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major investigation, which may involve foreign police, has been launched, after Members of Parliament (MPs) from both the ruling People’s Democratic Movement (PDM) and the opposition Progressive National Party (PNP) were searched by police following the disappearance of Premier Sharlene Robinson’s diary from the House of Assembly in Grand Turk, on Tuesday, February 25th, 20202.

Governor Nigel Dakin announced that he had ordered the investigation, after having preliminary discussions with Police Commissioner Trevor Botting, who is currently overseas.

Speaking during a press conference held at the Premier’s Providenciales office on Thursday February 27th, 2020, Governor Dakin said: “If it is necessary, the Commissioner and myself will bring in an outside police force to examine this, because police action in and around the House of Assembly is a very serious matter (which) both of us take seriously and we want complete transparency over what occurred.

Beyond that I would like to wait until I’ve got the facts in front of me.

He (the Commissioner) is personally supervising the investigation into what happened.

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TCI Sport Shooting Association presents the late officer Mauquency Carter’s sons with $4,408.78 cheque

The Turks and Caicos Islands Sport Shooting Association in partnership with the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force made a generous donation to the sons of Mauquency Carter who lost his life in a tragic car accident in March 2019.

A cheque for $4,408.78 was presented to A’Zhi Carter (oldest son) on Friday February 21st at the Police Headquarters.

Due to the successful competition, the association raised close to $10,000 and recently made the special donation to the sons of Mr. Carter, A’Zhi Carter and Adonni Carter. This amount represents fifty percent of proceeds of the Inaugural Annual Mauquency Carter Shooting Competition held on November 23rd, 2019 during the Police Welfare Association’s observance of 220th years Anniversary and Police Week 2019.

Pictured is President of Shooting Association Lewis Smith, LaToya Rigby, A’Zhi Carter, Mr. Carlton Mills, Hon. Akierra Missick, Inspector Franklyn Thomas, Assistant Commissioner Wayne Jones, Acting Chairman of Police Welfare Association Delton Robinson, Deputy Commissioner Rodney Adams and other members of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force.

Premier says Government unhappy about Fortis rate increase

by Hayden Boyce Publisher & Editor-in-Chief

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remier Hon. Sharlene Robinson says her Government is not happy about the 6.8 percent increase granted to Fortis TCI, but she says under the existing laws the was no other choice.

“While we are we are not happy with the rate increase of 6.8% knowing and understand its impact, we are happy that our most vulnerable are protected against an increase,” she said during a press conference at her Providenciales office on Thursday, February 27th, 2020.

“Legally we have no grounds to refuse the request as we are bound by law and must take this position. We are however we are happiest about the three other big recommendations and accept them enthusiastically: reducing the cost

of fuel, addressing renewable energy and the power cost adjustment and definitely the need to focus on strengthening the regulatory framework.”

The Premier said she is happy to say to that FORTIS and TCIG has agreed to a full rate review in 2021 and we commit as a Government to create initiatives, policies and programs to address reduction in the cost of electricity.

“We accept that there must be a stronger Regulatory Framework and you will see efforts intensify in this area. The Electricity Ordinance has seen proposals for amendment and has undergone consultations. Regrettably as a country we have not regulated this Industry as we should and we will strengthen through regulatory reform our oversight,” she stated.

“The Inquirer recommended and we accept that the regulatory framework be codified

and that the regulatory remit be expanded Ordinance and in the way that I described to include considerations for consumer it to you we followed to the letter that welfare, national policy compliance, particular process but the process ends if consideration for new technologies and you like with the inquirer delivering their renewable energy and protection of critical report and then the government taking a national infrastructure.” judgment on it.”

Asked by The SUN, what would ` Premier Robinson added: have been the worst case scenario if the “We have an obligation to the public, so government and the Governor’s office were you have to remember that the first step to say let’s stick our guns and not grant of it is the government itself. The Minister Fortis the rate increase, Governor Nigel rejected the increase and then of course it was not a decision then carried in Cabinet, Dakin responded, “The worst case scenario the Governor then officially communicated there is that we place ourselves outside the and they then used the ordinance to call law and if we place ourselves outside the law than we open ourselves up to legal for an inquiry,” she explained. challenge and as Governor, we are not Robinson stated that painfully almost a year later they had to look at their going to place ourselves outside the law.” legal position and they just can’t back away

He added: “It was not illegal to do so at that point (when the Governor and from the rate and it is being held to be Government rejected the increase) There justified.” was a due process that’s laid out in the

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We have statements from the police officers that were involved and we will be asking those Members of the House that wish to make a statement to be taken into consideration and we will take those.

The Police Commissioner is working very closely with the Speaker (Hon. Dwayne Taylor). It will be a conversation initially between the Commissioner and the Speaker to make sure that they understand what happened.”

Former Government Minister and Deputy Speaker Hon. Josephine Connolly, who crossed the floor and is now a member of the PNP, said she was “strip-searched” by three female police officers in the House of Assembly’s bathroom.

Member of Parliament, Hon. Josephine Connolly stated her disgust and embarrassment due to the actions that were taken on her in the bathroom of the House of Assembly.

“The incident in the House of Assembly yesterday when Police were called to interfere in the business of the legislature is the first time that this has ever happened in the history of the Turks and Caicos Islands,” Connolly said at a PNP press conference on Wednesday, February 26th.

“I, as an Elected Member of the House was barred by the police from reentering the Chamber (House of Assembly) because I wanted to go back. I was told that I could not use my phone and subjected to a strip search by the police officers in the bathrooms of the House of Assembly.

This intrusive search left me feeling humiliated, embarrassed and demeaned.

In my view, the police had no right to be there as the House of Assembly Ordinance provides immunity from arrest, therefore it follows that it provides immunity from strip searches while elected representatives are within the prescints of the House. The

reason for this immunity is to ensure that Members are not subject to coersion while they go about government business,” she explained.

When asked to comment on the searches, Premier Robinson said she is focused on the bigger issues that are happening in Turks and Caicos Islands.

She said, “I can focus on small issues and consume energy by majoring in minors or I can be a progressive leader and focus on those big issues that are affecting Turks and Caicos. What happened in the House of Assembly was unfortunate. My diary is important, but it does not rise to be a major player in a press conference.

We have too many external factors; Coronavirus should be on our minds, stopping sloops, stopping crime at the rate that we are seeing it and empowering our people is the focus of this government and we choose to major in majors not major in minors.”

Deputy Premier Hon. Sean Astwood told the press conference that there was nothing partisan or biased about the police searches, adding that he and other members of his party were also searched. Minister of Immigration Hon Delroy Williams also told The SUN in a separate conversation, that he was searched by police.

Astwood stated: “Just for the point of clarity because I have heard some of the discussions going around that it was some targeted operation against the Opposition and that is categorically untrue.

Members of both sides of the House including myself was searched as well so I just wanted to make that clear that this was nothing political and it was definitely not targeted at any particular member or side of the House.”

Meantime, Connolly said she understood that the Premier’s diary was

found “a a relatively short time presumably after being misplaced by the Premier”.

She added: The Premier was seen with this diary during the second reading of the Bill that we were debating.

So the diary was found before the police searched me. I do not know whether the Deputy Speaker agreed to allow the Police into the House of Assembly, but if he did, he overturned decades of convention because of a misplaced diary. Two other Opposition Members were also subjected to police searches and it is hard to see that the investigation was impartial when these intrusive searches were only carried out on three Opposition Members.”

Opposition Appointed Member Hon. Royal Robinson said both he and Hon. Porsha Smith were also searched by the Police.

He added: “There was only one male police officer and I told them that I need to catch my flight, so he took me into the bathroom, open my bag, looked through it and closed it back up. When we got to the airport we then found Hon. Porsha Smith who said that the Police saw her at the airport and had taken her to a room also and search her belongings. It is a total breach of protocol that happened and I am certain that someone has to answer for what happened. The Police really and truly have no business in the House of Assembly and they cannot even take you up for charges or anything that you say in the House of Assembly. That is why the Speaker presides in the House of Assembly and he asks the members to be on good behaviour within the House.”

Attorney and PNP MP Hon. Akierra Missick who was not at the meeting, said she wish she was in attendance to assist and suppirt her colleagues with the legal information and knowledge to protect them.

“There are two sets of ordinance that governs are affairs as Members of the House of Assembly,” she said. “That’s the House of Assembly’s Powers and Privileges Ordinance as well as our Conduct and Role as Members in the House of Assembly through our Standing Orders.”

She added: “Section 16 of the Ordinance and it’s an offence, “Offences affecting Members, Officers in presiding of the House of Assembly’, “A person is guilty of an offence if the person assaults molest or obstructs a Member coming to, being within or going from the pressings of the House of Assembly meeting place. Assaults, interferes, interact, resists and obstruct of an Officer of the House of Assembly, threatening to assault a Member or an Officer of the House on account of his/her conduct as a Member”. The fact that my colleagues were subjected to a search in the pressings of our Chamber, that we through them were not allowed to return to the central room of the Chamber is a flagrant breach of the laws of this country.”

Missick added: “The law is on the side of our Members, how dare you ask a Member to disrobe in the bathroom of the House of Assembly. There is sufficient crime going on in this country serious enough to warrant police attention and we are looking for a book. I am upset by this and the good Lord knows why I was not in Grand Turk, because this is something that I feel very strongly about. There are ways that we can address situations. We are honorable ladies and men that people stood and waited in lines to vote for. They put their faith in running this country in our hands and we will bring the standard of our House of Assembly to this level to do what, embarrass each other. This is a sad day in Turks and Caicos Islands,” she said.

Premier says Government unhappy about Fortis rate increase Continued from page 1

Among the Independent Inquirer’s recommendations, the Premier noted that the 6.8% in rate increase is to take into consideration the welfare of low income residential customers should be given due consideration to insulate those customers consuming under 300kWh per month from any possible rate impact.

•The fuel procurement process, although not deemed to be imprudent, must be revised immediately with the focus of exploring opportunities for lower pricing through open competition but also for transparency in procurement.

•Integrated Resource Planning (IRP), Renewable Energy and the reform of the Power Cost Adjustment.

•The need to review and strengthen oversight through a strong Regulatory System.

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Minister of Home Affairs, Public Utilities and Transportation Hon. Goldray Ewing, Deputy Premier Hon. Sean Astwood, His Excellency Governor Nigel Dakin and Premier Hon. Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson.

2018. While section 38 (3) of the Electricity Ordinance places emphasis on the financial health of the service provider, the conditions set out in the Governor’s letter of refusal sought to ensure some balance in ensuring good financial management practices as well as the assurance of equity in the allocation of costs as well as the rates structure.

She said it was found that the generation investment decisions made

by FortisTCI were very likely the most appropriate

“It is also concluded that the relatively high generation reserve margins of FTCI are not necessarily the result of excessive investment to meet an unnecessarily high level of reliability, but a consequence of having spare capacity available after having invested in plant whose presence can be justified entirely on the basis of savings in fuel, operating and maintenance expenses.” the Premier added.

presented in the Report is quite thorough having placed adequate emphasis on the

need to satisfy the conditions set out in the Governor’s letter of refusal of August 18.

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Jungle Float TCI

Location: Lraye Cinema #21, Leeward Highway, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Is seeking one Bar Manager Duties: Manage the business aspects of the bar, taking inventory and reordering supplies, managing budgets, and setting goals. Hiring and training staff to provide excellent service to patrons Salary $8.00 per hour To work 6 days per week from 6:00pm – 2:00am Please Contact: 332-4176 This position is currently held by a Work Permit Holder Interested Turks & Caicos Islander applicants must send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board

Mobile Water Park Location: Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands Is seeking Water sports Operations Dive Master / Life Guard / Front Desk Agent/ Boat Captain /Crew Member •Must have 5 or more years’ experience with all aspects of Water sport management •Hold a valid certification in CPR and First Aid •At least 5 or more years in the Tourism Industry or other related area would be an asset •A valid diving certification such as PADI or similar •Must be willing to work flexible hours, including Holidays and weekends or as required by the position.

•Must have a clean criminal record and a also valid driver’s license Salary to commensurate with experience These position are new Please send an updated resume to Human Resources at junglefloattci@gmail.com Interested Turks & Caicos Islander applicants must send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board Deadline March 6th, 2020

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Opposition Leader Hon. Washington Misick’s letter to Speaker Hon. Dwayne Taylor on possible unlawful police presence at the 25th February House of Assembly Meeting

I was informed late yesterday that during the sitting of the House of Assembly, an item (I’m told that it was a diary) of the Premier, Hon. Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson went missing, and that a report was made to the police.

As part of the police’s investigation into the Missing item, which I am told was later found, at least two Opposition Members of Parliament (i.e. Hon. Portia Stubbs-Smith and Hon. Josephine Connolly) were questioned, and in the case of Hon. Connolly, she was searched, including having a Strip Search conducted on her.

As I am sure you’re aware, the police entering the House of Assembly yesterday, while it was in session, and questioning and searching Members of Parliament, regarding a missing item of the Hon. Premier, is an extraordinary and unprecedented act. At no time in

the history of the Turks & Caicos Islands has such an occurrence happened before. The fact that the missing item belonged to the Hon. Premier, and the MP searched (i.e. Hon. Connolly), is a member of the Opposition who was formerly on the Government side, raises a lot of questions. And when one takes into consideration the fact that the Hon. Premier has publicly shown disdain towards Hon. Connolly, this matter becomes troubling, and cries out for an investigation.

I am aware that although the Attorney General, Hon. Rhondalee Braithwaite-Knowles (copied) was present in the House of Assembly at the time when the police interrupted the proceeding ,at no time was her counsel sought on this matter. Whoever gave permission for the police to enter the House of Assembly, did so without

regard for the sanctity of the House, and may be even for the law.

As I am sure you would agree, this matter cannot be left unaddressed.

To do so, would put the honourable House of Assembly into disrepute. Due to the seriousness of this matter, we are requesting that you: a) convene as soon as possible, an independent investigation into this matter, and b) on completion of the investigation, have a private meeting with the Opposition MPs regarding the findings of the investigation. I am sure that you would agree that another incident of this sought cannot be allowed to take place in the House of Assembly, and an independent investigation in to this matter would go a long way in ensuring that it does not.

I look forward to your reply.

Hon. C. Washington Misick, OBE.

Cruise ship pier in negotiation for Salt Cay in 2023

Invest Turks and Caicos Agency (‘Invest TCI’) is proud to announced that Sea-T Adventure Ltd., with the approval of the Turks and Caicos Government, is in detailed negotiations to establish operations in the Turks and Caicos Islands by constructing a “world-class” cruise port on the island of Salt Cay. Sea-T Adventures Ltd. approached the Government with the idea to construct an open fixed pier on the picturesque and strategically

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located island destination of Salt Cay to accommodate cruise stops to the Island. Invest TCI received a Cabinet directive on December 5, 2019, to enter into negotiations with Sea-T to develop terms for a Development Agreement for the “open to all lines” cruise ship pier.

Sea-T Adventure Ltd. is a registered Turks and Caicos Company with its primary charter to construct one of the most ecologically sensitive cruise destinations in the Caribbean.

The Company has assembled a core team of Caribbean experienced engineers, financiers and architects consisting of PND Engineers, Inc., Bazarian International Financial Associates, and Conservative Architects Ltd.

Salt Cay is a brand new destination that allows the development team and highly qualified consortium members to implement the best business practices for protection of the environment and sustainability,

Location: Grand Turk Is seeking PADI DIVE INSTRUCTOR Required The successful candidate will have: •MSTD PADI Master Dive Instructor certification •Mature and flexible attitude •Experience in a resort type environment, ideally in the Caribbean •Excellent written and spoke English •Excellent references Interested candidates should apply in writing with a cover letter and resume and references to info@bohioresort.com.

This position is currently held by a Work Permit Holder Prospective applicants who are Islanders can send copies of their applications to the Labour Board

Is seeking a Domestic Worker & a Labourer In Grand Turk Duties: Must be able to do general cleaning and keeping the yard clean and using a variety of tools and machines Must be able to speak English and trustworthy Salary $6.50 per hour Must be able to work 5 days per week Please Contact: 231-0925/4035 These positions are new Interested Turks & Caicos Islander applicants must send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board

to incorporate the history of the island including its strategic historical importance of salt production, and to assure that the quality guest experience is not compromising the needs of the local community.

It is expected that the Salt Cay cruise port will be open for operations in early 2023.

For more information on this development, contact Invest TCI at (649) 338-4772.

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KALOOKI’S Location: #1 Le Vele Plaza, Grace Bay Rd, Grace Bay Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Is seeking a Cook - Salary $7.00 p/h Cleans food preparation areas as determined by law and company policy Prepares foods to the specifications of the client Is seeking a Kitchen helper- Salary $6.50 per hour Duties: Clean kitchen areas and wash dishes and help workers who prepare or serve food and beverages These positions is currently held by work permit holder Belonger are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the labour board

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Governor Nigel Dakin’s statement on Fortis rate increase * The following is an edited version of the Governor’s statement on the 6.8 rate increase to Fortis, delivered at a press conference on Thursday, February 27th, 2020

The starting point for this announcement begins on 7 September 2017 when Hurricane Irma struck TCI with wind speeds up to 185 miles per hour. Fifteen days later Hurricane Maria struck with wind speeds up to 125 mph.

In truth - though – some of the issues we are about to discuss go back a very long way, in that TCI has had a utility company for many years that is both a monopoly and broadly unregulated,

In going back to 2017, in terms of what we are describing today, the total financial impact, to Fortis, was reported to be in the region of $42 million. Without getting ahead of ourselves the enquirer did not accept that all the $42 million was recoverable from customers. Nonetheless, Fortis can tell their own story about their response to such a natural and national disaster, the investments they made, and we in Government are in no doubt; Fortis stood up to the plate – their response was outstanding.

The fact that Electricity was returned so quickly to the Islands was because of the way Fortis galvanised significant resources across North America to get these Island back up and running again within 60 days. The fact that TCI had a 2017 tourist season, at all, and other islands similarly hit, did not, is testament to the excellent response by the utility company we have. Given the dependency we have on Tourism as the engine of our economy this contribution is not to be underestimated.

Equally, in terms of going forward – and in terms of our determination to make the Islands resilient for the long term – we can’t be in a position where every time there is a hurricane the public believe it will result in a significant increase in their utility bill. We need close regulation of this industry so there aren’t surprises. Hurricanes in this region cannot now be considered a surprising event; they have to be planned for.

But going back to the time line in July 2018, Fortis served a Rate Variation Application – which they are permitted to do under the Electricity Ordinance asking for an increase in the tariff as a result of their losses in Irma and Maria.

The average rate asked for in 2018 was 6.8%.

In August of 2018 the Governor, in accordance with the Electricity Ordinance – and having taken Cabinet’s mind - denied the request.

In response the Company – again using the Ordinance - requested an

inquiry into the reasonableness of their request and in September of 2018 my predecessor appointed an independent expert: John Paul Morgan.

In August of 2019 – within a month of my arrival – Mr Morgan delivered his findings to myself and Fortis.

These were then sent for consideration to Cabinet as this is a Cabinet decision.

One headline element of Mr Morgan’s detailed and extensive report which runs to 62 pages found its way into the press, very quickly. That was his recommendation of a rate rise of 6.8%. There were however three other equally significant recommendations, that mitigated this rate rise, and were not given publicity.

To my mind the most significant of all his recommendations was that Fortis was operating as a monopoly but outside a strong regulatory framework, and this had to change. The Premier will have more to say about this in a moment.

In the intervening period Cabinet has been digesting and discussing the report. Three factors complicated us coming to a rapid conclusion: a)The first is we did not have to accept the report’s conclusions, they were recommendations.

In these circumstances, while we did not have to accept the report’s conclusions, we also had to have – in law - a strong factual basis to reject it. As a result we looked in great deal at the report and asked a series of due diligence follow up questions of the Inquirer.

to his family.

The net result of this long consideration is that Cabinet agreed yesterday to accept the report in its entirety. We do this because we can find no compelling reasons – in the present circumstances – to reject the 6.8% while equally finding the three recommendations Mr Morgan made compelling in terms of both softening the blow to the least well off in society while putting in place mitigations that should reduce long term costs and regulate the industry in the future, in the way it has not been regulated in the past.

As Governor I have to separately make a decision as to whether or not to publish the report, in part or in full, and Cabinet agree, with me, that the public should have full access to the information.

We will publish three documents the Inquirers Report, a separate Cost of Service study and a Prudency report.

We took all three documents into consideration in our deliberations. We share those in hard copy with journalists now and the reports will be published on Government websites as soon as this afternoon.

Finally I would thank the leadership of Fortis, in particular their CEO in Newfoundland, for working – in particular with the Premier and Minister – to find a resolution to this matter – one that is extremely important to both

His Excellency Governor Nigel Dakin parties. I’d also pay tribute to Cabinet colleagues who worked collegiately, offering many different perspectives and asking a range of very important questions, to ensure we could satisfy ourselves - as an overall Government that accepting the report was the correct course of action.

b)Cabinet is held to a point of law that it must have regard to the need to ensure that Fortis continues to derive a sufficient income–– (a) to cover operating expenses (including any taxes) and to make adequate provision for maintenance, depreciation and the payment of interest on borrowings; (b) to meet periodic repayments on any indebtedness to the extent that such repayments exceed the provision for depreciation; (c) to obtain a reasonable margin of profit. c)Finally, during our consideration of the report, Mr Morgan unfortunately passed away, otherwise we might have hoped he would be with us today to present, with us, his findings. We pause for a moment now to thank him for the work he did with ourselves, and Fortis – he was chosen by my predecessor for his independence and his competence - and we pass on our respect and our thoughts

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*able to set up HOBIE Cat sail boat *must be able to start at 6 am, hours based on weekly schedule *wage: $6.25 per hour.__ These positions are currently held by a work permit holders Prospective applicants who are Islanders can send copies of their applications to the Labour Board.

