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KARAM HITS BACK AT ATTORNEY GENERAL

by Hayden Boyce Publisher & Editor-in-Chief

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ttorney Peter Karam, who has been arrested for extradition to Argentina to be questioned in connection with a multi-million-dollar alleged money laundering scheme, has hit back at.

Attorney General (AG) Hon. Rhondalee Braithwaite Knowles, QC, OBE, for how she is handling his matter.

On Wednesday, July 3rd, 2019, the AG confirmed the arrest of Karam, a Canadian attorney of the law firm Karam & Missick, saying that the matter is being undertaken through joint efforts and collaboration among the Governor’s Office, the Attorney General’s Chambers, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Royal Turks and

Attorney-at-law Peter Karam

AG Rhondalee Braithwaite-Knowles, QC

Caicos Islands Police Force (Financial Crimes Unit).

A Government press release said that following a provisional warrant of arrest issued by the Chief Magistrate, Mrs. Tanya Lobban-Jackson on 28th June 2019, Karam was arrested, brought before

the court and subsequently released on conditional bail following a brief hearing on Monday, July 2nd, 2019.

The press statement said Karam is” the subject of an extradition request made lawfully and properly by the Republic of Argentina to the Turks

Attorney-at-law, Oliver A. Smith and Caicos Islands in accordance with the relevant Treaty in place between the United Kingdom and Argentina, as extended to the Turks and Caicos Islands”.

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Magnificent three make history as Clement Howell High top students

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chner Belony, Roods Bensly Pierre and Conrad Howell all made history as these three young men took the top three positions with distinction this academic year at Clement Howell High School.

The trio was beaming with pride as they collected most of the academic and leadership trophies that were up for grabs, having placed mostly first and second in their subject areas.

This year’s Valedictorian was Ichner Belony Valedictorian 88.7% Distinction; Roods Bensly Pierre Salutatorian 88.2% Distinction and Conrad Howell 2nd 86.8% Distinction. 158 students graduated from the class of 2019. (See page 24 & 25 for more photographs).

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This extradition request, the release added, was made with the assistance of INTERPOL, who issued a Red Notice (international arrest warrant) for Peter Karam and others. These Red Notices were published by INTERPOL on February 12, 2019.

The statement added that following his arrest, Karam will have the opportunity to consider whether he wishes to contest his extradition.

“If he does not contest the extradition, and there are no other outstanding issues, then everything possible will be done by Turks and Caicos authorities, in collaboration with his legal advisers and the Argentine authorities, to ensure that he is transferred to Argentina to answer to charges connected to an alleged criminal conspiracy to launder assets obtained through criminal activity contrary to the laws of Argentina,” the statement continued.

The terms of Karam’s bail have not been made public, and the Extradition Hearing is scheduled to be heard on 2nd August 2019.

However, in a strongly-worded

press release, Karam’s lawyer Oliver Smith took serious issue with the Government’s press statement, saying it represents a “complete failure by the Crown, to recognize their roles and responsibilities as ministers of justice and protectors of the rule of law.

He stressed that the press release has only served to sensationalize the judicial process, at the expense of delivering to the public an unbiased and accurate account of these proceedings.

Smith stated: “All persons within the borders of the Turks and Caicos Islands are entitled to due process before an independent and impartial tribunal.

The extradition laws of the Turks and Caicos Islands are meant to protect the rights of any person within the Turks and Caicos Islands being sought for extradition.

They ensure that extradition will NOT be granted if, among other things, the request is not compliant with our hallowed constitutional principles and the various pieces of legislation which guide the extradition process.”

The veteran attorney said it is therefore of “massive concern and

frankly disheartening” for the Hon. Attorney General to “countenance the publication of the aforementioned press release which, among other things, incorrectly states that the extradition request, if granted, would see Mr. Karam being “transferred to Argentina to answer to charges connected to an alleged criminal conspiracy to launder assets obtained through criminal activity contrary to the laws of Argentina.”

Smith said Karam has not been notified of any charges which have been brought against him in Argentina; he is being requested by the Argentine authorities for the purposes of interrogation as a part of a pre-trial judicial investigation.

He added that the press release assumes that the extradition request was “lawfully and properly” made by the Argentine Republic, adding that the legality and propriety of the extradition request is to be determined by an independent and impartial judiciary, and no such determination has been made.

Smith said the press release incorrectly equates a Red Notice issued

by Interpol with an international arrest warrant.

“A Red Notice is NOT an international arrest warrant,” he stressed.

“It is highly inappropriate for the Crown (through the Governor’s Office, the Attorney General’s Chambers, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Financial Crimes Unit of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force), to support the issue of such an irresponsible statement, which predetermines the legality and propriety of the extradition request, and prejudicially exaggerates the nature of the proceedings. The effect of this is to undermine the right given to every person within the borders of the Turks and Caicos Islands to due process before an independent tribunal.

Furthermore, of equal if not greater concern, is the fact that the said press release fails to recognize, in any way, the destructive impact of recklessly and inaccurately disseminating details of ongoing legal proceedings, on Mr. Karam’s standing as an attorney-at-law and as a member of the community,” Smith added.

Report from July 3rd Cabinet meeting His Excellency the Governor, Dr John •Approved the appointment of Mr Freeman, chaired the 17th meeting •Approved the appointment of Mr Ivy Andre Rupert Gibson (Chair), Mr of the Cabinet on Wednesday, 3 July Williams, Mr Dimple Duncanson, Mrs Franklyn Robinson, Mr Wilbert 2019, at the Hilly Ewing Building on Deloris Wilson, Mr Henry Handfield, Mr Forbes, Mr Alpheus Gardiner, District Providenciales.

Sherlock Forbes, District Commissioner Commissioner North Caicos, Supervisor

South Caicos, Supervisor Public Works, Public Works, Police Office in Charge of All ministers were present with the Police Office in Charge of South Caicos, North Caicos, Environmental Health exception of HE the Deputy Governor, Environmental Health Officer in Charge Officer in Charge as members and the Hon. Premier and the Hon. Minister as members and Secretary / Clerical Secretary / Clerical Officer to DC North for Education.

Officer to DC South Caicos of the South Caicos of the North Caicos District Caicos District Board for 2019/20.

Board for 2019/20.

At this meeting Cabinet: • Approved the appointment of Mr Gary • Approved the appointment of Mr Waler •Approved the use of a specific Lightbourne (Chair), Mrs Antonette Cox (Chair), Mr Jamy Edward Williams, application form to practice as a land Talbot, Mr Holton Dickenson, Mrs Mr Quinton Higgs, Mr Edith Skippings, surveyor and process going forward Debbie Been, Mrs Gladys Kennedy, Pastor Wesley Missick and Mr Eric before an applications can be considered District Commissioner Salt Cay, Green as members of the Providenciales by the Survey & Mapping Department.

Supervisor Public Works, Police Office District Board for 2019/20. in Charge of Salt Cay, Environmental • Approved a development proposal on Health Officer in Charge as members •Approved for the Director of Planning Grand Turk for Grand Lucayan Resorts and Secretary / Clerical Officer to DC to appoint any officer holding the Ltd. for the purpose of entering into a Salt Cay of the Salt Cay District Board post of Development Control Engineer, Development Agreement with TCIG. for 2019/20.

Assistant Development Control Engineer, Development Control • Approved a request to wave warehouse •Approved the appointment of Pastor Officer, Land use Planner and Planning rents for goods deposited in the Mary (Iona) Harvey (Chair), Cardinal Technician to be appointed as building Government Transit sheds and Queens Arthur, Mr Garnett Outten, Mr Evan inspectors for the purpose of section 83 Warehouse from 7th June to 5th July Hall, District Commissioner Middle of the Physical Planning Ordinance.

2019. Cabinet also requested a review Caicos, Supervisor Public Works, of fees and processes by end August Police Office in Charge of Middle •Approved the appointment of Mr 2019 before further applications can be Caicos, Environmental Health Officer Vernon Alco Williams (Vice President), considered. in Charge as members and Secretary / Mrs Irene Glinton, Mrs Maria Clare Clerical Officer to DC Middle Caicos and Mrs Judy Misick as members of the •Approved the variation to contract of the Middle Caicos District Board for Labour Tribunal. Mr Samuel Williams, (TR17/34) Rehabilitation of Ro/Ro 2019/20.

Mrs Beatrice Fulford, Mr Edward Hall, Ramp, South Dock, Grand Turk.

Mr Michael Pereira and Mrs Noreane

McKoy appointed as representatives of employees on the Labour Tribunal.

•Approved the appointment of Mrs Sharlene Gardiner as a member of the Gaming Commission for a period of three years.

•Approved the appointment of Mr Bennett Stubbs and Mr Audley Gibbs as members of the Audit Committee, and the appointment of the current Chairman, Mr Nigel Hearnden, to be extended to 31 March 2020.

•Approved the extension of the appointment of the Interim CEO, NHIB, Dr Tereese Maintland for three months, commencing on 1st July 2019.

•Approved the appointment of Ms Cynara John as Head of Secretariat in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Public Utilities and Transportation to serve as Secretary to Radio Turks and Caicos Board of Governors during the period 12th June to 31st March 2020.

•Approved an agreement for the Electronic Exchange of Customs Data between Postal Operators, Postal Services Department.

•Approved the release of extracts from the Castalia Report on Rate and Regulatory Reform to FortisTCI.

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Cabinet approves styrofoam ban

Cabinet approved on May 29th 2019 a Ban on Polystyrenes, a policy paper put forward as part of the ongoing going green for 2019 initiatives to clean up our islands, reduce waste and encourage sustainable alternatives. The policy aims to reduce the use and importation of some polystyrene products: cups and plates and will also officially ban the use and importation of plastic straws.

Polystyrene is another type of plastic. It can be expanded by air into the foam material that we all know as “Styrofoam”. It is often used for packaging fragile products, or insulating hot food and beverages.

Along with plastic bags and other plastic material, Styrofoam – a type of polystyrene – is one of the biggest contributors to land and marine litter

here in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

These plastics subsequently end up in the ocean where it is broken down into smaller pieces called Micro-plastics that are ingested by marine life. In the Turks and Caicos Islands seafood largely consumed, fish that have ingested plastics are then introduced into the food chain and could be detrimental to human health.

Lightweight Styrofoam is also easily carried away by wind and often ends up littering the streets, beaches, clogging storm drainage, and can harm Styrofoam containers animals.

The main component of Styrofoam chemicals that can contaminate our food is styrene which is classified by the and drink. Recent research suggests that World Health Organisation (WHO)as the consumption of Styrofoam could a carcinogen – material that can cause lead to serious health effects. cancer. It also contains harmful

Polystyrene materials that end

Marine Branch intercepts two illegal vessels

Following detection by the Coastal Radar System, an Illegal vessel containing 30 illegal Haitian migrants was successfully intercepted on Monday, July 1st, 2019 at 11:30 p.m. by the Marine Branch Unit.

The Marine Branch M/V Sea Pursuit towed in the 30 ft illegal vessel with 25 males, and 5 females on board.

While entering the entrance of the marina, two illegal migrants jumped overboard and escaped.

A second illegal vessel was intercepted by the M/V Sea Guardian on Tuesday, July 2nd, 2019 at 10:00 p.m. The 30ft vessel was carrying 20 males and 6 females.

The detainees were handed over to Task Force members who escorted them to the Detention Centre for processing and repatriation.

Please contact the Ministry of Border Control and Immigration for further questions.

Police investigating attempted ATM burglary

Police are investigating after an attempted burglary at a Scotia Bank ATM on June 29th, 2019.

Around 2 a.m. while on patrol, officers of the Grace Bay Unit saw three masked men trying to burgle the ATM. The offenders who were unsuccessful, fled the scene. The ATM was significantly damaged.

Inquiries into the attempted burglary are ongoing and police would like to hear from anyone who has information in relation to the incident. Information can be shared by calling 911, or anonymously via Crimestoppers at 1-800-8477.

LS LTD.

SAILROCK DEVELOPMENT LIMITED is seeking a qualified candidate for Office Administrator Short Job Description Office Administrator will support the Sailrock Development team by leading and directing day to day administrative and office needs.

Day to Day Responsibilities •Maintain regular Sailrock Office hours (5 days per week) •Become an expert in product offerings, overall plan and strategic vision of Sailrock in order to communicate effectively with clients and other associates •Be the first point of contact for visitors, calls to the sales office •Secure contact details for visitors and prospects in order to record details and relevant notes in the CRM •Assist Human Resource Manager with completion of work permits •Assist Human Resource Manager with Enrichment Program •Ability to run office errands and make deliveries to airport or marina once or twice a week •Flexibility to travel to South Caicos at times •Track office Supplies and place order when necessary •Maintain an excellent office environment that ensures all visitors receive the best first impression of Sailrock •Work with property manager to coordinate office repairs/issues •Manage Travel arrangements International/Local •Assist colleagues whenever necessary Qualified Candidates will have/be: •High School Diploma •High attention to detail •Excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as a natural ability to interact with people in a friendly and engaging way •Solution oriented, pro-active and driven •Highly organized and able to flex with changing needs of a fast-paced office environment •Ability to juggle multiple tasks and projects at once •A positive, can-do attitude and a desire to see the team succeed •Strong Computer Skills •Must have a Vehicle Salary range:$25,000-$30,00 per annum

up in landfill release methane gases that have over twenty (20) times the ozone destroying potency as Carbon Dioxide, ultimately contributing to Climate Change.

Along with the regulations on the use and importation of Styrofoam, Polystyrenes and plastic straws, the upcoming ban will also outline a list of alternatives and reduced tariffs for the importation of those alternative items.

It is the vision of the Turks and Caicos Islands Government and the Climate Change Committee to reduce TCI’s contribution to Global Warming; to reduce the health risks that are connected to the consumption of microplastics and other harmful materials and to ensure that the country remains beautiful by nature and clean by choice.

LS Limitedis seeking suitableapplicantsfor the following position:

LABOURERS Candidates must be physically capable of performing manual labour outside daily which involve grass cutting, tree trimming, removal of brush and weed, general cleanup of debris and garbage from the company properties. Assist with irrigation and small construction installation projects which includes manual trenching and digging.

Previous experience is preferred. Candidates must be willing to work holidays and weekends when required.

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

Closing date for application is 22ndJuly 2019.

British Caribbean Bank Limited Credit & Sales Administrator Duties •To liaise with credit customers in collection efforts to ensure timely payments, address queries as required with appropriate departments and personnel •To actively monitor and follow up on AML and CTF documentation for credit activity.

•To take ownership of projects/key risk decision areas, utilizing your expert command of statistical analysis •To be responsible for obtaining, analyzing and providing relevant information, advice and opinion to Credit Manager.

• To complete all necessary manual credit analyses of customers’ financial accounts and to assist in the credit underwriting function.

• To identify risks associated with potential business transactions and where appropriate give recommendations on risk mitigation in different business areas Requirements •Minimum 5 years of experience in Credit, Sales or Project Administration •Excellent computer skills in Microsoft Access, Excel, Word and PowerPoint are essential •Strong communication skills and ability to defend decisions made.

The salary for this position starts at $30,000 per annum based on experience. Belongers only need apply.

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

Closing date for all applications to be submitted is July 19th, 2019 Interested persons may contact our Corporate HR department Mon. – Fri. from 9am-3pm via telephone number 946-8054 or you may submit your resume with qualifications and experience to: hr@wihl.com Please also submit a copy to the TCI Labor Department

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Discrimination must end in the work place says, President of Chamber of Commerce

By Todeline Defralien

Hundreds of people suffer from discrimination in the workplace locally, whether it is because of their gender, race, ethnic background, religion, national origin, and or sexual orientation.

With that said, President of Providenciales Chamber of Commerce, Kyle Smith said the Turks and Caicos Islands must start advancing the rights of employers to include fair opportunities to ensure all employees are treated fairly and entitled to equitable remuneration and benefits that are measurable and scalable for their local needs, and if expatriate, to satisfy their responsibilities abroad.

Presenting his speech on the perspective on initiative at the launch of Business and Human Rights, Smith said, “The Turks and Caicos Islands through its Constitution and the Employment Ordinance embodies these standards to ensure equity and fairness, and eliminate as far as possible discriminatory practices in employment and occupation against persons on the grounds of race, sex religion, color, ethic-origin, national extraction, social origin, political opinion, disability, family responsibility, pregnancy and marital status. It also encourages equal opportunity in employment occupation and other related activities.”

In addition, it is perceived in both sectors that expatriate employees receive preferential wages over local employees, which undoubtedly causes significant resentment publicly as well as in the work place.

“This clearly sets out that businesses should act in accordance with the regulatory frameworks and policies that exist to govern the operations of their business. Let me hasten to add that there are businesses in the TCI whose adherence to the law is evidenced in their hiring, wage earning practices and in their human resource development.

We need not go any further than the Employment Ordinance which, if read carefully, speaks to the protection against unlawful discrimination. So it begs the question. Is the wage gap between expats and locals a function of the market or is it just outright discrimination,” Smith said.

Additionally, the president stated that it is not uncommon to understand the cost associated with an individual relocating from one place to another and having the burden of responsibilities in their homeland.

However, it is frequently proposed that particularly in the Turks and Caicos Islands, this gap in wages is inequitable to the local counterparts.

“It is presumed that the disparity generally is not one that is due

to more advanced requisite qualification, skills and experience, nor one in which expatriates are coming from countries with higher incomes or higher cost of living to demand a significantly higher pay. The resounding voice is that the disparity is significantly large enough that raises the topic of discrimination within the practices of hiring, remuneration and benefit packages that leave those welcomed to these shores much better of not only in their comfort of living in the TCI but also significantly better off once their tenure has been complete,” he explained.

Furthermore Smith noted that it has to be mandated that in the action of doing business, both the public sector and private sector must be held accountable for any contravention of our laws.

He said there is information that states that 10% of matters that are referred to the Labor Tribunal are directly related to discrimination in the workplace. 90% of the matters referred were related to disputes regarding wages, unfair dismissal, unfair practice and misuse of employee’s free time and vacations. Out of this 60% of the rulings were made in the favor of the employees because employers failed to follow the law. There are numerous cases 80% approximately that have yet to reach the tribunal which is currently not active.

Kyle Smith, President of Providenciales Chamber of Commerce

Smith said there must be equity and equality in the hiring and employment of business equally so there must be no disparity in the terms and conditions, provisions of facilities & tools, provision of access advancement and opportunity to all.

The Chamber of Commerce Providenciales along with the Human Rights Commission is committed to ensuring that its members and the overall business community provide a work environment that is free from unlawful acts of discrimination and will play its role in advocacy within the community to follow best practices that will lead to a modern society deemed to be fair and equitable for all and where its people and business are not only rewarded with titles and accolades but with unbiased compensation.

Premier makes presentation at International Trade Summit

As part of the annual Pre Joint Ministerial Council Meeting held in Grand Cayman, The Cayman Islands Government along with the UK Overseas Territories Association (UKOTA)and UK Government hosted a two-day International Trade Summit. Delegations from all British Overseas Territories including the Turks and Caicos Islands, members of the Cayman Islands Government and the Minister of State for the Foreign Commonwealth Office, Lord Tariq Ahmad were in attendance.

The Trade Summit featured panel discussions on Fintech, Tourism, Healthcare Opportunities and Blue Economy among other topics. There were two main objectives for the summit: 1.Developing a broader partnership on trade between the Overseas Territories

(OTs) and the UK Government.

2.Finding opportunities and mechanisms to grow trade between the OTs and the rest of the world.

The Premier and Minister for Finance was invited to the Summit to make presentations during two of the panel discussions speaking specifically on trade opportunities in the Turks and Caicos Islands for Luxury and EcoTourism and Healthcare Opportunities. Member of the TCI delegation and CEO of Invest Turks and Caicos, James Bursey was invited to attend the conference and made a presentation as well on the Commonwealth Enterprise Investment Council (CWEIC).

The information presented was very well received. OTs shared information on successful trade

Premier Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson returned to the TCI on Saturday, June 29 2019 Opportunities and working trade and investment models that have been implemented and effective in the various

territories. On the final day of the summit BOTs pledged to improve their working relationships and discussed an association between BOTs and the Commonwealth Enterprise Investment Council.

The summit was held at the Kimpton Seafire Resort in Grand Cayman on June 27- 28th 2019. The TCI delegation consisted of the Premier Hon. Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson; CEO of Invest Turks and Caicos, James Bursey; Executive Director for the Office of the Premier, Local Government and Community Affairs, Ronlee James; Deputy Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Finance, Arthur Been; Head of the TCIG London Office and Consular Officer, Tracy Knight and Kimo Tynes; and Communications Coordinator with the Office of the Premier, Nadidja Parker.

Man charged for assaulting police officer

A 26-year-old man is facing charges after reports of an assault on a police officer early Sunday June 30th, 2019.

The man was arrested and formally charged on Sunday June 30th, 2019 with malicious injuries to

property and common assault. He was later released on $5000.00 bail and is scheduled to appear in the Magistrate Court on August 9th, 2019.

Commenting on the incident, Commissioner of Police James Smith said, “There are no circumstances when

an assault on a member of the Police this the norm in our communities.”

Force is acceptable, whether my officers Commissioner Smith added, are in plain clothes or uniform. My “This serves as a stark reminder of the officers do a difficult job and each and possible dangers that police face every every one of them is important to me. I day. I would like everyone to know that will do everything to protect them. This if you assault or try to harm anyone of incident is unacceptable. Let us not make my officers, you will be arrested.”

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Elery James encourages local businesses to create their own products

By Todeline Defralien

Local businessman Elery James, owner of the successful LapelsTCI Dry Cleaners, is encouraging other entrepreneurs to create their own products in order to provide more opportunities for youth businesses.

During a presentation at the Launch of Business and Human Rights on July 3rd, James indicated that developing what we have, networking and move towards non-traditional ways of raising capital will play a big role in promotion youth business opportunities.

He said, “In case you haven’t seen it yet here is the trend now of promoting businesses. Primarily in Turks and Caicos what has simply became our culture is finding what someone has been doing and we do it and then we are cutting the exact same dollar. Here is a way where we wouldn’t have to cut the same dollar, because if someone is selling fry chicken I would have to sell fry chicken to cut that same dollar. I can go and develop my

own product to create another avenue of revenue.”

James added that if more persons start looking at developing their own product they will find out that they did not have to venture to compete with others but rather diversify their own little niche.

Commenting on his own businesses, James said, “We almost hit rock bottom simply because we couldn’t compete with the bigger guys. We went off to this conference and we came back and said we’re going to change the direction of the business. We opened up our first laundry mat. The laundry mat Downtown worked well for the first two years but then we realised that we were uneven in numbers that we wanted to fit in our business plans so we went back to the drawing board again and we built another store on the Millennium Highway.”

Meantime, James said that one of our major issues locally is that we live in an era where it is a tendency to hear no more than finding a way to say yes.

“I mean that with our governments it is difficult for a local to obtain concessions and with the banks when it comes to financing, lucky enough for us we did all of our financing in house; but if you were to think of an idea or any business idea to do and would work, will the government support me, there is a high tendency to hear no and will the bank support me, there is even higher tendency to hear no,” James said. “My beliefs were simply finding an innovative idea and it will work. Now I have changed that because I have learned that we are now in an era where we don’t get that level of support from government or local landing institutions. I think what we do is go back to what Lapels did a few years ago, in house and develop.”

James further stated that in order to create more opportunities Lapels TCI us working on developing an IT platform which will be available to everyone.

“What we are working on next is developing an IT platform that allows you do a lot of stuff online. In developing this

Managing Director of LapelsTCI Dry Cleaners Elery James IT platform it is going to be available to others to purchase. That’s a next step for Lapels and what I am saying is that if we work on developing our own product, that way we will start promoting opportunities for youth.”

James stressed that there are opportunities for youth in business but he believes the approach has to be different and persons have to look at different avenues to be successful.

“Let us seek to find nontraditional methods of raising capital and let us look within ourselves to see how we can develop either what we have rather than as oppose to trying to cut that same dollar that is in circulation,” he concluded.

Premier attends Pre Joint Ministerial Council meeting in Cayman Islands

The Premier Hon. Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson attended the annual Pre Joint Ministerial Council Meeting (JMC) which was hosted by Premier of Cayman Islands and Chair of Pre JMC, Honourable Alden McLaughlin, MBE, JP in the Cayman Islands 26 June 2019.

All Overseas Territories Leaders made representation at the conference to discuss and agree on pertinent matters and to discuss the format of the Joint Ministerial Conference that will be held in London, UK later this year.

During the meeting, Overseas Territories discussed a number of topics

including: •Gateway Science and Environment Funding •Border Issues •Mental Health •UK Oceans Policy •Foreign Affairs Committee (FAC) Report and UK Government’s response •BREXIT

OTs all expressed a united stance on all of the issues raised. At the end of the meeting, OTs agreed that a letter should be submitted to the Minister of State for the UK Foreign Commonwealth Office, Lord Ahmad

JOB TITLE: Customer Experience – B2B Field Services Technician.

JOB SUMMARY: Reporting to the B2B Field Services Team Lead or designate, this renewable contract position as B2B Field Services Technician will be responsible for the installation, service, maintenance and removal of all customer related Voice, IP and Data services and equipment, across all of the company’s networks for our enterprise and corporate customers.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES: • Install, move, change, troubleshoot, maintain and support of all voice, data and IP related services and equipment offered to our enterprise and corporate customers.

• Installation and configuration of customer premise equipment in accordance with industry and company specified standards.

• Perform site visits of customer’s premises to establish the most appropriate route for carrying out wiring, and ensuing necessary minimum requirements are met to support physical, environmental, electrical and grounding requirements for the installation of equipment.

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• Ensure the delivery of services and resolution of customer faults are done within the specified SLAs and KPIs. • Progress/ Complete work flow across all platforms (LIBERATE, CERILLION, ACUT, SCCD).

• Provides pre- and post-sales support and actively participates in special project meetings.

• Complete documentation pertaining to jobs in accordance with the department processes and standards, such as RFOs, network diagrams.

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• Ability to multitask and work in a fast paced environment.

Interested persons can send their resume to HR at anissa.bootle@cwc.com

ahead of the Joint Ministerial Conference 2019 outlining priority agenda items.

The Pre JMC was launched as an initiative of the United Kingdom Overseas Territory Association (UKOTA). UKOTA exists to promote the interests of the Territories and the co-operation between them. Specifically, UKOTA demonstrates the collective and individual partnerships between the Territories and the UK Government.

Premier Robinson along with other OT leaders will be attending the Joint Ministerial Conference in London in November.

Premier Hon. Sharlene CartwrightRobinson

HS LTD. FOOD & BEVERAGE MANAGER This position will provide all Food &Beverage Management services within Fairways Bar and Grill at Provo Golf Club, including the daily operation of the F&B in the club house and on the golf course, as well as event/tournament banquet services.

RESPONSIBILITIES •preparing and updating of various F&B menus •costing of all F&B items to ensure margins and profitability •hiring, training and development of all front of house and kitchen staff •implementing training programs & procedures in accordance with hygiene and food safety standards •planning labour rotas, stock ordering/handling and cost control •preparing annual financial budgets, monitoring and forecasting sales •implementing cost controls, labor management and revenue generating programs •promoting the facility to maximise revenue REQUIREMENTS •a proven track record of operating a F&B facility •an understanding of golf course etiquette, team management & good organizational skills •experience with EPOS systems including payroll management, purchasing and inventory systems •strong technical literacy including Microsoft Word and Excel •must be able to work closely with the Director of Golf to ensure that golf visitors and members are being properly serviced and that functions/ events are being professionally managed to ensure repeat business.

•Must be able to worksplit shifts and unsociable hours on weekends when events are taking place.

The remuneration for this position is $36,000.00 per annum commensurate with experience.

Please submit applications to: Veronica Rigby, HS Ltd, P.O. Box 124, Regent House, The Regent Village, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands, Tel: (649) 946-5126; Fax (649) 946-5191; Email: ronnie@habgroup.com Interested Belongers must also submit copies of their application to the Commissioner of Labour & Work Permit Board Zone 2. Position currently held by a work permit holder. Closing date for application is 22nd July 2019.

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Survey on reinstatement of the most excellent right honorable Jags McCartney day

The Turks and Caicos Islands Government is conducting a survey to gather feedback from the general public for the establishment of a public holiday in honour of the Most Excellent Right Honourable James Alexander George Smith (JAGS) McCartney, the first and only National Hero in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Hon. JAGS McCartney (30 June 1945 – 9 May 1980) served as the first TCI Chief Minister from 1976 to 1980; He is credited with helping to establish the ministerial form of government. He died while serving on May 9th 1980 and each year, he is remembered and celebrated

annually on National Hero’s Day – the last Monday in the month of May.

