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MILLION DOLLAR LOSS FROM AIRPORT CLOSURE

by Hayden Boyce Publisher & Editor-in-Chief

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he closure of Providenciales International Airport because of a sick-out by Air Traffic Controllers (ATCs) there on Friday, October 25th, 2019, could have cost the Turks and Caicos Islands high-end tourism brand around US$1million, according to industry officials.

Hotel and tourism officials contacted by The SUN said this million-dollar estimated loss was realistic, given that there were hundreds of cancellations of hotel reservations, luxury villa rentals, car rentals, tours, restaurant books, and other tourism-related services.

“Given, for example, that the average vacation here is six-days, when one factors in the spill-off effects those cancelations across the board, you can get a real sense over that period of time and not just the day of the actual sick-out itself, the million dollar figure is not unrealistic,” said Nikheel Advani, of Grace Bay Resorts.

Stacy Cox, Chief Executive Officer of the Turks and Caicos Hotel and Tourism Association (TCHTA) could not give an exact figure of the loss, but said the association sent out a survey to its members to get a sense of the financial and other impacts of the sick-out which stemmed from ATCs complaining about being poorly paid and working in and with unsafe, unsatisfactory and outdated equipment and conditions.

The questions of the TCHA survey were: How many of your guests were displaced due to Friday’s airport closure? Have you encountered cancellations due to the strike and airport closure? If so, how many pax (passengers) to date?

What loss in revenue (monetarily) have you suffered (if any) as a result of Friday’s strike and airport closure?

What amount of revenue did you lose through accommodating individuals who were displaced, if at all?

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At the official signing of the joint MOU, (sitting left to right) FortisTCI Vice President of Innovation, Technology and Strategic Planning Rachell Roullet, FortisTCI President & CEO Eddinton Powell, Minister of Home Affairs, Public Utilities and Transportation Hon. Goldray Ewing, Permanent Secretary Ministry of Home Affairs Public Utilities and Transportation Clara Gardiner, Clinton Climate Initiative Senior Project Manager Alexis Tubb, Rocky Mountain Institute Associate Sydney Jules, (standing left to right) Deputy Permanent Secretary Ministry of Home Affairs Public Utilities and Transportation Russell Cox, FortisTCI Director of Legal Services Alexandria Missick, Senior Vice President of Corporate Services Ruth Forbes, and Clinton Foundation Senior Energy AssociateWes Adrianson

TCI to gain greater renewable energy integration partnering with FortisTCI, Clinton Foundation

A new partnership will advance a regulatory framework, utilityscale energy storage, electric vehicle integration, and the promotion of energy efficiency.

On Wednesday, October 23, following Cabinet’s approval, the Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands, FortisTCI – the islands’ utility provider, and the Clinton Foundation signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to begin implementing initiatives supported by the country’s Resilient National Energy Transition Strategy (R-NETS). This strategy was developed by the Turks and Caicos Islands Government, FortisTCI, and Rocky Mountain Institute in 2018 and provides a roadmap for the country’s energy future over 22 years, from 2019 to 2040.

Under the MOU, all parties have committed to accelerate the

development and integration of more clean energy sources throughout the Turks and Caicos Islands. The partnership will advance renewable energy in a number of ways: •Building a regulatory framework; •Support for permitting and planning of renewable energy projects; •Assessment of resources, including wind resources, utility-scale energy storage capabilities, and land assessment of project sites using geographic information system (GIS) tools; •Implementation of renewable energy technical skills analysis; •Integration of electric vehicles; and •Promotion of energy efficiency.

Speaking on the MOU, the Minister of Home Affairs, Public Utilities and Transportation Hon. Goldray Ewing, said, “TCIG is committed to developing a

clean energy future for Turks and Caicos Islands that will decrease the islands’ reliance on imported fossil fuel, reduce the cost of electricity for households and businesses, and demonstrate the country’s willingness to play a lead role in efforts to combat climate change.

This agreement represents the first step towards that goal.”

FortisTCI President and CEO Eddinton Powell, said, “The transformation of the energy sector in the Turks and Caicos Islands is taking shape, and the continued collaborative approach is critical to our success in transforming to the new energy future. By working together to advance sustainable and resilient energy projects in the TCI, we can meet the objectives established in the R-NETS. These objectives bring value and benefits to all stakeholders.

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MILLION DOLLAR LOSS FROM AIRPORT CLOSURE

The last question on the survey was: How much confidence do you believe our travel partners have lost in our brand as a result of the recent airport strikes and closures?

The boxes to be ticked were: none, very little, quite a bit, it has seriously damaged the brand, and the damage to the brand is beyond repair.

In her national address on Wednesday, October 30th, 2019, Turks and Caicos Islands Premier Hon. Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson stated: “The impact of this is still being tabulated and analysed; what has not been and cannot be analysed and monetized is the fall out in reputation for us as a destination. Whilst persons will focus on monetary value, I have asked the Chairman of the Tourist Board to seek information from the TCHTA and others as to the number of guests that were impacted.”

The Premier said she has been receiving stories of residents and visitors alike and again apologized for “this tragic experience to have befallen this beautiful destination”.

WHY AIR TRAFIC CONTROLLERS SICKED OUT

The Air Traffic Controllers told The SUN they staged a sick out because they are not compensated for the complexity of the job that they perform daily.

“In comparison to regions such as Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Bahamas and Dominican Republic, Air Traffic Controllers in the Turks & Caicos Islands are the lowest paid and the structural building in which they have to carry out such a huge responsibility is in the most deplorable state.

There are also various adversities that they are faced with in performing their job that can compose a risk to the travelling public. Unbeknown to most, Turks & Caicos Air Traffic Controllers provide some of the most recommendable services throughout the region without accessibility to radar assistance. In comparison to regions such as Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Bahamas and Dominican Republic, Air Traffic Controllers in the Turks & Caicos Islands are the lowest paid and the structural building in which they have to carry out such a huge responsibility is in the most deplorable state,” they told The SUN.

“On a daily basis, hundreds of lives are entrusted into the hands of an Air Traffic Controller, as they are responsible for ensuring the safety of passengers to and from their destinations with great care

Nikheel Advani

Premier Hon. Sharlene Robinson

Stacy Cox

and ensuring that all necessary policies and procedures are being adhered to, to avoid the possibility of any errors or deadly collisions that can result in unfortunate situations, resulting in them possibly having to face jail time,” the ATCs said.

“Tourism is one of the major industries throughout the Turks and Caicos Islands, and one that is heavily depended upon for the economic growth of the country. Each year thousands of tourists visit our shores from all walks of life and Air Traffic Controllers hold the great responsibility of ensuring the safety of their arrival into and departure out of the country. Air Traffic Controllers are indeed very instrumental in the country’s growth and development, as it is through the careful execution of their expertise that visitors and locals are transported safely daily by air locally, regionally and internationally.”

contact with the Civil Aviation Authority, who are the Regulators, and invited all to a meeting. While we were gathered for the Meeting, we were advised that the ATCs had gathered at a Restaurant in the Grace Bay area with strike paraphernalia and holding signs. To this point, there had been no contact with the Airports Authority, the Board or the Government and there was no identifiable spokesperson or letter delivered,” she explained.

“ The Acting CEO and the Chairman of the Board left and went to meet with the ATCs who handed them two letters: one dated September and the other dated Friday’s date; all items listed in the September letter were not included in the October letter as there was demonstrable progress. Immediately we were informed that two meetings had been held with the ATC over the past months and I encouraged the Acting CEO and Chairman to seek an audience with the ATCs away from the few members of the public who had come to the scene. Whilst on site, former Premier Michael Misick appeared as well as elected member for Cheshire Hall who both took different approaches. I wish to thank Hon Parnell for his efforts to assist in securing a Meeting between the ATCs and the Acting CEO and the Chairman of the Board. Though a time for midday was confirmed, this was frustrated as we were advised by ATCs that they were told not to meet the Government by the elected member Hon Josephine Connolly who had by then together with Former Premier Michael Misick joined the demonstration and were holding placards. Flow’s Social Media representative and PNP candidate soon joined in and began live coverage.”

The Premier said there were attempts then by these persons and now including the Opposition Leader Hon. Washington Misick to “bait me” as Leader of this country to come to the street to hear sensitive concerns that were raised by the ATCs.

“I resisted all urges as this matter was too sensitive in many cases to seek to address on the curbside. I thank the ATCs who did not take this stance but who agreed to meet at 2pm at my Office. By this time,

failing the earlier Meeting, we had to issue a Notice to Airlines and all flights including international flights offered by AA and Jet Blue were cancelled. I had invited their spokesperson or spokespersons and was pleasantly surprised that all ATCs came and met with myself, the Deputy Premier, the Minister of Immigration, the Chairman and the Acting CEO for nearly 4 hours.”

She said the ATCs expressed their concerns and were given proof that the issues were being addressed and they were satisfied with the documentary proof that the TCIAA had done its part as promised in the meetings held with them in recent weeks.

“Additionally, salaries and pensions were raised and the matter was fleshed out with commitments as it relates to the timeline on the procedure. I had not known until the former Minister of Finance and now Leader of the Opposition shared nationally that this was a seven (7) year issue. I had met privately with a few ATCs in 2017 before the Hurricanes and the state of the Tower, a sore issue I was made to understand since early 2000s, and salary increases were discussed. I must admit that the next Budget passed in 2018 after the Hurricanes did not include the new proposed Building but this Budget 2019/20 does and in September an artist rendition was released publicly,” the Premier continued.

“Nonetheless works are to be done to the existing place and commitments were already made by the TCIAA in this regard and endorsed by the Board and myself. The matter of salaries was reported for action but regrettably did not move fast enough. This new Board appointed in March received an update on the works towards a salary review as recent as a week before the Strike (on Friday October 18th).

Whilst salary was a critical issue for the ATCs, they were reasonable and mature in their approach as the process was explained.”

The Premier thanked the ATCs for facilitating the emergency airlift for medical services on Friday past and for their reasoned position at the end.

PREMIER ADRESSING AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER ISSUES

Meantime, the Premier, who met with the ATCs, said she is actively addressing their issues.

“Because this is a critical area and because the action of the staffing had an international impact, it became evident, very clearly, that as Premier and Minister with responsibility I had to become involved very early, though meanwhile respecting the Airports Authority’s Board’s authority and remit,” she said while thanking the Air Traffic Controllers who in the end, returned to work, the Acting CEO Mr Floyd Ingham (newly appointed COO) and the newly appointed Chairman of the TCI Airports Authority Board, Mr Andre Malcolm Jr.

The Premier said that last Friday morning she was informed by the Acting CEO very early that ATCs on shift across TCI did not come into work but called in sick.

“The Acting CEO immediately began efforts to reach persons to fill in so that the American Airlines flight on the ground could leave. During his (and eventually the Board’s) efforts, I made

TCI to gain greater renewable energy integration partnering with FortisTCI, Clinton Foundation

Mr. Powell added, “FortisTCI is pleased to continue partnerships with the Turks and Caicos Government and the Rocky Mountain Institute, and we look forward to working with the Clinton Foundation.

Renewable energy brings with it great opportunities. There is no doubt that together, we can create an energyproducing economy and become less dependent on hydrocarbons.

Elite Security Location: 30 Reo Drive, Juba Sound, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands Is seeking to employ Security Officers Duties: Secures premises and personnel by patrolling property; monitoring surveillance equipment; inspecting buildings, equipment, and access points; permitting entry Salary is $7.00 per hour Please Contact: 231-0047 Kindly Call or send resumes to the above address Two of these positions are currently held by Work Permit Holders and one is a new position Belongers are encouraged to apply and send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board

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Together we can enable supply and price stability, entrepreneurship, and wealth creation across the TCI.”

Senior Project Manager, Clinton Climate Initiative Alexis Tubb, said, “The global community is looking to the greater Caribbean region to be first responders and champions for the fight against climate change. Replicable, scalable projects have the potential to show

Union Barbershop

NBM Construction

Location: Airport Road, Upstairs Kishco Building Unit #3, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands Is seeking one (1) Barber Must have at least three years experience Duties: Utilize clippers, combs, rushes, scissors, and blow-out guns to style and cut hair Salary is $300.00 weekly Please Contact: Mr. Samuel at 347-2260 This position is currently held by a Work Permit Holder Belongers are encouraged to apply and send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board #603677

Location: Five Cays, Yellow Building Unite # 5, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands Is seeking Two (2) Masons - $7.75 per hour Duties: Layering building materials such as bricks, concrete, tiles and other construction materials Is seeking One (1) Painter - $7.00 per hour Duties: Apply paint to surfaces including canvas, walls, floors, doors, and cabinets Must be able to work 5 days a week Please Contact Ms. Beatrice at 241-8969 These positions are new Belongers are encouraged to apply and send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board

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the world that renewable energy is affordable, economically sound, and environmentally sustainable. To make those projects possible, everyone needs to come to the table – the public, private, and non-profit sector.

This MOU symbolizes that in Turks and Caicos all parties have come to that proverbial table and shown their commitment to accelerate clean energy.”

Design/Build Int Ltd Location: 29 Universal Rentall Drive, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Is seeking to employ a Labourer Duties include: •Grinding and cutting of steel •Maintaining the appearance of the property •Responsible for welfare of guard dogs •Organizing and cleaning warehouse and facilities •Garbage removal Required to work only 30 hours per week Salary is $7.00 per hour This position is currently held by a Work Permit Holder Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board

The Clinton Foundation and the Rocky Mountain Institute work together with governments and utilities to help foster the development and integration of renewable energy by enabling financing opportunities and providing project support. This work is made possible by the players of the Nationale Postcode Loterij in the Netherlands and the People’s Postcode Lottery in the United Kingdom.

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Location: Palmgrove, Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands Is seeking a Maintenance Man/ Labourer Duties: Tasks include plumbing work, painting, flooring repair and upkeep, electrical repairs and heating and air conditioning system maintenance. Site maintenance and cleaning To work three days a week Salary is $6.25 an hour or $200.00 monthly 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

In South Caicos Is seeking a Fisherman To work 6 days per week Duties include fishing, diving, and preparation of seafood for sale Salary: $300.00 per week Please contact: 343-7807 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

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New road traffic and motor vehicle driving laws

In keeping with the Ministry of Home Affairs Public Utilities and Transportation’s mission to provide services that are accessible and delivered at a high standard to ensure the connectivity, wellbeing and safety of the Turks and Caicos Islands society, a number of important changes to the law have been made.

In this regard, the general public is hereby notified that as of November 4, 2019, drivers, vehicle and business owners, where applicable, will be required to adhere to the following: 1 – Have two licence plates issued by the Road Safety Department, coinciding with the date of their next birthday. The vehicle owner will be responsible for firmly attaching one licence plate at the front of the vehicle and the other at the back. Licence plates are assigned to drivers and must be transferred to any new vehicle that may own in the future.

3 - Establish handicap parking spaces in the numbers and at the locations specified. This applies to all Government Departments and agencies, statutory bodies, churches, and private business in the Islands that are open to the general public.

Establishments that have 1 to 25 parking spaces are required to reserve 1 space for handicap permit owners; businesses with 26 to 50 parking spaces are required to reserve 2 spaces; businesses with 51 to 75 parking spaces are required to reserve 3 spaces; businesses with 76 to 100 parking spaces are required to reserve 4 spaces, and those with 101 and over parking spaces are required to reserve 5% of their total parking spaces for handicap permit owners.

4 - Apply for a handicap cap permit.

In order to be considered for the issuance of a handicap permit and be compliant with the laws governing parking in the designated spaces. The fee for a handicap permit is $30. Once issued, permit owners will be required to display their permits when the vehicle they are driving, occupies a designated handicap parking space.

2 – Pay the prescribed Licence Plate Fees. Particular attention should be made of the fact that current vehicle and licence plate owners will be issued two licence plates for a total fee of $20. Meanwhile, new vehicle owners will be issued two licence plates at a cost of $40.

In addition to the above, the following new and or amended offences shall apply: 1- An increase in fine from $200 to $500 as well as an increase in prison term from three months to six months for being found guilty of driving a vehicle without a valid driver’s licence on a second and subsequent offence.

2- Parking in a designated handicap parking space without the required permit - $250 fine.

3- Failure to wear head gear while riding a motor vehicle - $250 fine.

4- Failure to provide the designated number of handicap parking spaces – summary conviction to a fine of $1,000.

Attention should also be given to the introduction of a new service that provides for special on-site inspections for businesses owning 10 or more vehicles. The fees for this new service are as follows: 10 vehicles - $250 11 to 20 vehicles - $400 20 to 30 vehicles - $540 30 to 40 vehicles -$680 40 plus vehicles - $1500 Likewise, all individuals whose presence in the islands is limited by time in any

way because they are either work permit holders, residence permit holders, contract workers and the like, are advised that they will be issued driving licences that will expire three months after their period of legal residency.

Finally, as of October 28, 2019, all vehicles entering the Islands will be required to be inspected and have licence plates affixed, prior to leaving the port. Inspection days will be on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays of each week.

The above are all symbolic of the Government’s efforts to: •Improve safety on our roads, •Encourage compliance, •Extend special privileges to those who need them, and •Facilitate joined up governance with internal and external agencies and departments, to mitigate national security risks at all levels.

The Ministry and Road Safety Department looks forward to the patience and support of the public as it works diligently to achieve these initiatives and outcomes.

For further information, please contact the Road Traffic Department.

TCI to introduce public register of beneficial ownership

The Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands has agreed in Cabinet to announce its intention to introduce a public register of beneficial ownership, in line with evolving standards and international obligations such as those reflected in the principles of European Union’s 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directive. This follows the announcement of the same made earlier this year by the British Crown Dependencies.

The commitment to introduce publicly accessible registers on a timeline that reflects the development and evolution of public registers in

the UK and EU, confirms our ongoing commitment to meeting international standards, and to adapting proactively as global best practice evolves.

Hon. Sharlene CartwrightRobinson, Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands, commenting on the implementation of the public register of beneficial ownership said: “The Turks and Caicos Islands had been in discussions with the UK Government on Public Accessible Register of Beneficial Ownership as early as April 2014.”

She added, “My Government has committed to introducing a public register of company beneficial ownership

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Location: 648 Blue Hills Road, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Is seeking: (1) Nail Technician - $7.50 per hour •Duties include basic manicures, artificial nails, gel nails, nail repair, nail wraps and nail polishing.

Is seeking (3) Hairdressers - $7.50 per hour •Typical duties include shampooing, cutting, and styling hair, braiding, hair coloring, and weaving Is seeking (1) Domestic Worker - $6.25 per hour •To carry out cleaning chores All persons must be able to work 6 days a week These positions are all new except for one of the Hair Dressers position Please Contact: 333-8814 Interest Turks & Caicos Islander applicants must send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board #603691

Location: Aviation Drive, Upstairs Musgrove Place, Unit #2, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Is seeking: Barbers - $7.50 per hour Must be able to cut hair, must have at least 3 years experience and work from 9:00am7:00pm and overtime if needed.

Is seeking one Babysitter - $6.50 per hour Duties: To care of a child, clean after the child (clothing, bottles etc) Both persons must be able to work 5 days a week Interested persons may contact Alex Higgs, Owner of Super Cuts Barbershop at 243-5406 These positions are currently held by Work permit holders Applicants who are Turks and Caicos Islanders should also send copies of their application to the Labour Board #603590

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Location: In South Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands Is looking for a Babysitter To work 5 days a week The employee will be expected to maintain a safe environment and ensure the well-being of a small child Salary: $6.25 per hour Telephone contact: 241-5136 This is a new position Interested Turks and Caicos Islanders are asked to submit their application to the Labour Board

Location: Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands Is seeking a Handyman Duties: Repairs all trades, cleaning, painting, trash moving, septic cleaning, appliance repair and lifting and supervising To work 5 days a week Salary is $6.50 per hour Please Contact: 242-3005 This position is currently held by a Work permit Holder Interested Turks and Caicos Islander applicants must send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board

when it becomes an international standard. The introduction of the UK’s public beneficial ownership register, the EU 5th Anti Money Laundering Directive and similar actions by other jurisdictions represents a shift in the global standard and the practices used to combat illicit activity. Turks and Caicos is pleased to announce it has worked well with law enforcement and competent authorities around the world on tax information sharing including beneficial ownership information.

Assessments carried out by international recognized bodies confirm that our transparency environment is consistent

with the global standard.”

“While financial services in the Turks and Caicos Islands is not at the level compared to our sister territories, we do accept that we can compete on a level playing field and will make every effort to support the global development and implementation of evolving international standards in this area.

Turks and Caicos Islands will work collectively with the EU, UK and the rest of the world through its association with the international bodies on shaping the standard for beneficial ownership information sharing.”

SAILROCK CONTRACTING LIMITED [SAILROCK] is seeking a qualified candidate for the position below Heavy Duty Mechanic •This person is responsible for the repairs and maintenance (including preventative maintenance) of Heavy Equipment. This person will reside in South Caicos.

Responsibilities Include, but are not limited to: •Keeps equipment available for active use by completing preventative maintenance schedules, installing components and parts as required.

•Maintain proper inventory on designated parts to maintain equipment up-time •Determining vehicle condition by conducting inspections and diagnostic tests; identifying worn and damaged parts •Corrects vehicles deficiencies by removing, repairing, adjusting, overhauling, assembling, disassembling, and replacing major assemblies, sub-assemblies, component, parts, or systems, such as power and drive trains, electrical, air conditioning, fuel, emission, brake, steering, hydraulics; completes machine shop operations; making adjustments and alignments including bearing loads, gear tooth contact, valve mechanisms, governors, oil systems, control linkages, clutches, and traction units.

•Verify vehicle performance by conducting test drives; adjusting controls and systems.

•Must be available for emergency maintenance calls at night and on weekends and public holidays.

Qualified Candidates will have/be: •Fluent in English •Minimum of 5 years of experience in a similar role •Excellent communication skills – both written and oral •Detail-oriented •Organized •Excellent time management skills •Additional physical requirements may include, frequent lifting and/or moving up to 10 pounds and occasional lifting and/or moving up to 25 pounds.

Salary Range •$40,000 yearly Please submit applications to Human Resources Department: •Drop off: W104 Venture House, Grace Bay, Providenciales •Email: humanresources@southcaicos.com/swharton@southcaicos.com Work permit renewal – Interested Turks and Caicos Islanders must also submit copies of their application to the TCI Labor Board.

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Tourism Minister Ralph Higgs clarifies appearance before Integrity Commission

Minister of Tourism Hon. Ralph Higgs has clarified why he will be appearing before the Turks and Caicos Islands Integrity Commission on November 5th, 2019.

Responding to a widelycirculated note on social media which alleged that he was under investigation for corruption, Hon. Higgs, who is the Member of Parliament for North Caicos and Middle Caicos, said in a press statement: “I will attend a hearing at the Integrity Commission to answer what I think is a frivolous and baseless allegation made against me by the Hon. Porsha Stubbs Smith (former Minister of Tourism), as long ago as May of 2017, relating to the construction of the Bottle Creek Promenade. It is astonishing that it has taken so long for the Commission to deal with this stale dated matter. I have always cooperated fully. I have and continue to make complaints about the time taken, the procedures of the Commission, and the use of public funds to pursue this matter.”

He added: I would like to categorically state that I have not been, neither am I being questioned by the Integrity Commission for anything relating to my tenure at the Tourist Board.; further during my tenure there has never been any allegations relating to missing funds for the Board. My service was marked by distinction. I have not been’ neither am I being questioned on anything to do with any alleged land

Former Tourism Minister, Hon. Portia Stubbs

Premier Hon. Sharlene Robinson

Tourism Minister, Hon. Ralph Higgs.

deals or any alleged construction projects.

Any and all statements to the contrary are absolutely false. These statements are being publicized for purely political purposes and to scar my otherwise good name.

Higgs, a former director of tourism, said although Turks and Caicos Islands is “not officially in the election season, Silly Season, led by the other side (Progressive National Party) is fully upon us”.

He continued: “Please permit me to be clear and firm of this matter. I have done nothing wrong. I will never do anything to bring shame and disgrace to my family’s name. The record will show that I have been one of the firmest

protector of Government’s resources and its policies and procedures as a person in Public Life. The allegations made by Porsha Stubbs are completely false and they would be proven as such in due course.”

In a national address on Wednesday, October 310th, 2019, Premier Hon. Sharlene Robinson defended Hon. Higgs and admonished persons who abused social media.

She stated: “I am encouraging us to use the efficiency and advances in social media for good. We see circulating a Whatsapp message in relation to a Minister of my Cabinet. I wish to clear the air right away on this. Hon Ralph Higgs, as this matter will recall, was

reported to the Integrity Commission some years ago by the Hon Porsha Stubbs Smith concerning the inclusion of the Promenade in Bottle Creek North Caicos under his Ministry. This Project was included in my Party’s Manifesto, was the plan of elected members before Hon Higgs and was given approval by myself to be included in the Budget, passed by the Cabinet and the House of Assembly. Hon Higgs will vigorously defend himself against this malicious report next week before the Integrity Commission. Again this is an old matter and it is a sad attempt to spread lies with a plan to smear persons’ name and reputations.”

Board.

•Acts as Financial Control in her absence` •Perform such other duties and responsibilities as may be determined by the Financial Controller from time to time.

EDUCATIONAL REQUIRMENTS

THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS NATIONAL INSURNACE BOARD EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY A vacancy exists at the Turks and Caicos Islands National Insurance Board for an Accountant at its Head Office in Grand Turk.

Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced Turks and Caicos Islanders to fill the post.

ROLE AND CORE FUNCTIONS OF JOB •Supervision of staff in the Finance & Accounts Department.

Preparation of Monthly Financial Statements.

•Reconciliation of Balance Sheet and Income Statement accounts, which includes the various Schedules, with the General Ledger •Compilation and reconciliation of monthly investment report from all investment managers •Review and assist with the compilation of payroll data.

•Ensures the reconciliation of various bank accounts.

•Provision of financial support services to departmental managers across NIB. •Assistance with the preparation of annual budgets.

•Ensures proper accounting and security of cash.

•Ensures the completion of the Fixed Assets Register •Assisting with asset management.

•Assistance with the training and the development of staff in the department.

•Assisting with the development and implementation of financial management systems to protect the resources of the

This position requires a minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or equivalent professional qualification and four (4) years post qualification practicing experience.

Knowledge and skills must also include the following: •Project management skills •Highly developed communications skills •Business Writing and Financial reporting skills •Computer and Information technology application for financial data management, analysis and reporting •Investigative skills •Human and financial resource management skills and team building skills •Budgeting •Development of internal control systems This position requires the frequent use of analytical reasoning and visual dexterity especially when incumbent is: •Assisting with the development of financial management systems to ensure the security of NIB’s assets.

•Reconciliation of Balance sheet and Income Statement Accounts •Reviewing of Fixed Asset Register and assisting with asset management •Assist with the preparation of the budget.

•Assisting with the training and development of staff in the accounting department.

Applications giving full details of qualifications and experience should be sent to the Deputy Director Corporate Services, National Insurance Board, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands to reach no later than Friday, November 8th, 2019.

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Premier signs OCT declaration on ocean

The Premier Hon. Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson signed a Declaration on Ocean during the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT) Association’s Conference on Oceans held in Brussels, Belgium on the 16 – 17 October 2019. Turks and Caicos Islands made representation at the Conference with the ceremonial signing of the OCT Declaration on Ocean as part of the twoday event.

The Overseas Countries and Territories associated with the European Union are largely oceanic territories.

Their existence and their survival are inseparably linked to Oceans for food, livelihoods, water, oxygen, climate, socio-economic growth, culture and tourism. The Turks and Caicos Islands depends very heavily on Oceans for similar reasons; sourcing food, jobs for locals and largely as an attraction to millions of visitors to the Islands per year.

To ensure that TCI’s Oceans are protected, maintained and ensure the collection of data to assist with sustainability research and conservation efforts, the Declaration was signed.

The OCT Declaration on Ocean which aims to promote sustainable natural resources, conservation of biodiversity and management of oceans was developed with four (4) main objectives: 1)To conserve and sustainably use the environmental value of Oceans 2)Foster the economic value of Oceans and support a sustainable Blue Economy 3)Stimulate the social value of Oceans 4)Develop regional, European, global

and inter-OCTs collaboration, with the support of Member-States having a link with OCTs to: a)take a harmonised regional and territorial approach to improve the maritime monitoring (illegal fishing, pollutants, etc) using common protocols and shared technology while recognising the differences between the OCT’s marine areas; b)Cooperate between OCTs in marine research and innovation; c)Promte human and institutional capacity to advance ocean governance and management by OCTs; d)Capitalise effors by a coordinated involvement in international fora

and act as embassador for Oceans; e)Optimise the use of available EU funding, with a particular view on new opportunities that will be available in the EU programme post 2020 which are of interest of Oceans and OCTs; f)Keep abreast with European policy developments when appropriate, with a view of getting involved in future initiatives for Oceans.

With growing human populations and activities, Oceans are suffering from pollution, overexploitation, coastal degradation and the effects of climate change.

Warmer seas temperatues, increased intensity of storms, rising sea levels, loss

North Caicos Contracting Ltd Retail Manager

IMMEDIATE OPENING

Requirements: • Develop, implement and maintain retail standards, policies, processes and procedures for the resort.

• Communicate all standards, policies, processes and practices to all retail employees and monitor to ensure they are followed at all times; ensure orientation and ongoing training of employees in same.

• Monitor occupancy, events and other factors to develop promotions and/or adjust hours of operation to ensure maximum revenues.

• Schedule staff in accordance with forecasted business levels.