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*bookkeeping, bank reconciliation, accounts payable and accounts receivable, wage control *must understand inventory control *proficient in Sage 50 accounting and Microsoft Office *English both written and oral - French and Spanish an asset *ability to keep all information confidential *must be able to work long hours, nights, weekends and holidays *responsible for weekly payroll, general entries, monthly reconciliation *assist in budget preparation *cost reporting for all departments *oversea purchases & documentation control Salary: $400.00 per week This position is currently held by a Work Permit Holder Interested candidates should apply in writing with a cover letter and resume and references to info@bohioresort.com.

Interested Turks and Caicos Islanders are required to submit copies of their applications to Labour Board

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Chief Magistrate Hatmin, attorney Tim Prudhoe question lengthy detention of Sri Lankans

by Hayden Boyce Publisher & Editor-in-Chief

The rights of the 28 Sri Lankans who were nabbed on an illegal sloop from Haiti in October 2019 and who are still at the Detention Centre is South, was raised in court on February 25th, 2020, by newly-appointed Chief Magistrate Jolyon Hatmin and defence attorney Tim Prudhoe.

Magistrate Hatmin, who is now hearing the case against Sri Kajamukam Chelliah, who is charged in connection with smuggling 28 undocumented Sri Lankans into the Turks and Caicos Islands, said it was “unsettling” that the Sri Lankans were still being detained after four months without a court hearing.

Chellian, who is charged with assisting illegal entry and unlawful entry, did not appear in court and the matter has been adjourned until April 27th,

2020.

Meantime, specific questions were raised in court by Prudhoe, including the access of the Sri Lankan detainees to legal advice and representation and the basis on which the Immigration Detention Centre has apparently being used as an informal remand prison facility for in excess of 4 months without the detainees being charged with any offence.

“One cannot treat the Detention Centre as an ancillary jail,” said Prudhoe, who also asked in court on what basis that continued detention was said to be legal and whether it was said to be custody in the hands of the Immigration Department or instead the police.

Prudhoe, who indicated that he had originally been told to deal with the police, indicated that if answers continued to be withheld on these issues then he would take the necessary steps

by which to, in effect, extract them.

When asked for comment following the hearing, Prudhoe told The SUN “Many believe that a society can fairly be judged by its treatment of the most vulnerable within it – even those here only temporarily. Like many others, the Constitution of this country starts with the guarantee of fundamental rights and freedoms. That language is rightly nationality-blind and expressly covers “every person in the Islands”.

It does not somehow exempt either the Immigration Detention Centre or those detained within it alleged to have arrived in the country illegally.”

Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Angela Brooks who appeared for the Crown, said although all 28 Sri Lankans were interviewed by police, she only intends to use three of them as witnesses.

Stressing that it was not the Crown’s intention to sabotage or

Attorney-at-law Tim Prudhoe frustrate the defence’s case, Brooks said they had to rely on interpreters from the United Kingdom to translate the statements from the Sri Lankans and this would take another two to three weeks.

She noted that the accused’s interview was more than 11 hours long.

Brooks also told the court that the Sri Lankans were requesting to be sent back to their native country.

Oswald Skippings selection of GT branch chairman not valid, says PDM chairman

Former Chief Minister Oswald Skippings has to go through the proper channels in order to be re-accepted by the People’s Democratic Movement (PDM), says the party’s chairman Hon. Doug Parnell.

In a press statement, Parnell said the PDM wished to clarify for its supporters, well-wishers and the media on the matters arising from the Grand Turk branch elections held on Monday February 25th.

“We welcome the renewed interest in membership of the PDM by Hon. Oswald Skippings. Mr. Skippings

was suspended from the party because of his role in the PDA which goes against section 25(1)(a)(c)(d)(e)(f) and (g) to which he is aware. Mr. Skippings renewed interest is welcomed by the Party. The proper method befitting a person of his standing is to make proper application to the NGC for reinstatement,” Parnell stated.

“Currently Mr. Skippings cannot hold any office in the party until a position on his suspension and membership is decided on by our party’s NGC. No communication to the NGC has been received as of the date of this release

therefore the nomination of Mr. Skippings and his acceptance for branch chair of the Grand Turk branch is not valid.”

In a letter to the Integrity Commission, Skippins said that as of January 20th, 2020, he officially resigned as leader, Treasurer and as a member of the Progressive Democratic Alliance (PDA) Party.

“ As such, I am no longer responsible for any of the Party’s legal responsibilities to the Integrity Commission inclusive of the Political Activities Ordinance and any other such Former Chief Minister Oswald Skippings body,” he stated.

•Perform other duties as required by the Executive Housekeeper or Housekeeping Manager.

•Make himself / herself available to attend seminars/ training as requested by the Management.

•Any other ad hoc duties or tasks as assigned or directed by management.

Laundry Attendant* As a Laundry Attendant for The Shore Club Resort, you will be responsible for the washing, drying, folding, sorting, distributing, shelving and inventorying the linens.

Roles and Responsibilities: •Offer immediate assistance to guest request.

•Operate laundry machine according to instructions.

•Inform the Executive Housekeeper or Manager immediately of any defects noted to all laundry machines.

•Initiate and aid in effective communication within the department and other departments.

•Familiarize him/her self and carry out policies and procedures established by The Shore Club.

•Submit monthly report of laundry chemical supplies, and other related operating supplies received or delivered to Housekeeping department.

•Maintain the cleanliness and orderliness of laundry section and linen room at all times.

•Wash linen requirement as needed to maintain continuity of supply to guest rooms and the hotel’s concessionaire.

•Place all soiled linen into plastic bags for pick up by a contractor according to the agreed / specified schedule.

•Required to load and unload soiled and clean linen respectively to and from the delivery truck according to the agreed / specified schedule.

•Sort clean, soiled and damaged linen accordingly as needed.

•Bleach and spot cleans stained linen for possible use.

•Clean and dries carpet of rooms and other areas as required.

•Assist the Housekeeping coordinator in distributing linen par stock to room attendants as needed.

•Help monitor efficiency and sufficiency of laundry supplies and recommend immediate requisition of additional supplies.

•Assist the Executive Housekeeper and Housekeeping Manager in interacting with laundry suppliers and contractors regarding the quality of services rendered.

•Help implement strict policy of linen control by ensuring that all who request assistance comply with the established rules and practice.

Key skills and Requirements: •Must possess High school or equivalent education preferred.

•Must be able to speak, read, write and understand the primary language(s) used in the workplace.

•Requires good communication skills, both verbal and written.

•Must possess basic computational ability •Must have worked in hotels or other institution in a similar capacity.

•Must maintain a neat, clean and well-groomed appearance per standards.

•Perform general cleaning tasks using standard hotel •cleaning products to adhere to health standards.

•Team player who can also work on own initiative.

Physical Requirements: •Must be able to work indoor and outdoor and in moderate temperature controlled by hotel environmental systems.

•Must be able to stand and exert well-paced mobility for up to 5 hours in length.

•Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs. on a regular and continuing basis.

•Must be able to exert well-paced ability in limited space.

•Must be able to bend, stoop, squat and stretch to fulfill cleaning tasks.

•Requires grasping, writing, standing, sitting, walking, repetitive motions, bending, climbing, listening and hearing ability and visual acuity.

Starting salary $6.25 per hour 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 at careers@theshoreclubtc.com , no later than end of day Friday March 27th 2020. Resumes can also be submitted to the Labor Department directly. The Shore Club HR Office can be contacted at (649) 339-8000

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Report from TCI National Security Council meeting •Updated on crime statistics, deployment His Excellency the Governor, Nigel Dakin, and the Hon. Deputy Premier, co-chaired •Updated on the issue of irregular of officers and progress on plans to increase a meeting of the TCI National Security migration, including repatriation policy, the Police’s ‘Tactical Unit’ capacity.

Council (NSC) on Thursday 27 February sloop interceptions, illegal immigrants 2020, at the Hon. Hilly Ewing Building in who sought to transit TCI on to other •Update on recent work by the Financial countries and pending court cases. Having Services Commission and industry to Providenciales. now developed an effective strategy to tackle money laundering.

In attendance as members of the NSC intercept sloops, the development of were the Hon. Deputy Governor, the further capability – including a significant •Updated on progress with establishing own Defence Regiment, Deputy Commissioner of Police and the uplift in radar coverage - to mitigate TCI’s future changes in their methodology. development of the National Security National Security Strategy lead.

Secretariat and command structure At this meeting the NSC were: •Update on progress with a dedicated around the National Security Strategy. An police vessel for Grand Turk, the arrival advertisement for the first Commanding •Updated on the nation’s state of of a new police aircraft in the coming Officer of the TCI Regiment would issue preparedness for natural disasters, months and, following trials conducted within the next week. including the establishment of a risk over the last month, the imminent use of • Discussed issues relating to HM Prison. register setting out actions required in police drones. advance of this year’s hurricane season.

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Business Licence renewal process – 2020/2021

The Revenue Department would like to remind the general public that the 2020/2021 Business Licence Renewal period will commence March 2nd 2020.

To assist with expediting the renewal process, customers should take note of the following: •Registered companies are required to submit a copy of their register of members/ shareholders and demonstration of good standing with their application for renewal.

•Sole traders and partnerships must present a valid Business Name Registration Certificate from the Financial Services Commission along with their application for renewal.

•Establishments requiring annual inspections from the Environmental

Health or an Accommodation Licence are reminded to seek inspection ahead of the renewal deadline. Applications will not be accepted until all relevant information is received. The Revenue Department reserves the right to request further documentation and conduct inspections.

•Application and payment for renewals must be made on or before April 30th 2020 to avoid penalties.

The Revenue Department (RD) would also like to remind the general public that Business Licence Certificates must be promptly collected at the Revenue Department Offices.

Business Owners are urged to collect and display their Business Licences prominently in the place of business.

This is in accordance with section 16 of

the Business Licence Ordinance which states:

“The Holder of a licence shall display the licence in a conspicuous place on any premises occupied by him for the purpose of carrying on business and shall produce such licence for inspection when requested to do so by the Permanent Secretary, Finance or a person authorized by him in that behalf, or a Police Officer not below the rank of Sergeant.”

A Business Owner may be liable for a fine of $1,000, if he or she fails to properly display the business licence within his/her business.

Business Licence holders are hereby urged to collect outstanding licences immediately. Please contact the Taxpayer Services Section for further information.

Todeline Defralien Reporter

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

managers) when items need to be replaced.

•Any other duties as required and or assigned.

DATE OPEN: February 25, 2020 START DATE: TBD POSITION: Asset & Care Manager, Private Villa Collection PROPERTY: Grace Bay Resorts Job Summary Job Summary In this position, the post holder will oversee the Asset Management aspect of Grace Bay Resorts’ growing Private Villa Collection of independently owned, luxury single family rental homes. The post holder will be responsible to ensure the company responds timely to Villa owner demands, including oversight of construction & renovations to existing villas, coordination with interior designers, structural & mechanical engineers and maintenance personnel. Post includes oversight of a team of personnel responsible for ongoing villa repairs and general maintenance. The post holder will be expected to be capable of handling regular, direct communication with international owners and owner representatives.

The position will report to the Group Director of Residential Operations and the Director of Engineering and will be required to work directly with the Private Villa Collection Manager.

Duties and Responsibilities •Communicate regularly with Villa owners with a goal of understanding individual property needs, including specific engineering challenges, required improvements, requested interior design modifications, FF&E replacements, regular maintenance & repairs.

•Coordinate with architects, designers, engineers, 3rd party vendors (AC/ electricians/builders) who can facilitate upkeep and/or improvement of the villas.

•Keep an accurate and detailed log book on each villa, creating and maintaining a list of all parties with knowledge of the property. Log of photos and description of the key engineering and electronic components and their functioning, other special situations in the villas as well as a running log of ongoing or completed works and owner requests and communication.

•Oversee a team of maintenance personnel. The post holder will be required to visit the villas daily (when available), pre-check in, post check out and otherwise.

•Prepare an annual preventative maintenance schedule and ensure that maintenance is carried out in accordance with schedule.

•Make recommendations for repairs with designers’ input and quotations from third parties, communicating with owners (together with owner relations and

Qualifications •College degree in Quantity surveying or RICS certification/accreditation or degree in civil, structural or mechanical engineering •At least 4 years of experience working in construction management or project management of new construction and/or renovation •Previous experience as a property manager in a luxury villa environment preferred •Professional communication skills. Candidate must be comfortable and willing to speak directly with international owners and problem-solving to their satisfaction.

•Exceptional organizational skills, including the ability to handle multiple assignments and prioritize work.

Qualified Islanders and Belongers need only to apply Salary Range: $72,000 per annum

DATE OPEN: February 25, 2020 START DATE: ASAP POSITION: Housekeeper PROPERTY: Grace Bay Club Job Overview:We are looking for a professional Housekeeper able of attending to our facilities with integrity and attention to detail. The goal is to create a clean and orderly environment for our guests that will become a critical factor in maintaining and strengthening our reputation.

Responsibilities: •Perform a variety of cleaning activities such as sweeping, mopping, dusting and polishing •Ensure all rooms are cared for and inspected according to standards •Protect equipment and make sure there are no inadequacies •Notify superiors on any damages, deficits and disturbances •Deal with reasonable complaints/requests with professionalism and patience •Check stocking levels of all consumables and replace when appropriate •Adhere strictly to rules regarding health and safety and be aware of any company-related practices Shifts varies. Full time. Weekend and holiday work may be required.

Qualified Islanders and Belongers need only to apply Salary Range: $6.25 per hour Interested persons can contact our Human Resources Department no later than March 13, 2020 @ (649) 946-5050 Ext. 1020 Email: humanresources@gracebayclub.com Fax: (649) 946-5758 P.O. Box 128 Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands, British West Indies

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Stuart Taylor admitted to the TCI Bar

by Hayden Boyce Publisher & Editor-in-Chief

Career civil servant Stuart Taylor has been admitted to the Bar in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Taylor’s admission was moved

by Attorney General Hon. Rhondalee Braithwaite-Knowles, OBE, QC, in a brief ceremony before acting Chief Justice Shiraz Aziz, and witnessed by his wife Rachel Taylor and daughter Arnelle Taylor, who is also an attorney-at-law.

Commenting on his admission, Taylor stated: “I am humbled to be admitted to the Bar as the newest member of the legal fraternity in the Turks and Caicos Islands. I am grateful for the love and support from my family and friends who provided encouragement and support during my studies. This list is extensively long and therefore I must caveat that I cannot do more than acknowledge a few of the debts owed. I would like to thank my wife, daughter, my brothers, the Attorney General, Deputy Governor, Attorney General’s Chambers, the office of the DPP and the Partners of Wessex Fairchild Attorneys for the instrumental role they played in

my call to the Bar.”

He added: “This journey started several years ago, finally being called of the Bar in the United Kingdom and the Turks and Caicos, I can truly say that the race isn’t for the swift nor the strong, but for those that endure to the end.”

The Attorney General told The SUN it was a privilege for her to move Taylor’s application for admission to the Supreme Court of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

“Mr. Taylor and I have had a long association from the time when he worked in the Land Registry with my mother Mrs. Susan Braithwaite who was the first local Registrar of Lands.

Mr. Taylor was at that time in his first public service employment right out of high school and was already a star young employee in the Land Registry.

Since then, Mr. Taylor has adopted a progressive approach to continuous education and self-improvement,” said Braithwaite-Knowles.

“He has set an excellent example for other young Turks and Caicos Islanders having first attained qualifications in Accounting and Finance and now in law. Mr. Taylor’s

From left to right: Attorney General Hon. Rhondalee Braithwaite-Knowles, OBE, QC., Acting Chief Justice His Lordship Shiraz Aziz, Stuart Taylor, attorney Neale Coleman and attorney Leonard Franklyn of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.

legal qualification superseded the legal requirements for admission and he wisely chose to ensure a breadth of experience in terms of his three month post qualification training, in the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and with a private firm as well as in my Chambers,” she added.

The AG noted that Taylor has been able to achieve all of this with the support of the Public Service, Her Excellency the Deputy Governor Mrs. Anya Williams, Permanent Secretary Mrs. Cherylann Jones and the Director of Public Prosecutions each willingly facilitated his legal training to support his application.

“I wish Mr. Taylor well in his legal practice and look forward to the strong contribution that he will make to the public service in his recent assignment as Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Finance where I am sure his legal knowledge will be a valuable guide to his work as a senior manager,” the Attorney General continued.

Taylor is a career civil servant, having dedicated over 30 years of service to the Turks and Caicos Islands Government. He began his career in

1983 as the Deputy Registrar of Lands and has since held the positions of: Superintendent Counterpart in the Offshore Finance Department now the Financial Services Commission; Deputy Chief Accountant in charge of the Providenciales Treasury; Deputy Revenue Controller in charge of the Providenciales Revenue Control Unit; Collector of Customs in charge of the Customs Department and in 2013 was promoted to the post of Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Border Control and Labour, a post he held prior to departing the islands in September 2014 on study leave.

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

Acting Chief Justice His Lordship Shiraz Aziz, Stuart Taylor, his wife Mrs. Rachel Taylor, his daughter Arnelle Taylor and his brother Charles Richard Taylor.

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Governor Dakin Visits the Grand Turk Wellness Centre

On Monday, 24 February, His Excellency Governor Nigel Dakin made a special call on the Wellness Centre on Grand Turk. The Centre looks after those with long term care or special needs and also those with geriatric conditions.

Governor Dakin spent time with the clients of the Centre, toured all of the facilities including a new block currently under construction, and meet with staff.

Reflecting on his visit Governor Dakin said: “It felt very close to home

for me because my wonderful Father now requires 24 hour care in the UK. Not being there for him is one of the few downsides to being in TCI. I’m just very grateful my brother is there for him.

I see my Father whenever I’m home - sometimes he’s entertaining and interesting - we can share jokes and he can offer me advice - and there are other times he finds all memory hard and is exhausted - so I’ve got to know his carers reasonably well.

I therefore know what an

extraordinarily challenging job they have and also the enormous difference just one great care-worker can have not just on the person who they are looking after but a whole family.

It’s not just about the physical care and comfort of those in their care but also about the little human touches, the moments of fun and laughter and relaxed “chat” that turns a “Centre” into someone’s home.

Despite the damage that occurred to a new build in 2016, caused

by Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017, I saw all of that today in Grand Turk and congratulations to Betty-Ann Been and her team for all they do.

Having seen the new build that’s going on all around them - which will be complete by the Summer - I’m sure they will have the facilities they need to match the kindness and care they presently provide. Saying thank you to them seemed particularly important.”

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LOCAL NEWS Ministry of Health hosts annual HIV Inter High School Debate competition

By Todeline Defralien

The Health Promotion and Advocacy Unit within the Ministry of Health, Agriculture, Sports and Human Services hosted their annual HIV Inter High School Debate competition on Friday February 21st in North Caicos at Horse Stable Community Center.

The theme for World AIDS Day 2019 “Communities Makes the Difference” came alive with eight (8) High Schools debating the moot ‘Be It Resolved that “Community awareness and involvement are the only critical means of reducing HIV/AIDS cases in the TCI”.

According to Mrs. Aldora Robinson Director of Health Promotion and Advocacy within the Ministry of

Mrs. Aldora Robinson Director of Health Promotion pictured with this year’s winners.

Health, Agriculture, Sports and Human Services, the National HIV Inter High School Debate which is now in its 21st year, was moved from December to accommodate participating schools.

She told The SUN, “The students armed with facts, figures and well-polished and defined perceptions

were combat ready. We were able to see the maturity of the debaters and they were more factual and well prepared for the debate and it was sizzling.”

Schools participating were H.J. Robinson High, Marjorie Basden High, Raymond Gardiner High, Long Bay High, Clement Howell High, Wesley Methodist

Mrs. Aldora Robinson Director of Health Promotion within the Ministry of Health, Agriculture, Sports and Human Services.

High, Maranatha High and TCIPS.

Winners of the debate were Clement Howell High 1st Place, Maranatha High in Second place with Long Bay High taking third place. The Best Speaker Aaliyah Elliott hailed from the Clement Howell High School.

TCIG Celebrates Social Work Month March 2020

The Department of Social Development, within the Ministry of Education, Youth, Culture, Social and Library Services, celebrate the month of March as Social Work month. The theme is: “Social Workers: Generations Strong”.

Staff paused to reflect on the significant contributions and positive changes through passion, dedication and tireless commitment social workers have made within the Turks and Caicos Islands since the inception of the Department in the 1980’s. As community ‘weavers’, they continue to push beyond their limits to knit the social fabric of our country.

To add to the Department of Social Development’s many successes over the past year, there was an increase of social workers and the establishment of sub units in specialty areas including Probation, Child

safeguarding, Adoptions, Children and our current Social Workers, we sound the families and Community outreach. alarm for your resilience, empathy and love

Also, a number of Family Law for the job that you do and the people you serve. In the words of the Director of Social Ordinances were passed and in force or Development- Mrs. Tiffany Thomas Browne, coming into force, including the Children Care and Protection Ordinance, Status of “Hold your head up high and be proud to Children Ordinance, Alternative Sentencing be a Social Worker. The society is better off Ordinance, Adoption Ordinance, and having social workers around. Continue to take the high road, be encouraged, balance the Guardianship, Access and Custody work life with family life and let your light Ordinance.