The public holiday now known as National Hero’s Day was formally called JAGS Day in honour of TCI’s only National Hero. The holiday National Hero’s Day was originally established to honour and recognise all National Heroes in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Through the National Honours and Awards Ceremony held annually, there is a nomination category for The Order of National Hero which allows the public to nominate any person they deem worthy of such a prestigious title. This means that there could be other National

Heroes in the future.

The Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands would like to hear public opinion on whether the Hon JAGS McCartney should be recognized and honoured separately, with a designated day set aside for him alone.

Your comments and input are encouraged. To part take in this important survey you can access it via the link below, alternatively you may also submit your comments on this subject via email at consultation@gov. tc. JAGS Day Survey Link: https://www. surveymonkey.com/r/JAGSDAY

Department of Statistics conducting multiple indicator Cluster Survey

The Department of Statistics, in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), will be conducting a pre-test of the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) questionnaires at a selected sample of households from July 1st to July 5th, 2019 in selected areas of Providenciales.

The MICS is an international household survey programme developed by UNICEF which provides valuable information on the situation of children, families and households in a country.

The MICS is of national importance to the TCI as it is intended to support government efforts to promote evidence-based policy making.

In addition, it will provide support for Turks and Caicos Islands with regards to monitoring national development strategies, poverty reduction strategies, national action plans for children and will be a major contributor in measuring progress under the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Indicators.

For these reasons, the Department is asking the general public for its cooperation in this exercise. The conduct of this pre-test will be in compliance with Section 12 of the Statistics Ordinance 2012, which states that your supplied information remains confidential to this office and will be used for statistical purposes

ROYAL WEST INDIES RESORT ROYAL WEST INDIES RESORT, is looking for motivated proactive individuals to join its ‘Resort Team’ and contribute to this growing Condominium Resort.

Candidates MUST want to actively participate in creating an excellent and professional guest experience.

•SECURITY OFFICER Requirements: •MUST speak English and the ability to write and read English •Responsible for patrolling resort facility on foot and create a general security/public safety presence to deter inappropriate activity.

•Answers radio calls from other departments with requests for assistance, and respond to emergency situations involving guests, owners and employees.

•Interact with guests of the resort to provide customer service and assistance when needed •Participate in briefings with heads of departments and assist with internal investigations relating to sensitive security matters involving guests and resort employees •Assist other departments as needed regarding safety and security matters •Must be fit and able for heavy lifting •Willing to work split shifts, holidays and weekends

Wages $7.15/hour All resumes and applications must be submitted to: Royal West Indies Resort P.O. Box 482 Grace Bay Providenciales Phone: 649-946-5004 Fax: 649-946-5008 Email; rosemary@rwimgt.com Prospective belonger applicants are invited to send copies of their application to: Labour Commissioner Labour department Providenciales Turks and Caicos Islands Position is currently held by Work Permit Holder.

only. All enumerators are required to sign an Oath of Secrecy binding them to confidentiality under the Statistics Ordinance 2012.

All interviewers are provided with an identification card with their name and picture as well as the Department of Statistics name and logo.

In addition, All enumerators will be wearing a marked neon green t-shirt. Persons are urged to contact the Department if there are any doubts or concerns. Please feel free to contact our offices at 649-347-4563 or 649-242-2175.

You may ask to speak with Miss Sabrina Williams or Miss Wendera Seymour, who are the Field Supervisors for this exercise.

Turks and Caicos Sun

Suite#5, Airport Plaza Providenciales Turks and Caicos Islands Tel: (649) 348-6838 Fax: (649) 941-3281 Email: sun@suntci.com Read us online at www.suntci.com Publisher & Editor-in-Chief: Hayden Boyce Graphic designer Information Technology and Production Manager: Kelano Howell Todeline Defralien Reporter

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

Job Summary Provo Water Company Limited is looking for a suitably qualified person to fill the post of Water Operations Director (WOD). The WOD shall be responsible for the complete operations including water quality, planning, directing, controlling and coordinating the construction and maintenance of water systems. The successful candidate will provide strong leadership and work with the management team to implement effective operations strategies in the Company.

Company Description Provo Water Company Limited is a privately-owned regulated water utility located on Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands. The Islands are a high-end tourist destination for about 300,000 guests annually. The islands’ population is about 30,000 residents. The company supplies potable water treated by sea water reverse osmosis.

Roles & Responsibilities The Water Operation Director’s role shall include but not be limited to: •Lead the operations of the company •Ensure that operations targets are met while conforming to laws, standards and industry best practices •Develop and enforce the Company’s health and safety policy •Oversee the company’s resources and systems for optimal results •Develop and control departments’ budgets

Skills and Qualifications The ideal applicant shall: •Hold a master’s degree in Civil or Mechanical Engineering or other applicable discipline.

•Have 7 years’ experience with not less than 5 years in a managerial capacity within a water supply company.

•Clearly demonstrate success in a similar role

Compensation The starting salary shall commensurate with qualifications/experience and shall be in the range of US $85,000 – $95, 000 per annum. A performance bonus and other fringe benefits are associated with the position.

How to apply Apply by email to recruitment@provowater.tc Include a cover letter and curriculum vitae/resume The subject of the email should be: Water Operations Director The deadline for applications shall be 5pm EST, 31 July 2019. Applications received after the stated deadline may not be considered.

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2019/2020 Civil Service recruitment plan officially launched

Following the passage of the 2019/2020 Budget in May 2019, the Office of the Deputy Governor is pleased to formally launch its Recruitment Plan for 2019/2020.

Commenting on the Recruitment Plan for the year ahead Deputy Governor and Head of the Public Service Her Excellency Anya Williams said: “We are pleased to formally launch our recruitment plan for financial year 2019/2020. During the 2018/2019 financial year a total of two hundred and ninety four (294) positions were advertised which consisted of new posts, promotions and vacancies due to exits from within the public service. In response to these advertisements, a total of two thousand and twenty five (2,025) applications was received and processed; demonstrating a strong interest in public service positions and resulting in one hundred

and five (105) new starters, twenty nine (29) promotions and fifty two (52) exits from the civil service during the same period.”

She added: “We commend our staff in the HR Department and across the various ministries for the stellar job that they did in progressing the 2018/2019 recruitment plan and look forward to even greater results in 2019/2020. As recruitment is a continuous process due to movements within the civil service, an estimated 250 positions are likely to be advertised during the 2019/2020 financial year including 39 new positions. The first recruitment batch was launched in May, 2019 ahead of the passage of the budget and included 37 posts which represented 52 vacancies and drew 390 applications.”

The second and current recruitment batch seeks to fill some 67

new and vacant positions and focuses on a number of key sectors including: Education, Health, Finance and Border Control and Labour. The Turks and Caicos Government remains the largest employer in the Turks and Caicos Islands with a budgeted headcount of two thousand two hundred and forty two (2,242) positions; including three hundred and twenty seven (327) posts assigned to the Police. One thousand nine hundred and twenty three (1,923) of these positions are established, while three hundred and nineteen (319) posts are held by non-established (waged) workers.

The Deputy Governor continued: “We are keen to fill all vacant posts across government, to have new persons join our service as well as to encourage persons from within the service to further qualify themselves for promotions. We encourage all

Deputy Governor and Head of the Public Service Her Excellency Anya Williams interested persons to visit our website www.gov.tc/recruitment along with the local newspapers to continuously review our vacancies as we seek to build a better public service.”

‘Canvassing his legacy’ art competition and cocktail reception

The Department of Culture under the remit of the Ministry of Education, Youth, Culture, Library and Social Services recently hosted its 2nd Annual Art Competition in honour of the Right Excellent James Alexander George Smith McCartney under the theme “Canvassing His Legacy”.

Students and persons from the community were able to enter a total of 6 categories to which highlighted aspects of the Right Most Excellent JAGS McCartney.

The categories included JAGS the Family Man, JAGS the Sportsman, JAGS the Politician, JAGS the Community Man, JAGS the All – Rounder and JAGS the Man Himself.

An Art Exhibition was held at the Memorial Site, where over 50 pieces were exhibited giving persons from the community an opportunity to view all the beautiful pieces. The crowd moved and grooved to musically selection and entertainment provided by Super P Entertainment and Movements of Sax.

Bringing remarks, Director of Culture, Ms. Ludwina Fulford said; “We are extremely excited to have received so many pieces from our students and persons in the community. Each picture tells a story of how each person interpreted the theme and gives us an opportunity to see his life through their eyes.

“This exhibition is one of the many activities that we will host to give persons the ability to display their varying gifts and talents. We thank all the entrants for submitting their work and look forward to engaging with you at another event.”

In attendance was the Hon. Karen Malcolm, Hon. Edwin Astwood, Hon. Vaden Williams, Mr. Wesley Clerveaux, Mr. Amin McCartney, students, teachers and other persons from the community.

The winners: JAGS the Family Man1st place Hayley Williams- International School of the TCI 2nd place Jazari Gardiner - Charles Hubert Primary School 3rd Place Shakur Seymour - Ona Glinton Primary School JAGS the Politician – 1st place Datdel Louima - Helena Jones Robinson High School 2nd place Taj Parker - Helena Jones Robinson High School 3rd place Peter Campbell - Long Bay High School JAGS the Community Man – 1st place Taquan Herrar - Charles Hubert Primary School 2nd place Julianna Higgs - Charles Hubert

Primary School 3rd place Danielle Boyd - Ona Glinton Primary School JAGS the All- Rounder 1st place John Desormeaux- Open 2nd place Clayton Thomas- International School of the TCI JAGS the Man Himself -

1st place Teanndra Milord - Long Bay High School 2nd place Cariner Palmer - Long Bay High School 3rd place Michael Arthur - Charles Hubert Primary School We congratulate the winners and look forward to the continued support of the community in our future events.

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Principal Crown Counsel, International Khalila Tatem earns a master’s degree in maritime law with distinction

The Hon. Attorney General Rhondalee Braithwaite Knowles OBE QC welcomed the return of Principal Crown Counsel, International Mrs. Khalila Astwood Tatem to the Office of the Attorney General on Monday, 1st July 2019 following completion of her Master of Laws degree in International Maritime Law at the IMO International Maritime Law Institute.

The IMO International Maritime Law Institute (IMLI) held its 30th annual Graduation Ceremony on Saturday 15 June 2019 at the Malta Maritime Museum, Vittoriosa. The Ceremony marked the successful completion of an intensive year

of studies in all the areas of international maritime law- including the law of the sea, shipping law, marine environmental law, maritime safety and security law and maritime legislation drafting, and a number of workshops and seminars.

During the Graduation Ceremony, Fourty-eight students (from 36 countries) in total graduated from the Institute’s programmes. Thirty-nine students were awarded the Degree of Master of Laws (LL.M.) in International Maritime Law, one student was awarded the Diploma in International Maritime Law and seven students were awarded the Degree of Master of Humanities (M.Hum.)

in International Maritime Legislation.

One student was awarded the Degree of Magister Juris (M.Jur.) in International Maritime Law in absentia.

Mrs. Tatem commented; “I am proud to be the first Turks and Caicos Islander to have attended the IMO International Maritime Law Institute.

A primary goal of IMLI is to provide professionals with training in all aspects of maritime law and to equip them to assist their countries to better implement the IMO instruments. Although the program was very intensive, it was also very rewarding and provided numerous networking opportunities. I am grateful

to all who supported, encouraged and in any way assisted me.”

Mrs. Tatem was successful at obtaining a scholarship from the IMO and received funding support from the Deputy Governor’s Office through the Professional Development Fund.

The Hon. Attorney General was delighted to see the ongoing development of Turks and Caicos Islander Attorneys and applauded Mrs. Tatem for having pursued her interest in an area of the law for which there is so little expertise in the Islands and congratulated her for having represented the Turks and Caicos Islands so well and graduating with distinction.

Beaches Employees shine at Festival of the Arts

The talented employees of Beaches Turks and Caicos took center stage at the recent Sandals Festival of the Arts competition where the resorts best dancers, singers, spoken word artistes, models and entertainers competed for a shot at the regional competition featuring some of the brands finest creatives.

Ten Beaches Turks and Caicos employees traveled to Jamaica for the mega festival which featured 70 other talented contestants from the Beaches and Sandals brand across the Caribbean.

It was a night of creativity, pomp, flair, big wins and notable mentions for the Beaches Turks and Caicos team.

Housekeeping Attendant

Romario Brown made history for Beaches Turks and Caicos after winning best male model marking the first time Beaches TCI has won that category.

Commenting on his win Brown noted, “It was an amazing experience to represent Beaches and to win this award for my resort. I’m thrilled and grateful to have been given this opportunity to show my creativity.” Several other employees received notable mentions for their performance including Reuben Enaya and Gideon Bangcong for duo dance and Charles Hugues who competed in the Male Vocalist category.

Other participants included Donnell Williams for female model,

Lynn Delancy for Female Vocalist, Solo Dance by Patrizia Estevez, Spoken Word

by Laurinda Samuels, Damion Davis for Musical Instrument and Javaughn Matthews in the Disc Jockey category.

Beaches Turks and Caicos Entertainment Director, David Ellis called the Festival of the Arts “an excellent opportunity for staff to find their creative outlet.”

He further noted that the competition gives employees a chance to showcase their skills outside of the workplace, stating; “This is a great opportunity to show the diversity of our team members. The event is a great confidence booster for our team who may not always get an opportunity to

Charles Hugues Male Vocalist

Donnel Williams - Female Model

Gideon Bangcong Reuben Enaya - Duo Dance

Laurinda Samuels -Spoken Word

Lynn Delancy Female Vocalist

Patricia Estevez - Solo Dance

appear center stage. I think it’s fantastic that our company has programmes that allow employees to travel to another resort and engage with other employees across the brand. This really helps to elevate them and boost staff morale.”

The 2019 Festival of the Arts competition was hosted in Jamaica at the Sandals South Coast Resort. The overall winners were; Alex Richards Best Male Vocalist, Dwayne Ashby Solo Dancer, Female Vocalist- Johnel Leon, DJ Clash -Nicholas Mairs, Female ModelShanika Watson, Instrumentalist -Jemarie Richards, Male Model- Romario Brown- Beaches Turks and Caicos, Duo Dance -Owen Brown Glenroy Walker and Spoken word -Tasha Fanus.

Group photo

Romario Brown Winner Male Model

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Human Rights Commission successfully launch Business and Human Rights

By Todeline Defralien

On Wednesday July 3rd, Human Rights Commission officially launched Business and Human Rights which is developed as a guide for businesses to assist them in meeting their obligations to human rights in the Turks and Caicos Islands and across the world.

The Commission rolled out this new proposal with an open house event at Brayton Hall where members of the public and businesses of all sizes attended and learned more about how businesses and the HRC can collaborate in building a fairer and more sustainable society.

The successful free event was greatly supported by various local businesses and community members across the TCI. Both the Hotel and Tourism Association and the Chamber of Commerce are all on board as partner with the Commission in rolling out this initiative.

Remarks were brought by Chairman- Cheryl Astwood-Tull, Elery James- Owner of Lapels TCI, Mark Greenway- Directorate Human Resource TCG, Stacy Cox- President of TCHTA, Claudia Been-Munnings of Fortis TCI and Kyle Smith President of Chamber of Commerce.

Keynote speaker for the event was Dr. David Russell, CEO of Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission.

Commenting on the successful event, Sabrina Green, Human Rights Director said, “I am very pleased with the representation of the organizations

Commissioner Clayton Been, Pastor Alces Dor, Claudia Been-Munnings of Fortis TCI, Mark GreenwayDirectorate Human Resource TCG, Chairman -Cheryl Astwood-Tull, Dr. David Russell, CEO of Northern Ireland HRC, Stacy Cox- President of TCHTA, Kyle Smith President of Chamber of Commerce, Sabrina Green, Human Rights Director and Elery James Owner of Lapels TCI that are present here today and those that have partnered with the Commission since I’ve joined forces with them. In November 2018 myself and the Chairman of the Commission attended the United Nations forum for Human Rights. There was a vast majority of information that we took away from these meetings that we attended and as we returned to Turks and Caicos, so it was decided that we were going to hit the ground running and implement Business and Human Rights. I have been made to understand that this initiative has been on the table for some time, but I am pleased today to with the help of our commission and the capable staff of the Human Rights Commission we can

bring to you Business and Human Rights to the Turks and Caicos Islands.”

She added: “Here is how this going to work, we are going to approach implementing Human Rights throughout the Turks and Caicos Islands, we will introduce a forum which will be led by businesses. I am saying to all companied here today that you can look for us to send invitations to you to the forum of Business in Human Rights which would be hosted by a respective company each Quarter. The Chairman of this committee will be made up from your liking on an annual basis. This training for business in Human Rights will be provided free of charge from our staff here at the Human Rights Commission and we will probably

bring in international persons to do more workshops with you and give more information,” Green explained.

Green stressed that this is a great initiative and she is very pleased to know that Turks and Caicos is becoming more aware, knowledgeable and receptive of Business and Human Rights principles throughout TCI.

She continued: “We are blessed that we don’t have these things that exist in Turks and Caicos, or do they suddenly exist. I am sure were are aware of some atrocities that take place within our domestic country whether it be from Grand Turk to Provo, there are some human rights violations that exist by businesses and we want to bring it to an end with the help of businesses here in Turks and Caicos Islands. We will create a fair, safer and human rights friendly work environment and by extension we will not only be changing your organization but also changing the country and the world one person at a time.”

Human Rights are everyone’s basic rights and freedoms that protect us all and no one special group is more important than the other. They are based on dignity, fairness, equality and respect.

The global relationship between Human Rights and business has been developing for many years but has come to fruition over the last decade as more and larger businesses have recognized the benefits of supporting human rights in light of the changing attitudes and opinions of the public to which these businesses serve.

HS LTD. LS Limitedis seeking suitableapplicantsfor the following position:

CLEANERS T&C Refreshments Employment Opportunity - Manager

Parameters • Management of day to day operations • Ensure deliveries are executed • Willing to work in fast paced and multifaceted environment • Willing to temporarily relocate to The Bahamas on an as needed basis • Must be a “people person” that will never compromise on providing exceptional customer service • Willing to work on weekends and holidays Qualifications • Bachelor’s Degree (Business Management or related fields preferred) • Valid Driver’s Licence • 5years sales, or other supervisory experience • Turks and Caicos belonger status. Bahamian status a plus Skills • Candidates must be energetic, highly motivated and eager to learn • Analytical and time management skills • Strong management and leadership skills • Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal) • Ability to work efficiently with limited supervision, and take ownership for assigned responsibilities • Ability to multi-task and communicate effectively • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook and Powerpoint Salary range $36,000 - $42,000 This position is currently held by a work permit holder.

Interested persons must submit resumes to: T&C Refreshments #10 Butterfield Square Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands &Labour Department Providenciales

The applicants will be responsible for the daily cleaning and upkeep of theexterior of a commercial plaza. Duties will include sweeping, mopping, cleaning of windows and doors, removal of trash and cleaning of restrooms.

Undertake any other duties as required as it relates to the general cleaning of the plaza.

Requirements: The applicants must be able to work with little to no supervision, must have knowledge of proper cleaning techniques,must be able to speak, read and write in English and understand verbal and written instructions, should be physically fit, hardworking and reliable.

Starting wages: $6.50 per hour Please submit applications to: Veronica Rigby, HS Ltd, P.O. Box 124, Regent House, The Regent Village, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands, Tel: (649) 946-5126; Fax (649) 946-5191; Email: ronnie@habgroup.com Interested Belongers must also submit copies of their application to the Commissioner of Labour& Work Permit Board Zone 2. Position currently held by a work permit holder. Closing date for application is 22ndJuly 2019.

LS LTD. LS Limited is seeking suitable applicants for the following position:

GARDENER •Assist with maintaining the landscaping of the golf course by cutting and shaping the grass and surrounding trees and shrubbery to a standard expected at an international quality golf course for our members and guests.

•Operates all handheld landscape equipment in various golf course maintenance procedures.

•Operates self-propelled walking mowers on greens and tees along with operating utility vehicle.

•Performs a multitude of manual labor functions.

•Must be willing to work public holidays and weekends when required.

•Work with minimal supervision.

•Previous experience as a gardener or grounds keepers preferred.

Wages start at $7.50 per hour Please submit applications to: Veronica Rigby, Provo Golf Club, P.O. Box 124, Regent House, The Regent Village, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands, Tel: (649) 946-5126; Fax (649) 946-5191; Email: ronnie@habgroup.com.

Interested Belongers must also submit copies of their application to the Commissioner of Labour & Work Permit Board Zone 2. Position is currently available. Closing date for application is July 15th, 2019.

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Turks and Caicos signs safe school declaration with UNICEF

The Turks and Caicos Islands on June 13, 2019 joined many countries around the world that have signed the Safe Schools Declaration, signaling their commitment to protect students, teachers, and schools from the worst effects of disaster.

Dr. Aloys Kamuragiye, our country Representative of the UNICEF Office for the Eastern Caribbean Area was present in the Turks and Caicos Islands for this grand occasion and spoke at the event. The UNICEF Office for the Eastern Caribbean Area is responsible for Programmes of Cooperation with the Governments of Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Virgin Islands (UK), Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago and the Turks and Caicos Islands.

The Minister of Education, Youth, Culture, Social and Library Services, Honourable Karen Malcolm, stated in her address during the ceremony, “The recurrent natural disasters such as, hurricanes, flood, fire accidents, tsunamis, earthquakes, etc. on the education sector

is posing wider social challenges.

Worldwide, schools, universities, and other academic institutions have been affected by disasters increasing the vulnerabilities of children, students, teachers and academics to a large extent.

Educational facilities have been used as shelters for accommodating the affected and displaced for several months after an event. This affects our children’s education and expose students and education personnel to harm, deny large numbers of children and students their right to

realizing our mission of having a nation empowered by a dynamic system of care, education and training.”

The Safe School Declaration was signed in the evening of a twoday workshop under the theme “Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction & Climate Change Adaption into Education Sector Policies and Practices”.

This workshop was sponsored and facilitated

by UNICEF. The Safe School Declaration was signed by the Premier (Honourable Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson), the Minister of Education (Honourable Karen Malcolm), the country Representative from education and so deprive communities UNICEF (Dr. Aloys Kamuragiye), Education of the foundation on which to build their Manager UNICEF (Mr. Unai Sacona) and future. In many countries, the adverse the Permanent Secretary of Education (Mr. impacts of recurrent flood, hurricanes, Wesley Clerveaux). Present at the signing earthquake, conflicts etc. destroy not of the Safe School Declaration were the just school infrastructure, but the hopes Acting Governor, HE Anya Williams, the and ambitions of a whole generation of Deputy Attorney General, participants of children.” Honourable Malcolm indicated the workshop and other invited guests. that she is committed to ensure that

The Safe Schools Declaration School Safety in the Turks and Caicos outlines a number of commitments by the Islands is and remains a priority nationally, TCI Ministry of Education, Youth, Culture, regionally and internationally. “The Safe Social and Library Services to be achieved School Declaration is a step forward in by 2020.

Sport fishing operators requested to provide submission forms The Department of Environment & Coastal Resources would like to advise sport fishing operators that, in accordance with relevant provisions of the Fisheries Protection Regulation 6 (h)(i);(ii); and (iii):

“A Sport fishing license: authorizing the holder to engage in fishing in any area of the fishery limits and (i) to retain in any one day’s fishing for consumption by the holder of the license or in the home of the

holder of the license marine products not exceeding ten pounds (10lbs) in weight per day;

(ii) to retain during the license as a trophy one fish of unlimited size;

(iii) to release alive any marine products that exceed the allowance in subparagraph (i & ii): Provided that all catch and bycatch are recorded and reported within seven days to the Director”.

Operators are hereby advised to strictly comply with the Regulations

TCI TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 872 Business Solutions Complex, P.O. Box 203, Leeward Highway, Providenciales Turks and Caicos Islands JOB ADVERTISMENT The Telecommunications Commission (TC) is a statutory body responsible for regulating the telecommunications sector of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI), protecting interests of users of telecommunications services, and advise the Minister Telecommunications on telecommunications policies.

POSITION TITLE:

Legal Advisor

SALARY RANGE:

USD 60,000 – 80,000

In order to ensure its legal competency in issues relevant to regulation of the telecommunications sector, the TC seeks to employ a Legal Advisor. The Legal Advisor’s main functions will include, but will not be limited to: DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES: Provide legal advice and opinion on matters required by the Commission Reviewing and drafting contracts / agreements Enforcement procedures Liaising with external Attorneys with respect to litigation portfolio including the preparation of briefs to external counsel.

Training staff on telecommunications and/or competition law; Drafting, in association with the office of the Attorney General, new or amending legislation, regulations, reciprocal and other agreements or documents, as required.

Advising on matters of general law, which may arise in connection with administration procedures.

Submitting Monthly Reports to Directors General on all legal activities.

Advise the Director General on all telecommunications and competition law issues Inter-operator dispute resolution; Consumer complaints; Support internal administrative processes and procedures; Other functions as required to achieve objectives of the Telecommunications Commission.

• • • • • • • • • • • • •

SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE WILL: • • • • • • • •

Have a degree in law and admitted or eligible for admission to the Bar in the Turks and Caicos Islands; Have at least 5 years’ experience in telecommunications and/or competition law; Be a team player; Be of a strategic/conceptual orientation; Be able to work independently and exercise discretion in relation to work matters; Have superior interpersonal as well as verbal and written communication skills, including first class legal drafting skills; Be able to work well under pressure and meet tight deadlines; and Be flexible, accountable and reliable.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Resumes with current contact information must be accompanied by a Cover Letter and two letters of reference (one preferably from a former employer) as well as copies of educational certificates and a copy of the passport photo page.

Shortlisted candidates will be required to submit a Police Certificate that is issued no longer than six months from the date of submission. Applications should be addressed to The Chairman of the Turks and Caicos Islands Telecommunications Commission at info@telecommission.tc under the subject matter Application – Legal Advisor.

Turks and Caicos Islanders need only apply, and applications without all supporting documents will not be processed.

While we thank interested persons for their application, only persons selected for an interview will be contacted.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: July 19th, 2019

cited above and to consider a formal notice for them and their commercial establishments to submit electronically the duly completed Sport fishing Operators Submission Form to the DECR (environment@gov.tc) within 7 days of the end of each trip.

The DECR requests that all Sport fishing Operators immediately document and submit completed Sport fishing operator’s submission forms.

First submissions are expected by August 7th (2019) detailing: •the date of trip

•location of activity •species and genus capture •size and •(if applicable) release procedures.

Failure to submit the required data using the prescribed form constitutes an offense.

Should there be any question, please do not hesitate to contact the DECR – Fisheries Research and Development Unit (338-4170) or write an email to environment@gov.tc.

Please be guided accordingly.

Great House Management Limited [Sailrock] is seeking a qualified candidate for the position below: Temporary Guest Service Agent • Guest Service Agent is directly responsible for the prompt, efficient and courteous check in and check out of guest.

Responsibilities • Engage each guest as a unique individual and listen attentively to their request • Answer the Telephone in a timely and professional manner • Escort all guest to their room • Listen to guest’s complaints or concerns and resolve their issue in a timely manner • Operate the Switchboard to ensure efficient communication within to and from the hotel • Assist guests with activities/excursion booking, restaurant reservation,and general information on the property, the surrounding area andthe island.

• Update guests’ profile with any special request.

• Complete all transactions and daily deposits.

• Ensure guest is properly check in and checkout from the system.

• Promote safe working environment • Keep work area neat and tidy Qualified Candidates will have/be: •High School Diploma or equivalent required, Bachelor’s degree preferred •Excellent communication skills both oral and written •Must have strong computer skills •Requires standing/walking throughout shift •Ability to work effectively in an innovative fast-paced and multi tasked environment •Able to organize, plan ahead and manage workload Please submit applications to: •Drop off: W104 Venture House, Grace Bay, Providenciales •Email: humanresources@sailrockresort.com/Swharton@southcaicos.com Interested Turks and Caicos Islands must also submit copies of their application to the TCI Labour Board, this position is for 6 months.

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recious Treasures International achieving their dreams is not possible School on Sunday 30th June 2019 without faith. celebrated their 2019 graduates from She recounted the stories of people with whom she’d met or heard both Primary and Middle School.

The event which was attended about and who also had dreams that

by Hon. Goldray Ewing – Minister of have connected and contributed to her Home Affairs, was held at Beaches Turks own vision for education. One of the persons is Mrs. Yvonne Hutchinson, and Caicos in Providenciales.

Mrs. Angela Fubler, Director the Founder of Precious Treasures of The Chatmore British International International School.

