking on the initiative was Stacy Cox, CEO of the TCHTA. “This is our 12th year, and we are excited to continue this momentum!” she said, “This is always a big event for us, and this one comes at a time where focus on

CRIME REPORT Male charged with firearm possession

On Wednesday 21st November 2018, 23-year-old Tre Forbes of Grand Turk was arrested and charged by Tactical Unit of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force for carrying firearm and ammunition.

The charges were laid after officers conducted a stop and search on a Black Chevy Suburban SUV, where one black pistol and eleven (11) 9mm rounds of ammunition were found.

He was taken to court and was granted bail to appear to court

our environment is of great importance for the destination.”

“This clean-up event is the perfect way to end Tourism Environmental Awareness Month as we partner with the Tourist Board in the educational and reusable bag campaigns. The theme of the month was “Tourism is key, it starts with me!” and keeping our Turks & Caicos clean must start with us.”

The TCI Shines Cleanup will kick off at 6:00 am on Saturday, December 8th. TCHTA members are tasked with cleaning their immediate areas, and the general public is invited to join in on the clean-up of the Leeward Highway.

The meeting points for interested persons are the main IGA at a later date for sufficiency hearing.

Police investigates double shooting

An investigation by the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force has been launched into a double shooting incident that occurred on Saturday 24th November 2018 in the Kew Town area of Providenciales.

Around 2:58 a.m. officers were dispatched to the scene where the two victims, aged 21 and 37, were seen with suspected gun shot wounds. They told officers that while walking in the vicinity of Madam Molly yard a grey Toyota Corolla drove by and fired shots at them.

They were both taken to the

Supermarket on the highway, and the Tropicana Plaza (home of Kia Connolly Motors) near the roundabout.

`“We would love to have residents come out and participate or if they choose, we welcome them to clean their immediate areas. We look forward to this opportunity to further sensitize and educate our residents on the importance of a clean environment and destination.”

The Association is also inviting all schools, companies, communities and civic/church groups to participate in the cleanup efforts. Groups are encouraged to sign-up with the TCHTA office if they would like to join as a team, or if they would like to donate supplies.

Cheshire Hall Medical Centre for medical assistance.

Police are appealing to members of the public who may have any information in connection to this incident to please contact Crime Stoppers at 1- 800-8477.

Burglary at IG Gourmet

Detectives of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force are investigating a Burglary incident that occurred at the IGA Gourmet Supermarket located on Grace Bay, Providenciales between Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th November 2018.

Around 4:49 a.m. on Sunday 25th November 2018, the complainant reported to 911 that

Stacy Cox, CEO of the TCHTA

For more information or to register a group, please contact the TCHTA Office at #52 Salt Mills Plaza in Grace Bay or call the office at 3395787. when he arrived at the location he noticed the front glass section broken.

The culprit (s) also attempted to break a second entrance that leads to the main building area. They also tried to break into the First Caribbean International Bank’s Automated Teller Machine (ATM) but were unsuccessful.

Police responded to the scene where it was confirmed that the supermarket was secured around 10:30 pm on Saturday 24th November 2018. The scene was processed. Nothing reported stolen.

The investigation is ongoing into this report.

If you have any information that can assist officers with this investigation, please contact Crime Stoppers at 1- 800-8477.

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Caribbean Leadership Training Programme to be launched in Turks and Caicos Islands

Deputy Governor and Head of the Public Service, Her Excellency Anya Williams was pleased to host a delegation from the Caribbean Centre for Development Administration (CARICAD) to the Turks and Caicos Islands during the period November 26th – 27th, 2018 to discuss the launch of the Caribbean Leadership Project (CLP) in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

The CLP was developed to assist member states across the region to build current and future leadership capabilities in the public sector and elsewhere.

The programme includes a number of specialized courses such as:

1.The First Time Leader Development Programme which is designed to assist persons in becoming a Manager, Team Leader or Supervisor for the first time by equipping them with the skills needed to transition to becoming results oriented, and equipped to engage with their supervisee, stakeholders and clients.

2.Mid-Level Leadership Development Programme which is designed to equip mid-level leaders with the leadership competencies required for self-leadership, team leadership and leading for effective client services.

3.The Transformational Leadership Development Programme which is designed to support the development of high potential leaders who are ideally being considered for

succession to top level leadership roles in public sector organizations. It aims to help improve self-awareness, emotional intelligence, as well as to develop greater effectiveness in leading teams in complexity, across organizational boundaries and transformation.

Mr. Devon Rowe Executive Director of CARICAD accompanied by Dr. Lois Parkes who is the Regional Project Manager for the Caribbean Leadership Project and Mrs. Arlene Mc Comie who is leading on the Capacity Assessment for Training Institutes across the Caribbean, took the time whilst in the Turks and Caicos to meet with the Deputy Governor and HR Director Mark Greenway to

speak on how the programs can be incorporated into TCIG’s training programs for 2019/2020 and also met with the Premier Honourable Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson and the Chamber of Commerce President Mr. Kyle Smith.

Commenting on the visit, Mr. Rowe advised that the Caribbean Leadership Project would be absorbed into CARICAD as of July 2019 when the project ends. Mr. Rowe was pleased that the materials developed during the execution of project would be available to the Turks and Caicos. He stated; “The aim of the programme is to strategically strengthen the next generation of Caribbean leaders to more effectively contribute and support gender-sensitive public sector reform,

regional integration and economic growth. The programme will therefore seek to foster regional approaches for the sustainability of leadership development.” He also advised that the project will be executed within the context of the realities related to the needs and culture of the Caribbean Region. Mr. Rowe expressed his thanks to the officials for the ideas and contributions received for the future focus of the programme.

Deputy Governor and Head of the Public Service Anya Williams also commenting on the success of the visit said; “Training and development is a major part of our focus in the public service of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

In addition to in house training offered by our Training Unit, we continue to partner with key agencies to bring vital training programs to the TCI. We are excited about the launch of the CLP in the Turks and Caicos in 2020 and look forward to working with CARICAD which is no stranger to the TCI, having recently assisted in the drafting of the Irma/Maria Recovery Plan.

“As a member of the Board of Directors of CARICAD I intend to work closely with the Executive Director and my colleagues and other member states to continue to develop programs that will greatly assist in helping to transform our public sectors across the region.”

TCI brings awareness to World Aids Day

By Todeline Defralien

The Ministry of Health, Agriculture, Sports and Human Services in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Youth, Culture and Library Services, is currently celebrating World Aids Day in TCI and presents its lineup of activities for World AIDS Day, 1st December.

World AIDS Day this year is being observed under the theme “One Drop is All It Takes, Know Your Status, Get Tested”.

Activities are lined up for all of the islands to help promote awareness to this disease.

Knowing your HIV status also empowers people to make informed decisions about how they can prevent HIV infection.

During a Press Conference on November 20th, at the Ministry of Health Conference Room, Minister of Health, Hon. Edwin Astwood said the theme is “One drop is all it takes to know your status” and they want to encourage people throughout the length and breadth of the Turks and Caicos to know you status.

“Once you know your status then you can plan your life and HIV Aids is no longer a life sentence, there are many people living a healthy life and it is now almost a chronic disorder and most persons live longer with HIV Aids than they do with diabetes and other diseases,” the Health Minister said.

He added: “Treatment is available here but persons need to know their status and be on their treatment so that they can live a longer

life. It only takes knowing your status and getting treated and you can live a long healthy life. I have done my HIV testing live on television so I am practising what I preach and it only took one drop and about three to four minutes you can know your status.”

From 1984 until the end of 2017, 627 people were diagnosed with HIV in the Turks and Caicos. At the end of 2017 there were a total of 514 persons living with HIV in the Turks and Caicos Islands with an estimated prevalence of 1.29% in the general population. The highest prevalence was observed among persons who were in the 65+ years age group in 2017, one may wonder why are older persons being diagnosed with HIV. Could it be that they are getting tested late? This is a lot of food for thought.

Mrs. Aldora Robinson, Director of the Health Promotion and Advocacy Unit said, “We have grown. We only had a few cases in the beginning but we encourage persons to ensure that they not only get tested but when tested and found to be positive to be compliant with their medications and it is absolutely necessary. We have a lot of young people who are sexually active and we want to encourage them today to be tested and to know their status.”

Robinson also encouraged persons who are sexually active to be tested and to know their status and those who are not sexually active to remain abstinent until they find that special someone.

The spotlight for World AIDS Day 2018 is on HIV testing. There are 37 million people living with HIV

Minister of Health, Hon. Edwin Astwood, Mrs. Aldora Robinson, Director of the Health Promotion and Advocacy Unit globally, the highest number ever.

Knowing your HIV status has many advantages, yet a quarter of persons infected with the virus do not know that they have the virus. The Turks and Caicos join the rest of the world in observing World AIDS Day

which is observed on the December 1st every year. This December 1st marks 30 years since the first world AIDS Day.

The Ministry is asking persons to do their part and added that their health is their right take it and live positively.

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Where is TCI’s financial and national health management?

A reported three medical emergency evacuations are reported (recently) from one island (Grand Turk) and that may not be the total for the week thus far including all the islands.

Why as a country with record breaking revenue reserves which government is not ashamed to boast about, we continue to present ourselves as a mediocre, backward third world country?

It is not necessary for an accountant to confirm that the amount of money spent on medical evacuation charters and return airfares, hospital bills etc., far exceed what it would cost to house and pay the necessary doctors to deal with the illness that have become so prevalent in our communities throughout the Turk and Caicos.

Are specialists allowed in Cayman Islands and not allowed in the Turks and Caicos?

Where is the financial management at governmental levels? Where is the national health management at governmental levels?

Where is the hospital management?

Why has InterHealth Canada not been

brought to account in spite of all the hot political rhetoric that was spewed out by opposition officials who are now in government?

There has to be accountability.

The lack of it is causing our people too much, including their lives. Because of our complacency and duped political addiction to political parties, these parties know that they will be reelected one time or other, therefore they take the voters for granted and allow the country to go down the drain knowing the voters are not serious about their welfare and wellbeing and that of their country.

I myself am presently hospitalized abroad, but it does not matter. That does not mean that I should relax and relent, while my country suffers, because in sickness or in health I have my country at heart.

In fact, what is not worth dying for is not worth living for.

The silence on this InterHealth Canada issue is now deafening by the same persons who were then in opposition and are now in government.

Their pre-2016 interest and fervor in Parliament and on

Former Chief Minister Oswald Skippings the campaign trail to deal with this InterHealth Canada issue, have died a quiet death.

Why are we being treated this way with such negligence and disrespect thinking that we could be ignored and misrepresented at this level while our country is going to hell

in a political basket?

Where are the voices that put pen to paper at the polls? Where are the educated minds that are simply standing by and allowing this masquerade to prevail simply because of party affiliation?

Is your party more important than you and your welfare? Is your party more important than that of your children and your country?

We are dying like flies, sick like we are epidemic stricken, abused in jobs, denied employment, denied representation and every other ill and injustice that we can imagine.

What does it take for us to wake up while we still can? We are allowing this degrading of our nation and the lack of governmental performance to become the norm and consequently we are being demoralized, diminished and destroyed as a people.

Politics is ruining our nation, we need to check ourselves and unite in a non partisan manner that embraces the best we have to offer as candidates to represent, deliver and lead us forward, onward and upward. Help us dear God!

Independent investigation into police involved shooting An independent investigation is under-way and officers from the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service will soon be on island to begin their investigation into a policeinvolved shooting incident that occurred during an illegal fishing operation on Saturday, 24th November 2018 while at sea.

On that date, the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force Marine Branch, supported by colleagues from DECR undertook an operation

in response to potential illegal fishing near to Bush Cay, within the waters of the Turks and Caicos Islands. Two vessels were intercepted and eight Dominican nationals were arrested in connection with illegal fishing.

During the arrest of the eight persons, one shot was fired by a police officer from on board a RT&CIPF boat which caused one of the arrested persons to received a gunshot injury to the upper arm. This person received medical attention and was later

released.

Commissioner of Police James Smith said, “It is routine to request the assistance of another police agency to conduct an independent, transparent and thorough investigation when there’s an officer involved shooting. Only through a complete investigation can we fully ensure that all of our policies, procedures and training were followed, and, if needed, any future training needs.”

Commissioner of Police James Smith

Ministry of Health to enact Health Professions, Health Appeals Tribunal Ordinance

The government of the Turks & Caicos Islands is promoting good governance of the health care system.

It has instituted a Health Secretariat, headed by a Health Registrar, Dr. Derrick Aarons MD, PhD, which will provide administrative support to three (3) professional Councils: The Medicine and Dentistry Professions Council; the Nursing and Midwifery Professions Council and the Allied Health Professions and Pharmacy Professions Council

This will be the first time such councils would have been established in the TCI. The establishment of the 3 health professions councils will ensure that all health professions are well represented and empowered to register, license, and regulate their respective health professions.

The Health Professions Ordinance also grants power to a council to establish and enforce standards of professional conduct and national guidelines for the provision

Health professionals attending a meeting about the new legislation Meetings were held with of quality health services, and grants power to a council to establish and doctors and dentists on September 4, promote high standards of education nurses and midwives on September and training requirements of 5, and pharmacists and allied health registered practitioners. professionals on September 6, 2018

at TCI Hospital to sensitize them regarding the introduction of the Health Professions Ordinance 2016, and the Health Appeals Tribunal Ordinance 2016. The professionals were also provided details regarding the functioning of the three (3) professional Councils. A code of ethics was also introduced which was developed specifically for the Health Professionals working in the TCI.

Each session was well attended and interactive with representatives from the Hospital, Ministry of Health and private sector.

The Minster of Health, Hon. Edwin Astwood, Permanent Secretary of Health, Mrs. Desiree Lewis, Deputy Secretary Mrs. Tamera Howell Robinson and Dr. Nadia Astwood – Director of Health Services were in attendance to lend their support to this initiative.

For additional information please call 338-5140.

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Report from November 19th Cabinet meeting His Excellency the Governor, Dr John Government Review and Modernization Freeman, chaired the 26th meeting of Committee; the Cabinet on Monday, 19 November 2018, at the Hon. Hilly Ewing Building · Approved the draft Home Owner’s on Providenciales.

Policy which includes incentives to first time and existing homeowners to be All Ministers were present except the implemented with effect from 1 April Minister of Education, Youth, Culture 2019; and Library Services · Approved the appointment of the Commissioner of Labour as the At this meeting Cabinet: Registrar of Trade Unions in accordance with Section 5 of the Trade Unions · Agreed to the “Treatment of All- Ordinance; Inclusive Resorts” paper to advance the Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism · Agreed to the Jury (Amendment) Bill (Taxation) (Amnesty) Bill 2018 to the 2018 for advancement to the House of House of Assembly.

Assembly. · Received as up-date from the Hon. · Received a paper presented by the Premier on the TCI National Disaster Hon. Premier, as Minister of Finance, Recovery Task Force on the work of the on the draft consultancy report on the Task Force; redevelopment and modernization of South Dock, Providenciales. Cabinet · Advised His Excellency the Governor noted the recommendations of the to agree to execute the framework Board of Directors of the TCI Ports agreement on compensations for Authority in relation to the report; compulsory acquisition of land by the Government. · Approved the appointment of Mr. Ricardo D. Gardiner as the Opposition’s · Noted the financial performance of appointed Member on the Local the TCI Statutory Bodies for the period

The following position will be available in the Turks & Caicos Islands Civil Aviation Authority (TCI CAA) effective 1st March, 2019.

1.Job Details Position: Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer

2. Job Location: Grand Turk / Providenciales – Turks and Caicos Islands Salary Salary range: $87,957 to $98,000 Negotiable based on qualifications and experience. standard set of benefits are additional.

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Application Requirements For the full details of the job requirements, kindly contact sroberts.caa@tciway.tc, Secretary to TCICAA Board of Directors.

Interested candidates are requested to submit a Cover Letter and Resume, three (3) letters of Reference, one of which should be from current or last employer, A Police Record and address to: The Chairman, TCICAA Board, TCI Civil Aviation Authority, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands via email to: sroberts.caa@tciway.tc, Secretary to TCICAA Board of Directors, by closing date: Friday, 4th January, 2018.

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April – June 2018 as reported by the Accountant General in the 1st Quarter Financial Report 2018/19 submitted in accordance with Section 148 (1) of the Public Finance Management Regulations;

Read us online at www.suntci.com

· Agreed for Invest TCI and Attorney General’s Chambers to commence negotiations, on a conditional basis, between TCIG and Windward Long Bay Ltd. on the proposed South Bank Resort and Marina Project;

Publisher & Editor-in-Chief: Hayden Boyce Graphic designer Information Technology and Production Manager: Kelano Howell

· Approved a draft TCIG Increment Policy paper governing the implementation of increments for the TCI Public Service; · Received an update from the Premier and the Ministry of Finance on the critical work outstanding with regards to the EU Code of Conduct Group: the COCG’s response to TCIG’s latest correspondence, policy decisions made and the upcoming legislation to be presented to Cabinet; · Received an update from Her Excellency the Deputy Governor on the visit of the EU Ambassador visit last week.

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.

The Turks and Caicos Islands Football Association (TCIFA) is seeking 3 qualified individuals to fill the positions of Football Coaches. One of these individuals must have experience in Goalkeeping Coaching. The individuals must be the holder of at least a Concacaf or US Soccer “D” License. Equivalent UEFA or other Football Confederations Licenses are also accepted.

Job Summary The Football Coach’s position is responsible for assisting the Tech ni c al Di rec t or a nd Head Coach ing Developme nt Of f i cer wi th organizing al l the footba l l programs at the TCIFA from Grassroots to the Senior National Teams. The Coach will assist with conducting practices, motivating players and instructing players in game techniques and tactics. The Coach will coach all areas of the game of Football including Goalkeeping.

Core Responsibilities •To assist the Technical Director and Head Coaching Development Officer in creating a Long Term Coaching Development Plan for the TCIFA •Consult with the Technical Director and Head Coaching Development Officer in formulating the coaching sessions to be utilized in the Grassroots, Youth Academy and Senior National Team with special emphasis on Goalkeeping •Effectively plan, deliver and evaluate coaching sessions including goalkeeping coaching sessions in line with the TCIFA’s philosophy and coaching.

•Coach in games including local, regional and international tournament and leagues •Implement the training programme for goalkeepers within the TCIFA’s programs •Any other duties as required by the football club within the reasonable demands of the role.

Working Conditions & Physical Requirements The job is physically demanding requiring the successful candidate to work outdoors for long hours in varying weather conditions. As such the successful candidate must have the ability to stand for extended periods of time, see and read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids; hear and understand speech at normal levels.

Salary: Range of $1500 per month to $3000 per month .

Please direct all applications to: Oliver A. Smith The General Secretary The Turks and Caicos Islands Football Association Venetian Road Providenciales Turks and Caicos Islands Ph: 1 649 333 4614 Email: oliverticfa@gmail.co

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ISTCI’S MIDDLE SCHOOL GRAND OPENING

On Thursday, 19 October, The International School of the Turks and Caicos Islands welcomed Grade 6 - 8 parents and special guests to the grand opening of our newest facility -a Middle School designed to educate students from Grades 7 to 9.

We were very grateful to have Turks and Caicos Minister of Education, Honourable Karen Malcolm, and the Director of Education, Mr Edgar Howell in attendance.

Our Middle School students gave speeches on how the new facility has enhanced their learning. They also gave tours of the building and showed projects they were able to create using the latest educational tools and resources. The students were especially thrilled to show their lunch area which is equipped with hammocks.

To end our special evening, our students assisted in serving guests delightful hors-d’oeuvres and refreshments catered by Bliss.

It was truly a wonderful evening! Thank you to all who attended. We are appreciative of your support as we embrace a new concept of higher education.

To read all about our Middle School visit: https://www.internationalschooltci.com/international-school-middle-school/

TURKS & CAICOS COLLECTION EMPLOYEES UNDERTAKE WINE SEMINAR TCC Employees were excited about being a part of the Select Brands Institute of Wines & Spirits, Wine 101 Seminar.

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Deputy Secretary Stuart Taylor successfully completes legal studies

The Turks and Caicos Civil Service welcomes the return of Deputy Secretary Stuart Taylor and is pleased to congratulate him on the recent completion of his legal studies.

Mr. Taylor is a career civil servant, having dedicated over 30 years of service to the Turks and Caicos Islands Government. He began his career in 1983 as the Deputy Registrar of Lands and has since held the positions of: Superintendent Counterpart in the Offshore Finance Department now the Financial Services Commission; Deputy Chief Accountant in charge of the Providenciales Treasury; Deputy Revenue Controller in charge of the Providenciales Revenue Control Unit; Collector of Customs in charge of the Customs Department and in 2013 was promoted to the post of Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Border Control and Labour, a post he held prior to departing the islands in September

2014 on study leave.

Wanting to further his career in the public service and to fill a gap which he deemed necessary across several areas of the service, Mr. Taylor through the assistance of the Civil Service Professional Development Fund along with personal funds, decided to pursue studies in the field of Law at Buckingham University in Buckingham England, where he successfully completed an LLB (Hons) 2.1, LLM International and Commercial Law (Merit), Financial Services Law Specialist and was a Bar Professional Training Course candidate.

Commenting on his return and the completion of his studies Mr. Taylor said; “It is an honour to serve as the Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Tourism, Environment, Heritage Maritime and Gaming and I am proud to be a part of a team that plays such an important role in Government. As

I embark on this new journey, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the persons that supported me over the years and look forward to using the skills and knowledge acquired abroad to make meaningful contributions to the advancement and further development of the Turks and Caicos Islands.”

Deputy Governor and Head of the Public Service, Her Excellency, Anya Williams in welcoming Mr. Taylor back to the service stated; “It is a privilege to welcome Mr. Stuart Taylor back to the Turks and Caicos Islands civil service and to congratulate him on the recent completion of his studies.

His newly acquired legal background will be an asset to the TCIG and I am certain will help to further propel him in his career goals. Mr. Taylor since returning, has been assigned to the Ministry of Tourism, Environment and Heritage and will be leading on

Deputy Secretary Stuart Taylor a number of key initiatives in that ministry including but not limited to the establishment of the new Gaming Commission. We certainly wish him well on his new role and do expect great results from him.”