Although Social Workers continue shine bright like a diamond and remember to experience many challenges, through it all, we are not in it for the income, we are in it for the outcome.” they persevere and ensure that the people of

In commemorating this month, the Turks and Caicos Islands are provided the Department will be hosting a series of with quality services in an effective and efficient manner. events designed to spotlight the social work profession and to celebrate the valuable

As we celebrate Social Work Month contributions Social Workers have made and our Social Workers, we extend a heartfelt thank you to the men and women who have throughout the Turks and Caicos Islands. paved the way for this noble profession. To

The Department of Social

Development will be hosting the following activities throughout the Islands: •Give Back Day – Elderly visit & care packages •Social Workers - ‘Who We Are & What We Do’ Door to Door Campaign / visit schools / social work students at community college. Ministry/ PS’s spend a day in the life of a social worker •Dissemination of Pamphlets, Brochures, Handouts, Social Workers Recognition within the TCIG Service (Government Press Release) •Radio Talk Shows - past & present Directors/ PSs- Whence we came- where we are now and where we are heading •Purple Day - Social Workers/ Public & Private Sector support Social Workers in wearing the color purple

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Minister of Sports attends General Assembly American Sports Council - Cade 2020

A Turks and Caicos islands delegation from the Ministry of Health, Agriculture, Sports and Human Services attended the General Assembly American Sports Council CADE 2020 held in Salinas of Guayaquil Ecuador.

The delegation was led by the Minister of Sports, Hon. Edwin Astwood, accompanied by Director of Sports Mr. Jarrett Forbes and the Executive Administrator to the Minister, Mrs. Darlene Clerveaux-Forbes.

The three-day conference commenced on Tuesday 18th February and continued through Thursday 20th February, 2020. A total of 62 persons were in attendance, form 42 countries from across South America, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

There were four main meetings held during the three-day period: CONSUDE (meeting for South America); CONCECADE (Meeting for Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean); CADE (meeting with South America, Central America and Caribbean and North America) and Ibero – American Sports Council (Meeting with Spanish and Portuguese Speaking Countries in the Americas).

Through networking Hon. Astwood met a number of Ministers and Presidents of various Sporting bodies including the Minister of Sports, Honduras Gerardo Farjardo, Acting Secretary of Sports and Physical activity for Ecuador Israel Verdugo, Minister of

Sports and Youth Affairs of Suriname Ms. Lalinie Gopal, Vice Minister of Sports and Chair of the Bureau for international convention against Anti-Doping in Sports UNESCO Mr. Marcos Diaz of the Dominican Republic, Director of Sports Jose Gadriel Sagastume of Guatemala, Senior Policy Officer for Sports Kathleen Giguere and Director General for Sports of Canada. Also in attendance for the first time, was Director General de Pandeportes Mr. Eduardo Cerda Quientero of Panama.

Amongst the topics discussed were: Fight against Doping Commission, Special Interventions – Sports Development, American Capital of Sports recognition, World Anti-Doping Agency, Interventions by thematic of the best practices, Gender equality and equity, Diversity and inclusion, Athlete protection, and Safe and friendly sports.

During the CONSECADE meeting, an executive committee was nominated by the majority of 10 member countries present for a proposal to be submitted to CONSECADE 2021. It was noted that Barbados although absent has taken the lead in Anti-Doping Agencies and plans to host a Ministerial Sports meeting in April 2020.

To this end, a number of Ministers and Directors were interviewed to include TCI’s Minister and Director of Sports relating to the Assembly’s objectives and regional and global impact.

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NOTICE Regulation 8 of the Physical Planning (Development Permission) Regulations, 2014 An Application, NC 1163 by CORE RESOURCES LTD for A GAS STATION ON PARCEL 50109/124, SANDY POINT, NORTH CAICOS has been submitted to the Department of Planning for consideration and determination.

Anyone wishing to make representation(s) may do so in writing to the Director of Planning, Downtown, Grand Turk or through the Department of Planning, Emily House, Leeward Highway, Providenciales, within twenty eight (28) days of publication of this Notice.

Director of Sports Jarrett Forbes, Minister of Sports, Hon. Edwin Astwood and Darlene Clerveaux-ForbesExecutive Administrator for the Minister or Health.

CADE Assembly, Salinas 2020 held, signing of the Cooperation Agreements and an election of headquarters for the XX General Assembly of CADE 2021 which resulted in Argentina being elected to host the General Assembly and Sports Summit CADE 2021.

Columbia was elected for the extra ordinary assembly that is going to be held during the course of this year with one objective to determine if CADE will establish a formal office which will be decided by the Commission on the best option of either a country or a nonGovernmental office.

Hon. Astwood stated: “I was very delighted that the Turks & Caicos Islands had participated in a sports assembly of this magnitude, consisting of Ministers and Directors from the North American Region, Central & South American

Regions, and the Caribbean Region. The topics and presentations were extremely beneficial for the TCI, and seeing sports as a tool for sustainable development.”

Director of Sports, Mr. Forbes said: “It was great meeting with member countries of CADE to discuss sport impacts on social development and peace and best practices and systems for sport development; while establishing a common position for the future of sports in the Americas.”

The President of Ecuador Lenin Moreno stated believes that it is very important for countries to establish common public sports policies in order to get objectives that are not only focused in sports as high performance, but also as a transformation for social wellbeing and enhancement of quality of life and transmission of positive values.

Ministry of Health, Agriculture, Sports and Human Services Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) What you need to know COVID-19 is a viral illness transmitted by droplets amongst humans from animals to humans.

What are the symptoms?

Persons with COVID-19 have had mild to severe respiratory illness with symptoms of • Cough • Fever • Shortness of breath • Low grade fever that gradually progress Symptoms are similar to the Flu How can I protect myself?

• Avoid close contact with people who are sick • Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth with unwashed hands • Wash your hands frequently with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. Use an alcohol based hand sanitizer with at least 70% alcohol if you do not have access to soap and water • Cover your cough or sneeze with tissue or flexed elbow

For more information, contact the National Epidemiologist on 338-3070 or the Director of Health Disaster 338-3064.

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Love Jones Valentine’s Concert highlights

Love Jones was a beautiful evening full of live music and engagement, creativity and crowd interaction.

Turks and Caicos Entertainer and promoter TESS, hosted the only Valentine’s Concert this year on Friday, February 14.

Patrons raved about the culinary art that was presented to them for their three course meal, while enjoying amazing sounds from artists of BYOC as well as enjoying the chart topping covers from TESS and The Band.

A particularly engaging crowd response was received by TESS during original spoken word piece, detailing past love experiences and accompanied by BYOC pianist Mikael, tying it all into girl power and ending on an electrifying note with songs like We Found Love by Rihanna.

TESS and The Band were called back for an encore in which she performed Reggae and Bush Music and burn the house down before Prime DJs put the icing on the cake as patrons dance the night away after sumptuous

cuisine and stellar performances.

TESS continues to provide elegant and sizzling entertainment to the people of Turks and Caicos.

Channeling her love for performance and music, Love Jones was a steamy nostalgic night in which artists brought eargasms and romance to the lovers of music at the Short Club Resort Courtyard.

Chrystal Charles is a Turks and Caicos native originally from Grand Turk. With a passion for music, she uses her big voice and her bold

personality to entertain crowds across internationally. Her stage name carries special meaning, as it stands for the acronym Tell Someone Something, a phrase made popular by local residents who urged the public to share information with the police following the killing of 25 year old Kaziah Burke in 2013. Chrystal Charles uses the name as a reminder of her friendship with the late Burke and to remind residents of their responsibility to be more forthcoming with information to the police.

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Getting rid of Scabies

Scabies is a skin infestation caused by a mite. After the initial exposure to scabies, it can take up to six weeks for symptoms to appear. If left untreated or incorrectly treated, these microscopic mites can live on your skin for months. Whilst there are times that there are outbreaks of the infestation in the society, it is estimated that there are approximately 130 million cases of scabies in the world at any given time!

What are the symptoms of scabies?

The hallmark symptom of scabies is an intensely itchy rash that typically gets worse at nights. Continuous scratching of the infected area can create sores that become infected. Common sites for the rash to appear include the wrist, armpit, nipples, genitalia and between the fingers. In many cases however the rash also involves the chest and back. The rash usually looks like tiny bumps under the skin, or as raised pimple-like bumps.

How did I get it?

Scabies is very contagious. It is spread through direct contact with a person or surface that is infested with

the mite. This therefore means it can be spread by prolonged skin-to-skin contact, such as holding hands, intimate personal contact, such as having sexual intercourse and sharing clothing, bedding, or towels that have been used by someone with a scabies infection.

Because it is spread through physical contact, the rash is usually spread to persons who live in close quarters such as family members and sexual partners.

Additionally, outbreaks are often seen in schools, nursing homes and prisons.

How is it diagnosed?

In most cases, your doctor should be able to diagnose that you have scabies after listening to your complaints and doing a thorough skin examination.

In a few cases, she may scrape the surface of the skin and look under a microscope for the mites and its eggs to confirm the diagnosis.

How is scabies treated?

Treatment for scabies usually involves getting rid of the infestation with ointments, creams, and lotions that are applied directly to the skin. Your doctor will probably instruct you to

apply the medicine at night to the entire body and you may need to repeat the treatment in a week.

All of your close contacts should also be treated whether or not they have symptoms. And it is also important to change all bedding and to wash your clothing, bedding, towels and so on in warm water and dry at a high temperature or in sunlight. Since the mite can also live on surfaces, wipe all surfaces in the home with bleach and warm water.

The itching can also be helped with oral antihistamine medications. If you have been itching profusely or for a prolonged period, you may have induced

By Dr. Marsha Barnett an eczema in the affected skin and so steroid creams may be used after the relatively commonly occurring condition initial treatment with the anti-scabies and that anyone can be affected. And medication. although the itch can be quite annoying

It is important to understand and intense, it is generally easy to treat that the itching can persist for up to a and once appropriately managed, tends month after the mite has been cleared to resolve quickly. and so prolonged treatment may be necessary in a few cases. If, however, the *Dr. Marsha Barnett is a general rash persists or your symptoms continue practitioner who also specialises beyond 2 to 4 weeks after treatment, in dermatology. For questions or have your doctor review your case. comments, please contact her at

Many persons feel embarrassed drmarshabarnett@gmail.com or at when given the diagnosis of scabies, but Associated Medical Practices - 946it is important to understand that is a 4242.

Graceway Supermarkets is seeking an articulate, enthusiastic IT Support Technician to ensure the smooth operations of Graceway’s systems and provide support for all its users.

IT Support Technician Requirements/Qualifications •Proven experience in an IT support role, certifications or educational background in a related field is a plus.

•A wide awareness and keen interest in the computing field. Detail orientated, self-motivated, with a drive to improve skills and systems.

Ability to multi-task, prioritizing work and performing well under pressure.

•Practical experience with Microsoft systems, including Windows operating systems, Microsoft office and server technologies.

•Good understanding of network design, TCP/IP, routing, wiring, wireless technologies.

•Ideal candidates would be working toward or already have Comp TIA A+ and or MCSA: Window 10 certification.

Duties and Responsibilities include: •Hardware maintenance, including printers, desktops, scales, scanners, POS registers and everything associated with day-to-day operations.

•Maintaining backup integrity, recovery and contingency planning.

•Maintaining good work-logs and documentation on system operations.

•Diagnose network faults, running cable, terminations, routing, DNS and DHCP management.

•Maintaining and improve physical (CCTV, electronic locks) and digital (Antivirus, Malware, Firewall) security systems.

•Out of hours availability (Graceway is operationally a 24/7 business).

Pay commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Deadline for submission of applicants is March 06, 2020 Submit to: Graceway IGA Supermarket’s main office or email: hr@gracewaysupermarkets.com Please Note: Only short-listed applicants will be contacted to attend interviews.

WATER SPORTS COORDINATOR GRAND TURK THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES MUST HAVE: • Certification in Sage 50 Accounting Software in order to complete bookkeeping entries in the evenings.

•Ability to plan & schedule scuba diving, boating excursions and water activities for both guests and cruise ship visitors.

•English and French required, Spanish an asset.

•Must be PADI Certified Open Water Diver and Boat Captain.

•Minimum 2 years living in a Caribbean setting.

•Work Schedule will include weekends, public holidays and most evenings.

Monthly Wage: $1,250.00 per month.

Candidates should apply in writing including a cover letter, resume and references to: info@bohioresrot.com 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 Immigration Board on Airport Road, Providenciales.

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Turks and Caicos Islanders and Bahamians of TCI Heritage - We are one people so let us behave like one “Born in The Bahamas, raised in the Turks & Caicos……., she considers the Turks & Caicos her only home. “ – Jena Janse

Due to the sensitivity of this topic, I contemplated whether or not to write about this but it is a topic that needs to be addressed. It is also an opportunity for us to reflect on how we live with each other.

The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos are basically one land mass and our cultures are almost the same except we pronounced some of our words differently. We are so intertwine, that no matter how much we try to separate from each other, we just can’t. There are more people of TCI Heritage living in TCI than there are in TCI. Background

In the 1930s, some TC Islanders migrated to Abaco Bahamas to work in the Lumber Industry. In the 1940s, more move to Inagua to work in the Salt Industry.

In the 1950, more move to the Grand Bahama to work in the Pine Yard Industry and after the Salt Industry in TCI collapsed in 1960s , more moved to the Bahamas in search of a better living.

As a result of this migration, Bahamians of TCI Heritage were birthed.

After the Bahamas became independent in 1973, some of the Turks and Caicos Islanders along with their children returned to TCI. In the late 80s and early 90s, the economy of the TCI started to flourish and Bahamians of TCI

Heritage and TCI Islanders were invited to return to TCI as the local population was too small to accommodate the growing economy. This trend continues to date.

The Issues

There appears to be constant conflict between TCI Islanders and Bahamians. Perhaps this started when TCIs people migrated to the Bahamas and many of them were treated unfairly by some Bahamians.

In fact some TCI Islanders hid their heritage and amended the spelling of their last names. Today some Bahamians of TCI Heritage are complaining that we do not treat them fairly and treat them like outsiders. We referred to them as Bahamians and foreigners. They also felt that TCI Islanders think when their family left TCI to reside in the Bahamas they have no more rights in TCI.

Some TCI Islanders on the other hand say some Bahamians of TCI Heritage do not assimilate with TCIslanders even though their family is from here. Some of them say Bahamians have living here for years and still do not consider TCI themselves as home.

In fact some of them say your country instead of our country. Very rarely do you see them showcase their Turks and Caicos Heritage. Many of them like to refer TCIslanders as being passive

and backward. Some TCI Islanders also claimed that Bahamians think they are better than us.

Ironically though, I am aware of a few Turks and Caicos Islanders who were born in the Bahamas but spent most of their life in TCI but yet called themselves Bahamians. I am also aware of a few persons who were born in the Bahamas but consider themselves Turks and Caicos Islanders.

Conclusion

Should your birth place determine the place you call home?

Shouldn’t your home be where your heart is or where you have been living for years? I started this article off with a lovely quote from Jena Janse who was born in the Bahamas but considers the Turks and Caicos her home.

The relationship between Turks and Caicos and the Bahamas is so unique and quite frankly I think the Bahamas should be the first place we should recruit individuals to come to our country to work whether in the private sector or the public sector

Bahamians of TCI Heritage must learn to appreciate and assimilate in the Turks and Caicos culture especially given the fact that their ancestors are from TCI. Turks and Caicos Islanders on the other hand must learn to appreciate the Bahamians of TCI Heritage as we are one

By Drexwell Seymour family.

National Heritage month will take place in October and I challenge the committee to see how we can set aside a day to focus on our history between Bahamas and TCI and let us start the conversation on how we can live as one. I encourage all of us who are of TCI Heritage to participate in this day by showcasing the TCI Flags and wearing the TCI national costumes.

Turks and Caicos we coming on strong

Dear beloved follow citizens of the soil Turks and Caicos Islands; I take this time out to express my concerns in a few ways, particularly in view of the drastic change in our country, we all take for granted.

When we do close scrutiny it opened as changes are being made to keep our people in a backward position leaving us not alternative but to call the system a failure to our humanity.

Fundamentally and essentially GOD give rights as a people . When you look at the elected and appointed members House of Parliament, JAH PEOPLE, MY PEOPLE, we have been taken for show, granted and advantage of for way too long by both.

In this present time, what have

Pearl Pierre

we, our Creator-given country become ?

My people, we have become third class citizens etc.

My people, I know we love our country and are proud of our islands. In my strongest opinion, we need to came on strong. What is going on in our beautiful by nature clean by choice islands have many of us wondering if there are any elected leaders with wisdom, love and will to represent, defend and protect the people of this so caledl beautiful Turks and Caicos island and its people .

My people, our past generations held on to this country despite there was nothing much, but they kept it for us. In these time this is what it boil up to, heavy development, over crowded, crime at its highest level and rising, small protection

Location: South Caicos, Turks & Caicos Islands Is seeking a Domestic Worker To do housekeeping work Must be able honest, trustworthy and speaks English To work 5 days a week Salary is $6.25 per hour This position is currently held by a work permit holder Please Contact: 243-0211 Interested Turks & Caicos Islander applicants must send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board

by our strongest force, no security, and as we can see, no respect love or remorse.

My people, again I know we as hard core Turks and Caicos Islanders love our country and are proud of it and are strongly concerned about our magic and special island and their citizens wellbeing.

The problem that we are facing in these dreadful times is bad and seems hard to tackle, but is not as hard as it seems. Just strong representatives that will stand up for something instead of falling for everything.

So my beloved people, LET’S COME ON STRONG at large, independent.

Thanks the almighty creator for these beautiful by nature clean by choice Turks and Caicos Islands..... NUFF LOVE UNITY AND RESPECT.

Samardio Outten

By Lucky Forbes

Location: South Caicos, Turks & Caicos Islands Is seeking a Domestic Worker To do housekeeping work Must be able honest, trustworthy and speaks English To work 5 days a week Salary is $6.25 per hour This position is new Please Contact: 347-8110 Interested Turks & Caicos Islander applicants must send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board

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Seven initiatives to address TCI crime: A bold perspective

By Dr. John Malcolm

When it comes to speaking out about the myriad of problems we are facing here in the Turks and Caicos Islands, there have been a plethora of popular rhetoric and political posturing on social media and the printed media alike. While many of the shared insights have been helpful in highlighting the problems, very few have proffered any real solutions to the problems.

It is my endeavor here in this discourse to not only write about a problem, which solution is pertinent to our well being and the very fabric and future of our society, but rather to also offer plausible and possible solutions to effectively addressed the problem.

The problem that is foremost in my mind and I believe foremost in the minds of many caring and concerned citizens, is the problem of crime, and in particular, violent crime.

The trending escalation of youth on youth crime in our communities is beyond alarming. While the implementation of the CCTV program is a progressive initiative, it falls short of addressing the root of the crime problem at the community level.

For some, adequate solutions would be to increase the law enforcement manpower, the numbers of policemen boots on the ground. For some it is to build a bigger prison. However, from my perspective, again these fall short of addressing the root problem of crime at the community level.

A viable question that may be asked of me is – ‘what qualifies you (John Malcolm) to speak to this problem’? What qualifies me to speak to this problem and to be able to suggest solutions that have the potential to not end crime in our country, but rather to bring about a significant reduction in its perpetration is, firstly: •Thirty-four (34) years of working with substance abusers and other criminal elements in communities across the Turks and Caicos Islands through drug support groups and other substance remedial programs, inclusive of schools drug prevention and drug education programs.

•Fifteen years in the National Drug Unit, as Director for three years with responsibility for the development of drug prevention programs and other counseling initiatives.

•Fifteen years of Drug Counseling and Anger Management programs in H.M Prison where I counseled with some of the most notorious of the inmates incarcerated there.

•Conducted research of H. M. Prison (1998) entitled “Recidivism: The Revolving Door Syndrome In The Penal System of the Turks and Caicos Island”. This was done as a Caribbean Studies project towards qualifying for the Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of the West Indies (Mona).

•Recent development of a Prison Reform proposal that has the potential to transform the way the prison is managed and to enhance the experience of the persons who are incarcerated there.

In outlining the initiatives that I am proposing herein I want to posit that the first initiative that I will be addressing to bring about a reduction in crime is 1. Prison Reform

The present penal system in the Turks and Caicos, and to some extent in much of the civilized world has failed to bring about the reformation of the lives entrusted to their care.

The present system is punishment oriented, which is fine because people who are incarcerated for crimes need to experience some form of punishment. However, a prison system that solely relies on punishment to reform inmates, is a one that is bound to fail.

Not only fail, but such a system produces worst criminals. I offer this analogy to help to clarify my point – ‘If you take a bad dog and lock him up and mistreat him everyday, and beat him everyday and feed him scraps instead of a proper diet – what you would have done was to take a bad dog and turned him into a rabid dog.

The analogy is not intended to refer to inmates as ‘bad dogs’ or ‘rabid dogs’. It is just intended to make the point that the present prison system is creating worst criminals.

The prison reform proposal that I have developed has three (3) phases that are designed to revolutionized the system, and enhance the experience of the persons who are housed there.

Phase 1 •Proposes an implementation of a works program. This entails the purchase of a concrete block making machine and materials to put inmates to work making blocks.

•Inmates can be paid modest wages that will be managed by the prison – giving them allowances for toiletries and other essentials and establishing a savings account that will be made available to them upon their release. The privilege to work in the program can be governed by reports of good behavior, and abstention for substance abuse.

This will be monitored by subjecting them to random testing for substance abuse. The numbers of the workers can be rotated so that every inmate has the opportunity to benefit. The sale of the blocks can produce enough income to finance other remedial programs in the prison.

•Phase one also encompasses harnessing the abilities of inmates with carpentry skills or soliciting the help of carpenters in the community to train inmates in cabinet making. The products can be sold to provide income for the inmates and supplement the other remedial programs of the prison.

•Another component of phase one can be an apprenticeship program which entails providing low risk inmates with the opportunity to work along with contractors (building, electrical, plumbing etc.) to learn the trades equipping

them with skills that they can employ to earn a living upon being release from prison. This program can foster relationships with contractors and inmates and has the potential to secure employment for them upon being release from prison.

•Which brings me to the next component of phase one – a job placement and mentoring program for inmates who are released from prison. Based upon the skills that they acquired, this program will endeavor to provide ex-inmates with employment opportunities.

•The program will, along with the parole board provide oversight and ongoing mentoring and monitoring of the inmates placed in the program, subjecting them to continuous random drug testing. This will help to alleviate the concerns the employers may have. Participants in this program will be required to attended weekly drug and alcohol counseling sessions as a part of the compliance component.