Mrs. Fubler reassured the School located in Bermuda was the Guest Speaker for the event. Mrs. Fubler children and families with the idea celebrated the graduates with her speech from the song, “A Million Dreams” that, entitled: “A Million Dreams” which was “it’s okay to have people say you’re crazy.

You can have as many dreams as you also the theme of the graduation.

The 11 students from Grade 6 and want but be sure to work hard, land first cohort of Grade 9 Middle School your dreams and prove them wrong”. students and their families were The following are highlights encouraged by the speaker to see from the event. themselves as connected and that Photo Credit: Todeline Defralien

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Managing Sunburn

By Dr. Marsha Barnett

We are about to enter the summer period and although its hot year-round on island, the summer brings with it an increase in temperatures, sun intensity and outdoor activities as kids are on vacation.

This combination makes skin protection very important as the effects on the skin can be harsh and lead to both immediate and long- term consequences.

What is Sunburn?

Sunburn is excess reddening or swelling to the skin from excessive exposure to the sun’s rays, or more specifically the ultraviolet (UV) radiation that is emitted from the sun. At a cellular level, sunburn is associated with microscopic changes in the skin which leads to reduced immunity in the skin and premature aging.

Who’s at Risk?

Although anyone can get a sunburn, persons with light skin tones who tend to get red in the sun and hardly ever tan, are at greatest risk. Other factors can affect your tendency to burn. Being outdoors between 10am and 2pm when 65% of UV radiation reaches the earth, makes a sunburn more likely than when outdoors early morning or late afternoon.

Also, a day with clear skies and little cloud cover increases the rays’ penetration. And although a day at the beach is relaxing, it may be stressful on your skin as the sun’s rays reflect from the surface of the sand and sea, almost doubling its effect on the skin.

How Can I Avoid Getting Burnt?

Sunburn is better prevented than treated.

Sun protection is your best defense against sunburn and other damaging effects of UV radiation.

•Avoid sun exposure, especially between 10am to 2pm •Wear protective clothing, including wide-brimmed hats •Regularly apply sunscreen with a Sun Protection Factor (SPF) of 50+ •An oral food supplement containing Polypodium leucotomas, which is an extract from a plant, may provide additional oral photoprotection and reduce sunburn.

What are the Signs and Symptoms of Sunburn?

Signs and symptoms usually start after 2-6 hours of exposure. They may include redness, swelling to the skin, tenderness or warmth to touch, pain, blistering and even a fever. In severe cases of sunburn, severe skin burning may result in second-degree burns, dehydration, electrolyte imbalances and secondary infection.

Treating Sunburn

To help heal and soothe the skin, it is important to begin treating sunburn as soon as you notice it. The first thing you should do is get out of the sun.

Once indoors, follow these tips: •Put a cold, damp towel on your skin.

Do this for 10 or 15 minutes a few times every day until the redness and swelling settles. Take cool baths or showers and soon as you get out of the shower apply a moisturizer to help trap the water in your skin. This will help ease the dryness.

BUTTERFIELD GOLD GROUP OF COMPANIES POSITIONS AVAILABLE Positions held by Work permit holders One (1) Domestic Workers All aspects of cleaning & other domestic duties including preparing meals for the OwnerApplicant must be of excellent character and work ethics. Be able to work independently

Applicant must be willing to work flexible hours Wages starting from $7.00 per hour Location: Leeward, Providenciales Two (2) Domestic Workers Cleaning officeson the Butterfield compound and other domestic duties Applicant must be of excellent character and work ethics.

Be able to work independently Be willing to work flexible hours Wages: starting from $8.00 per hour 23 Parade Ave, Providenciales Only Belongers apply for these positions. Application forms available from Butterfield Gold Human Resource Department. Only applicants selected for interview will be notified.

Submit applications to by July 8, 2019 to: Butterfield Gold Ltd., Human Resource Department Town Center Mall Providenciales Tel: 649-946-4211 Labour Commissioner, Labour Department Providenciales Turks & Caicos Islands

•Moisturize often. Never allow the skin to dry out and use a moisturizer that contains aloe vera or soy to help soothe sunburned skin. If a particular area feels especially uncomfortable, you may want to apply a hydrocortisone cream that you can buy without a prescription.

•Take aspirin or ibuprofen if the sunburn really hurts. This will help reduce any swelling, redness and discomfort.

•Drink extra water. Drinking extra water when you are sunburned helps prevent dehydration.

•Seek medical care. If you feel generally unwell or have intense pain, blisters, fever or the area looks infected, see your doctor immediately. Your physician will be able to assess whether or not prescription steroid creams should be applied to the area and can prescribe antibiotics if indicated.

Prompt treatment of severe burns also help reduce the risk of scarring.

•Leave blisters alone. If your skin blisters, don’t pop them. Allow the blisters to heal and protect you from infection. It may also be a good idea to see your doctor if it’s in a large area as blisters tend to occur in moderate to severe Dr. Marsha Barnett sunburns.

•Avoid the sun while the skin heals. It significant. This includes but is not limited may seem obvious, but avoid exposing to premature ageing skin and wrinkling, the skin to the sun when you have a brown spots and freckles and of course, burn, especially during the midday skin cancers. hours. Wear clothing that covers your skin when outdoors. *Dr. Marsha Barnett is a general practitioner who also specialises What are the Long-term in dermatology. For questions or Consequences? comments, please contact her at

It is now clear that the long-term drmarshabarnett@gmail.com or at consequences of overexposure to the sun Associated Medical Practices - 946or other sources of UV radiation are 4242.

WORK PERMIT ADVERTISEMENT REQUIREMENT The Ministry of Border Control and Employment is reminding employers, as well as the general public, that the Immigration Ordinance 2015 which was brought into force on April 1, 2016 established new conditions for advertising jobs which must be met when recruiting new staff or seeking a work permit renewal.

For clarity, Section 28 (2) of the Immigration Ordinance states the following.

The advertisement condition is satisfied if the employer has advertised the position in at least two consecutive issues of a newspaper published in and sold or distributed on the Islands and the advertisement— (a) describes the nature of the position available in sufficient detail to enable persons reading the advertisement to have a reasonable indication of the nature of the work and conditions of employment; (b) contains the name of the employer and details of the whereabouts of the office or other place to which the application is to be submitted together with contact details, including telephone and fax numbers and an email address; (c) sets out clearly the salary package relating to the position; (d) invites prospective applicants who are Islanders to send copies of their applications to the Board; and (e ) state whether the position is currently held by a work permit holder.

For further information or questions, please refer to the following Website: http://www.gov.tc/work-permits infobordercontrol@gov.tc

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Local Housing Crisis

By Shaun Malcolm

The current Providenciales housing shortage is projected to intensify into a full-blown housing crisis in the near future and there is currently no solution in sight.

Expatriate workers imported into our country over the years as our tourism and associated construction industries have grown, have absorbed much of the local housing market and there have been no effective efforts by government or private industry to fill that housing void. There are several reasons for this lack of effective effort, not the least of which is the fact that locals have very limited access to investment capital.

A significant number of new tourism development and construction projects are currently slated or approved for Providenciales that are likely to bring well over 1,000 new workers to Provo over the next few years, to fill employment positions that locals cannot currently fill. Where will these people live?

If a developer cannot find affordable accommodations for their management and construction staff for the duration of the project, will they be forced to cancel the project? Will the lack of available housing and high cost of what is available discourage future investment or development?

Working class Locals are being displaced, priced out of the rental housing market or forced to spend a disproportionate amount of their earnings on rent by the same growth that has fueled, and continues to fuel, what is currently our country’s life blood; our tourism and associated

construction industries.

Maybe in the future, we might consider asking those who create this burden for working class Turks & Caicos Islanders, to contribute to its resolution.

A developer constructing a resort hotel in New York, Chicago, San Francisco Los Angeles or any major city in the USA, is likely to be asked (required) by that city, as a condition for approval of the project, to make certain contributions or financial commitments to “off-set” the negative effects and the project’s impact on the local or surrounding community.

Developers worldwide commonly incur, as conditions for approval of their projects, the costs associated with adding off ramps to interstate highways, streetlights to public streets, land for new schools and even, “art”.

Working class Turks & Caicos Islands taxpayers are already co-funding many of these developments though customs & duty exemptions and other concessions or “no tax” commitments contained within many Development Agreements. The added cost of overcoming or absorbing a housing crisis created by developers in pursuit of profits that have already been enhanced by taxpayer concessions, seems an unfair financial burden to inflict upon locals.

I have two possible and easily implemented options that could in time, substantially contribute to alleviating our housing shortage. I fear the current PDM strategy of doing nothing will either deter progress in generating new projects or will cost local Belongers more than they can bear.

Option #1: Government Inducement

The Government would develop, package and approve (in advance) a collection of unprecedented financial concessions intended to induce developers or investors to construct and operate living accommodations specifically designed and designated for short or mid-term guest workers.

These prepackaged and preapproved concessions for construction and operation of guest worker housing would be approved and available off-the-shelf for locals or outsiders to utilize in any location where their development meets planning and building codes.

Option #2: Government Requirement

The Government would contract for the design and development of a “signature” style, multi-floor residential apartment complex specifically designed and designated for short-term or mid-term guest workers.

The benefits of a “signature” style model is that it can be replicated anywhere in the islands on any suitably sized multifamily residential site that meets with Planning approval, and the construction costs and operating expenses would be known and pre-established.

We would then require developers or builders who import hundreds of workers that will burden and inflate our housing market, to participate in a ”financing program” intended to provide capital funding to locals for construction of guest worker housing to “offset” the impact of imported workers.

The current and projected shortage of residential real estate for guest workers on Providenciales will ensure that properly managed and structured projects will easily generate sufficient funds to repay the loans and developers or builders participating in that program would have little to no risk and the possibility of earning interest on the loaned money.

Asking the developer or the builder of a two hundred and fifty or three hundred million dollar project to loan or cosign a loan for 3 to 5 million dollars to construct guest worker housing intended to offset the impact of importing large numbers of foreign workers, is not unreasonable.

If structured properly, that social contribution can be made for almost no cost to the developer or builder.

GOD Bless All,

Limpid English Learning - The uses of capital letters

By Dian Kennedy

Capitalization is the writing of a word with its first letter in uppercase and the remaining letters in lowercase.

1. Names or titles of people

You always capitalize the first letters of a person’s first, middle and last names (John Quincy Adams), and you also capitalize suffixes (Jr., the Great, Princess of Power, etc.) and titles.

Titles can be as simple as Mr., Mrs. or Dr., but they also apply to situations wherein you address a person by his or her position as though it were part of their name. For example, when we talk about President Obama, we are using his role as though it were a title not a job description. However, we wouldn’t capitalize the word president if it were not being used as a title. For example: “During the Civil War, Barack Obama was the president of the United States.”

•As we’ve seen above you should capitalize the title when it comes immediately before someone’s name.

•You don’t capitalize the job title if it is separated from the name, such as by a comma or the word “the.”

2. Names of mountains, mountain ranges, hills and volcanoes

Again, we’re talking about specific places. The word mountain is not a proper noun, but Mount Everest is, because it’s the name of one specific mountain.

3. Names of bodies of water (rivers, lakes, oceans, seas, streams and creeks)

The same rules that apply to mountain names also apply to water names. A river is just a river, but the Mississippi River is a proper noun and must be capitalized.

4. Names of buildings, monuments, bridges and tunnel.

Man-made structures also often have names such as the White House, the Golden Gate Bridge and the Lincoln Tunnel, the Grand Turk Lighthouse.

5. Street names

Capitalize both the actual name part of the name and the road part of the name; both are necessary for forming the entire name of the street.

6. Schools, colleges and universities

All of the words in the name of the educational institution should be capitalized. For example, Harvard University, Long Bay High School, Iante Pratt Primary School.

7. Political divisions (continents, regions, countries, states, counties, cities and towns)

When you refer the Midwest, the Pacific Northwest or the South as a region (as opposed to a compass direction), you capitalize them. Also, continents (South America), countries (Britain), states (Florida), counties (Howard County), cities (London) and towns (Grace Bay) get capitalized.

8.

Titles of books, movies, magazines, newspapers, articles,

songs, plays and works of art

Articles, prepositions, and conjunctions are not generally capitalized in title case, only principal words are. However, the first letter of a work of art is always capitalized even if it’s an article, preposition or conjunction. For example: The Glass Menagerie, A Few Good Men, Of Mice and Men. The last word of these titles always receives a capital too (Fools Rush In).

9. The first letter in a sentence

Always capitalize the first letter of a sentence. If the sentence is a quotation within a larger sentence, capitalize it, but only if it’s a complete sentence. If it’s merely a phrase that fits neatly into the larger sentence, it does not require capitalization. Study the following two examples for clarification: •The waiter said, “My manager will be here shortly,” but he never came.

•The waiter told us that his manager would “be here shortly,” but he never came.

10. The pronoun I

It’s only necessary to capitalize other pronouns when they begin a sentence, but “I” is always capitalized.

As promised last week, here are the answers for the troublesome pair exercise.

1. (lie, lay) 2. (waist, waste). 3. (weak, week) 4. (There, Their, They’re) (there, their, they’re) 5.

(Hair, Here) 6. (loose, lose) 7. (than,

then) 8. (weather, whether) 9.(piece, peace) (piece, peace) 10. (fair, fare, fear) (fair, fare, fear), (fair, fare, fear) Word of the week Diligence (noun)

The quality of working carefully and with a lot of effort.

Example: She hoped that her diligence would be noticed at work as she was working for a raise. * Dian Kennedy holds a Masters in Curriculum and Instruction with a specialisation in teaching English as second language. For feedback or queries she can be contacted at diankennedy31@ gmail.com.

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Together is better

By Drexwell Seymour

More and more each day, we are becoming so self-centered, only caring about ourselves and ignoring the welfare and concerns of others. Some of us are so heartless that we have even neglected our own family members.

Because we are self-centered, we are creating a selfish society, an unfriendly society and a wild-wild west society.

If we only can come together, we will be better. We can be better if we come together. Together is better.

Reduction in Crime

We can reduce the crime levels because if we come together, we will care about each other and report the crime to keep our community safe.At least that is what I hope.

Furthermore, if we come together, we can establish neighborhood watches in all communities and be our brothers and sisters keeper by informing them of what is happening in our community.

If we come together and see our young people getting in any trouble, we will take it upon ourselves and let their family know rather than ignoring or walking away from it. Together is better.

Union of Bright Minds

If we come together and forgo of our allegiance to political parties, our country will be better. There are bright minds on both sides of the political

camps. Wouldn’t it be better if we come together and put our minds and hearts together developing a think tank to better our country? We are too busy trying to get credit for ourselves and our parties that we forget it is about our country and not our political parties.

Merger of Businesses

There are so many similar businesses in TCI and I know many persons have some personal family goals. Wouldn’t it be better rather than opening individual businesses, we merge and form larger businesses.

Sometimes, we have to lower our prices to be competitive but wouldn’t it be better to keep a good price so you have healthy dividends at the year. However, the coming together of people is a major challenge. I personally try to get a group of people together after the economic conference but to date we have been unsuccessful and I know this is not the first attempt. Together is better.

Harmony of the nationalities

There are so many nationalities in TCI and naturally we stick with our own as we are comfortable with our race. However, this has created so much division, hatred and anger. Wouldn’t it better if we all come together no matter how nationality and work towards achieving the best for TCI. Despite whatever reason we are here for, our ultimate purpose is to provide service

to our customers and eventually TCI. If we keep fighting with each other, how can we come together to improve TCI. Together is better.

Single Parent vs Co Parent

I know there are perhaps divorce and separation in many homes, however, that does not mean the parents should neglect their role in the raising of their children. It is best that parents find ways and means to be co-parents to their children. I imagine being a single parent is not easy but there are many success stories. However, I believe two parents co-parenting a child is better for the development of a child Together is better.

Team work

In the work place, there is a lot of issues for many different reasons.

However, if we come together as a team and realize we are working for the success of our company and their clients, are not together is due to our allegiance then perhaps our mindsets can shift. to political parties. Some of us say we Too many times we are busy trying to want to work together but really do drag each other down rather than trying not want it and as a result our country to pull each other up to work together. suffers. Together is better. Together we Some of us are in the work place and can transform our country from a self do not want to share knowledge and –centered country to a humanitarian work with others. Effective team work country. Two people working together will increase productivity and efficiency. is better than one person working Together is better. alone. I believe we must put aside our differences and come to the conclusion Conclusion that it is best we work together for

One of the main reasons we together is better.

WILLIAMS DRAFTING LTD. Lower Bight, Providenciales

Is looking for the following: Structural Engineer •Structural engineers design, plan and oversee the construction of new buildings or alterations and extensions to existing properties or other structures.

•Must have 5-8 years experience •Salary negotiable AUTOCAD TECHICIAN •Duties include creating technical drawings used in the construction of products and materials.

•Salary negotiable Seeks a Receptionist •Welcoming visitors by greeting them, in person or on the telephone; answering or referring inquiries.

•Must have experience in front desk •Salary negotiable All persons must be able to work 6 days per week Please Contact 344-8644 or email: wdraftingaemm@gmail.com These positions are held by Work Permit Holders Applicants who are Turks & Caicos islander should also send copies of their application to the Immigration Board

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The Financial Intelligence Agency of the Turks and Caicos Islands is inviting applications for the following vacancies: APPLICATION DEADLINE: 16th August 2019 Please Note: Applications that are not accompanied by all required supporting documents will not be processed.

All positions advertised are contract positions.

POSITION: LOCATION: SALARY:

DIRECTOR PROVIDENCIALES USD74-84,000 PER ANNUM

JOB SUMMARY: The post holder will be responsible for the daily management of the FIA’s operations and its staff ensuring that optimal use of human and other resources is applied towards meeting the Agency’s legislative mandate, operational and financial targets. With an emphasis on high professional standards, integrity, confidentiality and general conduct work with stakeholders to fulfil the Turks and Caicos Islands AML/CFT mandate. The post holder may be required to carry out other duties as may be required by the Board.

Requirements and Qualifications: ▪ Undergraduate degree in Management, Finance, Law, Law Enforcement or related field with at least 5 years as a senior manager in an AML/CFT capacity; OR 10 years executive management in a legal, law enforcement, financial or intelligence capacity with an AML/CFT background.

▪ Proficiency in the preparation, recording, presentation and explanation of high-level reports to a Board of Directors or senior level administrators.

▪ Experience in an investigative/ intelligence role or similar.

▪ Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office Suite - Word, Excel, Power Point and Access.

POSITION: LOCATION: SALARY:

DEPUTY DIRECTOR PROVIDENCIALES USD60-70,000 PER ANNUM

JOB SUMMARY: The post holder will be required to manage the process of receipt, analysis and dissemination of confidential information received through disclosures of financial information reported via Suspicious Activity/ Transaction Reports (SARs/STRs) related to Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and connected crimes. The Deputy Director will ensure the accuracy and validity of the information as well as create new and develop existing case files, maintain and update information and cases on the computer database and other FIA databases and will create reports for review by the Director. The post holder will be required to perform the duties of the Director in his or her absence. With an emphasis on high professional standards, integrity, confidentiality and general conduct, carry out the functions of the Agency. The post holder may be required to carry out other duties as may be required.

Requirements and Qualifications: ▪ Undergraduate degree in Management, Finance, Law, Law enforcement or related field with 5 years management experience; OR 10 years management experience in law enforcement with a focus on AML/CFT. ▪ Experience as a financial intelligence analyst with an AML/CFT focus.

▪ Proficient in an investigative/ intelligence role or similar environment.

▪ Experience in the preparation, recording, presentation and explanation of high-level reports to senior management or senior level administrators.

▪ Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office Suite - Word, Excel, Power Point and Access ▪ Must be able to maintain a professional approach within a high-pressure working environment that may present fluctuating work demands and very tight deadlines.

POSITION: LOCATION: SALARY:

FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE ANALYST PROVIDENCIALES USD50-58,000 PER ANNUM

JOB SUMMARY: The post holder will be responsible for receipt, analysis and dissemination of confidential information received through disclosures of financial information reported via Suspicious Activity/ Transaction Reports (SARs/STRs) related to Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing and connected crimes. The Intelligence Analyst will ensure the accuracy and validity of the information as well as maintain records and cases and update the computer database and other FIA databases and will create intelligence, analysis and other reports for the Director; With the emphasis on high professional standards, integrity, confidentiality, professionalism and general deportment, conduct analysis into the financial circumstances of those involved in criminal or suspected criminal activity. The post holder may be required to carry out other duties as may be required by the Director from time to time.

Requirements and Qualifications: ▪ Qualified as or trained as a Tactical and Strategic Analyst. – Undergraduate degree in Management Studies, Finance, Economics or Social Science discipline or a related field or at least 4 years’ experience working as an analyst in an analytical, research or investigative environment.

▪ Experience in an intelligence/ analyst role or similar environment ▪ Experience in the preparation, recording, presentation and explanation of quality reports for managers.

▪ Experience in analysing complex financial transactions with a level of appreciation of various financial and non-financial services and products, their legal structures and potential connections with money laundering and terrorist financing schemes.

▪ Advanced proficiency using Microsoft Office Suite - Word, Excel, Power Point and Access.

▪ Must be able to maintain a professional approach within a high-pressure working environment that may present fluctuating work demands and very tight deadlines.

POSITION: LOCATION: SALARY:

FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE / IT SUPPORT OFFICER PROVIDENCIALES USD50-58,000 PER ANNUM

JOB SUMMARY: The post holder will be responsible for receipt, analysis and dissemination of confidential information received through disclosures of financial information reported via Suspicious Activity/ Transaction Reports (SARs/STRs) related to Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing and connected crimes. The Intelligence Officer will ensure the accuracy and validity of the information as well as create new and develop existing case files, maintain and update information and cases on the computer database and other FIA databases and will create reports for review by supervisors. Additionally, he/she will provide Information Technology and Network System Support; with the emphasis on high professional standards, integrity, confidentiality and general conduct, conduct analysis into the financial circumstances of those involved in criminal activity.

The post holder may be required to carry out other duties as may be required within the scope of the administrative functions of the FIA. Requirements and Qualifications: ▪ Qualified or trained as an Intelligence Officer (IO). – Undergraduate degree in a law enforcement or related field and IT; OR Certification as an IO with at least 4 years’ experience as an IO and certification as a computer/ systems administrator.

▪ Experience in an investigative/ intelligence role or similar environment and provision of IT

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network and systems support to private or public sector agencies.

Experience in the preparation, recording, presentation and explanation of information.

Demonstrate experience in dealing and liaising with public, external agencies and internal colleagues, particularly by telephone and email.

Proficiency in the use and administration of Microsoft Office Suite - Word, Excel, Power Point and Access.

Must be able to maintain a professional approach within a high-pressure working environment that may present fluctuating work demands and very tight deadlines.

POSITION: LOCATION: SALARY:

BUSINESS OPERATIONS OFFICER PROVIDENCIALES USD40-45,000 PER ANNUM

JOB SUMMARY: The post holder will be responsible for effective and efficient office operations of the FIA and the Board and maintenance of the Agency’s finances, with the emphasis on high professional standards, integrity, confidentiality and general conduct carry out his/her functions in accordance with TCI laws and Agency guidelines.

The post holder may be required to carry out other duties as may be required within the scope of the administrative functions of the FIA. Requirements and Qualifications: ▪ Undergraduate degree in accounting or finance OR an Associate degree in accounting or finance with at least 4 years experience in office administration or as a Senior Administrative officer.

▪ Experience in an administrative or business operations officer.

▪ Experience in the preparation, recording, presentation and explanation of budget, expense and accounting reports.

▪ Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office Suite - Word, Excel, Power Point, and Access.

▪ Knowledge of the use of accounting software and applications such as QuickBooks.

Terms and benefits (All) An initial contract of up to 3 years with the option to renew dependent upon performance and Agency requirements. The successful candidate will adhere to the FIA Security and Staff Policies and be required to sign a confidentiality agreement TO APPLY PLEASE SUBMIT: 1. Application cover letter indicating position applied for.

2. Copy of updated Curriculum Vitae including your contact details.

3. Two reference letters; one of which must be from a person who can speak to your professional capacity for the job.

4. Copies of relevant qualifications.

5. Copy of passport Bio page.

6.

A Police certificate of character no older than 6 months.

Applications along with your CV are to be submitted to hr@fia.tc Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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We hire smiles!!!

Beaches Turks and Caicos Resort Villages and Spa, the only 6 Diamond All-inclusive property in the Caribbean is inviting applications from Turks and Caicos Islanders for the following vacant positions. We hire the personality and train the individual.

Applicants must have a clean police record and a good command of the English language both written and spoken. In addition candidates must be able to work nights, public holidays and week-ends. The Resort thanks everyone for their interest in advance and advises that applicants will be contacted for an interview via Text Message.

The Information Technology Department requires: 

Information Technology Manager

Reports to:

Senior IT Manager and Director of Information Technology

The Information Technology Manager will be responsible to promote user awareness for the safe and secure management of all equipment and applications and be responsible for all I.T.-related problems, encompassing hardware, software, telecommunications and other infrastructure as assigned by the Department.

Applicants should satisfy the following criteria:  Must demonstrate a high level of Integrity and professionalism.  Must have excellent oral and written communication skills.  Must be able to prepare monthly reports to relevant team members, (i.e. General Manager, IT Regional Manager and Group IT Director).  Must be able to troubleshoot and resolve technical IT related problems.  Must be able to monitor and support hardware maintenance by performing repairs on site or engaging authorized external technicians.  Must be able to maintain and secure timely backups of data systems, ensure backup integrity by performing timely restore testing operations.  Must be able to maintain and perform Software upgrades and testing and advise in a timely manner of their success or failure.  Provide 24 hour on call support whenever this is required by the property.  Must be able to work on shifts including nights, weekends and public holidays whenever this is required by the property.  Must be able to work extended hours on short notice during critical or emergency situations.  Must be willing to relocate, if required to do so.

Qualifications and Experience:  Undergraduate degree in an Information Technology related discipline or an Associate degree with IT certification (e.g. A+, MCSA, and MCSE).  A minimum of 2 years working in an IT business environment; would be an asset.

Knowledge and Skills: The incumbent must be proficient and knowledgeable in the following areas:  Microsoft windows configuration, installation, maintenance, and support.  Computer PC hardware, software systems and programs  PC networks, installation and administration  Troubleshooting PC Network and Network computer Hardware  Computer viruses and security  E-mail, MS Office Suite and Web based programs.

Additionally the following would be an asset in this position:  Experience with Database Administration, MS SQL 2008 and Virtual Environments.  Supporting and troubleshooting of VOIP telephony, TCP/IP and WIFI Networks There is currently an Information Technology Manager with on island status however two are required. Recruitment to fill this position is underway at this time. Should a suitable local applicant not be found a permit application will be submitted.

The salary for this position ranges between $ 28,000.00 and $40,000.00 The Administrative Department requires: 

Managing Director Requirements include but are not limited to:  Minimum 20 years previous General Manager experience  Experience with a 6 diamond hotel with excess of 700 rooms  Strong Food & Beverage, Rooms and Operational background  Administrative & Financial proficiency

Reports to: Chairman The salary for the position listed above is negotiable The Administrative Department requires: 

Director of Operations (Manager)

Reports to:

Managing Director

The Director of Operations Manager ensures the resort meets the brand’s target of customer needs, team member satisfaction and maximizes the cost effectiveness of the company. Assist with special projects and day to day operations.

Standard Specifications: Qualifications and Experience:  Minimum Bsc. Preferably in Hospitality from a recognized institution;  Minimum eight (8) years’ work experience in the Hotel Industry;  Experience managing in a 400 room or more hotel;  Experience managing a team of minimum 1000 employees; The Assistant Director of Operations Manager position is currently held by a Work Permit Holder.

The salary for this position is dependent on experience.

Applications giving full details of qualifications and experience should be sent to: mmvaughn@grp.sandals.com or placed in the secure drop box at the service gate or Fax to: 941-4870 Attn: M McClean-Vaughn The Labour Commissioner The Human Resources Labour Department Providenciales Turks and Caicos Islands

and and should reach not later than July 24th 2019

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2019 GSAT prize-giving ceremony on Providenciales O

n Monday, July 1st graduates from primary schools in Providenciales, Grand Turk and other islands gathered to celebrate their achievements in Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) this year.

A packed crowd of students, family members, parents and teachers came out in numbers to show their support at the Gustarvus Lightbourne Sports Complex in Downtown, Providenciales.

Also attending the ceremony were Premier Hon. Sharlene CartwrightRobinson and husband Lorne Robinson, Minister of Education Hon. Karen Malcolm

and former Minister of Education, Hon. Josephine Connolly.