• Monitor all retail outlets on a regular and frequent basis to ensure appropriate ambiance, merchandising of product and service.

• Develop and maintain a good working relationship with local vendors.

• Ensure proper controls are maintained and policies/procedures followed in regard to employee cash floats.

• Complete all reports thoroughly, accurately and on a timely basis; prepare various reports as requested.

• Ensure completion of monthly and other special inventories are completed thoroughly, accurately and on a timely basis.

• Complete special projects as may be assigned by General Manager, Hotel Manager and/or Financial Controller.

• Keep manager fully informed on a timely basis about any problems or potential problems; keep other departments and departmental managers informed as needed and appropriate.

• Complete all employee management responsibilities, including but not limited to training, performance appraisals, coaching and discipline on a timely basis and in accordance with resort policies and procedure.

• Ensure a professional, knowledgeable and courteous personal and telephone presence to present a proper resort image.

• Attend all meetings and training sessions as directed and required.

• In addition, other duties as may be requested or required by General Manager, Hotel Manager, Financial Controller or Hartling Group representative.

Key Skills and Requirement: • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal • Excellent knowledge of Opera PMS/Reservations system • Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office-Word, Excel and Powerpoint • Attention to detail Starting Salary $45,000.00 per annum based on experience and not including service charge. *POSITIONS MARKED WITH (*) ARE POSITIONS CURRENTLY HELD BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER. Interested applicants can apply in person at The Palms’ Human Resources Department on Monday through Friday between 9am – 5pm, resumes can also be dropped off to the employment center. Please bring along with you an updated resume that will be attached to your completed application form.

Applicants can also email their resumes to careers@thepalmstc.com Attention: Dian Kennedy, no later than end of day, Monday 27th, October 2019. For further information, please do not hesitate to contact us at 946-8666 Ext. 30146.

Location: North Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands Seeks One (1) Painter - $7.00 an hour Duties: Duties: Prepare paint surfaces, mix, match, and apply paints and other finishes to various surfaces.

Seeking One (1) Mechanical Technician - $7.00 an hour Duties: Repair and Maintain Machinery, devise Preventative Measures to Avoid Machine Downtime and troubleshoot Electrical Controls For both Must be: - willing to work 6 days per week - Holiday and Week end - Hardworking and reliable These positions are new Contact during Office Hours 946 7437 or Email CV& Ref to ncc@tciway.tc Belongers are encouraged to send applications and resumes to the Labour Board

Robinson Cleaning Services Location: #83 Airport Plaza, Airport Road, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands Is seeking four (4) Cleaners Duties: Includes dusting, sweeping, vacuuming, mopping, cleaning ceiling vents, restroom cleaning etc Salary is $6.50 per hour Please Contact: 2473375 These positions are new Belongers are encouraged to send applications and resumes to the Labour Board

of biodiversity, coral bleaching, ocean acidification and significant increased pollution by plastics are all major issues threathening the sustinability of our Oceans and can have an impact on human health.

The Turks and Caicos Islands increasingly moving toward a greener more environmentally conscious lifestyle, through its enacted Ban on single use plastics and the impending ban on the importation of polystyrenes along with noteworthy investment in research and data collection by TCIG to properly manage and govern the use of our marine environment and the protection of our coast lines has been a heavy focus for TCI Government.

The signing of this Declaration ensures that TCI remains compliant with international conservation standards and best pratices and that the country has access to the most recent data and technologies in the region that can inform and boost the sustainable use of our natural resources.

More than 15 OCTs signed the OCT Declaration on Ocean, the Turks and Caicos Islands included. The Overseas Countries and Territories Association (OCTA) with the support of the European Commission, organised the Conference on Oceans chaired by Prime Minister of Curaçao, M. Rhuggenaath.

Panellists included four Members of the European Parliament, representatives of several Directorates General of the European Commission, representatives of the Member States to which OCTs are associated and political delegations from 21 OCTs.

CAR Solutions

Location: South Dock Road, Building & Unit # 1, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Is seeking one (1) Auto Body repair men Duties: Remove damaged body parts, including bumpers, fenders, hoods, grilles, and trim To work 5 days per week Salary is $7.00 per hour Please Contact: 343-2775 This position is new Interested Turks and Caicos Islander applicants must send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board #603590

3 Amigos Location: North Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands Seeks two (2) labours - $6.50 an hour Duties: Cleaning and preparing a job site, loading and delivering materials, and using a variety of tools and machines Seeking two (2) Mason - $6.50 an hour Duties:include texturing and polishing blocks of stone, installing dressed stone, mixing cement and mortar, and restoring old and damaged masonry works.

For both Must be: - willing to work 6 days per week - Hardworking and reliable 1 positions is renewal 3 positions are new Contact 245-3066 Belongers are encouraged to send applications and resumes to the Labour Board

Department executed a search warrant at a home on Bay Road, Providenciales and recovered an Illegal Firearm and nine rounds of Ammunition.

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As the Police continue their investigation into this matter they are appealing to members of the public who may have witnessed or have information on any incident to contact the Chalk Sound Police Station at 338-5901 or 941-8082 or anonymously call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-8477.

Police investigating robberies, shooting

A gas station was robbed, a man shot, two burglars caught in the act and an illegal firearm recovered, as the crime wave continues to affect the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Police public relations officer Takara Bain said that on Tuesday, October 29th, 2019, officers responded to the Airport Road, Providenciales following reports of a robbery at a gas station. According to reports, an armed man entered the establishment and took an undisclosed amount of cash.

The incident took place shortly after 10 p.m.

There were no injuries reported or shots fired in this incident.

She said police officers responded to Oyster Lane, The Bight, Providenciales following reports of a robbery on Thursday, October 24th, 2019, after an armed man approached a business establishment and left with an undisclosed amount of cash. The incident took place around 9:30 a.m. There were no injuries reported in this incident.

According to Bain, two men were arrested after officers caught a burglary in progress at a villa on Corona Close, Grace Bay, Providenciales.

The homeowner contacted 911 at 3:20 a.m., on Sunday, October 27th, 2019 and reported that unknown persons were trying to burglarize his home. Officers who were on patrol in the Grace Bay area were

dispatched and quickly responded to the said location when they spotted two men, a 44-year-old and a 21-year-old.

Both men were arrested on suspicion of burglary and are still in police custody.

On Monday, October 28th, 2019, around 5 a.m., officers of the Criminal Investigation Department executed a search warrant at a home on Bay Road, Providenciales and recovered an illegal firearm and nine rounds of ammunition.

A 23-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of keeping an unlicensed firearm and ammunition and is still in police custody.

Anyone with information, please

As the Police continue their contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-8477 or investigation into this matter they areENDS911. appealing to members of the public who Bain reported that following a may have witnessed or have information number of random stop searches on Grand on any incident to contact the Chalk Sound Turk, officers there have arrested an 18-yearPolice Station at 338-5901 or 941-8082 or old man on Thursday, October 24th, 2019 anonymously call Crime Stoppers at 1-800- for the offence of assault occasional actual 8477. bodily harm after a report was made on

Bain said police responded Monday, October 14th, 2019. He was to reports of shots fired in Kew Town, released on US$1000.00 bail.

Providenciales after 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, A 54-year-old man was also October 24th, 2019, and a 24-year-old man arrested during a stop search, for possession was taken to hospital with gunshot wounds. of controlled drugs; crack cocaine. On Friday,

According to reports, the man was October 25, 2019, the 54-year-old man was approached by men in a brown colored car released on $US1000.00 bail to return to who opened fire towards him. He was taken the Grand Turk Police Station on Tuesday, to Hospital in a private vehicle.

October 29th, 2019.

Adopt-A-Roundabout project underway

The Office of the Premier, Local Government and Community Affairs as part of its wider community enhancement project launches the Adopt-A-Roundabout Programme a project that will allow sponsors to formally adopt, beautify and maintain the roundabouts in the Turks and Caicos Islands, starting with those along the Leeward, Highway in Providenciales.

The programme, similar to the

Adopt-A-Highway Programme launched earlier this year, features Public-Private sector partnership to enhance all roadways in the Turks and Caicos Islands, ultimately keeping the communities of the TCI ‘Beautiful by Nature and Clean by Choice’.

Interested sponsors can apply through the Office of the Premier and successful applicants will be afforded the responsibility to create their own innovative

Sailrock Contracting Limited [Sailrock] is seeking qualified candidates for the position below: Construction & Development Manager •Sailrock Contracting Limited is seeking a Construction & Development Manager to reside in South Caicos and oversee all construction and development activities carried out by the Sailrock Development. The employee will oversee and ensure the successful completion of all construction and development projects for the expansion of Sailrock Resort as well as private homes for Sailrock Living.

Responsibilities •Managing and supervising architects, engineers, contractors, vendors and all construction and development activity •Providing oversight and supervision of quality building practices, good construction environmental controls and best practices •Developing and implementing a quality assurance program •Managing project controls and pay requests including change order management •Driving to achieve schedule and budget goals •Assisting in the development and ongoing updating of project schedules Day-to-day activities include, but are not limited to: •Working with local and Chicago construction and development team to successfully drive all construction and development projects to budget and schedule •Managing, directing, and facilitating the success of all on the ground labor including hourly staff, hired foreign labor, sub-contractors, mechanics, equipment operators and local labor pools •Managing and providing daily oversight of all construction and development activities with a critical path and quality control focus •Participating in process of reviewing and approving bid packages •Participating in process of negotiating, reviewing, and managing contractor agreements •Tracking progress consistently and communicating regularly with Chicago

design and to maintain and upkeep the environment in their adopted roundabouts.

Applications can be submitted to the Office of the Premier in Grand Turk and Providenciales or via email at adoptahighway@gov.tc.

Contact the Adopt-A-Roundabout Team on 649 338 5744 for more information or visit the Adopt-A-Roundabout website at www.gov.tc/adoptaroundabout.

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team on progress and roadblocks •Maintain relationships with local businesses and agencies as needed and directed •Ensuring the satisfaction and excellent work performance of all labor •Provide daily oversight of quality control.

•Identify and discuss with Owner, Executive Director, Project Managers action plans for any observed deficiencies in the work or potential change in scope •Review and authorize pay requests •Review and approve submittals, including shop drawings, as required •Schedule and document required government inspections during construction •Prepare initial punch list and maintain log of completed items •Monitor staff progress towards completion of punch list •Work with contractor to ready buildings for occupancy •Coordinate delivery and installation of all FFE and OSE •Overall responsibility in driving actuals to established comprehensive project budget and schedule •Interact with Owners and other stakeholders as needed to resolve project issues with support from Construction and Development team •Provide strong leadership and coaching to project teams including construction management, supervision, trades and contractors.

Qualified Candidates will have/be: •Candidate must possess a Bachelors or Master’s Degree in Engineering, Construction Management or related field.

•Fluency in Microsoft Office Suite, Accounting Software (SAGE is a plus), and MS Project Scheduling or similar software is preferred.

•Candidate must have significant experience in ground up development and construction with a minimum of fifteen years or relevant experience Additional Fit Expectations: •Organized, efficient and process oriented •Motivated by achieving and exceeding established goals •Ability to work collaborative with others •Experienced in Caribbean or other remote locations •Positive, “whatever is takes” attitude is a must •Excellent communication •Ability to troubleshoot and problem solve in a fast-paced environment and lead site superintendents in the same direction Salary Range •$80,000 - $95,000 Annually Please submit applications to Human Resource Department: •Drop off: W104 Venture House, Grace Bay, Providenciales •Email: humanresources@southcaicos.com Work permit renewal -Interested Turks and Caicos Islands must also submit copies of their application to the TCI Labor Board.

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TCI Chop Off Cook Off Challenge slated for December 6th

The Chefs who will be participating in the upcoming Chop Off Cook Off competition

By Todeline Defralien

Buzz and excitement is in the air as four local chefs will go head to head in this year’s Chop Off Cook Off challenge winner.

The fourth annual event which is powered by Smokey’s 11th annual Lobster Festival will see two days of activities that celebrate local cuisine while also showcasing Turks and Caicos Islands culture and heritage.

The chefs are: Mr. Gordon Wilson representing Salt Cay, Ms. Olivia Smith representing Grand Turk, Ms. Jameka Williams representing South Caicos and Mr. Livingstone Lightbourne representing Providenciales.

The event is slated to take place on Friday December 6th 2019 at Ports of Call Court Yard, Providenciales at 7p.m.

This event will give four local chefs in the Turks and Caicos Islands

the opportunity to showcase their talents and to show everyone what they are capable of and what they can bring to the table.

The night is promised to have live entertainment throughout the entire event. Hosts of the event will be Ms. Bianca Harvey, Mr. Obrien Forbes and Mr. Huntley Forbes Jr.

The overall star ingredient of this event is Lobster which would be the key ingredient found in the mystery basket of every round.

Nikita ‘Chef Nik’ Skippings host of the event and Turks and Caicos Islands Culinary Ambassador said, “As the Culinary Ambassador of the Turks and Caicos Islands, I see it fitting to keep food traditions and culture alive by hosting school / college culinary events and exhibitions, the 4th Annual Chop Off Cook Off Challenge, 11th Annual Smokey’s Lobster Festival and the Inaugural Inter- High School Chop

Nesha’s Kitchen & Grill

Thomas & Pauline Saunders

Cox Plaza, 15 Five Cays Road Providenciales Turks & Caicos Islands Tel: 649-941-3650 Fax:649-946-4283 Is seeking for: (1). COOK Specialize in Sea Food Prepares food for clients. Helps devise new methods of cooking and new menu items.

•Cleans food preparation areas as determined by law and company policy.

•Prepares foods to the specifications of the client.

•Prepares food before the arrival of guests.

•Makes adjustments to food items to accommodate guests with allergies or specific diet concerns.

•Seasons’ food according to recipes or company needs.

RELEVANT QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED A minimum of 5 years’ SALARY: $450.00 per week.

Deadline date November 8th, 2019 Please fax or email resume to Fax: 649-946-4283 Email: bac@tciway.tc

Domestic Worker & Labourer WANTED In Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands Duties: Cleaning and preparing a job site, loading and delivering materials, and using a variety of tools and machines Duties: Include but limited to general cleaning Salary $6.50 per hour To work 4 days per week Please Contact: 231-0925/35/40 These positions are new Interested Applicants who are Turks and Caicos Islanders should submit Copies of their application to the Labour Board

Off Cook Off to debut in the following year.”

“The first Smokey’s Lobster Festival was birthed 11 years ago, marking the opening of Turks and Caicos Lobster Season. This event afforded locals and tourist the opportunity to experience the most creative local dishes using “everything lobster”. This event became a hit and one of the most anticipated events of the year. Since 2015 the dynamics of this festival have drastically changed through the inception of the very popular TCI Chop Off Cook Off Challenge which is a culinary competition featuring 4 nominated Chefs that represent the indigenous Islands of the Turks and Caicos Islands. This culinary event has already awarded 12 chefs the opportunity to showcase their skills, win amazing prizes and awards, create a brand, be a part of a prestige Culinary Community, travel to represent TCI at

international food shows and wear the title of Chop Off Cook Off Champion,” he explained.

In addition, on the following day, Saturday December 7th, Smokey’s 11th annual Lobster Festival, the family fair edition will be held.

This event is not new to the Turks and Caicos Islands; it is one of the most anticipated events of the year and will continue on for years to come.

The proposed venue for this event is Crackpot Kitchen Restaurant, Bar and Grill and the Courtyard in The Shops at Ports of Call, Grace Bay, Providenciales.

The event will be hosted by none other than Ms. Bianca Harvey

This all-day affair is scheduled to begin from the early hours of 10:00 am with Smokey’s Saturday Morning Lobster Edition Brunch which will flow right into a line-up of live local entertainments and acts throughout the day and into the evening.

The American Embassy in Nassau is accepting applications for the following position: Consular Agent – Turks & Caicos Island Salary $20,541.00 Part-time (20 hours per week) Duties: Assists U.S. citizens in welfare, whereabouts and repatriation, protection of property and death/estate cases. Assists applicants with citizenship and passport matters, including registration of birth abroad and passport applications. Directs U.S. citizens to online registration with the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program.

Processes requests for notary services. Develops and processes a variety of claims for federal benefits under Embassy Nassau’s supervision (position N32-1405-011).

Interested candidates are required to possess the following skills and qualifications:

S and J looking for 2 construction helper to take care of clearing job site on beach. Working 5 days per week, 6:00 am - 3 pm @ $6,50 per hour. 1 helper and 1 handyman to remove and fic stuff on the job site, 1 renewal of Labourer to keep material secure, stock material, etc @ 7:00 am - 3 pm. 5 days per week. @ 6.25 Charmaine Elliott is seeking to 1 handyman, renewal of 2 domestic workers, 2 labourers to work 5 days a week 7-3 @ $6.50 per hour, clean the beach and the surrounding areas.

Spectrum Sports Bar , restaurant and lounge is seeking 1 kitchen helper, 2 barmaid/waitress, $6,25 per hour, 5 days a week, 8:00 am - 3pm Urban Construction is seeking renewal 3, carpenter helpers, 3 construction helpers, mason helper . Mason to help the professional to be able to carry out their job once the helpers do the cleaning and setting up. 5 days per week @$6.50 per hour.

JAH CONSTRUCTION is seeking renwal if 2 construction helper, 2 carpenter, 1 mason to work 5 days a week at $6.50 - upon experience.

L & L Repair Shop is looking for 1 bodyman, 1 Vehicle Electrician and 1 mechanic that are able to put a complete vehicle doing all work from start to finish. Working from 8:00 am - 5:00 pm, 6 days a week @ $6.50 per hour .

Interested persons Can contact 3465647 Tuesday - Thursday, 10 am - 12 noon or visit 42 Cooper Jack Bay Road, provo.

• Education: Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration or Management is required.

• Experience: A minimum of two years of progressively responsible experience in work involving the application of regulatory material and extensive public contact required.

• Language: Level IV written and spoken English required.

The complete Vacancy Announcement and Application forms are available online at: https://bs.usembassy.gov/embassy/jobs Application forms must be submitted electronically to the following email for consideration: NassauHR@state.gov.

Applications will not be accepted at the Security Gate of the Embassy or by mail or other means of delivery.

Deadline for applications is November 8, 2019.

Due to the high volume of applications, unsuccessful candidates will not be contacted.

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TCI’s professional dancer, Ryesha Higgs performing on worldwide stage

By Todeline Defralien

Ryesha Higgs, TCI Professional Dancer, National Scholar, National Youth Honor Awardee, Youth Parliamentarian and Founder of the RHSDI is performing on worldwide stage.

Higgs who is passionate about dancing, this past Sunday October 26th, was one of the four dancers that danced for International recording artist Mr. Adam Lambert, on UK popular TV show ‘Strictly Come Dancing’.

Breaking barriers and achieving goals, all eyes in TCI were definitely on Ryesha who was positioned front stage on Adam’s far right and was strutting her stuff gracefully to his electrifying music and song call ‘Superpower’.

The show aired on the BBCOne TV channel and viewed by millions around the world including Turks and Caicos.

Ryesha, affectionately called “Eyeshie” by her mother, Rose Higgs and

“Ry” by her father, Wayne Higgs and other close friends, will be taking her performance up to another level come Sunday November 3rd, 3 days short of her 22nd birthday. She will be dancing at the MTV EMA which is a yearly music awards show that features world- class performances from some of the biggest music acts on the planet.

Higgs anticipated performance on Sunday on MTV for such a huge named International recording artists will be history indeed for TCI.

This year MTV EMA (European Music Award 2019) will take place in Seville Spain where Ryesha succeeded over hundreds of other dancers that auditioned to become one of the prestigious groups of dancers that was selected to dance for some of the biggest music artists on the planet during their performances.

In addition, the awards show will feature renowned recording artists such as; AKON, Dua Lipa, NCT 127, Sofia

Ryesha Higgs (on the right end) pictured with Mr. Adam Lambert Ryes, Pabllo Vittar, Jhay Cortez and more.

The MTV European Music Award will air live globally from FIBES Conference & Exhibition Centre of Seville, Spain on Sunday, November 3rd at 8pm GMT / 9pm CET on all MTV

channels around the world. The 2019 EMA will broadcast live across the globe from FIBES Conference & Exhibition Centre of Seville, Spain on Sunday, November 3rd at 8pm UK time 3pm TCI time on MTV.

TCI Cycling Federation participates at 19th annual Caribbean Championships

The Turks and Caicos Cycling Federation is making history by participating at the 19th Annual Caribbean Championships which will be held in Havana Cuba from November 1st to 3rd.

This is the first invitation TCI has ever received from the Caribbean Cycling Confederation (CCC). Representing TCI will be Tyrone Bishop, Omard Gardiner and Gabriella Hedegus.

A joint press conference was held on Monday October 28th with the Minister of Sports Hon. Edwin Astwood, Director of Sports Mr. Jarrett Forbes, Department of Sports officials and team TCI to make the big announcement.

Minister of Sports Hon. Edwin Astwood said, “We are happy where the Sports Federation is going and as you know it is our mandate to see in upcoming years that whenever we go to international events that we not only take track and field athletes for athletics. We want to move away from the tradition. There are much more athletics and federations inside of Turks and Caicos Island that we can represent.”

Minister of Sports Hon. Edwin Astwood, Director of Sports Mr. Jarrett Forbes, other Dept of Sports officials and members of the Cycling Federation.

Astwood said that the Ministry of Sports wants more visibility for other sports in TCI.

Director of Sports Mr. Jarrett Forbes added: “This group has been doing some amazing things over the last few years and we see consistent growth, so that’s what makes it even more exciting that we always wonder what’s next with cycling. We are very excited about this new chapter and we are

looking forward to hearing more about the games in Cuba.”

Team TCI departed on Thursday October 31st to Havana Cuba after weeks long of intensive training and preparation for the event.

President of the Federation Mr. Shanwell Gardiner said, “Since Turks and Caicos became members of the Caribbean Cycle Federation three years ago (2016), this is our first invitation

to the Caribbean Road Championships.

This is a testament to how much we have grown in the last 2-3 years. We are happy to take a team of three cyclists to the Caribbean championships which will be held in Havana Cuba. We are very excited about this opportunity.”

He added: “This is the biggest tournament that we’ve ever been in. This means a lot and because an invitation was extended to us that show that they are noticing our improvement. This year we were one of the first countries to get invitations to the game and that speaks volumes on its own. I am confident that they are in peek form and I am looking forward to great things for the games as well as the future of cycling.”

Gardiner noted that the federation’s ultimate goal is to make this sport a national sport in the schools in the near future.

The athletes said that they are all honored to represent the country and will do their best and make TCI proud.

The Turks & Caicos Cycling Federation’s purpose is to promote all aspects of cycling throughout the Turks & Caicos Islands, recreational & competitive.

InterCaribbean Airways Ongoing Hurricane Dorian Relief Efforts

It has been two months since and his family who have relocated to Hurricane Dorian devastated the Abaco Providenciales from Nassau through our Islands and Grand Bahama Island in gratis relocation initiative.

Founder and Chairman of the Bahamas. Although there has been a large outpouring of humanitarian aid interCaribbean Airways Ltd, Mr Lyndon following the passage, there is still a Gardiner stated; “We remain committed great need for charitable assistance to to providing assistanceand connectivity to our Bahamian neighbours and will the residents of those islands.

interCaribbean Airways Ltd. continue to utilize our resources and continues to lend its philanthropic Social Media platforms to engage hand through its three tier Hurricane and inform the public of our ongoing Relief Plan; (i.e. Tier 1 – Gratis Air efforts. We thank everyone who has Transportation of donated cargo items contributed thus far.”

The public is from registered Non Government kindly reminded that no donation is too Organizations such as The Ebenezer small, but some donations may be listed Foundation and The United Way TCI as ‘Dangerous Goods” and prohibited Chapter,Tier 2- Monetary Donations from transportation via air. To find through the interCaribbean Airways out information on making a donation Ltd. website, whereby all proceeds will please emailmaliaka.blanchard@ be donated to the Odyssey Dorian Relief intercaribbean.com.

In conjunction with our Fund. To date this fund has amassed US$2000 and Tier 3 – Gratis Relocation Hurricane Dorian relief efforts, our team of individuals whose names have been Members are proudly wearing their submitted through NEMA Bahamas. “Think Pink” shirts as we culminate our Today, we welcome Mr. Alvin Stubbs Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign

Maliaka Blanchard – Executive Secretary, Francis Scantlebury – interCaribbean Airport Manager, Alvin Stubbs – Recipient and family and Andrea Bain – Customer Service Agent which took place throughout the month of October. In addition, our team members across the Caribbean countries in which we operate made monetary donations towards this campaign, along with creating the

awareness. An announcement will be made in a subsequent Press Release, on the funds raised by staff donations,the presentation date, and the designated Cancer Foundations.

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Turks and Caicos Tourist Board attends 26th Annual FCCA Cruise Conference & Trade Show

The 26th Annual FCCA Cruise Conference & Trade Show was held in San Juan, Puerto Rico from October 21 to 25, 2019.

The FCCA Cruise Conference & Trade Show is the largest event of its kind in the region. The delegation from the Turks & Caicos Islands included Deputy Chairman Stefan Correy Forbes, Board Member John Hilton, Acting Director of Tourism Mary Lightbourne and Product Development Officer Candesha Mills.

The Turks and Caicos Islands is a member of the Florida Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA), the trade association representing the mutual interests between the cruise industry, destinations and stakeholders in the Caribbean and Latin America.

FCCA hosts the annual conference and trade show which the Turks & Caicos Islands has participated in for several years. The conference offered participants a series of meetings, workshops, networking opportunities

with high-level executives from FCCA Member Lines, which operate about 200 vessels and 95 percent of the global ocean cruising capacity.

Acting Director of Tourism Mary Lightbourne commented, “The cruise industry in the Turks and Caicos Islands continues to see impressive growth. It is important for the Tourist Board to attend cruise industry events such as FCCA. Cruise arrivals accounted for the majority of the visitor population in 2018, and showed an increase of 23% over the prior year which was the highest number of cruise passengers ever; with ships carrying an average capacity of 95%. In 2018 the Grand Turk Cruise Port welcomed 1,021,741 cruise passengers.”

Lightbourne said one of the highlights of the conference was the workshop on incident response which covered best practices for responding to cruise related incidents and the importance of responding within the

first twelve hours.

“Our Turks and Caicos team benefited from several sessions including one which focused on the rise in luxury cruising. Our team will now strategize on how the Turks and Caicos Islands can position the destination to capitalize on this growing market. We held a number of meetings with key stakeholders including the AQUILA Center for Cruise Excellence and we explored opportunities for customer service training for cruise industry frontline employees. Additionally we met with the Director of FCCA and explored options for greater collaboration through enhanced membership opportunities.

We were also excited for the opportunity to showcase the destination at the Trade Show,” she added.

This year’s conference was attended by over 1,500 delegates comprised of Prime Ministers and Ministers responsible for Tourism, Directors of Tourism, Destination

Acting Director of Tourism Mary Lightbourne at the 26th Annual FCCA Cruise Conference & Trade Show in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Representatives, Tour Companies, Marketing and Promotional Companies and executives from various major cruise lines.

Deputy Chairman of the TCI Tourist Board Stefan Correy Forbes, Acting Director of Tourism Mary Lightbourne, Product Development Officer Candesha Mills, Board Member John Hilton and Acting Director of Tourism Mary Board Member John Hilton and executives of AQUILA Center for Cruise Excellence at the 26th Annual FCCA Lightbourne, Board Member John Hilton at the 26th Annual FCCA Cruise Conference & Trade Show in San Cruise Conference & Trade Show in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Juan, Puerto Rico.

8 District Constables turned recruit constables currently in Barbados

It is week one at the Regional Police Training Centre in Barbados for the eight Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force District Constables who were promoted to the rank of Recruit Constables following a successful competency-based interview assessment.

Jherry Seide, Sinartra Handfield, Janefer Stubbs, Marc Kendy Charles, Shavern Ingham, Stanley Been, Isaac Isreal and Marvin Rolle are at the start of a six months Police Training

Certification Program, that has been jointly designed by the Regional Police Training Centre in Barbados and the Barbados Community College.

Commissioner of Police, Trevor Botting said, “We are proud that these Officers have stepped up to the challenge to serve the Community.

Staff development is important for the Executive Team and we support these Officers 100 percent. We are proud to have invested in these future senior leaders and will continue to invest in

staff across the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force”.

This training comes on the heels of funding by the Turks and Caicos Islands Government for an additional 20 Officers, and the addition of four new Police Recruit and eight District Constables who are currently at the orientation stages.

Commissioner Botting said Recruitment and training is a strategic priority for the Executive Team. He added, “Investing in those who are

willing to put the public first and keeping the Turks and Caicos Islands safe has been a priority since my appointment to Commissioner, as I am trying to create a workforce that is open to new ideas and techniques where we embrace intelligence and evidencebased approachesto solving crimes”.

The group who left the island on October 18th, 2019 will complete their training in May 2020 and return to the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force to take up duties.

Consultation towards a Turks and Caicos Islands Environmental Strategy

The Ministry of Tourism, Environment, Heritage, Maritime, Gaming and Disaster Management, through the Department of Environment and Coastal Resources (DECR), with technical support from the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC), begins consultation on the development of an Environmental Strategy for the Turks and Caicos Islands in order to rationalize environmental plans and activities, ensure effective implementation of environmental priorities, and support sustainable development.