•Phase one also includes a comprehensive educational program of inmates. This in entail remedial classes for inmates on the lower end of the spectrum, preparation of inmates for CXC examinations and assisting to qualify inmates with degrees through TCI Community College and distance learning programs with international colleges and universities. This can be coordinated though the Community College, which will provide lecturers and learning materials for the program.

Recurrent Cost Electricity Estimated @ $200.00 per month x 12 months= $ 2,400.00 500 Bags Cement per Quarter @ $10.00 per bag= $5,000 x 4= $ 20,000.00 10 Tons Gravel per Quarter @ $250.00 per ton= $2500 x 4 = $ 10,000.00 10 Tons Sand per Quarter @ $250.00 per Ton= $2500 x 4 = $ 10,000.00

Dr. John Malcolm

10,000 Gallons water per Quarter @ $ 1000 x 4 = $ 4,000.00 Furniture Making Materials @ $ 5000 half yearly x I year $ 10,000.00 `

Training Materials & Supplies @ $ 2000 per year $ 2,000.00

It is being suggested that phase one will be governed by a committee/council comprising of the Prison Superintendent, the Attorney General or her representative, a Community College representative, a member of the Contractors Association, a Substance Abuse Counselor from the Department of Mental Health and Substance Dependence and a trusted inmate chosen by inmates to represent their interest on the committee/council.

Wages – 20 Workers @ $20.00 per day x 5 days = $2000x 52 $104,000.00

Phase One Funding

Miscellaneous Costs Estimated @ $ 1500 per year $ 1,500.00

The big question for any proposed initiative is always – where will the money come from?

I want to suggest that there is a pool of financial resources that is specifically earmarked for a project of this nature.

The Proceeds of Crime Ordinance (2009) has embodied in it a section called the National Forfeiture Fund. This Fund currently has reserves of over 5 million dollars. Section (7) under Miscellaneous of the Ordinance, captioned “National Forfeiture Fund” section (145) – subsection (3) reads: The Governor in Cabinet may, on the recommendation of the Reporting Authority authorize payments to be made out of the Fund – (a) for the purpose related to – (iii) training and public awareness with respect to drug addiction and the treatment and rehabilitation of persons with drug addiction (iv) the rehabilitation of offenders.

Ironically, to the best of my knowledge this fund was never used for any project of this nature. However, it is common knowledge that funds to purchase new police vehicles came from this source in the past.

The budgetary figures presented above indicate that the funding request is only for start-up capitalization and that the project going forward will be self-sustaining

The figures presented here are not exact estimates but are close to realistic: Start-up Capital Budget 1 Block Making Machine (1000 blocks per day) ----$ 20,000.00 1 Concrete Mixer -----------------------------------$

3,000.00

1 Pressure Washer ----------------------------------$ 500.00 500 Bags Cement @ $ 10.00 per bag ---------$ 5,000.00 10 Tons gravel @ $ 250.00 per ton -------- $

2,500.00

10 Tons sand @$ 250.00 per ton -----------$

2,500.00

10,000 Gallons of Construction water (delivered) -------------$ 1,000.00 Tools & Equipment ---------------------------$

5,000.00

Furniture Making Materials -----------------$ 2 Computers -------------------------------------$

5,000.00

Scholarships For Inmate Degree $ 50,000.00

External

$

Certificate/Diploma/

Total Recurrent Costs $216,400.00

Fixed Costs Fixed costs are reflected in the Proposed Start-up Capital Budget above Note

When the projected income ($529,000) is reconciled with the projected recurrent costs ($ 216,400) a surplus of $ 312,600 is realized.

This surplus ($312,600) can be utilized to enhance existing programs and fund other rehabilitation initiatives in the prison. This is the feature that supports the notion of the project being self-sustaining going forward.

Phase Two Management Structural Change

The present management structure of the prison is archaic and not ineffective in bringing about any meaningful change in the lives of the inmates that are housed there.

The prison is presently managed by a Superintendent who has police and military training and background. The modus operandi is to inflict and enforce punishment when persons violate the rules of the society and the facility, without any regard for understanding the psychological make-up of the individuals and the underlying factors contributing to their deviant behavior.

What is happening is that persons who are sentenced to prison and subjected to stringent controls are exhibiting no meaningful change in character and behavior upon being release from prison. I am declaring that from my observation the present management structure is at the root of this shortcoming.

The management structural change that I am proposing is firstly to maintain the Superintendent component, but add the component that will share equal weight and responsibilities.

The two additional management figures would be (1) a prison psychologist, who will be responsible for developing personality profiles for all inmates. And (2) a prison psychiatrist who will be responsible for the treatment of the many disorders that are the many causes of the deviant behaviors of the inmates.

These management components will work together to provide comprehensive modalities of treatment plans for individual inmates that will be designed for more effective case management.

These management components will be mandated to provide ongoing sensitivity training for the Warders to realign their mindset to a modernized approach to their role and function in their particular capacities.

Phase Three New Modernized Facility

1,500.00

Training Materials & Supplies --------------$

2,000.00

20 x 40 Machine Enclosure/Work Area/Tool Storage ---------$ 80,000.00 Miscellaneous ---------------------------------$ Total $ 133,000.00

Maintenance & Repairs Estimated @ $ 2500 per year 2,500.00

5,000.00

Projected Income Budget 1000 Concrete Blocks per day @ $1.85 per block @ 5 days = 1000x$1.85x5: $ 9,225.00 x 52 weeks = $ 481,000.00 Furniture Making Monthly Income @ $ 2000.00 x 12 months =$ 24,000.00 Art & Craft Monthly Income @ $2000.00 x 12 months = $ 24,000.00 Total $ 529,000.00 Projected Cost Analysis

There is a widespread notion that the Turks and Caicos Islands are aspiring to the attaining of the status of a first-world country.

That being said then, it is only fitting that the institutions that we are developing be of first-world status, Her Majesty’s Prison being no exception.

However, a visit to Her Majesty’s Prison will immediately reveal that it is in and advance dilapidated state and it is unfitted for human occupancy. There is the widespread notion that only prisoners are kept there and that they are deserving of being housed in sub-standard conditions.

But the reality is, they are human beings and as such they are deserving of better living conditions, irrespectively of their crimes against society.

Therefore, phase three of the initiative calls for the construction of a modern state-of-the-art prison facility. One the will have an atmosphere that is conducive to learning and rehabilitation. One that will foster greater self esteem and self worth for the persons we house there.

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GREAT HOUSE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED [SAILROCK] is seeking qualified candidates for the positions below

Position Title Sailrock Villa Manager manages all privately owned Villas for Sailrock Resort and Sailrock Living. Must be able to relocate South Caicos.

Main Objective The Sailrock Villa Manager manages all privately owned Villas for Sailrock Resort and Sailrock Living. This person manages all aspects of these homes and is the key contact for home owners. The relationship begins when the buyer closes on their private Villa construction contract. During construction, the Villa Manager corresponds with the homeowner on status and answers questions, as they arise. Post construction, the Villa Manager ensures that punch lists are completed in a timely manner and that Villas are rented and managed in accordance with the Villa Management Agreements, if applicable. Homeowner satisfaction and maximum profitability are the primary objectives. This position necessitates close coordination with the General Manager to allocate Great House Management Company employee time to the private Villa homes including but not limited to housekeeping, landscaping, pool maintenance, etc. The Villa Manageralso works closely with the Manager of Construction of Development and the Construction Project Manager to ensure the Owner’s construction experience is positive. Consistent communication and detailed tracking are key to ensuring a satisfactory Owner experience.

Primary Responsibilities Operations / Communication •Attend daily management briefings with General Manager •Attend weekly construction briefings with Manager of Construction and Development and Construction Project Manager •Provide monthly communication (including Payment requests) to Owners during construction •Issue and log final owner finish selection approvals •Be the liaison between construction team and Villa Owners, answering questions from both as needed •Ensure punch lists are completed and obtain sign off to indicate cutoff and handover of the Villa to Hotel Operations Team •Keep track of private Villa rental bookings and communicate with the Reservation’s Manager about bookings •Manage check in and check out process for Villa Owners and guests – including but not limited to tracking arrival status, corresponding with Reservations Manager and Airport greeting team, greeting Owners and guests on arrival, and ensuring smooth and timely transportation to and from Villa and Airport •Keep track of Home Owners’ schedule of visit and liaise with The Resort to ensure no conflicting reservations •Ensure daily operations at private Villas are running smoothly to the satisfaction of the Homeowners and guests •Daily assignment of private Villa services such as: housekeeping, landscaping, pool maintenance, maintenance work, etc.

•Account for all expenditures related to upkeep of each Villa including staffing and services •Work within a budget to combine benefit of the Homeowner and the Resort •Undertake inspections of all private Villas and complete checklists for each property,providing corresponding reporting to the owner •Manage total care maintenance of all buildings on the property associated with specific homes including, landscaping, refuse removal, pest control, pool & exterior services, interior and exterior furniture maintenance and cleanliness, etc. in accordance with the Villa Management Agreement.

•Manage the provision of General Services and Additional Services as outlined and in accordance with the Villa Management Agreement •Manage Storm Preparation Services when enacted by the General Manager •Prepare monthly billing statement and P&L for individual homes ensuring accurate billing of net rental proceeds and expenses including utilities, homeowners association dues, etc.

•Maintain a file system of accurate records and accounting related to monthly billing statements and all monthly correspondence with owners •Ensure billings are collected or amounts due to Owners are paid •Ensure working capital balance in accordance with the Villa Management agreement is maintained •Ensure owner insurance policies are on file •Propose projects for the homes based on necessity and available budget •Work closely with contractors and other outside vendors prior to, during and after projects

•Supervise Projects requested by Home Owners and update Home Owners on progress •Maximize relationship with Home Owners when they are both on and off island. Whilst on island, prioritize time to ensure Owners have access to services at all times •Ensure all the needs for Owners/renters are taken care of prior to and during their visit, including but not limited to spa appointments, excursion reservations, groceries, organizing special events on their behalf, etc, or pre-bookings with Reservations Manager •Ensure Amenity Services are provided to renters in accordance with the Villa Management Agreement •Keep and check inventory of Home Owners’ personal properties and ensuring safekeeping while they are off-island •Accommodating all special requests and specific needs of Home Owners, their guests and renters •Maintain a flexible approach and demonstrate a “can do” attitude with co-workers, Owners, vendors etc. Set an example that others can follow Finance & Planning •Assist in producing annual budget for department with the Financial Controller and General Manager. Prepare current year Pricing Summary.

•Implement and recommend systems that maximize revenue from rentals and minimize costs in order to control and meet budget •Generate financial and achievement reports as required by management •Implementdaily, weekly and monthly projects to maintain equipment, cleanliness and standards. Planning should include phased maintenance projects over the summer months when rentals are at their lowest levels.

Qualified Candidates will have/be: •Passionate about delivering outstanding customer service •Fluent in English (fluency in more than one language is a plus) •Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in Villa Management •Bachelor’s degree in Tourism and Management •Able to handle cash and credit transactions •Able to use RDP & Squirrel •Able to effectively exercise high levels of patience, tact and diplomacy •Excellent communication skills – both written and oral •Exceptional time management skills Salary Range •$35,000- $40, 000yearly •Male Steward •Job Summary•Main responsibility is to maintain the cleanliness of the china, glass & silver, a safe & hygienic work environment, garbage removal & maintain/ monitor of the operations needs/inventory.

•Qualifications•Minimum 1-2 years of experience in quality restaurant operations on a similar capacity.

•Knowledgeable and experienced in food service.

•Knowledgeable and experience in beverage service.

•Constant standing and walking throughout shift.

•Frequent lifting and carrying up to 30 lbs.

•Occasional kneeling, pushing, pulling, lifting.

•Fluent written and spoken English.

•Must be able to work with minimal supervision and have a strong initiative.

•Must be able to do split shift •Must be able to perform efficiently during high volume peak periods.

Salary •$14,000 yearly Please submit applications to Human Resources Department: •Drop off: W104 Venture House, Grace Bay, Providenciales •Email: humanresources@southcaicos.com or swharton@southcaicos.com

These positions are currently held by a Work Permit holder. Interested Turks and Caicos Islands must also submit copies of their application to the TCI Work Permit Board

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ADVERTISEMENT OF WINDING UP PETITION ________________________________________________________

FEBRUARY 28TH, 2020 – MARCH 6TH, 2020

Company: CM&D Caicos Ltd. Title: Project Engineer/Assistant Project Manager Reporting to: Senior Project Manager

IN THE SUPREME COURT Action No. W.1/2020 THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS IN THE MATTER OF BIG BLUE UN LIMITED (“The Company”)

AND IN THE MATTER ORDINANCE 2017 BETWEEN:

OF

THE

KATHLEEN DE BRUYNE

INSOLVENCY

Petitioner

-andBIG BLUE UN LIMITED

Respondent

A Petition to wind up the above-named Company, whose registered office is at P.O. Box 908, 82 Cherokee Road, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands, presented by the above-named Petitioner, will be heard at the Supreme Court at Court Room #5, Graceway Plaza, Providenciales on 13 March 2020 at 9.30 a.m. (or so soon thereafter as the Petition can be heard) Any person intending to appear on the hearing of the Petition, whether to support or oppose it, must give notice of intention to do so to the Petitioner or its Attorney by 4 p.m. on 12 March 2020 The Petitioner’ Attorneys are Saunders & Co, whose address is P.O. Box 257, Town Centre Building, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands.

Dated at Providenciales this 25 February 2020

Location: On-Site at the AMANYARA job site (Northwest Point, TKCA 1ZZ, Turks & Caicos Islands) Salary Range: $55,360 USD/year to $62,280 USD/year THIS POSITION IS NEW. CM&D Caicos Ltd. is a Work Permit Holder General Description: Assistant Project Manager provides full time support of the project management team and requires frequent, high level interaction with our Clients. He/She is responsible for ensuring that all aspects of our services are being delivered at the highest level to ensure that the Client/Owner is satisfied.

Duties & Responsibilities 1. Assists in managing the day-to-day project activities.

2. Assists with the preparation, managing, monitoring and maintaining of comprehensive budgets, schedules and cash flow projections.

3. Establishes and implements a quality assurance and quality control program.

4. Leads project meetings, liaises with the Owners, and assists with presentations to the Owners executive management team.

5. Coordinates through his/her team, the preparation of RFP/bid packages.

6. Assists with the solicitation, evaluation, and selection of the contractors.

7. Assists with managing the design effort to ensure that the project is being designed to meet the owner’s objectives and budget. During the design management process, assists with the preparation of estimates and performs value engineering analysis and constructability reviews.

8. Oversees and manages the work of the contractors.

9. Participates in the review/update of project schedules/budgets (budgeted, actual, committed and projected).

10. Coordinates the processing of clarifications, submittals, and requests for information, shop drawings, substitution requests, change proposals and change orders.

11. Reviews and approves monthly payment requests by contractors.

12. Prepares monthly reports that discuss in detail the status of the project.

Qualifications Requires over 7 years of project management experience; a minimum of a Bachelors Degree in Civil Engineering is preferred. A graduate degree or project management certification is a plus. Must have excellent communication skills both oral and written; be computer literate and capable of using MS Office (Word, Excel), internet/ email, project management and scheduling programs.

Please send all resumes, job experience, and questions to: marketing@cmdintl.com

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911 CALL CENTRE LEVEL II TELECOMMUNICATOR The Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force is seeking team-oriented and self-motivated persons to work in a dynamic professional atmosphere in the 911 Call Centre in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands. The position offers a challenging and rewarding opportunity for the incumbents to assist the center in providing 24 hour professional, efficient emergency response to all emergencies. Successful candidates will be sworn in as Special Constables and as such must adhere to the Police Force Ordinance and all applicable rules and regulations associated.

PURPOSE OF THE JOB: This is a highly skilled job position requiring the post holder to assist the 911 Call Centre in providing 24 hour professional, efficient emergency response to all emergencies.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS REQUIRED FOR THE JOB: •The position requires excellent communication skills •The position requires the incumbent to display excellent delivery in call handling and emergency response •Must have the ability to hear and understand sound sources coming through a communications headset and or radio or standard telephone receiver •Must have the ability to read and discern visual images on a variety of media, including color coded computer screen •Must have the ability to write English legibly and record names and numbers accurately (i.e., not transpose numbers and letters) •Must have the ability to coordinate the movements of two or more limbs together for purposes of operating the radio or telephone equipment simultaneously; the ability to remain seated at the same work station for extended periods of time QUALIFICATIONS: Must have at least three (3) CXC passes two of which should include English and Mathematics.A foreign language is desirable.

REQUIREMENT: The post holder will receive training leading up to Certification in the following:-

1.Public Safety Telecommunications 1 (APCO) 2.Emergency Medical Dispatch (APCO) 3.Fire Services Communications (APCO) 4.Adult and Infant First Aid and CPR Special Requirements: Normal work schedule may be 8 or 12 hour shifts which can beon weekends and holidays and is subject to change at short notice. Unscheduled hours may be required in the case of excessive workloads, unforeseen personnel shortfalls, or emergency situations.

Additionally Incumbents must be able to pass an extensive background check and application process, including criminal history check, aptitude testing, psychological evaluation, and drug screening.

SALARY: $22,140.00 per annum Allowances: $10,800.00 per annum APPLICATION PROCEDURE Resumes with current contact information must be accompanied by a 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 should be addressed to the Office of the Human Resources Department, Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force, Old Airport Road, Grand; or sent by email to: recruitment@tcipolice.tc with the subject Line being 911 Telecommunicator, Applications sent by post or brought by hand should have the subject: 911 Telecommunicator Clearly marked on the envelopes.

Successful applicants will work in accordance with the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force Ordinance.

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

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 6th March 2020

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Annual Integrity Commission Inter-High School Speak-Off competition T

he Clement Howell High School dominated this year’s “Promoting Integrity, Honesty and Good Faith in Public 5th annual Integrity Commission Inter-High Speak-Off Life”.

Competition winning first place with 662 points, ahead The competition comprised of two rounds, of Maranatha High School who came second with 630.5 round one focused on students speaking on initiatives to points. promote integrity within the High Schools throughout

The competition took place on Thursday 20th the Turks and Caicos Islands, and round two comprised February, at the Gustarvus Lightbourne Sports Complex, of impromptu speeches on integrity choices within Providenciales. various scenarios which may occur within the school

The moot for this Speak-Off competition was environment.

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Six (6) High schools participated in vying for the championship which involves both public and two private schools, the schools are Clement Howell High School (CHHS), Helena Jones Robinson High School (HJRH), Long Bay High School (LBHS), Maranatha Academy, Precious Treasures, and Raymond Gardiner High School (RGHS).

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Premier Robinson led a fact-finding visit to Bermuda

The Premier Hon. Sharlene Cartwright- •The Ministry of National Security Robinson led a TCI Delegation to Bermuda to attend a •The House of Assembly of Bermuda two-day agenda organized by the Ministry of National •Bermuda Police Service Headquarters Security Bermuda to meet with key stakeholders Among topics discussed during meetings were in the National Security and Education sectors on 19 -22nd February 2020. Premier and TCI Delegates that of criminal rehabilitation, action against gangpaid a courtesy call on the Governor of Bermuda, His related offences and effective crime reduction and Excellency John Rankin and the Premier of Bermuda, prevention methodology in Small Island Developing States (SIDS).

Honourable David Burt.

Commenting on the visit, Premier Robinson

Following initial meetings with the Governor and Premier of Bermuda, Premier Robinson and stated: “Bermuda is a valued partner of the Turks and delegates met with the Minister for National Security, Caicos Islands because of our shared relationship with Commissioner of Police and various other key the United Kingdom as British Overseas Territories. stakeholders in the National Security sector, received They have a wealth of knowledge in dealing specifically presentations from Bermudian Police and conducted with gang-related crimes, crime prevention, reduction site visits at various government institutions in Bermuda and criminal rehabilitation. These methods have been tested and proven successful in Bermuda and can be the including: same for the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Although the Turks and Caicos Islands still •The Department of Court Services which oversees remains one of the safest countries in the region we probations must continue focused efforts in ensuring citizen •CedarBridge Academy Highschool safety - a task the Turks and Caicos Islands Government •West Pembroke Primary School is fervidly committed to; therefore, through this visit •The Gang Violence Reduction Team to Bermuda, we were able to discuss possible effective •The Redemption Farm Project approaches to crime reduction and prevention in the •The Westgate Correctional Facility

TCI and we able to see firsthand the success of these working models.

On behalf of the Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands, I would like to the thank the Governor of Bermuda, His Excellency John Rankin, the Premier of Bermuda Honourable David Burt and the Government of Bermuda for their gracious hospitality and their willingness to pass on knowledge and expertise and the Turks and Caicos Islands Government looks forward to continued collaboration with Bermuda to ensure the prosperity and longevity of both nations.”

A delegation of eight (8) lead by Premier Robinson traveled to Bermuda which included: The Minister for Education, Youth, Culture, Social and Library Services Hon. Karen Malcolm, Director of Education, Mr. Edgar Howell, Probations Officer, Mr. Jaron Harvey, Assistant Commissioners of Police with the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force, Mr. Darron Williams and Mr. Kendall Grant, the Executive Director for the Office of the Premier, Local Government and Community Affairs, Mr. Ronlee James and the Executive Administrator of the Office of the Premier, Ms. Lareesa Robinson. The team have since returned to the Turks and Caicos Islands.

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ENTERTAINMENT Boyfriend of British TV presenter heartbroken by her death

British TV personality Caroline Flack arrives for the Cosmopolitan Ultimate Women of the Year Awards in London.

The boyfriend of Caroline Flack, the former British TV host for the controversial reality show “Love Island,” said Sunday that his “heart is broken” at her death as criticism mounted over her treatment by some British media.