7th annual Premier’s Cup Golf Tournament set for December 8th-9th

By Todeline Defralien

The Annual Premier’s Cup Golf Tournament will hold its 7th annual event next week Saturday December 8th - 9th, 2018.

This year charities are The Turks and Caicos Cadet Corp and TCI Aquatics, as both entities are instrumental to the TCI community.

Spectators are encouraged to attend the event to help raise funds for local charities. Several Ministers and Government officials will be playing at this year’s tournament.

Mervin Cox, Chairman, Premier’s Cup Golf Tournament Committee said this annual event has been hugely successful in raising significant funds to support well deserving charities.

“We are pleased to report that the 6th Annual Premier’s Cup, through the support of individuals and businesses was able to raise over

Premiers Cup Committee pictured with Premier Hon. Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson $50,000.00,” he said

He added: “This year, our charities are The Turks and Caicos Cadet Corp and TCI Aquatics, as both entities are instrumental to our

community. The Cadets continue to be a group we support because of their ability to instill a strong sense of discipline, responsibility and leadership in our youth. We are

trying to complete a needed wish list that was promised to this group. As for TCI Aquatics, we strongly desire to support this organization because they not only are teaching our youth how to swim and be water safe, which is critical to our island but training them to compete in swimming and represent the Turks and Caicos Islands.”

Organizers of the event will also be hosting a cocktail reception on Saturday, December 8th at the Provo Golf Club to launch the souvenir booklet and to recognize all of their generous sponsors.

In the essence of excitement, a Junkanoo will lead the golfers to the awards dinner on Sunday December 9th from Provo Golf Course to Opus.

In addition the event was sponsored by over 13 Gold Sponsors this year, and Herzog is the title sponsor of the events.

Mosquito prevention awareness

Due to the recent rainfall Department’s Vector Control unit continue throughout the Turks and Caicos Islands to monitor and treat mosquito breeding the Environmental Health Department sites, home owners, apartment owners and (EHD) hereby advise residents, home owners, business owners are advised to treat standing apartment owners and businesses to remove water on your premises by using cooking oil all debris & refuse/garbage from their or any other environmentally friendly oils to premises and dispose at the public landfill/ prevent mosquito breeding. solid waste disposal sites on your respective

In addition to taking these island. The removal of the debris & refuse/ preventative measures, residents are garbage from your premises will reduce encouraged to continue to prevent the growth mosquito breeding and prevent mosquito and reproduction of mosquitoes by taking borne (e.g. Dengue fever) and other vector the following precautions: borne diseases.

As Environmental Health •Check around buildings for anything that

could hold water, inspect your home and yard weekly •Turn containers over or cover them •Get rid of or cover old tires •Properly dispose of all garbage/refuse •Cover boats, children’s pools, etc.

•Clean rain gutters and make sure they are flowing properly •Check screens for holes •Tightly cover water drums and rain barrels

For further information, contact the Environmental Health Department via telephone numbers 649-338-2143/44.

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TCI partners with The Bahamas National Trust for possible protection of sharks and sting rays

By Todeline Defralien The Department of Environment and Coastal Resources (DECR) and the Ministry of Tourism, Environment, Maritime, Heritage and Gaming have partnered with the Bahamas National Trust in its consultation on the possible protection of sharks and sting ray in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Eric Carey, Director of the Bahamas National Trust and his team visited the TCI this week to start the consultation process and visit the different communities to get feedback from individuals.

The Department of Environment and Coastal Resources (DECR) recently hosted public consultation meetings in Five Cays on Tuesday November 27th at Five Cays Community Centre and in South Caicos on Thursday November 29th at the DECR Office, to discuss the marine apex predator conservation in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

The consultation meetings will give the community an opportunity to objectively hear about possible conservation methods, as well as to express their opinions and concerns regarding marine apex predator conservation.

The fishing, water sports, diving and tour operator stakeholders are strongly encouraged to attend, however the meetings are open to the public at large.

During a press conference on Wednesday November 28th, Lormeka Morley-Williams, Deputy Director of the Department of Environment & Coastal Resources (DECR) said this conservation is to look at the possibility of developing a shark and ray conservation or centaury here in the islands.

“Many will ask why we want to do this, why it is important and sharks have been here forever, however there has been a worldwide decline in the shark and ray population around the world with many of them being critically endangered or threatened,” he said.

She added: “Turks and Caicos now have the opportunity to use this time to speak and see how we can prevent this from happening here in our islands. The consultation is an open process; we are looking for our community members, fishermen, dive operators, and everyone to be a part of this discussion on how we can move

Alexander McLeod, Dr Eric Salamanca, National Trust Education and Outreach Manager, Dellareese Higgs, Shelley Cant, Eric Carey, Director of the Bahamas National Trust, Minister of Tourism Hon. Ralph Higgs, DECR Permanent Secretary, Cherylann Jones, Lormeka Morley-Williams, Deputy Director of the Department of Environment & Coastal Resources (DECR) and Amy Avenant, Environment Outreach Coordinator for the Department of Environment & Coastal Resources forward or how this can affect us and what our method should be.”

Williams noted that sharks are apex predator and are at the top of our eco system.

“If we remove our sharks the entire eco system on the bottom which includes our fishes, lobster, conch, grouper and snappers that we locally know can suffer. The management of our apex predators, rays and our larger sea creatures is very crucial to the management of our fishery product.

It is something that we depend on, something that we use in not only exportation but also as a tourist driven attraction.”

Williams emphasised the need of community support during this consultation. “We’re asking people to come out to our meetings and also to understand what this process means and to give their input and insight into this matter.”

Eric Carey, Director of the Bahamas National Trust further explained why they were selected.

“We are an archipelago and we share obviously a lot of similarities, we share an ocean and quite frankly we share some of the same individuals in the oceans that travel from Turks and Caicos to the Bahamas. We believe

that there are opportunities for joint conservation that presents themselves.

When we were approach by the department to see if we could assist this we thought that this was such a natural fit.”

He continued: “The Government has mandated that there be broad public consultation and so our job is to go out and talk to many people as possible in each community to get a good feeling about sharks and rays and what people want to see with respect to how they are protected. We are also offering our expert opinions because in the Bahamas we have protected our sharks and also have a global responsibility to protect a part of the ocean that the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos sit in.”

In addition, Carey revealed that hundreds and millions and sharks are killed every year for feverless reasons and they are doing all that it takes to stop this act.

Also commenting on the partnership, Minister of Tourism Hon. Ralph Higgs said, “Here in Turks and Caicos we have taken the decision to join this global push to conserve not only our land, eco-systems but certainly our marine eco-systems and there is no better place to start than protecting

the Apex predators of our oceans such as sharks and sting rays. We believe that if sharks and rays and these apex predators are removed from the ecosystem, there will be an effect right across the whole chain. We want to go throughout the length and breadth of this country to get the pulse of our people, particularly our fishermen.”

He added: “Shark protection and conservation in The Bahamas is in access of $120 million per annum and that is what it means to the economy, here in Turks and Caicos we don’t have the systems in place to quantify what shark diving activities mean to our tourism but I know for a fact that guest enjoy coming to Turks and Caicos to dive with sharks.”

Higgs stated that once his Ministry gets the report from the Bahamas National Trust lead by Eric and his group, the Government will have to make a decision.

“We’re going to take the added step based on the consultation to figure out if there should be a zero tolerance for harvesting of sharks or should we permit traditional methods of catching sharks.”

According to Hon. Higgs the consultation will be completed by this time next year 2019.

Department of Agriculture conducting trapping of stray dogs The Department of Agriculture, wishes to inform the public that trapping of stray dogs continues to be conducted throughout the island. This is part of the Department’s Animal Control Programme.

with the Dogs (Control) Ordinance (2014) if their dogs are allowed to roam unaccompanied on public premises and roadways without a collar bearing an identification tag and a lead;

Persons are advised: 1.Not to interfere, tamper, destroy or steal any of the Department’s traps as it is the property of the Turks and Caicos Islands Government, an offence prosecuted by Law;

3.Report any stray dogs roaming in your area to the Department of Agriculture;

2.To secure and confine Owned Dogs.

As owners may be fined in accordance

4.Not to obstruct officers of the Department while performing their duties of trapping; and 5.Not to take matters into your own

hands and inflict acts of cruelty to straying animals, this is an offence according to the Animal Health Ordinance (2012).

For more information and reporting of stray animals in your area, please visit or contact the Department of Agriculture Office in Providenciales.

Department of Agriculture 16 Parade Avenue, Butterfield Square, Providenciales Telephone: 1(649) 338-(5266) OR (5265)

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Women in Sports to honour 25 pioneers in sports

By Todeline Defralien

The Turks and Caicos Islands Women in Sports will honour 25 men in cricket and softball for their stellar contribution to the introduction and development of sports throughout the Turks and Caicos Islands.

This will take place at the Women In Sports Annual Gala Awards Ball on Saturday 15th December, 2018, under the theme “A Winter Wonder Land”.

The event will be held in Grand Turk at Margaretville, on Grand Turk and persons are asked to come out and support pioneers in sports.

In an interview with The SUN, Rita Gardiner, President of TCI’s Commonwealth Games Association

said, this year the President, Mrs. Angela Brooks along with the executive members made a decision to honour the pioneers in cricket and in softball as these were the first sports along with athletics that were introduced to the Turks and Caicos Islands on a competitive level.

Gardiner added that the 25 men identified are the pioneers of the sport, some played as early as the 1950s through the 60s and passed on the sport to other generations.

“To me this is history as the majority has never been recognized before and the youth need to know who blazed the trail for them. This is a great example of patriotism and giving our elders their flowers while they are alive and they are all trailblazers,” she said.

Dean & JoJo Launches New Online Store for 2018 Holidays

The Dean & JoJo family of products launches new collector’s edition children’s book “Dean & JoJo: A True Dolphin Story” and ondemand custom merchandise store.

San Francisco, CA (November 17, 2018) –Dean & JoJo, the universally appealing entertainment brand based on the real-life story of Dean Bernal and JoJo the wild dolphin, announced their new on-demand custom merchandise store and collector’s edition children book.

“We are very excited to provide impactful Dean & JoJo entertainment and purpose branded products,” said Dean Bernal, Founder, Dean & JoJo.“Dean & JoJo adventures are real and embedded with truth, authenticity, and trust, always making a positive impact in the world.”

The true-life story of Dean &JoJo is a relationship between two species and a connection that transcends global differences and invites innovative solutions to peace and the protection of the planet. It is the longest human and wild dolphin

TCI’s

NAVA JEWELERS LTD, dba JEWELRY, world renowned jewelers and retail sellers of signature brand jewelry and jewelry related products, with a chain of affiliated jewelry stores and outlets throughout North America, the Caribbean and Worldwide, is now accepting applications/resumes from suitably qualifies persons as:

ASSISTANT MANAGER, JEWELRY SALES SPECIALISTS, SUPERVISORS AND MERCHANDISERS, JEWELERS, PRECIOUS STONESBRAND QUALITY CONTROL CLERKS, SALES CLERKS, and/or ASSOCIATES At the Company’s prestigious retail Jewelry sales and Jewelry related merchandise sales Store located at the Carnival Corporation’s Grand Turk Cruise Center, South Beach, Grand Turk.

relationship in history. Thisstory has become a global legend and alsoa universally appealing entertainment brand. The Dean & JoJo story and brand has touched and inspired people of all ages and is now launching anewvirtual and retail characterpresence.

For more information, please visit DeanAndJoJo.org.

Wholesale and Tourism Industry expertsinterested in product distribution may participateby contacting DeanAndJoJo@gmail. comwith the subject line: Dean &JoJo wholesale distribution.

Notice for comments on the 2018 Wildlife Conservation & Trade Bill The Department of Environment and Coastal Resources (DECR) would like to notify the public of the proposal for a bill for an ordinance to implement the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild fauna and flora (CITES), with a view to the protection of wild species from harm through unsustainable exploitation; and for connected purposes.

Interested and affected parties are requested to provide written comment to the DECR on,

The Women in Sports was founded in 2013 by the then President of the Commonwealth Games Association along with the Director of Gender Affairs. Since 2013, an annual gala was held to honor and recognize the accomplishments of women who were pioneers and made outstanding contributions to the development of sports in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Sonia Fulford was named the first Honoree.

The main objective of the Women in Sports is to empower and recognise the sporting talent of young girls and women in the various sports so they reach their fullest potential.

Funds raised from the Gama events go to assist girls in competition regionally Rita Gardiner, President of and internationally.

Commonwealth Games Association

or before, the 3rd of December, 2018.

The proposal is available for review on the DECR’s webpage at http://www.gov.tc/decr.

Comment may be submitted, in writing, to the DECR at environment@gov.tc or at any of the DECR offices.

Should you have any questions or concerns, please contact the DECR via email at environment@gov.tc or call 3384170.

Requirements: •A sound educational background, and a minimum of five (5) years jewelry sales and general merchandising experience, in the case of Assistant Manager, Supervisors, Precious Stones and Brand Quality Control Clerks and two (2) years in the case of Sales Clerks and Associates, together with a proven and unblemished track record of employment in a highly trusted related field of employment and/or business.

•A positive and disciplined attitude and aptitude toward work in a customer service oriented business.

•Excellent communication, inter-personal and customer service skills.

•A trustworthy, dependable and honest disposition.

•Must be willing to work flexible hours including weekends and holidays and irregular cruise ship schedule.

•Clean criminal record.

•Unblemished employment history.

•All candidates must be proficient in the English written and spoken word.

•Salary will be negotiable and dependent on the qualification and relevant experience of the successful applicant but will be not less than $7.00 per hour.

Suitable candidates whodo not meet the prescribed requirements that who, in the sole discretion of the Company’s management team, demonstrate a clear willingness to embrace the Company’s in-house training initiatives and established standard operating policies and procedures, may be eligible for recruitment in exceptional circumstances. All applicants who are Turks Islanders are invited to send their application to the Commissioner and Labor Board.Preference will be given to documented Turks and Caicos Islanders.

Interested persons may submit their applications and resumes, via e-mail to: resume@effyjewelery.com, via fax to:2127308887, or hand deliver the same to any senior member of the company’s staff at its store, commonly known as Jewelry located at Suite No. 2, Building 1, Grand Turk Cruise Center, South Beach, Grand Turk.

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Charisma University Holds Open House at TCI Campus

With nearly dozens of visitors, the staff at Charisma University recently found themselves very busy answering questions and enrolling new students.

Inquiries regarding both the online and on-ground classes being offered by the fully accredited university kept everyone excited.

Drinks and snacks greeted guests as well as online walkthroughs of the numerous programs

offered by Charisma University.

Ann Irving (Registrar).

From Associate Degrees The university will be to Doctorates, the visitors learned offering certificate seminars in there was a program for nearly every Tourism and Hospitality on weekends. career path they had a desire to follow. Information can be obtained either The university staff consisted of Dr. online at the university website, Peter Okpala (Founder/Chancellor), charismauniversity.org, or from the Dr. John Beyer (President/CEO), school’s office from 10 a.m. until Dr. Laureen Beyer (Senior Vice- 2 p.m. Monday thru Friday. The President of Human Resources), Dr. university is in Grace Bay at the Edward Smith (Vice-President of On- Queen’s Landing Building, Unit 8, Ground Education), and Dr. Kaye- across the street from the Graceway

Gourmet Supermarket.

Charisma University offers American style of education and is committed to molding and training students to become highly skilled professionals in any business industry. The graduates are competent, caring, and qualified professionals who exceed the requirements of their profession, as well as those of their families and communities.

Professional Maintenance Company seeking the following skilled technician

Refrigeration Maintenance technician Maintain the day-to-day operations and to assume responsibility for maintaining the physical assets of the properties under the direction of Premier Contracting Services Ltd. Duties and Skill set required •Inspect, repair, modify and install HVAC equipment including refrigeration, A/C, compressors, receivers, expansion valves, condensers and evaporators •Conduct preventative maintenance and inspection of refrigeration units and Air-conditioning systems, make necessary adjustments or repairs •Repair or replace defective electrical or mechanical controls •Operate a variety of tools including welding torches, pressure gauges, electrical testing equipment, and vacuum pumps.

•Repair and rebuild semi hermetic reciprocating compressors.

•Perform skilled electrical or maintenance work, installation and alteration of HVAC equipment, components, timers, wiring systems, diagnostic and troubleshooting •Maintain records concerning time, labor and materials, maintain log of tasks performed •Lift heavy objects •Communicate in English effectively both orally and writing Education and Experience •Certificate and 5 years documentable HVAC journeyman level operation, maintenance and repair experience in the HVAC refrigeration trade •Valid driver’s license Please submit applications via email at maintenance@khcapital.com

T & C Refreshments Employment Opportunity Post Mix Technician Functions include assisting in Repair and maintenance of fountain and cooler equipment placed in the market Collect water samples and perform all quality control testing required Execute sanitation process of all syrup lines Perform calibration exercise on the fountain equipment Execute weekly preventative maintenance checks Perform installation & removal of equipment (fountain dispensing and coolers) as required Participate in special events involving Coca-Cola marketing equipment Perform other duties as requested Qualifications High school diploma Valid driver’s licence 2 years experience in equipment repair (coolers, vending machines, refrigerant equipment preferred) Skills Analytical and time management skills Ability to lift, push and pull a minimum of 40lbs repeatedly Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal) Working with mechanical systems (understanding mechanical concepts, troubleshooting and repairing appliances, performing basic circuits, operating hand and power tools) Strong interpersonal skills Working with electrical systems (understanding flow, wiring, outlets etc.) Working with moving equipment (e.g. forklifts, hand trucks/dollies) From $500.00 per week Salary commensurate with work experience and qualifications This position is currently held by a work permit holder Qualified Belonger candidate asked to submit resume electronically to: T & C Refreshments 10 Parade Avenue Providenciales, Turks & Caicos hradmin@CBCBahamas.com & labour Department Providenciales

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TCI hosts National Symposium for individuals with special needs

By Todeline Defralien

In support of corporate partners, Department of Education, Ministry of Health’s Special Needs Unit and the Deputy Governor’s Office; a National Symposium for Special Needs was hosted in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

The three-day, well-attended event took place at Occasions Conference Room, in the Airport Hotel, Providenciales, from Wednesday November 28th -30th 2018, under the Theme: “Creating Change through Compassion, Data, & Intervention”.

Keynote Speaker for the event was Dr. Floyd Morris of Jamaica, West Indies.

During the opening ceremony, Education Officer for Special Needs Mr. Jasmin Walkin said, “I have lived the challenges. I have dealt with stigma and I have overcome adversity. My passion is based on my experiences and one of my most memorable experiences was in the early 90s when I attended the first national symposium at the Ramada Hotel and was organised by people who at that time realized that special needs individuals needed the attention that was long overdue.”

Mr. Walkin explained to those in attendance the symposium changed his life and made him have the idea to organize or be a part of another one in his lifetime.

He added: “Life can be funny at times and for most of my life my greatest challenge was trying not to be viewed or live as a special need individual and only to find myself appointed to supervise the implementation of a special education policy, to not just develop programmes for these individuals but to be an advocate for those individuals.”

“We launched the ‘no child left behind’ special education policy initiative because we wanted to look at the special needs policy and take from that policy objectives and goals that we believe could be achieved over a calendar year. I believe that if you’re going to make progress, you have to measure success point by point. A national symposium for special needs not only can serve as that event but it can also provide us the opportunity to bring key leaders., policy makers, heads of department and more in one

Pastor Bradley Handfield, Deputy Governor Anya Williams, was Dr. Floyd Morris of Jamaica, West Indies, Minister of Education Hon. Karen Malcolm and Education Officer for Special Needs Mr. Jasmin Walkin room to discuss plans and strategizes a way forward in providing quality education and self empowerment for individuals with special needs,” Walkin explained.

Deputy Governor Anya Williams in her remarks said, “Special Needs continue to be a key topic of discussion in this country with many persons raising concerns regarding the level of care or lack thereof that is provided to persons with special needs.

Despite the current challenges, I would wish to state that we are making great progress and have come a long way from where we were before. It is not too long ago that we did not even know what special needs really meant.”

She added: “We did not know how to identify the characteristics and we did not have a plan action to address it. Children with special needs were unfortunately referred to as being retarded or slow, and were simply placed at the back of the class or not allowed access to classrooms at all.

Times have now changed and not only do we now have special needs teachers and classrooms, but we have a Special Needs Education Officers specifically dedicated to this cause. And who better to chart the way forward than someone who has experienced person’s challenges in the field himself.”

Williams noted that in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, they have assessed 100’s of children in the TCI in the last year and have been able to identify their needs.

She continued: “Sadly we have not been able to recruit all of the resources that we need as we continue to actively recruit for a speech and

Mr. Jasmin Walkin presenting Deputy Governor Anya Williams with an award

language pathologist having advertised the post consistently for more than a year, having upgraded the salary and having twice been successful, only for the person to later advise that they had accepted offers elsewhere.”

In addition, Williams added that an occupational therapist has recently been recruited and they are hoping will shortly commence work.

“I take the opportunity to urge and encourage Turks and Caicos Islanders to pursue these career paths as it is only then that we will truly have a consistent supply of the resources that we need. Today we are here to speak and learn about creating change through compassion, data and intervention. Change is never easy, it requires in the first instance recognizing that there is a problem and a need for change.” she concluded.

According to the organizers of the event, a National Symposium for Individuals with Special Needs is necessary because: 1.We must start a national conversation on the topic 2.Stigmatization and marginalization of Special Needs Individuals can only be discouraged through massive public awareness initiatives, new policies, and programmes that provide opportunities for Special Needs Individuals to gain equal access to education, training, employment, and selfempowerment.

3.Accomplishes several of the NCLB Policy Initiatives over a three-day period while setting the stage for

The crowd at the opening ceremony

future policy initiatives.

4.Professional collaboration among departments in government needs to be strengthened as well as Public Servants must collaborate to draft policies cohesively when a problem must be address by multiple government agencies.

5.Special Needs must be viewed beyond the disability, the services needed or even the access to quality education. The National Symposium is an opportunity to develop a strategic plan for focusing on what accommodations are needed for Special Needs Individuals beyond secondary education; such as tertiary education, career development and training, employment, living fulfilled adult lives despite their disabilities.