The schools that proudly celebrated on Monday were: Alpha Christian Academy, B.E.S.T Institute, Community Christian, Education Department, Enid Capron Primary, Faith Preparatory, Ianthe Pratt Primary, Mills Institute, Oseta Jolly Primary, Providence International Academy, Provo Christian School, Richmond Hill Preparatory, Shining Stars Preparatory, Susanna Wesley and Wesley Methodist.

In addition, the top ten

performing students were awarded for their great achievements, they were: Ona Glinton Primary School student Sherian Parry is the top student for 2019 with scoring 97.14. Second place, Tishana Williams, Ona Glinton Primary with 93.62; in third place was Donnie Gardiner of Providence International Academy, he scored 93.52; Adelaide Omeler Primary school Jhadel Lewis was fourth and earned 92.86 percent and Panthea Lightbourne placed fifth with 92.76 percent.

Havianique Reid of Shining Stars Preparatory was the sixth-place finisher

and scored 92.19 and Samarth Parvani of Faith Preparatory had a score of 91.62 for seventh place.

Another Providence International Academy student, David Hall made the top ten, at eighth place with 90.19, followed

by Ona Glinton Primary student, Lormani Romilus who was in ninth place with 89.43 percent. Rounding out the top ten, Community Christian Academy student, Rujuana Lindo scored with 89.24 percent on her GSAT papers.

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Clement Howell High School 2019 graduation & prizing giving ceremony T

he Clement Howell High Affairs, Hon. Vaden Williams, School held its annual Minister for Immigration, of Education graduation ceremony on Minister Monday, July 1st, 2019, at the Hon. Karen Malcolm, Jay Gustavas Lightbourne Sports Saunders- Deputy Leader Complex, Providenciales. of the Progressive National

The theme for Party (PNP), MP for Leeward this year’s graduation was and Long Bay, Hon. Akierra “Fearless in the Pursuit of Missick and Former Minister Excellence: Destined for of Education, Hon. Josephine Success.”

Connolly.

The event was Guest Speaker for attended by several dignitaries, this year’s graduation was Ms. including Opposition Dawn Higgs – Valedictorian Leader Hon. Washington ‘Class of 1994’.

Misick, Hon. Goldray This year’s Ewing – Minister of Home Valedictorian was Ichner

Belony Valedictorian 88.7% Distinction; Roods Bensly Pierre Salutatorian 88.2% Distinction and Conrad Howell 2nd 86.8% Distinction.

158 students graduated from the class of 2019.

The Minister of Education, Hon. Karen Malcolm personally congratulates the graduates and extends best wishes to them in their future endeavors.

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9th meeting of the Council of CDEMA & WFP Regional Symposium in TCI O

n Thursday July 27th and 28th dignitaries from all walks of the Caribbean gathered with local dignitaries in Turks and Caicos Islands to celebrate the 9th Meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency.

The Ministry of Tourism and the Department of Disaster Management and Emergencies in particular hosted the Opening Ceremony at the Shore Club, Providenciales.

On June 27th TCI DDME welcomed delegates to the opening cocktail ceremony with remarks from Mr. Ronald Jackson, Executive Director of CDEMA, Hon. Sean Astwood – Ag. Premier of TCI, and His Excellency Dr. John Freeman- Governor of TCI and Keynote speaker for the evening was Hon. Vaden Delroy Williams-Minister of Immigration.

In addition, Dr Virginia Clerveaux, Director DDME, Welcomed

the Participants of the first UN World Food Programme (WFP), high-level symposium which focused towards a Safer, more Resilient, and Sustainable Caribbean and also Panel Discussion linking disaster risk management and social protection in the Caribbean: Challenges, Opportunities and Best Practices.

The TCI Cadets parade CDEMA Participating States Flag as part of the Opening Ceremony for the 9th Ministerial Council Meeting and patrons enjoyed a culture Item by Enid Capron primary School.

On Friday June 28th, a Handover of important emergency communication equipment were made to the Hon. Vaden Williams, Chairman of CDEMA Ministerial Council and Minister for Border Control & Employment Services.

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Rihanna’s lawsuit against her dad for using ‘Fenty’ is headed to a jury trial — even though it’s also his last name

Rihanna and her father will be facing a jury trial in 2020 as part of an ongoing battle over the use of their last name, Fenty, in their respective business ventures.

According to new court documents obtained by INSIDER, the multihyphenate star and Ronald Fenty, her father, are expected in court on June 23, 2020, at 8:30 a.m. Rihanna previously sued her father, as well as a man named Moses Perkins, in January for using the name Fenty to market their brand, Fenty Entertainment, The Blast reported.

Rihanna trademarked the name, which she shares with her father, before launching her beauty brand in 2017.

In recent years, Rihanna has used her last name to catapult multiple successful business ventures

She first found inspiration in the moniker around 2017 when she launched her cosmetics brand, Fenty Beauty. The line was instantly praised for its wide shade range and versatile products.

Prior to launching the brand, Rihanna trademarked her last name, INSIDER previously reported.

The musician-turned-beautymogul then transferred her business skills to the fashion world. She created a successful partnership between Fenty and Puma, and later launched her own lingerie line called Savage x Fenty.

The latter was widely praised for both its inclusive size range and its debut fashion show, where women with

Rihanna and her father, Ronald Fenty different skin tones and body types walked the runway.

Rihanna most recently dove into the high-end world of designers by launching her own fashion house under LVMH. Products range in price from $190 to $810, and advertisements for the brand appear to be unedited.

Rihanna’s father, Ronald, founded his own Fenty brand in 2017

According to The Blast, which previously said it obtained court documents, Ronald founded Fenty Entertainment in 2017, and then posed

as his daughter’s manager. He reportedly booked 15 concerts in Latin America, as well as another two in the United States, for $15 million and $400,000 respectively.

Rihanna’s original lawsuit asked for a court injunction that would stop her father from using the name Fenty in business, as well as unspecified damages.

Rihanna has previously spoken out against her father

In 2009, Rihanna said during a Good Morning America interview that her father used to beat her mother.

“Domestic violence is not something that people want anybody to know, so she would just hide it in the house,” Rihanna said during the interview. “I always said to myself, ‘I’m never going to date somebody like my dad, never.’”

According to the Independent, Rihanna also told Vogue in 2011 that her father told the press “a bunch of lies” after her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown was convicted of assaulting her.

“You hear the horror stories about people going behind people’s backs and doing strange things, but you always think, ‘Not my family. My father would never do that to me,’” Rihanna reportedly told Vogue in 2011.

“But my dad went to the press and just told them a bunch of lies,” she continued. “Because he hadn’t talked to me after that whole thing. He never called to find out how I was doing, if I was alive, nothing. He just never called.

He went straight to the press and got a cheque. And now he does it again.”

“It’s like, what do I even mean to him?” Rihanna told Vogue “It’s really strange. That’s the only word I can think of to describe it, because you grow up with your father, you know him, you are a part of him, for goodness sake! And then he does something so bizarre that I can’t begin to wrap my mind around it.”

Representatives for Rihanna did not immediately reply to INSIDER’s request for comment.

Drake’s dad says he won Talk show host Steve Harvey $300k on Raptors’ NBA win to cover students’ college costs

Drake’s dad says he won $300k on Raptors’ NBA win Looks like the curse wasn’t true after all...

After the curse of his son was proven to be false, Drake‘s father Dennis Graham has revealed that he won $300,000 on the Toronto Raptors’ recent NBA Championship win.

Drake earned a reputation for being somewhat of a bad luck charm for a number of top-level sports teams and athletes in recent years, with people calling out that whenever he associates with sportspeople or endorses certain teams they almost always end up suffering some sort of on-field misfortune soon afterwards.

Drake celebrates as Toronto fans gather in Jurassic

However that wasn’t the Park to watch the Raptors win the NBA Finals at case earlier this month when his Oracle Arena in Oakland outside of Scotiabank beloved Toronto Raptors won the NBA Arena in Toronto. June 13, 2019 Championships – with the rapper releasing two new songs to mark the Drake became a global ambassador for the Raptors in 2013 and has been occasion.

Now his father Dennis Graham warned on multiple occasions for his has revealed that he made a $10,000 behaviour on the sideline of games. bet on The Raptors winning, walking During the Eastern Conference finals away with three times that. “I am the earlier this year, he drew criticism for happiest guy in the world,” he told TMZ. heckling, giving players pep talks and

He also said that he advised the leaving his seat to give Raptors coach team to avoid the traditional visit to Nick Nurse a shoulder massage.

Meanwhile, Drake fans are the White House to meet the President, urging them instead to opt for their currently awaiting news on the rapper’s next record after he teased that he was own Canadian Prime Minister

“Justin Trudeau is a much in “album mode”.

Drake’s last album was 2018’s classier guy than that IDIOT Donald ‘Scorpion‘.

Trump,” added Graham.

Patti LaBelle gets her very own street in Philadelphia

Patti LaBelle now has her very own street in her hometown of Philadelphia, and the legendary soul singer christened it with a song.

A stretch of Broad Street was renamed “Patti LaBelle Way” during a ceremony Tuesday.

“The Godmother of Soul” thanked the throngs of fans who clogged the intersection and treated them to an impromptu rendition of her

hit “Love, Need and Want You.”

Brandishing one of the new streets signs, she told onlookers she felt blessed and spoke about how her parents used to walk along this stretch of road.

“Lady Marmalade” was LaBelle’s first No. 1 hit when she was the lead singer of LaBelle. She also had a successful solo career with hits like “You Are My Friend” and “New Attitude.”

Talk show host, comedian and game show host Steve Harvey has committed to covering the college costs for eight incoming freshmen at his alma mater in Ohio.

Kent State University said in a release that The Steve & Marjorie Harvey Foundation has worked with Kent State University to provide scholarships of about $23,000 per student. The students must maintain a 2.5 grade point average for the scholarships to be renewed each semester.

The scholarships are in memory of Devin Moore, a Kent State student from Cleveland who died in 2017 while playing basketball at a university center.

Harvey hosts the game show “Family Feud” and previously starred in “The Steve Harvey Show.”

The university says the foundation also committed $10,000 to Steve Harvey participates in the “Steve” panel during the Kent State’s Men Empowerment NBC Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Network.

Family says goodbye to wife of “Dog the Bounty Hunter”

About 500 people watched from the shore and the waters off a beach as family and friends held a memorial service to say goodbye to reality-TV star Beth Chapman, who rose to fame as the wife of “Dog the Bounty Hunter,” the Honolulu Star Advertiser reports.

The service was held Saturday at Fort DeRussy Beach Park in Waikiki, the newspaper says.

Chapman, 51, died Wednesday at Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu after an almost 2-year battle with cancer.

The Star-Advertiser says that after a short prayer circle on a grassy stretch at Fort DeRussy Beach Park, a flotilla of outrigger canoes, stand-up paddle boarders, surfers and several large boats, including a catamaran, headed out in

Beth Chapman in Honolulu. Chapman, the wife and co-star of “Dog the Bounty Hunter” reality TV star Duane “Dog” Chapman, died on Wednesday, June 26, 2019 tribute. They were later joined by her husband Duane “Dog” Chapman and other family members.

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LIFESTYLE Alcohol’s secondhand harms prevalent among U.S. women and men

Just like cigarettes, alcohol creates secondhand harms, a new study suggests.

Over a 12-month period, more than one in five women and nearly one in four men experienced some harm related to someone else’s drinking, in a study published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.

“One of the key take homes from this study is that harms due to other people’s drinking are extremely prevalent,” said coauthor Katherine Karriker-Jaffe, a senior scientist at the Alcohol Research Group at the Public Health Institute in Oakland, California.

Considering that researchers only tracked people for a year “and that other points in life are not being captured in this study, this suggests it is a serious problem that needs attention,” she added.

Women were more likely to be

harmed by a spouse, partner or family member, while men were more likely to be harmed by a stranger, Karriker-Jaffe and her colleagues found.

The researchers used data from two nationally representative surveys: the 2015 National Alcohol’s Harm to Others Survey, which contained information on 2,830 adults, and the 2015 National Alcohol Survey, which contained data on 7,071 adults. Participants were interviewed by phone and received $10 or $20 for their time.

For the current study, KarrikerJaffe and colleagues focused on the 8,750 survey participants who answered the questions on experiences with alcohol’s harm to others over the previous 12 months. Specifically, participants were asked if, in the last 12 months, they had experienced harms from a drinker including “being harassed,” “feeling threatened or afraid,” “having clothing

or belongings ruined,” having “property vandalized,” and “being pushed, hit or assaulted.”

Overall, the researchers found, 21% of women and 23% of men had experienced at least one type of harm related to someone else’s drinking in the past year. That would work out to 53 million American adults experiencing at least one secondhand harm from alcohol each year, the researchers reported.

The most common type of harm was harassment and threats, reported by 16% of men and women. Excluding this type of harm, the annual prevalence of any past-year harm was 13% for women and 15% for men.

People were more likely to experience alcohol’s secondhand harms if they were younger than 25, black, drank heavily themselves, or were divorced, widowed or separated.

Karriker-Jaffe hopes the study

Nonwhite patients get less pain relief in U.S. emergency rooms

Black and Hispanic patients in U.S. emergency rooms are less likely to receive medication to ease acute pain than their white counterparts, a study suggests.

Researchers examined data from 14 previously published studies of pain management in American emergency rooms (ERs) that altogether included 7,070 white patients, 1,538 Hispanic patients, and 3,125 black patients.

Compared to white patients, black patients were 40% less likely to receive medication to ease acute pain and Hispanic patients were 25% less likely, the analysis found.

“The reasons for these disparities are likely complex and multifold and may include factors such as implicit bias, language barriers, and cultural differences in the perception and expression of pain and institutional differences in ERs that serve mostly Black and Hispanic patients,” said Dr. Andrew Meltzer, senior author of the study and a researcher at George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences in Washington, D.C.

“Unrelieved pain can lead to a wide range of consequences such as growing distrust towards physicians and the medical community, economic burden from its debilitative effects,

and physical and emotional repercussions,” Meltzer said by email. “Given the current opioid epidemic, however, it remains unclear if more pain medicine should be a marker of higher quality care.”

Black patients were 34% less likely to receive opioids for acute pain than white patients, and Hispanic patients were 13% less likely to get opioids for acute pain, researchers report in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine.

And when patients had long bone fractures or acute pain from other types of traumatic injuries, black people were 41% less likely to get pain medication than white people.

Among patients without fractures or trauma-related pain, black patients were again less likely than white patients to get pain relievers, but in this instance the difference was too small to rule out the possibility that it was due to chance.

Because it wasn’t a controlled experiment, the study doesn’t prove that race or ethnicity directly impacts how ER clinicians treat acute pain.

One limitation of the analysis is that researchers lacked data on how much pain patients experienced, and it’s possible

some differences might be due to differences in how much pain patients reported. And researchers also didn’t have data to see how health outcomes varied based on the amount or type of pain relief patients received.

“Delayed pain relief may lead to poor healing or prolong the healing,” said Dr. Carmen Green, a professor of anesthesiology at the University of Michigan schools of medicine and public health in Ann Arbor.

“In addition, there are psychological, implications ranging from suffering to fear all the way to PTSD,” Green, who wasn’t involved in the study, said by email. “Let us not forget pain has been used to torture.”

Emergency room clinicians may be choosing which patients get pain relief based on conscious, unconscious, and implicit bias as well as negative stereotypes based upon race, ethnicity, and class, Green said.

“We tend to be more sympathetic to those who look like us,” Green said. “Overall, racial and ethnic minorities tend to receive lesser quality of care, have lesser quality health insurance, have decreased access to care, and experience diminished outcomes that lead to disparities.”

will spark changes in the availability of alcohol, such as earlier closing times for bars and liquor stores.

The new study is a reminder of how large a problem drinking can be society-wide, said Dr. Antoine Douaihy, a professor of psychiatry and medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. “Everyone is consumed by the opioid crisis and there is a tendency to ignore the huge problems we have with alcohol,” Douaihy said. “In the United States, there’s a huge need to reduce that burden. And while it’s important to address the opioid crisis, let’s not forget about the burden of alcohol.”

Even when there is a focus on alcohol, “it’s related to the harms to the person drinking, but not on the collateral damage,” Douaihy said. “Alcohol is still very, very problematic in the United States and it needs to be addressed very aggressively.”

Older women have higher heart disease risk with ‘apple’ shape

Older women who are at a healthy weight may be more likely to develop heart disease when they carry excess fat around their midsection than when they store more fat in their hips and thighs, a new study suggests.

While being overweight has long been linked to a higher risk of heart disease, the risks associated with excess fat for people with a body mass index (BMI) in the healthy range aren’t as clear, researchers note in the European Heart Journal.

The current study involved 2,683 women who had already gone through menopause but didn’t have cardiovascular disease. Researchers followed half of the participants for at least 18 years.

Overall, 291 women developed heart disease.

Women with the most belly fat, or an “apple” shape, were 91 percent more likely to develop heart disease than women with the least amount of fat around their midsection.

The risk was most pronounced for women who had lots of belly fat and very little fat on their thighs. These women were more than three times more likely to develop heart disease than women who had the opposite shape: fatter thighs and flatter stomachs.

“An `apple’ shape has been associated with increased heart risk in previous studies, but it mostly refers to central obesity among people already have a weight problem,” said Qibin Qi, senior author of the study and a researcher at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, New York.

“Our study found, for the first time, that among postmenopausal women with normal body mass index (BMI), elevated trunk fat (apple shape) is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease, while elevated leg fat (pear shape) is associated with reduced risk of cardiovascular disease,” Qi said by email.

Women who had the most pronounced “pear” shape, with more fat on their thighs, were 38 percent less likely to develop heart disease during the study than women with the least amount of fat on their upper legs.

All of the women in the study had a healthy BMI ranging from 18.5 to 24.9.

When women go through menopause, they can also experience changes in their body shape and metabolism as more fat gets stored around the organs rather than right under the skin, the study authors note. The distribution of body fat can be shaped by genetics, as well as by eating and exercise habits.

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•Liaise with the Resort General Manager on long term planning of the maintenance department.

•Produce a departmental rota to ensure emergency call out duties are covered at all times.

•Order and maintain supplies of materials and equipment for use by the department, tobudget.

•Participate as a member of the Management team, attending and actively participating in weekly head of departmentmeetings.

GREAT HOUSE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED [SAILROCK]

•Ensure that health and safety and other statutory regulations are adhered to at all times.

is seeking qualified candidates for the positions below in the Maintenance Department

•Undertake any other maintenance duties as may reasonably be required from time to time.

Maintenance Manager has overall responsibility for the internal and external maintenance of all buildings and engineering services across the resort in a safe, cost effective and efficient manner, ensuring a high standard of appearance and smooth running for the enjoyment and comfort of Sailrock Resort guests.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES •Maintain and improve the interior and exterior fabric of the buildings across the resort to a highstandard.

•Maintain services to the building, i.e. water, electricity, gas, oil, to aserviceable standard.

•Organise and manage associatedpaperwork.

service

contracts

and

process

•Ensure all electrical equipment is maintained to a safe standard with the minimum of downtime.

•Ensure that fire alarms and other fire equipment are maintained to a high standard in accordance with specifications issued by the FireAuthority.

•Work to reduce energy costs across the resort by ensuring effective energy management.

•Maintain the plant room and the emergency generator to a highstandard.

•Ensure the maintenance of the swimming pool and spa areas, to meet health and safetyrequirements.

•Manage general repairs to ensure that they are attended to by maintenance team staff as quickly as possible, with minimum disruption to guestservices.

•Manage the general andexpenditure.

repairs

/

maintenance

budget

•Undertake administrative paperwork, required documentation and record keeping associated with the smooth running of the maintenancedepartment.

•Recruit, train, and take responsibility for the day to day management of the maintenance team staff throughout the entire employee lifecycle, taking advice and support from HR as appropriate and following and implementing formal company procedures, where necessary.

•Carry out annual appraisals for the maintenance staff and continually motivate, support and inspire the entire team in their dailywork.

•Manage refurbishment and redevelopment projects and the programme of planned maintenance across the resort and work with the Resort General Manager and other departments to ensure that these projects are carried out to a high standard and with minimum disruption to guests andfacilities.

•Ensure that all external contractors working onsite on project work fulfil their contractualobligations.

Skills •Effective people management and teammotivation.

•Managing projects and delivering these withinbudget.

•The ability to make effective decisions and produceresults.

•Well presented with excellent communication and interpersonal skills to establish and maintain good working relationships within and across departments at alltimes.

•Excellent computer and systemskills.

•A relevant trade qualification from an accredited body would be desirable •Excellent Knowledge and understanding of Fire Safety and Health and Safety Legislation to ensure a safe working environment at all times.

Other requirements •A positive and can-doattitude.

•Friendly, helpful andapproachable.

•Ability to manage own time and work on owninitiative.

•Organisation and administration skills required to manage a schedule of work and the associated paperwork and documentation.

•Flexible to work hours, including evenings andweekends.

•5 years’ experience in a 5-star resort.

Salary Range: •$30,000 yearly Drywall Installer/Painter/Handyman – 2 positions available •This person will install and finish all drywall for private villas and hotel product Responsibilities •Installing gypsum board to wood framing and mud •Apply drywall to walls or ceilings •Fasten drywall to inside framework of building •Prepare panels for painting by taping or finishing joints •Smoothing out imperfections •Working with ceiling tile installers to build walls •Paint interior walls and smooth out as needed Qualified Candidates will have/be: •Must have 3+ years’ experience in drywall •Ability to paint neatly and cleanly •Ability to follow instruction •Well-organized and detail oriented •Ability to work well with others Salary Range •$18,000 - $20,000 Annually Please submit applications to Human Resource: •Drop off: W104 Venture House, Grace Bay, Providenciales •Tel: 649-941-2121 •Email: humanresources@sailrockresort.com/swharton@ southcaicos.com These positionsare currently held by a Work permit holder. Interested Turks and Caicos Islanders must also submit copies of their application to the TCI Labour Board.

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Vanessa Rolle

Fresh Fish

NEEDS A Painter In Grand Turk Duties: Prepare paint surfaces, mix, match, and apply paints and other finishes to various surfaces Salary $10.00 per hour To work 6 days per week Please Contact: 241-6994 This position is currently being held by a worker permit holder Applicants who are Turks & Caicos Islander should also send copies of their application to the Labour board

STEPHANIE BEAUTY SALON

Aldarro’s Construction

NEEDS A Beautician In Grand Turk Duties: Specialize in certain areas, such as makeup application, nail art, etc Salary $200.00 per week To work 6 days per week Please Contact: 241-5785 This position is currently being held by a worker permit holder Applicants who are Turks & Caicos Islander should also send copies of their application to the Labour board

NEEDS Mason Helper Carpenter Helper In Grand Turk Duties include using, supplying or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.

Salary $7.00 per hour To work 5 days per week Please Contact: 331-1625 These positions are currently being held by a worker permit holders Interest Turks & Caicos Islander applicants must send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board

Seeks to employ a Domestic Worker In Grand Turk To work for 5 day a week At a salary of $250-$300 per week The successful is required to supervise, care for the child and maintain home Interested Turks and Caicos Islanders are required to submit their applications to Labour board zone 1 and contact Vanessa Rolle at 232-6302 This position is presently being held by a work permit holder

Location: Sam’s Building, Down Town Is seeking a Supervisor of Sales and Purchasing Duties: Maintain records of goods ordered and received, Locate vendors of materials, equipment or supplies, and interview them in order to determine product availability and terms of sales and Prepare and process requisitions and purchase orders for supplies and equipment.

To work 5 days a week Salary is $10.00 per hour This position is currently held by a Work Permit Holder Please Contact: 346-9913 Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board #230305

STAGE BAR

Sherlock Forbes

DUDLEY LEWIS

E. L. Construction

Denis Prosper

Location: Five Cays, Providenciales Is seeking a Painter Duties: Prepare paint surfaces, mix, match, and apply paints and other finishes to various surfaces.

To work 6 days a week Salary is $6.50 per hour Please Contact: 231-6153 This position is currently held by a Work Permit Holder Applicants who are Turks & Caicos Islanders should also send copies of their applications to the Labour Board

Domestic Worker WANTED In Grand Turk Must be able to do general cleaning and speak English Salary $400.00 Monthly To work 5 days per week Please Contact: 242-1307 This position is currently held by a work permit holder Applicants who are Turks & Caicos Islanders should also send copies of their applications to the Labour Board

CONEY’S CONSTRUCTION

Lower Bight, Providenciales Is looking for the following: 4 Barmaids and a Janitor Janitor duties includes perform general clean up of all areas of the building as directed Manage routine upkeep of exterior areas Barmaids duties includes preparing alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverages for bar and patrons and interacting with customers, taking orders and serving drinks.

•Must have experience at least 3-4 years.

•Salary is negotiable Please Contact 344-8644 or email: browill649@gmail.com These positions are held

by Work Permit Holders Applicants who are Turks & Caicos islander should also send copies of their application to the immigration board CAICOS SEAFOODS/ LEWIS COX/VELMA COX

Is seeking Labourers, domestic workers, plant workers, seafood processors, conch peelers, freezer person On the Island of South Caicos Pay is minimum wage / daily rate / commission Applicants must be able to clean office, peel and pack conch, wash and pack lobsters, push loaded buggies, Jobs are currently held by Haitian Nationals Please Contact 231-4554 Interested Turks and Caicos Islanders are required to submit copies of their applications to Labour Board

Cactus Café

Location: Airport Road, Providenciales Is seeking a Sous Chef Duties: Must be able to work night shifts and ensuring that inventory and food are properly in place Salary is $400.00 weekly To work 5 nights a week Please Contact: 432-4271 This position is new Interested Turks and Caicos Islanders are required to submit copies of their applications to Labour Board #230304

Kenva Williams Job Location: Blue Hill, Providenciales Is seeking a Labourer Candidates must be physically capable of performing manual labour outside daily which involve grass cutting, tree trimming, removal of brush and weed, general cleanup of debris and garbage from the properties To work 6 days a week Salary is $6.25 per hour Please Contact: 232-3977 This position is currently held by a work permit holder Interested Turks and Caicos Islanders are required to submit their applications to the Labour Board #230313

Location: South Caicos Is seeking a labourer Duties: to work in store stocking groceries, cleaning the store, and cutting meats To work 6 days per week Salary: $ 6.25 per hour Please contact 231-2781 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 Labour Board

Marilene Pierre

Location: Blue Hills, Providenciales Is seeking a Caretaker Duties may include cooking, complete light housekeeping duties To work 5 days per week Please Contact: 346-8736 Salary is $6.25 per hour This position is currently held by a Work Permit Holder Applicants who are Turks & Caicos Islanders should also send copies of their application to the Labour Board

Triple C’S Carwash Located on Airport Road, Providenciales Labourer Wanted Labourer wanted for a carwash, person will assist in the cleaning and washing of customers vehicles Salary: US$6.25 per hour Open to working any day of the week Deadline for applications July 19, 2019 Please Contact: cjjolly7@gmail.com This position is new Interested Turks and Caicos Islanders are required to submit their applications to the Labour Board

Roxie Williams 11 Rainbow Garden, Blue Hills Is seeking a Labourer To do General Cleaning around the yard and keeping the surroundings clean Must be able to speak English To work 5 days a week, 8:00am -5:00pm Salary $6.50 per hour Please Contact: 247-0682 This position is new Interested Turks and Caicos Islanders are required to submit their applications to the Labour Board #230314

In Grand Turk Is seeking one (1) Domestic Worker Must be able to wash clothes, Iron and clean house To work six (6) days a week Salary $6.25 per hour Please contact 649 -246-7742 This is a new position and applicants who are TCIslanders should send copies of their application to the Labour Board

Larissa Gray

#230309

SORAYA’S BOUTIQUE & SUNDRIES

Sommelier Position

Location: Airport Road, Providenciales Is seeking a Sales Clerk To work 6 days per week Job Offered: Selling in the store and keeping the store clean at all times Applicant must be willing to work on holidays at times Please Contact: 243-8279 Salary is $7.00 per hour This position is new Applicants who are Turks & Caicos Islanders should also send copies of their application to the Labour Board

-Minimum of 6 years experience in similar position -Must be computer & R.P.E/ P.O.S system literate -Certificate in advanced wine studies or graduate from a reputable trade school -Pay is $9 per hour (up to 55 hours/week in season) -Share of gratuities -2 professional and 2 personal references -Clean Police Record -Minimum 5 years experience in fast paced fine dining restaurant in similar position Position is for a work permit renewal.

Qualified and interested Belongers Only to apply either via email Or drop resume at our place of business with copies To Immigration Board/Employment Services.