The Environmental Strategy will be designed to align with the existing legislative and policy framework in TCI, notably the TCI Vision 2040, the National Tourism Strategy and Policy,

and the National Disaster Management Plan, and be guided by the principles and commitments set out in the TCI Environment Charter, the 25 Year Environment Plan and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

“The Department of Environment and Coastal Resources is pleased to be leading on the development of the Environmental Strategy and welcomes participation from all interested parties. Having a sound Environmental Strategy will help us build a more environmentally sustainable and secure future throughout all sectors in the Turks and Caicos Islands.”, said DECR’s Director, Mrs. Lormeka Williams.

Dr Megan Tierney and Ms Lucy Beagley from JNCC visited the

TCI between Friday 11th October 2019 – Saturday 19th October 2019 and conducted stakeholder consultations. Gathering opinions on overarching questions such as what the Environmental Strategy should contain and what resources are required to implement the Environmental Strategy now and into the future.

Responses gathered during the October consultations were very encouraging. These responses will inform a first draft framework and roadmap to the TCI Environmental Strategy which stakeholders will subsequently be invited to have input during a workshop planned for February 2020.

Minister Hon. Ralph Higgs commented that his Ministry continues

to make strides towards bringing TCI in line with international standards which will see to sustainable development initiatives and a more resilient TCI.

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LOCAL NEWS

InterHealth Canada Corporate donates to Cancer Awareness NPO’s

The National Cancer Society and TCI Cancer Foundation are expected to receive a $2,500 and $1,000 donation respectively, following the cancer walks held on Providenciales and Grand Turk during the month of October, courtesy of InterHealth Canada Corporate.

The private health care management company sponsored a run to donate component, which is a commitment to donate $5 to the cancer charities for every person that supported the fitness events. The non-profit organizations are separate entities with a similar mandate, which is to raise cancer awareness and assist persons afflicted with the disease.

October is observed as breast cancer awareness month. Due to

the association between blood clots and cancer risk factors, the company partnered with the local cancer awareness organizations across the two main islands to host and sponsor fitness events as an alternative to the annual stand-alone Stop The Clot event this year.

The National Cancer Society walk was held on Saturday, October 5th 2019 at IGA Gourmet in Providenciales and a second walk was held in Grand Turk on October 19th 2019. The latter event was organized by InterHealth Canada and the TCI Cancer Foundation was the beneficiary in the smaller community.

The company also sponsored a run, walk or cycle to win segment with a caveat of health savvy prizes for event

attendees and provided complimentary health screenings for blood pressure, blood glucose, body mass index and

random cholesterol with a team of nurses and doctors present at both events.

Sister Sister TCI donates $6,000 to hurricane Dorian victim Bishop Washington Williams

Well-known gospel singer Bishop Washington Williams, whose residence in Freeport, The Bahamas, was damaged by Hurricane Dorian, recently received a $6,000 donation from Sister Sister TCI.

The proceeds were from a fund-raising concert organised

by Mrs. Lillian Boyce, founder of Sister Sister TCI, at the Occasions Ballroom in the Airport Hotel on Airport Road, Providenciales.

“I would like to thank those that supported the fundraiser for Bishop Washington Williams a man of the soil of the Turks and Caicos Islands,” said Mrs. Boyce. “Bishop like many of the people in Freeport Grand Bahama, continue to pick up the pieces in the aftermath of hurricane Dorian and we are thankful to God that we were able to raise $6000.00 to help him as he rebuilds his life. May God continue to bless all of you.”

CBMS

CARIBBEAN BUILDING MATERIALS & SERVICES LTD. 131 South Dock Road, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands, BWI Phone 649-941-3400 Fax 649-941-3401 Is Seeking an Administrative Assistant •Applicant will report to and assist the President and Vice President in all facets of the concrete company.

•Applicant must have an Administrative Assistant Certificate.

•Applicant must have a minimum of 8 years experience in the concrete industry.

•Applicant must demonstrate professionalism, resourcefulness and independence with strong organizational, management priority setting and multitasking skills.

•Knowledge of a foreign language would be an asset.

•Applicant must have a valid driver’s license.

Must be able to work 6 days per week Monday-Saturday Starting Salary - $12.50 per hour This position is currently held by a non Belonger Applicant Is seeking (2) Mason Duties include performing skilled masonry work, building, altering and repairing brick, stone, tile or ceramic structures and surfaces The applicant must be able to work 6 days per week, MondaySaturday Salary is $8.00 per hour This position is currently held by no one Please reply with reference and clean police record to: CBMS Ltd. 941-3400 or 331-0221 Interested Belongers must submit copies of their application to the Labour Board

Mrs. Lillian Boyce presenting the $6,000 cheque to Bishop Washington Williams

BUTTERFIELD GOLD GROUP OF COMPANIES POSITIONS AVAILABLE All positions held by work permit holders Butterfield Gold One (2) Electrician Minimum seven years’ experience in the installation, maintenance and repair of electrical equipment, including electronic circuit boards. Individual should also possess basic plumbing knowledge and be capable of setting up and implementing a maintenance schedule. Certification required.

Salary: commensurate with experience starting from $2,000.00 per month One (1) Kitchen Helper Prep meat & Vegetables Prepare side dishes Assist the cook Keeping the work station clean Must be willing to work long hours including and Saturdays& Holidays if necessary Wages: starting from $7.50 per hour One (1) Labourer

Applicant must be physical, able-bodied individuals capable of lifting heavy loads.

Assist with mason, construction work and remove debris.

Wages: starting from $7.50 per hour Location: 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 November 12, 2018

Butterfield Gold Ltd., Human Resource Department

Town Center Mall Providenciales Tel: 649-946-4211 Labour Commissioner, Labour Department Providenciales Turks & Caicos Islands

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R-NETS: A Game Changer for TCI’s Energy Future

A Memorandum of Understanding signed between FortisTCI, Turks and Caicos Islands Government and the Clinton Foundation will help to accelerate implementation of the country’s R-NETS.

Last week, the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) Government, FortisTCI, and the Clinton Foundation signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to begin implementing initiatives outlined in the country’s Resilient National Energy Transition Strategy (R-NETS).

The signing of this MOU on Wednesday, October 23, marks an important step forward in enabling the R-NETS and working towards a cleaner energy future.

Public discourse around electricity often points to the need to integrate solar and other forms of renewable energy in current methods of electricity generation.

This focus on renewable energy is welcomed, because the move towards renewable energy is not simply a trend; it represents part of the global effort to combat climate change, create a more sustainable energy future, enhance system reliability and reduce the cost of electricity to customers.

What has sometimes been missed in these discussions is an understanding of the extent to which the Turks and Caicos Islands has planned for the integration of renewable energy. In fact, the public should be assured that a well-developed plan is in place to achieve this goal. This plan is the R-NETs, which was jointly developed by the TCI government (TCIG), FortisTCI and Rocky Mountain Institute, an independent nonprofit organization that transforms global energy use to create a clean, prosperous, and low-carbon future.

The process to develop the R-NETS began in 2018, with an initial meeting of TCIG, FortisTCI and RMI, to discuss and agree on the project timeline and objectives. At the heart of these objectives, the parties sought to identify viable and economic energy produc tion and distribution options to meet the country’s demands in the near and long term.

The process included public consultation meetings, which were held in Providenciales and Grand Turk on October 3 and 4, 2018 respectively. Further public input was also solicited following these initial meetings.

Subsequently, the R-NETS was presented to stakeholders at additional public meetings held on Providenciales and Grand Turk, on March 19 and 20, 2019, respectively.

The R-NETS represents the commitment of TCIG, FortisTCI and the Rocky Mountain Institute to create a new energy landscape for the TCI in a planned and sustained way to ensure that the country’s energy supply remains cost-effective, reliable and resilient to shocks such as hurricanes and other disasters.

W W W. F O R T I S T C I . C O M

FortisTCI recently launched an integrated solar plus energy storage pilot project at a residential premises in Providenciales. The project will provide data on battery storage usage, costs and technology for the islands.

FortisTCI Resource Planning and Utility Analytics Officer TeAnn Thomas and Rocky Mountain Institute’s Associate Sydney Jules delivered a presentation on the TCI’s R-NETS at CARILEC’s Renewable Energy and Smart Grid Conference and Tradeshow, held in Miami, Florida, September 15-19.

“It is important that we get renewable energy integration right, and getting it right means having a strategic plan in place through which we can achieve the outcomes as envisioned in the R-NETS,” noted FortisTCI President and CEO Eddinton Powell. “The importance of a reliable supply of electricity to the economic and social development of the country cannot be overstated.

As the TCI’s energy provider, FortisTCI is committed to working with all partners and stakeholders in the transition to a new energy future.”

energy efficiency approaches, including a utility-run program that targets the largest customers.

The R-NETS looks at the TCI electricity system over a 22-year period, from 2019 to 2040, and identifies several benefits to electricity stakeholders during this time, including reduced cost, continued reliability of service, integrating even more renewal energy sources into electricity generation and a significant reduction in emissions from current levels.

With a focus on a sustainable, reliable, and least-cost energy future, the R-NETS also recommends an accelerated uptake of FortisTCI’s existing Customer Owned Renewable Energy (CORE) and Utility Owned Renewable Energy (UORE) programs for distributed solar to 3 MW over the next five years. It also proposes additional utility-scale solar PV projects with the aim of installing up to 7 MW total of distributed solar PV across the three main electricity systems in the TCI within the next four years. Pilot energy storage projects led by the utility also form part of the recommendations.

On energy storage, FortisTCI has already taken steps to implement this recommendation. One of the company’s most recent projects in the renewable energy space is an integrated solar plus energy storage (behind-the-meter) pilot program, currently happening at a residential property in Providenciales. This project marks an important step forward in gathering data and valuable insights into the technology and economics of energy storage, which can inform future projections.

The R-NETS envisions that the total electricity system costs can be reduced by US$115.2 by 2040. A reduction in diesel use of 10.3 million gallons annually, or 12.3 percent relative to a business-as-usual case, is also projected. Over the 22-year period, there are opportunities to diversify electricity sources by increasing renewable energy penetration to 33 percent in total energy production. The strategy also calls for incorporating distributed and flexible energy sources, to increase system resilience to external shocks, and a reduction in total emissions, with a 12 percent decrease over the 22 years versus 2018.

The R-NETS also recommends a detailed wind resource assessment to determine the potential and viability of commercial and utility-scale wind projects in the TCI. To make all these programs a reality, the R-NETS recognizes the necessity for accelerated implementation of mutually agreed legislation that is precedent to support other (TCIG-FortisTCI) agreed renewable energy programs.

Electricity stakeholders could also see several other benefits, based on certain recommendations contained in the R-NETS. These include taking new

To learn more about the R-NETS, visit https://rmi.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/TCI_RNET S_ExecutiveSummary.pdf.

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CAREER OPPORTUNITY COUNTRY MANAGER, CABLE AND WIRELESS (TCI) LIMITED

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•Lead and take responsibility for issues and actions on the Monthly Operations review.

•Responsible for board management (where applicable) and direction of all operating company requirements in stipulated jurisdiction.

•Manage a positive relationship with local government and regulators.

•Responsible for creating good community relationships that are in keeping with overall Caribbean corporate social responsibility agenda.

•Grow value added services for the business.

•The recruitment, development, and growth of the team members across all commercial lines.

•The delivery of monthly; quarterly; semi-annually; and annual revenue and performance targets.

WHO WE ARE

YOUR QUALIFICATIONS

Cable & Wireless part of the Liberty Latin America group of companies have operated in the region since the 1870s, always at the forefront of innovating infrastructure and services. Today, our modern fiber fast broadband, mobile, landline and TV services are underpinned by over 50,000 kilometers of the most modern subsea and terrestrial fiber networks in this part of the world. This enables us to offer unparalleled connectivity - the fastest broadband with the latest video content, secure IT solutions, plus mobile services packed with data options – all under a blend of iconic consumer, business and wholesale brands. Like Flow and C&W Business in Turks and Caicos, +Movil in Panama and BTC in the Bahamas. Together, our commitment is to invest and innovate so that we empower our customers and stakeholders to succeed in this connected world.

Ideally, you’ve got the following qualifications and experience:

WHO YOU ARE You’re apassionate and dynamic leader who candeliver our commercial strategy inCable and Wireless (TCI) Limited. You’ll lead the entire Turks and Caicos team and our in-country business plan, driving sales and inspiring the team here to deliver an excellent customer experience, becoming the local customer champion on all matters.

RESPONSIBILITIES •Drive and implement the commercial strategy for the country.

•Lead in-country business plan coordination and strategy execution.

•Implement the 12-month AOP for the Caribbean product suite required to meet the plan for the business.

•Ensure that end to end delivery, sale and customer support process and plans are established for product suite in country.

•Responsible for country P&L development (exclusive of indirect operating cost) and indirect sales management.

ABRAHAM & GALLIS GRAND TURK LTD.and its affiliated chain of signature brand stores trading as Ron Jon Surf Shop, Pirana Joe, Del Sol, Silver Sun and Splash Down, at the Grand Turk Cruise Center, South Beach Grand Turk, is accepting applications along with CVs/Resumes from interested and suitably qualified persons for the following positions: SALES SUPERVISORS and SALES PERSONS Requirements: •A sound educational background •A minimum offiveyears (Supervisors) and two years (Sales Clerks) general merchandising experience in a highly trusted or related field of employment or business •Proven and unblemished track record of employment •Positive and disciplined attitude and aptitude toward work in a customer service oriented business •Excellent communication, inter-personal and customer service skills •Trustworthy and reliable disposition •Must be willing and able to work flexible hours, including on weekends and public holidays,as necessary to meet the challenging needs of cruise ship schedule and/or reasonable needs of the business.

•Clean criminal record •All candidates must be proficient in the English written and spoken word. Command of a second language will be a definite asset STOREKEEPER/LABOURER Requirements: •Handyman to assist with cleaning and maintenance •Ability to give general assistance to Sales Clerks on receiving and storage of merchandise •Proven and unblemished track record of employment •Positive and disciplined attitude and aptitude toward

•A bachelor’s degree in a discipline that means you can meet the intellectual demands of the job; and/or equivalent experience.

•Aminimum of five years’ experience in a senior commercial role in a competitive sales environment •Execution of marketing programs, covering advertising, promotions, pricing and product development •Knowledge of trends in the telecommunications industry with experience of working in a competitive environment.

If you’re looking for work with purpose– where you’ll use our innovative products and services tocreate moments that matter for our customers right across the Turks and Caicos Islands – we want to hear from you.

Remuneration based on experience (starting $90,000 per annum) plus Company Pension, Health Insurance and Company performance-related bonus.

All suitably qualified TC Islanders are requested to submitapplications in writing with full CV and Cover letter to Phebe Warren (Corporate Recruiter) via email at phebe.warren@cwc.com or Cableand Wireless (TCI) Limited’s head office atP.O. Box 78, Leeward Highway, Providenciales, for the attention of Phebe Warren (Corporate Recruiter),by November 18th, 2019.

Prospective TC Islander applicants may also lodge a copy of their applications with the Labour Board.

Apply now to join our growing company.

work in a customer service oriented business •Excellent communication, inter-personal and customer service skills •Trustworthy and reliable disposition •Must be willing and able to work flexible hours, including on weekends and public holidays,as necessary to meet the challenging needs of cruise ship schedule and/or reasonable needs of the business.

•Clean criminal record •All candidates must be proficient in the English written and spoken word. Command of a second language will be a definite asset Suitable candidates that do not meet the above requirements may, at the sole discretion of the Company’s management team, be eligible for consideration in circumstances where they demonstrate a clear willingness to embrace the Company’s inhouse training initiatives and established standard operating policies and procedures.

All applicants who are Turks Islanders are invited to send their application to the Commissioner and Labor Board.

Preference will be given to documented Turks and Caicos Islanders.

These positions are currently held by work permit holders Written applications only and accompanying CVs/Resumes must be addressed to the Regional Manager at the following address: Via mail or delivery: Abraham &Gallis Grand Turk Ltd. Ron Jon Surf Shop Grand Turk Cruise Center Grand Turk Turks & Caicos Is. Via email to:

junior@loscincoles.com

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LOCAL NEWS

Don’t rule out TCI Diaspora!

If you can vote after 12 months of residency, then you should be able to run after 12 months of residency

By Drexwell Seymour

I have written articles in the past about Turks and Caicos Diaspora in that we should encourage them to return home, especially given the fact that the “natural born” Turks and Caicos Islanders are now the minority.

Turks and Caicos Islanders represent less than 1/3 of the current resident population of the TCI. However, we have thousands of Turks and Caicos Islanders living abroad. In fact, we have more Turks and Caicos Islanders living abroad than we have at home.

This article is to address one issue that was raised during the Constitutional talks.

Of course many issues were addressed at the Constitutional meetings but this one impacted me as I sat there and listened to some of the comments.

Yes, everyone is entitled to their opinion, but it just does not seem right or fair to Turks and Caicos Islanders living abroad who return home and want to participate in the general elections as a candidate.

Currently, one has to be a resident of the island for 12 months in order to run. The proposal is to change the residential requirement from 12 months to 36 months if you want to run.

I do not comprehend the reason behind this proposal. One of the reasons given for the change is so that persons should become acquainted with the island before they are able to run.

Another reason stated is that they do not want anyone to come here and dictate to us. I don’t agree with these reasons.

One does not have to be living in the islands to be acquainted with what is happening in the islands. We live in a global world now and with all of this modern technology and travelling back and forth, one can easily be acquainted.

Ironically there are people that live in the TCI, run for office and still out of touch with the people. The reference of dictation does not stand either. You can be a resident for 12 months, 24months, 5 years, 20 years and still dictate to the people.

I can understand if we had a significant number of Turks and Caicos Islanders residing in TCI having to compete with other Turks and Caicos Islanders living abroad but even this reason is not good enough. A country like The Bahamas with a population

HS LTD.

HS Limitedis seeking following position:

of more than 300,000, the residential requirement is 12 months.

Why lengthen the years?

suitableapplicantsfor

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CLEANERS 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: $6.25 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) 9465126; 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 15thNovember 2019.

The benefits of Diaspora group

I am conscious of the fact that some Turks and Caicos Islanders left TCI and never look back but there are so many that live abroad that really care about TCI.

They are very much in touch of what is happening and if they decide to return home and live home for 12 months, they should have the right to run for political office if they choose to do so especially if they are allowed to vote.

We have so many bright and intelligent minds living abroad. They have a wealth of experience, knowledge and international exposure. Hopefully, they will bring a breath of fresh air to our current political system.

Conclusion

I believe the current12 months of residential requirement to run for political office is adequate.

Why do we want to exclude Turks and Caicos Islanders by extending the stay from 12 months to 3 years? Are

we threatened? Some of our current TC Islanders that reside in TCI who I believe would make great candidates do not want to run.

Therefore why restrict the possibility of other great candidates who are living abroad that may want to run if they decide to return home. Can you imagine if we had candidates like our first Chief Minister, the Hon. JAGS McCartney restricted from running due to the residential requirement?

Position: Paediatrician Location: Cheshire Hall Medical Centre, Providenciales TCI Job Summary: To provide general medical care to paediatric patients within the Cheshire Hall Medical Centre and Cockburn Town Medical Centre on a shared and rotational basis between the 3 Pediatric posts- 2 of which are based at Cheshire Hall Medical Centre and 1 at Cockburn Town Medical Centre.

Responsibilities: Attend to Paediatric in-patients. Attend to Paediatric out-patients via the Out Patient clinic. Attend to special care baby unit patients. Stabilization of premature or sick neonates prior to transfer to level 3 NICU. Attend deliveries where indicated according to policies and proceedures. Provide Paediatric emergency coverage on an on-call basis. Baby discharge checks. Provide evidence based patient care within acceptable regional/worldwide standards. Medicals for Looked After Children. Facilitate, where necessary, visiting consultants.

Assist colleagues in a collegiate manner where necessary. Advise on the delivery of nursing care to the Paediatric patients.

Requirements and Experiences: Holder of an appropriate medical degree and Royal College / Boards / other certification in Paediatrics. At least five years in recognized Paediatric posts.

Previous substantive consultant post or equivalent Salary: $83,000 to $90,000 per annum.

Position currently by a work permit holder.

JOB DESCRIPTION PROVIDED UPON REQUEST. Submit resumes and references to: Recruitment@interhealthcanada. tc or Lorenzo Seymour, Human Resources Manager, InterHealthCanada, Cheshire Hall Medical Centre. Deadline for applications: Wednesday 13th November 2019

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LOCAL NEWS

First annual symposium for a safer & sustainable future for TCI hailed a success

In a strong showing on October 17th , F Chambers and TCHTA organised and led an impressive cast of experts in a bid to create action points to form solutions and to bring much needed attention to the surge in serious Crime in the Turks and Caicos Islands and the far reaching implications for our island nation. The Symposium which is the brain child of Mr. Mark Fulford, F Chambers Managing Partner was held in partnership with the Turks and Caicos Hotel and Tourism Association (TCHTA).

It comes as a direct response to the staggering rise in crime in recent times which has left citizens alarmed, and needs continuous solutions to keep our reputation of a tranquil Turks and Caicos in the eyes of the world.

His Excellency, The Governor Nigel Dakin led off the evening’s events with a video message. The Symposium was well attended by senior public officials to include the Acting Governor Her Excellency Anya Williams, The Hon. Attorney General Braithwaite, His Honor the Speaker of House of Parliament – Hon. Dwayne Taylor, Acting Police Commissioner Rodney Adams, The Commissioner for Human Rights Sabrina Green, Governor’s Appointed Member, Hon. Temard Butterfield and the Hon. Royal Robinson, former Minister of Finance, together with a host of business community leaders. Those attending and watching live around the country, in the Bahamas and around world, some as far away as Hong Kong expressed keen interest in the evening events.

The lineup of speaker were: 1. Todd Foss the President of TCHTA who discussed the sustainability of the Tourism product for TCI 2. Jerome Lynch QC - TCI Criminal Justice System 3. Adriel Dermont Brathwaite .Q.C. Why gun crime is on the rise in the Caribbean and the correlation to the impact on TCI due to the drug trade.

4. Joseph Rodriguez - Vice President – Gun crime prevention in the 21st century, ShotSpotter technology detect, protect, connect.

5. Mark A. Fulford - Tripart strategy to tackle crime using technology and how TCI legislation should be enhanced.

6. The Deputy Commissioner of Police Rodney Adams (Acting Commissioner)- An update on policing in TCI.

Mr Fulford utilized his speaking time to explore the possibility of the implementation of a “Tripartite Strategy” to address crime in the TCI. Speaking to Mr Fulford about the event he said: “I became even more gravely concerned because my grandfather was the victim of a still unsolved murder. So this is personal to me. Second, like every Belonger, I am used to a tranquil TCI community where we walk about freely and see each other without fear or apprehension that we may meet upon some violent situation and this has been the way things have been in the TCI for most of our lives. I am stunned at the growth of violent gun related crimes and the underlying drug culture emerging with it. Therefore, there was nothing political or partisan about this event, it was an event geared for anyone who is similarly concerned about this alarming surge in crime and who wanted to hear about or make possible suggestions to stem the surge.

People and participants from across the political spectrum attended and that warmed my heart because, if we don’t address this issue, we will lose the Turks and Caicos as we have come to know them and lose our path to prosperity for current and future generations”.

Asked about the substance of the event Mr. Fulford replied: “I am so pleased with all participants. I also want to note that even though they were not formally on the speaker’s list, our Deputy Governor, our Attorney General and our Deputy Police Commissioner who were

on the panel of speakers brought brilliant remarks, which shows how impressive we Turks and Caicos Islanders are, as they spoke with expertise on every aspect of our crime problem. There remarks left me feeling humbled by their presence and their dedication to put the TCI back on track - and that includes the Human Rights Commissioner. It says a lot about our community, it shows that if we, as private citizens, we as the industry and business stakeholders can come together in a private and public partnership, we can overcome this crisis, this means we can come together and overcome anything”.

Mr Fulford was asked also, if he made anything of the Premier’s not being in attendance? He stated unequivocally “No. The Governor who works with the Premier, the Deputy Governor who serves with her, the Attorney General was there. There is not doubt that the Premier wants the crime problem solved. I am going to say I believe she is committed to that. But this symposium was for the stakeholders to express its concern and set out terms for its commitment to assisting public officials. That is an important process in a democracy and I hope to engage the Premier on what we discussed and I am sure she will lend a listening ear and you and the public will see the effects of our commitment and the government’s resolve.”

Turks and Caicos Hotel and Tourism Association president Todd Foss felt the 1st Annual Symposium on a Sustainable and Safer Future was positive, productive, and well-received by those attending. “From political and public service leaders, concerned citizens, and many private sector representatives, the room was full of people who care about the country and want to ensure every Turks and Caicos Islander and resident can enjoy a safe place to live and work”.

Foss went on to say, “All the presenters and audience members that spoke or asked questioned were thoughtprovoking and offered real ideas and

solutions. The Attorney General, as well as the Deputy Governor, did an excellent job at the end of the evening summarizing the many initiatives and legislative work being done to deal with all aspects of the criminal justice system.

Clearly, this is a complicated issue and solutions will involve a long-term holistic approach – this is not as simple as a policing issue. I think a powerful theme coming from the evening is that, whether you were born in the Turks and Caicos Islands or not, this is an issue that can only be defeated by the country working together as a whole. Everyone is going to have to do their part.”

The main takeaways from the First Annual Crime Symposium were: 1. Enhancing police services, careers and work conditions.

2. Deployment of cutting edge technologies that are integrated to help with gunshot detection & prevention.

3. New traffic rules and ID systems aimed at generating scalable databases.

4. Security Training and regulation of the Secuirty profession.

5. Social activities for TCI youth through constructive engagement.

6. Legislative updates to enhance the criminal justice system.

Mr. Fulford ended by saying: “I am not sure whether all we proposed will be rolled out. However, the goal is to generate a culture of participatory democracy in which there is strong community involvement in public administration. I believe in all areas, not only in crime, the people of Turks and Caicos are demanding that participation and demanding to be heard, it has to be a National collaborative effort. I think we achieved that in some small measure tonight”.

Iona Forbes

Angela Prospere

Location: 109 Gypsun Street, Blue Hills, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Is seeking (1) Caretaker To take care of a baby, complete light housekeeping, such as dishes or folding laundry and preparing meals Must be able to work 5 days per week Salary is $6.25 per Hour Please Contact: 247-7819 This position is currently held by a Work Permit Holder Interested Belongers must submit their application to the Labour Board

Location: Palmgrove, Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands Is seeking a Domestic worker Must be able to maintain home and provide regular housekeeping duties Must be able to speak English, honest and trustworthy To work for four days a week Salary is $6.25 an hour The 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

COX COMPLEX

Cox Plaza, 15 Five Cays Road Providenciales Turks & Caicos Islands Tel: 649-941-3650 Fax:649-946-4283 Is seeking for: (1). PROPERTY MANAGER Responsible for the operations at the rental property.

•Responsible for Managing Rent.

• Responsible for Managing tenants.

•Maintenance & repairs roles.

•Knowledge of Landlord- Tenant Laws.

•Supervising responsibilities.

•Responsible for Managing the Budget/ Maintaining Records.

RELEVANT QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED A minimum of 8 years’ SALARY: $2,000.00 per month.

Deadline date November 15th, 2019 Please fax or email resume to Fax: 649-946-4283 Email: bac@tciway.tc

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•Ensure that construction activities move according to pre-determined schedule.

•Devise the project work plans and make revisions as and when need arises.

•Communicate effectively with the contractors responsible for completing various phases of the project.

•Co-ordinate the efforts of all parties involved in the project, which include the architects, consultants, contractors, sub-contractors and laborers.

•the progress of the construction activities on a regular basis and hold regular status meetings with all the sub-teams.

•Periodic inspection of construction sites.

•Ensure project documents are complete.

Senior Project Manager * Key Skills and Requirements: •Degree Qualified in either Civil Engineering or Building Construction.

•Member of an internationally recognized construction Professional Institution.

•Must have min 15 years construction experience including 5 years at Senior Project Manager or Construction Manager Level on multimillion-dollar projects.

•Management experience on high quality hotel and condominium resort projects in the Caribbean (successful track record of completing projects from start (foundations) to finish (close out).

•Must have excellent written and personnel communication skills together with strong reporting, commercial skills and abilities.

•Ability to properly manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment •Clear verbal and written communication skills to demonstrate and convey a thorough understanding of the entire development process; •Financial acumen to provide concise status and cost reports; •Must be able to perform a key role in project planning, budgeting, and identification of resources needed •Must be able to project accounting functions including managing the budget, tracking if team expenses and minimizing exposure and risk in the project •Must be able to identify the elements of the project design and construction likely to give rise to disputes and claims •Must be able to maintain strict adherence to the budgetary guidelines, quality and safety standards •Develop team approach with Owner, Architect, Engineers, Consultants, Subcontractors, etc.

•Define and establish team member responsibilities, communication, and administrative procedures for the team during preconstruction phase Areas of Responsibilities: •Oversee the construction project from start to finish •Assist in preparation of Project Specific Safety Pre-Planning •Assist in preparation of Project Specific Quality Assurance/Quality Control Plan with Commercial Asset Coordinator •Responsible for the management of: •All site operations and contractor coordination •Established QA/QC systems.

•Established Site Health and Safety policy.

•Close out procedures including testing, commissioning, final inspections and hand over.

•Required to chair and record weekly contractor meetings.

•Involved in the review and approval of contractor method statements, submittals, RFI’s and shop drawings.

•Required to regularly monitor and report on construction progress against the approved schedule.

DIRECTOR OF HOUSEKEEPING Responsible for supervising activities and staff related to cleaning and servicing of residential units, restaurants, spa and public areas while exceeding the high level of standards established by Company; oversees Laundry operations.

•Plans, organizes, administers, reviews and evaluates the work of assigned staff.