Meantime, the National Symposium served as the culminating event for the National Public Awareness Campaign targeted in the NCLB Special Education Policy Initiative. The Symposium achieved multiple targets of the No Child Left Behind Special Education Policy Initiative simultaneously over a threeday schedule.

The Symposium brought key leaders in the Public Service in one room to review laws, polices, or loopholes related to Special Needs Individuals.

Prior to the National Symposium, the Heads of Department, stakeholders, and policy makers were asked to submit information, policies or specific provision in their respective ordinances which have implications for Special Needs Individuals (e.g. Special Education Policy, Education Ordinance, Scholarship Policy, Labour Ordinance, etc..). Using the information (identified in #3) the delegates at the Leadership & Strategic Planning Summit (Scheduled for day 1 of the Symposium) were able to identify loopholes in current policies, received progress report Special Education Programme Coordinators, chart a course for addressing the loopholes. From the Leadership & Strategic Planning Summit, new policy amendments and strategies were drafted that would make provisions for improvements in meeting the needs of Individuals with Special Needs.

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CIBC FirstCaribbean reopens Grand Turk branch C

IBC FirstCaribbean proudly announced the official re-opening of their Grand Turk Branch at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on the island capital on Thursday, November 29, 2018.

Here are photographs from the event.

Photos By: Earlson Robinson.

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The Diabetic Diet

By Dr. Marsha Barnett

is individualized according to your gender, weight and activity levels, but there are basic guidelines that hold true no matter what your particular situation might be.

Being told that you have diabetes can be life changing. In fact, many persons are devastated by the news as they know they will have to make changes to their lifestyles and •Healthy Carbs especially to their diet if they are going Carbohydrates are many times to get real control of their blood sugar. seen as the enemy. This is because This is extremely important as good whether simple carbs such as bread and sugar control will ensure good long- pasta, or complex carbs such as yams term health. However, as daunting as and other tubers; during digestion, the prospect may seem, a diabetes diet they are broken down to simple sugars simply means eating the healthiest and are therefore able to increase foods in moderate amounts and the blood sugar. Since controlling sticking to regular mealtimes! blood sugar levels is at the center of managing diabetes, it is essential that Why is diet important? you have foods that will not spike blood sugar levels. This means avoiding

When you have diabetes, you sweet juices, pastry, large servings of tend to have high blood sugars as white rice, bread or pasta and instead your body does not produce adequate having carbohydrates that don’t have insulin to keep your levels normal the effect of rapidly increasing the with the fluctuations in food intake. blood sugars such as whole grain Additionally, in type 2 diabetes, the foods. Carbohydrates with high fiber organs tend to be resistant to insulin content are ideal. This is because hence greater amounts of insulin are fiber helps slow digestion thereby required to handle sugars, but also controlling blood sugar levels. Foods fats and proteins. If blood glucose isn’t high in fiber include vegetables, fruits, kept in check, it can lead to serious nuts, legumes such as beans, peas and problems, such as a dangerously high lentils and whole-wheat flour. blood glucose levels and long-term complications, such as nerve, eye, •High quality protein kidney and heart damage.

Protein is important as it helps build muscle and is essential for Now what do you eat? most functions of the body and brain.

Protein can be garnered from many

Your doctor or dietician can sources such as pork, chicken, beef help you put together a diet based on and milk. However, lean cuts of meat your health goals, tastes and lifestyle. are always preferred and it’s best to They can also explain portion sizes prepare meats with little to no oil. and the calorie intake. Now this Hence frying meats is never a good idea.

Baking, steaming and broiling result in tasty, low-fat protein sources. Fish is a great option. It usually has less total fat, saturated fat and cholesterol than do meat and poultry. Fish such as salmon, mackerel, tuna and sardines are rich in omega-3 fatty acids, which promote heart health by lowering blood fats. Vegetarian meat substitutes are also good options but make sure it’s not too high in fat and the same rules for meal preparation apply.

•Good fats. Foods containing unsaturated fats can help lower your cholesterol levels. These include avocados, almonds, walnuts, and canola and olive oils. However, moderation is key as these are still fats and therefore relatively high in calories.

What should you avoid?

Dr. marsha Barnett shouldn’t be difficult to adhere to a diet ideal for diabetics. This is especially true if you have the help of a dietician or physician. However, if you do not readily have these professionals at your disposal, a simple plate method might be ideal for you. This is an adaptation from the American Diabetes Association and it suggests that when preparing your plate, fill one-half of it with non-starchy vegetables, such as spinach, carrots and tomatoes. Fill one-quarter with a healthy protein, and the last quarter with a wholegrain carbohydrate. Fruit and low-fat dairy can be had as snacks and water or unsweetened tea is the beverage of choice.

It’s important to note however, that a healthy diet is only a part of controlling your diabetes as medications, blood tests to monitor your sugar control and the health of your organs, as well as yearly eye exams are all essential in ensuring your optimal well-being.

Because diabetes increases your risk of heart disease and stroke by accelerating the development of clogged and hardened arteries, you must avoid foods that are bad for heart.

This includes foods high in saturated and trans fats, cholesterol and sodium.

High-fat dairy products and animal proteins such as hot dogs, sausage and bacon contain saturated fats. Processed snacks, baked goods, shortening and stick margarines contain trans fats.

You must also avoid foods that are *Dr. Marsha Barnett is a general high in cholesterol such as fried meats practitioner who also specialises and egg yolk and limit your sodium by in dermatology. For questions or reducing your intake of processed foods comments, please contact her at like chips, noodle soups and hot dogs. drmarshabarnett@gmail.com or at A simple guide Associated Medical Practices - 946 With the guidelines above, it 4242.

Assistant manager of Good Life in TCI This position mainly consists of managing / marketing a villa complex and serving its guests.Writing marketing material (both in English and in French) and SEO experience is also important.

Requirements: •University degree in marketing •A minimum of 10 years as a manager/supervisor position •A minimum of 2 years as a property manager of high end villas •Experience in car rental business and boat excursions is a plus •Positive attitude toward work in a customer service oriented business •Excellent writing skills and SEO experience •Must be willing and able to work flexible hours, including on weekends and public holidays •Clean criminal record •All candidates must be proficient in the English and French, and speak Spanish •Salary ranges $40,000 - $50,000 per annum.

Preference will be given to documented Turks and Caicos Islanders.

Applicants who are Turks and Caicos Islanders are invited to send their applications to the Labour Commissioner and Immigration Board.

Written applications only and accompanying CVs/Resumes must be sent or otherwise addressed to the following:

The Directors Good Life in TCI Ltd. c/o EPIC Corporate & Consultancy Services Ltd. Cee’s Plaza, Suite 1, Church Folly Grand Turk Turks and Caicos Islands

For immediate release onNovember20th, 2018.

This is a public service announcement from Provo Water Company: Bills for the16thNovember,2018 are now available. Please pay this bill by Monday December3rd, 2018 to avoid disruption to your service.

Paying Your Bill Bills can be paid directly at Provo Water Company Office in Grace Bay Monday to Friday8:30am to 3:00pm(until further notice).

•Bills paid by online banking must be paid not later than 3 days before the due date. You can now pay via RBC as a new addition to our online payment options.

•Bills paid at Grace-way Supermarkets must be paid not later than 24 hours before the due date.

In the unfortunate event you are disconnected for delinquency: •The full amount plus the required reconnection fee must be settled before the service resumes.

•Service will resume the same day for accounts paid up before 12 Noon •Service will resume the following morning for accounts paid up after 12 Noon. Reconnections will not take place after hours.

Contact Customer Service Department on 946-5202 or 649-339-9282.

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It is that time of the year again. Do not spend it if you do not have it.

If you have it, then spend it on what you need and not what you want.

By Drexwell Seymour

It is this time of the year again as we prepare for Thanksgiving and the Christmas Season. During this time, many of us spend a lot of money especially during Black Friday Sales and Cyber Monday. There is so much marketing going on that convinces many of us to go and shop.

Some of us do not have any money but we have credit cards so we use our credit cards to purchase all sorts of stuff that we want but we perhaps do not need. Then when the bill comes, we are unable to pay even the minimum amount.

This article is to dissuade from you spending what you do not have. This article is also to encourage you to save.

Remember the real reason for the season Celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas for what they were intended for.

Thanksgiving was celebrated by the pilgrims after their first harvest. The reason we celebrate Christmas is to remember the birth of Jesus even though we do not know the exact date of his birth.

Thanksgiving and Christmas are now used as a means for shopping where people are spending a lot of money on buying gifts. Even in the Turks and Caicos, we now have set aside a holiday called Thanksgiving which coincides with the day after the US American Holiday. This holiday is encouraging many of us to travel to the US to spend money.

Do not spend what you do not have

Please do not spend what you do not have. You may ask how can I spend what I do not have. Using a credit card is away that many of us are spending that you do not have.

These Black Friday sales are a gimmick to get you into their stores.

The truth of the matter is most times when you go into a store, you end up buying something else and a lot of times things you do not need. You may feel like you are winning because you are getting good deals. However, the only winner will be the store who is misleading you into thinking you are getting a discount. Obviously if you put aside money to save to shop for Black Friday, then this is a different issue.

Also, during this time of the year, the banks are also offering loans and even 100% financing for the purchase of a new vehicle. Before you get a loan, ask yourself “do I really need a loan for a vehicle. and can I afford to keep u the monthly payment?”. If the answer is no, then do not get the loan. Try save money your funds to purchase a vehicle. It does not have to be new.

Airlines may be running specials to convince you to travel.

Do you really need to travel? Why don’t you purchase online or support the local business for your items by purchasing local? After all, by the time you purchase a ticket, rent a car, live in a hotel, and buy food everyday it may not be worth shopping abroad.

What should you do to avoid spending what you do not have?

Control yourself and do not fall for the marketing tactics by these stores. If you do not have the cash, do not use a credit card or get a loan to shop for Christmas or Thanksgiving.

If you cannot control yourself, then do not go into the stores otherwise you will be tempted to buy something and most times you may purchase more than what you need.

If you want to shop and you really need these items, then put aside some money each month and when you accumulate the desired amount

then you can use that to purchase what you need.

Always ask yourself this question before you buy something, do I really need it? Or do I want it? If you only want it and do not need it then do not buy it.

Reduce the number of credit cards you have. If you have more than one credit card, you may use all of them and face a huge bill. Retain only one credit card preferably one that has reward points. Use that card with the reward points and make sure you pay the bill in full before it becomes due. Of course, once you accumulate sufficient reward points, then use those points to pay for your tickets and hotels.

Take an inventory of what you have at home. You may discover that you have clothes in your closet you do not wear or perhaps you only wore it once. You may discover you have more than enough shoes. You may discover that your fixtures and furniture are in good order. Once you do an analysis of what you have in stock, you may come to a realization that you really do not need to buy any additional things.

Make your Thanksgiving and Christmas simple. Agree with your family that it will be simple. Rather than buying expensive things, have a budget of a certain amount to spend per person or just do simple things like a card expressing your love for your spouse or children. Do not commercialize these holidays. Spend quality with your family and friends.

Be content with what you have. If it is working and in good condition, then do not go and spend money to get a replacement. It is fine if your neighbors or friends are getting new things and you are not.

Conclusion

I know we should not be penny pitching with our finances but

Drexwell Seymour many of us are living paycheck to paycheck. If you are living paycheck to paycheck then do not get into additional debt by using credit cards to purchase items you perhaps do not need

Control your spending and try your best to have a savings plan. Put aside some funds each month into a bank account and do not touch it. The economy today may not be the same tomorrow.

Remember it is the store owners who are the real winners during this time. Many times, you purchase gifts or toys for your children and then less than a week later, they are destroyed. Rather than facing this, open an account for your child’s education.

Remember do not spend what you do not have and even if you have it, do not spend it if you do not need it.

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Island Escape (TCI) Ltd is seeking candidates for the above position. A highly experienced Butler is required to provide full Butler service. Working hours and days will vary, thus we are seeking candidates with a flexible schedule who can work longer hours when required and during holidays.

In-depth knowledge and proven experience of integration with back-end systems, APIs, payment gateways and social media platforms is also a must. This is a senior leadership position so the candidate must have strong entrepreneurial and management skills and experience, coupled with the ability to interact effectively with both development teams as well as investors and other stakeholders.

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Brexit and TCI

By Oswald Skipping

The Rt. Hon. Theresa May, Prime Minister of Britain has reached agreement with the leaders of all 27 EU member states on a Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration marking the culmination of the UK’s exit negotiations with the European Union.

What is of extreme importance to us as a Turks and Caicos Overseas Territory, is what Uk Prime Minister considers as the achievements to be gained from this Brexit deal; I quote;

“We will control our own borders and end free movement once and for all” Interestingly, Illegal immigration which relates to border control and is a direct constitutional responsibility of the British, is not a primary concern of theirs and they have been conspicuously negligent in carrying out that responsibility.

To add insult to injury, we are faced with court decisions that say that we are obligated to grant extended work permits to work permit holders.

This is something that could be easily fixed by our immigration minister. As a former minister of immigration I was faced with the same problem 16 years ago. I fixed it but it was unfixed by the then incoming administration.

British Prime minister May’s second declared achievement in the Brexit deal is, and I quote;

“We will protect jobs with a deal that is good for our economy”

That again is strange when we consider the unregulated influx of Brits that has been placed in our Civil Service since the Interim Administration until presently, filling managerial and advisory positions with highly inflated salaries that are way above that of local counterparts.

This needs to be fixed and is overdue.

So it is indeed strange that the Brits are again fighting to stop something that they are imposing on us.

The third accomplishment referred to by the British prime minister and I quote;

“We will no longer send vast sums of money to the EU so we can spend more on our priorities, like investing in our long-term plan for the NHS”

This again is so interesting and considering the constitutional restraints and other legal impediments such as the Procurement Ordinance that is designed to secure and dump large sums of money into what was labeled the sinking fund and build large reserves while social services such as national health and education suffers and major government infrastructure

such as the Parliament building and the Grand Turk airport terminal remain unattended.

Additionally, the public service is deprived of salary increases, gratuities, pensions and other benefits while the elected government is prohibited from usefully utilizing these funds to the benefit of its people and country. Strange indeed! What is good for the British goose is obviously not good for the Turks and Caicos gander.

Another such accomplishment mentioned and I quote;

“We will take back control of our laws, ending the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice in the UK”

We need to bear in mind that we have been subjected to the imposition of not only those European laws, but British laws that have been morally and otherwise alien and unacceptable to us as a people.

This is undoubtedly a wake up call for us as a people considering the double standards being displayed by the British. This is particularly important bearing in mind that both governments have been in pursuit of constitutional reform and the present administration is currently engaged in such efforts.

It’s becoming clearer by the day that if we are to overcome the myriad of overbearing colonial and

Oswald Skippings domestic governmental challenges, then we have to be realistic and reconsider our traditional approaches to selecting a government. That old, traditional approach of blind addiction to a particular political party is no longer working in the best interest of our people and country.

It is now obvious that if we are to survive, overcome and achieve the progress, prosperity and the economic and industrial stability that so we desire, we are going to have to seek out the most committed, competent and suitable men and women to represent us as our government in the future.

Ministry of Health host two day workshop on HIV anti stigma and discrimination in health care settings

The Ministry of Health, Agriculture, Sports and Human Services through its Health Promotion and Advocacy Unit hosted a 2-day workshop on Anti Stigma and Discrimination in Health Care Settings. The trainings took place in Grand Turk and Providenciales on the 17th and 18th of October respectively.

Health care workers from around the Turks and Caicos Islands including those in the private sector benefitted from the training. The training was supported by Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).

Stigma and discrimination are inescapable features of society.

When placed in the context of HIV and AIDS, stigma and the consequent discrimination remain major barriers for People Living with HIV and AIDS – this includes access to treatment

and care. These remain impediments in our response to reverse the spread of the epidemic.

Combating stigma and discrimination in Health Care settings is critical, reduction seminars and workshops such as the two day workshops hosted by the Health Promotion and Advocacy Unit, according to research goes a long way toward mitigating this trend. This is the second such workshop for the year hosted by the Health Promotion and Advocacy Unit. The Turks and Caicos Islands are well on the way to reducing and eliminating stigma and discrimination within health care settings.

“This issue affects both health care workers and users of health care services. As we move towards accomplishing the

targets of ending AIDS by 2030, achieving the 90 90 90 targets by 2020, eliminating mother to child transmission of HIV and congenital syphilis and also achieving the global non communicable disease target by 2025 it is critical that we address stigma and discrimination within our health care settings,” stated Aldora Robinson Director of Health Promotion and Advocacy Unit.

Mrs. Desiree Lewis, Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Health, Agriculture, Sports and Human Services in declaring the workshop open stated; “Let us be mindful of others and to treat others as we would want to be treated.

Removing the barriers and the perceptions that cause us to judge and pass sentences on persons. We must ALL remember that HIV is

no respecter of persons it crosses all nationalities, colour, status, beliefs, age and gender. As we move forward our patient centered cared initiative let us be mindful, show compassion, with our health in all policies initiative we encourage other government ministries and agencies along with the private sector to examine their policies as it relates to stigma and discrimination.”

For more information, contact the Health Promotion and Advocacy Unit on 3382772.

There are currently initiatives within the region to reduce the levels of stigma and discrimination to make sure that persons living with HIV can access treatment and care in a less stigmatized environment especially within health care settings.

TCHTA launches the “Why I Love TCI” social media challenge

The Turks & Caicos Hotel and Tourism Association [TCHTA] is excited to launch its first ever #whyilovetci social media challenge as they partner with the Turks and Caicos Tourist Board in promoting Tourism Environmental Awareness Month this November. Social media savvy residents and visitors are invited to showcase their love of Destination TCI while promoting the upward-trending hashtag.

For the entire month of November, each week someone will be a lucky winner of a prize

from a TCHTA member. The first prize up for grabs this week is a gift certificate at the famous Mr. Grouper’s Restaurant and Bar. Participants are asked to record a short 3o-second video saying why they love TCI, and post it to their Facebook and Instagram pages, tagging the TCHTA (so they know you’ve entered) and, of course, using the hashtag #whyilovetci.

Speaking on the challenge was an excited Stacy Cox of the TCHTA.“#whyilovetci is simply the perfect hashtag to accompany

this month of activities as we focus on what makes Turks & Caicos a destination that is loved by so many.

We use this hashtag in all of our social media posts, and it has caught on really well. We are excited to launch a campaign which encourages residents and tourists alike touse the hashtag loudly and proudly across all social media platforms so the love for our destination goes viral.

We look forward to all the wonderful images we will see, and how many people will join the challenge.”

Exciting prizes are in store

for the month, including photo shoots and spa visits, all courtesy of TCHTA members. The challenge for week #1 is active now. Details can be found on the TCHTA’s Facebook page. The public is encouraged to follow the page for each week’s new challenge and announcement of winners.

“A huge thanks goes out to our sponsors for donating prizes for this competition. We know the public will be excited about each and every prize that we have in store for them,” said Mrs. Cox.

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PwC helps the Turks and Caicos AIDS Awareness Foundation raise $50,000 for the Edward Gartland Youth Centre at annual ‘Surf & Turf”

Over 120 people turned out to support the annual “Surf & Turf” horse racing fundraiser, sponsored by PwC, on 9 November. The event is organised to raise monies for the Turks and Caicos AIDS Awareness Foundation (TCAAF).

Nick Haywood, Territory Leader, PwC TCI said: “We’re delighted that the event was once again a phenomenal success. The generosity of our guests allowed us to raise $50,000 for the TCAAF, to support the Edward Gartland Youth Centre. It was heartwarming to see our community coming together once more in support of those in greater need and we at PwC are delighted to have been involved. Our participation gives us an opportunity to live our core values, which include working together, caring, reimagining the possible, acting with (L-R) Nick Haywood, Territory Leader, PwC TCI,Stephen Wilson, Senior Partner, Graham Thompson & Co., Lovelie Luxama, Graham Thompson & Co., Galmo ‘Gilley’ Williams, Founder, TCAAF, Mary Eddy, Herzhog, Larry Collmus, Commentator and Terry Drummey, President, TCAAF, share a light moment at the “Surf integrity and making a difference.”

In keeping with the tradition & Turf” horse racing fundraiser on 9 November of the event, guests enjoyed a familyby “Galloping Love” and “Shrimpy Thanks to everyone involved.”

At PwC, our purpose is to build style dinner with complimentary wine, where u is?”, owned by Galmo “Gilley” The TCAAF is committed trust in society and solve important while betting on pre-taped horse races Williams and Graham Thompson & Co. to making the Turks and Caicos problems. We’re a network of firms in that were announced live by Mr. Larry respectively. The largest contributor to Islands a place where people living 158 countries with more than 250,000 Collmus, voice of the Triple Crown the auction was Graham Thompson & with HIV/AIDS have lives free from people who are committed to delivering and New York Racing Association. At Co., who bought two horses, including discrimination and prejudice. They are quality in assurance, advisory and tax the evening’s climax was the “Turks the most expensive horse at $10,000. committed to continuing their work services. Find out more and tell us and Caicos Derby”, sponsored by PwC, All three winners graciously donated with the National HIV Prevention Unit what matters to you by visiting us at featuring a Calcutta-style auction their winnings back to the TCAAF. and empowering everyone living with www.pwc.com/cb of horses. Half the proceeds were

Galmo Williams, Founder of HIV in the TCI, promoting awareness PwC refers to the PwC network committed as a donation to the TCAAF, the TCAAF said: “Nick and his team and maximising health and wellbeing and/or one or more of its member firms, with the balance forming the payout for at PwC do a fantastic job of organising by working to ensure the best possible each of which is a separate legal entity.

Win, Place and Show. The champion’s this event, everybody who attends HIV treatment and support services. Please see www.pwc.com/structure for trophy was awarded to Mike Eddy of has a great time, and the support this PwC’s commitment will continue in further details. © 2018 PwC. All rights Herzhog for his horse, ‘The Twins’, provides to the TCAAF is incredible. 2019. reserved. which took the top spot, followed

TCI celebrity artist featured in prestigious UK magazine

By Daisy Handfield

Bradley Theodore, a Turks and Caicos Islands artist who hails from the island of South Caicos, was featured in the November issue of the Oracle Time, a high-end magazine that showcases luxury watches and products.