Employer Information: Magnolia Restaurant-Miramar Resort-Turtle Cove Tel: 941.5018 Email: magnoliaprovo@live.com

TC Industrial Services

GRACEWAY IGA SUPERMARKET

Lyndon Jennings

Location: Providenciales Seeks to employ a Project Administrator To assist with project management duties which includes managing budget & expenditures, performing administrative duties, doing payroll, accounts receivable and payable, estimates & quotations for clients & banking Wages is $12.00 per hour This position is new Applicants who are Turks and Caicos Islanders are required to submit applications to the Immigration Boards Zone 1 and TC Industrial at telephone 941-4051 or email tcisimms@yahoo.com.

Closing date July 22nd, 2019

Is looking to hire a Cleaning Technician to carry out heavy duty cleaning tasks and special projects.

Must be able to work handle heavy equipment and machinery and perform minor maintenance inspection / repair works.

Payrate $8.00 – 8. 50 PER hour Belongers are encouraged to email their resume to hr@ gracewayiga.comthis position is for First time work permit holder.

Deadline for application: July 18th, 2019 Please Note: Only short-listed applicants will be contacted to attend interviews

Location: Grand Turk Is seeking a Domestic Worker To be carried out domestic duties such as sweeping, mopping, vacuuming and laundry To work 5 days per week Please Contact: 332-1946 Salary is $6.50 per hour This position is currently held by a Work Permit Holder Applicants who are Turks & Caicos Islanders should also send copies of their application to the Labour Board

Crambelin Youth

Location: North Caicos Is seeking a Gardener Assist with maintaining the landscaping by cutting and shaping the grass and surrounding trees and shrubbery to a standard expectation To work 6 days a week Salary is $6.25 per hour Please contact: 442-0354 This position is new Interested Turks and Caicos Islanders are required to submit their applications to the Labour Board

#230312

#230301

Domestic Worker WANTED In Grand Turk To do housekeeping work Must be able honest, trustworthy and speaks English Salary $6.50 per hour To work 5-6 days per week Please Contact: 241-0202 This position is held by a work permit holder Interested Turks and Caicos Islanders are encouraged to send a copy of their application to the Labour Board

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We hire smiles!!!

Beaches Turks and Caicos Resort Villages and Spa, the only 6 Diamond All-inclusive property in the Caribbean is inviting applications from Turks and Caicos Islanders for the following vacant positions. We hire the personality and train the individual.

Applicants must have a clean police record and a good command of the English language both written and spoken. In addition candidates must be able to work nights, public holidays and week-ends. The Resort thanks everyone for their interest in advance and advises that applicants will be contacted for an interview via Text Message.

The Security Department requires: The Maintenance Department requires: 

 

Senior Stove Technician

Reports to: Security Manager

Reports to: Chief Engineer To work closely with the Rooms Division to ensure that the physical appearance in and around the room is as per the Resort’s established quality and standards; to ensure that the furniture, fixture, A/C’s, plumbing and equipment are properly maintained, and to provide a prompt and efficient response to all guest service requests in a timely and courteous manner.

Standard Specifications: Qualifications and Experience:  Must have a minimum of a high school diploma and/or a certificate in a field of engineering from a recognized Vocational Training Institution  Basic computer literacy and internet knowledge is preferred  Physically fit with the ability to lift and bend.

These positions are currently held by Work Permit Holders (note however more than one is required).

Recruitment to fill these positions is underway at this time.

The salary for this position ranges between $ 7.25 to $10.00 per hour

Under the guidance and supervision of the Security Manager, and within the limits of established Sandals Resorts policies, procedures, ensures the safety of Guests and Staff.

Standard Specifications: Qualifications and Experience:  Ability to generate reports and maintain logs  Previous experience in this or similar capacity  Experience supervising a team or shift (Supervisor) These positions are currently held by Work Permit Holders (note however more than one is required). Recruitment to fill these positions is underway at this time.

The rate for the positions listed above is $6.25 to $8.50 an hour.

The Maintenance Department requires: 

Shift Leader

Reports to: Assistance Maintenance Manager

The Cost Control Department requires: 

Supervisor Officer

To work closely with the Rooms Division to ensure that the physical appearance in and around the room is as per the Resort’s established quality and standards; to ensure that the furniture, fixture, A/C’s, plumbing and equipment are properly maintained, and to provide a prompt and efficient response to all guest service requests in a timely and courteous manner.

Assistant Store Keeper

Qualifications and Experience:  Ability to meet deadlines  Knowledge of Accounting procedures  Computer Literate  Physically Fit;

The Housekeeping Manager position is currently held by a Work Permit Holder.

Standard Specifications: Qualifications and Experience:  Must have a minimum of a high school diploma and/or a certificate in a field of engineering from a recognized Vocational Training Institution  Basic computer literacy and internet knowledge is preferred  Physically fit with the ability to lift and bend.

These positions are currently held by Work Permit Holders (note however more than one is required).

Recruitment to fill these positions is underway at this time.

The range for this position $6.25 to $10.00 per hour

The salary for this position ranges between $ 7.25 to $10.00 per hour

The Offsite Department requires:

The Watersports and Catamaran Departments require:

Reports to:

 

Logistic Manager

Caretaker Groundskeeper

Reports to:



Properties Manager

To work closely with the Properties to ensure that the physical appearance in and around the staff accommodation and other holdings are maintained as per the established quality and standards.

Standard Specifications: Qualifications and Experience:  Physically fit with the ability to lift over 30 lbs.  Minimum 2 years’ experience in a related position.

Shift Leader

Reports to: Watersports Manager Under general supervision, ensures the safety of patrons of an aquatic facility by preventing and responding to emergencies.

Standard Specifications: Qualifications and Experience:  First Aid & CPR Certified; These positions are currently held by Work Permit Holders (note however more than one is required).

Recruitment to fill these positions is underway at this time.

These positions are currently held by Work Permit Holders.

The range for these positions are $6.25- $7.00 per hour

The range for these positions is $7.25 to $10.00 per hour

The Kitchen Department requires:

The Weddings Department requires: 



Wedding Steward

Reports to:

Reports to:

Assistant Wedding Manager

Under the guidance and supervision of the Assistant Wedding Manager within the scope of established Sandals Resort & Spa policies, the Steward will ensure that all aspects the Weddings operation are performed accordingly.

Standard Specifications: Qualifications and Experience:  Physically fit with the ability to lift over 30 lbs.  No allergies to chemicals  Minimum 2 years’ experience in a related position.

These positions are currently held by Work Permit Holders (note however more than one is required).

Recruitment to fill these positions is underway at this time.

The range for these positions is $6.25-$6.50 per hour

Executive Chef

Under the guidance and supervision of the Executive Chef and within the limits of established Sandals Resorts policies and procedures, oversees and directs all aspects of the kitchen operation at the level of standard and quality established by the company.

Standard Specifications: Qualifications and Experience:  Culinary institution or equivalent technical schooling or apprenticeship training preferred  Three to five years’ experience as a manager/supervisor in an international first-class hotel/resort.

This positions is currently held by a Work Permit Holder (note however more than one is required).

Recruitment to fill these positions is underway at this time.

The salary for this position ranges between $23,000.00 and $38,000.00 The Island Routes Department requires:

The Dining Room Department requires: 

Sous Chef



Shift Leader

Reports to: Restaurant Manager Is responsible to assist with Dining Room supervision this includes the coordination, planning, organizing and control the activities of the restaurant.

Standard Specifications: Qualifications and Experience:  Supervisor certification  One year experience in similar capacity  Extensive food & beverage/wine knowledge;

Senior Tour Specialist Requirements include but are not limited to: o Must be service driven with excellent customer service skills o Excellent Organizational Skills o Ability to meet and exceed sales targets

The Senior Tour Specialist is responsible for assisting with ensuring that all tour events are well coordinated and also acts as the main source of information for the guests on the resort, ensuring they are having an enjoyable experience.

The salary range for the position indicated above is $40,000.00 to $55,000.00

This position is currently held by a Work Permit Holder (however more than one is required). Recruitment to fill these positions is underway at this time.

The rate for the position listed above is $6.75 to $7.50 an hour.

Applications giving full details of qualifications and experience should be sent to: mmvaughn@grp.sandals.com or placed in the secure drop box at the service gate or Fax to: 9414870 Attn: M McClean-Vaughn The Labour Commissioner The Human Resources Labour Department Providenciales Turks and Caicos Islands

and

Department Beaches Turks and Caicos P.O. Box 186 Lower Bight Road

and should reach not later than July 24th 2019

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Gunmen ‘came to kill’ at party in The Bahamas

Residents of Ethel Street say “I run from the kitchen, the shooting left her feeling “very they have been left “traumatised”, when I run outside, I see all kind of frightened, angry at the same time”. “frightened” and “angry” following people on ground,” Ms Oliver said. “Because it was just woman and Sunday’s horrifying mass shooting “They…say it was a high power gun children right here. Like, what at a birthday party that left more what shoot them.” would make somebody come than ten people suffering gunshot When asked about the out and do something like that? injuries. victims, she noted some have been Because it was just kids and woman

The tight-knit community discharged while a few remain in there. All the males them was down was rocked by the incident, with hospital. the road there. Ain’ no males them relatives noting seven of the “They coming on,” she was right here for them to just gunshot victims were relatives. said. “They coming on…but (one) come out and do some foolishness Chief Superintendent is really hurt. like that (sic).

Solomon Cash yesterday told The “This a serious thing “Everybody traumatised.

Tribune police are following “some what happened…I hope the police For something like that to happen leads”, however up to press time, deal with this, you understand? in the front here like that, and Superintendent Shanta Knowles Because…it come like it was a drive- this our regular hang out spot, said no suspects were in custody. by shooting…To shoot all these everybody traumatised,” Ms Oliver

According to police, 14 people? They look like they come said. people were shot and three injured to kill.”

A neighbour who wished during the tragic incident. However, Krystal Saunders, 32, was to be identified as Ms Johnson, 37, the Public Hospitals Authority at the party, which she said was said her 10-year-old son was also at has reported 15 gunshot victims filled with her friends and relatives. the party. were assisted at Princess Margaret “We was right here in the When the shots began, Ms Hospital. middle of the road,” she said. “We Johnson said: “I break off running.

According to police, ten of was having fun, dancing and all we My daughter say ‘mummy get the victims were female and four hear was ‘pap.’” down, get down’, I just break off were minors — the youngest of Ms Saunders said the running to go look for him. That which is just ten-years-old. partygoers assumed the first blast could’ve been me, that could’ve

Up press time, there were was a firework. been this yard as close as it was. no fatalities and according to “When we hear the ‘pap, And it happened after 12(am).

Health Minister Dr Duane Sands, pap, pap’ again, everybody break “It makes us feel sad seven people remain in hospital in off running, we realise it was gun. because we don’t have this kind stable condition.

Most of us run in the back of this of things in Montel Heights,” she

Margaret Oliver, the yard here,” she said, pointing. continued. “First of all, strangers grandmother of the youngest “And when we come back to the come and shoot lil’ children, so it victim, told The Tribune yesterday front, we meet the lil’ girl on the really hurts…Every day they sits the incident made her feel floor, just bodies on the floor, blood over there and nothing happen. “frightened”. everywhere. All we could do was They had a lil’ birthday party and

Standing outside her home, scream, cry, and try get everybody spectators come and maybe they where the party was held, Ms Oliver to the hospital. We tried calling the targeted the spectators? So they said she was inside preparing to ambulance, but you know they is came and they opened fire on lil’ bring food out to the festivities take long, so we ain’t even bother children. when the shots began. (to wait). We just rush everybody “We just praying for the set

Ms Oliver said she the hospital (sic).” who got hurt and hope they make a immediately dropped the food.

Meanwhile Ms Oliver said speedy recovery.”

The Most Excellent – Now the highest honour for Barbadian citizens

In observance of Barbados’ of the Spring Garden Highway.

“There will still be some independence, the highest honour of the land will now include the who want the Knight of Saint title of The Most Excellent.

Andrew, but there are many, The announcement many of us of the independence was made on Saturday by Prime generation who would not know Minister Mia Mottley who stated how to accept that award, those that the inclusion of the title for persons in claiming the freedom those who did not want to be tied of Barbados would hereafter be to the pre-independence period. known as The Most Excellent,” she As it stands, Knight or Dame of St proclaimed.

The Prime Minister said Andrew are the highest national the title reaffirmed the Barbadian honours a citizen can receive.

“We must claim our identity, as future generations destiny and we must now establish of Barbados can embrace their an equivalent award under the “Bajaness” or “Barbadianess”.

“Those children who may freedom of Barbados so that Barbadians who do not want to be not be scientists or who may not be known as Sir or Dame of St Andrew doctors or lawyers or who may not can still have the highest level be politicians must forever know award in this country,” the Prime that they can attain the highest Minister said during her feature heights in this country and receive address at the renaming ceremony the greatest acclaim of the people

Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley of this land by expressing to us that which comes from within . . . . We have reaffirmed what nobody else can do for us, our sense of Bajaness our sense of Barbadianess.”

British Virgin Islands ranked best place to visit in Caribbean

A beach in the British Virgin Islands

The best place to visit in the Caribbean is the British Virgin Islands (BVI), according to U.S. News & World Report’s annual ranking of the world’s best vacation destinations.

The BVI — which includes islands like Virgin Gorda, Jost Van Dyke, Anegada and Tortola — is about a six-hour flight from New York City and about 12 hours from Los Angeles.

The islands have everything from “stunning white beaches” to “unique national parks, ” Erin Shields, managing editor of travel at U.S. News & World Report, tells CNBC Make It.

BVI is popular for people who love to be in the water, Shields says, whether it’s yachting, sailing, snorkeling or scuba diving. And travelers rave about the friendly locals and the beaches, says Shields, who adds that the islands offer a variety of accommodation options, from upscale resorts to vacation rentals.

Richard Branson’s Necker Island, which costs $77,500 to rent a night, is located in the British Virgin Islands.

Here are the top 10 places to visit in the Caribbean for 2019-20, according to U.S. News & World Report.

10. Barbados 9. St. Kitts & Nevis 8. Anguilla 7. Antigua 6. Cayman Islands 5. St. Vincent & The Grenadines 4. Turks & Caicos 3. U.S. Virgin Islands 2. St. Lucia 1. British Virgin Islands

The top five destinations remain unchanged from the 2018-2019 ranking, “reinforcing the popularity of the destinations,” according to Shields.

Ranked No. 2 on the list, St. Lucia appeals to couples with secluded hotels, says Shields.

The U.S. Virgin Islands — including St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix — ranks No. 3.

Americans do not need passports to travel there, and the islands have “incredible” beaches, says Shields. St. John even has a national park.

Turks & Caicos, ranked No. 4, has plenty of family-friendly accommodations and is stunningly picturesque, famous for its white sand beaches and shockingly blue waters.

St. Vincent & the Grenadines, coming it at No. 5, is a more “under-the-radar Caribbean getaway,” according to Shields, with plenty of beaches and boating and snorkeling opportunities.

For its methodology, U.S. News & World Report analyzed more than 700 destinations, combining travelers’ opinions with editor and expert analysis, Shields tells CNBC Make It. Each destination is scored in 10 categories, “from sights, culture and food” to “value, adventure and nightlife,” Shields says, with a comprehensive evaluation of each destination.

A “beach” score was also factored in for the Best Places to Visit in the Caribbean for 201920, according to Shields. Factors considered for the beach score include cleanliness, natural beauty, remoteness, sand and water quality, average days of sunshine and temperatures at the destination.

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Jamaican-American presidential candidate KAmala Harris raises millions in 24 hours after debate

The campaign of Jamaican American United States Democratic Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris on Saturday that the United States Senator has raised US$2 million in 24 hours after her first televised presidential debate Thursday night in Miami.

The campaign said that it was Harris’s largest fundraising day to date.

Her previous highest was US$1.5 million after she launched her campaign, for US president, earlier this year in Oakland, California, where she grew up.

Harris, 54, whose father is Jamaican and mother is Indian, was elected in 2016 to the US Senate after serving as California’s attorney general from 2011 to 2017. Prior to that, she was San Francisco, California district attorney.

Harris’s campaign said that, after Thursday night’s debate, 63 277 people made donations to the campaign, with almost 60 per cent being first-time donors. The average donation was US$30.

The increased donations come after Harris’s performance in which she criticised former US Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. during the second presidential debate for his alleged alliances with racial segregationists and his opposition to bussing for desegregation in schools.

“Growing up, my sister and Slave Owners. That’s fine. She’s not an I had to deal with the neighbour who American Black. Period.” told us her parents couldn’t play with

In sharing the tweet, Donald us because she — because we were black.

Trump, Jr. asked his over three million And I will say also that — that, in this followers, “Is this true? Wow.” campaign, we have also heard — and

Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South I’m going to now direct this at Vice Bend, Indiana said it was time to end President Biden, I do not believe you the “birther-style attacks”. are a racist, and I agree with you when

“The presidential competitive you commit yourself to the importance field is stronger because Kamala Harris of finding common ground,” Harris said has been powerfully voicing her Black during the TV debate.

American experience,” he wrote on

“But I also believe, and it’s Twitter, adding that Harris’s firstpersonal — and I was actually very — generation story embodies the American it was hurtful to hear you talk about dream. the reputations of two United States

Biden noted that the same senators who built their reputations forces that used “birtherism” to question United States Democratic presidential candidate and career on the segregation of race in Obama’s American citizenship and race Kamala Harris this country,” she added. “And it was are now being used against Harris. not only that, but you also worked with defence after US President Donald J. “It’s disgusting, and we have to them to oppose bussing.

Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump, Jr., call it out when we see it,” he tweeted.

In response, Biden, also a lawyer questioned Harris’s race in a Twitter “Racism has no place in America.” by training, who is currently leading in post, which he quickly deleted.

Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota the polls as the strongest presidential Donald Trump, Jr. had shared a said that the attacks against Harris were candidate, said Harris mischaracterised tweet from Ali Alexander, described as “unacceptable”. his “position across the board”. “a right-wing personality,” who falsely “We are better than this

“I did not praise racists,” he claimed Harris’s racial identity did not (Russia is not) and stand united against said. “That is not true, number one. qualify her to talk about the plight of this type of vile behaviour,” Klobuchar Number two, if we want to have this Black Americans. tweeted. campaign litigated on who supports “Kamala Harris is implying Senator Elizabeth Warren of civil rights and whether I did or not, I’m she is descended from American Black Massachusetts described the attacks happy to do that”.

Slaves,” Alexander tweeted during the “racist and ugly,” urging technology

On Saturday, some of Harris’s Democratic TV debate Thursday night. companies to stop “these vile lies dead presidential rivals came to her “She’s not. She comes from Jamaican in their tracks”.

Sir Hilary recognised for work in reparations

Regional Headquarters, Kingston – Sheila Jackson Lee, American politician and Democratic Congresswoman for the US State of Texas, wasted no time at the beginning of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, in paying tribute to the Caribbean for its contribution.

As leader of the process which brought the Reparations Bill to the floor of the Judiciary Committee, she expressed gratitude particularly to Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, historian, Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies (The UWI) and Chairman of the CARICOM Reparations Commission last Wednesday.

Jackson Lee was speaking at the Capitol in Washington on the commemoration of Juneteenth, which marks a day of remembering the end of slavery in Texas. Her language was emphatic while thanking Sir Hilary for his expert leadership in the Caribbean and global movement over the past decade.

By connecting the historic, Rastafariandriven grassroots movement to State leadership, and securing the support of CARICOM leaders and international development and civil rights bodies, Sir Hilary was thanked for inspiring the revival of the African-American movement at the highest levels of Government.

It was fitting that he was urged to stand before the Subcommittee under the chairmanship of Congressman Nadler, as the significance of the moment was officially acknowledged. During the hearing, iconic actor, Danny Glover, also expressed in his testimony, gratitude to Sir Hilary, his friend, for facilitating his own global activist engagement in the reparations movement.

Congresswoman Jackson Lee later thanked Sir Hilary again at a town hall meeting which followed the Subcommittee hearing, where he was the keynote speaker. She acknowledged her gratitude to him for framing the conversation within CARICOM in a way that is developmental and not divisive.

She further recognised the role that Caribbean luminaries have always played in the progressive politics of America – from the pan-African role of Marcus Garvey, to the reparations discourse of Sir Hilary himself.

US Democrat, representing New Jersey, Senator Cory Booker also gave testimony at the hearing and was first to do so. Sir Hilary, standing in the Chamber, symbolically under the portrait of former Congressman John Conyers, his long serving mentor and father of the congressional movement, assured Booker that the CARICOM Reparations Commission will be fully available to assist sponsors of the Bill as it is piloted through the House to the Senate.

Cornelius Alvin Smith Sworn in as new Governor General of The Bahamas

Cornelius Alvin Smith was sworn in as the 11th Governor General of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas on Friday, June 28th, 2019, an appointment that sealed his rise from humble beginnings at Snow Hill, Long Island, through a long career in the civil service.

During his first speech as Governor General, Mr C A Smith pledged to discharge his constitutional duties with impartiality and urged Bahamians to strive toward renewing bedrock values such as altruism, empathy, and generosity of spirit.

He said these were necessary in fostering oneness in the country.

Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis said the Governor General’s journey had been one that mirrored the country’s national journey, inclusive of the attainment of majority rule and independence by a proud sovereign nation.

In his response to the commission of appointment at Rawson Square, the new Governor General said: “Ladies and gentlemen, our nation is blessed by a surpassing natural heritage and a rich cultural heritage. We have utilised and blended these gifts to create a peaceful democratic nation that has caused the global commons to mark the manner of our bearing.

“We’ve excelled in the arts, athletics, and academics. Now as we approach the 50th anniversary of independence we should

The new Governor General, Cornelius Alvin Smith, speaks on Friday celebrate our accomplishments and also our potential. We should also take stock of the road that we still tread to better promote the values of inclusiveness, civility, fairness and national harmony.”

He added: “Let us also pledge to renew bedrock values such as altruism, empathy, and generosity of spirit, which are necessary in fostering one Bahamas.

“These values, which propelled our fore parents to fight against discrimination and for a more equitable and just society must be renewed through the practice of voluntarism and public and community service.

“Let us renew this spirit and these values in our communities, in our homes, in the institutions of government, in religious ministry, in civil society, in our schools, in commerce and in industry.

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“I dedicate myself to helping to promote and to renew a greater national commitment to community service and voluntarism.”

He thanked former Governor General Dame Marguerite Pindling for her years of service to the nation.

For his part, Dr Minnis said he was pleased to have recommended the former member of Parliament for the appointment to the highest office in the country and highlighted much of his achievements.

He said: “Given your long and distinguished public career, your diplomatic and community service and your love of country, it was my happy task to recommend to Her Majesty (Queen Elizabeth II), Your Excellency’s appointment as Governor General.

“We look forward to your tenure and the role you will play in fostering national unity and a greater commitment to community service. We are confident that Your Excellency will represent our country with distinction at home and abroad.

“Your Excellency, as has been said on a previous occasion, we ask that you express to Her Majesty the Queen, the gratitude of the Bahamian people for her having acceded to our request by appointing you to this nation’s highest office.

“We offer you our full loyalty and affection.”

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Bahamian Cabinet minister resigns after controversy about contract to family business

St. Anne’s MP Brent Symonette has rejected rumors that he resigned from the Hubert Minnis Cabinet due to tensions over the award of government contracts to Bahamas Hot Mix and insisted his decision to step down was really a simple issue.

Symonette’s children’s trust is the minority shareholder in the company and there have been numerous conflicts of interest claims made against him.

St. Anne’s MP Brent Symonette

Speaking to The Nassau again.

Guardian, he strongly dismissed the He said, “[The prime perception some Bahamians have minister] called me up after election that he was in Cabinet to facilitate and wanted to offer me the Ministry the further enrichment of himself of Foreign Affairs and I said, ‘Thank and his wealthy friends. you very much, Prime Minister. I

“It’s a very simple answer,” don’t want to travel as much. I he said when asked why he resigned. want to spend more time with my

“Dr. [Hubert] Minnis, the family…’ I spent five years of my prime minister, and I have been life flying around representing the talking about my future and the role government of The Bahamas and of my ministry for quite some time. he offered me financial services and It started in earnest in November of immigration, so I took the offer. last year and at that time I advised Asked how he would him and I advised my Cabinet describe his relationship with colleagues numerous times that you the prime minister right now, wouldn’t find me in Cabinet a day Symonette said, “Very good.” past my 65th birthday. I’m 65 on He was also asked what the December 2 coming, so I’m on the prime minister’s reaction was to his downward half of the year. resignation.

“I believe that younger “He understood,” people should take over. I always Symonette said. “We had several have believed that, so for me conversations backwards and December 2 or the end of the year forwards. They were very pleasant was an absolute, maximum outside. and cordial. We were always The prime minister and I talked discussing building the country, and we came to the conclusion what we could do better for the that it would be better for the new country and it came my time minister to start with a full budget to retire and so he accepted my year as opposed to coming halfway resignation and we moved on.” through…Hence, July 1, the He also said, “The prime beginning of the budget year. minister said to me, ‘Symonette, I

“It’s a very simple issue. A don’t want you to go. I’d like you lot of people have made a lot of to reconsider your letter’ and I said, nonsense out there, the people who ‘Prime minister, this is my decision’ like talking nonsense.” and he said ‘Thank you very much’

Symonette, who entered and he sent me a nice letter thanking frontline politics in 1987, resigned me for my time with him and we as minister of financial services, moved on, so no tension. He would trade and industry and immigration have preferred me to stay.” after serving for just over two and a Symonette said he half years. decided to return to frontline

He said he intends to serve politics because Perry Christie, the the full term as St. Anne’s MP and now former prime minister, was will not seek re-election. In 2012, “messing up the country” and he Symonette, then the deputy prime wanted to ensure that Christie and minister, retired from frontline the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) politics, but he said yesterday he has were removed from office in 2017. no plans to come out of retirement Asked whether he

communicated to Minnis at the time he agreed to serve as minister that he did not intend to serve a full term, Symonette said, “I may not have communicated that to the PM…I can’t say one way or the other. I don’t know.”

Contracts

Symonette’s resignation, announced by the Cabinet Office on Sunday, came amid widespread discussion on the award of contracts to Bahamas Hot Mix.

The company was awarded a $20 million contract to carry out rehabilitation work on a runway and taxiway at Lynden Pindling International Airport.

Bahamas Hot Mix submitted the most competitive bid of the four companies that bid, according to officials.

The company was also awarded three contracts for water improvement projects on Long Island and Crooked Island.

Public Works Minister Desmond Bannister defended the decision last week, saying the other bids were disqualified for not meeting the requirements of the Caribbean Development Bank — a determination that was made by an independent firm out of Jamaica.

Symonette insisted that none of the Bahamas Hot Mix contracts came before Cabinet for discussion. He said he had no conversations with anyone about those contracts prior to their award.

“One of them I read about in the newspaper for the first time,” he said. “The other one I talked to my son about and said, ‘Look, in the future just give me a heads up.’

So, I have no involvement in any of those contracts.”

Late last year, Symonette took a beating after the government decided to lease space in the Town Centre Mall — owned by Symonette and his brother — to relocate the General Post Office.

Declaring his interest in Parliament was not enough to quiet the controversy that accompanied that decision.

Symonette said yesterday that lies and misinformation are being spread against him on social media.

Russian warships in the Caribbean

A fleet of Russian warships traveled through the Caribbean Sea and docked in Cuba on June 24 in the latest example of Russia’s increasing military influence in the periphery of the United States.

The four-vessel fleet is led by Admiral Gorshkov, Russia’s most advanced and modern warship.

The ships left Russia in February and made stops in Africa, Sri Lanka and China before crossing the Pacific to Ecuador. The fleet sailed through the Panama Canal on June 17, then crossed through the Caribbean to Havana’s harbor—just 90 miles from the southernmost part of Florida.

The Russian government has not announced the purpose of the visit to Cuba, but Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on June 24 that current tension between the United States and Russia could create a scenario similar to the Cold War Cuban

missile crisis. That crisis took place Gorshkov is equipped with nuclearin 1962 when the Soviet Union capable Brahmos cruise missiles. retaliated for a U.S. deployment Fired from Cuba, a Brahmos could of nuclear weapons in Turkey strike targets in the U.S. in just six by sneaking missiles into Cuba, seconds.

Russia’s port of call in causing a standoff that brought mankind a blink away from Havana is only the latest instance of the nation boosting its military nuclear war.