•Develops and directs the implementation of goals, objectives, policies, procedures and work standards for the department; prepares and manages assigned budget.

•Oversees the selection, training, professional development and discipline of staff.

•Assists in planning goals, objectives, procedures and work standards for the unit; •Ensures that all hotel rooms, public areas and spa are serviced and cleaned daily in accordance with established standards.

•Ensures that function rooms are cleaned to established or exceeded standards as soon as they have been used for a fast turnaround.

•Ensures that rooms are checked regularly for repairs and refurbishing, and that appropriate maintenance is performed.

•Notifies the facilities department of areas needing attention in respect of maintenance.

•Oversee and maintain issuance and cleaning of all hotel staff uniforms •Monitors and maintains hotel lost & found policy and procedures.

•Assists with purchase and inventory of cleaning materials and linens to ensure an adequate supply at peak occupancy.

•Ensures linen is within the established standard level of repair.

•Ensures that staff accommodation is kept clean and in a good state of repair.

•Answers Housekeeping office phone in a courteous and friendly manner.

•Ensures dispatch and timely follow through of guest requests.

•Ensures that services consistently meet customer specifications; responds to customer complaints/issues.

•Demonstrates courteous and cooperative behavior when interacting with public and staff; acts in a manner that promotes a harmonious and effective workplace environment.

Salary for this position begins at $40,000 per annum and will commensurate with qualifications and experience.

DIRECTOR OF ALL INCLUSIVE SERVICES Reporting directly to the Managing Director. The position is to oversee the daily operations of the Front Office, Guests Services, Tour Operations and Diamond Club.

Specific duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

Starting salary $8,500.oo based on experience and qualifications.

IT Administrator * Duties & Responsibilities: •Ensure that the Resort’s technology assets are functioning efficiently, effectively and are properly protected through the daily management of the IT Department and all of its resources.

•Responsible for coordinating end-user support including administration, security, installation, configuration and troubleshooting of hardware and software.

•Developing and maintaining documentation for operation of the computer systems and software licensing.

•Make recommendation for improvements and enhancements to existing systems.

•Will be available to provide after-hours error resolution for property systems as needed, including being on call.

•Execution of network security, stability and survivability directives.

•Managers the Capital Budget process for all system related items.

•Maintain Resort’s PCI compliance status and provide quarterly reports to CFO as requested.

•Plan, coordinate and execute special projects as necessary.

•Interacts with Resort Executive Team, Management Team, Staff and Guests to resolve technology related issues and provide guidance on future projects.

•Responsible for all data backup and restoration functions.

•Maintain documentation of all systems, software and hardware.

•Experience in networked computer environment.

•Excellent oral and written communication skills in English language.

•Knowledge of wireless (wi-fi) systems.

•5 years’ experience in a hospitality environment.

•Experience with set-up of CCTV cameras.

•Verify daily all system interfaces.

Starting salary $45,000.oo per annum not including service charge.

*POSITIONS MARKED WITH (*) ARE CURRENTLY HELD BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER. Interested applicants should apply to The Shore Club,Human Resources Department, Monday through Friday, and bring along an updated resume, or by emailing your resume Attention to Danitra Clare or Karresa Gardiner, Asst. Human Resources Managers atcareers@theshoreclubtc.com , no later than end of day Friday November8th 2019. Resumes can also be submitted to the Labor Department directly. The Shore Club HR Office can be contacted at (649) 339-8000

•Execute and/or coordinate all staff schedules and related activities.

•Supervise the operations of all Guests’ Services Departments and Night Audit.

•Management of all financial function and revenue collection.

•Assist in the installation of any new software - document retention, inventory management, payroll, POS. •Preparation of budgets, forecasts and cash flows.

•Maintenance of financial ledgers and daily departmental accounting processes.

•Ensuring that appropriate systems and internal controls are implemented and maintained.

•Overseeing the Payroll process.

Qualification: • 10 years’ experience in all-inclusive operations. Multi-Unit resort operations experience is preferred • Proven leadership skills with a strong ability to assess talent and build effective teams.

• Hands on ability to plan, organize, prioritize and effectively manage multiple complex projects concurrently within a fast-paced and growth environment.

• Proven success in collaborative leadership and working with cross-functional leadership.

• Ability to create effective project management plans, timelines and organization processes.

• Strong business acumen with results orientation to drive key business performance metrics.

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal; ability to communicate with individuals at all levels of the organization.

Salary entry point is $40,000 per annum and will commensurate with qualifications and experience.

FOOD & BEVERAGE SERVERS RESPONSIBILITIES Responsible for welcoming and greeting guests with a worm friendly smile, inform guest of specials and menu changes, makes suggestions and answer questions regarding food, beverages, and service; processes’ guests orders and ensures all items are prepared properly and in a timely manner, communicates with kitchen staff to ensure guest satisfaction with the food and service; prepares guest checks that itemize and total meal costs and sales tax and accepts payment.

Salary commencing at $7.00 - $9.00 per hour. Belongers only need apply Interested persons may contact out Corporate HR department office or by submitting your resume with qualifications and experience to: hr@wihl.com Please also submit a copy of your completed application to our labour department.

Closing date November 9th, 2019

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Board; • The administration and control of the staff of the Board; • Accounting for all monies collected, paid or invested under the Ordinance; • Contracting health service providers for the purposes of the objects of the NHIP; • Ensuring compliance by contracted health service providers with the quality standards as may be prescribed by the Minister from time to time; • Make disbursements from the Fund; and • Perform such functions as are for the time being conferred on him or her by Virtue of the Ordinance or any other law or any Regulations and as the Board or the Minister may from time to time assign.

VACANCY NOTICE Turks and Caicos Island National Health Insurance Board (NHIB) Providenciales Position Title: Chief Executive Officer, NHIB Reports to: Board of Directors and Minister of NHIB Reporting to this position: Deputy CEO, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Medical Officer, Internal Auditor, Legal Oficer, Human Resource Officer and AdministrativeAssistant.

Location: NHIB Head Office - Providenciales Role of the NHIB The NHIB is a Statutory Body that is primarily responsible for the management of: • The medical Treatment Abroad Programme on behalf of the Turks and Caicos Islands Government.

• Statutory deductions from each employer and employee within the Turks and Caicos Islands for the purpose of the National Health Insurance Plan (NHIP).

Job Summary: The Chief Executive Officer is the chief executive of the National Health Insurance Board (NHIB) and, has system wide responsibility for the effective and efficient administration and day-to-day management and administration of the of NHIB in accordance with the National Health Insurance Ordinance and Regulations.

Providing supervision to other professional and clerical staff.

The CEO is expected to generate satisfactory results when the qualitative and quantitative output of the staff is at a high level, the expenditure of the NHIB is within the limits of the budget, and the services of the NHIP are provided to the Government and the beneficiaries in a timely and value for money basis.

Key Duties and Responsibilities required to be performed effectively and efficiently:

Physical Demands/Working Conditions: This is a high-stress position based on full responsibility for the NHIB’s operations. Handles detailed, complex concepts and problems, balances multiple tasks simultaneously, and makes rapid decisions regarding medical and administrative issues. Plans and implements programs. Establishes strong and appropriate relationships with Board, committees, staff and subscribers/clients.

Develops smooth and constructive relationships with executive colleagues, outside agencies, organizations and individuals. Plans and meets deadlines. Maintains a flexible work schedule to meet the demands of executive management. Hours may be long and irregular. Conveys a professional and positive image and attitude regarding the NHIB. Demonstrates commitment to continued professional growth and development.

Qualifications and Experience: • A Master’s Degree in Health Administration/Health Financing/Health Insurance/Finance or a related field; • A minimum of ten (10) years’ on the job experience in a senior management position in insurance or health related field to acquire the necessary competencies to effectively respond to the challenges of the role; • Certification in the Accounting/Finance field (such as ACCA, CPA, CMA or CGMA would be an asset).

As Chief Executive Officer, this individual should demonstrate key competencies in Transformational Leadership, Strategic Management, Financial Management, Performance Management, Organizational and Behavioral Management and should possess Communication Skills at the Senior Management and Executive level. Knowledge and experience in establishing a National Heath Account would be an asset.

Salary and Allowances: Salary is in the range of US$115,000.00 to $130,380.00 negotiable based on qualifications and experience. A standard set of benefits and allowances are additional.

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

Applications can be hand delivered directly or by courier, to the National Health Insurance Board, Salt Mills Plaza, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands, prior to the deadline. The envelope • Monitoring and administering the Plan; should be addressed to The Chairman – National Health Insurance • Monitoring and administering the Fund; Board with the words “Chief Executive Officer Position” clearly • Monitoring the collection of contributions under the NHIB marked on the front.

Ordinance; • Advise the Minister on the policies relating to the health Alternatively, applications can be emailed to care needs of the beneficiaries ExecutivePositionsNHIB@gov.tc. The subject line in the email • Advise the Minister on the policies and directions should read “Chief Executive Officer Position”. concerning the use of monies of the Fund; • Establish a quality assurance programme for the functioning We thank all applicants for their interest but only candidates of the Plan through monitoring of the health care service selected for an interview will be acknowledged. being provided to the beneficiaries; • Supervise and control expenditure from the Fund; Deadline Date for Applications: • Financial and operational matters; • Developing administrative and human resources The deadline for submission of applications is by close of business development manuals for approval by the Board; on Friday, November 15, 2019.on Friday, November 15, 2019.

• Preparing regular financial and operational reports for the

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NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR GRANT OF ISLANDER STATUS

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR GRANT OF ISLANDER STATUS

FIRST PUBLICATION

FIRST PUBLICATION

In accordance with section 6(1) of the Turks and Caicos Islander Status Ordinance, notice is hereby given that the following persons have made applications in 2019 for the grant of Islander Status under section 5(1)(b) of the Turks and Caicos Islander Status Ordinance – The public are requested to make any submissions within 30 days of this publication, which day falls on 2nd December 2019.

Submissions are to be made to: Sakera E. Cook Secretary to the Commission Turks and Caicos Islander Status Commission Former Sammy Been Plaza (2nd Floor) Government Complex Airport Road, Providenciales Or email: tcistatuscommission@gov.tc

Tina Anne Adair Booroff, spinster, of England, United Kingdom, a British Citizen and ordinarily resident in Providenciales.

Graham John Canham, married to Jayne Peterson, father of 1 child, of Oakville Ontario, Canada, a British Overseas Territory Citizen and ordinarily resident in Leeward, Providenciales.

Caridad Rodriguez Garcia DePozo, married to Julio Pozo Ortiz, of Dominican Republic, a British Overseas Territory Citizen and ordinarily in Providenciales.

Berlyne Gervais, married to MarckEnson Myrtil, of Cap Haitian, Haiti, a British Overseas Territory Citizen and ordinarily resident inProvidenciales.

Luckson Louis, married to Emilienne Jean Louis, of the Cap-Haitian,Haiti, a British Overseas Territory Citizen and ordinarily resident in Blue Hills, Providenciales.

Samuel Michael McCleery, married to Daniela McCleery, of Herts, United Kingdom, a British Citizen and ordinarily resident in Grand Turk.

Daniela McCleery,married to Samuel McCleery, of Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia, a British Overseas Territory Citizen and ordinarily resident in Grand Turk.

Renald Julien, bachelor, of Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands, a British Overseas Territory Citizen and ordinarily resident in Providenciales.

Anthonie Suprinvil, married to Preudhomme Pedro, ofCap Haitian, Haiti, a British Overseas Territory Citizen and ordinarily resident inFive Cays, Providenciales.

Elizabeth Mary Turner, married to Nicolas Anthony Turner,mother of 3 children, of Devon, United Kingdom, a British Citizen and ordinarily resident in Cheshire Hall, Providenciales.

Amory Nieves Chesterton, bachelor, of Santa Cruz, Spain, a British Overseas Territory Citizen and ordinarily resident in Turtle Cove, Providenciales.

Perla Mary Nieves Chesterton, married to Glenn Everest Chesterton, of Chicago, United States of America, a British Overseas Territory Citizen and ordinarily resident in Turtle Cove, Providenciales.

Glenn Everest Chesterton, married to Perla Mary Nieves Chesterton, of Massachusetts, United States of America, a British Overseas Territory Citizen and ordinarily resident in Turtle Cove, Providenciales.

Lindsey Lorraine Mensen,married to Mathew Emery, mother of 1 child,of Ontario, Canada, a British Overseas Territory Citizen and ordinarily resident in Providenciales.

Jonathan Paul Flanagan, married to CindyAllison Flanagan, father of 1 child,of Easington, United Kingdom, a British Citizen and ordinarily resident in The Bight, Providenciales.

Simon Edward Michael Wood, married to Kathleen Mary Wood, of Coventry, United Kingdom, a British Citizen and ordinarily resident in Providenciales.

Liset Vianeli Pina Sanchez, spinister, mother of 3 children,of Laguna Salada, Dominican Republic, a British Overseas Territory Citizen and ordinarily resident in Providenciales.

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ELIZA SIMONS PRIMARY AIMS TO BE A “MODEL TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL” WITH NEW DIGITALLY ENABLED CLASSROOM

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THANKS TO $30K DONATION FROM C&W CHARITABLE FOUNDATION AND MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

The students of the Eliza Simons Primary School received a major enhancement to their educational prospects today in the form of a new digital e-learning classroom donated by the Cable & Wireless Charitable Foundation (CWCF) in collaboration with Flow and the Ministry of Education.

The digitally enabled interactive e-learning classroom is fully equipped with touchscreen and Bluetooth connectivity, and outfitted with a total of twenty flip design touchscreen Thinkpad laptops, ten Epson Powerlite projectors, and two Hitachi interactive whiteboards.

The generous gift comes as a result of a decision taken by the

L to R: VP of Eliza Simons, Nyree Taylor-Williams; Acting Country Manager of Flow, Audley Gibbs; Principal of ESPS, Juliet Arthur-Thelwell; and Marketing Communications Executive of Flow, Darron Hilaire in the newly refurbished lab.

Foundation in April 2018, to donate US$30,000 to aid in the refurbishment of the Eliza Simons Primary computer and math lab, which were destroyed along with the entire facility after the passing of Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017.

Math Lab outfitted with twenty new flip design Touchscreen Thinkpad laptops.

Audley Gibbs, Acting Country Manager, Flow Turks & Caicos, said: “For many years Flow

TCI has contributed to the development of our young people through the provision of scholarships for secondary education, FREE high speed internet services to all public schools throughout the islands, and now Information Communication and Technology (ICT) tools which can be used to improve teaching and learning.”

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Fifth and sixth-grade students performing at the official CWCF/Flow handover ceremony attended by Minister of Education, Hon. Karen Malcolm; Deputy Permanent Secretary, Amin McCartney; & senior officers & members of the Ministry of Education.

During today’s handover ceremony students from the Eliza Simons Primary performed a special tribute to say thank you to CWCF/Flow for their generosity. Principal of Eliza Simons, Mrs Juliet Thelwell, along with Minister of Education, Hon. Karen Malcolm, joined in saying thank you to Flow for their investment towards educational advancement in TCI. “Flow as a telecommunications provider has recognized the importance of incorporating technology within our education system to see to it that our students

Fifth-grade boys testing the new technology.

succeed,” stated Minister of Education, Hon. Karen Malcolm.

hurricane season of 2017.

Since then, the Foundation has expanded its mission to not only Vice Principal, Nyree Williams helping to build more resilient added: “Having these resources communities but to also focus at our disposal will now put the on enabling progress through school closer to our destination technology and entrepreneurial of becoming the model primary school for technology in the TCI and and other training programs. leaders in technology, science and ICT Officer within the Ministry of innovative education.”

Education, Patterson Williams remarked: “These donations fall The Cable & Wireless Charitable in line with our education sector Foundation was set up by C&W plan which speaks to the infusion Communications initially as a response to the humanitarian crisis of ICT across the entire education sector. When I look at the quality of caused during the devastating

the equipment, it is top notch and it causes me to re-evaluate our focus in terms of standardization.

This goes a long way in creating a positive environment where our kids can learn and a relatively hi-tech environment. These are the things that are needed in education.”

This is the first of two presentations being made by the Cable & Wireless Charitable Foundation as part of a larger disbursement to the Ministry of Education to further inspire learning and the advancement of education.

Vice-Principal, Nyree Taylor-Williams assisting student with new laptop.

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SUSTAINABLE ENERGY You Can Count On

We’re building partnerships to deliver a more sustainable energy future for the Turks and Caicos Islands.

R-NETS: A roadmap for TCI’s energy future

Solar integration to the FortisTCI grid

Solar + battery storage pilot project

With the Resilient National Energy Transition Strategy (R-NETS) serving as a roadmap, and with new and ongoing investments in solar energy generation, solar plus battery pilot project, and an electric vehicle and charging station project, FortisTCI is working every day to deliver resilient, cost-effective and environmentally sustainable energy, to fuel growth and development.

Electric vehicle pilot project

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LOCAL NEWS

MOTTAC Music Festival a Huge Success!

M

OTTAC (Musicians of the Turks and Caicos Mohen Cox Prime DJ’s Noel and Tiffany Brown V6 Band Boys Islands) launched their first Music Festival at the Downtown Ballpark on Saturday, October 26th 2019 which was commissioned by the Premier Hon. Premier Hon. Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson and sponsored by commenting on the success of the festival stated: the Office of the Premier, Local Government and “I was blown away by the production quality and showmanship of the MOTTAC Music Festival and Community Affairs. More than 20 local artists both all the entertainers who performed! It is a testament solo and groups performed at what will be an annual event. to the caliber of talent we have across all areas of

The event started at 12 noon with a family entertainment in the Turks and Caicos Islands. It is important for my Government to keep its mandate fun day and kid’s fair with games and prizes and to providing a platform where TCI’s talented featured performances by the Adelaide Oemler Primary School Rip Saw Band, Long Bay Highschool musicians, entertainers and production technicians Choir, RAJ the Entertainer and the British West can showcase their various gifts; hence, the creation of Musicians of the Turks and Caicos and the Indies Collegiate Steel Pan Ban. commissioning of the Music Festival.

The set list for the evening included artists from

The Office of the Premier was a proud across the Islands featuring performances from: sponsor of the MOTTAC Music Festival and will continue to support this initiative in the future.

Congratulations to the MOTTAC Team for DJ Savage Team Up Records their first successful event and I look forward to what Island Boys Super P Inna Groove DJ DAYOH they have in store for years to come!”

The establishment MOTTAC was Sea Breeze Johnna Messam commissioned by the Premier Robinson earlier this Carl ‘Choice’ Lewis Sax O Pan Serenades Mikey Quinton Dean year and will be held during Heritage Month annually.

Gemma Tess The Office of the Premier is a proud sponsor of the Julian Stanley Roots festival.

Q-Band Lynx Pro-Vision

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ENTERTAINMENT

Prince’s posthumous book released as fans continue to mourn

Panic, joy, shock: Dan Piepenbring felt them all when Prince plucked him to collaborate on his first memoir, followed by more shock and profound sadness at news of the superstar’s death while the book was in its early stages.

Though the project was thrown into chaos when Prince died on April 21, 2016, of an accidental drug overdose, his estate ultimately decided to press on, allowing Piepenbring and his publishing team free access to the pieces of his life left behind at his beloved Paisley Park, including the contents of his vault.

Now, the highly anticipated collaboration, “The Beautiful Ones,” is out in the world with its release Tuesday as many fans continue to mourn, singer Prince performs in concert. The Revolution, the band that helped catapult Prince to international propelling the 33-year-old journalist into superstardom is reuniting in his memory the spotlight to explain how he sorted it God-fearing jazz pianist with an explosive make oneself whole again,” Piepenbring all out.

“There was a sense even from the temper. His mother, Mattie Della Shaw, said. “There’s this kind of brokenness start that it couldn’t really be happening,” was a beautiful, fun-loving party girl that he’s always working to repair.”

Prince writes that his first Piepenbring told The Associated Press with a stubborn, irrational streak — and memory was his mother’s eyes, describing of his involvement. “It felt very surreal. a sneaky flair, as Prince wrote: “She would spend up what little her habit of throwing conspiratorial There was also just a sense of joy, I think, at the possibility of meeting someone $ the family had 4 survival on partying winks his way.

“Sometimes when my father that I held in such high regard, someone with her friends, then trespass in2 my whose music had been the soundtrack to bedroom, ‘borrow’ my personal $ that wasn’t playing piano he’d say something eye’d gotten from babysitting local kids, 2 my mother & she would wink at me. the better part of my youth.”

The book, from Spiegel & Grau, & then chastise me 4 even questioning She never told me what it meant and includes no bombshells, though Prince her regarding the broken promises she sometimes it would be accompanied by a gentle caress of her hand 2 my face. But very much wanted to provide some, and made 2 pay me back.”

The tumultuous nature of eye am quite sure now this is the birth of a mere 28 memoir pages written in his ` elegant script and quirky style, replacing his parents’ relationship had a lasting my physical imagination.”

Prince had big ideas for the book, the word “I” with a drawing of a human impact.

“The wound of Ur parents considering at one time a “how to” on orb, for instance. All told, Piepenbring spent 12 to 15 hours face-to-face with fighting is chilling when U’re a child,” making it in the music business without Prince in Minneapolis, New York and on Prince wrote. “If it happens 2 become selling your soul. At another point, he physical, it can be soul-crushing.” suggested that he and Piepenbring figure tour in Melbourne.

Their conflicts, divorce when he out a way to end racism. At still another,

Their last conversation was just four days before Prince died. It was 7 and the dual impact on Prince and he wanted to focus on the importance of creative freedom. was focused on his parents and their his work is the book’s prevailing theme.

“So much of his writing is about “I think he was really in the conflicting influences in his life. His father, John L. Nelson, was a disciplined, division in some way and the fight to process of excavating his past with a

Los Angeles prosecutors reject Kevin Spacey sex battery case

Kevin Hart: World forever changed by car wreck

Comedian Kevin Hart says his “world was forever changed” after he suffered a serious back injury when the vintage muscle car he was riding in crashed nearly two months ago in California.

In a video posted Tuesday night on Instagram, the 40-year-old thanked his family and friends and reflected on how he now sees life differently.

Hart says not to take today for granted.

The video shows Hart struggling to walk and doing physical therapy with a scar on his back.

Hart says he’s “thankful for life” and is looking forward “to an amazing 2020.”

The California Highway Patrol said the man driving Hart’s

Kevin Hart poses for photos at the Big Screen Achievement Awards at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas 1970 Plymouth Barracuda accelerated recklessly and lost control on Sept. 1. The car careened down an embankment and slammed into a tree.

No one was wearing seatbelts.

Taylor Swift to receive artist of the decade award at AMAs

Superstar singer Taylor Swift will receive the artist of the decade award at the American Music Awards next month.

Dick Clark Productions announced Wednesday that Swift will be honored during an ABC live telecast on Nov. 24 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. At the show, she has a chance to break Michael Jackson’s record for most wins.

Swift has won 23 AMAs

and has five nominations this year; Jackson holds the record for most wins with 24 trophies. Swift has won more awards at this show than anyone else during this decade.

To celebrate her career, Swift is also expected to hit the stage to perform some of her biggest hits.

Swift, Post Malone, Ariana Grande, Drake and Halsey are nominated for artist of the year.

level of detail and specificity that maybe he had avoided before,” Piepenbring said. “He had come to the realization that he really was in many ways the sum of his mother and father and they were the, sort of, two poles of his being.”

Prince wrote on other subjects as well, including puberty (his stepfather took him to R-rated movies at a drive-in as a stand-in for the birds and bees talk), the blackouts and seizures he had as a child and his first kiss, with a girl of just 5 or 6. They’d play house.

Piepenbring wrote a lengthy introduction explaining his encounters with Prince and how the book was completed. He wasn’t allowed to take notes during their first meeting so he was forced to reconstruct the conversation.

Some of their chats are printed as marginalia in the book. There’s an abundance of hand-drawn childhood doodles and cartoons, along with lyrics Prince often wrote on whatever was handy, including a brown paper bag.

There’s a photo album Piepenbring unearthed at Paisley Park that a sleepless Prince decided to put together in 1977 at age 19, only days from completing his debut album, “For You.” With witty remarks written in pencil, Prince sits on the hood of his first car in one shot. In another, he snapped his first paycheck from Warner Bros.

There’s also an early outline he wrote for the 1984 film “Purple Rain” with an even darker story line than the one that made it onto screens. The film, based loosely on his life, won Prince an Oscar for best original sound score. In the 1982 treatment, “The Kid” character Prince plays is a diagnosed schizophrenic who as a child watches his mother shoot his father dead, then turns the gun on herself.

Kevin Spacey arrives at the 71st annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York Los Angeles prosecutors have rejected a sexual battery case against Kevin Spacey because the accuser has died.

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office announced the decision Tuesday. The case stemmed from a masseur’s allegations that Spacey inappropriately touched him during a massage session at a home in Malibu, California, in

October 2016.

The decision states that the allegations against Spacey could not be proven without the masseur’s participation. The man also sued Spacey under the alias John Doe in a case that remains pending in federal court.

An email sent to Spacey’s lawyer Alan Jackson was not immediately returned.

Massachusetts prosecutors in July dropped a criminal case against Spacey filed after accusations that he groped an 18-year-old man at a bar on the resort island of Nantucket in 2016.

In that case, Spacey’s accuser invoked his Fifth Amendment right not to testify about text messages from the night of the alleged groping that the defense claimed were deleted.

Police in London are also investigating allegations of sexual misconduct by Spacey, but there’s been no public update on that inquiry.

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HEALTHY

LIFESTYLE U.S. vaping-related deaths rise to 34, cases of illness to 1,604

U.S. health officials on Thursday reported 1,604 confirmed and probable cases and one new death from a mysterious respiratory illness tied to vaping, taking the total toll to 34.

Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 1,479 cases and 33 deaths from the illness and announced plans to start testing aerosols from vaping products as part of its investigation.

The deaths have occurred in 24 states, as of Oct. 22, among people whose ages ranged from 17 to 75 years.

Investigators have not linked the cases to any specific product or compound, but have

A man uses a vape device in this illustration picture, September 19, 2019. pointed to vaping oils containing THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, as being especially risky.

The agency has said there may

be multiple reasons behind the outbreak and that the cause of the illness may not be the same across the country.

Sperm count higher with heart-healthy diet

Young men who eat a heart-healthy diet may have better quality sperm than their peers who dine mostly on junk food, a small study suggests.

The American Heart Association recommends the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet or a Mediterranean-style diet to help prevent cardiovascular disease.

Both diets emphasize cooking with vegetable oils, eating nuts, fruits, vegetables, low-fat dairy products, whole grains, fish and poultry, and limiting red meat and added sugars and salt.

In the study of 209 male college students, ages 18 to 23, the young men who most closely followed a DASH diet had total sperm counts 65% higher than those whose eating habits bore little resemblance to a DASH diet.

Walgreens, Target remove all 22-ounce J&J baby powder from their shelves

Eating patterns that stuck more closely to a DASH diet were also associated with a 74% higher total motile sperm count, a measure of the amount of moving sperm, and 31% more sperm with a normal size and shape, which are the sperm most likely to fertilize an egg.

“Even in young, healthy men with overall good semen quality, we still see an association between a healthier diet and better semen quality,” said Audrey Gaskins, a researcher at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University in Atlanta.

“Young men are not invincible to the consequences of a poor diet,” Gaskins, who wasn’t involved in the study, said by email.

For the study, Ana CutillasTolin of the University of Murcia School of Medicine in Spain and her colleagues used food questionnaires

to see how much the participants consumed of the main foods that make up heart-healthy diets like the Mediterranean diet and the DASH diet. They also examined how often the students ate foods that are known to help minimize the risk of common chronic diseases.

Men who most closely followed a DASH diet consumed more total calories and alcohol and got more exercise than men who didn’t follow this diet.

Eating habits didn’t appear to impact reproductive hormone levels, however, the researchers note in the journal Human Reproduction.

The study can’t prove whether or how diet impacts semen quality in young men.

Beyond its small size, another limitation of the study is that researchers relied on men to accurately report their eating habits.

A bottle of Johnson and Johnson Baby Powder is seen in a photo illustration taken in New York, February 24, 2016

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc and Target Corp on Friday became the latest retailers to remove all 22-ounce bottles of Johnson & Johnson baby powder from their stores, after the healthcare conglomerate recalled some bottles because of possible asbestos contamination.

“Following the national voluntary recall initiated by Johnson & Johnson, Target removed all Johnson & Johnson’s Baby Powder 22-ounce bottles from our stores and Target.com,” the company said.

Kroger Co said on Friday its stores do not carry the product size affected by the voluntary recall.

On Thursday, Walmart Inc, Rite-Aid Corp and CVS Health Corp said they were removing the product from their stores.

J&J, which is facing thousands of lawsuits over a variety of products, said last week it was recalling around 33,000 bottles of baby powder in the United States after U.S. health regulators found trace amounts of asbestos in samples taken from a bottle purchased online.

Asbestos is a known carcinogen that has been linked to deadly mesothelioma.

All product returned to J&J through the recall process – whether the product is from the impacted lot or not – is removed from the marketplace permanently, J&J said on Friday.

Medicinal cannabis not proven in mental health, study finds

Evidence is weak for whether medicinal cannabis treatments can relieve mental illnesses such as anxiety, depression and psychosis, and doctors should prescribe them with great caution, researchers said on Monday.

In a review of scientific studies that analyzed the impact of medicinal cannabinoids on six mental health disorders, the researchers found “a lack of evidence for their effectiveness.”