The three-page magazine spread titled “Culture” praises Theodore for his colorful artwork and also features a biography, elaborating on the celebrity artist’s accolades.

Following the article, Theodore issued a statement, thanking Oracle Time for the feature and some encouraging words for dream chasers.

“The Oracle Time is one of my favorite magazines out of London focusing on luxury watches, lifestyle and art. I am very happy to be featured in such a prestigious magazine. It just shows you that the little island boy can grow up to become someone that you can be proud of,” he said.

Theodore’s achievements are not limited to this; the artist has received a lot of international attention, making strides in the

world of art and culture; including a limited addition collection with global brand, Puma.

This collaboration is labeled a collaboration made in heaven by fashion and lifestyle magazine, Elle.

Theodore is commonly known for his colorful paintings and prints of fashion icons, including ,Kendall Jenner, Anna Wintour and Kate Moss.

Inspired by contemporary fashion and the works of Frida Kahlo , Theodore portrays people he has met at parties as well as historic figures like Marie Antoinette both as skeletons and themselves.

The artist was raised in Miami, FL, before moving to New York as a young man. Working as a digital designer in the city, he became involved in the street art scene, producing murals on buildings around Lower Manhattan.

Discovered by Maddox Gallery, Theodore was propelled to acclaim by critics and collectors alike. In 2016, the short documentary film on the artist, Becoming: Bradley Theodore, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. Theodore currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.

Bradley Theodore

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and attendance at key investment conferences.

7.To produce materials needed to assist domestic investors to identify financing and to address any regulatory impediments to implementation.

8.To contribute to the Strategic Plan and Budget annually, as directed by the CEO. 9.To make presentations as needed to prospective investors.

10.To undertake any other relevant activities or duties as deemed necessary.

PERSONAL SPECIFICATIONS Education and qualifications: A Bachelor’s degree in finance, business, economics or related field. A Master’s degree will be an asset.

Job Title:

Investor ServicesExecutive

Reporting to: Location:

SVP, Investor Services Invest Turks and Caicos Offices – Providenciales

Job Summary: The Investor Services Executive - will be responsible for handling a portfolio of investment proposals from foreign and domestic investors. The Executive will be responsible for reviewing project proposals, following up with investors to ensure that there is a complete package of materials, arranging for materials to be distributed to relevant stakeholders for their input, providing feedback to their investor clients on issues, supporting the SVP in negotiating the terms of investment proposals supported by Government. The Investment Services Executive will be required to prepare Cabinet submissions with respect to specific projects under their care and to provide advice and support to relevant stakeholders in relation to those projects.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 1.To research TCI’s target sectors to identify investment opportunities that can be marketed to investors.

2.To identify specific investors, developers and operators to approach with investment propositions using a range of tools, including newsletters, blogs, webinars, and various data bases. After identifying potential investors actively engage in contacting target investors and determine “qualified leads”.

3.To provide data, information, reports and advice to assist prospective investors and organize and lead on Island investment opportunity tours to assist foreign investors to identify prospective investments.

4.To facilitate efforts of investors to develop projects in the country and manage a portfolio of investment proposals by investors who have approached the TCI Government with development proposals. The project assessments will include: i) Reviewing investor proposals ii) Clarifying details to ensure a complete proposal iii) Consulting with TCIG Ministries on the project to identify any fatal flaws for the project and facilitate the investment process. iv) Screening new investment projects for suitability, feasibility and quality of investment and investor. v) Collaborating with the legal advisor to conclude negotiations for investment incentives and assisting investors to finalize their development agreements. vi) Preparing cabinet papers for approval of development incentives under the Encouragement of Development Ordinance and the Investment Policy. vii) Providing investors with all the services and assistance they may need for their business. viii) Establishing and maintaining a proper filing and data base system of the project portfolio and ix) Reporting the status of active projects on a quarterly and annual basis, including relevant statistics.

5. To establish and maintain contacts and good relationships with potential investors and business locally and internationally, including key North American, Canadian and European based organizations some of whose members either already have significant investments in TCI or are planning to make investments.

6.To assist with the planning and execution of investment promotion marketing programs, including investment tours

Experience and Knowledge: 1. A minimum of five years’ experience in project development, with knowledge of TCI laws dealing with investment projects.

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

3. Experience in marketing and sales and knowledge of networking and contact management.

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

Skills: 1. Commercial awareness.

2. Outgoing individual with creativity, drive and determination.

3. Strong Writing and presentational skills.

4. Ability to visualize, plan, execute and monitor an After-Care program.

5. Excellent Communication and interpersonal skills.

6. Expert in use of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook or any other relevant software package.

7. Ability to maintain confidentiality Personal Qualities: 1. Open and engaging demeanor.

2. High ethical standards 3. Able to generate and share ideas.

4. Hands-on approach.

5. Willing to take personal responsibility 6. Able to win trust and personal credibility 7. Persistence and personal resilience.

8. Willingness to personally deliver quality to business clients.

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

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

Other Requirements: 1. Fluent English 2. Additional language skills a plus Salary and Allowances: 1. Negotiable in a range of $55,000 to $70,000 based on qualifications and experience.

Application Procedure Interested persons should submit a resume, along with their contact information, cover letter, two letters of reference (one preferably from a former employer), and copies of educational certificates, a Police Certificate and a copy of the Passport photo page.

Applications should be addressed to the CEO, Invest Turks & Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands and can be delivered in person Agency’s offices at Unit 2D, Courtyard Plaza, Leeward Highway prior to the deadline date or emailed to dastwood@investturksandcaicos.tc .

The subject line in the email should read “After Care Executive”.

Envelopes should have the subject After Care Executive clearly marked on the front. Application deadline November 30th, 2018.

We thank all applicants for their interest. However, only persons selected for an interview will be contacted.

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STEPS YOU CAN TAKE TO MANAGE YOUR ELECTRICITY COSTS

Rising global fuel prices are impacting utilities all across the Caribbean, and customers are feeling the effect on their bills by way of the Fuel Factor (or Power Cost Adjustment). The Fuel Factor is used to recover the cost of fuel that produces the electricity, which powers your homes and businesses. It is based on the price of fuel at the time it is purchased from our supplier, Sun Oil Ltd., and it is subject to world market prices.

We cannot control the price of fuel, but we encourage you to conserve energy.

By carefully managing how you use electricity at your home, you can reduce your electricity bill.

Smart Tips for Washers and Dryers • When purchasing, chose Energy Star washers, which typically use 20% less energy and 30% less water than regular washers. Energy Star dryers also typically use 5-12% less energy than regular dryers.

• Always wash with full loads.

• Use the optimal amount of water per load.

• Use the timed dry setting to save energy.

• Use the correct amount of detergent.

• Use hot water only for very soiled clothes.

• Choose natural drying over electric dryers.

For more information call our customer service department at 649-946-4313 or visit our website at www.fortistci.com/energy-conservation

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‘Ring Ready’ Book Launch Party highlights F

ormer Sales and Marketing executive, Jena Janse recently released her first book, “Ring Ready: A Practical Playbook on how to Find, Keep and Marry Mr. Right.”

An official launching party took place at Kalooki’s restaurant on Thursday October 18th in celebration of this milestone.

Party-goers had a funfilled of cocktails and networking, presentation, signing and ended with a dance party.

“Ring Ready” is written by a woman, for women sick of the status quo and scared of the statistics. It reminds readers to get everything they want without compromising everything that they are. This is a lesson on self-worth, self-love and God’s love.

Millennials aren’t marrying at the rate of previous generations.

Regardless of Hollywood divorce rates and online trends, commitment is still

an ultimate desire for millions of singles. The book features a foreword by three-time bestselling & award-winning author Enitan O. Bereola II.

“Whether you choose to be single or married, the journey to becoming a wife prepares you for the journey to becoming the best you.” –Enitan Bereola II

“Ring Ready” is now available exclusively on Amzon. com.

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Beaches Host Annual intercompany ‘Sports Day Festival’ I

t was a display of sportsmanship, helping to boost staff morale. The level teamwork and camaraderie amongst of commitment that is invested in these colleagues when Beaches Turks and Caicos events is remarkable. Our team members Villages Resorts and Spa hosted its annual take Sports Day to heart and we look Sports Day Festival last week. forward to these fantastic events every

Hundreds of resort staff suited up year.” in brightly colored cheerleading costumes, The ultimate winners the Italian laced up their running shoes and got Village Sharks, who took the top title mentally prepped for the resort’s biggest beating its competitors with an overall annual inter-company challenge. score of 479 point, Key West Marlins

The competition saw four teams quickly followed with 429 points taking representing the resort’s four villages— second place in the sports event. The The Caribbean Village Pirates, Key West Caribbean Village Pirates took third place Village Marlines, French Village Dolphins at 407 and French Village at 269. and the Italian Village Sharks for an Tremmaine Misick Front Office exciting competitive battle which saw the Agent who came first in the 100 meter race villages’ best athletes go head-to-head in for Caribbean Village said; “It felt good several obstacles. Events included track to be out on the track for Sports Day. I and field meets, cheerleading competition, haven’t ran a meet in a while so it was good body fitness competition, manager’s race to be back. Coming in first and winning and tug-o-war. that race for my village made it even better.

Director of Entertainment for Although our village came third I’m happy Beaches Turks and Caicos Resort David to have competed for them. We’ll be back Ellis noted; “The annual Sports Festival is next year.” an anticipated event for us here at Beaches.

Trophies were awarded for best We get to interact with our team members cheerleading team, track and field, football on a different level and they get to exhibit team, volleyball, dominoes, among others. their many skills and talents which go Awards were also given to top male and beyond the workplace.” female sprinters.

“The Sports Festival can be very competitive as it is different villages’ Winning Team competition against one another, but at the core, the event is a great showcase of Italian Village Sharks (Red Team) –479 Key West Village Marlins (Green Team) –429 discipline, team work and camaraderie Caribbean Village Pirates (Blue Team) – 407 amongst out staff.” Ellis continued; “The Points team gets to work together showing their French Village Dolphins (Yellow Team) –269 team spirit and cheer their colleagues on

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WE DELIVER MORE THAN ELECTRICITY. WE POWER GROWTH.

At home, in business, across our country, electricity is at the heart of everything we do.

And a reliable electricity supply is central to today’s economy and tomorrow’s developments, spurring growth and improving lives.

FortisTCI is proud to be part of the growth and development of the Turks and Caicos Islands. With a world-class infrastructure and ever-improving utility operations, we deliver one of the most reliable electricity services in the Caribbean.

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ENTERTAINMENT

‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ creator dies at age 57 LOS ANGELES “SpongeBob SquarePants” creator Stephen Hillenburg, who brought the zany cartoon marine underworld of Bikini Bottom to television, the movies and the stage, has died at the age of 57, the Nickelodeon television network said on Tuesday.

Hillenburg had said last year that he was suffering from the neurodegenerative disease ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s “SpongeBob SquarePants” creator Stephen Hillenburg disease. He died on Monday.

“We are incredibly biology teacher in Southern saddened by the news that Steve California when he started Hillenburg has passed away creating sea creatures as teaching following a battle with ALS,” the tools. first episode network said in a statement. “He The was a beloved friend and long- of “SpongeBob SquarePants,” time creative partner to everyone featuring the cheerful yellow at Nickelodeon, and our hearts go sea sponge, who lived in an underwater pineapple, and his out to his entire family.” friends Mr. Krabs, Larry the

Hillenburg was a marine

Lobster, Patrick, and their Krusty Krab restaurant hangout, aired on U.S. television in May 1999.

The series went on to win multiple awards, produced a series of spin-off books, two Hollywood movies and a Broadway musical.

The television series has aired in more than 200 nations and has been translated into more than 60 languages.

“Steve imbued SpongeBob SquarePants with a unique sense of humor and innocence that has brought joy to generations of kids and families everywhere,” the Nickelodeon statement said.

“His utterly original characters and the world of Bikini Bottom will long stand as a reminder of the value of optimism, friendship and the limitless power of imagination.”

Nickelodeon is a unit of Viacom.

Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci

Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci, whose 1972 movie “Last Tango in Paris” shocked audiences with a notorious sex scene that came back to haunt him in his later years, died on Monday.

Bertolucci, 77, died at his home in Rome after a long illness, his publicist said. He had been in bad health for years and confined to a wheelchair since the early 2000s following a back operation.

“Last Tango”, which starred Marlon Brando, was banned in several countries, including Italy, where it was not released for viewing until early 1987.

It won Bertolucci an Oscar nomination and burnished his international reputation, but his followup “1900”, a five-hour historical epic starring Robert De Niro, Gerard Depardieu, Donald Sutherland and Burt Lancaster, marked the start of a lengthy period of commercial flops.

He burst back with “The Last Emperor” in 1987, beautifully shot by his long-time cinematographer Vittorio Storaro, which took all nine Oscars for which it was nominated, reasserting Bertolucci’s position as a filmmaker with a distinct vision.

Born in Parma in central Italy, Bertolucci was the son of poet and film critic Attilio Bertolucci.

He began writing poetry as a child and had his work published in magazines before his teens, winning a national poetry prize as a student in Rome.

”It was a golden childhood. A big comfortable house, servants, understanding parents and a pursuit of intellectualism,” he said.

”When I was 10 I would spend Saturdays Actor Jessica Lowndes stars in Hallmark Channel’s movie “Christmas at Pemberley Manor” and holidays at the movies, seeing one at two o’clock,

“With everything that is because the end of the year another at four and maybe a third at six.” bad going on right now, whether typically means peak viewing

At 15 he borrowed a camera to make his first it’s war, politics, whatever, time. People give televisions or films - 16 mm silent shorts - and in 1961 he dropped Christmas is the time of year that Netflix subscriptions as gifts, out of college to become assistant director to the people come together,” he said. and families gather and look for young Pier Paolo Pasolini on “Accattone”.

Holiday films “give them a little something to watch together.

”From the day I began work with Pasolini, I inspiration in life by giving these Christmas films “deliver stopped writing poetry,” he said. ”Poetry was only a happy, fun stories.” what the audience wants - a means of expressing myself until I could find the real

Netflix is moving deeper romance, a happy ending - some way — making movies.” into the Christmas movie adversity and conflict, but not a

His first feature, a thriller called ”The Grim business after last year’s “A lot,” Bricke said.

Reaper” (1962) that he made at the age of 22 about Christmas Prince,” the story of a TV’s Christmas rush the murder of a prostitute, was a commercial flop. young journalist sent abroad to started before Halloween, when

He spent two years preparing his second, write about a man who is poised the Hallmark Channel kicked off ”Before the Revolution”. The romantic exploration of to become king. Viewership and its largest programing slate for turbulent youth after World War Two was hailed by social media chatter “wildly the holiday with “Christmas at critics. exceeded our expectations,” said Pemberley Manor” on Oct. 27.

But the turning point in his career came in Ian Bricke, co-head of Netflix’s Subscribers to Netflix 1970 when he turned out two outstanding films, ”The independent film division. watch holiday films all year, Spider’s Stratagem” and the intricate, ambivalent

Bricke said “Christmas Bricke said, suggesting that adaptation of Alberto Moravia’s novel”The Prince” was popular with Netflix Christmas is not the main Conformist”. subscribers around the world, attraction. “It’s romance,” he said.

Bertolucci’s early works were certainly even in countries where the “People love love.” far from sensationalist, however, notable for their holiday is not as big as it is in Filmmakers shoot passionate depictions of the effects of social evils, the United States. This year’s Christmas movies throughout reflecting the director’s strong left-wing views.

Netflix films include a sequel, the year, Gernhard said, partly

“Last Tango” aroused controversy because “The Christmas Prince: A Royal because the quaint small towns of its explicit sex - in particular an anal rape scene Wedding.” that provide a backdrop are and was condemned in the Italian courts as ”obscene,

The season is important booked with visitors during the indecent and catering to the lowest instincts of the to the streaming service real-life holiday season. libido”.

U.S. cable TV and Netflix offer a stockingful of Christmas films

LOS ANGELES - Pour the eggnog, decorate the tree and turn on the TV.

Like glinting tinsel in a sea of dark TV dramas, the number of new, feel-good Christmas movies offered by U.S. cable TV networks and the global streaming service Netflix is off the charts. Among roughly five dozen original offerings this season are “Hometown Christmas,” “Christmas at Graceland,” “My Christmas Inn” and “A Shoe Addict’s Christmas.”

Demand was so high many had to be filmed in summer heat, with fake snow and digital winter effects.

“Everything has blown up. I can’t believe how much Christmas stuff is going on this year and next year,” said Andrew Gernhard, whose company, Synthetic Cinema International, has produced movies for the Hallmark and Lifetime cable channels and others.

These types of films, which promise snow, mistletoe and a love story, used to be largely limited to networks like Hallmark and Lifetime. This year Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) is releasing three new Christmas romances, Walt Disney Co’s (DIS.N) Freeform network is airing three of its own, and the TV One channel has two on its schedule.

For networks, the movies are relatively inexpensive. A typical holiday film costs roughly $1 million to $3 million, far less than the $10 million that networks can spend on a single episode of premium television.

Gernhard believes Christmas movies are popular because they offer an escape from the real world and the guarantee of a happy ending.

Bernardo Bertolucci of ‘Last Tango’ fame, dies in Rome

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LIFESTYLE Parents who clean pacifiers in their own mouths may reduce kids’ allergy risk

Chinese geneticist reveals another “potential” gene-edited pregnancy

HONG KONG - A Chinese

Parents who pop a pacifier into their mouth scientist at the center of an ethical to clean it, rather than washing it with soap and storm over what he claims are water, may be unknowingly reducing their infant’s the world’s first genetically edited risk of allergies, new research suggests. babies said on Wednesday he is

Researchers found that infants whose proud of his work and revealed parents used this technique had lower blood levels there was a second “potential” of immunoglobulin E (IgE) - a sign of allergic pregnancy as part of the research. response - over their first 18 months of life.

He Jiankui, an associate

The results may support previous research professor at Southern University suggesting that parental microbes transferred by of Science and Technology in the pacifier help to boost the baby’s immune system, Shenzhen, China, addressed a the study team said November 16 at the American packed hall of around 700 people College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology’s attending the Human Genome (ACAAI) annual conference in Seattle, Washington. Editing Summit at the University Scientist He Jiankui speaks during the International Summit on Human Genome Editing.

“The main finding of the research is an of Hong Kong. association between parents that clean their “For this case, I feel proud. its ethical approval had been conference pressed He to prove infant’s pacifier by sucking on it and lower levels I feel proudest,” He said, when forged. that those taking part in the of serum IgE antibody,” lead author Dr. Eliane challenged by several peers at the The conference moderator, trial were aware of all the risks Abou-Jaoude, an Allergy and Immunology Fellow conference.

Robin Lovell-Badge, said the involved in the process. at Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, Michigan, Asked whether there were summit organizers were unaware He said that all the told Reuters Health by email. any other edited gene pregnancies of the story until it broke this participants had a “good education There is a big caveat, however. as part of his trials, He said there week. background” and went through

“Since no cause-effect relationship can was another “potential” pregnancy CRISPR-Cas9 is a two rounds of discussions with be inferred, and there may be unknown potential and replied “yes” to a follow-up technology that allows scientists him and his team. detrimental effects of pacifier sucking, we would question as to whether it was a to essentially cut and paste DNA, A 23-page English not suggest any clinical relevance or promote this “chemical pregnancy”, which refers raising hope of genetic fixes translation of an informed consent practice based on our findings,” Abou-Jaoude said. to an early-stage miscarriage. for disease. However, there are form for the potential mother said

Her team studied data from 128 mother- It was unclear whether concerns about safety and ethics. that the costs of the procedure child pairs participating in a larger study. Blood the pregnancy had ended or not.

(Graphic explaining covered by the team would be up samples were taken from the children at birth, then

He, who said his work was CRISPR gene editing technique, to 280,000 yuan ($40,200) per at 6 months and 18 months of age. More than half of self-funded, shrugged off concerns tmsnrt.rs/2ReKG1R) couple. mothers said their children used a pacifier. Almost that the research was conducted The Chinese Society for The consent form three quarters of these mothers said they hand in secrecy, explaining that he had Cell Biology in a statement on mentions multiple risks, but washed the pacifiers, about 40 percent sterilized engaged the scientific community Tuesday strongly condemned any there is little detail on potential and 9 percent said they sucked on the pacifier to over the past three years. application of gene editing on complications of the gene-editing clean it.

“This study has been human embryos for reproductive process itself, including for the

Looking at the serum total IgE levels at submitted to a scientific journal for purposes and said that it was child. It does not mention that birth, 6 months and 18 months, the researchers review,” He said. He did not name against the law and medical ethics such an experiment has never calculated the trajectory of the natural rise in the journal and said his university of China. been done before.

IgE over time. They found that sterilization and was unaware of his study.

More than 100 scientists, In a statement to the Hong handwashing did not seem to influence IgE levels. most in China, said in an open Kong stock exchange on Tuesday, But the children of mothers who sucked on a In videos posted online this week, letter on Tuesday the use of the group said preliminary pacifier to clean it had lower total IgE levels, with He said he used a gene-editing CRISPR-Cas9 technology to edit investigations indicated the a statistically meaningful difference from the other technology known as CRISPR- the genes of human embryos signatures on the application babies beginning at age 10 months and the gap Cas9 to alter the embryonic genes was dangerous and unjustified. form circulated on the internet widening through age 18 months. of twin girls born this month.

“Pandora’s box has been opened,” are “suspected to have been forged,

“I thought this study was without-a-doubt

He said gene editing they said. and no relevant meeting of the eye catching,” said Dr. Neeta Ogden an allergist would help protect the girls from He, who said he was Medical Ethics Committee of the and immunologist in Edison, New Jersey and infection with HIV, the virus that against gene enhancement, said hospital in fact took place”.

ACAAI spokesperson who was not involved in the causes AIDS. eight couples were initially The Guangdong province research.