Russia has vehemently power near America’s shores. criticized the U.S.’s withdrawal this In November, the Kremlin year from the Intermediate-Range gave Cuba $50 million to buy Nuclear Forces Treaty, as well as U.S. Russian military gear and pledged plans to deploy new missile systems to strengthen ties with Havana. to Eastern Europe. “If things get as Russian Col. Gen. Vladimir far as an actual deployment on the Shamanov said at the time that ground of these sorts of systems,” Russia would take practical steps Ryabkov said to the RIA Novosti to increase its military presence in news agency, “then the situation Cuba.

In December, the Russian won’t just get more complicated, it will escalate right to the limit. We Air Force flew two nuclear-capable could find ourselves in a situation Tu-160 strategic bombers to where we have a rocket crisis … Venezuela. Three months later, Russian Air Force planes brought close to the Caribbean crisis.”

Russia’s evoking of the 100 soldiers and more than 38 tons Cuban missile crisis is particularly of military equipment to its capital sobering, given that Admiral city, Caracas.

Caribbean drought will continue, say experts

The Barbados-based Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) Friday said that drought conditions in the Caribbean will continue in several countries for July to September this year.

In its latest Caribbean Climate Outlooks publication, the CIMH said that the situation is due in part to a weak El Niño.

It said Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao (ABC Islands) Belize and the Lesser Antilles will continue to experience drought situations and that “a progressive increase in wet spells are expected throughout the region, however possibly fewer than in most wet seasons.

“The spells may bring some level of drought relief, but also concern for flooding. Peak heat stress will likely be experienced between August and September, especially during heatwaves. Episodes of Saharan dust incursion are expected,” CIMH reported.

It said that as of June 1, severe, or worse, drought has developed in northern Belize, eastern extremities of Cuba, coastal French Guiana, the northern Leewards, western parts of Trinidad on the shorter term, and in Barbados, southern Belize, southernmost, Dominican Republic , French Guiana, southwestern Haiti, and Martinique and Trinidad on the long term.

Long term concerns are also evolving in Dominica, French Guiana, Martinique, Sint Maarten and Trinidad, and is possible in Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao. Barbados, most of Belize, northern Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, St. Lucia, Tobago and the United States Virgin Islands.

CIMH said that in recent months, seasurface temperature (SSTs) in the tropical Pacific maintained a weak El Niño level with SST anomalies about 0.5-1°C above average and that is expected to be maintained during the forecast period.

“”n El Niño tends to tilt the odds to warmer and drier conditions with less shower activity in most parts of the Caribbean. Note, however, that an El Niño maintaining into December could lessen these impacts during the latter part of the season in the northwestern part of the region.”

CIMH said that during the period, October to December, indications are that drought in affected areas may lessen with favourable rains forecasted for the last three months of 2019 in the Caribbean, which may be wetter than usual in the ABC Islands, Belize, Cayman, Hispaniola, and eastern Greater Antilles, but possibly drier than usual in Suriname and French Guiana.

“Extreme wet spells, whether or not associated with tropical cyclones, are a main feature of this period, with enhanced concern for flash flood potential in any part of the region. Heat stress will likely decrease after October, while episodes of Saharan dust incursions should be infrequent,” CIMH added.

Guyana listed as world’s fastest growing economy

The world’s second largest stock market NASDAQ, has named Guyana as the fastest growing economy in the world.

In a report, NASDAQ said that with a projected growth rate of 16.3 per cent during the four-year period 2018-2021, Guyana is the fastest growing economy in the world.

NASDAQ says that with a GDP size of $3.63 billion (2018 Rank: 160), a growth rate of 4.1 per cent in 2018 and 4.6 per cent in 2019, Guyana’s economy is expected to grow by 33.5 per cent and 22.9 per cent in 2020 and 2021 respectively.

The report added that Guyana is a middle-income country that has an abundance of resources.

The report also pointed to the ExxonMobil discoveries in Guyana and the income that will come to the country when oil production begins next year.

Exxon is expected to start producing up to 120 000 barrels of oil per day from the Liza Phase 1 development next year and the country is projected to be among the world’s largest percapita oil producers by 2025.

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Dismissing criticism, Trump presides over July 4th holiday with military show

U.S. President Donald Trump will preside over July Fourth Independence Day celebrations on Thursday with a speech about patriotism and a show of military might that critics say is politicizing an important holiday and wasting taxpayer money.

Trump, a Republican who admired flashy displays of national pride and military strength put on by France, has dismissed concerns about the expense and militaristic overtones of the Washington event, which will take place in front of the Lincoln Memorial and feature fireworks, a flyover by Air Force One and a display of tanks.

Democrats charge the president with staging a campaign rally. Though the White House has said his remarks would not be political in nature, the president has a history of veering off script with sharp partisan attacks even at events that are not meant to be overtly political.

“People are coming from far and wide to join us today and tonight for what is turning out to be one of the biggest celebrations in the history of our Country,” Trump tweeted on Thursday

morning.

He is set to give a speech at 6:30 p.m. ET (2230 GMT), followed by fireworks later in the evening. Asked earlier this week if he could give a speech that would represent all Americans, he said he thought he could and then launched into an attack on Democrats’ policies on healthcare and taxes.

Flights will be suspended at nearby Reagan National Airport from 6:15 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. ET (2215 to 2345 GMT) and then again later in the evening for the festivities. “Perhaps even Air Force One will do a low & loud sprint over the crowd,” Trump tweeted, encouraging people to get there early.

Some at the White House were worried about the crowd size, according to an administration official. Trump fumed about reports in 2017 that the crowd at his inauguration ceremony on the National Mall in front of the U.S. Capitol was smaller than it was for President Barack Obama. The Lincoln Memorial is at the opposite end of the monument-covered Mall.

Republican political groups were given prime tickets for Trump’s

U.S. President Donald Trump smiles as he as walks on the South Lawn of the White House upon his return to Washington from South Korea, U.S., June 30, 2019 speech, and the Washington Post reported that the U.S. National Park Service diverted $2.5 million in park entrance fees to help pay for the event.

“Instead of addressing something like veteran homelessness, he’s spending it on boosting his ego with a parade that’s fundamentally

about him and then getting tickets in the hands of wealthy donors for the Republican Party. What a waste of money,” Democratic presidential candidate Julian Castro said on CBS “This Morning” on Wednesday.

Fellow Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders also weighed in with criticism: “This is what authoritarians do: @realDonaldTrump is taking $2.5 million away from our National Park Service to glorify himself with a spectacle of military tanks rolling through Washington,” he wrote in a tweet.

Trump downplayed the expense.

“The cost of our great Salute to America tomorrow will be very little compared to what it is worth. We own the planes, we have the pilots, the airport is right next door (Andrews), all we need is the fuel,” he posted on Twitter on Wednesday. “We own the tanks and all. Fireworks are donated by two of the greats. Nice!” Andrews is the name of a nearby military base.

The July 4th holiday celebrates the U.S. founders’ declaring independence from Britain in 1776.

Tehran fumes as Britain seizes Iranian oil tanker over Syria sanctions

British Royal Marines seized a giant Iranian oil tanker in Gibraltar on Thursday for trying to take oil to Syria in violation of EU sanctions, a dramatic step that drew Tehran’s fury and could escalate its confrontation with the West.

The Grace 1 tanker was impounded in the British territory on the southern tip of Spain after sailing around Africa, the long route from the Middle East to the mouth of the Mediterranean.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry summoned the British ambassador to voice “its very strong objection to the illegal and unacceptable seizure” of its ship. The diplomatic gesture lifted any doubt over Iran’s ownership of the vessel, which flies a Panama flag and is listed as managed by a company in Singapore.

Shipping data reviewed by Reuters suggests the tanker was carrying Iranian oil loaded off the coast of Iran, although its documents say the oil is from neighboring Iraq.

While Europe has banned oil Oil supertanker Grace 1 on suspicion of being carrying Iranian crude oil to Syria is seen near Gibraltar, Spain in this picture obtained from social media, July 4, 2019 shipments to Syria since 2011, it had customers. Iran has grown more reliant never seized a tanker at sea. Unlike the that its cargo was also Iranian, drew a on its own tanker fleet to transport United States, Europe does not have link between the incident and a new U.S. U.S. SANCTIONS TIGHTENED effort to halt all global sales of Iranian whatever oil it can sell and to store a broad sanctions against Iran.

A spokesman for British Prime growing stockpile of unsold output.

“This is the first time that the crude. Iran describes that as an illegal Minister Theresa May welcomed The U.S.-Iranian confrontation EU has done something so public and “economic war”.

European countries have so far Gibraltar’s move. has escalated in recent weeks, taking on so aggressive. I imagine it was also Spain, which challenges British a military dimension after Washington coordinated in some manner with the tried to appear neutral in the escalating U.S. given that NATO member forces confrontation between Tehran and ownership of Gibraltar, said the action accused Tehran of attacking tankers in have been involved,” said Matthew Washington, which saw the United was prompted by a U.S. request to the Gulf and Iran shot down a U.S. drone.

Oresman, a partner with law firm States call off air strikes against Iran just Britain and appeared to have taken Trump ordered air strikes but called them Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman who minutes before impact last month, and place in Spanish waters. Britain’s Foreign off at the last minute, later saying too Tehran amass stocks of enriched uranium Office did not respond to a request for many people would have died. advises firms on sanctions. comment.

European countries

“This is likely to have been banned under a 2015 nuclear deal.

The Gibraltar government said Iran has long been supplying its opposed Trump’s decision to exit the meant as a signal to Syria and Iran - as well as the U.S. - that Europe takes it had reasonable grounds to believe that allies in Syria with oil despite sanctions nuclear deal last year, and they have sanctions enforcement seriously and the Grace 1 was carrying crude oil to the against Syria. What is new are U.S. promised to help Iran find alternative sanctions on Iran itself, imposed last year ways to export, but with little success so that the EU can also respond to Iranian Baniyas refinery in Syria.

“That refinery is the property when President Donald Trump pulled far. brinkmanship related to ongoing nuclear of an entity that is subject to European out of an agreement that had guaranteed Iran has said it wants to keep negotiations.” sanctions against Syria,” Tehran access to world trade in return for the nuclear deal alive but must receive

Authorities in Gibraltar made Union promised economic benefits. This week no reference to the source of the oil or Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo curbs on its nuclear program.

Those U.S. sanctions have been it announced it had accumulated more the ownership of the ship when they said. “With my consent, our port and law enforcement agencies sought the tightened sharply since May, effectively low-enriched uranium than the deal seized it.

But Iran’s acknowledgment that assistance of the Royal Marines in forcing Iran from mainstream oil markets allows and from July 7 will refine uranium and making it desperate for alternative to a greater purity than permitted. it owned the ship, and the likelihood carrying out this operation.”

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WORLD NEWS Australia winces at footage of child falling between train and platform

Australia released hair-raising security images of a child falling between a train station platform and a train, as a reminder to parents to stay vigilant during the busy school holidays.

A train stops at a Sydney station, and a woman pushes a stroller toward the open doors, in the closed-circuit television pictures. As she prepares to lift the stroller onto the train, the child walking beside her plunges into the gap between the woman and the train.

The woman then raises her arm to draw the attention of station staff, while passersby pull the apparently unharmed child back onto the platform.

“A simple thing such as holding your child’s hand when moving around stations and boarding a train can help prevent them from being seriously injured or worse,” Andrew Constance, the transport minister of New South Wales, said in a statement.

The woman’s face was blurred in the footage and a government spokesman said she could not immediately be reached for comment.

The clip was widely shared on social media, with a post by Nine Entertainment Co Holdings Ltd’s drawing 1,600 comments and 1,100 “shares”.

In another clip released by the government, a child falls face first after tripping in the gap between train and station while disembarking.

A third shows a young person running down the station stairs, only to trip and fall down several steps before hitting a handrail post.

More than half of train station accidents on the 178-station Sydney Trains network take place at the three busiest stations in the city’s central business district, Chief Executive Howard Collins said.

“The most important message I’d like to share with parents is please don’t rush around stations or platforms,” he added.

In 2010, a 15-month-old boy escaped with only minor cuts and bruises when an approaching train hit his stroller, which had rolled over the edge of the platform.

Israel will be destroyed in 30 minutes if America attacks Iran

Israel will be destroyed in half an hour if the United States attacks Iran, a senior Iranian parliamentarian said on Monday, according to the semi-official Mehr news agency.

Weeks of tensions culminated last month in U.S. President Donald Trump’s last-minute decision to call off planned strikes on Iran after Tehran downed a U.S. drone. Washington also accused Iran of being behind attacks on ships in the Gulf, which Tehran denies.

“If the U.S. attacks us, only half an hour will remain of Israel’s lifespan,” Mojtaba Zolnour, the chairman of the Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy commission said on Monday, according to Mehr.

Congress expands probe of White House personal email use

Top aides in President Donald Trump’s White House, including his daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, will come under increased scrutiny for their use of personal emails and other unofficial messaging to conduct government affairs, a congressional oversight chairman said.

U.S. Representative Elijah Cummings, the Democratic chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, said the panel would begin its own review of emails and other communications by the White House that he said violated federal records law.

“The purpose of this investigation is to determine why White House officials used non-official email accounts, texting services and encrypted applications for official business,” Cummings wrote to White House Counsel Pat Cipollone.

Lawmakers will look at why records sent or received by non-official accounts were not forwarded to official accounts within 20 days as legally required, as well as whether there was a topic White House officials wanted to conceal, he said.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Trump pilloried his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, in the 2016 presidential campaign for her use of a private

White House senior advisors Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner walk at the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, South Korea, June 30, 2019 email server when she was K.T. McFarland. secretary of state. He continues to Cummings said Kushner’s refer to her emails in speeches and lawyer, Abbe Lowell, had told on Twitter. lawmakers that Kushner used

The Republican leaders WhatsApp for official duties and of the oversight panel had also that his wife, Ivanka, continued sought information on use of non- to use a personal email account official messaging by White House for her White House business. staff in 2017 and 2018. Democrats Lowell, in a reply to took over the panel after winning Cummings, denied telling the House of Representatives in lawmakers that Kushner had 2018 elections. communicated through any app

Cummings said the with foreign “leaders” or “officials” White House had not produced but said Kushner had used such any documents in response to apps for communicating with those requests or his own previous “some people,” who were not requests, saying it was conducting specified. an internal investigation.

CNN reported last year that

In March, Cummings Kushner communicated with wrote to the White House counsel Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed with “more troubling information” bin Salman via the Facebook about apparent violations by Inc-owned WhatsApp messaging Kushner, Ivanka Trump and application. former advisers Steve Bannon and

House panel to hold hearing on treatment of migrant children

The House Oversight Committee has scheduled a hearing next week on the separation and treatment of immigrant children and has launched an investigation into reports of offensive Facebook posts by border patrol officers, the panel said on Tuesday.

Representative Elijah Cummings, the committee’s Democratic chairman, said the panel had invited Acting Secretary Kevin McAleenan from the Department of Homeland Security and Acting Commissioner Mark Morgan from U.S. Customs and Border Protection to testify on July 12.

“The Trump administration’s actions at the southern border are grotesque and dehumanizing,” Cummings said.

“There seems to be open contempt for the rule of law and for basic human decency.”

The panel said the hearing would look into reports that unaccompanied children, many of whom were separated from their families, are being held in overcrowded, filthy conditions.

It will also examine reports that current and former Border Patrol agents have posted racist, sexist and xenophobic comments on Facebook.

“The committee needs to hear directly from the heads of these agencies as soon as possible in light of the almost daily reports of abuse and defiance,” Cummings said, urging the two acting agency

Migrant children are led by staff in single file between tents at a detention facility next to the Mexican border in Tornillo, Texas June 18, 2018 heads to appear voluntarily to answer questions.

The announcement of the hearing came a day after Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez visited the main border facility in El Paso with other members of the House Hispanic Caucus and charged that migrants were being subjected to psychological abuse and told to drink out of toilets.

The Border Patrol also came under fire on Monday after the non-profit news site ProPublica reported that offensive content had been posted on a private Facebook group for current and former CBP officers.

Posts included jokes about the deaths of migrants and sexually explicit comments referring to Ocasio-Cortez, the news outlet said.

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Vatican defends confessional secret as sexual abuse crisis stings

The Vatican reaffirmed Catholic teaching that priests cannot reveal what they learn in confession, in an apparent response to moves in Australia and elsewhere to force them to do so in cases of sexual abuse.

A document from the Vatican’s Apostolic Penitentiary, which deals with issues of the sacrament of confession, said no government or law could force clergy to violate the seal “because this duty comes directly from God.”

The document, which did not mention any countries or the sexual abuse crisis, complained of a “worrying negative prejudice against the Catholic Church”.

Most countries’ legal systems respect the religious right of a Catholic priest not to reveal what he has learned in confession, similar to attorney-client privilege.

But the sexual abuse crisis that has embroiled the Catholic Church around the world has seen this right challenged more frequently.

In Australia, an inquiry into child abuse recommended that the country introduce a law forcing religious leaders to report child abuse, including priests told of it during confession.

So far, two of Australia’s eight states have introduced laws making it a crime for priests to withhold information about abuse heard in confession. Others are still considering their response.

In May, the California state senate passed a bill to require the seal of confession to be broken

Britain’s Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn leaves his home in London, Britain June 19, 2019

British Opposition leader calls for independent probe into report he is ‘too frail’ to be UK PM A general view of St. Peter’s square as Pope Benedict XVI conducts a special mass in Vatican City in this October 21, 2012 file photograph if a priests learns of or suspects sexual abuse while hearing the confession of a fellow priest or a colleague such as a Church worker.

Church leaders in both the United States and Australia have opposed such laws and the document backed them up unequivocally.

“Any political action or legislative initiative aimed at breaking the inviolability of the sacramental seal would constitute an unacceptable offence against the (freedom of the Church),” the document said.

“(The Church) does not receive its legitimacy from individual States, but from God; it (breaking the seal) would also constitute a violation of religious freedom, legally fundamental to all other freedoms, including

the freedom of conscience of individual citizens, both penitents and confessors,” it said.

Victims advocates said the lifting of the seal of confession, even partially, was drastic but necessary under the circumstances.

“As a Catholic, I too am shaken by incursions on the seal of confession. But it’s the leaders of the Catholic church, not civil society, that have gotten us to this point,” said Anne Barrett Doyle, co-director of the U.S.based abuse tracking group BishopAccountability.org.

“Secret church files made public in Australia and the United States reveal many instances of confession being used to absolve an abuser, allowing him to remain in ministry and re-offend,” she told Reuters in an email.

Judge blocks Trump policy keeping asylum-seekers locked up

A federal judge in Seattle on Tuesday blocked a Trump administration policy that would keep thousands of asylum-seekers locked up while they pursue their cases, saying the Constitution demands that such migrants have a chance to be released from custody.

U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman ruled Tuesday that people who are detained after entering the country illegally to seek protection are entitled to bond hearings. Attorney General William Barr announced in April that the government would no longer offer such hearings, but instead keep them in custody. It was part of the administration’s efforts to deter a surge of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Pechman said that as people who have entered the U.S., they are entitled to the Fifth Amendment’s dueprocess protections, including “a

longstanding prohibition against indefinite civil detention with no opportunity to test its necessity.”

Immigrant rights advocates including the American Civil Liberties Union and the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project sued to block the policy, which was due to take effect July 15.

“The court reaffirmed what has been settled for decades: that asylum-seekers who enter this country have a right to be free from arbitrary detention,” Matt Adams, legal director of the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, said in a written statement. “Thousands of asylum-seekers will continue to be able to seek release on bond, as they seek protection from persecution and torture.”

The Justice Department did not immediately return an email seeking comment, but the government was expected to

quickly appeal the decision, as Pechman noted in her order.

For the past 50 years, the government has given asylumseekers bond hearings before immigration judges where they can argue that they should be released because they are not flight risks and pose no threat to the public, the immigrant rights groups told the court. That gives the asylumseekers an opportunity to reunite with relatives in the U.S. and to find lawyers to handle their asylum claims, making them more likely to succeed.

The new policy would end that practice, keeping between 15,000 and 40,000 immigrants in custody for six months or more without requiring the government to show that their detentions are justified, the groups argued.

Typically, close to half of asylumseekers who are granted bond hearings are released from custody.

Body found in London garden of stowaway who fell from Kenya Airways jet

The body of a man thought to have been a stowaway who fell from the landing gear of a Kenya Airways flight on its way into Heathrow Airport has been found in a garden in London, police said.

L o n d o n ’ s Metropolitan Police said

they were called to a home in Clapham in south London on Sunday after the body was found. A postmortem examination is due to be carried out and the man has not yet been identified.

“At this point, police believe the man was

a stowaway and had fallen from the landing gear of an inbound Kenya Airways flight to Heathrow Airport,” police said in a statement.

“A bag, water and some food were discovered in the landing gear compartment once it landed at the airport.”

British opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, 70, called for an independent investigation into a Times newspaper report which cited unidentified senior officials as saying they were concerned he was too frail to be prime minister.

“This matter has inevitably undermined confidence in the principle of civil service neutrality, which is integral to the healthy functioning of our democracy,” Corbyn wrote to Cabinet Secretary Mark Sedwill, head of the civil service.

“I would urge you to ensure that there is a speedy and thorough independent investigation, rather than one carried out by the Cabinet Office,” Corbyn wrote.

Prime Minister Theresa May’s spokesman said it was the Cabinet Office’s role to investigate.

“The Cabinet Office is investigating ... if we are able to identify an individual responsible we will take disciplinary action,” he told reporters.

“We are taking the matter extremely seriously. The civil service is responsible for looking into any potential breaches of the civil service code and this is no different.”

The Times reported last month that senior civil servants have become increasingly concerned about Corbyn’s health and warned that he might be forced to stand down as Labour leader because he was not up to the job “physically or mentally”.

“The idea that civil servants should be briefing newspapers against an elected politician, against a prospective government is something that should be very concerning to a lot of people,” Corbyn said on July 1 of the story.

Corbyn has said he is “a very fit, a very healthy and very active person.”

Fire kills 14 Russian sailors aboard deep-sea submersible

Fire broke out on one of the Russian navy’s deep-sea research submersibles, and toxic fumes from the blaze killed 14 sailors aboard, Russia’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday, although it released few details about the disaster or the vessel involved.

The Defense Ministry did not say how many sailors were aboard the vessel during Monday’s fire, whether there were any survivors or if it was submerged at the time. But Russian media reported it was the country’s most secret submersible, a nuclearpowered vessel designed for sensitive missions at great depths.

President Vladimir Putin, who came under criticism for his handling of the Kursk nuclear submarine disaster in 2000 that killed 118 sailors, canceled a scheduled appearance and immediately summoned Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu for a briefing on the blaze, which was under investigation.

The fire occurred while the submersible was measuring sea depths in Russia’s territorial waters, the ministry said, adding that the vessel also is used for studying the seabed.

Russia’s RBC online news outlet and the Novaya Gazeta newspaper identified it as the nuclearpowered AS-12 Losharik.

The vessel is the most advanced Russian submersible, under a heavy veil of secrecy, and it is believed to have entered service in 2010. It is named after a Soviet-era animated cartoon horse that is made up of small spheres.

In 2012, the Losharik was involved in research intended to prove Russia’s claim on the vast Arctic seabed. It collected samples from the depth of 2,500 meters (8,202 feet), according to official statements at the time. Regular submarines can typically dive to depths of up to 600 meters (2,000 feet).

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Disappointed Venezuelans lose patience with Guaido as Maduro hangs on

Four days before Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido launched a military uprising in a bid to oust President Nicolas Maduro, he told supporters at a rally outside the capital, Caracas: “In the next few days, we’ll decide our destiny.”

The 35-year-old, who had risen to national prominence three months before, finished his speech with his usual rallying cry to Venezuelans desperate for the end of 20 years of Socialist rule: “We’re on track!”

Yet after the April 30 insurrection swiftly unraveled, with troops remaining in their barracks and key government officials refusing to change sides, many Venezuelans aren’t so sure.

Interviews with more than two dozen people across Venezuela - as well as fresh polling data - suggest that many people have grown frustrated by the slow pace of change amid the hardships of daily life. Several said they were losing hope that Guaido could dislodge Maduro.

“We’re on track but it’s the wrong track,” said Rafael Narvaez, a taxi driver in the western coastal city of Punto Fijo.

Narvaez said he had been full of hope on April 30 when he saw Guaido appear with military officers in a video posted on Twitter saying it was time to rise up against Maduro.

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido talks to the media during a news conference before a meeting with representatives of Venezuela’s private industrial sector in Caracas, Venezuela June 26, 2019

“I thought that finally the moment had come to recover our country,” Narvaez, 43, said. “Now I’m disappointed.”

Analysts said the most likely outcome now is for the status quo to continue as Maduro gains confidence that his crackdown on the opposition will go relatively unpunished and Guaido seeks a new strategy to keep a weary public energized.

When Guaido, the speaker of the National Assembly, proclaimed a rival presidency in January in a bold challenge to Maduro, he injected new hope into Venezuela’s fragmented

opposition. With most Western nations saying Maduro’s reelection last year was rigged, Guaido cited the constitution to announce an interim presidency until fresh elections could be held.

Washington backed him and imposed tough new sanctions on Venezuela’s oil industry, with the aim of forcing Maduro and his allies from power.

Maduro, who took office in 2013 following the death of his political mentor, Hugo Chavez, has overseen an economic collapse that has left swaths of the once-wealthy country without reliable access to power, water, food

and medicines. More than 4 million Venezuelans have emigrated and the Organization of American States warned this week that figure could double by the end of next year.

Guaido has gained control of some Venezuelan assets in the United States, appointed diplomats overseas and unveiled an economic plan to rebuild Venezuela. But his promises of amnesty have failed to sway the armed forces, which remain loyal to Maduro.

The opposition’s momentum has slowed since the April 30 uprising.

Attendance at Guaido’s public rallies has dropped and the opposition has held no major protests since then. A march called for Friday will be a litmus test for Guaido’s support.

Maduro, who retains the loyalty of key allies Russia and China, has branded Guaido a U.S. puppet.

With a swift removal of Maduro not in sight, the opposition says it is knuckling down for a more protracted campaign and seeking to build a grassroots organization to press for elections without Maduro.

Yon Goicoechea, a member of Guaido’s policy team, acknowledged there was “fatigue” among Venezuelans.

“We have to fight against demobilization and despair,” he said. “We Venezuelans have to keep consistent in our support for Guaido and be patient.”

Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez describes ‘horrifying’ conditions at Texas migrant facility Controversy broadsided the embattled U.S. Border Patrol agency Monday, as a high-profile U.S. Congresswoman touring detention facilities called conditions “horrifying” and as current and former agency staffers were alleged to have posted offensive comments about the lawmaker and migrants on a private Facebook page.

Migrants held at a border patrol station in Texas were subjected to psychological abuse and told to drink out of toilets, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said after a visit with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus to the main border patrol facility in El Paso.

The tour, which also included a visit to a Clint, Texas, facility, followed reports from a government watchdog that immigrants were being housed in overcrowded and unsanitary conditions.

“After I forced myself into a cell with women and began speaking to them, one of them described their treatment at the hands of officers as “psychological warfare,” Ocasio-Cortez, a first-term New York Democrat, wrote on Twitter after leaving the El Paso

border patrol station.

“This has been horrifying so far.”

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), which oversees Border Patrol, did not immediately respond to a request for comment on her statements about the visit.

The Border Patrol also came under fire on Monday following a report by the non-profit news site ProPublica that offensive content had been posted on a private Facebook group for current and former CBP officers.

Posts included jokes about the deaths of migrants and sexually explicit comments referencing Ocasio-Cortez, the news outlet said.

“This isn’t about ‘a few bad eggs,’” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted in response to the ProPublica report. “This is a violent culture.”

CBP condemned the Facebook group and acknowledged that it may include a number of the agency’s employees.

Matthew Klein, Assistant Commissioner of CBP’s Office of Professional Responsibility, called the

Ocasio-Cortez describes ‘horrifying’ conditions at Texas migrant facility social media activity “disturbing” and said it violated the agency’s code of conduct.

Klein said the matter had been referred to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) inspector general, which has jurisdiction over the CBP.

According to a screen shot published by ProPublica, the Facebook

group had 9,500 members.

“These posts are completely inappropriate and contrary to the honor and integrity I see - and expect - from our agents day in and day out,” U.S. Border Patrol Chief Carla Provost said in a statement.

“Any employees found to have violated our standards of conduct will be held accountable.”

Pakistani man kills wife, two children, six others in alleged honor killing

A man shot his wife, their two children, and six of her family members on Monday and then burned the bodies when he set her family’s home on fire in an alleged honor killing in central Pakistan, police said.