Their findings have important implications for countries such as the United States, Australia, Britain and Canada, where medical cannabis is being made available for patients with certain illness, said Louisa Degenhardt, a drug and alcohol expert at Australia’s University of New South Wales in Sydney.

“There is a notable absence of high-quality evidence to properly assess the effectiveness and safety of medicinal cannabinoids ... and until evidence from randomized controlled trials is available, clinical guidelines cannot be drawn up around their use in mental health disorders,” she said as her results were published in The Lancet Psychiatry journal.

Despite a lack of clinical trial evidence, anecdotally some military veterans and others who suffer posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD),

Medical marijuana plants are seen at Fotmer Life Science, in Montevideo, Uruguay September 27, 2019 depression and anxiety say they have found cannabis helpful in easing some of their symptoms. Other conditions cannabis is used for include nausea, epilepsy, and traumatic brain injury, but this study did not examine its impact on those.

Medicinal cannabinoids include medicinal cannabis and

pharmaceutical cannabinoids, as well as their synthetic derivatives, THC, or delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol - the main psychoactive ingredient of cannabis and cannabidiol, or CBD.

“Cannabinoids are often advocated as a treatment for various mental health conditions,” Degenhardt said. “(But) clinicians and consumers

need to be aware of the low quality and quantity of evidence ... and the potential risk of adverse events.”

Degenhardt’s team sought to look at all available evidence for all types of medicinal cannabinoids.

They included all study designs and investigated the impact on remission from and symptoms of depression, anxiety, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), Tourette syndrome, PTSD and psychosis. They analyzed 83 published and unpublished studies covering around 3,000 people between 1980 and 2018.

They found that pharmaceutical THC - either with or without CBD - made psychosis worse, and did not significantly affect any other primary outcomes for the mental illnesses analyzed.

It also increased the number of people who reported side effects, and the number who decided to withdraw from a study due to side effects.

Tom Freeman, an addiction and mental health expert at Britain’s Bath University who was not involved with the study, said the findings highlighted an urgent need for high-quality trials of medical cannabis to strengthen the evidence - particularly given what he said was “significant demand” from patients.

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4.1 Identify new tourism products based on market and consumer research; maintain and enhance existing tourism products in keeping with the Board of Tourism’s annual product development plan.

4.2 Develop materials to promote the various tourism products in the TCI 4.3 Liaise with the Board, Government Departments, Nongovernmental Organizations, the Private Sector and other relevant entities to execute Product Development plans and activities.

TURKS AND CAICOS TOURIST BOARD

DIRECTOR OF TOURISM A rewarding career opportunity awaits you in the Turks & Caicos Tourist Board, in the post of Director of Tourism. This position is based on Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands. The successful candidate will have direct responsibly to ensure that the Turks and Caicos Islands is promoted as a premier destination globally. These promotions are to be carried out in conjunction with the TCI Board of Tourism’s Strategic Plan.

The Tourist Board is responsible for stimulating economic development and providing promotional direction and branding for the Turks and Caicos Islands. The primary objective of the Director of Tourism is to provide excellent quality leadership and executive direction in the following key areas: • Strategic Positioning and Direction • Destination Marketing • Promotions and Public Relations • Product Development • Fiscal Responsibility Responsibilities 1. Strategic Positioning and Direction 1.1 Develop and implement the TCI Board of Tourism’s Strategic Marketing Plan with an aim at increasing local and overseas investment and leisure and corporate travel to the TCI. 1.2 Manage the activities of the TCI Board of Tourism through excellent leadership. Position the TCI Board of Tourism as the leading promotional body in the area. Develop and maintain the high quality of TCI’s tourism products and services.

1.3 Execute a leadership role for hospitality and tourism industry with respect to destination marketing, and other core activities of the Board of Tourism.

1.4 Promote an excellent public image and draw awareness to TCI’s tourism assets, programs, events, cultural, community and tourism resources.

1.5 Oversee the development of annual advertising plans, creative messaging, and media buys.

1.6 Direct the collection of market research and statistical data, and general visitor information; ensure distribution of market research and statistical data to relevant sources.

1.7 Work closely with all tourism stakeholders to facilitate the expansion of tourism in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

2. Destination Marketing 2.1 Market TCI as a tourism destination to stimulate economic development; attend consumer and trade shows; oversee familiarization trips, site visits and sales missions in collaboration with relevant stakeholders.

2.2 Build and maintain positive working relationships with Tourism Stakeholders, Government Agencies, and Community Groups; enhance Belonger participation and ownership in the tourism industry.

2.3 Oversee the development and distribution of brochures, marketing, advertising and other collateral materials.

3. Promotions and Public Relations 3.1 Promote TCI as a tourism destination that is the sought after destination in the region.

3.2 Ensure that collateral materials are appropriately created and distributed to provide the most positive image of TCI tourism.

3.3 Increase the visibility of the TCI in the media and through public relations with timely placed articles through sought after publications to ensure that a continued relationship and goodwill is in the marketplace, at all times.

4. Product Development

5. Fiscal Responsibility 5.1 Develop and manage annual budget of the organization, operating within established budgetary guidelines as set forth by the Board of Directors.

5.2 Provide monthly/quarterly/annual reports on tourism activities to the Board, and keep the Board updated and informed on matters of relevance.

5.3 Prepare annual reports and make presentations on the economic impact of tourism within the Turks and Caicos Islands.

5.4 Identify sources of financing for marketing, product development, training and other core activities of the organization.

6. Other 6.1 Comply with the policies, procedures and guidelines of the TCI Tourist Board.

6.2 Perform other duties as directed by the Chairman of the Board.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS • A Bachelor’s Degree in Tourism, Public Relations, Marketing or a related field with a minimum of 10 years’ experience in the travel/tourism industry, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Five or more years’ experience managing staff in a public sector environment with tourism management experience.

• Management experience with ability to supervise others.

• Ability to represent the Board of Tourism at the highest levels of interaction.

• Considerable knowledge of TCI’s tourism products and services, with the ability to administer all aspects of tourism programs.

• Knowledge, skill and ability to develop and implement marketing and strategic plans.

• Ability to maintain effective relationships with the Board of Directors as well as local and international tourism sector stakeholders and partners in the public and private sector.

• Ability to develop, coordinate and evaluate travel and tourism promotional activities.

• Proficiency in MS Office software, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

• Ability to communicate effectively both in written format and oral presentation.

• Excellent social and interpersonal skills.

• Good health and high energy level.

WORK ENVIRONMENT • Self-managed in a results driven environment.

• A dynamic work environment.

• Interface with relevant government ministries and departments and tourism private sector entities.

• Ability to travel extensively, and at short notice.

• Goal accomplishment within an environment of change and flux.

• Work hours may extend to evenings, weekends and holidays.

SALARY: Salary for this position is commensurate with qualifications and experience.

For consideration please submit the following documents to chairman@turksandcaicostourism.com or submit to The Chairman, Turks and Caicos Tourist Board, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands: • Cover Letter • Current Resume • Two (2) reference letters • Current Police Record • Resident Status Only persons shortlisted for an interview will be contacted in this regard APPLICATION DEADLINE: November 30th, 2019

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Three Queens Bar & Restaurant Location: 308, Wheeland, Blue Hills, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Is seeking One (1) Barmaid Duties: Must be able to work all days and shifts and stand for long periods at a time. Cleaning counters, floors, shelf and refrigerators. Ensuring that guest are served and needs are meet and Restocking bar with clean glasses Must be able to work 6 days Salary is $6.25 per hour Please Contact: 242-4553 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 #603685

Patricia Ann Simmons Domestic Worker WANTED In Salt Cay Duties: To take care of kids and maintain the home Must be able to read and write English, honest and trustworthy Salary $6.25 per hour Must be able to work 5-6 days per week Please Contact: 241-1925/244-5771 This position is new Interested Applicants who Turks and Caicos Islanders should submit Copies of their application to the Labour Board

L P Contractor

Location: Complex Center, Leeward Highway Unit #2, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands I seeking two (9) Masons - $9.50 per hour Duties: Layering building materials such as bricks, concrete, tiles and other construction materials Is seeking one (1) Electrical Technician - $ 10.00 per hour Duties: Install, maintain and repair electrical control, wiring, and lighting systems To work 6 days a week These positions are all new Please Contact: 346-3122 or 345-8326 BELONGERS NEED APPLY Interested Applicants who are Turks and Caicos Islanders should submit Copies of their application to the Labour Board

#603672

Marsha Lewis

Location: 28 Fellowship Close, Blue Hills, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Is seeking a Maintenance man Tasks include plumbing work, painting, flooring repair and upkeep, electrical repairs and heating and air conditioning system maintenance To work 5 days a week Salary is $6.50 per hour Please Contact: 243-3197 This position is currently held by a Work permit Holder Interested Applicants who Turks and Caicos Islanders should submit Copies of their application to the Labour Board #603666

Luxury Cuts & Braids Barbershop & Salon Location: Upstairs Grants Gas Station, Door # 5, Downtown, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Is seeking 1 Barber Duties: Provide barbering services, such as cutting, trimming, shampooing, and styling hair, trimming beards, or giving shaves.

To work 6 days per week Salary $7.25 per hour Please Contact: 241-2550 This position is new Applicants who are Turks and Caicos Islanders can send a copy of their applications to the Labour Board #603684

Twanz Construction

Location: South Caicos, Turks & Caicos Islands Is seeking four (4) Labourers - $7.00 per hour Duties: Cleaning and preparing a job site, loading and delivering materials, and using a variety of tools and machines Is seeking One (1) Carpenter - $12.00 per hour Duties: Install structures and fixtures such as windows and molding. Measure, cut or shape wood, plastic and other materials Is seeking one (1) Mason - $10.00 per hour Duties: Layering building materials such as bricks, concrete, tiles and other construction materials Applicants must be able to work 5 days a week Please Contact: 243-1051 Five of these positions are currently held by Work Permit Holders, One of the Labourer position is new Interested Turks and Caicos Islander applicants must send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board

#603668

VarldySha’s Collection

W & J Fashion Store

Location: Complex Center, Leeward Highway Unit # 3, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Is seeking five (5) Tailors Duties: Altering garments and joins parts, using needle and thread or sewing machine, to form finished garment Must be able to work 6 days a week Salary is $8.00 per hour Please Contact: 345-8326 These positions are currently held by Work Permit Holders Belonger are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board #603688

Location: Alice & Alice Plaza Unit #10, Airport Road, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Is seeking a Domestic Worker Must be able to maintain home and provide regular housekeeping Must be able to read and write English, honest and trustworthy To work 6 days per week Salary is $6. 25 per hour Please Contact: 342-5965 This position is currently held by a Work Permit Holder Applicants who are Turks and Caicos Islanders should also send copies of their application to the Labour Board #603689

“Laugh Land Farms”

JaMalCo Ltd.

Location: Bottle Creek North Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands Is looking for a Labourer Duties: Duties Include: Site maintenance and cleaning To work 6 days per week Salary $6.50 per hour Please Contact: 242-0425 This position is currently held by a Work Permit Holder Interested Belongers must submit their application to the Labour Board #603687

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Sister Market

Location: Across from Robby Been Plaza, Grace Bay Road, Unit # 1, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Is seeking a Craft maker Duties: Adapt, utilize, and sculpt a variety of materials to create arts and crafts Must be able to work 6 days a week Salary is $6.25 per hour Please Contact: 341-6967 This position is new Interested Applicants who Turks and Caicos Islanders should submit Copies of their application to the Labour Board #603679

#603688

Sammuel Emanuel Hall Location: Kew North Caicos, Turks and Caicos Island Is seeking a Domestic Worker Duties: Include but limited to general cleaning and maintaining a family home, Laundry To work 5 days a week Salary is $6.25 per hour Please Contact: 241-0836 This position is currently held by a Work Permit Holder Interested Applicants who Turks and Caicos Islanders should submit Copies of their application to the Labour Board

#603665

Marika Belamour Location: South Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands Is seeking a Domestic Worker To care for a new born infant may include, cooking, cleaning and other duties Salary is $250.00 per week To work 6 days a week Please contact: 345-8784 This position is new Interested Applicants who Turks and Caicos Islands should submit Copies of their application to the Labour Board

Nereida Gonzalez

Daline Lightbourne

Nadjet Hamou Bellavoix

Seeks to employ a female Domestic worker Duties include household maintenance Salary $6.50 per hour Belonger Application welcomed Kindly forward resumes and qualification to the below address copy to the Turks and Caicos Islands Labour Department and Immigration Board: Employment Department F Corporate & Management Services Limited Tel: 649-339-6275 Fax 649-941-4777 Email: oa@fcorporatemsl.com

Domestic Worker WANTED In Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands Duties: Duties: Include but limited to general cleaning and maintaining a family home, Laundry Salary is $6.25 per hour To work 6 days per week Please Contact: 344-4730 This position is currently being held by a Work Permit Holder Interested Turks and Caicos Islander applicants must send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board

Location: Grace Bay, Turquoise Point Plaza, Unit # 3, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Is seeking a Live-in Nanny •To work 8 to 10hrs a day with two (2) evening of babysitting a week (Flexibility required) •Experience essential •Must be able to assist with housekeeping duties and kids homework Salary is $6.25 per hour Kindly send resumes and qualifications to ng122284@gmail.com Please Contact: 341-0094 Interested Turks and Caicos Islander applicants must send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board #603648

Lakay Driving School

Irvin Coalbrooke Jr

Location: Complex Center, Leeward Highway, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Is seeking Two (2) Instructors Duties: Managing the theory class timings, teach the driving students about the right traffic rules and inform student drivers with safety driving procedures Must be able to speak English, Creole, and Spanish Please Contact: 346-3122 / 345-8326 Salary is $8.50 per hour To work 6 days a week These positions are new Interested Turks and Caicos Islanders are encouraged to send a copy of their application to the Labour Board

Needs a Handyman with multiple skills To work six days per week In Grand Turk Duties: Repairs all trades, cleaning, painting, trash moving, septic cleaning, appliance repair and lifting and supervising At $6.25 per hour Please contact Tel: 242 6987/241 5189 This position is currently held by a Work Permit Holder Interested Applicants who Turks and Caicos Islanders should submit Copies of their application to the Labour Board

A & L TRUCKING/ Lofton Morley

Location: 121 South Dock Road, Apt # 6, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands SEEKS TRUCK DRIVERS Must have 8 years experience driving a tractor trailer Must be able to work on weekends & some nights when needed Must have a clean police record Salary $10.00 per hour Please Contact 331-4719 or 246-5644 These positions are new Interest Turks & Caicos Islander applicants must send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board

House of Miracles Apostolic Church Location: Long Bay, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands Seeking: Pastor Salary is $1200.00 monthly Contact: Deluxe Training and Recruitment Services Tel. 946-8018 or Email: deluxebusinesscenter@tciway.tc Work Permit Renewal Interested Turks and Caicos Islander applicants must send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board

Insight Ltd.

Location: F202 Regent Village, Grace Bay, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Seeking 2 Carpenters Duties: Construct, erect, install and repair building frameworks, and fixtures.

Salary: $12/hr Position currently held by work permit holder Closing date for applications is November 15, 2019 Applications can be dropped

off at the office, Labour Board, and/or emailed to jmc@tciway.tc

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Location: #5 Eddie Laporte Plaza, Academy Ave. Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Is seeking a Server Duties: Take orders, answer question about the menu, take payment.

Salary $7.50 per hour Please Contact 399-9000 This position is currently held by work permit holder Belonger are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board

#603682

A & J TRUCKING Location: 40 Uncle John’s Way, South Dock Road, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Is in need of Dump Trailer Driver & (2) Waste Collector Is seeking (1) Labourer - $6.25 per hour Is seeking (1) Mechanic - $400.00 per week •Driver must have at least 5 years experience in driving 24ft-30ft Dump Trailer Salary is $10.00 per hour •Waste Collector must be willing to work on garbage trucks, cleaning garbage from roadsides and various districts in Providenciales.

Salary is $250.00 per week Interested Belongers must submit their application to the Labour Board and contact: Julie Smith Telephone # 231-0032 anytime These position are currently held by Work Permit Holders

Cougar Holdings LTD. Location: 45 Universal Road, Provo Industrial Park, Turks and Caicos Islands Are seeking One (1) Onsite Labourer Duties Include: Site maintenance and cleaning Salary $6.50 per hour 8hrs per day To work 6 days a week Must be able to work 6 days per hour This position is currently held by a Work Permit Holder Applicants who are Turks and Caicos Islands should also send copies of their application to the Labour Board and kindly email centralstoragetci@gmail.com #603686

Alice Kitchen

Shining Finish

Location: #121, South Dock Road, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Island s Is seeking a Kitchen Helper Duties may include: Sweeping and mopping floors, and perform other duties to assist cook and kitchen staff To work 6 days a week Salary is $6.25 per hour Please Contact: 241-1608 This position is new Applicants who are Turks and Caicos Islanders are required to submit their applications to the Labour Board

Location: Long Bay, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands Is seeking a Painter/ Plasterer Duties: Apply paint to surfaces including canvas, walls, floors, doors, and cabinets. Mix, match, and apply paint, varnish, shellac, enamel, and other finishes Salary is $10.00 per hour Please Contact: 241-9700 Must be able to work Monday to Friday, 8:00am – 5:00pm and Saturday 7:00am to 12 noon This position is currently held by a Work Permit Holder Interested Applicants who are Turks and Caicos Islanders should submit Copies of their application to the Labour Board #603671

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NEWS NEWS

All hands on deck in St. Lucia crime fight

Nearly $400M worth of cocaine and marijuana intercepted by US Coast Guard

The Coast Guard Cutter James crew stands aboard the cutter Oct. 28, 2019, Port Everglades, Fla.

Severin Monchery, Commissioner of Police, St Lucia

Police Commissioner, Severin Monchery says while he is not calling the judgement of the courts into question, he believes the judiciary also has a role to play in combatting the crime situation in St Lucia.

“I am just saying that we all need to work together; we need to coexist and we all need to know the current situation; do not withdraw ourselves from society as if we do not know what is happening,” he said.

Speaking on a radio programme here, Monchery said while in the past few weeks, police had been successful in taking several firearms off the streets, the battle against crime must be approached holistically.

“The police can do all they do – if we don’t have the support of other agencies and other units in the criminal justice system, it makes very little sense,” Monchery said on the Newsspin radio programme, adding “we must have the support of the judiciary”.

The top cop also expressed concern at the calibre of weapons being recovered and the type of shell casings left behind at scenes of gun crimes. He said that in some instances people have been arrested with high powered weapons and are released on bail amounting to EC$4 000 to EC$5 000 soon afterwards.

“I understand very well that bail should not be punitive, however one would need to look at the circumstances, the current circumstances. You need to put yourself in St Lucia, like someone who is living in St Lucia. Look at the circumstances; the gravity of the offences and what is going on in society before considering what bail could be given to someone,” Monchery said.

He referred to a weekend incident in which two men, who were out on bail after being arrested six months ago, were rearrested on similar charges.

The police official said while he was not certain how much amending the existing legislation would help in the fight against crime, “amendments would be down the line, futuristic.

“But I think what has to happen now is for everyone to put their shoulder to the wheel and let’s move forward together,” Monchery told radio listeners.

The U.S. Coast Guard has seized millions of dollars worth of cocaine and marijuana in recent operations.

The contraband was interdicted in 18 separate operations of suspected drug smuggling vessels in international waters of the Caribbean Basin and Eastern Pacific Ocean off the coasts of Mexico, Central and South America, officials said.

“The Coast Guard Cutter James (WMSL-754) crew is scheduled to offload approximately 28,000 pounds of seized cocaine worth an estimated

$367 million and approximately a statement. “These drugs will not 11,000 pounds of seized marijuana reach Main Street USA due to the worth an estimated $10.1 million efforts of the James crew and other at Port Everglades,” according to Coast Guard cutters involved in a press release from the U.S. Coast these interdictions,”

Capt. Randall added that Guard.

The U.S. Coast Guard the crew worked in cooperation shared a video on Twitter of the with “regional partner nations, 28,000 pounds of cocaine that was like Columbia, Costa Rica and intercepted. alongside the agencies involved

“What you see is 19 in Operation Martillo to stop the tons of narcotics seized from 18 flow of illegal narcotics into the separate Coast Guard interdiction United States.” events, with a street value worth As a result, Randall said, more than $375 million,” Capt. “we maintain an offensive against Jeffrey Randall, Coast Guard Cutter criminal networks and criminal James commanding officer said in organizations.”

British Airways pays out £15k bill after five-star Caribbean holiday ruined by food poisoning

British Airways has chicken appeared pink and undercooked. I’m not the sort of paid out £15,000 to a marketing person to make a big fuss, I just got manager after her five-star something else.” romantic holiday to the Caribbean

Her barrister, Sam Stevens, was ruined by a bout of suspected food poisoning. said Ms Librati also noticed “under-cooked crepes and pasta”,

Jessica Librati, 30, and and she insisted she had not eaten her fiance booked an all-inclusive anywhere outside the hotel before break to the Dominican Republic she was struck down with gastrothrough the airline, but she was enteritis just three days into her laid low just three days into the holiday. trip after eating from the hotel

She had to be taken in a buffet. hotel car to see a local doctor and

She sued BA for Jessica Librati manager for was left sick in her hotel room compensation for the 2017 marketing holiday, blaming undercooked pharmaceutical firm Walgreens for the rest of her holiday. BA chicken served in the buffet. She Boots Alliance, told Central lawyers were “adamant that food argued that the airline was liable London county court she ate standards were high” in the hotel’s as it had guaranteed high-quality chicken at the five-star Occidental 11 dining areas, and said no other Punta Cana Hotel, but left it half- guests had complained of being ill. food throughout the holiday.

But Judge Alexander Hill BA denied responsibility finished when she noticed it was Smith ruled the airline was liable, for her sickness, but has now “very red” in the middle. agreed to pay out more than “It was Dominican five- adding that the precise cause £15,000 in compensation and star so you don’t have the same of her sickness would never be costs after a judge found that expectation as if you were going known. BA agreed to pay £4,250 “infected food” from the hotel had to the Ritz in London, but it was compensation to Ms Librati and probably been to blame. still a five-star holiday, so it was were ordered to pay £11,000 for

Ms Librati, a digital disappointing”, she said. “The her legal costs.

18 Caribbean jurists inducted into the CCJ Hall of Fame

Eighteen Caribbean legal luminaries were inducted into the Eminent Caribbean Jurists Hall of Fame when the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Academy for Law hosted its inaugural Eminent Jurists Gala and Award Ceremony at the Hyatt Regency in Port of Spain, recently.

The awards ceremony saw legal minds from the Caribbean gather to honor the contributions

of the region’s distinguished judicial officers and legal professionals. It is the first of its kind in the region.

Of the 18, five of whom represented the most outstanding and long-serving honorees and were conferred with a lifetime award.

They were Justice Anthony Lucky (Trinidad); Sir Shridath Ramphal (Commonwealth of Nations); Judge Patrick Robinson

(International Court of Justice); Ambassador Dr. Bertrand Ramcharan (United Nations Refugee Office); and Professor Duke Pollard (Caribbean Court of Justice).

The CCJ Academy for Law is the educational arm of the CCJ, which was established, to, among other things promote the recognition of judges and other legal practitioners who have made a consequential and

lasting contribution to Caribbean jurisprudence and to memorialize that contribution.

In addressing the gathering CCJ President Justice Adrian Saunders lauded the work of the Academy for Law in celebrating “the work and achievements of distinguished Caribbean women and men who have made their mark in their chosen field.”

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The Bahamas extends posthurricane concessions

Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis has announced the extension of an Exigency Order, in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian, that slammed into the island chain, over a month ago.

According to Minnis, the order has been extended to December 31.

The order allows for individuals directly impacted

by Hurricane Dorian to import approved goods, duty free and VAT (Value Added Tax)-free, and applies to areas impacted by the storm, including Abaco and the Abaco Cays, Grand Bahama, Sweetings Cay, Deep Water Cay and Water Cay. VAT on fuel for generators will also be waived for areas still without electricity.

The Prime Minister made the announcements in the House of Assembly earlier this week, during his wrap up of the debate on amendments to the Disaster Preparedness and Response Act.

Minnis said this is yet another step taken by the

search, rescue, recovery and restoration phases of this disaster response,” said the Prime Minister.

“The government’s efforts are in conjunction with the extraordinary efforts of the local private sector, churches, NGOs and individual Bahamians.”

The extension to the Exigency Order is the latest concession being put in place to assist residents impacted by Hurricane Dorian.

Prime Minister of The Bahamas Dr. Hubert

Affected islands have Minnis also been designated as Special Government to stimulate economic Economic Recovery Zones for the recovery on the islands of Grand next three years. This will enable the Bahama, Abaco and the Cays, and to impacted communities to benefit encourage residents to return home from a broad range of tax breaks to begin the rebuilding process in and incentives and allow for the rebuilding of homes and businesses. the wake of Hurricane Dorian.

The special zone features

He added that the concessions are part of the seven key concessions – it allows Government’s reconstruction effort for the duty-free purchase of that will require the assistance from all materials, fixtures, furniture, vehicles and equipment for business many quarters.

“The government of The and residential construction needs.

Bahamas invited the international Business license fees for operations community to assist with the within the zone will also be waived.

How the corrupt launder their money in the UK

They spend it on luxury legal entities featured at least one exposed by the Organised Crime properties, jets and superyachts, officer who had been found to be and Corruption Project and its or simply on tuition fees so their involved in economic crime. More partners. offspring can study at prestigious than a third of these entities used This cash had found its way private schools and universities. nominee directors registered at to prestigious independent schools A study by anti-corruption just 10 English addresses. As a like Charterhouse and Harrow, and campaigners Transparency result, only a handful of people world-class universities including International has shed new light signed off hundreds of accounts University College London and the on the UK as a hub for the corrupt for UK companies linked to money University of St Andrews. and their wealth from around the laundering and corruption.

A total of US$10.5 million world.

The study stated that was paid to 37 UK architectural

The analysis of more Companies House does not have and interior design firms from than 400 corruption and money- adequate resources or powers to anonymous shell companies with laundering cases, involving more sufficiently monitor and ensure the Baltic bank accounts, the study said, than US$400 billion, shows integrity of its company register. noting, “Corrupt individuals may how nearly 600 UK businesses, “This allows corrupt individuals and contract these businesses to carry institutions and individuals have their agents to abuse UK companies out work on property they own helped corrupt individuals – both for criminal purposes, and inhibits to increase its value and launder unwittingly and sometimes businesses’ ability to identify and money at the same time.” knowingly – move and shield report suspicious activity to law The organisation is their ill-gotten gains, Transparency enforcement,” the report said. therefore calling for a radical International said.

Duncan Hames, policy overhaul of the UK’s anti-money

In many cases, the director at Transparency laundering supervisory regime money was channelled through International UK, said in a press to establish a credible deterrent companies in the UK or its offshore release, “We’ve known for a long against British firms turning a blind financial centres and then recycled time that the UK’s world-class eye or actively helping corrupt in Britain’s economy, with luxury services have attracted a range of individuals. goods and services firms, law firms, clients, including those who have Daniel Bruce, chief banks and accounting firms playing money and pasts to hide.” The new executive of Transparency a key role. study should act as a wake-up call International UK, said while The study details how the UK’s for government and regulators to government and law enforcement property market in particular had deliver money-laundering reforms, agencies had made real progress in become a prime destination for he added. recent years to reduce the places corrupt individuals and other A lack of anti-money for corrupt individuals to hide, criminals to launder their stolen laundering supervision is also “our findings confirm it is still far funds, often in combination with an issue for many types of non- too easy for criminals and the shell companies registered overseas. financial businesses. Services such corrupt to seek impunity with the Transparency International as private education, architects assistance of UK businesses”. recommends public registers to and interior designers, and public He added, “Despite the make the owners of offshore relations firms simply fall outside dedication of many committed entities more transparent, noting of anti-money laundering rules. professionals in the fight against that in October the Cayman This means they are corruption, there remains too Islands committed to introducing under no obligation to carry out much poor practice to be able to such a register from 2023. checks on their clients or their assume bad behaviour is confined

UK companies also sources of wealth, allowing corrupt to a few rotten apples.” feature heavily in the corruption individuals to spend their money T r a n s p a r e n c y and associated money-laundering with impunity, Transparency International said that its study cases because of the UK’s hitherto International said. was only able to identify a small laissez-faire approach to company For instance, the study piece of a much larger puzzle, incorporation. found that more than US$5.2 because much of the activity it

More than 2,100 UK and million in suspicious funds were investigated is shrouded in secrecy. overseas companies were directly paid to 178 different UK educational The true involvement of UK firms involved in the corruption cases institutions from the various and institutions was likely to be far and an additional 17,000 UK-based money-laundering operations higher.

Cayman Islands MP quits government over controversial issue

Bernie Bush

West Bay legislator Bernie Bush said he would be switching sides of the house and joining the opposition benches after speaking out against the port project Tuesday night.

Bush, the last legislator to speak, during a lengthy debate on the port Referendum Bill, said he had polled his constituents and could not find more than two that supported the project.

He said he was not willing to back the development.

“I must follow my conscience,” he said, adding that he did not want to be involved in a project that he believes risks causing significant environmental damage.

He said he would be switching to the opposition bench as a result.

“When I sit down I will be moving across to sit by the member from Savannah (opposition legislator Anthony Eden)… I guess if I go across there I will probably lose the post on the Public Accounts Committee, but if that is so, that is so,” he said

“I cannot with a clear conscience take a chance that I could be part of the destruction of the environment. The father and grandfather in me does not allow me to compromise my principles. So I will end as I began 19 years ago by saying I am not for sale and I am not for rent.”