British commercial television network ITV said it would not air Sunday’s edition of the show but that it would return on Monday with a tribute to its former host.

Flack, 40, was found dead Saturday at her home in east London after taking her own life, according to a family lawyer. Flack hosted “Love Island” from its launch in 2015 before stepping down in December after being charged with assaulting her 27-year-old boyfriend, Lewis Burton.

Flack denied the charge and was to stand trial next month. She was also not allowed to have any contact with Burton, a bail restriction he objected to.

Burton also did not want Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service to go ahead with the trial.

Over the past few months, Flack had been the focus of several negative articles and was trolled across social media for the assault charge. On Sunday, the story of her suicide dominated the front pages of British newspapers.

Beside a picture of them together, Burton said on Instagram that he was in “so much pain.”

He added: “I promise I will ask all the questions you wanted and I will get all the answers nothing will bring you back but I will try make you proud everyday.”

The sixth season of “Love Island” is currently airing and ITV said in a statement that it will not broadcast Sunday’s edition of the show. On Saturday, the commercial network did not air a package of unseen footage from the previous week.

“After careful consultation between Caroline’s representatives and the ‘Love Island’ production team, and given how close we still are to the news of Caroline’s tragic death, we have decided not to broadcast tonight’s ‘Love Island’ out of respect for Caroline’s family,” ITV said in a statement.

ITV said the show will return on Monday and that it will include “a tribute to Caroline who will be forever in our hearts.”

“Love Island” puts young, attractive contestants in a tropical paradise, where they must pair up or risk being exiled. Critics claim the program places vulnerable young people under intense scrutiny and pressure, which is magnified by blanket coverage of the show by tabloids and TV talk shows. Two former “Love Island” contestants, Sophie Gradon and Mike Thalassitis, died by suicide in 2018 and 2019.

Until her arrest, Flack had enjoyed a meteoric career rise after co-hosting Saturday morning children’s television shows. She also hosted companion shows to the popular ITV programs “I’m A Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here!” and “The X Factor.”

Flack’s career blossomed further after she won the BBC show “Strictly Come Dancing” in 2014, the British version of “Dancing With The Stars.” While hosting “Love Island,” Flack made her West End stage debut in 2018, playing Roxie Hart in the musical “Chicago.”

Weinstein found guilty of sexual assault, rape, in victory for #MeToo movement

Former movie producer Harvey Weinstein was convicted of sexual assault and rape in a New York court on Monday and taken off to jail in handcuffs, a victory for the #MeToo movement that inspired women to publicly accuse powerful men of misconduct.

Once one of Hollywood’s most influential producers, Weinstein, 67, was found guilty of sexually assaulting former production assistant Mimi Haleyi in 2006 and raping Jessica Mann, a onetime aspiring actress, in 2013.

Officers helped Weinstein unsteadily to his feet before leading him away. His lawyer said Weinstein, who has used a walker throughout Film producer Harvey Weinstein is handcuffed after his guilty verdict in his sexual assault trial in the trial, was expected to be taken the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., February 24, 2020 in this courtroom to a medical facility at New York sketch City’s Rikers Island jail complex.

A spokesman for Weinstein The jury of seven men and five the alleged crimes against Haleyi or said later that the onetime movie women acquitted Weinstein on the Mann. mogul was diverted instead to most serious charges, which carried Sciorra, best known from Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan, a potential life sentence. the television show “The Sopranos,” which has a unit that provides Asked by reporters testified Weinstein forced his way medical care for jail inmates. outside court how the jury service into her home one night, raped

The spokesman, Juda experience was for him personally, her and forced oral sex on her. The Engelmayer, told Reuters he did jury foreman Bernard Cody said, accusation, from the early 1990s, not know why Weinstein went to “Devastating,” but declined to was too old to be charged as a Bellevue or how long he would be elaborate. separate crime. there. But a number of news outlets, A long legal battle in the “In speaking truth to including Variety, reported that he appeals courts is likely to ensue. power we pave the way for a more had complained of chest pains.

At the start of the trial, defense just culture, free of the scourge of

Either destination would lawyers accused the judge of bias, violence against women,” Sciorra be a sharp contrast to the posh Four the prosecutors of withholding said in a statement.

Seasons hotel where the producer evidence, and the media of turning Prosecutors portrayed of such acclaimed films as “The the trial into a circus.

Weinstein as a serial predator English Patient” and “Shakespeare Weinstein still faces sexual who had manipulated women in Love” started his day. assault charges in California, which with promises to open doors in

After the verdict Arthur were announced just hours after Hollywood, coaxing them to hotel Aidala, Weinstein’s lawyer, quoted his New York trial began on Jan. 6. rooms or private apartments and his client as saying, “I’m innocent. Dozens of women have also filed then overpowering and violently I’m innocent. How can this happen civil lawsuits against him. attacking them. in America?”

During the trial, the

His sentencing hearing ‘HELD ACCOUNTABLE’ prosecution methodically elicited was set for March 11. The attorney graphic testimony from several vowed to appeal.

More than 80 women, accusers, including Haleyi, who said

Weinstein never testified including famous actresses, accused Weinstein invited her to his SoHo in his defense. He told reporters Weinstein of sexual misconduct home after she had worked on one during the trial that he had wanted stretching back decades. He denied of his television productions. to speak but his lawyers said it the accusations and said any sexual After she arrived, Weinstein was unnecessary because the case encounters were consensual. backed her into a bedroom, held against him was weak.

Manhattan District her down on the bed and forced

Actress Rose McGowan, Attorney Cyrus Vance said at a news himself on her orally, yanking out who had accused Weinstein of conference: “It’s a new day because her tampon, Haleyi told jurors. rape, wrote on Twitter: “Today is a Weinstein has finally been held Mann said that soon after powerful day & a huge step forward accountable.” He praised the jurors. meeting Weinstein she entered in our collective healing.”

“Your verdict turned a page in our into an “extremely degrading”

A statement for the criminal justice system. relationship with him that never #MeToo movement said: “The jury “To the survivors: I owe included intercourse until, she worked with an incredibly narrow and we owe an immense debt of alleged, he raped her in 2013. and unjust set of laws governing courage to you,” Vance said.

She described Weinstein as sexual assault, and though he was The jury acquitted a “Jekyll and Hyde” character: He not convicted on all counts, Harvey Weinstein on two counts of was charming in public but often Weinstein will have to answer for predatory sexual assault and showed terrifying anger when they his crimes.” first degree rape - forcible sexual were alone, Mann said.

Weinstein faces up to 25 intercourse - of Mann.

Legal experts said three years in prison on the sexual assault A conviction on predatory additional women, who testified for conviction. He was also convicted of sexual assault would have required the prosecution, provided powerful third degree rape - sexual intercourse the jury to find Weinstein committed evidence that was difficult for the without consent - which carries a an alleged assault against actress defense to overcome. prison sentence of up to four years.

Annabella Sciorra and at least one of

‘Mission: Impossible’ Italy movie shoot delayed by coronavirus

A planned three-week shoot in Italy for Tom Cruise’s new “Mission: Impossible” film has been postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak, movie studio Paramount Pictures said on Monday.

Filming was due to have started on Monday in Venice, where the final two days of the lagoon city’s annual Carnival festival was canceled on Sunday.

New coronavirus cases climbed above 220 on Monday as Italy shut down much of its wealthy north to curb the disease’s spread.

“Out of an abundance of caution for the safety and

well-being of our cast and crew, and efforts of the local Venetian government to halt public gatherings in response to the threat of coronavirus, we are altering the production plan for our three week shoot in Venice, the scheduled first leg of an extensive production for Mission: Impossible 7,” Paramount Pictures, a unit of ViacomCBS, said in a statement.

The studio said it was allowing the film crew to return home during the delay and that it would “continue to monitor this situation” in Italy.

The studio did not say

when it now expects production to start.

The 7th installment of the lucrative action movie franchise is expected to be released in July 2021, with an eighth set for 2022.

Cruise will reprise his role as secret agent Ethan Hunt in both movies with Christopher McQuarrie returning as director.

The “Mission: Impossible” movies are one of the biggest franchises in Hollywood, with 2018’s “Mission: ImpossibleFallout” taking more than $791 Actor Tom Cruise poses for photographers as he arrives on the red carpet million at the worldwide box for the premiere of Mission:Impossible-Fallout, at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, in Washington, U.S., July 22, 2018. office.

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HEALTHY

LIFESTYLE

U.S. health officials urge Americans to prepare for spread of coronavirus

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday alerted Americans to begin preparing for the spread of coronavirus in the United States after infections surfaced in several more countries.

The announcement signaled a change in tone for the Atlanta-based U.S. health agency, which had largely been focused on efforts to stop the virus from entering the country and quarantining individuals traveling from China.

“The data over the past week about the spread in other countries has raised our level of concern and expectation that we are going to have community spread here,” Dr. Nancy Messonnier, the CDC’s head of respiratory diseases, told reporters on a conference call.

What is not known, she said, is when it will arrive and how severe a U.S. outbreak might be. “Disruption to everyday life might be severe” and businesses, schools and families should begin having discussions about the possible impact from the spread of the virus, Messonnier cautioned.

In a teleconference later on Tuesday, Dr. Anne Schuchat, the CDC’s principal deputy director, said that while the immediate risk in the United States was low, the current global situation suggested a pandemic was likely.

“It’s not a question of if. It’s a question of when and how many people will be infected,” Schuchat said.

In San Francisco, California’s fourth-largest city, officials declared a local emergency, despite having no coronavirus cases, in an effort to raise public awareness of the virus’ risks and boost preparedness.

Separately, U.S. Health and

Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex expect the Federal Reserve to cut interest Azar told a Senate subcommittee there rates to blunt the disease’s economic will likely be more cases in the United impact.

States, and he asked lawmakers to U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer, approve $2.5 billion in funding to fight however, said Republican President the outbreak after proposing cuts to the Donald Trump and his administration department’s budget. had been caught “flat-footed” and lacked

“While the immediate risk to a comprehensive plan to deal with the individual members of the American coronavirus. He called for at least $3.1 public remains low, there is now billion in additional funding to fight it. community transmission in a number “The Trump administration of countries, including outside of Asia, has shown towering and dangerous which is deeply concerning,” Azar said, incompetence when it comes to the adding that recent outbreaks in Iran and coronavirus,” said Schumer, the Senate’s Italy were particularly worrying. top Democrat. “Mr. President, you need

Believed to have originated to get your act together now. This is a from illegal wildlife sold in the Chinese crisis.” city of Wuhan late last year, the new Trump defended his coronavirus has infected some 80,000 administration’s response. “CDC and people and killed close to 2,700 in China. my Administration are doing a GREAT

Although the World Health job of handling Coronavirus, including Organization says the epidemic has the very early closing of our borders to peaked in China, coronavirus cases have certain areas of the world,” Trump said surfaced in about 30 other countries, on Twitter. with some three dozen deaths reported, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the head according to a Reuters tally. of the National Institute of Allergy and

Growing outbreaks in Iran, Italy Infectious Diseases, said it would be at and South Korea have raised concerns least a year before a coronavirus vaccine that coronavirus will surface in other could be made available to the public. nations and worsen in those that have But Fauci said testing Gilead already reported infections, further Sciences’ (GILD.O) antiviral drug denting a global economy that had remdesivir for potential treatment already been hit by a dependence on of coronavirus could be done in a China. “reasonable amount of time.”

Global and U.S. stock markets fell sharply again on Tuesday, as ‘DEADLY CONSEQUENCES’ investors feared the epidemic would further damage an already slowing world U.S. Secretary of State Mike economy.

Pompeo told reporters that Iran may

The White House’s top have covered up information about economic adviser, Larry Kudlow, said the the spread of coronavirus there, and U.S. economy would be able to ride out he accused China of mishandling the any disruption from the global spread epidemic through its “censorship” of of coronavirus, adding that he did not media and medical professionals.

Teens who need to lose weight should quit staying up so late

Obese teens who diet to lose appetite, (reducing) craving for food weight may have more success if they and (making people) more likely to also focus on getting enough rest, a be successful in cutting calories,” said small study suggests.

Tianyi Huang of Brigham and Women’s

“Sleep deprivation may be Hospital and Harvard Medical School associated with increased caloric in Boston. intake, and decreased physical activity, “More sleep will make people resulting in obesity,” said senior study feel less sleepy or fatigued during the author Dr. Juan Manuel Malacara of day, then people are more likely to the University of Guanajuato in Leon, work out more, leading to higher Mexico. energy expenditure, which is good

To see if extra sleep might for weight loss,” Huang, who wasn’t make it easier to lose weight, researchers involved in the study, said by email. asked 52 obese teens to eat 500 fewer “Sufficient sleep can also reduce stress, calories per day than usual. Then, they which is known to favor weight gain.” chose 25 teens at random to follow a Beyond its small size, another personalized sleep plan designed to limitation of the study is that help them get up to an extra hour of researchers didn’t follow the youth rest at night, while the other 27 kept for longer to determine whether sleep to their usual sleep routines. might impact their odds of achieving

After four weeks, teens on sustainable weight loss. Researchers sleep plans increased their average also relied on teens to report sleep sleep time by about 1.2 hours a night time in diaries and didn’t objectively and lost an average of 2.1 kilograms measure how much they slept.

(4.6 pounds). Without the sleep plans, The study also didn’t look at teens only increased their sleep by exercise, or at what teens ate. about a half hour, on average, and they In theory, however, betteronly lost an average of 1.2 kg (2.6 lb). rested adolescents might be more The results suggest that promoting conscious about choosing healthier extra sleep may help dieters succeed foods and less likely to succumb to with weight loss, Malacara said by the temptation of high-calorie, highemail. carb sweets and junk foods, said Anna

“Sleep can influence the Rangan of the University of Sydney in secretion of hormones that regulate Australia.

United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar, and NCIRD Director doctor Nancy Messonnier speak about the public health response to the outbreak of the coronavirus during a news conference at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in Washington, U.S., January 28, 2020.

“The United States is deeply concerned by information indicating the Iranian regime may have suppressed vital details about the outbreak in that country,” Pompeo told reporters as Iran’s coronavirus death toll rose to 16.

“All nations, including Iran, should tell the truth about the coronavirus and cooperate with international aid organizations,” Pompeo said.

His remarks, coming less than two months after a short-lived U.S.Iranian military clash and the signing of a U.S.-China trade deal, could inflame tensions with Tehran and Beijing.

Beijing last week revoked the credentials of three Wall Street Journal correspondents over a column China said was racist. The United States has said it was considering a range of responses to their expulsion.

Scottish parliament approves free sanitary products for all women

The Scottish parliament approved plans on Tuesday to make sanitary products freely available to all women, the first nation in the world to do so.

The legislation would make tampons and sanitary pads available at designated public places such as community centres, youth clubs and pharmacies, at an estimated annual cost of 24.1 million pounds ($31.2 million).

The Period Products (Free Provision) Scotland Bill passed through its first stage with 112 votes in favour, none against and one abstention. It now moves to the second stage, where members of the devolved Scottish parliament can propose amendments.

During the debate, the bill’s proposer Monica Lennon said passing it would be a “milestone moment for normalising menstruation in Scotland and sending out that real signal to people in this country about how seriously parliament takes gender equality.”

Fellow lawmaker Alison Johnstone asked: “Why is it in 2020 that toilet paper is seen as a necessity but period products aren’t? Being financially penalised for a natural bodily function is not equitable or just.”

Feminine hygiene products are seen in a pharmacy in London, Britain March 18, 2016.

In 2018, Scotland became the first country in the world to provide free sanitary products in schools, colleges and universities.

Sanitary products in the United Kingdom are currently taxed at 5%. Former Prime Minister David Cameron’s government said it wanted to end that “tampon tax”, but that its hands were tied by European Union rules which set tax rates for certain products.

The government announced it would drop the tax in 2016, but this has not happened yet.

Earlier on Tuesday, Lennon joined a rally gathered outside the Scottish parliament, and held a sign which said “Access to menstrual products is a right. Period.”

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Procurement Clerk wanted Facilitation of purchase of vehicles and parts overseas (namely Japan).

Process of purchasing and export documentation in a foreign country.

Ability to source Vendors, price negotiation. Maintain manual and electronic documentation. Maintain an open communication between field personnel and suppliers regarding backorders, delivery dates and/ or substitute product. Coordinating delivery and expedition of goods, ensuring goods are ordered and delivered in a timely and cost effective manner. Extensive knowledge of various Japanese vehicles and parts.

Minimum of five years’ experience within automotive procurement department. Exposure to the mechanical, industrial and automotive industry an asset. Ability to work under pressure in order to meet deadlines and handle multiple tasks within a fast-paced work environment. Strong negotiation, mathematical and analytical skills. Ability to communicate effectively, both written and oral. Solid research skills and commitment to continually learn about new products. Proficiency using Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel & PowerPoint). Must read, write and speak Japanese, possess valid passport with necessary travel visas (travelling to Japan). Part-time employment with Commission based salary.

Qualified applicants should forward cover letter and resume to: Paradise Auto Sales & Rentals, P.O. Box 908, 82 Cherokee Road, Providenciales.

Resumes will be reviewed in the order they are received.

Whereas, EDMUND ALEXANDER RIGBY of Lighthouse Road, Grand Turk, has declared that the Land Certificate for the above mentioned title number (s) registered in the name of EDMUND ALEXANDER RIGBY was inadvertently mislaid and cannot be found.

Triple “S” Location: Glass Shack, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Is seeking the following: 2 Mason 2 Labourers 2 Steel-man 1 Domestic Worker Salary range: $6.26 - $8.00 per hour Required to work extraordinary hours, weekends and holidays Only Belongers need to apply Contract -649 946-8018 Interested Turks & Caicos Islander applicants must send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board

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Location: Venetian Road, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Seeking: 1Mason 1 Carpenter Salary: $8.00 per hour Employees are required to work extraordinary hours, weekends and holidays Only Belongers need to apply Contract -649 946-8018 Interested Turks & Caicos Islander applicants must send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board

Sunset Varieties

RJT Construction

Location: Blue Hills, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Seeking: Mechanic Mechanic Helper Salary is $6.50- $8.00 per hour Please Contact: 946-8018 Interested Turks & Caicos Islander applicants must send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board

Location: Downtown, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Seeking: Handyman Nature of position: Fixing plumbing systems, providing repair guidance, cleaning and remodeling community spaces Salary is $6.50 per hour Contact: 946-8018 Interested Turks & Caicos Islander applicants must send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board

Location: The Bight, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Seeking: Mason Duties: Layering building materials such as bricks, concrete, tiles and other construction materials Salary is $8.00 per hour Please Contact: 946-8018 Interested Turks & Caicos Islander applicants must send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board

Location: Chalk Sound, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Seeking: 1 Tile Layer Salary: $8.00 - $10.00 per hour Employees are required to work extraordinary hours,weekends and holidays Only Belongers need to apply Contract -649 946-8018 Interested Turks & Caicos Islander applicants must send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board

Belizaire Variety Store

Cordero Construction

Daley’s Construction

George Seymour

Location: Five Cays, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Seeking: Labourer Must be able to do general cleaning Salary is $6.50 per hour Contact: 946-8018 Work Permit Renewal Interested Turks & Caicos Islander applicants must send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board

Location: Leeward Palms Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Seeking: 2 Carpenters Salary: $8.00 per hour Employees are required to work extraordinary hours, weekends and holidays Only Belongers need to apply Contract -649 946-8018 Interested Turks & Caicos Islander applicants must send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board

Location: Glass Shack, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Seeking: 1 Carpenter Salary: $8.00 per hour Employees are required to work extraordinary hours, weekends and holidays Only Belongers need to apply Contract -649 946-8018 Interested Turks & Caicos Islander applicants must send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board

Location: Blue Hills, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Seeking: Labourer Must be able to do general cleaning Salary is $6.50 per hour Contact: 231-0539 Work Permit Renewal Interested Turks & Caicos Islander applicants must send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board

Thamara and Jean Car Rental and Sales

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Canadian recovering in Florida hospital after being shot while on vacation in Barbados

A Calgary man is recovering in a Florida hospital after being left paralyzed in a shooting during an apparent home invasion while vacationing in Barbados.

Ken Elliott was playing Scrabble with his wife, Linda, brother Rob and sister-in-law Mary on Saturday at a home they were renting in the parish of Christ Church, in Barbados, when two men — one armed with a machete and another with a handgun — stormed inside.

Ken and Rob struggled with the men and Ken was shot.

The two men then fled.

Ken was rushed to hospital in Barbados, then flown to a medical centre in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

His spinal cord was severed between the third and fourth vertebrae, leaving him paralyzed from the clavicle down. He does have some movement in his arms, however, according to friend Landon Zabloski.

“Their lives are changed forever,” said Zabloski.

“He’s got tubes coming out of all different directions. He’s got use of his arms from what I understand but he’s got a punctured lung. It’s just a tough situation.”

Surgeons in Florida are currently working to try and remove the bullet.

“It’s such a risky procedure to get it out, but they also want it out because they don’t want it to cause infection, and the Barbados police want it for evidence,” said Zabloski.

Ken retired after 36 years with the city, first as a heavy duty mechanic and then as a foreman.

“This guy was just a hard worker,” said Zabloski.

“He worked his whole life, 36 years he worked at the city and was a great leader to all of us, everyone is just heartbroken.”

A GoFundMe account has been created to help the couple with medical bills and associated costs, which had raised more than $9,400 as of Tuesday morning.

“I suspect there’s going to be costs associated with getting them back home, modifying whatever home they end up, maybe modifying a vehicle,” said Zabloski. “We just don’t want them to have to think about that.”

Barbados attorney general Dale Marshall condemned the home invasion shooting as a “callous” attack.

“This house was not in the tourist belt,” he said at a Labour party meeting and reported by Barbados Today.

“This house was in a residential community in Christ Church. Tourism is our bread and butter and Barbados cannot afford to have any negative references made about how safe or unsafe … Barbados has always been felt

Nassau Airport to expand as arrivals increase

The Bahamas government has granted the operators of the Bahamas’ Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) 1,448 acres for utilized for ‘significant investment projects” including “future runway expansion,” according to press reports.