But scientists and enrolled for his study while one Health Commission announced

“It speaks to the hygiene hypothesis, for sure, the Chinese government have dropped out. The criteria required on its website on Wednesday that and our growing understanding that stimulation of denounced the work that He said the father to be HIV positive and it and Shenzhen city had set up a the immune system through exposure to a diversity he carried out, and a hospital the mother to be HIV negative. joint team to investigate the case. of microbes in an infancy may lead to diminished linked to his research suggested

Scientists at the allergies later in life,” Ogden said.

Overweight, obese kids have higher asthma risk

Children and teens who are overweight or obese may be more likely to develop asthma, a U.S. study suggests.

While obesity has long been linked to asthma in adults, research to date has offered conflicting evidence about whether this also holds true for young people, researchers note in Pediatrics.

The current study followed more than 500,000 kids, ages two to 17, for an average of four years.

Overall, about eight percent had been diagnosed with asthma.

Compared to kids at healthy weight, overweight children were 17 percent more likely to have an asthma diagnosis and obese youth

were 26 percent more likely to have an asthma diagnosis, the study found.

This was based on a diagnosis or asthma drug prescription but not on breathing test results.

When researchers looked at the connection between asthma and obesity based on so-called spirometry tests that show how easily people can breathe air out of their lungs, the link was stronger. Obesity was associated with a 29 percent higher risk of asthma based on this stricter diagnostic criteria, the study found.

The study wasn’t a controlled experiment designed to prove whether or how being overweight or obese might directly cause asthma, but the results offer some of the

most compelling evidence to date suggesting that there is indeed a connection, said lead study author Dr. Jason Lang of Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, North Carolina.

“Experts have speculated that abnormal lung growth associated with obesity causes airflow obstruction,” Lang said by email.

Obesity can also trigger the development of so-called cardiometabolic risk factors like high cholesterol and an inability to use the hormone insulin to contribute blood sugar into energy that may lead to impairment in the airway, Lang added.

“Several studies have shown

that asthma symptoms get much better with weight loss but the exact mechanism is unknown,” Lang said.

An estimated 23 percent to 27 percent of new asthma cases in children with obesity may be directly attributable to obesity, researchers calculated.

If no children were overweight or obese, 10 percent of asthma cases would be avoided, they estimated.

One limitation of the study is that researchers relied on medical records kept by clinicians, and documentation of an asthma diagnosis or ordering of spirometry is at doctors’ discretion, the researchers note.

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All applicants will be reviewed; however only qualified candidates will be contacted for an interview.

Applicants should apply in writing or email by December 21st 2018 to: WB Financial Management Ltd. PO Box 137, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands Email: info@wbfinancial.tc Fax: 649-941-7498 Interested Turks and Caicos Islanders can also submit copies of their application to the TCI Work Permit Board or Labour Department. This is a new position.

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Location: Blue Hills, Bay Road, Providenciales Seeking 1 Carpenter - $12.00 per hour 1 Semi-Carpenter -$9.00 per hour Duties include: Must be able to do wood-work and the Semi-Carpenter duties is to assist the Carpenter 2 Labourers - $7.00 per hour Labourers include keeping the working environment clean and also assisting the Carpenters To work 5 days per week Please Contact: 346-6455 These positions are new positions Applicants who are TC Islanders must submit their applications to the Immigration Board

Of South Caicos Is seeking a domestic worker To work 5 days per week Duties include house cleaning, laundry, and ironing Salary: $6.25 per hour Please contact: 243-3196 This position is currently held by a work permit holder Interested Turks and Caicos Islanders are encouraged to send a copy of their application to the Immigration Board

Of South Caicos Is seeking a fisherman To work 6 days per week Duties include diving for conch and lobster, fishing, and operating a boat Salary: $6.25 per hour Please contact 341-5245 This position is currently held by a work permit holder.

Interested Turks and Caicos Islanders are encouraged to send a copy of their application to the Immigration Board.

Of South Caicos Is seeking a fisherman To work 6 days per week Duties include fishing, diving, and cleaning seafood Salary: $6.25 per hour Please contact: 346-2830 This is a new position Interested Turks and Caicos Islanders are encouraged to send a copy of their application to the Immigration Board

In Grand Turk Is seeking a Domestic Worker To take care of kids and maintain home Must be able to read and write English, honest and trustworthy To work 6 days per week Salary $6.25 per hour Please Contact: 246-9114 This position is currently held by a Work Permit Holder Applicants who are Turks and Caicos Islanders should also send copies of their application to the Labour Board

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In Grand Turk Is seeking a Domestic Worker •Must be able to take care of a Special needs child and maintain home •Must also be able to read and write English, honest and trustworthy T o work 6 days per week Salary: $6.25 per hour Please Contact: 244-9754 This position is currently held by a Work Permit Holder Applicants who are Turks and Caicos Islanders should also send copies of their application to the Labour Board

In Grand Turk Is seeking a Labourer and Domestic Worker The Labourer must be able to do minor repairs around the house, water plants and clean yard The Domestic Worker must be able to take care of kids and maintain the home To work 5 days per week Salary $6.25 per hour Please Contact: 241-1532 These positions are currently held by Work Permit Holders Applicants who are Turks and Caicos Islanders should also send copies of their application to the Labour Board

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In Grand Turk Is in need of a Store Clerk The person filling this position must be honest, hard working, computer literate and speaks English He or she will be responsible for the daily running of the store and keeping accurate records of inventory and any other duties deemed necessary by management. Hours of operationMon to Fri 8am to 5:30pm and Sat 9am to 1pm. The salary is $1,200.00 monthly. This position is currently held by a work permit holder.

Please send all written applications with a current Photo ID, legal status, and a character reference letter to:Dwight or Juline Higgs, Office Essentials Plus, Windmills Plaza, Unit #2. Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands. Contact numbers: 649-2310400 or 649-2316975 Turks and Caicos Islanders, should also forward a copy to The Labour Board

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Five Cays, Providenciales Is seeking a Domestic Worker •To take care of two older persons and maintain the home •The applicant must be able to read and write English, honest and trustworthy To work 6 days per week Salary $6.50 per hour Please Contact Lucia Defralien Paul at 241-9720 This position is a new position Applicants who are Turks and Caicos Islanders should also send copies of their application to the Labour Board

Manouche Accessories Location: The Bight, Providenciales Is seeking Cleaner 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.

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Seeks to employ a Sales Representative in Grand Turk At a Salary of $350.00 per week To work 5 days per week Successful Applicant is required to market and sell products to customers on behalf of the business on a daily basis This position is presently being held by a Work Permit Holder Applicants who are TC Islanders are required to submit their applications to the Immigration Board Zone 1 and to MRS. Donna Brooker at Tel no. 232-1439

In Grand Turk Is seeking a Domestic Worker Duties Include but limited to General Cleaning and Maintaining A single Family home, Laundry and providing After school care for infant.

To Work 5 Days per week Salary: $6.50 per hour The position is currently held by a work permit holder Please Contact 241-1347 Interested Belongers must submit to The immigration Board

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Scotiabank to exit nine countries in Caribbean shake-up

Bank of Nova Scotia said Tuesday that it has struck a deal to sell banking businesses in nine of the smaller countries in the Caribbean, such as Antigua and Dominica, as the lender continues to narrow down the number of international markets in which it operates.

The move comes as Scotiabank, which has said larger markets in Latin America are still very much part of its plans, reported that profit from its international banking unit grew at a greater rate than that of its Canadian business over the past year.

“Exiting these non-core operations is consistent with a strategy that began five years ago to sharpen our focus, increase scale in core geographies and businesses, improve earnings quality and reduce risk to the bank,” said Scotiabank president and CEO Brian Porter during a conference call Tuesday morning, adding that the bank has now either exited or announced its intentions to exit more than 20 countries or businesses over that same period.

‘Low-hanging fruit already plucked’: Big banks face slowing economy heading into fiscal 2019

Bank of Nova Scotia earnings

rises 8% with help from international complexity and the need for continued business Changes at Manulife more investment in technology to support than cosmetic as insurance giant our regulatory requirements, we made looks to simplify Scotiabank plans the decision to focus the bank’s efforts to sell the Caribbean businesses to on those markets with significant “critically important, as executing on Trinidad and Tobago-based Republic scale in which we can make the $7 billion worth of acquisitions (i.e., Financial Holdings Ltd., subject to greatest difference for our customers,” deriving synergies) is necessary to regulatory approvals and closing said Ignacio Deschamps, the head of drive (return on invested capital) from conditions. Republic Financial said international banking at Scotiabank, the mid-single digits to the doublein a release that the purchase price is in a release. digits over the next few years.”

US$123 million.

Scotiabank has been on a As well, Scotiabank reported Additionally, Scotiabank bit of an acquisition binge over the results on Tuesday for the end of its announced Tuesday that its past year when it comes to wealth fiscal 2018, which wrapped up Oct. subsidiaries in Jamaica and Trinidad management and Latin America, 31. Earnings for the bank were $9.1 and Tobago would be selling their where it is forecasting that some billion for the year when adjusted for insurance operations to Barbados- economies will grow faster than the its acquisition-related costs, up 10 per based Sagicor Financial Corporation one in Canada. Its deals include the cent from the year prior.

Ltd., which would also underwrite purchase of a majority stake in a bank Of that, $4.4 billion came insurance products for Scotia’s in Chile from Banco Bilbao Vizcaya from Scotiabank’s Canadian banking banking subsidiaries through a 20- Argentaria S.A., turning it into one business, an 8-per-cent increase over year distribution agreement. of the biggest private lenders in that last year, while another $3.1 billion

That deal would be subject to country. came from its international banking approvals and conditions as well, but The lender also announced unit, which was up 17 per cent yearit is also contingent on Sagicor being in August that it had reached an over-year. acquired by a Toronto-based special agreement to buy a bank in the In a release, Porter said purpose acquisition corporation.

Dominican Republic, with Porter the international banking results

Scotiabank said these saying Tuesday that “we expect to were “driven by our operations in the transactions would not be material, remain in our core markets across the countries that make up the Pacific but that they would increase its Caribbean region.”

Alliance — Mexico, Peru, Chile and common equity tier one capital ratio, National Bank Financial Colombia — which experienced a measure of financial strength, by analyst Gabriel Dechaine said in double-digit loan and deposit growth, around 10 basis points when they a note that Scotiabank’s outlook partly reflecting recent acquisitions, close. emphasized the integration of its positive operating leverage and stable

“Due to increasing regulatory purchases, a message he said was credit quality.”

Sandals Barbados welcomes new GM

Sandals Barbados and Sandals Royal Barbados have welcomed Ramel Sobrino as its newest General Manager.

Sobrino, who recently celebrated his 30th anniversary in the industry, boasts an extensive background with experience in a number of key hospitality areas including serving as General Manager for Beaches Ocho Rios and Sandals Ochi Beach Resort in Jamaica and Sandals Royal Hicacos Resort & Spa, in Varadaro, Cuba.

He was also Operations Manager at Sandals Royal Hicacos Resort & Spa; General Manager at Resort Caribbean International, Dominican Republic; Operations Manager, Hotel Puerto Plata, Village Playa Dorado; Resident Manager, Hacienda Resorts; Food & Beverage Manager and Promoter, Ranchomar Occidental Hotels and Food and

Beverage Manager, Hotel Puerto Plata, Village Playa Dorado.

“It is an honor to be here in Barbados and oversee the newest hotel in the Sandals Luxury Included chain. My task is ensuring that our guest expectations are exceeded, as well as making sure that the world knows about it,” said Sobrino, who is known for his artistic eye for detail and ability to improve on existing standards but lists Sales, Marketing as well as Food and Beverage as his section of the hotel operations.

“I have already seen much of this beautiful island and know of its reputation in the travel industry as a destination to which many want to visit. Sandals, I believe, can only enhance what is already here and make Barbados one of the strongest leading destinations in the Caribbean.”

Ferry Zievinger, former General Manager at Sandals Barbados, has

been reassigned to Sandals Resorts International as General Manager – Special Projects.

Sandals has so far invested over US$370 million in the four years it has operated in Barbados, and now has its sights set on breaking ground early next year on the US$400 million dollar Beaches family resort in Heywoods. The resort will add 532 keys including several stunning two, three and four bedrooms suites, offering the greatest comfort for families, and essentially adding over 600 additional high-end rooms to the island’s room stock.

The new Beaches resort will position Barbados as one of the world’s most sought after destinations for family vacations, with amazing inclusions such as a spectacular water park boasting a six-foot surf simulator and water slides. There will be ziplines, an eight lane bowling alley, an

Ramel Sobrino 80-seat movie theatre and a train that runs throughout the entire resort.

There will be nightclubs for teens and adults as well as basketball and tennis courts.

The new resort will hold 1850 persons to capacity, which will have a significant impact on airlift and flights into Barbados from North America, Europe and South America, and will provide additional employment for over 1,000 highly trained Barbadians.

U.S. tourist dies in St. Lucia road accident hours before wedding

A tourist from the United States (US) died in a motor vehicle accident in Anse La Raye, Saint Lucia, the day before he was scheduled to get married, according to reports.

The deceased has been identified as 42-year-old Reubin Turner of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Turner died after the rented Suzuki he was driving — with three passengers on board — plunged over

a precipice near Ti Kaye Resort and Spa in Anse La Raye on Thursday afternoon, November 8, police said.

He was to tie the knot on Friday, November 9.

Castries and Soufriere fire service personnel responded at 4:34 p.m., according to fire officials.

Turner had no vital signs when emergency crews arrived on the scene, and he was pronounced dead at hospital, officials said.

The three passengers were hospitalised for injuries that were not life-threatening, officials said.

Law enforcement sources have told St. Lucia News Online that Turner, his fiancée and relatives arrived in Saint Lucia on Wednesday in preparation for the wedding on Friday, November 9.

His fiancée has been provided with counselling at the resort, MBC TV has reported.

42-year-old Reubin Turner of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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Western countries call for dialogue in Haiti

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – Western countries have condemned the acts of violence occurring in Haiti and are urging all stakeholders in the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country to “move the political dialogue forward in ways that advance the interests and aspirations of the Haitian people”.

The Core Group, comprising Brazil, Canada, France, Spain, the United States, the European Union, the Organization of American States (OAS) and the United Nations, has issued a statement in which they “strongly rejects the acts of violence perpetrated on the sidelines of demonstrations in recent days”.

The Group which was formed in 2004 to promote dialogue with the Haitian authorities and to contribute to the effective action of the international community in Haiti, said they were also deeply saddened by the loss of life and offered their sincere condolences to the families and loved ones of the victims.

Protestors have been demanding that President Jovenel Moise resign for not investigating allegations of corruption in the previous government over PetroCaribe, an oil alliance of many Caribbean states with Venezuela to purchase oil

on conditions of preferential payment. in the democratic process.

November 18.

But in a radio and television It welcomed the commitment “The United States broadcast earlier this week, Moise of the government to continue the recognizes the democratic legitimacy dismissed calls for his resignation. dialogue and “calls for an inclusive of the government of Haiti, its elected

“It is within the framework dialogue between all the actors of the institutions, and elected officials. of the democracy that the Haitian national life to get out of the crisis We urge the Haitian government people elected me president in that the country is going through to continue its efforts towards elections free and honest as the wish and to meet the expectations of the strengthening the rule of law, good the Constitution. population.” governance, and anti-corruption

“During the five years of my In a separate statement, efforts to ensure political and presidency, no one, I mean nobody, Washington said that as a long-time economic stability. whatever the pretext, cannot threaten partner and friend of Haiti, it shares “The United States will the interests of the country or put the the country’s desire for a better future continue to work with Haiti toward nation in danger.The strength of any for its people. a safer, more secure, and prosperous democracy, it is the respect of the law.”

“The United States supports country for all Haitians. We note

Moise said the opposition the human rights of people everywhere that Haiti will be preparing for should wait for the next general to freely express themselves and legislative elections next year. We election if they want to attain power, peacefully protest, and supports the hope all Haitians agree that those reminding them that the political Haitian government as it safeguards can only take place in a climate of battle must be about ideas and both those rights, and the security of peace, tranquillity, transparency dialogue and not violence in the public and private property. and in accordance with Haitian law,” streets

“We encourage meaningful Washington said in its statement.

“I asked the Prime Minister dialogue to address points of The Canadian government to meet people in all sectors and all disagreement and find lasting has told its nationals to avoid all nontendencies…and to make all the solutions without violence. We urge all essential travel to Haiti. arrangements to ensure security lives parties and leaders to work together “Canada is very concerned and goods,” he said. to move the political dialogue forward about the current situation. We

At least nine people have to in ways that advance the interests encourage all stakeholders to engage date died since protests began several and aspirations of the Haitian people.” in an open dialogue to find constructive days ago.

The United States said that it wanted solutions. We will continue to monitor

In their statement, the Core to commend the professionalism the situation closely,” said MarieGroup said that acts of violence demonstrated by the Haiti National Claude Bibeau, Canada’s Minister for seeking to provoke the resignation of Police (PNH) in maintaining security International Development. legitimate authorities have no place and preserving public order since

Taiwan to lend Saint Lucia US$100-million for airport redevelopment project

Taiwan has agreed to lend Saint Lucia US$100-million for the redevelopment of Hewanorra International Airport, Prime Minister Allen Chastanet has revealed.

The rime minister addressed the Saint Lucia Chamber of Commerce last week Thursday where he touched on a variety of areas including infrastructure, health care, education and economic development.

“We have come to an agreement with the Taiwanese Government who have agreed to lend us 100 million US dollars to be able to do that project,” he stated, adding that the loan is being supported by the airport development charge.

Additionally, he stated $50-million will be borrowed from Taiwan for major upgrades of existing roads island-wide.

According to Chastanent, the road rehabilitation charge on gasoline will also be used to service that loan.

During his address to the

Prime minister Allen Chastanet addressed the Saint Lucia Chamber of Commerce last week Chamber, the prime minister said there.”

He also said there is key indicators in the Saint Lucian economy have been “encouraging,” encouraging growth in in the point out that tourism continues to information technology sector which show signs of growth and consumption has seen the creation of 2,000 new and economic activity is on the rise. jobs.

He singled out the expansion

“We have already seen that with the reduction of the Value of KM2 and OJO Labs.

Chastanent said the National Added Tax rate of 12.5 percent we are currently collecting slightly more Apprenticeship Programme and the money than we were collecting when partnership with Monroe College we were at 15 percent,” he stated. “So which will see hundreds of Saint mathematically that tells you that the Lucian young people receive hands on turnover in the economy is absolutely hospitality training.

“We continue on course and I am very encouraged,” he stated on that matter. “The amount of money that is about to start flowing into this economy and the investment that we are going to be making into the infrastructure of this country . . . there is a lot of work taking place on the ground and we are moving. What we are focused on is developing this country, improving the physical capacity, improving the human capacity and improving the bureaucratic capacity of this country.”

He stated that his government has been able to record amount of investment to come to Saint Lucia.

“We have taken our time to be responsible and ensure the EIAs are done and we follow the law and to make sure it is going to benefit every Saint Lucian,” PM Chastanet pointed out. “We are calm, cool, collected and focused and we will deliver to the people of Saint Lucia.”

Bermuda top court reverses government’s gay marriage ban

HAMILTON, Bermuda Bermuda’s top court ruled on Friday that legislation banning same-sex marriage was unconstitutional, rejecting a government bid to overturn an earlier court ruling that reached the same conclusion.

“In the judgment about to be handed down, we dismissed the appeal of the attorney general,” Sir Scott Baker, president of the Bermuda Court of Appeal, told the crowded courtroom, sparking whoops of applause from gay rights supporters.

Baker was referring to an appeal lodged by the government against a June ruling by Bermuda’s Supreme Court that struck down the gay marriage ban passed by Bermudian lawmakers last year. The

ban was later approved by the British governor.

The ruling may still be brought before the judicial committee of the Privy Council in London - the final court of appeal for British overseas territories like Bermuda.

Appeals to the Privy Council are rare, with only one or two cases from Bermuda brought each year, according to court records seen by Reuters.

In the meantime, same-sex marriages will be allowed to resume after a pause of several months that followed the enactment of Bermuda’s Domestic Partnership Act, which reversed gay marriage rights in favor of domestic partnerships.

“Love won again, and today

love was reaffirmed,” Winston Godwin, a gay Bermudian who began the legal battle for equal marriage rights in Bermuda two years ago, told Reuters in the courtroom. “My marriage doesn’t impact anyone else’s.”

The government, which has 21 days to appeal the ruling, has yet to make a decision on the matter.

“In considering whether to appeal this case, we must weigh the significant implications for the expectation of Bermudians that laws passed by their elected representatives and that reflect their democratically expressed views will be upheld,” Home Affairs Minister Walter Roban said in a statement.

Lawyers challenging the ban argued that the government’s

legislation was motivated by an attempt to appease a powerful religious lobby on the small Atlantic island of 60,000 people.

They also argued that prohibiting gay marriage violated Bermuda’s 1968 constitution, which protects freedom of conscience.

Rod Attride-Stirling, one of the lawyers, said the ruling would set a “massive precedent” for other jurisdictions where gay marriage is not yet legal, such as Northern Ireland.

“This case is revolutionary because every country that has a freedom of conscience provision, which is most now, has a fully new avenue of approach,” he told reporters outside the courtroom.

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CHTA President calls for greater investment in Caribbean people

CAYMAN ISLANDS - While millions are drawn to the Caribbean’s natural beauty and attractions every year, it is the creativity and warmth of the people that keep visitors returning, asserts Patricia AffonsoDass, President of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA).

Affonso-Dass, who will address this week’s 9th Tourism Human Resources Conference hosted by the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) and the Cayman Islands Department of Tourism, applauded the work of CTO, CHTA and many companies and destinations in the region which are developing and recognizing tourism industry talent.

Speaking ahead of the November 28 to 30 conference, she challenged regional leaders to build on this foundation with a greater commitment to investing in education and training, sharing and recognizing best practices, and shaping meaningful partnerships between business, education, training institutions, labor unions and governments.

“In spite of our small size, we have produced some of the most

creative and talented people in the worlds of music, sports, arts, business and education,” said Affonso-Dass, who is a product of many Caribbean influences, having grown up in Dominica, Trinidad, Antigua and Guyana, before moving to Barbados where she has worked for the past 20 years.