Bush ran with McKeeva Bush’s Cayman Democratic Party at the last election. It was not clear Tuesday night if he intended to stay with the party or become an independent.

Premier Alden McLaughlin responded briefly saying he was “unsurprised” by the move.

He told the Cayman Compass later Tuesday evening that the only surprise was that it had taken so long for Bernie Bush to “formalise” his separation from government. He said Bush had never attended government caucus despite being urged to do so.

“On the contrary he has consistently spoken publicly against government policies and voted with the Opposition. His physical departure from the government benches has been expected for some time. I hope he finds his place on the Opposition benches more comfortable and productive and I wish him well.”

Man rescues baby from toilet pit Residents in Cox Piece in deep rural St Mary have dubbed as ‘Moses’ the day-old baby retrieved from a pit latrine in the community on Thursday morning, likening him to the iconic biblical figure who was saved and catapulted to greatness.

Dwight Campbell, who rescued the infant boy from the outdoor toilet, credited divine intervention for sparing the child injury or death.

“God a miracle God from long time and a work miracle until today. Mi a nuh Christian, but mi believe,” said Campbell, who admitted to being traumatised by the episode.

“God is so good that a baby could born from nearly seven o’clock and inna di toilet, no feed, nothing, straight back until after nine next morning and still live. No rat no bite him, no insect no bite him.”

Residents of Cox Piece expressed outrage at the incident yesterday but believe that the child is a legacy of fate and faith.

“I call the baby Moses because a God protect that baby inna di toilet from inna the early evening until after nine inna di morning. Moses!” exclaimed a resident who gave her name only as Valerie.

“Just like when they put him in River Nile, God spare him for a reason.”

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CARIBBEAN NEWS Some shelter residents in The Bahamas claim conditions deteriorating

Some residents at the Kendal G.L. Isaacs Gymnasium are still coping with the challenge of rebuilding their lives nearly two months after Hurricane Dorian pummeled large swaths of Grand Bahama and Abaco.

Now, some of them say the conditions at the large shelter are deteriorating.

“We want [to] go home. We want jobs. We want a better life after this storm,” said Nadjah Francois, 35.

“We lost plenty, and we just want to move on.”

The former Marsh Harbour resident said that the facilities at the gym are “terrible”, adding that everyone does not exercise proper hygiene.

“It’s very terrible. When we go to take a shower, there are at least 100 people inside the bathroom, and there’s only two showers working on my side,” she said.

“Sometimes, if you want to use the bathroom, you can’t. It’s too much people, and some people are extremely nasty.”

Francois said since residents from other shelters in New Providence were transferred to the gym, the facility has been cramped.

“Some people became sick. Some of them are children. Some people have even had strokes inside,” she said.

“So, we’re ready to go home. Life ain’t good inside here. We want [to] go home.”

Francois said, since the storm, she has been depending on family members to provide money until she’s able to sustain herself.

However, she said she hasn’t heard from them for over two days.

Francois said: “It’s been two days now, and I haven’t eaten anything because I cannot eat the food they’re serving here. It makes me sick.”

This claim is echoed by other residents, forcing them to look for food elsewhere.

Most of the time, she said, residents are forced to “hustle on the streets” to be able to afford food.

Francois said Hurricane Dorian was a traumatic experience for her, like thousands of other storm survivors.

She recalled seeing friends die in the front of her as she tried to escape the storm’s wrath and find shelter.

She said she lived in The Mudd, a shantytown in Central Abaco that was flattened by the storm, and hopes to find work soon so that she can move out of the shelter.

Jaycee Premilien, 19, said he was fortunate enough to secure a job at the Baha Mar Resort since relocating to New Providence.

“When I got the job I felt pretty happy to jump on the job and be able to get my money,” he said.

“I don’t really have to depend on much people in there (the shelter) to do things for me because sometimes their food isn’t that good, but I appreciate what they’re doing for us.

“At least they’re helping the people in there who can’t do [anything] for themselves and do certain things. The food [gave] me diarrhea for a couple of days, though. So, I had to ease up on that.”

Premilien said he thinks the conditions at the shelter are rather favorable, as he hasn’t experienced many problems living in the facility.

However, after two months of living in a cramped space, he said he too has become a little uncomfortable with his living situation.

He was among the many residents of The Mudd who did not heed to the evacuation warnings of law enforcement officials before the storm.

“It was pretty tragic. I almost died. I was with a couple of my friends, but they aren’t with me now and that really has me worried,” Premilien said.

“I just have to concentrate, stay focused and do what I got to do. I use that as my motivation.”

He explained that he witnessed some of his friends drown as they tried to escape the shantytown during the monster category five storm.

Premilien hopes to save enough money so that he and his mother can move out of the shelter soon.

Sauveur Dahaiti of Central Pines, Abaco, also said the living conditions in the shelter are uncomfortable.

He said: “We have so many people cramped inside on these little mattresses. It’s one little bed.

There’s no privacy. Everyone is next to each other.”

Dahaiti also indicated that he doesn’t like the food provided as he has witnessed residents become sick after eating.

He said: “I stopped eating the food. I buy my own food.”

Pesticide poisoned French paradise islands in Caribbean

The French Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique thrive on their image as idyllic sun, sea and sand destinations for tourists.

But few visitors are aware that these lush, tropical islands have a chronic pollution problem.

A pesticide linked to cancer - chlordecone - was sprayed on banana crops on the islands for two decades and now nearly all the adult local residents have traces of it in their blood.

French President Emmanuel Macron has called it an “environmental scandal” and said the state “must take responsibility”.

He visited Martinique last year and was briefed on the crisis on the islands, known in France as the Antilles.

The French parliament is holding a public inquiry which will report its findings in December. ` “We found anger and anxiety in the Antilles - the population feel abandoned by the republic,” said Guadeloupe MP Justine Benin, who is in charge of the inquiry’s report.

“They are resilient people, they’ve been hit by hurricanes before, but their trust needs to be restored,” she told the BBC.

Large tracts of soil are contaminated, as are rivers and coastal waters. The authorities are trying to keep the chemical out of the food chain, but it is difficult, as much produce comes from smallholders, often sold at the roadside.

Drinking water is considered safe, as carbon filters are used to remove contaminants.

In the US a factory producing chlordecone - sold commercially as kepone - was shut down in 1975 after workers fell seriously ill there. But Antilles banana growers continued to use the pesticide.

What is chlordecone?

It is a chlorinated chemical similar to DDT, and an endocrine disruptor - meaning it can interfere with hormones and cause disease.

The World Health Organization (WHO) describes it as “potentially carcinogenic”. It causes liver tumours in lab mice.

Banana plantations in the Antilles used it to eradicate root borers - weevils that attack banana plants.

Chlordecone was already recognised as hazardous in 1972.

It was banned in the US as kepone after several hundred workers were contaminated at a factory

A Guadeloupe market: There are fears about produce grown on contaminated soil in Hopewell, Virginia, in 1975.

Their symptoms included nervous tremors, slurred speech, short-term memory loss and low sperm counts.

As French agriculture minister in 1972 Jacques Chirac, who later became president, authorised chlordecone as a pesticide.

It was not banned in the Antilles until 1993 - a delay attributed to lobbying pressure from banana growers.

How big is the problem?

“The economic impact is enormous,” says Prof Luc Multigner, head of research at Inserm, the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research.

Prof Multigner has investigated the chlordecone crisis and says Antilles residents are very anxious and feel the French state is not doing enough.

“The authorities have banned fishing near the coast, but small-scale fishermen get by from day to day, so they are out of work,” he told the BBC.

“One-third of coastal waters are contaminated, all the rivers are fishing is banned there. Agricultural land is 30-50% contaminated, so some cultivation has to stop.”

However, he notes that the chemical does not contaminate bananas.

Last year the official unemployment rate in Guadeloupe was 23% and in Martinique 18%, compared with 9% in mainland France. The Antilles rely heavily on French state subsidies.

Serge Letchimy, a Martinique MP leading the French parliamentary inquiry, said half of the island’s 24,000 hectares (59,305 acres) of agricultural land had some chlordecone contamination, and 4,000 ha of that was totally polluted.

Ms Benin said compensation claims

would follow the inquiry, but “the priority is more research, we need soil analysis and impact assessments for the affected farmers”.

Determining responsibility was proving hard because the pesticide’s licensing and distribution was complicated, she said.

“The kepone licence was resold several times,” she said, adding that so far the inquiry had been unable to speak to the producers.

What is the health impact?

A study in 2013-2014 found that among adults in Martinique, 95% had chlordecone in their blood, while the figure for Guadeloupe was 93%. That corresponds to about 750,000 people.

In 2010 Prof Multigner and colleagues found a link between higher chlordecone concentrations in the blood and prostate cancer.

Their conclusion was based on a study of 623 men in Guadeloupe with newly diagnosed prostate cancer and a control group of 671.

The World Cancer Research Fund reports that prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men worldwide.

In 2018, the highest rates in the world were in Guadeloupe (189 per 100,000) and Martinique (158 per 100,000). The rate for mainland France was 99.

“Chlordecone contributes to the higher rate [in the Antilles], but it is not the only factor,” Prof Multigner said. Ethnicity and lifestyle are also factors in hormonedependent cancers.

Prostate cancer is more common among Afro-Caribbean and Afro-American men than among white Europeans or Asians.

But testicular cancer rates are higher among white European men.

Trinidad police say video on social media is fake

The Trinidad and Tobago Rico,” the police said in a statement Police Service (TTPS) has described as it urged the population “to be as a fake, a video circulating on cautious of false information sent social media and purporting to via social media which can cause show a shootout between criminals unnecessary panic and anxiety”. and law enforcement officers.

Police Commissioner Gary

“The event captured did Griffith has said he is concerned at not occur in Trinidad and Tobago. “the numerous deliberate attempts The video originated in Puerto by some persons to create panic

and anxiety by purposefully spreading false information across social media platforms”.

The statement urged citizens from “forwarding or sharing unverified and inaccurate content from dubious sources on social media”.

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Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot plan world’s No.4 carmaker

Police find 12 migrants alive in refrigerated truck in Belgium

investments in electric and selfdriving vehicles.

FCA would get access to PSA’s more modern vehicle platforms, helping it to meet tough new emissions rules, while Europe-focused PSA would benefit from FCA’s profitable U.S. business featuring brands such as Ram and Jeep.

However, the PSA-FCA deal could still face close regulatory scrutiny, while governments in Rome, Paris and unions are all likely to be wary about potential job losses from a combined workforce of around 400,000.

They aim to make 3.7 billion euros ($4.1 billion) of savings without plant closures, and achieve around 80% within four

BRUSSELS - Belgian police found 12 migrants alive in a refrigerated truck at a motorway parking area in northern Belgium on Wednesday after the driver alerted the authorities, a federal police spokeswoman said.

The driver, who was transporting fruit and vegetables, called police after he found 12 adult men - 11 Syrians and one of Sudanese origin - in the truck on Wednesday morning after a stop for the night.

Police took them to the Immigration Office in the city of Antwerp. All were in good health, police said.

A spokeswoman for the federal police said the prosecutor’s office in Antwerp had opened an investigation into the incident, which occurred on motorway E34 near the town of Turnhout.

The investigation is to determine the planned route of the truck, how the migrants climbed on board and if they were trying to reach Britain.

Last week, 39 migrants were found dead in a refrigerated truck in Britain after crossing from the Belgian port of Zeebrugge. Belgian authorities, facing increasing scrutiny of their fight against human trafficking, are cooperating with a British investigation.

Migrants sometimes choose refrigerated trucks to cross borders because their construction makes it more difficult for dogs and heat scanners at checkpoints to detect stowaways.

Belgian paper De Morgen reported that in the Turnhout incident, the truck driver and his codriver were Polish and called the police after noticing on Wednesday morning that the seal on the trailer was broken.

MILAN/PARIS - Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot owner PSA plan to join forces in a 50-50 share merger to create the world’s fourthlargest automaker, seeking scale to cope with costly new technologies and slowing global demand.

Fiat Chrysler (FCA) and PSA said on Thursday they aimed to reach a binding deal in the coming weeks to create a $50 billion group with listings in Paris, Milan and New York, and with PSA’s Carlos Tavares as chief executive and FCA’s John Elkann as chairman.

It was less than five months ago that FCA abandoned merger talks with PSA’s French rival Renault and the move comes as carmakers grapple with a downturn in their markets as well as hefty

years, at a one-off cost of 2.8 billion euros.

The group will include the Fiat, Jeep, Dodge, Ram, Chrysler, Alfa Romeo, Maserati, Peugeot, DS, Opel and Vauxhall brands, serving mass and premium passenger car markets as well as trucks and light commercial vehicles markets.

The plan comes at a difficult time for automakers. Manufacturers Ford, Daimler and Volkswagen and supplier Continental have in the past months lowered their forecasts citing a steeper-than-expected drop in demand.

However, FCA bucked the trend on Thursday, beating thirdquarter earnings forecasts thanks to record profitability in its North American business.

South African police arrest 100 people in protest against xenophobia

Around 100 people were arrested on Wednesday as part of an operation to disperse a group of refugees and asylum seekers who had staged a prolonged sit-in near the United Nations refugee agency in Cape Town, South African police said.

The refugees and asylum seekers have been camping outside the offices of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees for weeks, asking to be moved out of South Africa, where they say they do not feel safe after a wave of xenophobic violence.

Local media showed footage of police firing water cannon into the crowd of protesters, some of whom were visibly distressed or had small children strapped to their backs, and removing personal items like clothes, sleeping bags and cooking equipment from the street.

The South African Police Service (SAPS) said in a statement they moved in to evict around 300 people from the area in accordance with a court order.

“About one hundred people have been arrested after they failed to heed the call to disperse,” the statement said, adding that the UNHCR had tried to resolve the

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People protesting on the streets impasse without success.

The refugees want to be repatriated to their home countries or moved elsewhere after a spate of deadly riots and attacks in September, which killed at least 10 people and left many foreigners afraid to live in the country.

The violence was targeted at African immigrant populations, sparked reprisal attacks,

overshadowed a pan-African economic conference in Cape Town and drove a wedge between South Africa and other nations on the continent, including its other major economy, Nigeria.

Hundreds of people were arrested during the violence, which has flared up periodically in South Africa.

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British PM Johnson gambles on an election to decide the fate of Brexit

LONDON - The fate of Britain’s departure from the European Union could be decided in a Dec. 12 election after Prime Minister Boris Johnson finally won parliamentary approval for a gamble that he hopes will break the deadlock over Brexit.

Johnson, who has failed to deliver on his “do or die” promise that Britain would leave the bloc on Oct. 31, secured the election agreement just hours after the EU granted a third delay to Brexit.

The first Christmas election in Britain since 1923 will be one of the hardest to call in years. Brexit has variously fatigued, enthused and enraged swathes of voters while eroding loyalties to the two major parties.

When Johnson’s predecessor, Theresa May, bet on an early election

in 2017, she lost her slender majority in parliament - a failure that ultimately prevented her from ratifying her Brexit deal in parliament and sank her political career.

More voters switched between the two main parties at the 2017 election than in any ballot dating back to 1966, research by the British Election Study showed.

“It’s time to unite the country and get Brexit done,” Johnson told a meeting of Conservative lawmakers on Tuesday night shortly after securing the election to cheers from a parliament he has accused of stopping him from delivering the divorce.

The election result, due to be announced in the early hours of Friday the 13th, could decide the ultimate fate

of Brexit after almost four years of almost continuous political commotion in London that has shocked both investors and allies.

Johnson, 55, hopes to win a majority to push through the last-minute Brexit deal he struck this month with the European Union while his main opponent, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, is pitching a socialist government and another EU referendum.

If no party wins conclusively, the future of Brexit will be thrown up in the air again with options ranging from a tumultuous no-deal exit to another referendum that could scupper the whole divorce.

ELECTION GAMBLE

A five-year flurry of two historic referendums - on Scottish independence in 2014 and Brexit in 2016 - and two national elections in 2015 and 2017 delivered often unexpected results that ushered in political crises.

The Conservatives are ahead of Labour by an average of about 10 percentage points in polls this month, indicating a majority in the 650-seat parliament for Johnson, though pollsters admit their models are imperfect with turnout a key variable.

The election pitches two of the most unconventional British politicians of recent years against each other. Both have been repeatedly written off by opponents and both offer starkly different visions for the world’s fifth largest economy.

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Trump claimed ISIS leader ‘whimpered’ in final moments.

Top officials don’t know where he got that detail

Washington -President Donald Trump asserted in his televised address from the White House Sunday that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was “whimpering and crying “ before ultimately detonating his suicide vest in a tunnel as US commandos closed in.

Trump painted the ISIS leader as a coward, describing in great detail how he “spent his last moments in utter fear, in total panic and dread, terrified of the American forces bearing down on him.”

“He died like a dog. ...The world is now a much safer place,” he added.

But top defense officials who watched the raid alongside the President in the Situation Room have demurred when asked to corroborate the President’s colorful description of Baghdadi’s demise, raising questions about where Trump got the information.

Asked specifically about the “whimpering” line Monday, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley said he did not know where the President got those details but noted Trump had planned to talk to some of the commandos who carried out the operation and assumed the information came from those conversations.

“I know the President had planned to talk to ... unit members, but I -- I don’t know what the source of that was. But I assume it was talking directly to unit and unit members,” he said, adding he could not confirm if those conversations took place.

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper

The remains of the site where the ISIS leader was killed has also said publicly he was not sure where Trump got that information from.

“I don’t have those details,” Esper said during an interview with ABC on Sunday, adding “the President probably had the opportunity to talk to some of the commanders on the ground.”

White House spokesperson Hogan Gidley did not directly address the issue Monday when asked how the President saw and knew Baghdadi’s emotions in his final moments, telling reporters that he was “not going to talk about specifics on technology of what we do during those moments.”

However, Gidley reiterated that Baghdadi “was one of the most grotesque people on the planet and he

died just as the President said -- crying and whimpering and running from his ultimate fate.”

Some officials who worked on the President’s speech later told colleagues that the version Trump delivered on Sunday did not resemble what they had put together, according to people familiar with the matter. Trump told aides he wanted a “tough” speech, according to one person familiar with the situation.

Trump and senior policy adviser Stephen Miller, who played a chief role in writing the remarks, were tweaking the copy at the last minute, which made Trump late to the podium, CNN has learned.

When Trump delivered the “whimpering” line, many officials assumed he had spoken to some of the commandos who carried out the raid -but as of now the White House has not confirmed that he has done that.

One defense official tells CNN it is not likely the President’s comments are based on him hearing Baghdadi’s voice inside the Situation Room where he monitored the operation in real time unless special arrangements were made.

The raid was a success even if Trump embellished some of the details in his televised address.

Esper described the death of the ISIS leader as a “devastating blow” to ISIS. “This is not just their leader, it’s their founder. He was an inspirational leader in many ways,” Esper told CNN in another interview Sunday.

The defense secretary also ABC News’ “This Week” on Sunday that “less than 100” troops were on the ground for the raid on Baghdadi though, “these are always much bigger operations, the tail of which stretches back deep into the intelligence community.”

But Trump’s full court press continues and administration officials are wary of doing anything to publicly contradict the President.

On Wednesday, Gen. Kenneth McKenzie who was the senior officer overseeing the raid is expected to make public declassified video from a drone flying overhead during the raid.

Anatomy of a raid - how the United States took out Baghdadi

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday announced that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of violent jihadist group Islamic State, died during an overnight raid led by U.S. military forces in Syria.

Here is a description of the raid according to Trump, who went into unusual detail during a national address broadcast from the White House. * The United States began to receive intelligence on the whereabouts of Baghdadi around a month ago, including some “helpful” information from the Kurds, said Trump. U.S. intelligence officials were able to “scope out” his exact location two weeks ago, while Trump himself became aware of the planned raid three days ago. As part of the plan, the United States had to secure permission from Russia, Iraq and Turkey to fly over their airspace, according to Trump and National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien. Trump said the White House did not disclose the nature of the operation to Russia, but told Russian officials they would “like” it.

* On Saturday, Trump arrived back at the White House at around 4:30 p.m. local time (10:30pm in Syria) after a round of golf in Virginia, according to his official schedule. At around 5 pm, he gathered in the White House Situation Room with Vice President Mike Pence, Defense Secretary Mark Esper, national security adviser Robert O’Brien, and other intelligence officials. They watched the raid unfold live “as if you were watching a movie,” said Trump.

officials they would “like” it. * On Saturday, Trump arrived back at the White House at around 4:30 p.m. local time (10:30pm in Syria) after a round of golf in Virginia, according to his official schedule. At around 5 pm, he gathered in the White House Situation Room with Vice President Mike Pence, Defense Secretary Mark Esper, national security adviser Robert O’Brien, and other intelligence officials. They watched the raid unfold live “as if you were watching a movie,” said Trump.

* With Baghdadi’s body “mutilated by the blasts,” U.S. forces used a DNA test onsite to confirm his identity in around 15 minutes. “The test results gave certain, immediate and totally positive identification. It was him,” said Trump.

Speaking on NBC News’ Meet The Press with Chuck Todd on Sunday, O’Brien said: “We were in the Situation Room.

And the commander of the mission called and said, ‘100% confidence, jackpot.”

* The soldiers proceeded to search the * The United States began to receive compound, taking “highly sensitive intelligence on the whereabouts of Baghdadi around a month ago, including * Baghdadi fled into a subterranean area of material” including information on some “helpful” information from the the complex and into a tunnel, dragging Islamic State’s origins and its future Kurds, said Trump. U.S. intelligence three of his young children with him. plans. In total, U.S. forces were in the officials were able to “scope out” his Esper told CNN’s Jake Tapper on Sunday compound for around two hours before exact location two weeks ago, while that U.S. forces called for Baghdadi to flying back out via the same route they Trump himself became aware of the surrender but the world’s most wanted flew in. planned raid three days ago. As part of man refused. Chased by the dogs and the plan, the United States had to secure confronted by a dead end, Baghdadi - * Baghdadi’s body will be “disposed of permission from Russia, Iraq and Turkey “whimpering and crying and screaming,” properly,” O’Brien said, adding that to fly over their airspace, according to according to Trump - ignited his suicide he expected it to be the same protocol Trump and National Security Adviser vest, killing himself and his children followed in 2011 for Osama bin Laden.

Robert O’Brien. Trump said the White and causing the tunnel to collapse. No The al Qaeda leader was buried at sea House did not disclose the nature of the military personnel were hurt although after U.S. officials consulted with experts in Islamic law and ritual. operation to Russia, but told Russian one dog was badly injured.

UK parliament Speaker John Bercow steps down

LONDON - House of Commons Speaker John Bercow will step down on Thursday, ending a 10-year term in which he has become a central player in Britain’s protracted Brexit debate - feted by the “Remain” side but reviled by many Brexiteers.

Bercow, in charge of refereeing debates and procedural disputes, announced his retirement last month, relinquishing his ornate wooden throne at the heart of parliament’s debating chamber and a grace-and-favour home inside its Gothic palace.

His bellowing, often caustic, put-downs of misbehaving lawmakers and contorted cries of “Order! Order!” have made him one of British politics’ most recognisable figures - inspiring viral

video clips replayed on news bulletins around the world.

The three years since Britain voted to leave the European Union have tested the limits of the country’s unwritten constitution as successive governments repeatedly clashed with rival lawmakers over the right way to leave the bloc.

Bercow, 56, has found himself, and sometimes put himself, at the centre of big moments in the Brexit tug-of-war between the legislature and the executive, habitually favouring scrutiny and debate over allowing the government control of the exit process.

On Wednesday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson paid tennis-lover Bercow a backhanded compliment, describing

him not just as a “ruthless” umpire of parliamentary procedure, but a sometimes cruel commentator and a partisan player in his own right:

“Peppering every part of the chamber with your own thoughts and opinions like some uncontrollable tennis-ball machine.”

Bercow was elected as a member of the ruling Conservative Party in 1997, but gave up that affiliation when he was chosen to be Speaker by fellow lawmakers in 2009.

CHECKS AND BALANCES Fond of long, wordy statements - often incorporating obscure historical facts he has been accused of oversteppin

Not least on Brexit when his rulings on complex procedural points have allowed those opposed to the government’s plans to add extra checks and balances to the Brexit process.

“The dilemmas you face mean that, on occasion, you will sometimes have to please some and not others, but it is becoming remarkable how often you please one lot and not the other lot,” lawmaker Bernard Jenkin, chair of the committee that scrutinises the Speaker’s work, told Bercow last week in a testy exchange.

Unsurprisingly, in a deeply divided parliament, Bercow’s approach earned him as much praise as it did rancour.

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Celebrities flee, multimillion-dollar homes burn in Los Angeles wildfire

LOS ANGELES - A fastmoving wildfire on Monday destroyed at least five multimilliondollar homes in one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in Los Angeles and forced celebrities to flee in the middle of the night.

Among neighborhoods under evacuation orders was the posh area of Brentwood, a section on the west side of the city that became world famous in 1994 when former football star O.J. Simpson was accused of killing his ex-wife and a waiter there.

Today Brentwood is home to basketball superstar LeBron James, L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti, L.A. City Councilman Mike Bonin and California Governor Gavin Newsom A-list Hollywood actors, wealthy view a burned home along Tigertail Road in Brentwood, California October 29, 2019 producers and media company the front of another. Heavy smoke Twitter that they had been forced to and ash filled the air as water- leave their homes. executives.

The streets of Brentwood

James, who plays for the dropping helicopters and airplane became familiar to TV viewers Los Angeles Lakers, said he and his tankers buzzed overhead. when Simpson stood trial on family had to drive around in the charges of stabbing ex-wife Nicole early morning hours looking for a DARK FATE Brown Simpson and waiter Ronald place to stay after fleeing the home Actor and former California Goldman.

Prosecutors alleged he shares with his wife and three Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Simpson killed the pair at her children.

“Had to emergency also said he was among the Brentwood home and then fled to evacuate my house and I’ve been thousands who had to evacuate his nearby mansion.

Simpson was acquitted of driving around with my family overnight.

“If you are in an evacuation murder but later found liable for trying to get rooms,” James wrote on Twitter around 4 a.m. He later zone, don’t screw around. Get out,” the deaths in a civil case. He told the Associated Press in June he now added that he found a place to take Schwarzenegger wrote on Twitter.

A red-carpet premiere lives in Las Vegas. them in. “Crazy night man!,” he for Schwarzenegger’s new movie, Monday’s fire erupted in said.

James bought a $23 million, “Terminator: Dark Fate,” that had the hills above where Simpson had eight-bedroom home in Brentwood been scheduled for Monday night lived and was near the Getty Center, in late 2017, according to media was canceled due to fires in the area. a museum for the art collection The “Terminator” premiere had of late oil magnate J. Paul Getty reports.

On the northern edge of been scheduled to take place in that includes works by Rembrandt Brentwood, a cluster of several Hollywood, several miles from the and Van Gogh, according to the multimillion-dollar homes were fire zone. Food intended for the museum’s website.

The Getty fire has forced reduced to smoldering debris along premiere party was being donated a street festooned with Halloween to local American Red Cross shelters schools to close in several areas, that were housing fire evacuees, including the public school district decorations. encompassing Santa Monica and

A fake bloody arm, part of Paramount Pictures said.

“Agents of SHIELD” actor Pacific Palisades and the University the holiday decorations, had turned into melted plastic at one dwelling, Clark Gregg and “Sons of Anarchy” of California Los Angles (UCLA). and a giant skull replica remained in creator Kurt Sutter also said on

Strong quake jolts southern Philippines, 6 dead, scores hurt

A woman on a stretcher is assisted by a companion after a powerful earthquake was felt in Davao City, Philippines Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019

A powerful earthquake shook the southern Philippines on Tuesday, triggering landslides and loosening boulders that killed six people and injured more than 100 others in a region already damaged by a strong quake two weeks earlier, officials said.

The magnitude 6.6 earthquake was caused by the movement of a fault about 7 kilometers (4.3 miles) deep about 25 kilometers (16 miles) east of Tulunan in Cotabato province, the Philippine Institute of Seismology and Volcanology said.

Tulunan Mayor Reuel Limbungan said about 90% of the houses in three rural villages were damaged by the intense ground movement.

Among the dead were a father and his child who were hit by boulders which rolled down a mountain onto their small farm in hard-hit North Cotabato province. Another child was injured, provincial disaster response officer Mercedita Foronda said. She said more than 100 villagers received injuries, mostly minor, in the province.

Two others died in a landslide and falling debris in Magsaysay town in Davao del Sur province.

A pregnant woman was killed by a falling tree in Tulunan and a 66-year-old man died from head injuries after apparently being hit by heavy debris in South Cotabato province’s capital, Koronadal, where 30 other people were injured as they dashed out of their homes, offices and shopping malls, police and other officials said.

Several cities and towns suspended classes to allow inspections of school buildings. Several buildings damaged in another quake earlier this month sustained further damage and were closed to the public.

Putin hosts Cuban leader for talks on expanding ties

Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed Cuba’s resilience in the face of U.S. pressure as he hosted his Cuban counterparts for talks Tuesday on expanding cooperation between the old allies.

Putin told Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel that Russia has always remained supportive of Cuba.

“It’s not easy to solve economic and social issues in the conditions that Cuba finds itself in, but you have done it successfully,” he said. “We are glad to see the strengthening of the Cuban state.”

Russian-Cuban ties are still far from the Cold War era of neartotal Cuban dependence on the Soviet bloc, which saw the island as a forward operating base in the Americas then largely abandoned it in the 1990s. But observers of Cuban and Russian foreign policy say there is a significant warming between the former partners, prompted in part by the Trump administration’s reversal of President Barack Obama’s opening to Cuba.