Nassau Airport Development Company (NAD) officials requested the additional acreage from the government after NAD’s chairman, said in an annual report that increased passenger revenue was driven by the Bahamas’ record 2019 arrivals provided the airport’s operators with sufficient financing to launch capital investment projects to” improve the operational efficiency of the airport and set it up for future growth,” according to a Bahamas Tribune report.

The Nassau Airport Development Company (NAD), which recorded its first-ever annual profit at $7.755m, said in its 2019 annual report, revealed that the $134.7m refinancing of its participating debt in late 2018 will slash its annual interest bill by $7m as The Bahamas’ record-setting tourism arrivals performance drove its financials into the black.

The 3.9m passengers who passed through LPIA’s terminals in the 12 months to end-June 2019 drove increases in virtually every major revenue category, with NAD’s total top-line for the period increasing by 21 percent yearover-year to $108.2m compared to $89.4m the year before.

The revenue increase was the major contributor to a more than-$11m bottom line swing, as a $4.371m loss for the 12 months to end-June 2018 was transformed into a $7.755m net profit - the first enjoyed by NAD since it agreed the 30-year LPIA lease with the government in 2007. Operating income was up year-over-year by 21.8 percent at $78.1m.

Walter Wells, NAD’s chairman, wrote in the annual report that the combination of increased passenger revenue and reduced debt servicing costs had given the airport operator sufficient

The Lynden Pindling International Airport financial headway “to undertake significant investment projects that will help improve the operational efficiency of the airport and set it up for future growth”.

He added that the first of these projects was the $20m runway and taxiway rehabilitation that was completed in December 2019 just prior to the peak Christmas and New Year season. He was backed by Vernice Walkine, NAD’s president and chief executive, who described the airport operator as being in “an enviable position”.

“We have gone from being in profit assurance mode to now being able to invest in capital projects that will shape the future of LPIA,” she added. One of these is the ultimate addition of another runway “parallel” to the existing one that has now been facilitated by the government providing the necessary land.

“Since NAD would require additional land to complete such a project, a request was made to the Bahamian government to grant NAD 1,448 acres of land adjacent to the airport, which was ultimately approved. This additional land will give LPIA the necessary space to grow - both now and well into the future,” the airport operator said.

NAD added that last year’s debt refinancing, at significantly lower interest rates, had helped to reduce the debt servicing costs associated with its $500m debt burden while also ensuring that the payments went to Bahamas-based investors - thereby not impacting the foreign reserves.

“NAD refinanced its participating debt in December 2018, securing a lower rate of 7.5 per cent (down from 13 per cent) that will allow it to reduce its annual interest costs by $7m,” the airport operator added.

“Unlike its previous debt structure, the $134.7m that NAD raised from this debt refinancing came exclusively from local institutional and individual investors, which means that all interest paid on this debt will go directly back into the Bahamian economy.”

NAD added that it had also secured a new duty-free operator by signing a lease with Duty-Free Caribbean (Bahamas), which it described as “a partnership between the Bahamas-based Luxury Retail Group and world-renowned airport retailer Dufry”.

They will open three retail locations in LPIA, including two duty-free retail outlets and one Hudson News store. :These three stores will allow for a substantial net increase in NAD’s retail revenue and provide an expanded duty-free offering that is more in line with airports of this size,” NAD said.

Aircraft movements at LPIA also increased by 7.1 percent to 90,182 in the 12 months to endJune 2019, while NAD’s operating expenses grew by just under 20 percent - from $25.3m in 2018 to $30m. The airport operator’s retained deficit shrunk from $60.9m to $53.1m as a result of the 2019 profit.

Ken Elliott and his wife, Linda. Ken was shot during an apparent home invasion on the island of Barbados. to be a safe place for visitors and this kind of callous conduct on the part of a few hooligans can threaten the livelihood and the lifeblood of our country.”

Ship turned away by Cayman amid coronavirus fears

MSC Meraviglia

One of the six cruise ships scheduled to visit Grand Cayman on Wednesday has been denied entry because a crew member on board with a travel history to a country with cases of the COVID-19 (the novel coronavirus) had symptoms associated with the disease and had been placed in isolation on the ship. The decision by the Cayman Islands Ministry of Health followed that of the Jamaican authorities, which denied landing to the ship at Ocho Rios, St Ann, on Tuesday.

The MSC Meraviglia, which has around 4,500 passengers and over 1,600 crew members, arrived at the Jamaican port at around 8:30 Tuesday morning, 25 February. However, port health officials who inspected the ship discovered that there was a crew member in isolation with a cough, fever and associated muscle pains, symptoms of COVID-19, which has now infected at least 80,067 people worldwide and killed at least 2,700.

“We saw that there was somebody there who is in quarantine because that person came from the Philippines and the 14 days have not elapsed,” public relations and advocate officer at the North East Regional Health Authority, Angenice Whyte, told The Gleaner.

“They have that person in quarantine but that was not told to us before the ship docked, so as part of our public health standard and regulation handed down by the Ministry of Health on how we deal with communicable diseases, we did not allow persons to leave the ship,” Whyte said.

The release from the Cayman Ministry of Health did not name the ship that has been refused landing or mention the coronavirus, merely noting the symptoms of the person in isolation and that the ship had been turned away by Jamaican health authorities.

“The Ministry of Health and the Public Health Department have reviewed the medical details of the person who has been isolated and the details of one other member of the ship’s complement who is not well. Both appear to be in a stable condition,” the release stated.

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Haiti police exchange fire with troops near national palace

Haitian police officers exchanged gunfire for hours Sunday with soldiers of the newly reconstituted army outside the national palace, in a dangerous escalation of protests over police pay and working conditions.

At least three police officers were wounded, fellow officers told The Associated Press. The army’s high command said in an online statement that a soldier had been wounded by a bullet in the back.

Haiti’s raucous three-day Carnival celebration was to have started Sunday afternoon in Portau-Prince and other major cities An off-duty police officer who was shot in the arm runs during a protest over police pay and but the government announced working conditions for the national police, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020 Sunday night that Carnival was with their uniforms to hide their does not care about our demands.” cancelled in the capital “to avoid identities.

Moise said at a news a bloodbath.” Police protesters and Other armed men spotted conference Saturday that he their backers had burned dozens of a drone that appeared to be taking recognized the legitimacy of many Carnival floats and stands at recent images of the violence and followed police complaints and would protests, saying they did not believe it to the offices of Radio Caraibes, increase some collateral benefits for the country should be celebrating then began shooting at the officers, but police said Sunday that during a crisis. broadcaster’s building. There were the concessions were not enough.

Shortly after noon Sunday, no immediate reports of casualties The Haitian army had been AP journalists saw dozens of in the attack. disbanded in 1995 after the fall of men who said they were off-duty Police protests began this a dictatorship that used soldiers officers march with hundreds of month after a half-dozen officers to repress domestic opponents. supporters toward the palace in the were fired over their attempt to Moise reformed the army in 2017, latest in days of demonstrations unionize.

The demonstrations promising that the military would demanding better pay for Haitian are not directly linked to anti- patrol Haiti’s borders, assist in law-enforcement officers. corruption protests that roiled Haiti natural disasters and avoid domestic

The protest stopped outside for most of last year, but they draw on affairs. the army headquarters, which faces the same widespread dissatisfaction At least three men were the palace. with Haiti’s shrinking economy and taken to a hospital near the

AP journalists then saw President Jovenel Moise’s inability shooting with wounds to the legs soldiers at the headquarters building to improve the quality of life. and feet that did not appear to be fire into the air. Shortly afterward, A uniformed police officer life-threatening. Uniformed police an exchange of fire erupted between in a black-and-white clown mask officers told an AP journalist that the soldiers and police. It was not told reporters outside the palace the wounded men were fellow clear which side began firing at the that officers were demanding officers. The uniformed officers other first. the reinstatement of their fired spoke on condition of anonymity

As the afternoon wore colleagues as well as a pay raise for because they were not authorized to on, uniformed officers joined their all officers. speak to the press. colleagues in the street outside “Until this is done we will Intense shooting continued the palace, firing at the military not sit and talk,” said the officer, until after 6 p.m., when it devolved base with semi-automatic pistols who declined to provide his name. into sporadic exchanges of fire. and rifles. Many wore masks along “The president has proven that he

Dominican Republic, Cuba leading Caribbean hotel boom

Sometimes it seems as if there’s a new hotel project launching in the Caribbean every week.

And that’s because the Caribbean continues to see rapid growth in hotel development, led by the region’s traditional trio of high-volume travel destinations.

The Caribbean’s hotel boom keeps going strong, with the Dominican Republic and Cuba leading the way, according to a new report.

Hotel analytics leader STR says there are more than 31,787 rooms in construction in the Caribbean-Mexico, with the Dominican Republic, Cuba and Jamaica leading the way within the Caribbean. (It should be noted that these totals include rooms actually under construction, not those in the planning stages).

The Dominican Republic has a total of 6,356 rooms under construction across the country — about 8.4 percent of the destination’s existing supply.

That’s no surprise for keen followers of the region’s hotel industry, with the Dominican Republic’s longtime focus on attracting new hotel investors continuing to pay off — with its primarily all-inclusive model

still a highly attractive draw for developers.

Cuba is next with 1,616 rooms under construction, or about 2.5 percent of its current supply, while Jamaica has 1,425 rooms in construction, representing 5.6 percent of the country’s existing hotel stock.

Of course, each of those destinations’ totals is dwarfed by Mexico, which has 16,699 hotel rooms in construction, STR said.

Upper-tier hotels are leading the way, according to STR, with the “upscale” hotel segment Meantime, the companies accounting for 7,048 rooms in the Grupo Ágora, Grupo Hilton and regional construction pipeline.

Trust Hospitality announced on

That’s followed by the Thursday the construction of a luxury segment, which has 6,958 tourism complex in Santiago, rooms in construction in the wider Dominican Republic’s second largest region, along with 6,606 rooms in city at a cost of US$130 million. construction in the “upper upscale” It will be the largest segment. investment made in that city in the

The hotel construction last 15 years. It said that president growth in the Caribbean continues Danilo Medina met Thursday with to be a positive sign for the region the CEOs of those companies. and its continued ability to attract The project will be called investment.

“Santiago Center,” according to

It will also mean a renewed Miguel Barletta, of the Ágora Group. focus on strong marketing efforts “The project, in addition and ensuring that the region to new rooms and shops, has continues to secure new airlift to a significant amount of new bring seats for all those new rooms. restaurants that are incorporated,”

US$130M tourism complex said Tourism minister Francisco for Santiago Javier García.

Lawsuit over nearly $500K in Hurricane Dorian donations for The Bahamas to play out in Florida court

There is a legal fight unfolding in Florida over hundreds of thousands of dollars raised to help Bahamian victims of Hurricane Dorian.

The matter centers on money raised by the former partner of the founder of a major Bahamian charity, The Head Knowles Foundation.

At issue is what the former partner, Lia Head-Rigby, did with more than $217,000 she raised through a GoFundMe effort that raised about $1.5 million after Dorian struck the islands last September.

Dorian tore apart parts of the Bahamas and today people in the affected areas are still struggling.

Gina Knowles, founder of The Head Knowles Foundation said the need in areas of the Bahamas is still great.

“It still looks like a bomb went off,” she said.

“It’s been 6 months. They have no electricity. They’re eating canned food. They’re living in tents.”

Knowles said her charity, which she and Head-Rigby began as a Facebook group in 2015 to help victims of Hurricane Joaquin, provides aid to those in need.

“In the Bahamas, we are known as disaster relief,” Knowles said.

During an interview with CBS 4 News, Knowles said Head moved to Florida a few years ago and when Knowles formally created her foundation she kept the “Head Knowles” name even though she says Head was not part of the organization.

“When we created The Head Knowles Foundation she had nothing to do with the foundation,” Knowles said. “She’s not a part of it.

She’s not on any of the documents.”

Knowles said it was surprising to her that Head started the GoFundMe efforts days after Dorian to raise money. The effort raised more than $1.5 million dollars. At first, Knowles said the money flowed to The Head Knowles Foundation and then it stopped.

“She signed an agreement that all funds would go to Head KnowlesFoundation in the Bahamas,” Knowles said, adding that all of the funds did not go to the foundation.

In a lawsuit filed in Orange County last week, Knowles’ attorneys allege that Head used $2-thousand dollars for personal expenses and more than $200,000 is unaccounted for.

“She sent the first million dollars,” said Knowles’ attorney, Bill Mueller. “What happened?

Why did you stop?”

Mueller said after questions were raised about the Dorian donations, Head quickly started her own foundation in Florida.

“It appears from the documents that she was redirecting the money that was raised to her own foundation,” Mueller said.

Another batch of money from the GoFundMe effort — nearly $250-thousand dollars — is frozen at the moment by the payment processor for the website.

In a statement, GoFundMe said, “WePay, our payment processor, does not support direct transfers to the Bahamas. This means the funds were approved to be transferred to the campaign organizer, and former Head Knowles Foundation associate, Lia Head-Rigby’s bank account in the U.S., and then transferred from Ms. Head-Rigby’s account to the Head Knowles Foundation in the Bahamas.”

GoFundMe is stepping up to help and stepping in to fill the gap of the money at issue.

“GoFundMe will donate $217,645 to the Head Knowles Foundation while they try to recover the funds from Lia Head-Rigby,” a spokesperson for GoFundMe said in a statement. “We encourage WePay to release the remaining $246,483 directly to the Head Knowles Foundation. Our goal is to make sure every dollar donated is transferred to the Head Knowles Foundation, as was stated in the campaign.”

Lia Head-Rigby recently spoke to a Bahamian television station and denied the allegations.

“Totally wrong,” she told Eyewitness News Bahamas. “Wonderfully to say I have every receipt.

I have everything accounted for. The monies that were spent over here the lion’s share was for all the planes that we sent down full of supplies to Grand Bahamas and the Abacos.”

Knowles, however, says the money — all of the money — was promised to the victims of the Hurricane Dorian and she won’t rest until they get it.

“Why are we dealing with this?” she said.

“Just send the money so we can get it where it needs to go.”

A spokesperson for the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Affairs confirmed to CBS 4 News that they are investigating the charity established in Florida by Lia Head-Rigby.

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The Cayman Islands Are Expensive; and so are these Caribbean vacation spots

The Carribean is one of the most popular places to jet off to when a vacation is desperately needed. For folks in the Americas, the Carribean is relatively close to home, offers sun, sand and surf, and many of the islands are pretty cheap. You can score a great vacation in the most beautiful tropical locales for next to nothing if you are money savvy.

Not everyone taking off for the Carribean is looking to score a deal, though. A select few jet-setters will skip over The Dominican Republic and Jamaica and head straight for the most bougie islands in the bunch. Some Carribean islands are made for the wealthy. The Caymen Islands are notoriously pricey as is St. Barts, but check out some of these other ridiculously expensive islands in the Carribean. Some of them are so secluded most people don’t even know that they exist!

ST. BARTS IS THE PLAYGROUND OF CELEBRITIES FOR A REASON

St. Barts is one of the most expensive islands in the Carribean, and in recent decades it has become a popular hotspot for celebrities like Beyonce and Jay Z, The Kardashian-Jenners, Nicole Ritchie, Gwen Stefani, and Usher. With high-profile names like these gracing the St. Barts beaches each year, you know that this place is going to be far from a dump.

St. Bart’s truly caters to the rich and the famous. This tiny island has plenty of

perfect beaches for celebrities to flaunt their tiny bathing suits on, high-end luxury shops for the famous to get their retail therapy on at, and tons of fine dining options.

NECKER ISLAND IN THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS WILL COST YOU

You have probably heard of islands like St. Thomas, Bermuda, Turks and Caicos, and Aruba. None of these tropical islands are anything to turn your nose up at as they are all fantastic spaces to spend a holiday. For a few uberwealthy and well-connected people, they need just a little bit more when it comes to island dreaming, so Necker Island it is!

Necker Island is the 74-acre private island owned by Sir Richard Branson. The main house here has nine bedrooms, and the island has six other Bali-inspired dwellings on it. This place is literally paradise. Anything you could ever want out of an island vacation is right here. Paradise won’t come cheap, though. A night on Necker Island will set you back about fifty thousand dollars, give or take.

MUSTIQUE ISLAND IN THE WEST INDIES IS NOT FOR THE AVERAGE TRAVELER

The privately-owned Mustique Island is fast becoming the “it” spot in the Carribean for those with a couple of dollars in their wallets. The island is known for views that are unbeatable and

These Are The Highest-Rated Snorkeling Spots In The Caribbean (On Trip Advisor)

The Caribbean is home to over 7,000 islands, 26 countries, and has some of the most exquisite views in the world. With white-sand beaches, coral reef formations, and crystal clear water, the Caribbean has become a haven for travelers looking to immerse themselves in island living.

With pristine water conditions, water sports are extremely popular throughout the Caribbean. Boating, jet-skiing, and diving are all favorites among travelers but snorkeling has got to be one of the most popular activities among tourists visiting the Caribbean.

It’s an up-close-and-personal way to see tropical fish, hover above the coral, and see the world from a fish’s eyes. And while there are oodles of places to visit in the Caribbean, check out these five spots if snorkeling is at the top of the list!

ARUBA

The small island of Aruba shouldn’t be defined by its size. It’s home to some of the most glorious terrain and has more to offer than its beaches.

There’s a natural pool, cactus plantations, and even a National Park! However, if snorkeling is the end-game for a trip to the Caribbean, then be sure to check out The Arusun: Aruba Catamaran Sail With Snorkeling in Aruba.

With a five-star-rating from Trip Advisor and over 600 reviews, this snorkeling trip was rated Travelers’ Choice in 2019. Snorkeling aficionados will hop on a 65-foot catamaran and explore the Caribbean Sea for two and a half hours. Two destinations worth traveling to in Aruba are the Antilla shipwreck and Boca Catalina Bay, which snorkelers will be able to see for themselves on this tour.

Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

At the tip of the Dominican Republic, we can find the gorgeous region of Punta Cana. The country may be popular for its zip-lining through its lush jungle but snorkeling is also a top contender when visiting Punta Cana.

The Punta Cana Small-Group Sailing and Snorkeling Catamaran Tour is highly praised on Trip Advisor with five stars and 700 reviews. For three hours, small groups make this snorkeling experience personal and informational, getting loads of attention from the instructors. Travelers will explore the depths of Cabo Engaño, Bavaro Beach, and other spots while snorkeling. There’s even a small break at a sand bar where they’ll whip out a floatable bar.

small, private accommodations scatted throughout the island. This island gives visitors only the finest experiences that life can offer, from horseback riding to spa massages to scuba diving tours. You know that if it is good enough for the Royal Family, it’s probably going to be pretty amazing. Musical royalty also flocks to Mustique Island. It’s a favorite getaway for people like David Bowie and Paul McCartney. So how much does a night on Mustique Island generally cost?

Oh, a cool twenty-five thousand dollars!

MUSHA CAY IN THE BAHAMAS IS A COSTLY PRIVATE PARADISE

Musha Cay is a part of the Exuma Islands and is a private island owned by Mr. Magic himself, David Copperfield. If you have a lot of extra cash lying around, then you can whisk your twelve best pals away for a week of fun in one of the most remote and magical places on Earth.

Something like this won’t come cheap.

A night here for you and your guests will set you back about thirty-seven thousand dollars per night! It’s certainly expensive, but it is like nothing else on Earth. Imagine having an island like this all to yourself. Now THAT is a vacation.

CALIVIGNY ISLAND IN GRENADA IS PRIVATE AND PRICEY

If it’s good enough for Luda, then it’s good enough for us! Calivigny Island is everything one could ever want out of a Carribean getaway, and probably

Necker Island in the British Virgin Islands more. This is another private island that can be all yours for a very hefty price. It can accommodate up to fifty guests in its two mansions and three cottages, but a family reunion here will run almost one hundred thousand dollars for a single night. Yikes! A modest two-bedroom cottage suddenly feels like a steal at only twenty thousand dollars per day. If you can afford something like this, then you are truly one of the lucky ones. Most of us will only ever get here in our dreams.

Marriott expands in Caribbean

The new AC Hotel Kingston

From all-inclusives in Barbados The latter seems key to the to design-focused hotels in Jamaica, company’s regional growth.

Marriott International added more than Indeed, Marriott has signed 10,000 rooms to its pipeline in Latin seven management and franchise America and the Caribbean last year. agreements for all-inclusive hotels in the

And the company is showing region, for a total of nearly 3,200 rooms. no signs of slowing down.

It’s not a surprise, given the Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

2019 was the company’s fourth increasing focus on the all-inclusive

The Cayman Islands consist consecutive year of record-breaking sector by many of the world’s biggest expansion in the wider Caribbean region hotel brands — companies that of three islands: Grand Cayman, Little Cayman, and Cayman Brac. Grand — one that saw new properties across 15 have already launched all-inclusive different hotel brands. expansions in the Caribbean like Hilton Cayman is the largest of the three and “We had a landmark year for and Hyatt, among others. will be a traveler’s meeting point when hotel transactions in the Caribbean That includes an 800-room looking to join the Cobalt Custom and Latin America in 2019, fueled by hotel in Jamaica (along with another Charters cruise to snorkel. This snorkel the hotel development community’s in Curacao), along with a major step adventure was rated number two out demand for our leading business support for the brand, the first ever all-inclusive of 94 tours in George Town on Grand and loyalty program, our attractive Ritz-Carlton, slated to make its debut in Cayman and has a five-star rating on brands and strong owner interest in Mexico.

Trip Advisor. our new all-inclusive brand extensions,” But it’s not just all-inclusive.