“A new level of commitment and engagement towards the development of our people must be commensurate with our recognition that our people are our greatest resource and we must challenge ourselves, our businesses, and institutions to recognize and develop not just our general workforce but most especially our young leaders,” asserted the CHTA President.

Affonso-Dass, who is the Group General Manager of Ocean Hotels in Barbados, said Caribbean people must “believe in one another and invest in each other so that we can elevate our delivery of world-class experiences for those who invest their hard-earned dollars in a vacation experience in the region.”

During the conference, whose theme is “Building a Resilient,

Patricia Affonso-Dass, President of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA).

High-performing and Sustainable Caribbean Tourism Workforce for Global Competitiveness”, the veteran hotelier will address the importance of harnessing the energy and passion of the region’s tourism workforce to innovate.

“Now is not the time to be complacent on this issue, but to reflect on the accomplishments of our people

and build on them. We are a worldclass region with a rich heritage and legacy ... so we must continue to embed excellence and innovation within our culture and across our industry to stay ahead of our competition,” she advised.

Across the Caribbean, CTO and CHTA have focused on a number of training and educational development initiatives from curriculum development in schools and skills training to offering tourism scholarships for hundreds of Caribbean nationals.

The CTO’s 9th Tourism Human Resources Conference provides an exciting and educational forum for human resource professionals to gain new knowledge and acquire the necessary skills to help them achieve excellent performance in their organizations. The Cayman conference also discusses pertinent issues impacting and relating to the human resource element of tourism in the region; exposes human resource practitioners to good tourism practices in a tourism environment; and provides an opportunity for professional networking.

Guyana accepts CCJ ruling on transgender matter

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Guyana government says it respects the ruling of the Trinidadbased Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) that recently ruled as “unconstitutional” a law here that makes it a criminal offence for a man or a woman to appear in public while dressed in clothing of the opposition sex.

The CCJ, Guyana’s highest court, also said that the law, Section 153(1)(xlvii) of the Summary Jurisdiction (Offences) Act, should be struck from the laws of country and that costs are to be awarded to the appellants in the appeal before it and the lower courts.

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, in an interview with

the state-owned Guyana Chronicle newspaper, said Georgetown respects the decision.

He said that now that the CCJ has ruled, Guyana must now work on adjusting its culture to include all sections of society including Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) people.

Nagamootoo acknowledged that the issue is a human rights one and that education will need to form a major part of the process intended to change the way persons engage with the LGBT community.

“So I think social organisations in particular have a responsibility to start the education process to be more tolerant to accept that we have differences in our

society that we are not all the same; in “female attire” in public for an that we are all entitled to the same “improper purpose”. rights,” he told the newspaper.

They spent three nights in

Prime Minister Nagamootoo police detention in Georgetown after said that the Ministry of Social their arrest for the minor crime. One Protection and the Ministry of Social year later, McEwan, Clarke, Fraser, Cohesion would also have a role to Persaud and the Society Against play in the process, emphasising Sexual Orientation Discrimination that the ruling “is one step forward (SASOD) brought an action in an appreciation of the fact that challenging the constitutionality of society has differences.” the law and the treatment of the

He said the David Granger appellants during the legal process.

At the time of arrest, government must also find mechanisms through which it can McEwan was dressed in a pink shirt and a pair of tights and Clarke was give “teeth” to the decision.

In 2009, several trans wearing slippers and a skirt. A few women were arrested and hours later, Fraser and Persaud convicted under the 1893 Summary were also arrested by the police Jurisdiction (Offences) Act of the and taken to the Brickdam Police offence of being a “man” appearing Station.

St. Lucia conducting nationwide survey on crime

The St. Lucia government is conducting a nationwide Crime Perception Survey, which it says will help formulate solutions to stem criminal activities on the island.

A statement from the Ministry of Justice, Home Affairs, and National Security, said the survey, which is being conducted in collaboration with the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force, will measure the fear of crime among the public.

“The data gathered from the survey will help the government formulate solutions that will help stem crime, and ultimately provide the public with an increased sense of safety and security,” the statement said of the online survey that remains open until November 30.

“The Ministry is reaching out to the general public, both St. Lucians and non-St. Lucians to share

your thoughts and ideas in order to The Ministry said that collectively better understand and police officers will distribute hard address the fear of crime in your copy versions of the survey in areas residential and business areas,” where there is little online access. said Ali Abdul Rahman, who is In September, National assisting in conducting the survey.

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Michael Cohen pleads guilty to lying to Congress

NEW YORK — Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, made a surprise appearance before a federal judge in New York on Thursday and pleaded guilty to lying to Congress to cover up that he was negotiating a real estate deal in Moscow on Trump’s behalf during the heat of his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.

Trump called Cohen a “weak person” who is lying to get a lighter sentence.

The charge was brought by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating Russian interference in the presidential election, and was the result of his cooperation with that probe.

Flanked by his lawyers, Cohen admitted making false statements about the project in 2017 to Senate and House intelligence committees, which at the time were investigating possible connections between the Trump campaign and Russia.

His comments made clear that his communications with Trump about the project were much more frequent than he had suggested.

Cohen, 52, wearing a blue tie and dark suit, was noticeably relaxed throughout the appearance in a packed Manhattan courtroom, unlike his irritable and emotional demeanor when he entered a guilty plea during the summer.

Cohen told the judge he lied about the timing of the negotiations, his communications with people in the company and in Russia about the deal, and other details to be loyal to Trump and consistent with Trump’s “political messaging.” Cohen and prosecutors referred to Trump as “individual one” throughout Thursday’s proceedings and said he lied “to be loyal to Individual One.”

Among other lies, Cohen said he told Congress that all discussions about building a Trump Tower in Moscow had ended by January 2016, when they had actually continued until June of that year.

He said he also lied about his contacts with Russian officials and lied when he said he never agreed to travel to Russia in connection with the project and never discussed with Trump plans to travel to Moscow to support the project.

Prosecutors said in a court document that Cohen had misled Congress to give a false impression that the Moscow project had ended before the Iowa caucus and first Republican presidential primary in 2016.

As he left the White House shortly after the court proceeding concluded, Trump called Cohen “a weak person”

“Michael Cohen is lying and he’s trying to get a reduced sentence,” Trump said.

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former lawyer

Nothing said in court, or in associated court filings, addressed whether Trump or his aides had directed Cohen to mislead Congress.

The charges were handled

by Mueller’s team, not the federal prosecutors in New York who handled Cohen’s previous guilty plea in August to other federal charges involving his taxi businesses, bank fraud and his campaign work for Trump. Cohen is scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 12.

Cohen declined to comment as he left the courtroom.

Cohen’s lawyer, Guy Petrillo, noted that a letter from federal prosecutors showed that Cohen’s

cooperation with Mueller will be described to Cohen’s sentencing judge.

However, the letter makes clear that Cohen is not receiving the kind of “5K1.1” letter written on behalf of formal government cooperators.

Reacting to the plea, House Speaker Paul Ryan said Cohen “should be prosecuted to the extent of the law.

That’s why we put people under oath.”

Cohen gave a statement to congressional committees last year saying the president’s company pursued a project in Moscow during the Republican primary but that the plan was abandoned “for a variety of business reasons.”

Cohen also said he sent an email to the spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin as part of the potential deal.

In his statement, he said that he worked on the real estate proposal with Felix Sater, a Russia-born associate who he said claimed to have deep connections in Moscow.

The discussions about the potential development began after Trump had declared his candidacy.

Cohen had said the talks ended when he determined that the project was not feasible.

Cohen had also disclosed that Trump was personally aware of the deal, signing a letter of intent and discussing it with Cohen on two other occasions.

Police search Deutsche Bank offices in money laundering case

BERLIN — Some 170 police officers, investigators and prosecutors raided the German offices of Deutsche Bank on Thursday on the suspicion bank employees helped clients set up offshore companies in tax havens to launder hundreds of millions of euros.

The investigation emerged from an analysis of documents leaked from tax havens in recent years, including the 2016 “Panama Papers,” said Frankfurt prosecutors’ spokeswoman Nadja Niesen.

It is focused on two Deutsche Bank employees, aged 50 and 46, and possibly other not-yet identified suspects, she said. Starting at 10 a.m. locally, officers swooped on six buildings in Frankfurt, where Deutsche Bank has its headquarters, as well as premises — including at least one suspect’s home — in nearby Eschborn and Gross-Umstadt.

Niesen said the analysis of the Panama Papers and other documents “gave rise to suspicion that Deutsche Bank was helping clients set up so-called offshore companies in tax havens and the proceeds of crimes were transferred there from Deutsche Bank accounts” without the bank reporting it.

In 2016 alone, more than 900 customers are alleged to have transferred some 311 million euros ($351 million) to one such company set up in the British Virgin Islands, she said.

The suspects, both German citizens, are accused of failing to report the suspicious transactions even though there was “sufficient evidence” to have been aware of it.

Police Officers walks in the backyard of Deutsche Bank headquarters.

Deutsche Bank confirmed around the world. While owning a the search and said “the investigation shell company is not illegal, it is has to do with the Panama Papers used to hide the beneficial owner case.” of a company or transfer, making

“More details will be it important for the handling and communicated as soon as these laundering of dirty money. become known. We are cooperating Several other institutions fully with the authorities,” the bank besides Deutsche Bank have been said. fined by authorities in the U.S. and

Money laundering has Europe for not properly checking become a growing problem in Europe, up on the beneficial owners of shell where a series of scandals has exposed companies that send money through lax regulation. their accounts.

And it’s not the first time Analysts say that because Deutsche Bank has run into trouble these transactions can be lucrative, over the flow of dirty money. banks have few incentives to do more

It was fined more than $600 than the minimum required by law to million by U.S. and U.K. authorities in check on the identity of a bank.

January 2017 for allowing customers Most recently, Denmark’s to transfer $10 billion out of Russia biggest bank, Danske Bank, admitted in what regulators said was “highly that some 200 billion euros ($235 suggestive of financial crime.” billion) in suspicious money had

The Panama Papers are a flown through its Estonian branch trove of documents from a law firm from 2007 to 2015. Whistleblower and that handled shell companies for former employee Howard Wilkinson thousands of the rich and powerful has indicated that Danske Bank’s

management was aware of what was going on at the branch, which was among the bank’s most profitable units. He has also alleged that family members of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russia’s spy agency were using the bank for money laundering. The bank’s CEO has since stepped down over the scandal.

Another Baltic state, Latvia, has also emerged as a major hub of money laundering, with a 2014 leak showing that tens of billions of dollars were funneled from Russia in 2010-14.

Some of the money reportedly went through Deutsche Bank and ended up in major capitals like London, according to The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project.

There was no indication that Thursday’s raid was linked to that scandal, though Deutsche Bank says that it has since stopped providing dollar transactions in some countries, including Latvia.

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UK government to face challenges to May’s Brexit plan in parliament

LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May’s bid to win approval for her Brexit deal will have to overcome attempts to block or change it by rival lawmakers on Dec. 11, a proposed format for the debate published on Wednesday showed.

The government has set out the details of a debate on a motion to approve May’s plan to take the country out of the European Union, allowing for amendments to be discussed which could try to reshape the deal she brought back from Brussels.

The format of the debate has been keenly awaited to see whether rivals would have a chance to test their alternative exit plans, such as remaining in the EU’s customs union or making exit conditional upon a second referendum.

Any such amendments would not be legally binding on the government, but would prove politically hard to ignore.

May already has an arduous task to get the motion approved. It is opposed by a large group of lawmakers from her own party, the Northern Irish party that props up her minority government and by all opposition

The Houses of Parliament are seen through railings, in central London, Britain November 21, 2018 parties who say they will vote against it.

Defeat would likely unleash huge political uncertainty and could roil financial markets.

According to documents filed at Britain’s parliament on Wednesday, debates will be held on December 4, 5, 6, 10 and 11 with up to six amendments selected on the final day. The opposition Labour party said on Twitter the debate would conclude at 1900 GMT on Dec. 11.

The amendments could be put to several votes, meaning

that as well as overcoming the huge opposition to her plan, May will have to defeat attempts to add extra conditions to it or to thwart the exit agreement altogether.

The government has previously voiced concerns that any of these so-called amendments that win support in the house of commons could prevent the government from ratifying the exit deal because the amended motion would not provide the necessary unequivocal approval required under previously passed legislation.

Pilots struggled to control plane that crashed in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Black box data collected from their crashed Boeing 737 MAX 8 show Lion Air pilots struggled to maintain control as the aircraft’s automatic safety system repeatedly pushed the plane’s nose down, according to a preliminary investigation into last month’s disaster.

The investigators are focusing on whether faulty information from sensors led the plane’s system to force the nose down. The new 737 MAX 8 plunged into the Java Sea on Oct. 29, killing all 189 people on board.

Information from the Lion Air jet’s flight data recorder was included in a briefing for the Indonesian Parliament.

Indonesian authorities released the findings Wednesday but were not expected to draw conclusions from the data they presented.

Peter Lemme, an expert in aviation and satellite communications and a former Boeing engineer, wrote an analysis of the data on his blog.

The MAX aircraft is the latest version of Boeing’s popular 737 jetliner. It is equipped with an automated system that pushes the nose down if a sensor detects that the nose is pointed so high that the plane could go into an aerodynamic stall.

Lemme described “a deadly game of tag” in which the plane pointed down, the pilots countered by manually aiming the nose higher, only for the sequence to repeat about five seconds later. That happened 26 times during the 11-minute

Brazil fills over 90 percent of doctor vacancies as Cubans head home

members of the National Transportation Safety Committee lift a box containing the flight data recorder from a crashed Lion Air jet onboard a rescue ship anchored in the waters of Tanjung Karawang, Indonesia flight, but pilots failed to recognize what was happening and follow the known procedure for countering incorrect activation of the automated safety system, Lemme told The Associated Press.

Lemme said he was also troubled that there weren’t easy checks to see if sensor information was correct, that the crew of the fatal flight apparently wasn’t warned that similar problems had occurred on previous flights, and that the Lion Air jet wasn’t fully repaired after those flights.

“Had they fixed the airplane, we would not have had the accident,” he said. “Every accident is a combination of events, so there is disappointment all around here,” he said.

Boeing spokesman Charles Bickers said the company is “taking every measure to fully understand all aspects of this accident.”

The company said last week that it remains confident in the safety of the 737 MAX

and had given airlines around the world two updates to “reemphasize existing procedures for these situations.”

“We are deeply saddened by the loss of Lion Air Flight 610. We extend our heartfelt condolences and sympathies to the families and loved ones of those onboard. We will analyze any additional information as it becomes available,” the company said in a statement.

Pilots at American Airlines and Southwest Airlines complained this month that they had not been given all information about the new system on the MAX. More than 200 MAX jets have been delivered to airlines around the world.

The Indonesian investigation is continuing with help from U.S. regulators and Boeing. Searchers have not found the plane’s cockpit voice recorder, which would provide more information about the pilots’ actions.

Brazil’s President-elect Jair Bolsonaro attends a meeting with governors-elect in Brasilia, Brazil November 14, 2018

RIO DE JANEIRO - As Cuban doctors in Brazil begin to head home amid a diplomatic spat between Havana and the South American country’s far-right president-elect, Brazil’s health ministry said on Friday that it had filled nearly all of the resulting vacancies.

The first of thousands of Cuban doctors left Brazil on Thursday after criticism by incoming President Jair Bolsonaro prompted Cuba’s government to sever a cooperation agreement, leaving millions of Brazilians without medical care.

Many of the Cuban doctors worked in poor, rural parts of Brazil, where few Brazilian physicians want to be.

The health ministry said in a statement that it had managed in three days to get 92 percent of the Brazilian doctors needed to replace the departing Cubans, signing up 25,901 physicians. More than 17,500 had been enlisted, while almost 8,000 had already been allocated to specific municipalities, the statement said.

The health ministry said earlier in the day that a web portal to handle inscriptions, open until Dec. 7, had suffered cyber attacks, which had caused some problems, but the site was now stable.

Bolsonaro has said the Cuban doctors were being used as “slave labor” because Havana took 75 percent of their salaries. He said the program, which began in 2013, could continue only if they got full pay and were allowed to bring their families.

Bolsonaro, an admirer of U.S. President Donald Trump, was elected last month by Brazilians fed up with rising crime and rampant corruption that reached new highs during almost a decade-and-a-half of leftist governments with close ties to Cuba.

Cuba has a respected health service and generates major export earnings by sending more than 50,000 health workers to over 60 countries.

Even though they received only a fraction of their salaries, the money was good for the doctors by Cuban standards.

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GM to lay off up to 14K workers, close as many as 5 plants

DETROIT — General Motors will cut up to 14,000 workers in North America and put five plants up for possible closure as it abandons many of its car models and restructures to focus more on autonomous and electric vehicles, the automaker announced.

The reductions could amount to as much as 8 percent of GM’s global workforce of 180,000 employees.

The restructuring reflects changing North American auto markets as manufacturers continue to shift away from cars toward SUVs and trucks. In October, almost 65 percent of new vehicles sold in the U.S. were trucks or SUVs. That figure was about 50 percent cars just five years ago.

GM is shedding cars largely because it doesn’t make money on them, Citi analyst Itay Michaeli wrote in a note to investors.

“We estimate sedans operate at a significant loss, hence the need for classic restructuring,” he wrote.

Hours after the announcement, President Donald Trump said his administration and lawmakers were exerting “a lot of pressure” on GM. He said he told the company that the U.S. has done a lot for GM and that if its cars aren’t selling, the company needs to produce ones that will.

Trump, who has made bringing back auto jobs a big part of his appeal to Ohio and other Great Lakes states that are crucial to his re-election, also

said he was being tough on General Motors CEO Mary Barra.

The layoffs come amid the backdrop of a trade war between the U.S., China and Europe that likely will lead to higher prices for imported vehicles and those exported from the U.S. Barra said the company faces challenges from tariffs but she did not directly link the layoffs to them.

The planned reduction includes about 8,000 white-collar employees, or 15 percent of GM’s North American white-collar workforce. Some will take buyouts while others will be laid off.

At the factories, around 3,300 blue-collar workers could lose jobs in the U.S. and another 2,600 in Canada, but some U.S. workers could transfer to truck or SUV factories that are increasing production. The cuts mark GM’s first major downsizing since shedding thousands of jobs in the Great Recession.

The company also said it will stop operating two additional factories outside North America by the end of next year, in addition to a previously announced plant closure in Gunsan, South Korea.

GM isn’t the first to abandon much of the car market. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles got out of small and midsize cars two years ago, while Ford announced plans to shed all cars but the Mustang sports car in the U.S. in

Members of Unifor the coming years.

Workers at the Ontario plant

Barra told reporters that GM walked off the job Monday but were doesn’t foresee an economic downturn expected to return Tuesday. and is making the cuts “to get in front After the morning of it while the company is strong and announcement, Barra was to head while the economy is strong.” for Washington to speak with White

Factories that could be closed House economic adviser Larry Kudlow include assembly plants in Detroit in what was described as a previously and Oshawa, Ontario, and Lordstown, scheduled meeting, according to a Ohio, as well as transmission plants in White House official who spoke on Warren, Michigan, and near Baltimore. condition of anonymity because the

The announcement worried official was not authorized to discuss GM workers who could lose their jobs. the meeting publicly.

“I don’t know how I’m going to Most of the factories to be feed my family,” Matt Smith, a worker affected by GM’s restructuring build at the Ontario factory, said Monday cars that will not be sold in the U.S. outside the plant’s south gate, where after next year. They could close or workers blocked trucks from entering they could get different vehicles to or leaving. “It’s hard. It’s horrible.” build. Their futures will be part of Smith’s wife also works at the plant. contract talks with the United Auto The couple has an 11-month-old at Workers union next year. home.

Mueller accuses Manafort of breaking plea agreement by lying

WASHINGTON — The special counsel in the Russia investigation is accusing former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort of violating his plea agreement by repeatedly lying to federal investigators, an extraordinary allegation that could expose him to a lengthier prison sentence — and potentially more criminal charges.

The torpedoing of Manafort’s plea deal, disclosed in a court filing Monday, also results in special counsel Robert Mueller’s team losing a cooperating witness from the top of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign who was present for several key episodes under investigation. That includes a Trump Tower meeting involving Donald Trump Jr. and a Russian lawyer he was told had derogatory information on Democrat Hillary Clinton.

The move signals a return to the acrimonious relationship Manafort has had with the special counsel’s office since his indictment last year. Before his plea agreement, Manafort aggressively challenged the special counsel’s legitimacy in court, went through a bitter trial and

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landed himself in jail after prosecutors discovered he had attempted to tamper with witnesses in his case.

In the latest filing, Mueller’s team said Manafort “committed federal crimes” by lying about “a variety of subject matters” even after he agreed to truthfully cooperate with the investigation. Prosecutors said they will detail the “nature of the defendant’s crimes and lies” in writing at a later date to the judge.

Through his attorneys, Manafort denied lying, saying he “believes he provided truthful Paul Manafort information” during a series of sessions counts related to millions of dollars he with Mueller’s investigators. He also hid from the IRS in offshore accounts. disagreed that he breached his plea Both cases stemmed from agreement. Still, both sides now agree his Ukrainian political work and they can’t resolve the conflict, and U.S. undisclosed lobbying work he admitted District Judge Amy Berman Jackson to carrying out in the U.S. in violation should set a date to sentence him. of federal law.

Manafort, who remains jailed, As part of his plea agreement, had been meeting with the special Manafort pledged to “cooperate counsel’s office since he pleaded guilty fully, truthfully, completely, and in September to conspiracy against forthrightly” with the government the United States and conspiracy to “in any and all matters” prosecutors obstruct justice. He cut that deal to deemed necessary. That included his head off a second trial after being work on the Trump campaign as well convicted last summer of eight felony as his Ukrainian political work, which

NEW DELHI — Indian officials have traveled repeatedly in recent days near the remote island where an American missionary was killed by people who have long resisted the outside world. But they have not set foot onto North Sentinel Island since the killing, and it remains unclear if they will.

“They are a treasure,” Dependera Pathak, director-general of police on the Andaman and Nicobar island groups, said of the Sentinelese people. “We cannot go and force our way in. We don’t want to harm them.”