Cuba and Russia are also heavily supporting Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, whom the U.S. has been trying to overthrow.

Speaking to Putin, Díaz-Canel said his government considers developing ties with Russia its top priority and hailed a recent visit by Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. “We observe the growing role of Russia that resists the U.S. attempts at do

Russian-Cuban trade has more than doubled since 2013, to an expected

including sanctions on ships bringing oil from Venezuela.

“We did make huge mistakes in the 1990s while turning our backs on Cuba. That time is definitely over, and I’m absolutely sure that our relations deserve better attention from Russia,” said Konstantin Kosachev, the head of the foreign affairs committee in the upper house of the Russian parliament.

“They deserve more investments from Russia both in terms of finances and equipment of course, but also human resources. And definitely we should assist, we should help, Cuba; we should support Cuba as long as it’s discriminated against, as long as it’s sanctioned, as long as it’s blockaded by the United States.”

During the 1960s, 1970s and Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel attend their meeting at the ’80s, Cuba was filled with Soviet products Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019 and citizens, who worked alongside $500 million this year, mostly in Russian As tourism from the U.S. Cubans in chemical plants, mines and exports to Cuba. Over the past year slackens, Russian visits rose 30% in 2018, army bases. Moscow sent billions in aid before the fall of the Soviet Union caused Russia has sent Cuba 1,000 minibuses, to 137,000.

50 locomotives, tens of thousands of “Russia is trying to preserve the a disastrous 30% drop in gross domestic tourists and a promise to upgrade the zone of influence it had during the era product.

Cuba emerged with $35 billion island’s power grid with a multimillion- of the Soviet Union, looking for partners dollar improvement plan. in Latin America and letting Washington in debt to the Soviet Union, 90 percent

Neither country provides many know that it’s still a great power,” said of which Russia forgave in 2014, an event Cuban-Russian anthropologist details about their improving relations, Arturo López-Levy, a Cuban-born that but Russian products being exported assistant professor of international Dmitri Prieto Samsónov called the start to Cuba include new-model Lada relations and politics at Holy Names of the modern era of relations between automobiles and Kamaz trucks. There’s University in Oakland, California. the two countries.

“Russia started to think more a new Cuban-Russian joint venture to “Cuba’s signing up for projects that produce construction materials, and can benefit it, and are already showing about its business and government interests and a new relationship with when Medvedev visited Cuba this results on the island.” month, he inaugurated a petroleum Russia is making no secret of its Cuba emerged on the foundation of the products plant and signed deals to repair desire to play reliable partner to an island old brotherly relations,” Prieto said. three Soviet-era power plants. facing hostility from the United States,

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Long-serving former Democratic U.S. congressman John Conyers dies at age 90

John Conyers, a liberal Democrat who was the longest-serving AfricanAmerican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, serving for more than half a century, died on Sunday at the age of 90.

Conyers joined the House in 1965 and stepped down in 2017, after his reputation was sullied by sexual harassment accusations. The Detroit-area congressman was a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus.

“I was deeply saddened by the passing of Congressman John Conyers today,” Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan said in a written statement released by his office.

“From co-founding the Congressional Black Caucus to leading the fight in Congress to enshrine Martin Luther King’s birthday as a national holiday, John Conyers’ impact on our city and nation will never be forgotten,” Duggan said.

Just days after King was assassinated in 1968, Conyers introduced legislation to create a holiday honoring the civil rights leader. Conyers pursued the matter for 15 years until President Ronald Reagan signed it into law in 1983.

Civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks, who famously refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus in 1955, worked on his Detroit staff for more than two decades before retiring in 1988.

In November 2017, the House Ethics Committee said it was investigating allegations of sexual harassment against Conyers, who said his office had resolved

a harassment case with a payment but no admission of guilt.

The allegations arose as Congress reviewed how to handle sexual harassment complaints and followed a string of similar accusations against prominent figures in the U.S. media, Hollywood and politics. Conyers stepped down on Dec. 5, 2017, although saying the harassment allegations were “not true.”

Conyers had been doggedly critical of the U.S. drive to launch the Iraq war, calling in 2005 for Congress to censure President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney for misleading lawmakers and the American people.

The Bush administration’s central justification for the war, begun in March 2003, was the threat posed by Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction. No such weapons were found.

In June 2005, Conyers held a public forum on the “Downing Street memo” - minutes of a 2002 meeting of British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his top security officials stating that Bush’s team was intent before the Iraq war on fixing “the intelligence and the facts ... around the policy” of invading.

“Many of us find it unacceptable for any administration - be it Democratic or Republican - to put our brave men and women in harm’s way based on false information,” said Conyers, a Korean War veteran.

But as he prepared to take over as chairman of the Judiciary Committee after Democrats regained control of the House in the November 2006 elections,

Conyers said any impeachment effort against Bush was “off the table.”

TWO PRESIDENTIAL IMPEACHMENTS

Conyers, who was first elected to the House in 1964, was the only House member to serve on two committees handling presidential impeachments: for Republican Richard Nixon in 1974 over the Watergate scandal and for Democrat Bill Clinton in 1998 over his relationship with a female White House intern.

Conyers favored the impeachment of Nixon, who become the only president to resign, and was included on Nixon’s infamous “enemies list.”

He fought against the impeachment of Clinton, calling it a coup attempt by Republicans. The Senate ultimately declined to remove Clinton from office.

Conyers investigated the 2004 U.S. presidential election in which Bush edged Democrat John Kerry, with Bush’s narrow victory in Ohio proving pivotal.

Conyers’ report said that “numerous serious election irregularities” and Republican misconduct tilted Ohio to Bush.

Critics felt the Detroit native and son of an autoworkers’ union official was, as writer Joe Klein put it in Time magazine, “foolishly incendiary.”

Supporters felt otherwise. Marcus Raskin of the Institute for Policy Studies think tank told Newhouse News Service in 2006: “He’s a cannon but he’s not loose.”

Conyers, a lawyer, became the

U.S. Representative John Conyers first black lawmaker to serve as House Judiciary Committee chairman, although a criminal case involving his wife caused him embarrassment at the time.

Monica Conyers, a former Detroit city councilwoman, was sentenced in 2010 to 37 months in prison for accepting bribes from a waste management company trying to win city business. The Justice Department said there was no evidence the congressman knew about his wife’s conduct.

Conyers led the 1989 impeachment and removal of a black federal judge, Alcee Hastings, for corruption. Hastings later was elected to the House. Conyers also proposed a commission to consider reparations for descendants of slaves.

In 1989 and 1993, Conyers ran for Detroit mayor but lost.

Beijing’s new $63 billion mega-airport begins international flights

Beijing’s new $63 billion Daxing airport began its first scheduled international flights on Sunday as it ramped up operations to help relieve pressure on the city’s existing Capital airport.

Shaped like a phoenix - though to some observers it is more reminiscent of a starfish - the airport was designed by famed Iraqi-born architect Zaha Hadid, and formally opened in late September ahead of the Oct. 1 celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China. [nL3N26G11O]

It boasts four runways and is expected to handle up to 72 million passengers a year by 2025, eventually reaching 100 million.

China Southern Airlines and China Eastern Airlines will be the main domestic carriers at Daxing, though Air China will provide a small number of

An inner view of the terminal hall of the newly launched Daxing International Airport on the outskirts of Beijing, China September 28, 2019 flights too.

An Air China flight to Bangkok was the first international flight to leave on Sunday, while British Airways will operate the first transcontinental flight,

to London.

About 50 foreign airlines, including Finnair, plan to move all or part of their China operations to the airport in the coming quarters.

The relocation of all the airlines which will use Daxing is to due to be completed by the winter of 2021. Air China and its Star Alliance partners will remain mostly at Capital airport.

The airport, roughly the size of 100 football fields and expected to become one of the world’s busiest, has come in for some criticism due to its distance from central Beijing.

By public transport it takes over an hour to reach it from Beijing’s central business district, more than double the time needed to reach Capital airport, which strains at the seams and is often hit by delays.

Officials say Daxing airport is not only designed to serve Beijing, but also the surrounding province of Hebei and next-door city of Tianjin, to boost regional development.

Honduran inmate who linked president’s brother to drug deals killed

An alleged drug dealer with knowledge of drug shipments involving a brother of Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez convicted this month for drug trafficking, was killed on Saturday in prison, his lawyer said.

Magdaleno Meza, who had been in the El Pozo prison since June 2018 on charges of money laundering, was shot dead during a fight between inmates of the facility, the deputy director of the national penal authority, German McNiel, told reporters.

Meza’s lawyer, Carlos Chajtur, told Reuters his client was attacked by two armed men trying to stop him from talking about the information about

drug deals he had in several notebooks denied the allegations.

During the U.S. trial, a witness in case he was called to testify in the United States. testified that Tony Hernandez promised

Security camera footage now-captive Mexican drug lord Joaquin purportedly of the killing published “El Chapo” Guzman protection for

by Honduran newspaper El Heraldo his shipments in exchange for a $1 showed a man being shot and then million donation to his brother’s 2013 repeatedly stabbed by a group of men presidential campaign. inside the prison some 100 miles Juan Orlando Hernandez has (160 km) northwest of the capital not been charged with any crime.

Authorities seized the Tegucigalpa.

Politician Juan Antonio “Tony” notebooks from Meza when he was Hernandez was found guilty of U.S. arrested in 2018 on suspicion of drug trafficking charges on Oct. 18 narcotics trafficking. The notebooks had after a two-week trial that featured information linking Tony Hernandez accusations of corruption against his to drug deals, according to documents brother, president Juan Orlando, who from the attorney general’s office.

Chajtur said the notebooks were used in evidence at the trial of Tony Hernandez, and that the information therein also contained coded references to Juan Orlando Hernandez.

The lawyer said he had made repeated requests that Meza client be transferred to a more high security location due to threats that were made against his life.

“We never got an answer to our requests, which makes us think the government was involved in this act,” he said.

The president’s office had no immediate comment.

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All three 2020 iPhones will have the most advanced 5G chip available — Nikkei

While Apple is running a year behind most flagship smartphones in supporting 5G, a new report today says that next year’s iPhones will have most advanced 5G chip on the market.

The report echoes earlier ones in stating that all three 2020 iPhones will be 5G-compatible, but this one has more specifics…

Nikkei Asian Review cites four unnamed sources.

All three of the new iPhones will carry the most advanced 5G modem chip, known as X55 that is designed by U.S. mobile chip developer Qualcomm, four people familiar with the plan told Nikkei. The chip, which enables much faster downloads, faces such an increase in demand that there could be supply constraints, one person added.

Longer-term, Apple is working on its own 5G circuitry which could be integrated into a future A-series chip. Some experts have said that this will take years, with 2024 cited as the earliest possible date, while a separate report says that Apple is working on a far more aggressive target date of 2022,

assisted by Apple’s $1bn acquisition of Nikkei also corroborates multiple reports of time-of-flight 3D Intel’s modem business.

Nikkei’s sources also support sensors for the rear camera.

In addition, Apple is multiple earlier reports that the A-series chips for next year’s iPhones will use a developing a new 3D sensing rear5-nanometer process. camera that can sense the environment The iPhones will also feature Apple’s and detect objects for applications such latest-generation processor, known as augmented reality games, sources as A14, that will use the world’s most said. The iPhone was the first to advanced 5-nanometer chip technology, introduce 3D sensing facial recognition, as made by Taiwan Semiconductor in its front camera, in 2017.

Interestingly, though, it Manufacturing Co., multiple sources added. Currently, only Apple and hedges its bets on OLED screens.

Huawei have plans to use this chip At least two of the three new phones will also have flexible organic production technology next year.

We’ve known for almost two light-emitting diode (OLED) displays, years that Apple’s A-series chip supplier currently the world’s most cuttingTSMC was gearing up for 5nm chip edge display technology, which enables production, with the company hitting curved screens, better color contrast, a major milestone in April of this year. and brighter screens.

Other reports have suggested

Digitimes reports that the ` design infrastructure is now complete, that all three of next year’s iPhone enabling clients like Apple to begin models will be OLED ones, making the work on their chip designs using the base-model iPhone 11 the last flagship 5nm process.

LCD iPhone.

Apple was the first company to Apple unsurprisingly expects ship 7nm chips in the form of the A12 its move into 5G to boost sales, and will be one of the first to move to targeting 80M units, at the top end of 5nm. its typical 75-80M.

Sony is shutting down PlayStation Vue live TV service

Rising content costs and fewer customers are forcing Sony to eliminate its live TV service.

PlayStation Vue will shut down on January 30, after four years of existence. In a blog post, Sony blamed the “highly competitive pay TV industry, with expensive content and network deals,” and said it would rather focus on its core gaming business.

The live TV service was available as an internet-connected app for a number of devices, including Roku (ROKU), Amazon (AMZN) Fire TV, Apple (AAPL) TV and Sony’s own PlayStation consoles. The cheapest package for a few dozen channels and a DVR began at $49.99 per month.

Sony launched Vue in 2015 along with a wave of other cordcutter bundles offering live tv service as customers searched for cheaper alternatives to cable or satellite. For example, Dish Network’s Sling, Hulu with live TV, Google’s YouTube TV and AT&T’s formerly named DirecTV Now (now known as AT&T TV Now) all

began within two years of each other.

But Sony’s service never caught on. Research firm eMarketer most recently estimated that Vue had 800,000 subscribers. The most popular service with live TV is Sling, with 2.4 million subscribers.

Skinny bundles have faced pressure as programming licensing deals continue to soar and companies pass along the prices to customers.

AT&T (T), which owns CNN parent company WarnerMedia, recently announced a price hike for AT&T Now. The service has struggled, too, losing 195,000 subscribers in the third quarter of this year. In total, the service has lost nearly 500,000 subscribers since the beginning of 2019.

More people are still using oldfashioned cable and satellite services rather than what the new streaming competitors are offering. EMarketer estimates that the number of US households with pay TV this year is 86.5 million, while those with a cordcutter package total only 9.1 million.

Samsung teases new ‘clamshell’ foldable smartphone

Samsung’s first shot at a foldable phone is off to a bumpy start, but it appears the company has more plans for the concept in the pipeline.

The company teased at its annual Samsung (SSNLF) Developer Conference on Tuesday a mobile device with a “clamshell” form factor. In a video showed on stage, the Galaxy Fold smartphone transforms from a flip phone that opens vertically to one that expands horizontally.

Samsung didn’t provide too many details on the concept, but a Samsung spokesperson confirmed it is “working on advancing new foldable form factors and bringing a new foldable device to market.”

In late September, the Samsung Galaxy Fold, which folds like a book,

finally hit stores following several months of delays.

In April, several reporters given early access to the $2000 device discovered defective hinges and that their screens broke after removing the Fold’s protective film. Samsung responded by delaying the original launch of the device.

Incremental smartphone changes have failed in recent years to generate consumer excitement, leading to stalled sales and people holding onto their phones longer. Some tech manufacturers, such as Samsung and Huawei, have developed high-end mobile devices that promise more space to watch videos or do work, yet still fit in a pocket.

Apple plans to ship at least 80 million of the new 5G phones, one of the sources said.

US 5G rollout has to far been very limited, with carriers offering coverage in a few isolated areas of a small number of cities. But Apple adopting the technology is expected to spur investment, accelerating the spread of the faster data standard.

Apple’s embrace of 5G will now likely push global carriers outside of China, such as AT&T and Verizon, to accelerate their investment in the rollout of 5G infrastructure in order to get the environment ready for endusers and so cash-in on high-speed applications, such as advanced gaming.

“The infrastructure is very costly. … Apple’s move to introduce all three 5G iPhones will increase carriers’ confidence to invest,” Eddie Han, senior industry analyst at Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute, said.

Having the most advanced 5G chip would be consistent with Apple’s aim of having the best tech rather than being first to market.

Old iPhones and iPads must be updated by Sunday or they will not connect to the internet, reports say

According to DailyMail.com, owners of old iPhones and iPads must update their software by Sunday at 12 a.m. or they will not be able to connect to the internet.

They said that the issue was triggered by a GPS clock reset in April.

This happens every 19 years. After it occurred, users were given months to update their software, with the deadline not arriving until midnight on Sunday.

The Apple devices that reportedly must complete the upgrade to stay online are the iPhone 5, iPhone

4S, iPad 2, iPad Retina Display, 4th gen iPad. Those with iOS 10.3.4 and iOS 9.3.6 and any iOS released after this will stay connected and do not need to upgrade.

DailyMail.com said that iPhone 5 owners have already received pop-up warnings on their phones telling them ‘Action required for iPhone 5.’

If action is not taken by midnight Sunday, then users will reportedly have to connect the phone to a computer and upgrade it manually.

Samsung teases new ‘clamshell’ foldable smartphone

Samsung’s first shot at a foldable phone is off to a bumpy start, but it appears the company has more plans for the concept in the pipeline.

The company teased at its annual Samsung (SSNLF) Developer Conference on Tuesday a mobile device with a “clamshell” form factor.

In a video showed on stage, the Galaxy Fold smartphone transforms from a flip phone that opens vertically to one that expands horizontally.

Samsung didn’t provide too many details on the concept, but a Samsung spokesperson confirmed it is “working on advancing new foldable form factors and bringing a new foldable device to market.”

In late September, the Samsung Galaxy Fold, which folds like a book, finally hit stores following several months of delays.

In April, several reporters given early access to the $2000 device discovered defective hinges and that their screens broke after removing the Fold’s protective film. Samsung responded by delaying the original launch of the device.

Incremental smartphone

changes have failed in recent years to generate consumer excitement, leading to stalled sales and people holding onto their phones longer.

Some tech manufacturers, such as Samsung and Huawei, have developed high-end mobile devices that promise more space to watch videos or do work, yet still fit in a pocket.

But taking a folding screen from concept to a working device has proven to be a monumental engineering challenge.

At the conference, Samsung also announced One UI 2, an update to its Android interface that includes a dark mode in more apps and better accessibility for one-handed use.

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Apple Just Killed Google’s Killer Phone Feature: Pixel 4 Review

Google’s Pixel smartphones have always been defined by iPhonebeating cameras, backed by the knowhow of its software coders. With the release of the Pixel 4, however, the company has lost its lead -- through a combination of Apple Inc.’s iPhone 11 camera improvements and its own lack of progress.

Alphabet Inc.’s Google is selling the Pixel 4 through all four major U.S. wireless carriers for the first time. And it’s priced like a premium device: the 5.7-inch Pixel 4 starts at $799 and the 6.3-inch Pixel 4 XL costs $899. That’s at least $100 more than the iPhone 11 but without software like iMessage that many Apple users consider a social imperative in the U.S.

With the iPhone 11 and 11 Pro, Apple closed the photography gap with better low-light image quality. Its camera software also makes those photos easier to take by automatically enabling night mode when required. Apple remains way ahead of any other phone maker when it comes to video quality.

Deprived of its signature advantage, the Pixel 4 struggles to stand out in a crowded smartphone market.

The design -- including materials, proportions and screen bezels -- is utilitarian. When compared with more

polished handsets from Apple and Samsung Electronics Co., the Pixel 4 is unremarkable. With a single-digit slice of the smartphone market, Google also lacks the user loyalty and inertia to keep selling without a killer feature.

Recent UBS research put only battery life above price as the top consumer buying consideration, and Google took a step back on that front in 2019. Both Pixel 4 devices have worse battery life than their 2018 predecessors, and both dramatically lag comparable iPhone 11 models. Users will reliably get through a day with the larger Pixel 4 XL, but Google reduced the battery size of the smaller Pixel 4, which makes it uncompetitive against flagship Android devices like the cheaper OnePlus 7 Pro.

“To maintain a great fit in-hand, we shrunk the battery slightly from the prior Pixel 3 device. We then leaned more heavily on software to deliver all-day battery, and designed features accordingly,” a Google spokesman said.

Aside from Apple, Google is going up against Samsung’s juggernaut smartphone lineup and a legion of Chinese device makers with better specs and more aggressive, futuristic designs.

OnePlus, Xiaomi Corp. and Huawei Technologies Co. offer better value for money with big batteries, super-fast

charging, dual SIM card slots and even 5G wireless options. They can’t all match the Pixel’s camera, but they aren’t miles behind and Huawei also achieves outstanding low-light photos.

Google created a camera zoom function that relies more on artificial intelligence than optical hardware. It works well and is a technical feat, but it’s not going to make the difference in stores. Google also introduced live transcription of calls and a new faceunlocking function with the Pixel 4, but those are nice extras rather than compelling reasons to own the latest device.

The company has yet to answer the difficult question of how to market a software-powered machine in a world where hardware and specs are still the main differentiating factors for consumers. The same UBS research that ranked battery life as the top requirement put camera specs way down in 12th place.

Digital assistants like Google’s Assistant barely registered in the survey.

Even if Google had retained its lead in both those categories, its path to selling more Pixels was never going to be through maintaining the status quo.

The company needed to address a wider market than the tech and photography enthusiasts that have long been the

Pixel 4 smartphones Pixel’s core demographic, and it simply didn’t do so with the Pixel 4.

Google’s longer-term aspirations for its smartphone line remain unclear, more than three years into the initiative.

The company prices and markets Pixels like mainstream premium devices, including high-profile advertising during the NBA Finals earlier this year. But then it designs them like niche products with limited spec sheets and an austere appearance.

In a year when Apple is enjoying better-than-expected iPhone demand thanks to its new sweeteners of longer battery life and better cameras, Google has failed to make any comparable improvements. The company that is most able, and should be most motivated, to disrupt the smartphone status quo has let another year pass without truly committing to the task.

Apple Revamping Smart Home Efforts After Falling Behind Amazon, Google

Apple Inc. is ramping up hiring for a team that is working on new smarthome software and devices in an effort to catch up in a field where Google and Amazon.com Inc. have dominated, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

The company is seeking engineers to work in its Cupertino, California, headquarters and in San Diego as part of a group revamping Apple’s smart-home platform. The overhaul is designed to spur more outside accessory and appliance makers to connect smarthome products such as lights and garage doors with the iPhone and Apple’s voice-activated digital assistant, Siri. The team also is exploring the possibility of building new home devices beyond the HomePod speaker.

The effort is headed by Andreas Gal, the former Mozilla chief technology officer who joined Apple last year when his company Silk Labs was acquired by the iPhone maker. Gal is leading the software side of the team reporting to Arun Mathias, a lieutenant to software chief Craig Federighi, who oversees wireless software engineering. Silk Labs developed an artificial intelligence-based platform for linking together internetconnected devices.

Apple has posted 15 job listings on its website since last month for engineers to work on the company’s platform, called HomeKit, smart-home devices and related software and has shared other listings on third-party job boards. The company has also been privately recruiting potential candidates from the internet-connected devices industry. Apple already has hired several new engineers and managers this year from Amazon, Qualcomm Inc. and other companies.

An Apple spokeswoman declined to comment about the company’s plans.

Gaining a foothold in the smart-home market is critical for Apple

Apple’s HomePod smart speaker as it looks for new offerings beyond the iPhone and seeks ways to keep people buying its products and services. The company first dipped its toe into the area in 2014 with the launch of HomeKit, a Siri-connected platform that connects smart-home devices to Apple products like the iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and HomePod. Apple offers a Home app on most of its devices, letting users lock and unlock doors, connect to sprinklers, open blinds, and control media on TVs and speakers using its AirPlay protocol.

While Amazon and Google have opened up their Alexa and Google Assistant to third-party products, the Siri voice assistant is only available on Apple devices, but it can control third-party products via HomeKit.

Apple’s HomePod, its one home

device other than the Apple TV, hasn’t gained widespread popularity with consumers due to its price, reliance on Apple services and smaller base of connectable smart devices. Apple has focused on mobile devices like iPhones, iPads, and Apple Watches as well as computers, and Amazon and Google have shown little to no ability to compete with Apple in those areas.

Apple’s two smart-home devices compare with dozens of offerings like the Echo and Nest Hub Max from Amazon and Google, respectively. More importantly, Amazon and Google’s smart-home ecosystems are far larger than Apple’s. Apple lists about 450 compatible HomeKit devices on its website from third-party device makers.

Amazon says that Alexa works with

85,000 smart-home products from 9,500 manufacturers and that consumers have linked tens of millions of home devices to Alexa. Google says its home platform works with more than 10,000 devices from 1,000 brands. Apple’s approval process for third-party accessories is known to be stricter than others.

Apple’s HomePod speaker has 5% market share compared with 70% for Amazon smart speakers and 20% for Google speakers, according to Consumer Intelligence Research Partners. The Apple TV set-top box, in addition to Google’s Chromecast, has fallen far behind Roku Inc. and Amazon in TV appliances. In the overall smart-speaker market, according to International Data Corp., Apple has only 2% share compared to 25% for Amazon and 22% for Google, including the companies’ own products and thirdparty devices.

Some of Apple’s job listings mention supply chain expertise and developing wireless, battery-powered devices with camera modules, indicating exploration into new home appliances.

Apple has said it plans to release a new cloud storage feature for security cameras later this year, which could potentially play into the company’s future plans.

A few years ago, teams inside Apple explored creating a wide range of smarthome accessories, such as modules for opening and closing windows, cabinets, and doors, but those efforts were put on hold, according to a person with knowledge of the work.

Apple’s smart-home initiative is one of a few major projects underway at the company. Apple also has teams working on self-driving car technology, an augmented-reality headset that could debut as early as next year, an iPhone with support for 5G networks for next year and Mac computers that run on custom Apple chips rather than processors from Intel Corp.

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Come and join our winning team at Seven Star Resort & Spa The following positions are currently available Resort Manager As the Resort Manager, you would be responsible for managing daily hotel operations and providing overall leadership in the hotel’s continuing effort to deliver outstanding guest service and financial profitability. Specifically, you would be responsible for performing the following tasks to the highest standards: Responsibilities: •Lead, direct and manage all hotel operations including, but not limited to leading service initiatives, implementing and complying with all company policies and standards, leading and developing the management team, responding to guests inquiries and resolving concerns and hotel-wide meeting participation and facilitation.

•Ensure guest and team member satisfaction •Monitor and develop team member performance, particularly the department heads, to include, but not limited to, providing supervision and professional development, scheduling, conducting counseling and evaluations and delivering recognition and reward •Direct report for the Front Office Department which includes Front Desk, Concierge, Duty Managers and the Bellman •Director report for Housekeeping and Recreation Department •Oversee service quality, operational efficiency, guest satisfaction, standards compliance and service and financial measurements •Identify operational performance, productivity and efficiency gaps and implement measures to correct those deficiencies •Develops deployment strategies to market property in order to continue to grow market share.

•Supports the sales strategy by encouraging effective revenue management practices.

•Identifies key drivers of business success.

•Reviews sales goals and strategies to ensure alignment with positioning and pricing •Ensures sales and revenue engines are leveraged to drive RevPAR improvement year over year.

•Communicates a clear and consistent message regarding property goals to produce desired results.

•Provides strategic direction and direct support to ensure the success of the Front Office and Recreation Team.

•Ensures accurate revenue, expense and labor forecasts and execution •Creates appropriate development plans based on individual strengths, development needs, career aspirations and abilities.

•Responsible for developing and managing the resorts overall budget.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities •7+ years in hotel and resort management in a five star resort •Strong leadership skills •Excellent communications skills •7+ years of P&L, budgetand revenue responsibilities •The ideal candidate must be seasoned and highly intelligent hotel professional with outstanding, management skills and extensive hands-on experience. Available to work when needed, including weekends, holidays, and nights. Will be on call 24hrs a day.

Salary USD85,000 to USD100,000 per annum (Salary is negotiable and based on level, experience and qualifications). Position held by a work permit holder HOUSEKEEPING ATTENDANT/ROOM ATTENDANT Candidates will be required to assist in all Housekeeping responsibilities, cleaning of guest rooms, stocking amenities and linens. There are new positions available and some positions are held by work permit holders.

Requirements/ Job knowledge/Skills/Abilities •Suitable candidates must have a minimum of 2 years’ experience working at a 5 Star Resort in a similar role.

•Must be willing to work long hours and all weather condition •Must have a strong attention to details and exceptional ability to maintain the highest standards of quality required.

•Must have the ability to lift at least 50lbs.

•Ability to work conscientiously, meets deadlines, follows instruction and directions, with minimal supervision and detailed oriented •Ability to stand, sit, kneel constantly to handle specific details or demands of quality and speedy guest services •Ability to work with cleaning agents by extending arms over head, bending and stooping •Ability and desire to handle the heat as the layout of the resort’s rooms dictate •Ability to push, lift and/or pull equipment up to or more than 100 lbs •Ability to scrub and scour surfaces, extend arms over head to perform cleaning tasks, and work in confined spaces •Additional language abilities preferred Salary range: USD12,000 to USD 13,500 per annum.

Head Sommelier We are seeking an experienced Head Sommelier with 5 years + in the five star service industry and at least 3 years’ experience in wine service. The Sommelier position is responsible for the development and management of theA’la Carte Wine Program. The successful candidate must have a great personality and be able to communicate guests that mightshare different levels of wine knowledge, and must be able to promote and grow the Wine Program: •Responsible for ordering, receiving, inventory, organizing and selling wine for all departments •Oversee all wine purchases and cost management •Assist guests during the dinner service with wine recommendations and selection for perfect pairing with their dinner, decanting of the wine and wine service •Develop a training program for all Team Members to improve their knowledge of wine tasting and wine service Train Team Members throughout the F&B Department in order to maximize

their understanding of winespecific to their departments and proper service techniques including glassware, pour levels,storage, beverage pairings and the ability to understand guest preferences •Ensure that all wine is served in proper glassware and in proper condition •Maintain all beverage lists to be accurate, up to date and free of errors •Maintain all Wine inventory, updated and reconciled with physical inventory •Promote all wine events •Responsible for developing an annual budget for the A’la Carte wine sales for each fiscal year Job Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: •Must be passionate about wine •Must possess superior people skills •The ability to determine wine faults and maintain proper temperatures in order to showcaseproducts at their maximum potential •A strong knowledge of food and beverage pairings.