This charter can last for up to said Laurent de Kousemaeker, chief Marriott added the popular AC four hours and will take snorkelers to the officer for Marriott Marriott in Kingston last year (through barrier reef, Starfish Point, and Stingray development International. a partnership with Sandals Resorts City! You’ll be able to swim with fish, see And Marriott has a regional International) and says it will also be the starfish for yourself, and even swim pipeline of 146 hotels and resorts looking to ramp expansion of brands around stingrays. It’s a gorgeous area comprising more than 24,000 rooms, he focused on younger demographics with almost 300 stellar reviews and ends like Aloft (which added a new hotel in with a drink at a local beach bar! Cheers! said.

The company now has 268 Puerto Rico earlier this month) and its open properties and some 55,195 rooms newest brand, the millennial-focused ST. Thomas, US Virgin Islands across 34 countries and territories in Moxy hotels.

What it means is continued

St. Thomas is one of the many Latin America and the Caribbean.

Last year was headlined by confidence by developers in the region islands apart of the US Virgin Islands. St. Marriott’s high-profile purchase of — and continued strength in the region Thomas is one of the bigger and more Barbados-based Elegant Hotels, a move for what is the world’s biggest hotel popular islands of the Virgin Islands and that is essential to the company’s well- company. that’s largely in part due to its stunning publicized foray into the increasingly “We are poised for solid growth snorkel spots. competitive all-inclusive sector. in this region,” de Kousemaeker said.

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Expansion of Britain’s Heathrow Airport ruled illegal on climate grounds

The planned expansion of London’s Heathrow Airport was declared unlawful on environmental grounds by a court on Thursday, a ruling that could sink the $18 billion project that has been dogged by decades of dispute and indecision.

In a victory for climate change campaigners, an appeal court judge said that building a third runway at Europe’s busiest airport was “legally fatal” because it did not take into account the government’s commitments on climate change.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been a vociferous opponent of the expansion, which was approved under the previous government. During last year’s election campaign, he said he would have to find some way of honoring an old promise to lie down in front of bulldozers at Heathrow to halt the plans.

The government will not appeal the ruling, which could spell the end of a project that has been discussed in Britain for almost half a century.

However Heathrow Airport, owned by Spain’s Ferrovial, the Qatar Investment Authority and China Investment Corp, said it would appeal the decision in the Supreme Court and

added the climate change concerns could be addressed.

The chief executive of Heathrow Airport has said that a court ruling against a plan to build a new runway will not stop the project going ahead, and it can overcome the setback.

“This is not the end of the road.

This is very fixable,” CEO John HollandKaye said on Sky News on Thursday.

Heathrow argues that Brexit makes the project critical to ensuring Britain can increase trade with the rest of the world. The planned third runway would be the first full-length runway built in the London area for 70 years.

The airport’s two runways are operating at full capacity, and the airport will in two years be eclipsed as Europe’s busiest by Paris, after previous attempts to expand it failed.

‘EXCITING IMPLICATIONS’

Ten years ago, a plan for a new runway was scrapped, before a government-appointed commission carried out a three-year study which again recommended the expansion in 2015, giving rise to the latest project.

The judge said that in its current

People queue inside Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport in London, Britain August 7, 2019 form the government’s policy failed to take into account climate change commitments made by the government when it signed up to the Paris Agreement in 2015.

“That, in our view, is legally fatal to the ANPS (Airports National Policy Statement) in its present form,” said judge Keith Lindblom. The government will now have to rework the policy if it wants it to go ahead, he added.

The Department for Transport was not immediately available to comment on what its next move would be and whether it would now look to amend its policy.

Trump administration seeks $2.5 billion in funds to fight coronavirus

The Trump administration is asking Congress for $2.5 billion to fight the fast-spreading coronavirus, including more than $1 billion for vaccines, the White House said on Monday.

With financial markets falling on concerns that the virus will have a significant impact on the global economy, the Trump administration is eager to show it is prepared to combat the virus despite the limited number of cases so far in the United States.

The virus has spread to some 29 countries and territories beyond mainland China, with A woman wears a face mask standing on a corner in the Chinatown section of San Francisco, outbreaks in South Korea, Iran and California, U.S., February 25, 2020.

House of Representatives confirmed U.S. cases of the new Italy.

Committee coronavirus so far - 14 in people “The Trump Appropriations administration continues to Chairwoman Nita Lowey, a diagnosed in the United States and take the spread of the COVID-19 Democrat, said in a statement the 39 among Americans repatriated Coronavirus Disease very seriously. Trump administration’s funding from the outbreak’s epicenter Today, the administration is request was “woefully insufficient of Wuhan, China, and from the transmitting to Congress a $2.5 to protect Americans from the Diamond Princess cruise ship quarantined in Japan, according billion supplemental funding plan deadly coronavirus outbreak.”

House Speaker Nancy to the U.S. Centers for Disease to accelerate vaccine development, support preparedness and Pelosi said late on Monday that the Control and Prevention. response activities and to procure supplemental funding requested much needed equipment and by Trump is “undersized” and TRAVEL WARNING supplies,” said Rachel Semmel, a “completely inadequate to the scale

U.S. health officials spokeswoman for the White House of this emergency”.

“The House will swiftly have warned that cases among Office of Management and Budget.

The money will be used for advance a strong, strategic funding repatriated citizens will likely therapeutics, vaccine development package that fully addresses the increase.

The CDC warned and the stockpiling of personal scale and seriousness of this public protective equipment such as health crisis,” Pelosi said in a Americans on Monday to avoid statement. travel to South Korea because of masks, the White House said.

The United States has the virus.

Of the $2.5 billion request, “We have aggressively $1.5 billion represents new funding. not seen the virus spread through The rest would come from funds its communities the way that worked to combat the spread of already budgeted by Congress, China and other countries have this virus, tried to prevent it as best such as unused money to fight the experienced, but health officials we could from coming into this Ebola virus. The administration are preparing for the possibility country,” White House spokesman requires congressional approval to even as Americans affected so far Hogan Gidley told reporters earlier on Monday. redirect that money to fight the have been quarantined.

There have been 53 coronavirus.

Environmental campaigners such as Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace, and the local authorities who oppose the expansion were delighted with the ruling, saying the recognition of climate change commitments could have consequences for other projects.

“This judgment has exciting wider implications for keeping climate change at the heart of all planning decisions,” said Will Rundle, Friends of the Earth’s head of legal.

Under the 14 billion pound ($18.2 billion) expansion plan, Heathrow’s new runway would open in 2028.

Obama blasts ‘plantation politics’ attack ad against Biden

Barack Obama has made a rare intervention in the 2020 White House race to decry a “despicable” racially charged attack ad against Joe Biden.

A pro-Trump group put out the clip that twists Mr Obama’s own words in order to undermine the Democratic contender.

Mr Biden is hoping the black vote in South Carolina’s primary on Saturday will revive his campaign.

Though Mr Biden was his vice-president, Mr Obama has observed neutrality in the race, refusing to endorse a contender.

Joe Biden is one of eight candidates remaining in the race to become the Democratic candidate who will take on President Donald Trump, a Republican, in November’s election, What does the ad say?

The ad - entitled South Carolina, Joe Biden Can’t Be Trusted - was broadcast on TV stations in the southern state before Tuesday night’s Democratic debate in Charleston, formerly America’s largest slave port.

“Joe Biden promised to help our community,” says a female narrator in the video. “It was a lie.”

She introduces audio from Mr Obama in which he says: “Plantation politics. Black people in the worst jobs, the worst housing. Police brutality rampant.

“But when the so-called black committeemen came around election time, we’d all line up and vote the straight Democratic ticket.

“Sell our souls for a Christmas turkey.”

Captions flash up on screen attacking Mr Biden’s record on race, including his legislative cooperation in the 1970s with segregationist senators and his vote for a 1994 crime bill that many now blame for the mass incarceration of black people.

“Enough,” the female narrator cuts in.

“Joe Biden won’t represent us, defend us or help us.

Don’t believe Biden’s empty promises.”

How did Obama respond?

Mr Obama’s lawyers say they will file a cease-and-desist letter to immediately stop televisions stations in South Carolina running the clip.

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Captain murdered on oil tanker off Venezuela

Armed assailants murdered the captain of an oil tanker after boarding his ship while it was anchored off the coast of eastern Venezuela, according to a local union leader and a report from a Venezuelan port authority.

Six armed individuals boarded the San Ramon tanker early Monday morning in Pozuelos Bay and shot the captain, Colombian national Jaime Herrera Orozco, a report from the Puerto La Cruz port authority seen by Reuters said.

A coast guard sergeant guarding the ship was also injured, the report added.

Crime has become a growing problem here for OPEC member Venezuela’s moribund oil industry during a six-year economic crisis, marked by hyperinflation and shortages of basic goods. Socalled pirates frequently rob equipment from oil wells in Maracaibo Lake in western Venezuela.

Jose Bodas, an oil workers union leader in Puerto La Cruz, said the tanker had been waiting to enter the Jose oil terminal to load with crude. He said it was the first time he could recall an attack of this type in eastern Venezuela, and it was the first death at the hands of “pirates” he knew of.

“This is a demonstration of the insecurity we face, which is also present in the oil fields and undoubtedly impacted production,” Bodas said in a telephone interview, adding that other members of the San Ramon’s crew were missing.

Authorities have not provided official information about the incident.

Neither Venezuela’s state oil company, PDVSA, nor the country’s oil or information ministries responded to requests for comment.

Neither the Puerto La Cruz port authority nor Venezuela’s INEA maritime authority answered the phone on Tuesday, a national holiday.

The Mexican-flagged San Ramon has not transmitted its location since Dec. 10, when it was in the port of Manzanillo in Mexico, according to Refinitiv Eikon data. The owner of the tanker could not immediately be established.

U.S. Supreme Court skeptical of law against encouraging illegal immigration

U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday signaled skepticism toward a federal law that made it a felony to encourage illegal immigrants to come or stay in the United States as they heard a bid by President Donald Trump’s administration to revive the measure after it was struck down by a lower court.

The nine justices heard arguments in the administration’s appeal after the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in 2018 invalidated the law as a violation of the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment guarantee of free speech.

Conservative and liberal justices alike expressed concern that the decades-old law may be too broad, repeatedly pressing the administration about what kind of speech could be criminalized.

Chief Justice John Roberts, a conservative, asked whether it would be illegal for a grandmother to tell a grandchild who was in the United States unlawfully, “I encourage you to stay.” Other justices wondered about the work of lawyers or charities and whether their speech could be impaired.

The law bars inducing or encouraging an illegal immigrant to “come to, enter or reside” in the United States, including for financial gain. The case involves Evelyn Sineneng-Smith, a U.S. citizen who ran an immigration consultancy in San Jose, California, and was convicted of violating the law.

It is one of a number of immigration-related appeals the Supreme Court is handling during its term that ends in June. The justices in November heard Trump’s bid to rescind a program that protects from deportation hundreds of thousands of young people known as “Dreamers” who were brought to the United States illegally as children.

Trump has made restricting both legal and illegal immigration a centerpiece of his presidency and his re-election bid this year.

Sineneng-Smith, convicted of violating this law as well as mail fraud, was sentenced to 18 months in prison and three years of supervised release. She was accused of profiting by duping illegal migrants into paying her to file frivolous visa applications while remaining in the country indefinitely.

Sanders surpasses Biden among African American voters

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders has widened his lead for the Democratic presidential nomination and overtaken Joe Biden in support among African Americans - a voting bloc that until now has largely favored the former vice president, according to a Reuters/Ipsos national poll released on Tuesday.

The result could spell trouble for Biden, the one-time frontrunner who has lagged behind the field after the first few Democratic nominating contests.

To remain a viable contender, Biden has been banking on a strong showing in Saturday’s South Carolina primary, a state where black voters make up more than half of the Democratic electorate.

The Reuters/Ipsos poll, conducted Feb. 19-25, also showed that support for billionaire media mogul Michael Bloomberg slipped by 2 percentage points after the former New York City mayor faced intense scrutiny from other candidates last week in his first debate as a presidential candidate.

Among all registered

Democrats and independents, 26% said they would vote for Sanders, while 15% said they were backing Bloomberg and another 15% supported Biden.

Senator Elizabeth Warren and former mayor Pete Buttigieg were each supported by 10% of respondents. Another 4% said they would vote for Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and 3% said they were supporting billionaire philanthropist Tom Steyer.

The poll showed Sanders’ lead over the rest of the field has grown in each of the last three weeks, hitting double digits for the first time in the latest survey.

He also has increased his share of support from African Americans in the latest poll. When asked which candidate they would support in their state’s nominating contest, 26% said they would vote for Sanders, up 7 points from a previous reading conducted Jan. 29-Feb. 19.

Another 23% said they would back Biden, down 10 points from the last survey, and 20% would support

Bloomberg, a rise of 10 points.

Meanwhile, after Sanders’ definitive win in last week’s Nevada caucuses, 26% of registered Democrats and independents now see the senator from Vermont as the most electable of the party’s presidential candidates. Another 20% said it was Bloomberg and 17% said it was Biden.

Among all registered voters, including Republicans, 47% said they would vote for Sanders in a hypothetical general election matchup, while 40% said they would vote for President Donald Trump. Biden also has a 7-point advantage in support if he were the nominee, and Bloomberg would have a 4-point advantage.

The Reuters/Ipsos public opinion poll was conducted online, in English, throughout the United States. It gathered responses from 4,439 U.S. adults, including 2,244 who identified as registered Democrats or independents and 446 African Americans. The poll has a credibility interval, a measure of precision, of between 2 and 5 percentage points.

South Africa’s lobster catchers suffer in coronavirus fallout

The lobster catchers of South Africa’s Western Cape have become an unexpected casualty of the coronavirus after China halted imports of the West Coast rock lobster last month as part of measures to contain the outbreak.

“I am stuck now because they are putting our catches aside now, the factory doesn’t want to take our fish, there is no market for our fish,” said Lorraine Brown, 60, as she waited for the day’s catch to arrive at Witsand’s slipway, used by the Ocean View fishing community, some 40 km from Cape Town.

“We don’t know where we stand. They say you can catch, but your crayfish must stand in the water. For how long are they going to keep it in the tanks, and what money are we going to benefit if the crayfish must all die?” she told Reuters.

Before China halted seafood imports on Jan. 25, Brown could earn 340 rand ($22) per kg for live exported lobster. The price has now slipped to 120 rand per kg on the local market, too little to make ends meet, she said.

First detected in China, the coronavirus epidemic has killed more than 2,000 people and infected tens of thousands more as its pernicious tentacles disrupt global aviation, shipping trade and tourism sectors.

China has halted live animal trade over fears the trade could help spread the disease.

Crates of Rock Lobster are offloaded from fishing boats at Kalk Bay Harbour, in Cape Town, South Africa.

South Africa, which has chairwoman, Shamera Daniels. no confirmed coronavirus case, has There were almost 50 been hit hard by the suspension of tonnes of live crayfish at risk of lobster exports to China - which dying, being frozen and sold at a last year bought 95% of its total significant discount, she said. allowable west coast lobster catch The industry was in of 1,084 tonnes. discussion with the government

The West Coast Rock about possible interventions, Lobster Association, which Daniels said, such as extending represents offshore and near-shore the fishing season should China’s rights holders, said the outbreak trade restrictions persist. has had a “serious impact” with Ocean View’s fishermen direct financial losses to rights said their survival was at stake. holders estimated in excess of 257 “We are basically the worst million rand ($17 million). off because of the coronavirus,”

“But, then there is the said fisherman Charles America. secondary effect on the people “The effects might be economic or working the factories processing financial in the upper echelons less lobster, the people catching of the industry, but down on the it will be taking out less fish ... so ground here it is survival, pure our fishing communities will have survival.” less money,” said the association’s

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WORLD NEWS British politicians covered up child sex abuse for decades, inquiry finds

British politicians turned a blind eye to the sexual abuse of children and actively covered up allegations over decades, an independent inquiry into historical sex offences in Westminster found on Tuesday.

The inquiry did not find evidence of an organized pedophile network in its examination of the period, covering the 1960s through until the 1990s.

But the report found there “have been significant failures by Westminster institutions in their responses to allegations of child sexual abuse.”

“This included failure to recognize it, turning a blind eye to it, actively shielding and protecting child sexual abusers and covering up allegations,” the report’s summary said.

The 173-page report found that several members of parliament in the 1970s and 1980s, including Peter Morrison and Cyril Smith, were “known or rumored to be active in their sexual interest in children and were protected from prosecution in a number of ways,” by police, prosecutors and political parties.

Peter Morrison was the private secretary to Margaret Thatcher, the British prime minister at the time.

Both Morrison and Smith received knighthoods – a British honors system which awards the title ‘Sir’.

The inquiry found about 30 instances of people’s honors being forfeited after they were convicted for crimes involving sexual abuse. ` Margaret Thatcher pushed for a knighthood for Jimmy Savile, which he got in 1990, despite revelations in the media about the TV presenter’s sexual abuse of children, the report said.

The inquiry also discussed the Paedophile Information Exchange (PIE), which campaigned for the public acceptance of pedophilia and for changes in the law to allow adults to have sex with children.

It was accepted by some charities as the voice of an oppressed sexual minority and took part in London’s gay pride march in 1983.

“PIE’s aims were given foolish and misguided support for several years by people and organisations who should have known better…

There was a fundamental failure to see the problem and a lack of moral courage to confront it,” the report said.

The inquiry found no evidence that the Home Office funded the campaign group.

Home Secretary Priti Patel hailed the “strength and courage” of the victims who testified during the inquiry.

“[The] government will review this report and consider how to respond to its content in due course,” she said in a statement.

The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) - of which the Westminster investigation is one strand - is one of the largest and most expensive ever undertaken in Britain.

It began work in 2017 and is expected to take five years to complete.

US House passes anti-lynching law over 100 years after first attempt

The US House of Representatives has overwhelming voted to make lynching a federal hate crime in the country.

The move comes over 100 years after lawmakers first attempted to criminalise lynching.

The bill - passed with a 410-4 majority - is named after a black teenager whose murder spurred the Civil Rights movement. The Senate passed it in 2018.

The two bills must now be combined before being signed into law by President Donald Trump.

Lynching is murder by a mob with no due process or rule of law. Across the US, thousands of African Americans were lynched by white mobs, often by hanging or torture, in the 19th and 20th Centuries.

According to the lawmakers, at least 4,742 people were reported lynched in the US between 1882 and 1968. In 99% of cases the perpetrators escaped punishment.

The Emmett Till Antilynching Act is named after a the 14-year-old Chicago boy who was killed while visiting family in Mississippi in 1955.

Speaking on the House floor on Wednesday, Illinois Congressman Bobby Rush, who co-sponsored the legislation, said he was “pleased that the language we are voting on today has already been approved by the Senate, and I am exceptionally hopeful that it will face no further obstacles on its path to the president’s desk”.

Cash-starved Cuban state sells used cars for dollars for first time Cuba’s cash-strapped government began selling used cars for dollars at a single Havana outlet, a first for the Communistrun state and a further step toward the dollarization of a segment of its retail sector.

People gather outside a government lot where used cars are for sale, in Havana, Cuba February 25, 2020. REUTERS/Stringer

Around a hundred people showed up to look at the cars, representing a hodgepodge of brands and models. Around one in 20 Cubans owns a car and the cost puts them out of the reach of many citizens, in a country where the average wage is below the equivalent of $100 per month.

Yoan Orlando Milian, a 37-year-old who splits his time between Miami and Havana, said he had camped out for days to be the first in line to purchase a car.

“I will do anything for my family. And this is a good option for my wife and kids in Havana,” he said from the window of his 2011 Toyota Land Cruiser that he had bought for $80,000 - more than double the amount he might expect to pay in the United States.

Cuba first legalized in 2014 the sale and purchase of cars manufactured after the 1959 revolution, but for convertible Cuban pesos, which are officially valued at a dollar though worthless

People gather outside a government lot where used cars are for sale, in Havana, Cuba February 25, 2020. outside the country.

The state maintains a monopoly on foreign trade and retail sales.

Previously, the new and used cars were priced at more than four times the factory price. Now available for dollars through use of a bank card, the government says it will discount 10% from the former price as it opens more outlets and makes new vehicles available.

Reinier Ramos, from the central Cienfuegos province, said he had come to Havana three days earlier to stake a claim on a car.

“I want to buy a Geely at $35,000 or MG3 for $34,000,” he said, referring to two Chinese brands.

Ramos, a civil engineer,

said he had sold a car and received money from family abroad for the purchase.

Cuba’s state-run economy is going through a liquidity crisis due to the implosion of ally Venezuela’s economy and the tightening of the decades-old U.S. trade embargo under President Donald Trump.

The government has opened around 80 “dollar stores” selling items such as home appliances and car parts that it has to buy abroad in tradable currencies.

The state had previously sold such items for convertible pesos.

Cuban stores continue to sell food and basic household items in convertible pesos or its other currency, the local peso.

‘Thank you’ Queen Elizabeth tells Britain’s spies

Queen Elizabeth visited the headquarters of Britain’s MI5 domestic spy agency on Tuesday to thank the country’s spies for defending the realm.

“I would like to take my visit here today as an opportunity to thank you all for the tireless work you do to keep our country safe,” Elizabeth said.

“You have always demonstrated the utmost commitment to your motto ‘Regnum Defende’ [‘Defend the Realm’]. Because of the nature of your work, it is without public Thames House, the headquarters of the British Security Service (MI5) is seen in London, Britrecognition. So, it is on behalf of ain October 22, 2015. the country that I say to you all: international terrorism though it is continue to be significant threats thank you.” and challenges ahead, but on each

MI5, established in 1909 to also a counter-intelligence agency. counter German espionage ahead “I’m always struck by the remarkable of my visits to MI5, I have been of World War One, is tasked with resolve with which you carry out impressed by the way that you have adapted to the changing threats to protecting British national security. your vital role,” Elizabeth said.

“There will no doubt our nation,” the queen said.