The Sentinelese, who scholars believe are descendants of Africans who migrated to the area about 50,000 years ago, survive on the small, forested island by hunting, fishing and gathering wild plants. Almost nothing is known of their lives, except that they attack outsiders with spears or bows and arrows.

American John Allen Chau was killed by islanders in mid-November after paying fishermen to smuggle him to the island, where outsiders are effectively forbidden by Indian law.

The fishermen told authorities that

remains under investigation by the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.

Prosecutors there are looking into the conduct of longtime Democratic lobbyist Tony Podesta, former Obama White House counsel Greg Craig and former Republican congressman and lobbyist Vin Weber to determine whether they violated federal law by failing to register as foreign agents with the Justice Department. None of the men has been charged with any crimes.

As part of his plea deal, Manafort also forfeited many of his rights as well as his ability to withdraw the plea if he broke any of the terms.

In return, prosecutors agreed to not bring additional charges against him and to ask a judge for a reduction of his sentence if he provided “substantial assistance.”

But with prosecutors saying he breached the agreement, Manafort now faces serious repercussions such as the possibility of prosecution on additional charges including the 10 felony counts prosecutors dropped when he made the deal. they saw the Sentinelese bury Chau’s body on the beach. The notes Chau left behind say he wanted to bring Christianity to the islanders.

A boat carrying police and other officials approached North Sentinel on Friday and Saturday, watching the Sentinelese through binoculars. On Saturday the tribesmen were armed with spears and bows and arrows, but they did not attempt to shoot them at the authorities, Pathak said.

“We watched them from a distance and they watched us from a distance,” he said.

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He Says He Got Away With 90 Murders.

Now He’s Confessing to Them All

Nearly every day for weeks, a white-haired man in a wheelchair, his body ravaged by diabetes and heart disease, has been escorted under heavy guard from a Texas jail cell to an interview room to speak about evil.

Day by day, the authorities say, he has recounted details of longago murders: faces, places, the layouts of small towns. He has described how he picked up vulnerable women from bars, nightclubs and along streets and strangled them to death in the back seat of his car.

The man, Samuel Little, 78, has confessed to more than 90 murders, investigators say, stretching back almost half a century. Mr. Little already is serving three life sentences for the murders of three Los Angeles women during the 1980s, but the authorities suspect him of killing women in at least 14 states. Investigators say they have established Mr. Little’s ties to about 30 of the murders so far, and have little reason to doubt his confessions.

“By the time we are done, we anticipate that Samuel Little will be confirmed as one of the most prolific serial killers in American history,” said Bobby Bland, the district attorney of Ector County, Tex., where Mr. Little is being held after a grand jury indicted him this summer for a 1994 killing.

Gary Ridgway, the Green River Killer, was convicted of 49 murders in Washington State during the 1980s and 1990s, the highest number of murder convictions for an American serial killer.

How a serial murderer could go on killing for years, apparently without anyone noticing a pattern, seems perplexing. But even the most effective police departments solve only about three-quarters of homicides, meaning that thousands of people get

Samuel Little during a hearing in Los Angeles in 2014 away with murder each year. Also, details only a killer would know, after the killings Mr. Little is said to have decades of discussing them with no one. admitted to occurred in a wide range Officials in Texas said Mr. Little would of counties and states. Many of the not be made available for an interview women whom Mr. Little is believed for this article, and a public defender to have killed were poor and addicted who recently represented him declined to drugs, alcohol, or both — a group to comment. of people that often are not reported As the weeks have passed and missing for weeks and sometimes new cases and details have emerged, receive fewer investigative resources more than a dozen local investigators, than others. along with the F.B.I., have flocked to

It was DNA evidence collected Texas to speak to Mr. Little in person. over years in the criminal justice The authorities say Mr. Little system that first connected Mr. Little displays no sign of remorse while to several women who had been killed. discussing the killings. He is exacting Then, this year, a Texas Ranger named with certain details, they say, including James Holland visited Mr. Little in where he left the women’s bodies years a Los Angeles County prison and ago: A dumpster, near a hog pit, under succeeded in winning his confidence, a pecan tree. The investigators say he the authorities said. The stories began is matter-of-fact about his actions, and to tumble out, setting off a transfer sometimes even chuckles about them; to Texas and a frenzy of visits from other times, they said, he speaks so investigators with cold cases from all quickly, with such excitement, that over the nation. they struggle to understand his words.

Part of Mr. Little’s impetus “Believe it or not, you only see for talking now, investigators say, evil a few times in your career,” said is that he seems to prefer the Ector Tim Marcia, a cold case detective with County jail to the noisy, often chaotic the Los Angeles Police Department, environment of a Los Angeles County who dealt with Mr. Little on the three prison. Investigators who have spoken killings he was convicted of there. to him say he also appears to enjoy the “Looking into his eyes, I would say that attention he is receiving as he recites was pure evil.”

In many ways, the investigation into Mr. Little began in earnest in 2012 when Detective Marcia and his partner, Detective Mitzi Roberts, tracked him down at a homeless shelter in Kentucky after his DNA had been found to match two Los Angeles murder victims from the 1990s.

At the time, Mr. Little had served fewer than 10 years in prison, though he had amassed nearly 100 arrests in numerous states over more than 50 years. The charges included kidnapping, rape and armed robbery.

“He got off over and over and over again,” said Beth Silverman, the Los Angeles County prosecutor who ultimately won three murder convictions against Mr. Little. “There are a lot of agencies around the country that dropped the ball on this case.”

Ms. Silverman and others say the killings were sexually motivated, but she also said that Mr. Little takes offense at being called a rapist. He says erectile problems make that impossible.

But he is believed to have raped some of his victims, and Mr. Little’s semen has been found on some of the women’s nude bodies or on their clothing.

“The way he gets sexual gratification is during the strangulation,” Ms. Silverman said.

During his interrogation of Mr. Little in October, Sgt. Michael Mongeluzzo, a detective in Marion County, Fla. — where Mr. Little has confessed to killing 20-year-old Rosie Hill in 1982 — said he had been astonished by Mr. Little’s ability to recall various specific details about the 36-year-old crime.

“It’s scary the clarity he has about certain things after all this time,” Sergeant Mongeluzzo said. “He remembers names and faces.”

‘There were children,’ says migrant mother tear-gassed at U.S. border

TIJUANA, Mexico - A migrant mother photographed running with her daughters from tear gas at the U.S.-Mexico border said she never expected the U.S. Border Patrol to fire gas canisters at children and families.

After traveling north from Honduras and spending a week in the Mexican border town of Tijuana, Maria Meza, 35, set out on Sunday with her five children to claim asylum at the U.S. border crossing.

She and hundreds of other Central American migrants were blocked by Mexican police and staged a protest in front of the border, some rushing the U.S fence.

Three tear gas canisters shot from the U.S. side landed around Meza and her children, who range in age from toddlers to teenagers, she said in an interview at a Tijuana migrant shelter.

“The first thing I did was grab my children,” said Meza. A photo of

her clutching the hands of twin fiveyear-old daughters Saira and Cheili, as her 13-year-old daughter Jamie runs alongside, has gone viral and sparked angry reactions from some lawmakers and charities.

“I was scared, and I thought I was going to die with them because of the gas,” said Meza.

Her young son James nearly fainted when a canister landed near him. Meza fell and struggled to get up amidst the gas. A young man gave her his hand and pulled her to her feet.

“We never thought they were going to fire these bombs where there were children, because there were lots of children,” said Meza, sitting in view of the rusted-steel U.S. border fence.

“It wasn’t right, they know we are human beings, the same as them,” said Meza.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers were struck by projectiles thrown by the

Maria Lila Meza Castro, a 39 year old migrant woman from Honduras migrants.

Around 5,200 people who traveled in a caravan across Mexico are packed into the shelter in a stadium in Tijuana, living in makeshift tents.

President Donald Trump has taken a hardline stance against the migrants, who have made their way north from violent and impoverished Central American countries. On Monday, he said Mexico should send them back to their home countries.

The U.S. Border Patrol said most of those assembled at the border were economic migrants who would not qualify for asylum.

“I came here for one reason, and that’s because there is a lot of violence in Honduras,” said Meza, as her children played with empty tear gas canisters shot by the Border Patrol.

The United States shut the crossing for several hours on Sunday and Trump has threatened to close the border entirely.

“If they close the border I ask God that here in Tijuana, or in another country they open doors to us, to allow me to survive with my children,” said Meza.

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Requirements: •Certified hospitality management graduate with general international beverage and food knowledge along with at least 5 years’ experience in a luxury resort •Strong interpersonal, leadership, and employee development skills; and the ability to perform well under pressure •Proficiency in English and computer literate, including knowledge in MICROS Salary based on experience: $2500-$3500 per month, plus service charge *VILLA ASSISTANT F&B MANAGER •Ensures prompt, efficient & responsive F&B service is provided to all Villa guests, so as to achieve a high level of guest satisfaction and organizational profitability in an environment of high individual morale.

•Conducts pre & post-shift briefing with Villa Hosts & Villa Chefs, inspects their work areas for cleanliness & neatness, ensures that all equipment is well maintained & used in the correct manner and the set up & layout of any F&B events are flawless.

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Provides guests with required amenities; towels, beverages, headphones, racquets, balls, etc. and in the gym guides guests on how to safely operate the equipment & functional training props.

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Extreme Brexit could be worse than financial crisis for UK, says Bank of England

LONDON - Britain risks suffering an even bigger hit to its economy than during the global financial crisis 10 years ago if it leaves the European Union in a worstcase Brexit scenario in four months’ time, the Bank of England said on Wednesday.

Hours after the government issued its own stark warning about a no-deal Brexit, the BoE said the economy could shrink by as much as 8 percent in about a year.

The two reports could add to pressure on lawmakers to drop their opposition to the Brexit agreement that Prime Minister Theresa May struck with other EU leaders on Sunday, which is far from certain to be approved in parliament on Dec. 11.

However, supporters of a more definitive break with Brussels quickly dismissed the reports as scaremongering, while advocates of closer ties said the forecasts demonstrated that promises of greater prosperity outside the EU had been a lie.

The BoE said the “disorderly” scenario — involving severe delays at UK borders and financial markets’ loss of confidence in British institutions — was not its base case.

But if it happened, there would be a 25 percent tumble in the value of sterling — taking it close to parity against the dollar — a spike in inflation to 6.5 percent from around

2.4 percent now, and a jump in interest rates. House prices would fall by 30 percent.

Sterling gave up earlier gains as the BoE outlined its various scenarios.

It said a merely “disruptive” Brexit, with goods flowing across borders but facing tariffs and other barriers, would cause a 3 percent fall in gross domestic product.

2030s. for it.”

By contrast, the plan that Opponents of Brexit said the May agreed with EU leaders on projections gave the lie to promises Sunday “delivers an outcome that is made by Brexit campaigners before very close to the economic benefits of and after the referendum. remaining in”, finance minister Philip “These figures show that the Hammond said. government’s stated policy is to make

The government and BoE our economy smaller and weaker,” reports triggered angry responses said David Lammy, an opposition from hardline eurosceptics, who Labour Party lawmaker who wants viewed the statements as a repeat Britain to stay in the EU. of dire official warnings intended to The government report “PREPARED FOR THE WORST” sway voters before 2016’s referendum. said that, in a scenario based on the

“I’m afraid we must be ready Brexit plan that May announced in

“Our job is not to hope for for Project Fear 2.0,” said former July, rather than Sunday’s amended the best but to prepare for the worst,” Brexit minister David Davis, who quit agreement with EU leaders, national Bank of England Governor Mark in July in protest at May’s plans. output would be 2.1 percent smaller in Carney told a news conference, noting Andrew Sentance, a former just over 15 years’ time than if Britain that Britain’s banks could cope with BoE interest rate setter, challenged remained in the bloc. the worst Brexit shock. the BoE over its worst-case scenario.

If there was no deal, it would

A deal that kept Britain and “Does anyone really believe be 7.7 percent smaller. the EU in a close future relationship any of this as a real-world scenario?”

Assuming zero net migration could lead to faster economic growth he said. “The Bank of England from the EU in the future, the hit than the BoE pencilled in earlier this is undermining its credibility to the economy would be bigger: 3.9 month, the central bank said. and independence by giving such percent under May’s deal, and 9.3

But all of the BoE’s scenarios prominence to these extreme scenarios percent without a deal. assumed interest rates will rise. In the and forecasts.”

The report said Britain’s worst-case Brexit, rates could rise to automotive and chemicals sectors 5.5 percent — a level last seen in 2007, “SMALLER, WEAKER ECONOMY” faced the biggest potential losses before the financial crisis — from the from a no-deal Brexit - more than 20 current base rate of 0.75 percent.

Carney denied the charge of percent of output.

Hours earlier, the scaremongering.

Brexit supporters say May’s government acknowledged that any “Parliament has demanded deal will hurt Britain over the long Brexit option would be worse for the this analysis,” he said. “It’s not term by making it harder to strike economy than staying in the EU, but supposed to make people scared, it’s trade deals with faster-growing said that leaving the bloc without any supposed to provide reassurance that, countries and regions beyond Europe, agreement with Brussels would weigh even if this happened, which is not and it is not clear that lawmakers will heavily on growth at least into the likely, the system is more than ready be swayed by the latest forecasts.

NASA craft lands on Mars after perilous journey

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A NASA spacecraft designed to drill down into Mars’ interior landed on the planet Monday after a perilous, supersonic plunge through its red skies, setting off jubilation among scientists who had waited in white-knuckle suspense for confirmation to arrive across 100 million miles of space.

Flight controllers Engineers monitor the landing of the InSight Spacecraft at NASA’s Jet Propulsion at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Laboratory in Pasadena, California, leaped out of their of Mars just 4½ minutes after things work out in your favor.” chairs, screaming, dancing and landing.

NASA Administrator hugging, upon learning that The picture was speckled Jim Bridenstine, presiding over InSight had arrived on Mars, with dirt because the dust his first Mars landing as the the graveyard for a multitude of cover was still on the lander’s space agency’s boss, said: “What previous missions. camera, but the terrain around an amazing day for our country.”

“Touchdown confirmed!” the spacecraft looked smooth InSight, a $1 billion a flight controller called out just and sandy with just one sizable international project, includes before 3 p.m. EST, instantly rock visible — pretty much what a German mechanical mole dispelling the anxiety that had scientists had hoped for. Better that will burrow down 16 feet gripped the control room as the photos are expected in the days (5 meters) to measure Mars’ spacecraft made its six-minute ahead, after the dust covers come internal heat. The lander also descent. off. has a French seismometer for

Because of the distance It was NASA’s — indeed, measuring quakes, if they exist on between Earth and Mars, it took humanity’s — eighth successful our smaller, geologically calmer eight minutes for confirmation landing at Mars since the 1976 neighbor. Another experiment to arrive, relayed by a pair of Viking probes, and the first in six will calculate Mars’ wobble to tiny satellites that had been years. NASA’s Curiosity rover, reveal the makeup of the planet’s trailing InSight throughout the which arrived in 2012, is still on core. six-month, 300-million-mile the move on Mars.

“In the coming months (482-million-kilometer) journey.

“Flawless,” declared and years even, history books will

The two satellites not JPL’s chief engineer, Rob be rewritten about the interior only transmitted the good news Manning. “This is what we really of Mars,” said JPL’s director, in almost real time, they also hoped and imagined in our mind’s Michael Watkins. sent back InSight’s first snapshot eye,” he added. “Sometimes

Hailing the future taxi: Dronecar mashup model takes flight

A scale model of a flying drone-car drove and hovered across an Amsterdam exhibition hall Tuesday, providing a glimpse of what could be the future of urban mobility.

The “Pop.Up Next” prototype drone, being developed by aviation giant Airbus, automaker Audi and the Italdesign design house is made up of three separate modules — a chassis with wheels, a two-seat capsule for passengers and a four-rotor drone. The concept has been shown before, but a one-quarter-size scale model made its maiden public flight at the Amsterdam Drone Week convention.

First, the drone flew across the hall and landed on a black parking spot. Then a small car drove itself underneath the drone and its passenger capsule was lifted up to latch onto the underside of the drone. Once the two were docked, the drone lifted off again and flew back to its starting point, where the capsule was lowered onto another set of wheels to continue its journey.

The model’s test flight went off without a hitch, but don’t plan on hailing such an airborne ride any time soon. There are several steps to be taken before the Pop.Up Next, or a future iteration of the drone, is ready for commercial use.

“For this we need to tick a list of boxes —the vehicle is one, safety is the overarching one, infrastructure is one, acceptability is another one,” said Airbus executive Jean Brice Dumont.

“I think it will take more than a decade until a real significant, massive deployment of an air taxi system” is ready.

One serious competitor plans to be ready even earlier.

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Office 28 Parade Avenue Providenciales Turks and Caicos Islands

Office and Thrift Shop Hospital Road Grand Turk Turks and Caicos Islands

Tel 1 649 941 8056 FAX 941 8871 Email: headquarters@redcross.org.tc

Tel 1 649 946 2761 Email: headquarters@redcross.org.tc

Invitation to Bid Sale of Red Cross used vehicles Ref No:ITB1-TCI-VEH-2018

The Turks and Caicos Islands Red Cross, an overseas branch of the British Red Cross invite interested buyers to submit their best and final bids for the purchaseof Red Cross used vehicles, as itemised in the table below.

Lot No.

Qty

Make/Brand

Model and description

Year of production

Mileage (in KM)

Condition

Additional accessories

1

1

Land Rover

Defender 2009 White 2,500cc, Diesel Right hand drive Manual Transmission, 6 SP 5 door, 6 seat

2009

73,480

Used. Good condition, 1 x spare wheel, radio,tool Last service conducted kit assembly December, 2018.

2

1

Land Rover

Defender 2009 White 2,500cc, Diesel Right hand drive Manual Transmission, 6 SP 5 door, 6 seat

2009

60,000

Major engine and body repairs required.

No key. Last service conducted August, 2016.

Photo of vehicle

1 x spare wheel,radio,tool kitassembly

Interested buyers must use the official “Bid Form” to submit their bids.Bid Forms may be collected fromRed Cross offices atSams Building, Downtown, Providenciales and Hospital Road in Grand Turkbetween 9am and 4pm from Monday 3rdDecember to Thursday 13th December, or requested by email.

For the latter, please contactSophia Simmons, Finance Admin Officer on headquarters@redcross.org.tc Bids should be placed in sealed envelopes (1 x original only), and marked with the reference number from the Invitation to Bid‘ITB1-TCI-VEH-2018’, and the name of the bidder/company.

Completed bids (in sealed envelopes) should be delivered to the Director, Turks and Caicos Islands Red Cross, Sams Building, Downtown, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islandson or before10am Friday, 14thDecember, 2018. Bids will not be accepted by email. All late bids will be rejected.

Prospective buyers are encouraged to inspect the vehicles atTurks and Caicos Islands Red Cross offices at the Hospital Road in Grand Turkand at SAMs Building, Downtown in Providenciales between the hours of 9am and 4pm fromMonday 3rd Decemberto Thursday 13thDecember, 2018.OR: to arrange an inspection, please contactWinema Sanders-Penn, Director Turks and Caicos Islands Red Cross on +1 649 941 8056.

Bidders may submit a bid for one or both vehicles.

Opening of bids: bids will be opened at11am on Friday 14thDecember, 2018 in the presence of a British Red Cross appointed Committee on Contract (CoC). Bidders are invited to attend the bid opening if they choose to do so, for transparency purposes.

The Turks and Caicos Islands Red Cross reserves the right to reject any bid that is not complete or is illegible.

Note: the winning bid will be awarded on the basis of the highest price.

If no acceptable bids are received, then the Turks and Caicos Islands Red Cross reserves the right to cancel the sale and or re-advertise.

The winning bidder will sign a contract of sale with the Turks and Caicos Islands Red Cross.

Acceptable payment means: payment can be made by bank transfer/cheque, in US dollars.

Payment and collection of vehicles should be made by the successful bidder within one week of being notified/signature of the contract of sale, whichever is later. If the payment is not made within one week, then the offer will be awarded to the second highest bidder, as long as their bid is of an acceptable price.

For any further clarifications, please contact: Winema Sanders-Penn, Director Turks and Caicos Islands Red Cross on +1 649 941 8056 or on email director@redcross.org.tc Date of issue: 28thNovember, 2018

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Come and join our winning team at Seven Star Resort & Spa The following positions are currently available Chef de Partie/ Demi Chef de Partie The Chef de Partie is responsible for running a specific section of the kitchen.

The chef manages a small team of workers, which are responsible for keeping organized so that meals go out on time and the work area remains clean and orderly.

Requirements: •5 to 15 culinary experiences in a five star hotel/resort •Knowledgeable in international cuisine such as Japanese and other Asian dishes •HACCP knowledge, self-motivated and passion for hospitality and cooking •Excellent palate and attention to detail Duties and Responsibilities: •To work and lead the kitchen team •Execute cooking to the expected high standard quickly and efficiently •To maintain the required level of hygiene standards/HACCP as laid down both legally and by the standards manual •To be responsible for the day to day training of the team Salary range: USD13,200 to USD14,400. Position currently held by a work permit holder Retail and Spa Manager The Spa Manager will be responsible for overseeing the entire Spa function.

This includes retail, a full-service gym as well as massage therapy. The primary role of the Spa Manager are; •To ensure optimum guest and employee satisfaction.

•Plan or direct spa services and programs •Train staff in the use or sale of products, programs, or activities •Assess employee performance and suggest ways to improve work •Check spa equipment to ensure proper functioning •Coordinate facility schedules to maximize usage and efficiency •Develop staff service or retail goals and guide staff in goal achievement •Establish spa budgets and financial goals •Inventory products and order new supplies Skills and Qualifications: Customer Focus, Tracking Budget Expenses, Pricing, Vendor Relationships, Market Knowledge, Staffing, Results Driven, Yoga/ Pilates knowledge, Strategic Planning, Strong Management Proficiency, Client Relationships, Verbal Communication and able to work long hours. Must have international spa and retail experience.

Salary range: USD35,000 to USD44,800 per annum and is based on experience and qualification. Position currently held by a work permit holder.