Muhammad Ajmal committed the attack as revenge for a suspected affair by his wife Kiran, said Imran Mehmood, a District Police Officer for the city of Multan, where the killings occurred. Ajmal returned to Pakistan from Saudi Arabia, where he worked as a tailor, 25 days ago intending to carry out the killings, he said.

Mehmood said Ajmal confessed

to the killings.

“This is clearly an honor killing.

He saw a picture of his wife with another man and believed she was having an affair,” Mehmood said. “He does not repent his actions.”

In addition to killing his wife and their two children, Ajmal also killed his three sisters-in-law, two of their children, and his mother-in-law.

Ajmal and his father, who was with him at the time of the murder, are both in custody and have been charged with murder, Mehmood said. Police are searching for his brother, who is also believed to be involved.

The deaths add to the hundreds of women and girls killed in Pakistan each year, according to human rights groups, by family members angered at the perceived damage to their honor, which may involve eloping, fraternizing with men or any infringement of conservative values regarding women.

Kiran’s brother Ali Raza told Reuters that Ajmal and his sister were having marital problems and she had recently moved back to Pakistan and was living with her family.

“I am left with just my father, my whole family is gone,” he said.

Mehmood said Ajmal has not

been assigned an attorney yet and Reuters was unable to contact any of his family members for a comment.

Pakistan adopted legislation against honor killings in 2016, introducing tough punishment and closing a legal loophole that allowed killers to walk free if pardoned by family members.

Police in Pakistan’s most populous province of Punjab, where honor crimes have been rampant, said recently that the number of such killings had fallen since the law was introduced but rights groups estimate that nearly 1,000 such killings take place annually.

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Bankrupt Puerto Rico hit with new spending curbs by oversight board

Puerto Rico’s federally created “we found a way to pay for it.” fiscal oversight board on Monday Puerto Rico lawmakers on imposed a fiscal 2020 budget on the Sunday approved an approximately bankrupt U.S. commonwealth that for $9.6 billion general fund budget that the first time limits spending choices includes roughly $500 million in by its government, according to the pension and healthcare payments board’s executive director. previously paid by cash-strapped

Natalie Jaresko said the municipalities and public corporations, $20.2 billion budget for the central as well as money for bonuses. government that includes $9.1 billion “Those monies are not in the of general fund spending complies with budget nor the certified fiscal plan,” the fiscal plan for the island, which Jaresko said, adding that municipalities filed a form of bankruptcy in 2017 to must seek ways to increase their own restructure about $120 billion of debt revenue. and pension obligations.

Christian Sobrino, the

“It reflects the priorities of that governor’s fiscal oversight board fiscal plan - public safety, healthcare, representative, said the government education and the continued right- is analyzing the board’s budget and sizing of the government,” Jaresko told “reviewing the mechanisms that will reporters. be used to implement public policy

She added that the budget for measures that the board has sought to the fiscal year that began on Monday impede through the budget.” contains new “detailed” spending levels Last year, Rossello sued the that will prohibit the government from board over its imposed budget, arguing moving money around to pay for things the panel exceeded its powers. U.S. Judge not in the fiscal plan like employees’ Laura Taylor Swain, who presides over Christmas bonuses. the island’s bankruptcy process, ruled

Governor Ricardo Rossello told in August that the board has broad and reporters the board did not include the exclusive authority over Puerto Rico’s bonus payment in last year’s budget but budget under the federal PROMESA Act,

Locked out of China, U.S. pork producers sniff out new buyers

U.S. hog farmers lost hundreds of millions of dollars in export sales to China and Mexico after President Donald Trump launched his trade wars last year.

But the sector has largely offset those massive losses by cobbling together new customers in smaller markets from Colombia to Vietnam, according a Reuters analysis of data from the U.S. Meat Export Federation and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

As American farmers pin their hopes for a trade deal on Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping’s agreement to restart talks at last week’s G20 summit, the pork industry stands out for its success in avoiding the sharp sales reductions that have slammed other U.S. farm sectors, such as soybeans and sorghum.

Overall, U.S. pork exports fell 3.9% by volume and 8.4% by value from May 2018 to April 2019, compared to a year earlier, according to data compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation.

China increased its tariff on U.S. pork in April of last year and again in July, when it imposed tariffs on soybeans.

By comparison, total U.S. soybean exports dropped 13.7% by volume and 19.2% by value during the same period, while total sorghum exports dropped 72.8% by volume and 73.6% by value, according to the USDA.

The boom in small-market sales has “been a savior for the pork industry,” Iowa hog farmer Dean Meyer said.

The industry’s salvation has roots in global marketing efforts that began more than a decade before the U.S-China trade dispute, as American hog farmers and their trade groups sought to take advantage of a boom in protein demand linked rising incomes in emerging markets.

They visited importers and grocery stores in developing countries, taught buyers how U.S. pork is produced and touted its quality to chefs and bloggers around the world, according to participants in the trade trips. Those efforts took years to pay off.

Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello speaks during a Facebook live broadcast in the library of the governor’s mansion, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, January 24, 2018 although it cannot demand changes in law.

Faced with similar differences between the board and the elected government over this year’s budget, Jaresko said on Monday that “there’s no reason to go to court” given Swain’s ruling.

Meanwhile, the board said it sued certain fuel suppliers of the island’s bankrupt power utility, or PREPA, over the weekend to “recover potentially billions of dollars in fraudulent payments,” related to the delivery of substandard fuel between 2002 and 2015, according to statement.

Rich get richer, everyone else not so much in record U.S. expansion

Last month Pink Floyd frontman David Gilmour sold his guitar collection for $21.5 million, including one piece his famed “Black Strat” Fender Stratocaster - that went for nearly $4 million to the owner of the U.S. National Football League’s Indianapolis Colts.

The “Money” singer set a musical instrument sales record in the charity auction, marking yet another milestone for a booming market just weeks after New York-based art dealer Sotheby’s Holdings (BID.N), auctioned Claude Monet’s “Meules” for $110.7 million, the most ever for an Impressionist painting.

And it is not just instruments or paintings in high demand among the world’s billionaire set. Auction houses themselves now appear to be prized vanity purchases: Just a few days before the Pink Floyd auction, Franco-Israeli cable magnate Patrick Drahi, whose firm Altice earned significant money in the United States, made a $3.7 billion bid for Sotheby’s, which had just hosted the Monet sale.

Welcome to the longest U.S. economic expansion in history, one perhaps best characterized by the excesses of extreme wealth and an everwidening chasm between the unfathomably rich and everyone else.

Indeed, as the expansion entered its record-setting 121st month on Monday, signs of a

new Gilded Age are all over.

Big-money deals are getting bigger, from corporate mergers and acquisitions, to individuals buying luxury penthouses, sports teams, yachts and all-frills pilgrimages to the ends of the earth. And while these deals grab headlines, there is a deeper trend at work. The number of billionaires in the United States has more than doubled in the last decade, from 267 in 2008 to 607 last year, according to UBS.

“The rich have gotten richer and they’ve gotten richer faster,” said John Mathews, Head of Private Wealth Management and Ultra High Net Worth at UBS (UBSG.S) Global Wealth Management. “The drive or the desire for consumption has just gone upscale.”

But there are also signs of struggle and stagnation at lowerincome levels. The wealthiest fifth of Americans hold 88% of the country’s wealth, a share that has grown since before the crisis, Federal Reserve data through 2016 shows. Meanwhile, the number of people receiving federal food stamps tops 39 million, below the peak in 2013 but still up 40% from 2008 even though the country’s population has only grown about 8%.

Still, a decade ago, this kind of growth was not thought possible. The U.S. financial system was in a shambles and people feared bank failures could permanently undermine capitalism.

Policymakers

scrambled to stabilize markets and boost asset prices when U.S. housing markets unraveled. They did less to tackle income and wealth inequality.

Now, many of the signs of mega-wealth that preceded that financial crisis are once again on display.

The examples are big and small.

The cost of a dinner at the French Laundry, the chic California restaurant, is up 35% to $325 per person, from $240 10 years ago, beating inflation by nearly 20%.

Undergraduate tuition at Ivy League mainstay Columbia University is a hair under $60,000 a year, up by half from $39,000 in the 2008 school year.

The U.S. stock market, measured by the S&P 500 .SPX, has tripled in the last decade.

Hedge fund boss Ken Griffin set a record for a U.S. home sale when he bought a $238 million penthouse condominium on “Billionaires’ Row” just off New York City’s Central Park.

Yet rents in New York have risen twice as fast as wages, according to StreetEasy data from 2010-2017, squeezing lowerincome residents. U.S. home prices were near their lowest levels of affordability since 2008, research by ATTOM Data Solutions shows. And the number of homeless people sleeping in the city’s shelters is 70% higher than a decade ago, according to the Coalition for the Homeless, an advocacy group.

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GOVERNMENT VACANCIES (APPLICATION DEADLINE: 12TH JULY 2019) Applications that are not accompanied by all required supporting documents will not be processed.

JOB TITLE: MINISTRY: DEPARTMENT: LOCATION: SALARY:

FINANCE MANAGER JCB2-19-1 FINANCE, TRADE AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTANT GENERAL GRAND TURK G RADE 8.1 $51,147.50 PER ANNUM

JOB TITLE: DEPARTMENT: MINISTRY:

JOB SUMMARY: This is a senior professional position, the incumbent will be assigned to Ministries and provide advice to the Permanent Secretary and Heads of Department on financial matters and ensure that the Ministry’s and Department’s financial and budgeting procedures and practices are appropriate.

JOB TITLE: MINISTRY: DEPARTMENT: LOCATION: SALARY:

SENIOR STATISTICIAN JCB2-19-2 FINANCE, INVESTMENT AND TRADE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS PROVIDENCIALES GRADE 7.1 $41,205.00 PER ANNUM

SENIOR BUDGET ANALYST– JCB2-19-3 BUDGET OFFICE FINANCE, INVESTMENT AND TRADE GRAND TURK GRADE 8.1 $51,147.50 PER ANNUM

JOB SUMMARY: This Post holder will assist with all compliance and investigative matters within the department, ensuring management and the relevant authorities are promptly notified of all unlawful acts, court proceedings or any pertinent information that may affect the day to day operation of the office.

SENIOR CUSTOMS OFFICER JCB2-19-4 CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT MINISTRY OF FINANCE, TRADE AND INVESTMENT PROVIDENCIALES GRADE 6.1 $33,415.00 PER ANNUM

LABOUR INSPECTOR JCB2-19-12 EMPLOYMENT SERVICES IMMIGRATION, CITIZENSHIP, LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES PROVIDENCIALES GRADE 5.1 $26,650.00 PER ANNUM

LOCATION: SALARY:

JOB SUMMARY: This is an administrative and operational support position initially with island wide responsibility for monitoring and regulation of labour laws, policy, standards and procedures.

JOB TITLE: DEPARTMENT: MINISTRY:

JOB SUMMARY: The job holder is required to provide rigorous analysis of expenditure proposals, as well as quarterly forecasting of both revenue and expenditure, and make recommendations on expenditure prioritization to support the preparation by the Ministry of Finance of policybased, medium-term budgets that contribute to the implementation of policy priorities in TCI. JOB TITLE: DEPARTMENT: MINISTRY: LOCATION: SALARY:

LOCATION: SALARY:

JOB TITLE: DEPARTMENT: MINISTRY:

JOB SUMMARY: This post holder will assist in organizing and managing an efficient and relevant statistical information system that provides a comprehensive range of statistical products and services to meet the information needs of the national community of the Turks and Caicos Islands for informed decision-making.

JOB TITLE: DEPARTMENT: MINISTRY: LOCATION: SALARY:

ASST. COMPLIANCE/INVESTIGATIVE OFFICER JCB2-19-10 IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION, CITIZENSHIP, LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES PROVIDENCIALES GRADE 5.1 $26,650.00 PER ANNUM

LOCATION: SALARY:

RESEARCH AND PLANNING OFFICER JCB2-19-13 EMPLOYMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT IMMIGRATION, CITIZENSHIP, LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES PROVIDENCIALES GRADE 6.1 $33,415.00 PER ANNUM

JOB SUMMARY: This incumbent is to undertake research and evaluation activities that will provide the Department / Ministry with evidence required for the formulation, implementation and evaluation of policies.

JOB TITLE: SENIOR CASEWORKER SUPERVISOR JCB2-19-14 DEPARTMENT: EMPLOYMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT MINISTRY: IMMIGRATION, CITIZENSHIP, LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES LOCATION: PROVIDENCIALES SALARY: GRADE 6.1 $33,415.00 PER ANNUM

JOB SUMMARY: This position is the team leader responsible for the operational units within the Customs Department.

JOB SUMMARY: This position exists to provide management and operational oversight over Case-workers within the Department of Employment Services.

JOB TITLE: MINISTRY: DEPARTMENT: LOCATION: SALARY:

JOB TITLE: MINISTRY:

EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION OFFICER JCB2-19-5 FINANCE, TRADE AND INVESTMENT EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION UNIT GRAND TURK GRADE 8.1 $51,147.50 PER ANNUM

JOB SUMMARY: The post holder will report to the Deputy Director of Exchange of Information and will be responsible for assisting with the full range of competent authority functions, including the implementation of new agreements, the execution of requests, the making of compliance examination, and the handling of legal and enforcement issues arising from any aspect of the competent authority’s work.

JOB TITLE: MINISTRY: DEPARTMENT: LOCATION: SALARY:

COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE JCB2-19-6 MINISTRY OF FINANCE, TRADE AND INVESTMENT REVENUE CONTROL UNIT PROVIDENCIALES GRADE 10.1 $73,185.00 PER ANNUM

JOB SUMMARY: The job holder in this managerial position is responsible for overseeing the performance and service delivery standards in the Department.

JOB TITLE: DEPARTMENT: MINISTRY: LOCATION: SALARY:

PROJECT MANAGER JCB2-19-7 STRATEGIC POLICY AND PLANNING UNIT MINISTRY OF FINANCE, TRADE AND INVESTMENT GRAND TURK GRADE 8.1 $51,147.50 PER ANNUM

JOB SUMMARY: This is senior professional position within the Strategic Planning and Policy Department, Ministry of Finance. The incumbent is expected to play a leadership role in the preparation, implementation and monitoring of all activities related to the Development Budget.

JOB TITLE: MINISTRY: LOCATION: SALARY:

CROWN COUNSEL JCB2-19-8 MINISTRY OF FINANCE, TRADE AND INVESTMENT GRAND TURK GRADE 8.1 $51,147.50 PER ANNUM

JOB SUMMARY: The job holder in this position must be able to provide legal advice to the Turks and Caicos Islands Government Ministry of Finance, Investment and Trade as it relates to a wide range of Government financial and taxation matters.

CLERICAL ASSISTANT (DATA INPUT OFFICER) JCB2-19-15 IMMIGRATION, CITIZENSHIP, LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT: EMPLOYMENT SERVICES LOCATION: PROVIDENCIALES SALARY: GRADE 3.1 $16,707.50 PER ANNUM

JOB SUMMARY: This is an administrative support position for the office. The job holder will undertake clerical and administrative tasks to support the day-to-day running of the office.

JOB TITLE: MINISTRY: LOCATION: SALARY:

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER JCB2-19-16 IMMIGRATION, CITIZENSHIP, LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES GRAND TURK GRADE 5.1 $26,650.00 PER ANNUM

JOB SUMMARY: This is an administrative position, which has responsibility for the smooth operation of administrative functions in the office and for dealing with information that is sensitive and/ or confidential.

JOB REFERENCE NO: JOB TITLE: MINISTRY: DEPARTMENT: LOCATION: SALARY:

KHB2-19-17 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST HEALTH, AGRICULTURE, SPORTS AND HUMAN SERVICES SPECIAL NEEDS DEPARTMENT/SNAP CENTER PROVIDENCIALES GRADE 9.1 - $59,552.50 PER ANNUM

JOB SUMMARY: This is a professional position, performing evaluations, developing and implementing effective patient treatment plans to restore, compensate or adapt for loss of patient function, by planning and administering medically prescribed therapy treatments in accordance with professional standards governing the facility and their discipline.

JOB REFERENCE NO: JOB TITLE: MINISTRY: DEPARTMENT: LOCATION: SALARY:

KHB2-19-18 MEDICAL OFFICER HEALTH, AGRICULTURE, SPORTS AND HUMAN SERVICES PRIMARY HEALTH CARE DEPARTMENT GRAND TURK GRADE 8.1 $51,147.50 PER ANNUM

JOB SUMMARY: The incumbent will be responsible to provide a high standard of primary health care to patients in the Turks and Caicos Islands. Conduct Primary Health Clinics in assigned island clinics and have active participation in the daily clinical management of patients and provide emergency care to clients in assigned health district.

For more details regarding this position, kindly refer to the attached documents or visit www.gov.tc.

Please Note: Applications that are not accompanied by all required supporting documents will not be processed.

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JOB REFERENCE NO: JOB TITLE: MINISTRY: DEPARTMENT: LOCATION: SALARY:

KHB2-19-19 MAID HEALTH, AGRICULTURE, SPORTS AND HUMAN SERVICES SPECIAL NEEDS GRAND TURK $499.98 BI-WEEKLY

JOB REFERENCE NO: JOB TITLE: MINISTRY: DEPARTMENT: LOCATION: SALARY:

LWB2-19-27 PROBATION OFFICER EDUCATION, YOUTH, CULTURE, SOCIAL AND LIBRARY SERVICES SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT PROVIDENCIALES AND GRAND TURK GRADE 6 - $33,415.00

JOB SUMMARY: The successful candidate will be responsible to provide clean, sanitary comfortable, orderly and satisfying surroundings for the users of the facilities.

JOB SUMMARY: The Probation Officers are required to provide high quality and professional services to offenders to support and encourage productive citizens.

JOB REFERENCE NO: JOB TITLE: MINISTRY: DEPARTMENT: LOCATION: SALARY:

JOB REFERENCE NO: JOB TITLE: MINISTRY:

KHB2-19-20 PORTER HEALTH, AGRICULTURE, SPORTS AND HUMAN SERVICES SPECIAL NEEDS UNIT/WELLNESS CENTER SOUTH CAICOS $499.98 BI-WEEKLY

JOB SUMMARY: To provide support service to the Special Needs Unit/Wellness Center personnel to maintain the cleanliness of buildings, moving clients and moving supplies and materials.

JOB REFERENCE NO: JOB TITLE: MINISTRY: DEPARTMENT: LOCATION: SALARY:

KHB2-19-21 CLINICAL NURSE HEALTH, AGRICULTURE, SPORTS AND HUMAN SERVICES SPECIAL NEEDS DEPARTMENT/WELLNESS CENTER SOUTH CAICOS GRADE 5 - $26,650.00 PER ANNUM

JOB SUMMARY: This a professional nursing position with basic level responsibility for patient/client health care in the Wellness Center/Special Needs Unit on Grand Turk and South Caicos.

JOB REFERENCE NO: JOB TITLE: MINISTRY: DEPARTMENT: LOCATION: SALARY:

KHB2-19-22 CLIENT CARE ASSISTANT HEALTH, AGRICULTURE, SPORTS AND HUMAN SERVICES SPECIAL NEEDS DEPARTMENT/WELLNESS CENTER SOUTH CAICOS GRADE 4 - $21,935.00 PER ANNUM

JOB SUMMARY: This is a practical nursing position with basic level responsibility for patient health care in the wellness center.

JOB REFERENCE NO: JOB TITLE: MINISTRY: LOCATION: SALARY:

LWB2-19-23 SOCIAL WORKER- CHILD PROTECTION MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, YOUTH, CULTURE, SOCIAL AND LIBRARY SERVICES PROVIDENCIALES GRADE 6 $33,415.00 PER ANNUM PLUS ALLOWANCES

DEPARTMENT: LOCATION: SALARY:

JOB SUMMARY: The Probation and Rehab Coordinator is a key role in establishing firm foundations and developing a skilled and competent work force. The role will support the provision to the courts in providing high quality reports with risk assessments and programs of interventions to motivate and manager offenders towards reducing crime.

JOB REFERENCE NO: JOB TITLE: MINISTRY: DEPARTMENT: LOCATION: SALARY:

JOB SUMMARY: This is a specialist position which has unit level responsibility for the teaching of one or more of the school’s curriculum subjects to students.

JOB REFERENCE NO: JOB TITLE: MINISTRY:

JOB REFERENCE NO: JOB TITLE: MINISTRY:

DEPARTMENT: LOCATION: SALARY:

LOCATION: SALARY:

JOB SUMMARY To provide professional social work services to the people of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

JOB REFERENCE NO: JOB TITLE: MINISTRY: LOCATION: SALARY:

LWB2-19-25 CLIENT INTAKE OFFICERS EDUCATION, YOUTH, CULTURE, SOCIAL AND LIBRARY SERVICES PROVIDENCIALES GRADE 4 - $21,935.00 PER ANNUM PLUS ALLOWANCES

JOB SUMMARY: The Client Intake Officer plays an integral role within the organization and will be the first point of contact for clients. The incumbent will be responsible for facilitating clients access to services and triaging of new cases.

JOB REFERENCE NO: JOB TITLE: MINISTRY: DEPARTMENT: LOCATION: SALARY:

LWB2-19-26 SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER EDUCATION, YOUTH, CULTURE, SOCIAL AND LIBRARY SERVICES SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT GRAND TURK GRADE 6 - $33,415.00

JOB SUMMARY: This is a senior administrative position, which has responsibility for the smooth operation of administrative functions in the office and provides support in resource management of finances, human resources, facilities and purchasing.

LWB2-19-29 GRADUATE SECONDARY TEACHER – CHEMISTRY AND INTEGRATED SCIENCE EDUCATION, YOUTH, CULTURE, SOCIAL AND LIBRARY SERVICES EDUCATION DEPARTMENT GRAND TURK (H.J ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL) $35,926.25 PER ANNUM PLUS ALLOWANCES

JOB SUMMARY: This is a specialist position which has unit level responsibility for the teaching of one or more of the school’s curriculum subjects to students.

JOB REFERENCE NO: LWB2-19-30 JOB TITLE: GRADUATE SECONDARY TEACHER – HOME ECONOMICS MINISTRY: EDUCATION, YOUTH, CULTURE, SOCIAL AND LIBRARY SERVICES DEPARTMENT: EDUCATION DEPARTMENT LOCATION: SOUTH CAICOS (MARJORIE BASDEN HIGH SCHOOL) SALARY: $35,926.25 PER ANNUM PLUS ALLOWANCES

JOB SUMMARY To provide professional social work services to the people of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

LWB2-19-24 SENIOR SOCIAL WORKER- CHILD PROTECTION MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, YOUTH, CULTURE, SOCIAL AND LIBRARY SERVICES PROVIDENCIALES GRADE 7 $41,205.00 PER ANNUM PLUS ALLOWANCES

LWB2-19-28 PROBATION AND REHAB COORDINATOR EDUCATION, YOUTH, CULTURE, SOCIAL AND LIBRARY SERVICES SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT PROVIDENCIALES GRADE 7 - $41,205.00

LWB2-19-31 GRADUATE SECONDARY TEACHER – MATHEMATICS EDUCATION, YOUTH, CULTURE, SOCIAL AND LIBRARY SERVICES EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SOUTH CAICOS (MARJORIE BASDEN HIGH SCHOOL) $35,926.25 PER ANNUM PLUS ALLOWANCES

JOB SUMMARY: This is a specialist position which has unit level responsibility for the teaching of one or more of the school’s curriculum subjects to students.

JOB REFERENCE NO: JOB TITLE: MINISTRY: DEPARTMENT: LOCATION: SALARY:

LWB2-19-32 GRADUATE SECONDARY TEACHER – MUSIC EDUCATION, YOUTH, CULTURE, SOCIAL AND LIBRARY SERVICES EDUCATION DEPARTMENT PROVIDENCIALES (CLEMENT HOWELL HIGH SCHOOL) $35,926.25 PER ANNUM PLUS ALLOWANCES

JOB SUMMARY: This is a specialist position which has unit level responsibility for the teaching of one or more of the school’s curriculum subjects to students.

JOB REFERENCE NO: JOB TITLE: MINISTRY: DEPARTMENT: LOCATION: SALARY:

LWB2-19-33 GRADUATE SECONDARY TEACHER – VISUAL ARTS EDUCATION, YOUTH, CULTURE, SOCIAL AND LIBRARY SERVICES EDUCATION DEPARTMENT PROVIDENCIALES (CLEMENT HOWELL HIGH SCHOOL) $35,926.25 PER ANNUM PLUS ALLOWANCES

JOB SUMMARY: This is a specialist position which has unit level responsibility for the teaching of one or more of the school’s curriculum subjects to students.

JOB REFERENCE NO: JOB TITLE: DEPARTMENT: MINISTRY: LOCATION: SALARY:

LWB2-19-35/ LWB2-19-36 GRADUATE PRIMARY TEACHER (UPPER PRIMARY) EDUCATION DEPARTMENT MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, YOUTH, CULTURE AND LIBRARY SERVICES NORTH CAICOS (AOPS & CHJPS) $35,926.25 PER ANNUM PLUS ALLOWANCES

JOB SUMMARY: This is a professional position which has responsibility for the instruction and supervision of students in primary schools.

For more details regarding this position, kindly refer to the attached documents or visit www.gov.tc.

Please Note: Applications that are not accompanied by all required supporting documents will not be processed.

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GOVERNMENT VACANCIES (APPLICATION DEADLINE: 12TH JULY 2019) Applications that are not accompanied by all required supporting documents will not be processed.

JOB REFERENCE NO: JOB TITLE: DEPARTMENT: MINISTRY: LOCATION: SALARY:

LWB2-19-37 CHIEF SCHOOL INSPECTOR SCHOOL INSPECTORATE UNIT MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, YOUTH, SPORTS AND LIBRARY SERVICES PROVIDENCIALES GRADE 9.1 $59,552.50 PER ANNUM

JOB SUMMARY: The incumbent in this position is, to oversee formulation of policies, setting of standards, inspection process, development of the capabilities of staff, development and promotion of programs and targets to increase and improve capacity of the education sector. The job holder will be expected to oversee and take responsibility for all business and administrative operations of the SIU, including human resource management; to exercise financial and budgetary control over finances and in general, establish strategic operational priorities that deliver the goals outlined in the Strategic Plan and Annual Business Plans.

JOB REFERENCE NO: JOB TITLE: MINISTRY: DEPARTMENT: LOCATION: SALARY:

LWB2-19-38 GRADUATE SECONDARY TEACHER – BUSINESS EDUCATION, YOUTH, CULTURE, SOCIAL AND LIBRARY SERVICES EDUCATION DEPARTMENT PROVIDENCIALES (LONG BAY HIGH SCHOOL) $35,926.25 PER ANNUM PLUS ALLOWANCES

JOB SUMMARY: This is a specialist position which has unit level responsibility for the teaching of one or more of the school’s curriculum subjects to students.

JOB REFERENCE NO: JOB TITLE: MINISTRY: DEPARTMENT: LOCATION: SALARY:

LWB2-19-39 Grounds Maintenance Worker Education, Youth, Culture, Social & Library Services Education Department – Iris Stubbs Primary School South Caicos $499.98 bi – weekly

JOB SUMMARY: This is a general support services position, to assist with cleaning and maintenance of assigned facilities and grounds so that they are clean and ready for use.

JOB REFERENCE NO: JOB TITLE: MINISTRY: DEPARTMENT: LOCATION: SALARY:

LWB2-19-40 ASSISTANT TEACHER EDUCATION, YOUTH, CULTURE, SOCIAL AND LIBRARY SERVICES EDUCATION PROVIDENCIALES - (ENID CAPRON PRIMARY SCHOOL) GRADE 5 - $26,650.00 PER ANNUM PLUS ALLOWANCES

JOB SUMMARY: This is a paraprofessional position which has responsibility for working under a teacher’s supervision to give students additional attention and instruction.

JOB REFERENCE NO: JOB TITLE: MINISTRY: LOCATION: SALARY:

LWB2-19-41 TRUANCY OFFICER EDUCATION, YOUTH, CULTURE, SOCIAL & LIBRARY SERVICES GRAND TURK AND PROVIDENCIALES GRADE 4.1 -$21,935.00 PER ANNUM

DEPARTMENT: LOCATION: SALARY:

LWB2-19-42 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, YOUTH, CULTURE AND LIBRARY SERVICES EDUCATION SOUTH CAICO (MARJORIE BASDEN HIGH SCHOOL) GRADE 4: $21,935.00 PER ANNUM

JOB SUMMARY: This is an administrative position, which has responsibility for the smooth operation of administrative functions in the office and for dealing with information that is sensitive and/ or confidential.