•Solid understanding of pricing, budgets and cost controls.

•Operation and programming knowledge of a point of sales system.

•TABC certified.

•Excellent oral and written communication skills •Strong computer skills •Level 2 Sommelier Certification •3 or more years’ experience in a similar role in a five star fine dining restaurant, hotel or resort Salary USD60,000 per annum (Salary is negotiable and based on level, experience and qualifications). Position held by a work permit holder Carpenter Candidate will be responsible for furniture repairs and rebuilds various objects in wood, cardboard, PVC, etc. Assemble, disassemble and repair hydraulic locking arms, locks, boards, doors, furniture, wooden shelves. Prepare special carving and woodwork on a daily bases for room refurbishment.

Requirements: •At least 5 years of related work experience •Must understand detailed architectural drawings, schematics, shop drawings and blue prints.

•Must have experience operating equipment such as saws, routers, drills and sanders •Must have basic mathematical skills •Ability to train handyman •Ability to determine measurements and attention to detail •Physical ability to lift up to 100lbs, walk, jump and bend Wages: USD6.25 to USD$7.60 per hour. Position currently held by a work permit holder Chef de Partie The Chef de Partie is responsible for running a specific section of the kitchen. The chef manages a small team of workers, which are responsible for keeping organized so that meals go out on time and the work area remains clean and orderly.

Requirements: •5 to 15 culinary experiences in a five star hotel/resort •Knowledgeable in international cuisine such as Japanese and other Asian dishes •HACCP knowledge, self-motivated and passion for hospitality and cooking •Excellent palate and attention to detail Duties and Responsibilities: •To work and lead the kitchen team •Execute cooking to the expected high standard quickly and efficiently •To maintain the required level of hygiene standards/HACCP as laid down both legally and by the standards manual •To be responsible for the day to day training of the team Salary range: USD13,200 to USD14,400.

Security Supervisor The areas of responsibility for this position includes supervising the protection and safety of property assets, employees, guests, accident and fire prevention and response. The ideal candidate must exemplify excellent customer service and create a positive atmosphere for guests and employees and be available to work a rotating and flexible schedule.

Duties and Requirements: •A minimum of 7+ years supervisory experience •Able to work flexible hours, holidays and weekends.

•Willing to walk/run through dark bushy areas to carryout checks •Ability to train trained in security procedures and martial arts •First Aid training is preferable •Must be able to disarm persons without the use of weapons •Ability to communicate effectively •Physical ability to run, walk, jump and bend.

•Willing to work long Shifts (up to 14hrs) and split shift during the night •Willing to work in all weather conditions •Ability to respond to patron problems effectively •Must be willing to work up to 72 hrs in any given week Salary range: USD25,000 per annum and is based on experience and qualification.

OTHER POSITIONS: •Bar Supervisor •F&B Runner •Bartender •Waitress/Waiter •Cook

ONLY CANDIDATES MEETING ABOVE REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS WILL BE CONTACTED Candidates should apply to Seven Stars Resort & Spa, Grace Bay Road, Providenciales via e-mail at hr@sevenstarsgracebay.com for consideration or should leave CV’s at the security building for the attention of HR. Prospective applicants who are Belongers kindly send copies of your application to the Immigration Board. Application deadline: Nov 15, 2019

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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 Administrative Department requires: 

The Weddings Department requires:

Senior Executive Assistant Manager(s)

Reports to:

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Managing Director

Reports to:

The Senior Executive Assistant Manager is responsible for the daily operation of a village and/ or departments, to improve and maintain a high quality of service. He/she is expected to give direction to all management and staff within the portfolio assigned and to ensure that this direction being in line with that of the company.

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 Executive Assistant Manager position is currently held by a Work Permit Holder and more than one is required.

Photoshop Department requires:  

The Photoshop Supervisor oversees the daily operations of the Photoshop, ensuring that all members of the team are adequately trained to deliver the superior product that exceeds the guests’ expectations and maximizes the entities revenue potential.

Requirements include but are not limited to:  Experience managing multiple photo retail outlets  Experience meeting sales targets  Ability to cross and up sell  Three (3) years relevant experience The Photoshop Manager position is currently held by a Work Permit Holder.

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

The Security Department requires: Officer Shift Leader

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)  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 Concierge Department requires:

The Food and Beverage Department requires:

Junior Concierge Agents

Reports to:

Standard Specifications: Qualifications and Experience:  B.Sc. Hospitality & Tourism Management  Five (5) years minimal experience in fine dining restaurants and ability to maintain the highest level of standards.  Extensive food & beverage/wine knowledge.

Reports to: Security Manager

Reports to: Photoshop Manager

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General Manager

The Weddings Manager is responsible for the direction, coordination, setup breakdown and service of all Weddings. Ensure that the highest level of service is provided to our wedding couples. They also ensure that all equipment is properly stored at the end of each wedding and maintained in top condition.

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Supervisor Photographer

Weddings Manager

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Concierge Manager

Supervises the Concierge operation and ensures personnel are executing their duties in accordance to SRI SOP’s. Directs and coordinates the activities and daily functions of the Concierge department according to standards of Sandals Resorts International. Creatively and innovatively foster, mentor and develop team members.

Reports to:

Restaurant Manager Supervisor Assistant Food and Beverage Manager

Under the guidance and supervision of the Director of Food and Beverage and within the limits of established Sandals Resorts policies, procedures, oversees and directs all aspects of the Restaurant operation at the level of standard and quality established by the company.

Standard Specifications: Qualifications and Experience:  Minimum two years’ work experience in a similar or comparative position;  Computer literate with computer application and software i.e. Windows/Excel/Access/Outlook.

Ability to input and access information from a computer and to adapt to new computer technology;  Excellent Customer Service Skills;

Standard Specifications: Qualifications and Experience:  Minimum three experience as Restaurant Manager in an international first-class hotel/resort.  Experience managing a restaurant with over 300 persons seating area

This position is currently held by 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 range for this position is $8.00 to $13.00 per hour

Resort Shop Manager

The Resort/Gift Shop Sales attendant will support with the administration of the overall experience and quality of retail. This individual will also be responsible for establishing and maintaining systems, processes and policies for the smooth and timely operating of outlets in the Resort Shop department.

Standard Specifications: Qualifications and Experience:  Three years Supervising more than one outlet  Ability to meet and exceed targets

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

The Watersports and Catamaran Departments require:  

The Spa Department requires: Tennis Instructor

Reports to:

These positions assist with the cleaning and servicing, of all plant equipment and machinery, specifically as it relates to R.O. Plants, Sewage Plants and/or Boiler Equipment in the Resort.

These positions are currently held by a Work Permit Holder.

The Assistant Resort/Gift Shop Manager position is vacant and recruitment is underway. If not filed by an individual with on-island status an application for work permit will be submitted.

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Grease Cleaner

Reports to: Chief Engineer

Resort/Gift Shop Sales Attendant

Reports to:

The Maintenance Department requires:

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The Resort Shop Department requires: 

The Restaurant Manager 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.

Watersports/ Pool/ Beach Attendant Dive Master

Reports to: Watersports Manager

Spa Manager

The Tennis instructor is responsible for providing tennis sessions to guests while maintaining a commitment to guest satisfaction and world-class service.

Standard Specifications: Qualifications and Experience: o Certification in at least two disciplines o Experience teaching classes o Physically Fit

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.

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

This position is currently held by a Work Permit Holder.

The range for this position is $8.00 to $11.75 per 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: 941-4870 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 November 11, 2019

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THE GOVERNMENT OF TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A PARTIAL CREDIT GUARANTEE FUND (PCGF) TO SUPPORT ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT IN THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST The Government of Turks and Caicos Islands has applied for financing from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) towards the cost of a Diagnostic Assessment to Determine the Feasibility of Establishing a Partial Credit Guarantee Fund (PCGF) to Support Enterprise Development in the Turks and Caicos Islandsand intends to apply a portion of the proceeds of this financing to eligible payments under a contract for which this invitation is issued. Payments by CDB will be made only at the request of Government of Turks and Caicos Islandsand upon approval by CDB, and will be subject in all respects to the terms and conditions of the Financing Agreement. The Financing Agreement prohibits withdrawal from the financing account for the purpose of any payment to persons or entities, or for any import of goods, if such payment or import, to the knowledge of CDB, is prohibited by a decision of the United Nations Security Council taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations. No party other than the Government of Turks and Caicos Islands shall derive any rights from the Financing Agreement or have any claim to the proceeds of the Financing.

The Ministry of Finance, Trade and Investment, the Executing Ministry, now wishes to procure consultancy services to undertake a diagnostic assessment to determine the feasibility of establishing a Partial Credit Guarantee Fund (PCGF) to support enterprise development.

The objective of the consultancy is to assess the level of demand for and the feasibility of establishing a Partial Credit Guarantee Fund (PCGF) that may address the lack of access to finance, which has long been a challenge to small businesses operating in the TCI,made worse after the global financial crisis. The project will have two phases: 1) the diagnostic assessment that will determine whether the PCGF is feasible and 2) If deemed feasible in the first stage, the Consultant’s contract will be amended to include the second stage to design an appropriate PCGF model for the Turks and Caicos Islands. The duration of the assignment is expected to be for a period of six (6)months.

The Ministry of Finance, Trade and Investment now invites interested eligible consulting firms to submit Expressions of Interest for the provision of these consultancy services.

Consultants shall be eligible to participate if: (a) in the case of a body corporate, it is legally incorporated or otherwise organised in an eligible country, has its principal place of business in an eligible country and is more than 50 per cent beneficially owned by citizen(s) and/or bona fide resident(s) of eligible country(ies) or by a body(ies) corporate meeting these requirements; (b) in the case of unincorporated firms, the persons are citizens or bona fide residents of an eligible country; and (c) in all cases, the consultant has no arrangement and undertakes not to make any arrangements, whereby any substantial part of the net profits or other tangible benefits of the contract will accrue or be paid to a person not a citizen or bona fide resident of an eligible country.

Eligible countries are member countries of CDB. The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraph 1.9 of CDB’s Guidelines for the Selection and Engagement of Consultants (2011), setting forth CDB’s policy on conflict of interest.

In the assessment of submissions, consideration will be given to technical competence, qualifications and experience, local and regional experience on similar assignments, financial capability and existing commitments for phase 1 and 2 of the assessment, although the initial contract would be for phase 1. All information must be submitted in English. Further information may be obtained from the first address below between 8:00am and 4:30pm, Monday to Friday.

Electronic copies of the Expressions of Interest must be received at the first address below no later than 3:00pm on Friday, 15th November, 2019 (Turks and Caicos Islands time). Also three (3) hard copies should be sent by courier by that deadline; and one electronic copy must be sent simultaneously by email to CDB at the secondaddress below. The sealed envelope containing each submission should include the name and address of the applicant and shall be clearly marked “Expression of Interest – Consultancy Services for the Diagnostic Assessment to Determine the Feasibility of Establishing a Partial Credit Guarantee Fund (PCGF) to Support Enterprise Development in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Following the assessment of submissions, a short-list of not less than three and not more than six applicants will be provided with full terms of reference and invited to submit technical and financial proposals to undertake the assignment. The Government of Turks and Caicos Islandsreserves the right to accept or reject late applications or to cancel the present invitation partially or in its entirety. It will not be bound to assign any reason for not short-listing any applicant and will not defray any costs incurred by any applicant in the preparation and submission of Expressions of Interest.

Address 1 The Secretary to the Procurement Board Office of the Deputy Governor Waterloo Plaza Waterloo Road Grand Turk Turks and Caicos Islands procurement@gov.tc Address 2 Procurement Officer Procurement Policy Unit Caribbean Development Bank procurement@caribank.org

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The Second Annual Tour of the Turks and Caicos

Turks and Caicos, 12th – 14th October, 2019: Daniel Redmond and Tyrone Bishop named Masters and Elite Tour of Turks and Caicos Champions.

The second annual Tour of the Turks and Caicos Championship, a grueling five stage cycling competition which took place over four islands in the Turks and Caicos was a great success. The competition saw over twenty cyclists (including a visiting cyclist from Barbados) in four categories compete to be champions of the Turks and Caicos. The mood at the beginning of the tour was a mix of excitement and nervousness for the fifth stage added and the fact that the tour would take place over one weekend, instead of two like last year.

Stage one took place in the Nation’s Capital, with a 36-mile road race for Masters and Elite, 25-mile for Females and 6-mile for Cadets.

Early in the race Devaughn Williams and visiting rider Sedwin Jones fom Barbados went down in a nasty fall.

Thankfully the sustained no major injuries and was able to compete in later stages. The main race saw attacks

by Elite rider Omard Gardiner, which he held for more than 20 miles. A well coordinated chase group was able to reel him in with just 4 miles to go. The race ended in a photo finish sprint between Friedise Registre and Omard Gardiner, where Omard edged the sprint king by just inches. Friedise Registre, Shanwell Gardiner and Daniel Redmond, took the top spots for Masters. Omard Gardiner, Tyrone Bishop and Earldarrel Basden

placed first second and third in the Elite Category. Gabriella Hedegus was again the lone female rider. Ethan Gardiner, Kymani Ewing and Tauraine James were first second and third in the Cadets race.

Stage two was a 7-mile time trial on the Green Isle of North Caicos. Cyclist brought their A-game and overall took less time to complete the course. Elite winners were Tyrone Bishop, Omard Gardiner and Earldarrel Basden. Masters winners were Friedise Registre, Daniel Redmond and Sedwin Jones (cyclist from Barbados).

After a 2-hour rest period, stage three, a road race between North and Middle Caicos began. Masters and Elite 54 miles, Female 46 miles. The race got started at its usual fast pace and saw characteristic attacks by Tyrone Bishop, Sean Rogers and Sedwin Jones.

However, no one was able to get away and the entire pack stayed together for the entire race which eventually came to a bunch sprint. Elite winners were Tyrone Bishop, Omard Gardiner and Sean Rodgers. Masters winners Daniel Redmond, Friedise Registre and Sedwin Jones.

Stage 4 was the Providenciales Time Trial.

Once again, the cyclists pushed it to the limit and improved personal times. Elite winners Omard Gardiner, Tyrone Bishop and Chevorn Bishop. Masters Winners Friedise Registre, Daniel Redmond and Shanwell Gardiner.

The fifth and final stage was a road race throughout Providenciales (65 miles Elite and Masters, 46 miles Female). From the beginning of the

race there were attacks from Sedwin Jones followed by Omard and Dan Redmond. The highlight of the race was a solo breakaway by Sean Rogers. This solo breakaway was executed at a high enough pace to see Rogers ride off to a solo victory. Race favourite Fred Registre suffered a flat mid-race and was unable to finish. Elite winners of the race were Sean Rodgers, Tyrone Bishop and Omard Gardiner. Masters winners were Sedwin Jones followed by, Kavin Ewing and Shanwell Gardiner.

At the end of all five stages the overall winner of the Masters category was Dan Redmond followed by Sedwin Jones and third was Fred Registre. Elite Category winners were Tyrone Bishop, followed by Omard Gardiner and third was Chevorn Bishop.

Visiting rider, Sedwin Jones expressed excitement about his participation in the Tour of TCI and stated he was quite surprised by the level of talent and competition here in the TCI. Mr Jones who is a former multiple National champion of Barbados has confirmed he will definitely be back to compete next year.

President of the TCI cycling Federation was very satisfied with the turnout and performance of the cyclist.

TCI has set a new standard in the region with this being the only 5 stage race being held over a 3 day period. The level of difficulty is unlike no other race on record and TCI has caught the attention of many cycling Federations around the region. The Bahamas, Anguilla and Canada has already indicated that they

will be competing in the Tour of TCI for 2020.

The Tour marks the end of the season for the TCI Cycling Federation.

After tallying all points accumulated during the 2019 season, the overall winner for the Masters Category is Frediese Registre, followed by Shanwell Gardiner and third place Dan Redmond

Elite Category 2019 season winners are Tyrone Bishop, Omard Gardiner and Anthony Plunkett placing 1st, 2nd and 3rd.

Next on the agenda for the TCCF is the 19th Annual Caribbean Championships to be held in Havana Cuba 1st to the 3rd of November. This is the first invitation TCI has ever received from the Caribbean Cycling Confederation (CCC). We will be taking a team of 4 to the games.

The Turks and Caicos Cycling Federation wishes to thank our sponsors; Accu Diagnostic, Bajari Beach All Inclusive, Bohio Resort, Caicos Xpress Airlines, Flamingo Pharmacy, Gordon Supplies, Gracebay Pharmacy, Graceway Supermarkets, Island Bargains, Jaca TCI Ltd, Lapels, Long Bay Express Gas Station, Miss B’s Restaurant, Ocean Club Resorts, Osprey Hotel, Paradise Smiles TCI, Paparazzi, Paul Vaughn, Salt Raker Inn, Somewhere Café, Sunshine Restaurant, The Hartling Group,.The public who came out to support the event, the Royal Turks and Caicos Island Police Force who kept us safe during the event. A special thank you also to all of our volunteers who assisted in making this event a success.

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WORLD

SPORTS Speechless: Roger Federer moved to tears by reception after capturing 10th Swiss indoor title

Roger Federer

Swiss tennis icon Roger Federer was greeted with rapturous applause from the crowd in Basel after he breezed to victory against Alex de Minaur to claim his 10th Swiss Indoor crown - and was visibly moved as a result.

Federer claimed his 103rd ATP title with the straight sets (6-2, 6-2) win to increase his winning record in the tournament to 24 straight matches, taking the first set in a decisively swift 34 minutes.

The Swiss, playing in his 157th ATP final against de Minaur’s six, duly finished proceedings just one hour and eight minutes to claim his fourth tournament victory of 2019. Australian de Minaur, 20, was hoping to become the first person from his homeland to claim the crown but was undone by a champonship performance typical of the imperious 20-time Grand Slam winner.

Federer has come a long way in the competition since serving as a ball boy at the event in 1993 when he was a 12-year-old.

Federer has now won the Swiss indoor title five times in the last six years and the latest win comes 19 years after his debut in the competition.

The trophy leaves him just six ATP titles short of the all-time record set by Jimmy Connors.

Afterwards a clearly emotional Federer attempted to address his hometown crowd in Basel to thank them for their support but with tears streaming down his face and the raucous cheering echoing through St. Jakobshalle, the country’s greatest ever player was left uncharacteristically short of words.

The Swiss has indicated that his legendary career is winding down but is expected to play next year’s Wimbledon, US Open and the Laver Cup in Boston. He has already confirmed his participation in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics - the one remaining major tennis tournament that he has yet to win.

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Woods ‘never ceases to amaze’ as peers tip their hat to greatness

Tiger Woods’ peers have learned over the years never to be surprised at anything he accomplishes and are braced for a further onslaught from the greatest player of their era, and perhaps any era.

After months of mediocrity following his 15th major title at the Masters in April, Woods emerged from metaphorical hibernation to match Sam Snead’s record 82 wins on the PGA Tour on Monday.

His three-stroke victory at the Zozo Championship, in his first start after knee surgery two months ago, seemingly came out of nowhere, proving once again that quality never goes out of style.

At 43, Woods does not hit the ball as far as many of his current rivals, but has found a way to win without overpowering a course in the manner of his prime.

“It never ceases to amaze really,” 2013 Masters champion and former world number one Adam Scott told Reuters, noting the roller coaster that Woods has been on this year.

“When he wins the Masters you’re like ‘he’s going to break Jack (Nicklaus’s record of 18 majors), that’s a guarantee’ and then by August you’re not sure if he’s ever going to play again and now after that break of two months he comes back and wins here off an extended break.”

“If he’s going to tee it up you can never count him out. He’s

Tiger Woods holds a winning trophy as he celebrates to win the Zozo Championship, a PGA Tour event, at Narashino Country Club in Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, Japan October 28, 2019 not consistently dominating like we months ago. once was, like we all got used to but “He’s my golfing idol and he has this incredible talent and gift sporting idol,” said Irishman Lowry. of getting the golf ball in the hole. “He’s the best that’s ever lived. It His form is going to come and go doesn’t surprise me whatever he but that gift is not going away.” does.”

Other major champions This year’s U.S. Open were similarly impressed. champion Gary Woodland played

Rory McIlroy, who at age the final two rounds with Woods, 30 has 17 PGA Tour victories, duly and saw up close what the man is noted that he would have to win six still capable of. times yearly for the next decade to “The ball-striking approach 82 wins. exhibition I’ve seen the last two

And this year’s British Open days is a joke, so I don’t see him champion Shane Lowry sounded stopping any time soon,” Woodland more like a fan than a man who said. “Eighty-two’s pretty special. I won a major championship three think there’s a lot more in store.”

Spanish women footballers to strike over pay and conditions Top-flight women footballers in Spain are going on strike indefinitely from Nov. 16 over a disagreement about pay and conditions, the Association of Spanish Footballers (AFE) said on Monday.

Last week, 93% of players employed by 16 first division clubs voted to go on strike and after a meeting between the AFE, other unions and the Association of Women’s Football Clubs (ACFF) failed to resolve the issue the plans were announced.

“There has been no

agreement with the Association of Women’s Football Clubs and, therefore, an indefinite strike of first division matches has been called, which will begin the weekend of Nov. 16-17,” said the AFE in a statement.

The main point of conflict between the clubs and players is part-time contracts, with the AFE asking for a minimum of 12,000 euros net a month for players on a part-time salary, while the clubs offer 8,000.

“We are 100% football players, every hour of the

day,” said Ainhoa Tirapu, vicepresident of the AFE women’s football committee and the Athletic Bilbao goalkeeper, last week.

The women’s top flight is run by the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF). An RFEF source said the governing body was following the matter with concern although it was an issue between the clubs and the players.

The ACFF did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Fire evacuation order displaces LeBron James

LeBron James and his family left their Los Angelesarea home under fire evacuation orders following Sunday’s game against the Charlotte Hornets.

The Los Angeles Fire Department issued a statement calling for residents to “get out” when told to leave any impacted area. The LAFD said what started as a brushfire had become a “dynamic situation” due to high winds from 15-20 mph.

Among the areas

evacuated was the Brentwood neighborhood where James bought a house when he joined the Lakers in 2018. He tweeted just before 4 a.m. PT that his family was driving and looking for overnight shelter.

The Los Angeles Clippers are scheduled to host the Hornets on Monday.

The Lakers are due to play at Staples Center on Tuesday against the Memphis Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James Grizzlies.

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Young Warriors are struggling, face huge learning curve

Steve Kerr expects his young more calculated early in the season and Golden State Warriors to take their hopefully we can have those (positive) lumps, with a daunting, daily learning moments,” Curry said, referring to a curve. That doesn’t make losing any less time when the offense gets flowing and painful for Kerr, for Stephen Curry, for the Warriors pressure the defense.

Draymond Green.

Curry noted it would be easy to

Or for anyone who was part of just brush off the Clippers loss as one the once-dominant Golden State group game in a long schedule, the first of 82. that reached five straight NBA Finals.

He didn’t approach it that way.

The mistakes are magnified at

“It all about perspective. It is this early stage, and even Curry has had not a good feeling at all, especially when his share. Not that he takes time to listen you’re opening up in a new building,” to critics at the moment — he’s focused Curry said. on bringing this team together fast after

Shortly after Durant announced a tough start. his departure to join the Brooklyn Nets,

“Everybody loves to label you Curry acknowledged this season would when you’re down, that’s easy,” Curry be different. Having been on both ends said. ”... Throw darts at a team that’s of winning and losing in his first 10 trying to figure it out based on how much seasons, he is embracing the challenge as success we’ve had. I hope people decide the Warriors’ oldest player at age 31. to see through that and understand what

The Warriors are fully aware we’re about and what we’re going to many have already ruled them out in Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) reacts after being called for a foul in the second half of an build toward.” the powerful Western Conference given NBA basketball game against the New Orleans Pelicans in New Orleans, Monday, Oct. 28, 2019

An up-tempo offense that had all the change. They don’t care. That just and Shaun Livingston. Thompson is adds fuel. become second nature, with players quarters.

These Warriors are still going to recovering from a July 2 surgery for a trusting one another to be in the “You don’t just change who right spots or anticipate teammates’ score their share of points, even without torn ACL in his left knee and might miss you are,” Green said, “we’ve been pretty tendencies, is not yet operating that way. the injured Klay Thompson, but with the the entire season. ... successful running the offense we’ve “Losing stinks. It’s no fun,” Kerr run. You don’t just completely change

“That will come with time,” addition of D’Angelo Russell. Stopping the other team has been a problem. said. “This is more of the reality of the up who you are. You have to adjust to Curry said. “It’s hard to rush that.”

Green called the defense NBA. The last five years we’ve been living different personnel.”

Curry has considered some “glaring” issues already with his new-look “atrocious” and “pathetic” after the rout in a world that isn’t supposed to exist.

Still, you won’t hear any excuses Five years basically, record-wise the best from Green. That’s not his tell-it-like-it-is team, which won its first game Monday by L.A. night at New Orleans after beginning Kerr considers what happened against stretch anybody has had over five years. style, expletives included.

0-2. The Warriors return home to host the Clippers more the “reality” of the This is reality. Nine guys that are 23 and “You’ve got no choice but to NBA with hard-fought games night in under — we are starting over in many be patient. You can’t really speed the Phoenix on Wednesday night. respects. We’ve got to be patient, we’ve process up. The only thing that really

The opening losses were truly and night out.

But for Curry and Co., winning got to fight, continue to teach and the helps with that is experience,” he said. forgettable. The Warriors were so bad in their 141-122 loss to the Clippers in the had become the norm with everyone players have to absorb and learn. We’ll “‘I’m not a moral victory type of get better, I know that.” opener that fans headed for the exits early, else chasing Golden State. guy,” he added. “We’ve got to get better.

With nine players age 23 or Curry is challenging all his teammates I’m not a coach, so I’m not about to go a bad look for the first game at new Chase Center last Thursday. Then, Golden State younger, these Warriors are a far cry to attack on each possession until things watch a film and say ‘Oh, we can build fell behind 70-37 at halftime in a 120-92 from what they have been. Gone is two- begin clicking more regularly. on this.’ I really don’t give a damn about “I think we have to err on what we can build on. ... We’ve got to get loss at Oklahoma City on Sunday while time NBA Finals MVP Kevin Durant, shooting just 27.5% over the initial two along with key veterans Andre Iguodala the side of being more organized and better overall.”

World Series fans greet Trump with boos, chants

U.S. President Donald Trump was greeted with boos and a smattering of chants of “Lock him up!” when he appeared on screen at the World Series in Washington on Sunday, even as he celebrated one of the biggest wins of his administration.

Trump appeared on a display screen at the Washington Nationals Park stadium between innings of the Game 5 match-up between the Washington Nationals and the Houston Astros.

The president, along with first lady Melania Trump and several lawmakers, appeared live on the screen as part of a video package thanking U.S. troops for their service.

The hometown crowd cheered fans and soldiers displayed earlier on the screen, but there were boos and isolated “Lock him up” chants when Trump appeared.

U.S. President Donald Trump

Trump later left the stadium an inning before the end of the game,

which was won by the visiting Astros.

The frosty reception came on

the day Trump announced the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State group, in a raid by U.S. special forces in northwestern Syria.

Trump won just 4 percent of the vote in the District of Columbia in the 2016 presidential election. The U.S. capital is hosting its first World Series since 1933.

Trump did not throw out the ceremonial first pitch at the game, as many previous presidents have done.

That task fell instead to celebrity chef Jose Andres, who founded a nonprofit group to feed disaster victims around the world.

Andres also canceled plans to run a restaurant in Trump’s Washington hotel because of Trump’s disparaging comments about Mexicans, which led to a legal settlement.

Shoulder injury ends Osaka’s WTA Finals hopes

Naomi Osaka’s struggles at the WTA Finals continued on Tuesday as the world no. 3 was forced to withdraw from this year’s tournament in Shenzhen with a shoulder injury.

Her exit from the competition comes two days after the Japanese righthander won her opening match against Petra Kvitova, the first time she had secured victory at the season-ending competition.

“It’s not ideal,” said Osaka, who lost all of her matches on her debut in Singapore 12 months ago.

“This is the second time I had to withdraw from the finals. I mean, the last time I at least played, so a retirement

instead of a withdrawal.

“It kind of sucks because I thought I was playing well. I definitely wanted to win here.”

Osaka made her first appearance at the WTA Finals last year after winning the US Open but lost her first two matches before pulling out midway through a match with Kiki Bertens with an injury.

On Sunday evening she ground out a 7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-4 win over Kvitova to give herself a shot at progressing to the semi-finals, but a recurrence of a shoulder issue which first surfaced during the China Open this month meant the 23-year-old could not continue.

“I did this in the finals of Beijing,” Osaka said.

“I didn’t serve for a while when I was in Japan. I just started serving the last two days. Felt better, came here, then I played my match.

“I felt it immediately. When I woke up the day after, it was like throbbing and stuff. Didn’t serve at all yesterday. Hit for like five minutes.”

Despite ending the season on a sour note, Osaka leaves Shenzhen able to look back on a successful year.

She won the Australian Open in January and was ranked world No. 1 in the world before putting a drop-off in form mid-season behind her with

Japan’s Naomi Osaka attends a news conference tournament wins at the Pan Pacific Open in Japan and the China Open.

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