Crystallization Specialist: This individual will be responsible for grinding and leveling of floors with the required machinery. Responsible for all of the following: Travertine Cleaning , Marble Polishing, Marble Cleaning, Granite Polishing, Etch Removal, Stain Removal, Limestone Cleaning, Lippage Removal, Crack & Chip Repair and Marble Floor Maintenance Requirements: •Knowledge of working with chemicals used for floor restoration, polishing, buffing or crystallization on different stone floor types – Limestone/ granite/marble •Some math and measuring skills along with an eye for detail •Also requires a great deal of lifting, bending and squatting, so a reasonable level of physical fitness is needed.

Salary range: USD12,000 to USD 13,500 per annum. Position currently held by a work permit holder Butler Trainer TheBeach Butler Trainer oversees all aspects of the beach butler department, including training and ensuring that the highly personalized service that the team provides to VIP guests is flawless. They are responsible for ensuring the Beach operations and are ran smoother and employee’s skills are up to resort standard.

The Beach Butler Trainerhas the skills that can help turn problems into opportunities, and bring any aggrieved guest back to a state of satisfaction.

Salary $10 per hour. New Position Security Officer/guard The areas of responsibility for this position include the protection and safety of property assets, employees, guests, accident and fire prevention and response.

The ideal candidate must exemplify excellent customer service and create a positive atmosphere for guests and employees and be available to work a rotating and flexible schedule.

Duties and Requirements: •A minimum of 5 years’ experience •Able to work flexible hours, holidays and weekends.

•Willing to walk/run through dark bushy areas to carryout checks.

•Highly trained in security procedures and martial arts.

•First Aid training is preferable •Ability to communicate effectively •Physical ability to run, walk, jump and bend.

•Willing to work long Shifts (up to 14hrs) and split shift during the night.

•Willing to work in all weather conditions.

•Ability to respond to patron problems effectively.

Salary range: USD14,000 to USD15,000 per annum and is based on experience and qualification. Position currently held by a work permit holder.

Housekeeping/Labourers Turndown Attendant / Houseman/ Attendants Clean, stock, and provide turn down service for guest rooms to ensure cleanliness and guest satisfaction while caring enough to do it well by adhering to the Resort Commitments.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities •Provide turn down service by partially removing and storing bedspread, replenishing amenities, linens, and supplies and filling ice bucket as requested by guest •Wipe down tub and sink area •Sign for room keys and restock cart •Visually inspect room for cleanliness and appearance of room •Strip and make beds, change linens •Dust all furniture thoroughly •Replenish amenities, linens, and supplies in guest room •Vacuum entire room and empty trash •All lost and found articles must be turned in to supervisor or the Director of Housekeeping •Clocking in and out accurately is required as per company policies •Respond in a timely manner to guest requests for items and/or other information Job knowledge/Skills/Abilities •Ability to work conscientiously, meets deadlines, follows instruction and directions, with minimal supervision and detailed oriented •Ability to stand, sit, kneel constantly to handle specific details or demands of quality and speedy guest services •Ability to work with cleaning agents by extending arms over head, bending and stooping •Ability and desire to handle the heat as the layout of the resort’s rooms dictate •Ability to push, lift and/or pull equipment up to or more than 100 lbs •Ability to scrub and scour surfaces, extend arms over head to perform cleaning tasks, and work in confined spaces •Additional language abilities preferred Salary range: USD12,000 to USD 13,500 per annum.

Line Cook: We are looking for a professional line cook to prepare food to the exact chef’s specifications and to set up stations for menu. The successful candidate will play a key role in contributing to our customer satisfaction and acquisition goals.

Requirement •Proven cooking experience •Excellent understanding of various cooking methods, ingredients, equipment and procedures •Accuracy and speed in executing assigned tasks •Familiar with industry’s best practices •Culinary school diploma Salary: USD16,800 to USD21,600 per annum. Position currently held by a work permit holder LEAD SERVER Candidate will lead their section team and at times be responsible for opening or closing the restaurant including responsibility for end of day procedures.

•Suitable candidates must have a minimum of 4 years’ experience working in a lead position at a five-star resort or fine dining restaurant in a lead position •High energy with excellent interpersonal skills •Excellent command of English language (writing/reading/speaking) •Experience with point-of-service system, prior cashier or banking experience preferred Wages: $7.60 per hour and position currently held by a work permit holder OTHER POSITIONS •Public Area Cleaner •Houseman •Restaurant Hostess Salary range: USD12,000 to $17,000 per annum and is based on experience and qualification. Some position currently held by a work permit holder.

ONLY CANDIDATES MEETING ABOVE REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS WILL BE CONTACTED. Candidates should apply to Seven Stars Resort & Spa, Grace Bay Road, Providenciales via e-mail at hr@sevenstarsgracebay.com for consideration or should leave CV’s at the security building for the attention of HR. Prospective applicants who are Islanders kindly send copies of your application to the board.

Application deadline: Dec 15, 2018

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DATE OPEN: November 26, 2018 START DATE:January 1, 2019 POSITION: Director of Engineering PROPERTY: Point Grace Job Overview: The general purpose of the Director of Engineering is managing the mixed use of the Resort’s Engineering Department, including all related activities including participation in executive committee meetings; hire and maintain an effective work force appropriate for an upscale Resort; establish and maintain preventative maintenance programs for all equipment, systems, guestrooms and public areas/ general maintenance; participate in effective safety programs; coordinate and implement capital improvement projects; establish, maintain and manage department budgets and monthly forecastsprotectingtheResortand the Owners from losses, claims, and liabilities.

Responsible for all aspects of the Engineering Department, including but not limited to, maintaining all facilities, equipment, furniture, fixtures, systems and landscaping at the highest quality standards.

Job Responsibilities: •Hire, train and direct all department personnel •Provide efficient use of manpower to maintain workload •Provide timely performance appraisals •Conducts walk-through and visually assesses the safe and efficient maintenance and operation of the physical structures of the Resort, all mechanical, electrical, HVAC systems, vehicles and any other related equipment.

•Manage adequate inventory of parts, supplies, tools and material for the department •Enforce Hotel / Resort and Company policies and procedures •Must be able to respond to emergency situations, such as fire alarms, and other life-safety situations •Maintain files per department guidelines. Schedule and conduct monthly department meetings.

•Participate as a member of the Resort’s Executive Committee.

•Attend and participate in weekly staff meetings.

•Maintain files per department guidelines.

•Maintain a working knowledge of all local laws, codes, and regulations.

•Assure proper certification of all employee mechanics and technicians, as required.

•Solicit and administer all sub-contract work.

•Analyze bids and verify quantities, as appropriate.

•Negotiate, prepare, and administer agreements and contracts with consultants and contractors.

•Liaison with governmental agencies and manage the procurement and compliance with entitlements, permits, inspections, notices, and other requirements.

•Produce annual operating budget for payroll, expenses, utilities, and capital improvements.

•Operate all areas within budgeted guidelines.

•Provide budget analysis each period.

•Establish and maintain an efficient inventory and purchasing system.

•Maintain the Hotel / Resort facility and related equipment in a safe and efficient manner.

•Participate in or possibly manage the property’s safety committee.

•Assure proper certification of all employee mechanics and technicians, as required.

•Maintain the Resort facility and related equipment in a safe and efficient manner.

•Alignment with Property Mission and Core Values •Model the property/company core values and other expected leadership attributes •Maintain a professional image at all times.

•Act as a resource for all departments of the Resort.

•Maintain accurate records for all areas of responsibility.

•Perform other duties as assigned by General Manager •Maintain property key schedules and records Shift Varies. Full time. Weekend and holiday work may be required.

Qualified Islanders and Belongers need only to apply Salary Range:$66,000 - $72,000 per annum DATE OPEN: November 26, 2018 POSITION: Housekeeper

START DATE: ASAP PROPERTY: Grace Bay Club

Job Overview: We are looking for a professional Housekeeper able of attending to our facilities with integrity and attention to detail. The goal is to create a clean and orderly environment for our guests that will become a critical factor in maintaining and strengthening our reputation.

NOVEMBER 30TH, 2018 – DECEMBER 7TH, 2018

Responsibilities: •Perform a variety of cleaning activities such as sweeping, mopping, dusting and polishing •Ensure all rooms are cared for and inspected according to standards •Protect equipment and make sure there are no inadequacies •Notify superiors on any damages, deficits and disturbances •Deal with reasonable complaints/requests with professionalism and patience •Check stocking levels of all consumables and replace when appropriate •Adhere strictly to rules regarding health and safety and be aware of any company-related practices Shifts varies. Full time. Weekend and holiday work may be required.

This position is currently held by an expatriate worker Qualified Islanders need only to apply copying applications to the Commissioner of Labour& Work Permit Board Zone 2 Salary Range: $6.25 - $6.75 per hour DATE OPEN: November 28, 2018 START DATE: January 1, 2019 POSITION: Reservations Manager PROPERTY: West Bay Club Overview: Reservations Manager will be responsible for oversight and development of reservations sales teams, pre-arrival itinerary planning teams and VIP guest relations planning. They will be in charge of aligning goals and strategies to increase conversion rates and drive ancillary revenue following the guidelines and training in line with Grace Bay Resorts brand standards that ensure delivering a superior guest experience. The Reservations manger will oversee the day to day management of the reservations department. They will support the remote Leisure and Group Sales team with availability inquires and leads. They will set the standards for reservations & pre-arrivals and resolve guest issues and complaints and will build reports, manage guest profiles and work closely with Group Director of Reservations and Director of Revenue and Distribution to manage inventory, rates and promotions that ensure resort revenue budgets are met monthly.

Responsibilities: The Reservations Manager provides leadership to their individual reservations/pre-arrivals teams while ensuring cross-training of all Grace Bay Resorts properties and products and ensures that all teams have all the necessary materials, training and PMS access to close the sale on any request.

•Must be trained on all Grace Bay Resorts properties in order to cross sell as needed including Grace Bay Club, Point Grace and Private Villa Collection •Maintain efficient sales office procedures and ensures the maintenance of accurate and updated account files and •follow¬ up procedures •Maintain all sales systems, such as sales records and reports, conference calendar, travel calendar and database and •any other systems that are in place or are added •Assist in designing new sales promotions and campaigns to drive additional sales from various markets •Identify and analyze competition in both local and regional markets •Periodic international travel as may be required •Ability to perform duties and responsibilities in a confidential manner •Follow up with all email and phone inquires in a professional and timely manner •Work with General Managers of all properties and all other departments as needed •Participate in weekly sales and marketing call and recap/update the team discuss any feedback etc.

•Participate in weekly yield calls to discuss previous week activity, pickup and make decisions to best yield rooms •Work with team to coordinate and arrange all client site visits and Destination Retreats with Travel Trade and Media Skills & Educations required: •Strong established relationship with key partners: Virtuoso, Signature, Ensemble, Leading Hotels of The World, and American Express Fine Hotels & Resorts •Working knowledge of Synxis and Opera is required and interfaces •Proficient in setting room rate structures within GDS and PMS •Third party extranet partner sites experience •Previous working knowledge of Preferred Hotels & Resorts extranet site •Excellent spoken and written English •Expertise working with Microsoft Office Suite in Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook) Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Illustrator •IOS (Apple) proficiency Keynote, Numbers, Pages and drop box •Extremely detail oriented •Ability to communicate to both internal and external customers in a polite, courteous and constructive manner •Capable of multi¬tasking and able to prioritize duties •Flexibility in work hours, the nature of our business require us to work weekends, holidays and extra hours at times.

Qualified Islanders and Belongers need only to apply Salary Range: $3,000 – $3,300 per month

Interested persons can contact our Human Resources Department no later than December 14th, 2018 @ (649) 946-5050 Ext. 1020 Email: kendi.jones@gracebayclub.com Fax: (649) 946-5758 P.O. Box 128 Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands, British West Indies

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Qualified Islanders need only to apply copying applications to the Commissioner of Labour& Work Permit Board Zone 2 Salary Range: $6.75 per hour DATE OPEN: November 26, 2018 START DATE: ASAP POSITION: Guest Services Supervisor PROPERTY: Grace Bay Club

DATE OPEN: November 26, 2018 POSITION: Housekeeper (2)

START DATE: January 1, 2018 PROPERTY: Grace Bay Club

Job Overview:We are looking for a professional Housekeeper able of attending to our facilities with integrity and attention to detail. The goal is to create a clean and orderly environment for our guests that will become a critical factor in maintaining and strengthening our reputation.

Responsibilities: •Perform a variety of cleaning activities such as sweeping, mopping, dusting and polishing •Ensure all rooms are cared for and inspected according to standards •Protect equipment and make sure there are no inadequacies •Notify superiors on any damages, deficits and disturbances •Deal with reasonable complaints/requests with professionalism and patience •Check stocking levels of all consumables and replace when appropriate •Adhere strictly to rules regarding health and safety and be aware of any company-related practices Shifts varies. Full time. Weekend and holiday work may be required.

Qualified Islanders and Belongers need only to apply Salary Range:$6.25 per hour DATE OPEN: November 26, 2018 POSITION: Housekeeper

START DATE: ASAP PROPERTY: West Bay Club

Job Overview:We are looking for a professional Housekeeper able of attending to our facilities with integrity and attention to detail. The goal is to create a clean and orderly environment for our guests that will become a critical factor in maintaining and strengthening our reputation.

Responsibilities: •Perform a variety of cleaning activities such as sweeping, mopping, dusting and polishing •Ensure all rooms are cared for and inspected according to standards •Protect equipment and make sure there are no inadequacies •Notify superiors on any damages, deficits and disturbances •Deal with reasonable complaints/requests with professionalism and patience •Check stocking levels of all consumables and replace when appropriate •Adhere strictly to rules regarding health and safety and be aware of any company-related practices Shifts varies. Full time. Weekend and holiday work may be required.

This position is currently held by an expatriate worker

Responsibilities: •Greets guest and processes resort orientation and in-room registration •Keeps current on resort accommodations, services and area attractions •Responds to guest inquiries for information •Arranges for services requested by the guest by working with other departments as appropriate •Stays current with developments in the resort by reviewing and updating the communication log •Maximizes revenue and cash flow by promoting resort services, amenities, food & beverage outlets and services •Makes reservations accordance with resort’s yield management practices •Processes guest credit at check-in in accordance with resort policy •Identifies and records special billing instructions and notifies Accounting •Obtains appropriate approvals and signatures •Follows resort policy on posting and cash banks •Creates a Grace Bay Club experience through performance that demonstrates the standards of: o Ownership - Takes personal responsibility and shows initiative in work planning and problem-solving. o Personalized Service - Shows personal attention to guests’ unique needs, interests and expectations. o Expertise - Keeps informed and demonstrates job knowledge, following all job and service standards. o Natural Approach - Provides genuine service through actions that display self-confidence, grace and courtesy to guests and colleagues.

This position is currently held by an expatriate worker Qualified Islanders need only to apply copying applications to the Commissioner of Labour& Work Permit Board Zone 2 Salary Range: $2,500 - $2,900 per month

DATE OPENED: November 26, 2018 START DATE: ASAP POSITION: Labourer PROPERTY: Grace Bay Club Job Overview: Perform tasks involving physical labor at work sites. May operate hand and power tools of all types and a variety of other equipment and instruments. May clean and prepare sites, dig trenches, and clean up rubble, debris and other waste materials. May assist other craft workers.Shifts varies.

Full time. Weekend and holiday work may be required.

This position is currently held by an expatriate worker Qualified Islanders need only to apply copying applications to the Commissioner of Labour& Work Permit Board Zone 2Salary Range: $9.50 - $10.20 per hour

Interested persons can contact our Human Resources Department no later than December 14th, 2018 @ (649) 946-5050 Ext. 1020 Email: kendi.jones@gracebayclub.com Fax: (649) 946-5758 P.O. Box 128 Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands, British West Indies

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Mickelson beats Woods in $9 million winner-take-all match

Phil Mickelson has played in Tiger Woods’ shadow for much of his career but got some semblance of revenge on Friday by winning their $9 million matchplay exhibition under the floodlights in Las Vegas.

With the match all square through regulation, Mickelson sealed the win at the fourth hole of a suddendeath playoff when he drained a fourfoot birdie putt on a makeshift 93-yard hole after the duo had teed off from a practice green.

Mickelson, whose tally of five major championships is well shy of the 14 held by Woods, savored the win over a player he had a white-hot rivalry with more than a decade ago and whom he described as the best to ever play the game.

“A day like today is not going to take anything away from his greatness. He’s the greatest of all time,” Mickelson said after “The Match” at Shadow Creek Golf Club.

“But to be able to have just a little bit of smack talk for the coming

years means a lot to me because I don’t really have much on him. He always drops the big picture and it’s the trump card.”

Golf’s first venture into payper-view was hyped like a Las Vegas prizefight but proved more of a pillow fight with both golfers in jovial mood, playing for a purse that was put up by sponsors and will go to a charity of Mickelson’s choice.

While the event lacked the tension provided by a Sunday back nine at the Masters, Woods set up a dramatic finish when his bump-andrun from beside the 17th green, with the match on the line, found the cup and brought the match to all square.

“I just did not want the match to end on that hole,” said Woods, who grabbed his only lead at the day with a birdie at 12 but gave it right back at the 13th.

Woods’ shot at 17 pumped some much-needed life into the match as the players headed to the 18th where Mickelson had a 32-foot putt for

NBA fines Warriors’ Durant $25,000 for cursing out fan

The war of words continues for Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant. And this time it cost him.

After last week’s heated argument with teammate Draymond Green just left Durant agitated, he was fined $25,000 on Tuesday for “directing inappropriate language toward a fan,” it was announced

by Kiki VanDeWeghe, the NBA’s executive vice president of basketball operations.

The incident occurred with 1:01 remaining in the first quarter of the Warriors’ 112-109 road loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday.

Through league sources, Yahoo Sports reported that Durant told a heckler in the crowd at American Airlines Center to “watch the (bleeping) game and shut the (bleep) up.”

Green was the only player suspended for a game (without pay) against the Atlanta Hawks after his Nov. 12 altercation with Durant.

With the tirade between the two causing aftershocks at Golden State, there’s speculation that Durant

Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant (35) exchanges words with a Dallas Mavericks fan during the second quarter at the American Airlines Center might be ready to move on through free agency in the summer.

He has struggled on the court during the Warriors’ 1-4 stretch, shooting 3-for-21 from 3-point range.

He did score 32 points in the loss to the Mavericks, but missed all four of his 3-point attempts.

the win but failed to convert.

Nothing was settled when the players returned to the 18th tee for the first extra hole and so they descended on the 93-yard hole where they had to wait as the grounds crew re-cut a hole on the 18th green.

“To have a day like today, I just never thought we’d go to this extra hole,” said Mickelson. “My heart just can’t take much more of it.”

After the two most popular golfers of their era hit their opening tee shots at Shadow Creek, they set off for what proved to be an underwhelming round in which both failed to deliver the highlight reel-type shots that have defined their careers.

Instead, Mickelson and Woods shared stories, complimented each other, laughed like long-lost friends and made side bets for eye-popping sums.

While the pay-per-view event was priced at $19.99, promoters decided to offer it free online at some point during play because of what

Phil Mickelson (Left) shakes hands with Tiger Woods (Right) after the match they described as technical issues that impacted user access. It is not yet known if viewers who paid for the event would be credited.

Woods and Mickelson, who are among the world’s highest-paid athletes, put up their own money for the side bets, including a whopping $1 million wager if either made eagle at the ninth hole. Neither golfer was able to cash in.

Mickelson also earned $600,000 for winning three closest-tothe-pin side bets after losing $200,000 for failing to make a birdie at the opening hole. Money from side bets will also be donated to charity.

Venus Williams settles lawsuit over fatal Florida car crash

Tennis star Venus Williams has settled a wrongful death suit related to a fatal traffic accident she was involved in near her Florida residence in June 2017, according to court records.

The terms of the agreement between Williams and the estate of Jerome Barson, 78, who died in the crash, were not disclosed in the court documents. The lawsuit, which was filed in Palm Beach County Circuit Court, was settled on Nov. 15.

Representatives for Williams and Barson’s estate did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Barson, who was a passenger in a sedan that collided with the SUV that Williams was driving, died 13 days after the accident. His wife, Linda Barson, 68, was driving the sedan.

Williams was originally found at fault for the accident, which occurred near her home in Palm Beach Gardens days before she was to compete at Wimbledon.

Police had said Williams had failed to yield the right-of-way.

Venus Williams of the United States walks onto the court prior to her match against Serena Williams of the United States (not pictured) in the third round on day five of the US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center Later they decided not to charge her because video surveillance showed she entered the intersection lawfully and a car not involved in the collision forced her to stop in the intersection, where Williams’ vehicle was struck by the Barsons’.

Williams is currently ranked 39th in the world, according to the Women’s Tennis Association.

Celtics’ Irving says he intends to retire by mid-30s

Boston Celtics star Kyrie Irving reiterated his apology for saying “F—Thanksgiving” on Friday, but he also gave fans fair warning that he won’t be around forever.

Irving, 26, told ESPN after the morning shootaround that he plans to leave the NBA by his mid-30s, in part to get away from the constant attention off the court.

“Once I’m done with this, hopefully in my early to mid-30s, I’m done with this,” Irving responded to a question about whether he might play as long as 41-year-old Vince Carter.

Irving’s Celtics take on Carter’s Hawks on Friday night.

“I love basketball itself,” Irving said. “But everything that comes with it? It doesn’t really matter to me, in terms of my life. I enjoy the game, I enjoy being with my teammates, playing every single day.”

As for the criticism he received for his Thanksgiving barb in response to a reporter after a loss Wednesday night?

“(I) obviously allowed the frustrations after the game to fester into something that shouldn’t be said in a professional setting, no matter what

my beliefs are in terms of Thanksgiving and where I come from.”

Irving told NBC Sports Boston that his opposition to the Thanksgiving holiday stems from his Native American heritage. During the summer, he went through a naming ceremony with the Standing Rock Sioux tribe.

Irving, a five-time All-Star, is averaging 22.4 points, 5.5 assists and 3.5 rebounds in 17 games.

Boston is 9-9 this season. The Celtics return to action Friday as they open a three-game road swing at Atlanta.

Boston Celtics guard Kyrie Irving (11) shoots the ball over Charlotte Hornets guard Kemba Walker (15) in the second half at Spectrum Center

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