JOB REFERENCE NO: JOB TITLE DEPARTMENT: MINISTRY: LOCATION: SALARY:

DEPARTMENT: LOCATION: SALARY:

CFB2-19-45 STAFF TRAINING MANAGER MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS, PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION HER MAJESTY’S PRISON SERVICE GRAND TURK GRADE 7 $41,205.00 PER ANNUM

JOB SUMMARY: The post holder is responsible for developing, planning, co-ordinating, deliveringand evaluating effective learning and development opportunities and resources for the establishment to meet individual and organisational needs.

JOB REFERENCE NO: JOB TITLE: DEPARTMENT: MINISTRY: LOCATION: SALARY

CFB2-19-46 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT CENTRAL PURCHASING UNIT MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS, PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION GRAND TURK GRADE 4 $21,935.00 PER ANNUM

JOB SUMMARY: This is an administrative support position, which has responsibility for secretarial and administrative support functions in the office.

JOB REFERENCE NO: JOB TITLE DEPARTMENT MINISTRY: LOCATION: SALARY:

CFB2-19-47 INVENTORY CONTROL OFFICER CENTRAL PURCHASING UNIT MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS, PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION GRAND TURK GRADE 4 $21,935.00 PER ANNUM

JOB SUMMARY: This is a purchasing support position. It has responsibility for managing all inventory control related activities.

JOB REFERENCE NO: JOB TITLE: DEPARTMENT: MINISTRY: LOCATION: SALARY

CFB2-19-48 ANNOUNCER RADIO TURKS AND CAICOS MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS, PUBLIC UTILITIES &TRANSPORTATION GRAND TURK GRADE 5 $26,650.00 PER ANNUM

JOB SUMMARY: The incumbent in this position is to present programs, music, news, sports, and/or weather reports, gathering and rewriting materials, so that it will convey required information and fit into specific time slots.

JOB TITLE: MINISTRY DEPARTMENT: LOCATION: SALARY:

SALES & MARKETING OFFICER –CFB2-19-49 HOME AFFAIRS, PUBLIC UTILITIES &TRANSPORTATION RADIO TURKS & CAICOS PROVIDENCIALES GRADE 6 $33,415.00 PER ANNUM

JOB SUMMARY: This position provides core support to the Department with respect to Sales and Marketing.

JOB SUMMARY: To ensure that all students between the age of 4 – 16 attend school during school hours.

JOB REFERENCE NO: JOB TITLE: MINISTRY:

JOB REFERENCE NO: JOB TITLE: MINISTRY:

CFB2-19-44 ASSISTANT POSTAL MANAGER POSTAL SERVICES MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS, PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION PROVIDENCIALES GRADE 5 - $26,650.00 PER ANNUM

JOB SUMMARY: This is a supervisory support position which has floor level responsibility for Postal clerks, mail handling and Post Office customer service.

JOB TITLE: DEPARTMENT: MINISTRY: LOCATION: SALARY:

ENERGY ANALYST – CFB2-19-50 ENERGY &UTILITIES HOME AFFAIRS, PUBLIC UTILITIES & TRANSPORTATION GRAND TURK GRADE 7.1 $41,205.00 PER ANNUM PLUS HOUSING ALLOWANCE AND OTHER ALLOWANCES

JOB SUMMARY: The incumbent will provide research and analytical support to the Energy and Utilities Department by collecting data for conducting effective analysis of conventional and nonconventional energy generation and energy use in the TCI. JOB TITLE: MINISTRY: DEPARTMENT: LOCATION: SALARY:

PRISON NURSE - CFB2-19 - 51 MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS, PUBLIC UTILITIES & TRANSPORTATION HER MAJESTY’S PRISON SERVICE GRAND TURK GRADE 7 - $41,205.00 PER ANNUM

JOB SUMMARY: To support the Superintendent of Prisons to maintain security, control, supervision and the Medical health care of Offenders.

JOB REFERENCE NO: JOB TITLE: MINISTRY: DEPARTMENT: LOCATION: SALARY:

CBB2-19-52 DIRECTOR OF HOUSING IFRASTRUCTURE, HOUSING, PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT HOUSING GRAND TURK GRADE 9.1: $59,552.00 PER ANNUM PLUS ALLOWANCES

Job SUMMARY: As head of a department responsible for the construction and management of Affordable Homes on behalf of the Government of the TCI, the Director is expected to provide the leadership necessary to ensure that this initiative reflect the realistic aspirations of Government and are implemented on time and to budget.

For more details regarding this position, kindly refer to the attached documents or visit www.gov.tc.

Please Note: Applications that are not accompanied by all required supporting documents will not be processed.

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GOVERNMENT VACANCIES (APPLICATION DEADLINE: 12TH JULY 2019) Applications that are not accompanied by all required supporting documents will not be processed.

JOB REFERENCE NO: JOB TITLE: DEPARTMENT: MINISTRY: LOCATION: SALARY:

CBB02-53 ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR PLANNING DEPARTMENT MINISTRY OF INFRASTRUCTURE, HOUSING AND PLANNING PROVIDENCIALES GRADE 5.1: $26,650.00 PER ANNUM

JOB SUMMARY: This is a senior level technical support position with responsibility for the electrical inspection of new and existing electrical installations, and equipment, to ensure compliance with the National Electrical Code for workmanship and safety factors. Installation knowledge of the occupational hazards and safety precautions applicable to the work will include but not limited to the following: Commercial and Industrial Buildings, Hotels and Apartments, Educational and recreational installations, Health Facilities and Residences. In addition to performing inspections and circuit testing, the job holder is required to give guidance to electricians and electrical contractors to ensure compliance with Code and regulatory issues.

The Electrical Inspector is required to investigate electrical faults and conduct revenue meter examinations and tests and produce reports to the Electrical Commissioner.

JOB REFERENCE NO: JOB TITLE: MINISTRY: DEPARTMENT: LOCATION: SALARY:

CBB02-54 DEVELOPMENT CONTROL OFFICER INFRASTRUCTURE, HOUSING ,PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT HOUSING GRAND TURK GRADE 6.1: $33,415.00 PER ANNUM PLUS ALLOWANCES

Job SUMMARY: This is a junior position with responsibility for the enforcement of the Physical Planning Ordinance and the regulations made thereunder throughout TCI. The job holder will assist in ensuring the enforcement of the Code, educate the public and liaise as required regarding amendments to the Planning and Building Regulations.

JOB REFERENCE NO: JOB TITLE: DEPARTMENT: LOCATION: SALARY:

KHB2-19-55 OFFICE MANAGER HEALTH SECRETARIAT PROVIDENCIALES GRADE 7.1 $41,205.00 PER ANNUM

DEPARTMENT: LOCATION: SALARY:

LWB2-19-56 CLERICAL ASSISTANT EDUCATION, YOUTH, CULTURE, SOCIAL AND LIBRARY SERVICES EDUCATION DEPARTMENT PROVIDENCIALES (ENID CAPRON PRIMARY SCHOOL) GRADE 3.1 - $16,707.50 PER ANNUM

JOB SUMMARY: The incumbent in this position will be responsible for clerical and administrative tasks to support the daily functions of the Office.

JOB REFERENCE NO: KHB2-19-57 JOB TITLE: ANIMAL HEALTH OFFICER MINISTRY: HEALTH, AGRICULTURE, SPORTS AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT: AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT LOCATION: PROVIDENCIALES SALARY: GRADE 6.1 - $33,415.00 PER ANNUM JOB SUMMARY: The incumbent assists in the provision of clinical and regulatory services, veterinary public health, inspections, control of zoonotic diseases to ensure the protection of the health and safety of the public, oversees and evaluate the trapping operations of the animal welfare unit and assist in the enforcement of animal control Ordinances.

JOB REFERENCE NO: JOB TITLE: MINISTRY: DEPARTMENT: LOCATION: SALARY:

MINISTRY: LOCATION: SALARY:

CFB2-19-60 DEPUTY DIRECTOR DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND COASTAL RESOURCES (DECR) MINISTRY OF TOURISM, ENVIRONMENT, HERITAGE, MARITIME, GAMING AND DISASTER GRAND TURK GRADE 8 - $51,147.50 PER ANNUM

JOB SUMMARY: This post supports the Director of DECR. It is a senior management position with responsibility to enforce environmental and maritime laws in the TCI. JOB REFERENCE NO: JOB TITLE: MINISTRY: DEPARTMENT: LOCATION: SALARY:

CFB2-19-61 COASTAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND PARKS SUPERVISOR (CIPS) MINISTRY OF TOURISM, ENVIRONMENT, HERITAGE, MARITIME, GAMING AND DISASTER ENVIRONMENT AND COASTAL RESOURCES PROVIDENCIALES GRADE 6 - $33,415.00 PER ANNUM

JOB SUMMARY The post is a mid-level position with island-wide and national significance, mandated to assist in the planning, directing, promotion and implementation of DECR’s management of the non-protected coastal areas, Protected Areas, and fisheries infrastructures.

JOB REFERENCE NO: JOB TITLE: MINISTRY: DEPARTMENT: LOCATION: SALARY:

CFB2-19- 63 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER MINISTRY OF TOURISM, ENVIRONMENT, HERITAGE, MARITIME, GAMING AND DISASTER DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND EMERGENCIES (DDME) GRAND TURK GRADE 5 - $26,650.00 PER ANNUM

JOB SUMMARY: This is an administrative position, which has responsibility for the smooth operation of administrative functions in the office and for dealing with information that is sensitive and/ or confidential.

JOB SUMMARY: This is a senior administrative support position for the Health Secretariat.

JOB REFERENCE NO: JOB TITLE: MINISTRY:

JOB REFERENCE NO: JOB TITLE: DEPARTMENT:

KHB2-19-58 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT MINISTRY OF HEALTH, AGRICULTURE, SPORTS AND HUMAN SERVICES AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT PROVIDENCIALES GRADE 4.1- $21,935.00 PER ANNUM

JOB REFERENCE NO: JOB TITLE: MINISTRY: DEPARTMENT: LOCATION: SALARY: GRADE 7 -

CFB2-19- 64 PRISON NURSE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS, PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION HER MAJESTY’S PRISON SERVICE GRAND TURK $41,205.00 PER ANNUM

JOB SUMMARY: To support the Superintendent of Prisons to maintain security, control, supervision and the Medical health care of Offenders. The Prison Service is a professional organisation whose duty is to serve the public by keeping in custody those committed by the court. The duty is to look after Offenders with humanity and to help them lead law abiding and useful lives in custody and after release. The position has specific responsibility for the Health screening and provision of medical care and referrals at HM Prison.

JOB REFERENCE NO: JOB TITLE: MINISTRY: DEPARTMENT: LOCATION: SALARY:

CFB2-19-65 ENERGY AND UTILITIES COMMISSIONER MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS, PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION ENERGY AND UTILITIES GRAND TURK GRADE 9 - $59,552.50 PER ANNUM

JOB SUMMARY: This senior level management position is responsible for the nationwide multi sector regulatory oversight of the Energy and Electricity, Water and Sewerage and the Petroleum Sectors of the TCI, to ensure appropriate conduct and conformity to established industry codes, standards and practices.

JOB SUMMARY: This is an administrative position, which has responsibility for the smooth operation of administrative functions in the office and for dealing with information that is sensitive and/ or confidential.

JOB REFERENCE NO: JOB TITLE: MINISTRY: DEPARTMENT: LOCATION: SALARY:

CBB2-19-59 SENIOR LAND COMPLIANCE OFFICER ATTORNEY GENERAL’S CHAMBERS CROWN LAND UNIT PROVIDENCIALES GRADE 6.1: $33,415.00 PER ANNUM PLUS ALLOWANCES

JOB SUMMARY: The Senior Land Compliance Officer is a middle level post in the Crown Land Unit. The Senior Land Compliance Officer and subordinate Land Compliance Officer(s) are responsible for monitoring use of all Crown Land in the area to which they are assigned other than protected areas.

For more details regarding this position, kindly refer to the attached documents or visit www.gov.tc.

Please Note: Applications that are not accompanied by all required supporting documents will not be processed.

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TCI Swimmers Shine in 10th “Race for the Conch” Eco-SeaSwim

her an overall champion in her event as well. In the Men’s 1/2 Mile Division, TCI swimmer Sean Walters, 12 years

Local swimmers took several old, took first in a time of 13 minutes top prizes at the 10th anniversary of 12.3 seconds, coming out of the water the Turks & Caicos “Race for the Conch” ahead of TCI swimmer and defending Eco-SeaSwim on Saturday June 29 in champion Jack Parlee, who took Grace Bay. In the Men’s 1 mile Division, second. The youngest swimmer in the TCI swimmer Luke Haywood (Captain competition, 8 year old TCI swimmer of the 2019 CARIFTA team) battled Lenika Hamilton, finished a remarkable it out with American Clay Britt and 16th out of 22 in the Women’s Division. defending champion and TCI swimmer In the 2.4 mile (Ironman Dan Redmond to win first place in the distance) event, American Ginny Jordan Men’s 1 Mile Division in a time of 22 won the Women’s Division and overall minutes 14.6 seconds. American Elodie title in a strong time of 55 minutes 24.4 Westbrook Mitchell dashed up beach in seconds followed by Kelly Westbrook a thrilling finish to cross the line just 1.1 and Maryann Savage of the USA. second ahead of Haywood to take first Americans, Shawn Nowak, Wally Dicks, in the Women’s 1 Mile Division, as well and Steve Wiper finished first, second, as the overall title. TCI swimmer Lillian third respectively in the Men’s Division.

Taylor raced in for an impressive second TCI swimmer Tajhari Williams, 11 years old, took an extraordinary fourth place. place in the Women’s Division.

In the Women’s 1/2 Mile Williams also received the Special Award (800 m) Division TCI swimmers Alex for the swimmer who best personified Maclaren, Georgia Greatrex, and Selin determination and love of the sport.

Nineteen eager youngsters Kilic took respectively first, second, and third places for a sweep. In another participated in the age 10 and under 100 exciting finale, Maclaren crossed the meter Children’s Swim. Ben Stubenberg, line just 1.5 seconds ahead of Greatrex Co-Director/Founder, stated, “It’s so in time of 13 minutes .3 seconds making gratifying to watch the expansion of this

By Ben Stubenberg, Race Director

race over the years since 2010 when we got this started, as well as the increasing numbers of talented TCI swimmers.

Once again, Grace Bay provided the best open water swim racing conditions in the world that absolutely enchanted our visiting swimmers and their family and friends.”

Chloe Zimmermann, CoDirector/Founder, added, “This may have been the best race yet with many more local swimmers participating and excelling thanks to the outstanding local swim training programs and excellent coaches. Of course, none of this happens without generous sponsors and dedicated volunteers who give so much of their time. Can’t thank them all enough.”

The “Race for the Conch” EcoSeaSwim took place in front of the Royal West Indies Resort with 130 swimmers, half coming from abroad, mainly the US and Canada. Top finishers received unique conch trophies carved

by Stanford Handfield with wooden encasements created and painted by Lucy Stubbs, Driftwood Studios. Funds raised from the event go mainly to support Provo Children’s Home, as

well as the Turks & Caicos Islands Swim Federation. In keeping with the “Eco” theme of the event, Race Directors banned non-reef safe sunscreens.

Flamingo Pharmacy provided free reef safe sunscreen Sea2Stream for all swimmers. Only paper straws were used for the coconuts provided by Cocovibes.

Next year’s race in 2020 is tentatively set for June 27, 2020.

Sponsors: Royal West Indies Resort, Grace Bay Club, Ocean Club Resorts, Wymara, Bay Bistro, British Caribbean Bank, Colonial Insurance, Hartling Group, Nuun, Projetech, John Redmond Architects, Price Waterhouse Cooper, SURFside Ocean Academy, Marco Travel, Caicu Naniki Sports Adventures, Blue Loos, Finishing Touch.

Support: Carolina Medical Centre, NUUN, Flamingo Pharmacy/Sea2Stream sunscreen, Brilliant Studios, Turks & Caicos Tourism Board, FORTIS, Turks & Caicos Reservations, Melissa Stinson, Greenflash Kiteboarding, Philippine Community, Zeke Hall, Driftwood Studios, Stanford Handfield, Big Blue Collective, DJ Dayoh, Provo Ambulance Service, Marine Police, DECR, Alizee Zimmermann Graphic Design.

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SPORTS Gauff eclipses Venus to steal day one limelight

American 15-year-old Cori Gauff stole the show on the opening day of Wimbledon with a debut victory over five-time champion and her inspiration Venus Williams.

Gauff, the youngest woman ever to survive the qualifying tournament, played like a seasoned performer as she clinically beat the 39-year-old great 6-4 6-4 to earn a standing ovation from an enchanted Court One crowd.

“I wouldn’t say I didn’t expect to win the match. I knew that I was going to go out there and play the way I play,” Gauff, who claimed victory on her fourth match point, told reporters.

“I wasn’t surprised that I won. I mean, I was just overwhelmed at the end.”

Her victory put everything else in the shade on an opening day full of shocks in both draws.

World number two and second seed Naomi Osaka lost 7-6(4) 6-2 to dangerous Kazakh Yulia Putintseva who had also got the better of her in their recent match in Birmingham — a defeat that effectively cost Osaka the number one ranking.

U.S. Open and Australian Open champion Osaka appeared close to tears when she spoke to the media later.

“Can I leave? I feel like I’m about to cry,” the Japanese 21-year-old said.

French Open runner-up Marketa Vondrousova, the 16th seed, also bowed out but former world number ones Karolina Pliskova, Caroline Wozniacki, Simona Halep and Victoria

Jamaica beat Panama to reach third straight Gold Cup semi

Jamaica forward Darren Mattocks (10) shoots past Panama goalkeeper Luis Mejia (1) on a penalty koi in the second half during quarterfinal play in the CONCACAF Gold Cup soccer tournament at Lincoln Financial Field

Cori Gauff of the U.S. celebrates winning her first round match Azarenka all made it safely through to the second round.

Men’s defending champion Novak Djokovic was untroubled as he began his quest for a fifth Wimbledon crown that would take him level on the all-time list with Swedish great Bjorn Borg.

The Serb, with former champion Goran Ivanisevic in his box, beat Germany’s Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3 7-5 6-3.

It was a bad day for two of the young guns expected to lead the new generation into a brave new era, however.

Sixth seed Alexander Zverev lost 4-6 6-3 6-2 7-5 to Czech Jiri Vesely while Greek 20-year-old Stefanos Tsitsipas went down in five sets to Italian journeyman Thomas Fabbiano.

Tsitsipas, in particular, was highly-fancied to have a long run at the All England Club having reached the Australian Open semi-final this year but lost 6-4 3-6 6-4 6-7(8) 6-3.

“He was just better than me today. I think the way I played, it should have been in three, not five. I don’t know how I got to five. I guess with my fighting spirit, somehow I managed to win those two sets,” he said.

Croatia’s 40-year-old Ivo Karlovic, one of 47 men aged 30 or over in the men’s singles, became the oldest man to play a first round match in the Wimbledon singles since Ken Rosewall in 1975.

The giant Croat served 20 aces as he beat Andrea Arnaboldi in straight sets and will meet Fabbiano next.

Last year’s runner-up Kevin Anderson cruised through in straight sets against PierreHugues Herbert.

Eight-time champion Roger Federer and women’s defending champion Angelique Kerber, as well as 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams, start their campaigns on Tuesday.

Durant chooses to go his own way with move to Nets

With his decision to join the Brooklyn Nets, Kevin Durant ended an era in Golden State while advancing a trend of the NBA’s elite players forging their own paths with new teams.

Durant will now team up with fellow All Star Kyrie Irving, who will depart Boston after just two seasons, leaving behind a Warriors franchise he helped lead to three consecutive NBA Finals.

Durant, 30, is expected to miss most if not all of next season while recuperating from a ruptured Achilles suffered during this month’s NBA Finals defeat by Toronto.

On paper, Golden State had more to offer Durant than any other team.

The Warriors could have rewarded Durant with a five-year, $221 million super max contract – far more than the $164 million he will receive from the Nets.

They also provided the stability of a championship pedigree as

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Durant rehabs his injury. Golden State have played in the last five Finals and the presence of Stephen Curry and exceptional coaching and ownership offers promise of a competitive future.

None of those factors were apparently more valuable than Durant’s freedom to choose his own path.

And in that regard he is following something of a trend.

LeBron James helped pioneer the way by leaving Cleveland to form a super team with Miami, returning to the Cavaliers following a four-year run with the Heat, before settling with the Los Angeles Lakers this past year.

James’ new running mate, Anthony Davis, forced his way from the New Orleans Pelicans in order to join the Lakers. Even reigning NBA Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard could soon be choosing a fresh destination over Toronto. Durant previously made a splash in free agency by moving from Oklahoma

Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant (35) sits on the court after an apparent injury during the second quarter in game five against the Toronto Raptors of the 2019 NBA Finals at Scotiabank Arena City to the Warriors three years ago.

The decision will perhaps leave the Warriors with a question mark hanging over them as they enter the 2019-20 season.

A second-half penalty from Darren Mattocks put Jamaica into their third consecutive Gold Cup semi-final on Sunday after a 1-0 win over Panama in Philadelphia.

Mattocks, who had come on as a substitute just two minutes earlier, struck from the spot with less than 15 minutes left.

“We lacked finishing,” said Panama coach Julio Dely Valdes. “Jamaica almost had no chances.”

Jamaica, runners up in 2015 and 2017, will play the United States in next Wednesday’s semi-final after the defending champions beat Curacao 1-0.

Mexico will play Haiti in the other semifinal a day earlier.

The final will be held in Chicago on July 7.

Charlotte Hornets guard Kemba Walker (15) talks to his bench during the fourth quarter against the Detroit Pistons at Little Caesars Arena

PG Walker to sign four-year, $141 million deal with Celtics

Three-time All-Star Kemba Walker has agreed to join the Boston Celtics on a fouryear, $141 million deal, his agent, Jeff Schwartz, confirmed to ESPN.

Walker spent the first eight seasons of his career with the Charlotte Hornets.

Sources also confirmed to ESPN that as part of the agreement, Charlotte will send Walker to Boston as part of a sign-and-trade that will move point guard Terry Rozier to the Hornets. Rozier will then sign a three-year, $58 million deal.

Just a few weeks ago, Walker said he would take less than the five-year, $221 million “supermax” contract only the Hornets could offer him to stay in Charlotte.

The Charlotte Observer reported on Saturday, however, that team officials were set on paying less than $170 million because of concerns about the NBA luxury tax in the future.

In Boston, he will replace Kyrie Irving at point guard. A fellow free agent, Irving agreed to a four-year deal with the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday, according to multiple reports.

Walker, a 29-year-old Connecticut product, averaged 25.6 points and 5.9 assists while starting all 82 games for the Hornets last season. Those numbers are above his eight-year career averages of 19.8 points and 5.5 assists.

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Wayward Osaka sent packing from Wimbledon

Japan’s Naomi Osaka in action during her first round match against Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva

World number two Naomi Osaka’s hopes of a third Grand Slam title were shredded on Centre Court as she was dumped out of Wimbledon in the first round, losing 7-6(4) 6-2 to Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva on Monday.

to Grand Slam success at the U.S. and Australian Opens, failed to find her range on the slick lawns of the All England Club, tumbling out amid a flurry of unforced errors.

Putintseva was far from an unknown quantity for Osaka, having recently knocked her out in Birmingham, and again proved a resolute obstacle for the Japanese, fighting back after an early break to take the first set on a tiebreak.

She broke the Japanese second seed twice in a dominant second set, wrapping up victory in an hour and 36 minutes when her opponent sliced a backhand into the net, becoming the first toptwo seed to lose in the women’s first round since Martina Hingis in 2001.

Despite Osaka’s lofty ranking following her rapid rise to the sport’s summit, this was always going to be a potential banana skin for the Japanese, whose form since winning her second major in January has been patchy.

She had made only one semi-final since winning the Australian Open, had suffered a third-round exit at Roland Garros and had entered Wimbledon on the back of a second-round defeat

by Putintseva in Birmingham.

Six of her seven defeats in 2019 had been to players ranked outside world’s top 20 while the 39th-ranked Putintseva was looking for her third top-five win of the season.

If the omens had appeared to be conspiring against Osaka, she did herself no favors on court.

Things begun well when she broke in the third game, but it was not long before momentum swung toward her opponent, who broke back for 3-3 before claiming the first set on a tiebreak.

Osaka looked increasingly despondent in the second as the unforced errors came thick and fast.

After two breaks of serve, Putintseva quickly brought up two match points. Osaka saved the first, but a 38th unforced error from the Japanese proved terminal.

Warriors reach five-year, $190 million max deal with star guard, per report

The Golden State Warriors have quite a few big decisions to make this offseason, but whether or not to retain Klay Thompson on a long-term deal doesn’t appear to be one that they plan to dwell on for very long.

According to Connor Letourneau of the San Francisco Chronicle, star guard Klay Thompson has agreed to a fiveyear, $190 million contract with the Warriors.

Guard Klay Thompson has agreed to sign a five-year maximum contract with the Warriors worth $190 million, league sources have confirmed with The Chronicle.

Before free agency opened Sunday, the Warriors offered Thompson the max. Thompson, not surprisingly, accepted on the spot.

Thompson has long voiced his desire to stick with Golden State long-term. Even after the shooting guard suffered an ACL injury in Game 6 of the NBA

Klay Thompson Finals that could sideline him for most - if not all - of next season, the Warriors had no hesitation about offering him a max contract.

In addition, Shams Charania of The Athletic had previously reported that both sides planned to agree to the deal shortly after free agency began.

Monday afternoon, Sam Amick of The Athletic reported

that Thompson’s new deal with the Warriors is fully guaranteed, includes no options, no “no trade” clause, and 15% trade kicker, per his agent, Greg Lawrence of Wasserman.

The Warriors will also be tasked with deciding whether or not to bring back DeMarcus Cousins. In addition, versatile forward Draymond Green is eligible for a supermax contract extension, so that will be something that the franchise will have to ponder going forward.

Thompson is set to miss a large chunk of the 2019-20 season as he recovers from a torn ACL. The sharpshooting guard suffered the injury in Game 6 of the NBA Finals against the Toronto Raptors.

The former first-round pick is coming off another stellar season in which he averaged 21.5 points, 3.8 rebounds, and 2.4 assists. Thompson also remained one of the top shooters in the NBA with a 40.2 percent clip from beyond the arc.

Warriors owner: No other player will wear Durant’s No. 35

Golden State Warriors owner Joe Lacob is showing his appreciation for Kevin Durant’s contributions to three successful seasons by promising that no other player will wear jersey No. 35 as long as Lacob is team chairman.

Lacob released a statement Monday thanking Durant, the two-time NBA Finals MVP who helped the Warriors win back-to-back championships in 2017 and ’18 before his postseason was shortened by injury this year.

Durant on Sunday announced he would be signing a contract to join the Brooklyn Nets.

He is expected to miss all of next season while he recovers from surgery for a ruptured right Achilles tendon suffered in Game 5 of the finals, which Golden State lost in six games to the Toronto Raptors.

“Today, as he starts a new chapter in his incredible career, we thank KD for all of his contributions, for being an integral part to one of the most prolific runs in NBA history and wish him well as he continues his Hall of Fame journey,” Lacob said.

“As long as I am Co-Chairman of this team, no player will ever wear (No.) 35 for the Warriors again.”

Golden State had hoped Durant would choose to stay for about $221 million over the next

five seasons, but he chose to join the Nets and play alongside Kyrie Irving instead.

On behalf of the franchise, Lacob applauded Durant for his efforts on and off the court representing the Warriors.

“Three years ago, we were thrilled with the arrival of Kevin Durant, a transformative NBA player and one of the best to ever play the game,” Lacob said. “He provided our fans and franchise with numerous highlights during his stay here_ two NBA championships, two NBA Finals MVPs, three trips to the Finals, unparalleled efficiency_ and carried himself with class and dignity both on and off the court. His commitment to our community was evident each day, including last season when his philanthropic efforts earned him the NBA’s annual Community Assist Award.”

Warriors coach Steve Kerr made it clear when the season ended everyone understood Durant had earned the chance to pursue every opportunity.

“I know that we all want him back, and we think this is a great situation for him and vice versa,” Kerr said. “So, hopefully we get him back and keep this thing going with the understanding that he’s a free agent and we want

Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant dunks as San Antonio Spurs’ Rudy Gay (22) watches during the the first half of Game 3 of a first-round NBA basketball playoff series in San Antonio what’s best for him, and he’s free to make any choice he wants.

Hopefully he’s back, and we will all give him any advice, any counsel that he needs. And ultimately he’s going to make his own decision.

He’s earned that.”

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