Its main job is currently countering

Trump says liberal Supreme Court Justices Ginsburg, Sotomayor should recuse President Donald Trump on Tuesday turned his ire on liberal U.S. Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor, making a highly unusual call for them to recuse themselves from any cases involving him or his administration.

The Republican president, concluding a two-day trip to India, took aim at two of the three women who serve on the top U.S. judicial body during a visit to a foreign country two weeks after his own attorney general rebuked him for assailing

prosecutors and the judge in a two justices appointed by high-profile case.

Trump, so frequently grants

Trump first posted emergency requests filed by criticism of Sotomayor and his administration. Trump also Ginsburg on Twitter citing cited Ginsburg’s criticism of him comments on Fox News and then during the 2016 presidential expanded his remarks at a news race. conference in New Delhi. He “I just don’t know how appeared to refer to a dissenting they cannot recuse themselves opinion Sotomayor wrote on with anything having to do with Friday when the court allowed a Trump or Trump-related,” Trump hardline Trump administration said, adding that Supreme Court immigration policy to go into justices should be held to a effect in Illinois. “higher standard.”

Sotomayor questioned The justices, through why the court, whose 5-4 a court spokeswoman, had no conservative majority includes comment.

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Egypt’s Mubarak, ousted by popular revolt in 2011, dies aged 91

Former Egyptian President years in jail.

Hosni Mubarak, who ruled for 30 years Egyptians, who often until he was ousted in a popular uprising complained about corruption, oppression against corruption and autocracy, died and unemployment under Mubarak, had on Tuesday at the age of 91. mixed feelings about their former leader

A partner of the West in fighting as news of his death spread.

Islamists, Mubarak presided over an era “We had good and bad of stagnation and repression at home and memories,” said Sherin Saad, a woman was an early victim of the “Arab Spring” in her 30s, who criticized graft and the revolutions that swept the region. privatization of public firms, which his

He died in intensive care a few critics say enriched the elite. weeks after undergoing surgery. Egypt’s Atef Bayoumi, walking on the presidency and armed forces mourned Nile Corniche in central Cairo, said: him as a hero for his role in the 1973 “He was a patriot. Regardless of the final Arab-Israeli war and the former air force events, he surely did good things for the officer will be given a military funeral. country.”

Three days of public mourning In contrast, Gamal Eid, a were declared and state television played prominent human rights activist, said on clips of Mubarak with a black ribbon at Twitter: “My condolences to all tyrants, the corner of the screen. they lost one today!”

Mubarak, who was arrested two There was no immediate months after being forced out by the reaction from Western capitals, which protesters who crammed into Cairo’s had valued Mubarak for preserving a Tahrir Square in 2011, spent several years peace treaty with Israel signed by his in jail and military hospitals. predecessor Anwar al-Sadat.

He was sentenced to life in “On behalf of Israel’s citizens prison for conspiring to murder 239 and government, I wish to express demonstrators during the 18-day revolt, my deepest sorrow over the passing of but was freed in 2017 after being cleared President Hosni Mubarak,” said Israeli of the charges.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

He was however convicted “President Mubarak, a personal friend of in 2015 along with his two sons of mine, was a leader who led his nation to diverting public funds to upgrade family peace and security.” properties. They were sentenced to three The United Arab Emirates’

Mubarak did not leave the country after his overthrow, unlike Tunisia’s Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali, who fled with his family to Saudi Arabia after being ousted in the first Arab Spring protests.

In contrast, the Mubarak family has stayed in Egypt since 2011 but kept a low profile.

Mubarak had always maintained Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. his innocence and said history would Sisi for restoring stability, but activists judge him a patriot who served say his relentless crackdown on dissent is his country selflessly, but for many worse than anything under Mubarak.

Egyptians his time in power was a period Announcing Mubarak’s of autocracy and crony capitalism. death, Egyptian TV criticized him for

His successor, Mohamed Mursi, economic mismanagement. New cities lasted only a year in office, however, he had created in the desert lacked a after mass protests in 2013 led to his “comprehensive vision” while he had overthrow by then defense chief General spent billions on new roads which the Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who is now president. government later had to repair.

Mubarak-era figures, meanwhile, Timothy Kaldas, non-resident are gradually being cleared of charges, fellow at the Tahrir Institute for Middle and laws limiting political freedoms East Policy, said that the coverage was have raised fears among activists that the seeking to highlight corruption under old regime is back.

Mubarak to curb nostalgia for his time in

Many Egyptians have credited power.

Malaysia’s 94-year-old PM tenders his resignation

India’s Modi appeals for calm as riot toll rises to 20

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad tendered his resignation to the king Monday, his office said in a statement, but did not give further details.

Mahathir’s resignation followed talks over the weekend between some members of his party and opposition groups on forming a new government to prevent the transition of power to his hand-picked successor Anwar Ibrahim.

Mahathir, 94, the world’s oldest prime minister, and Anwar 72, joined forces in 2018 to win the election and oust the ruling alliance at that time, on the condition that Mahathir would cede power to Anwar.

It was not immediately clear what step Malaysian King Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah would take under the circumstances.

According to analysts, the king could decide if any political group has a parliamentary majority, otherwise

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Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. the king may dissolve the parliament for snap elections.

Anwar’s wife Wan Azizah Ismail is the deputy prime minister of Malaysia and would become the highest government official if Mahathir’s resignation were accepted.

Ten-year-old in Houston, Texas accidentally shot by babysitter

A 10-year-old boy was shot by his babysitter as she attempted to take selfies while holding a gun, police in Houston say.

Caitlyn Smith shot the child in the stomach on Tuesday, thinking the weapon was unloaded. Police confirmed she is the child’s aunt.

The 19-year-old has since been charged with injury to a child and serious bodily injury.

The boy is in a serious condition but is expected to make a full recovery.

Harris County Sherriff Ed Gonzales told the news site the weapon was kept unsecured at home.

“The female indicates that she retrieved that weapon to

minister of state for foreign affairs, Anwar Gargash, said on Twitter that the Arab world had lost a statesman who took significant national and historic positions.

take pictures, and in the course of taking pictures the gun went off and struck the child,” he added.

“Very tragic situation, we see this quite a bit.”

Senior Deputy Thomas Gilliland told CNN: “Firearms are dangerous weapons so take precautions and make sure things like that don’t happen. Taking selfies was not the best thing to be doing.”

According to the Gun Violence Archive, so far this year 6,155 people have died in shootings in the US.

Of that number, 321 deaths were unintentional.

Last year, 3,760 people under the age of 18 were injured or killed in shootings.

A woman carrying a child walks past security forces in a riot affected area

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed for calm on Wednesday after days of clashes between Hindus and minority Muslims over a controversial citizenship law in some of the worst sectarian violence in the capital in decades.

Twenty people were killed and nearly 200 wounded in the violence, a doctor said, with many suffering gunshot wounds amid looting and arson attacks that coincided with a visit to India by U.S. President Donald Trump.

Police and paramilitary forces patrolled the streets in far greater numbers on Wednesday. Parts of the riot-hit areas were deserted.

“Peace and harmony are central to our ethos. I appeal to my sisters and brothers of Delhi to maintain peace and brotherhood at all times,” Modi said in a tweet.

Modi’s appeal came after a storm of criticism from opposition parties of the government’s failure to control the violence, despite the use of tear gas, pellets and smoke grenades.

Sonia Gandhi, president of the opposition Congress party, called for the resignation of Home Minister Amit Shah, who is directly responsible for law and order in the capital.

The violence erupted

between thousands demonstrating for and against the new citizenship law introduced by Modi’s Hindu nationalist government.

The Citizenship Amendment Act makes it easier for non-Muslims from some neighboring Muslimdominated countries to gain Indian citizenship.

Critics say the law is biased against Muslims and undermines India’s secular constitution. Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party has denied it has any bias against India’s more than 180 million Muslims.

Reuters witnesses saw mobs wielding sticks and pipes walking down streets in parts of northeast Delhi on Tuesday, amid arson attacks and looting. Thick clouds of black smoke billowed from a tyre market that was set ablaze.

Many of the wounded had suffered gunshot injuries, hospital officials said. At least two mosques in northeast Delhi were set on fire.

On Wednesday, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) said in a tweet that it was alarmed by the violence and it urged the Indian government “to rein in mobs and protect religious minorities and others who have been targeted”.

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2.Associate Degrees Two-Year Associate Degree in: o Business Studies (Both Campuses) 3.Certificate Courses One-Year Certificate Program in: o Business Studies (Both Campuses) FACULTY OF COMPUTERS, ENGINEERING & MATHEMATICS (CEM) 1.Bachelor’s Degrees Two-Year Bachelor’s Degree in: o Information Technology (Grand Turk Campus) o Management Information Systems (Grand Turk Campus) 2.Associate Degrees Two-Year Associate Degree in: o Computer Studies (Both Campuses) o Computer-Electronics Engineering Tech (Grand Turk Campus) o Electrical Engineering Technology (Grand Turk Campus) o Information Technology (Grand Turk Campus) 3.Certificate Courses One-Year Certificate Program in: o Computer Applications (Both Campuses) o Electrical Engineering (Both Campuses) FACULTY OF EDUCATION & TRAINING (EDT) 1.Bachelor’s Degrees Two-Year Bachelor’s Degree in: o Early Childhood Education (Both Campuses) o Primary Education (Both Campuses) 2.Associate Degrees Two-Year Associate Degree in: o Early Childhood Education (Both Campuses) o Primary Education (Both Campuses) o Secondary Education: •Computer/Business •English/Social Studies •Math/Business •Math/Computers •Math/Science (Grand Turk Campus only) •Music/English/Math/Social Studies FACULTY OF HOSPITALITY & TOURISM MANAGEMENT (HTM) 1.Bachelor’s Degrees Two-Year Bachelor’s Degree in: o Hospitality Management (Provo Campus) o Tourism Management and Entertainment (Provo Campus) 2.Associate Degrees Two-Year Associate Degree in: o Hospitality Management (Provo Campus) o Culinary Arts (Provo Campus) o Tourism Management (Both Campuses) 3.Certificate Courses One-Year Certificate Program in: o Hospitality Studies (Provo Campus) FACULTY OF HUMANITY & LIBERAL STUDIES (HLS) 1.Bachelor’s Degrees Two-Year Bachelor’s Degree in: o Social Work (Grand Turk Campus) 2.Associate Degrees Two-Year Associate Degree in: o Criminal Justice (Both Campuses) o General Studies (Humanities) with concentration in any three of the following (Grand Turk Campus): •Economics, •Politics, •Law, •Sociology o Social Work (Both Campuses) FACULTY OF NATURAL & APPLIED SCIENCES (NAS) 1.Associate Degrees Two-Year Associate Degree in: o Environmental Science (Grand Turk Campus) o Sciences with concentration in any two of the following (Grand Turk Campus): •Mathematics, •Biology, •Chemistry, •Physics, •Information Technology o Marine Biology (Grand Turk Campus) 2.Associate Degree Three-Year Associate Degree in: oRegistered Nursing (Grand Turk Campus) FACULTY OF TECHNICAL & VOCATIONAL EDUCATION (TVE) 1.Associate Degrees Two-Year Associate Degree in: o Architectural Design and Building Technology (Both Campuses) o Automotive Engineering Technology (Grand Turk Campus) 2.Certificate Courses One-Year Certificate Program in: o Construction, Carpentry and Joinery (Grand Turk Campus) Short Technical/Vocational Program Duration: 6 Weeks

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Accounting Information System, Business Communication (Theory & Practice) Cake Decorating Conversational Spanish Customer Service, Dining Room Management English as a Second Language Introduction to Building Services, Introduction to Estimation and Costing Mixology PRC Courses (TCI Studies and English) Restaurant Operation Team Building Duration: 60 contact hours AutoCAD, Automotive Maintenance, Surveying Students may also access one semester courses of their choice from any Associate Degree programme and obtain credits.

PRE-COLLEGE PROGRAMME The following is the Structure of Pre-College Programme: Pre-College 1: This is for those who have not been exposed to CSEC/external examination syllabus. It includes the following General Basic Subjects: • Mathematics, English, TCI Studies, Computer Studies and two others from the area of specialization. Students enrolled in Pre-College 1 must continue to Pre-College 2 Pre-College 2: This is for those who have been exposed to CSEC/external examination syllabus but have failed or do not meet the minimum entry requirement for the Associate degree programmes. It includes the following specialized subjects: • English, Mathematics and three others.

NOTE: Classes can ONLY proceed with a COHORT of a minimum of 5 Students.

ENTRY QUALIFICATIONS Applicants must satisfy the following minimum requirements: For the Associate Degree: Five GCE or CXC subjects including English A and Mathematics at the General Proficiency Level with Grads I, II, and III or GCE Grades A, B, C. Students without CXC/GCE Mathematics and English must complete the College Foundation Math: MTH1110 and MTH1120, and ENG1111 and ENG1122 (at additional cost) For the Certificate Programmes: Three GCE or CXC subjects, one of which must be English at General Proficiency level 1, 11, & 111 or GCE Grades A, B, C. For the Bachelor’s Degree: An Associate Degree from the TCI Community College or another recognized institution.

Students applying through the Mature Student Entry policy should be twenty-one (21) years or older with relevant experience in specific areas of interest. Note that students may be required to complete a Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) portfolio.

The deadline for applications is Friday, June 5th, 2020. Any application received after this date would be deemed as LATE. All applications should be fully completed ONLINE by visiting the college’s website at https://tcicc.edu.tc and clicking on the green button that says “Apply Now” OR https:// isims.tcicc.edu.tc/apply/ Make sure to scan and upload all supporting documents with the application form. An application fee of $25 should be paid at either the Grand Turk Campus OR the Providenciales Campus. Late application fee is $50.

Help document on the Application form can be found at: https://tcicc.edu.tc/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/To-Apply-online-TCICC-verson-1.2.pdf OR go to the “FAQ” at the bottom of the website and then click “TCICC Online Application Help Document”. For any queries send email to one of the following: (a) registar@tcicc.edu.tc (b) Dean@tcicc.edu.tc (c) Systemsadministrator@tcicc.edu.tc TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROGRAMS AND FEE STRUCTURE COST OF PROGRAMMES/COURSES OFFERED BY THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE EFFECTIVE 27TH AUGUST 2018 A. SHORT COURSES Courses are for fifteen days for two hours per day (except for AutoCAD, Automotive Maintenance & Surveying). Credits earned could be transferred into the College programmes.

Students may audit the courses and not participate in the examination. Students should indicate at the commencement of the course whether or not the course is being audited.

No credit will be given for those courses which are audited.

B. ONE SEMESTER COURSES Courses run from September – December; January – May; concentrated summer semester May – early July.

C. FULL TIME PROGRAMMES Two years, two semesters per year for the majority of the programmes. Some programmes are for five semesters with compulsory summer courses during the first year. Additionally, students may access summer courses from May – early July.

TUITION FEES ARE AS FOLLOWS A. Short Courses Courses which require the use of laboratory facilities $400 per course Courses which do not require the use of laboratory facilities $300 per course Cake Decorating $500, Mixology $450 (these include cake tools, alcohol, etc. needed) B. One Semester courses Pre-College Computer modules Associate Degree Bachelors

$500 (or $150 per course) $250 per course $360 per course $675 per course (TCI National/PRC Holders) $840 per course (Resident/Non Nationals) $1335 per course (Overseas Students)

C. Full Programmes (two Semesters) Sept – Dec; Jan- May; Student category Courses Annual Fees Semester Fees TCI Nationals/PRC Certificate

$1,000 $500 Holders Associate Degree $2,000 $1,000

Bachelor’s Degree $4,000 $2,000 Non- Nationals/ Certificate $1,500 $750 Resident Associate Degree $2,500 $1,250

Bachelor’s Degree $5,000 $2,500 Overseas Students Certificate $3,000 $1,500

Associate Degree $5,000 $2,500

Bachelor’s Degree $8,000 $4,000 D. OTHER PROGRAMMES OTHER FEES Application Fees Late application Registration Fees Late registration Transcripts

$25.00 $50.00 $25.00 $50.00 $30.00 for initial transcript and 50% discount for others when applying for multiple transcripts.

Facility fee $40 (ALL STUDENTS PAY THIS ANNUAL FEE) Transportation Fee $50.00 per month (Grand Turk) Graduation Processing Fee $50.00 (prospective graduates ONLY) NB: ALL FEES ARE PAYABLE AT THE TIME OF REGISTRATION. Fees are subject to change.

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Amazon expands physical footprint with bigger cashier-less grocery shop

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) is bringing its cashier-less store technology to a larger stage.

The world’s biggest online retailer on Tuesday is set to open ‘Amazon Go Grocery,’ a store in Seattle’s Capitol Hill with four times the shopping space as the first cashier-less location it opened to the public in January 2018. The concept targets customers in residential neighborhoods rather than office workers, whom the smaller Amazon Go convenience stores serve.

The new format reflects Amazon’s ambitions to capture more of shoppers’ weekly spend through groceries, increasing competition with national players Kroger (KR.N), Albertsons and others. The company, once famous for selling books online, was long rumored to be working on a new chain of physical grocery stores that

would cater to a more diverse set of tastes to manage how shoppers inspect the than up-market Whole Foods, which it fruit they buy, said Dilip Kumar, the acquired in 2017. company’s vice president of physical

As with Amazon’s convenience retail and technology.

“There’s a lot more interaction stores, customers scan an ‘Amazon Go’ smartphone app on a gated turnstile to that tends to happen” with produce enter and start shopping. Hundreds of than a can of Coke, Kumar said. ceiling cameras and shelf weight censors The new format is not the same ascertain what customers add to their as a full-fledged supermarket; for instance, carts, and their on-file credit cards are it has fresh cold cuts in packages but not billed once they leave the store - no a deli or seafood counter, as at other grocers where associates offer expansive cashiers or checkout lines necessary.

If a shopper puts an item back selections of items. on the shelf after looking at it, Amazon How much Amazon was saving removes the product from his or her on cashier labor, versus spending on cameras that underpin its technology, virtual basket.

That was a major technical was unclear. The company said it hired challenge to address in the new format, “several dozen associates” for the location, which includes produce priced per who interact with shoppers and re-stock item from Whole Foods’ suppliers, as shelves.

Amazon will not fulfill customer well as baked goods, fresh meat and seafood. Amazon trained its technology orders out of the Seattle store, it said.

UK court told Assange tried to call White House, Hillary Clinton over data dump

Julian Assange tried to contact Hillary Clinton and the White House when he realised that unredacted U.S. diplomatic cables given to WikiLeaks were about to be dumped on the internet, his lawyer told his London extradition hearing on Tuesday.

Assange is being sought by the United States on 18 counts of hacking U.S. government computers and an espionage offence, Julian Assange wearing two pair having allegedly conspired of glasses in seen at court during with Chelsea Manning, a hearing to decide whether he then a U.S. soldier known should be extradited to the United as Bradley Manning, to States, in London, February 24, leak hundreds of thousands 2020 in this courtroom sketch. of secret documents by WikiLeaks almost a decade ago.

On Monday, the lawyer representing the United States told the hearing that Assange, 48, was wanted for crimes that had endangered people in Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan who had helped the West, some of whom later disappeared.

U.S. authorities say his actions in recklessly publishing unredacted classified diplomatic cables put informants, dissidents, journalists and human rights activists at risk of torture, abuse or death.

Outlining part of his defence, Assange’s lawyer Mark Summers said allegations that he had helped Manning to break a government password, had encouraged the theft of secret data and knowingly put lives in danger were “lies, lies and more lies”.

He told London’s Woolwich Crown Court that WikiLeaks had received documents from Manning in April 2010. He then made a deal with a number of newspapers, including the New York Times, Britain’s Guardian and Germany’s Der Spiegel, to begin releasing redacted parts of the 250,000 cables in November that year.

A witness from Der Spiegel said the U.S. State Department had been involved in suggesting redactions in conference calls, Summers said.

However, a password that allowed access to the full unredacted material was published in a book by Guardian reporters about WikiLeaks in February 2011.

In August, another German newspaper reported it had discovered the password and it had access to the archive.

A spokesman for The Guardian said the authors were told the password was temporary and the book contained no details about the whereabouts of the files.

PEOPLE’S LIVES “AT RISK”

Summers said Assange attempted to warn the U.S. government, calling the White House and attempting to speak to then- Secretary of State Clinton, saying “unless we do something, people’s lives are put at risk”.

A worker inspects produce during a tour of at an Amazon checkout-free, large format grocery store in Seattle

Asked whether the format represented a more profitable grocery model, Kumar said, “Our goal is to be able to figure out how to be relevant for customers in whichever neighborhood that we’re in. If we do a good job, good things happen. If we don’t, we coursecorrect.”

Richard Branson launches his luxury, adults-only cruise ship

Richard Branson is sailing into new waters with the launch of his first cruise liner, making a bold pitch to younger travelers at an undeniably awkward time for the industry.

The Virgin founder launched the Scarlet Lady on Friday, hoping its modern design and adults-only rule will prompt younger vacationers to take a fresh look at cruises.

The ship has docked at the Port of Dover in England and will enter operation in April, mainly A rendering of the ship’s Korean restaurant, Geonbae, where top-shelf soju shots are on the house offering trips around the Caribbean from a base in Miami. around $19,000 per cabin, while the Branson’s empire, which he set up

“The Scarlet Lady is truly cheapest cabins start from around in late 2014. Two more are due for special and we’ve worked with some $1,600 for three- and four-day tours. delivery in 2021 and 2022. of the world’s most sought-after Meanwhile, Branson has The vessel weighs 60,000 designers, artists and architects to been busy boasting of the liner’s tons, according to the Virgin craft an extraordinary experience,” “most grammable spot,” a dark Voyages website.

Branson said as he presented the multi-mirror room adorned with According to the ship’s ship to the media on Friday. hundreds of white lights. builder, Fincantieri, it stretches 278

But the launch comes Putting aside fears over meters long and 38 meters wide. as another liner — the Diamond the coronavirus, the cruise holiday With 1,430 cabins, it will carry more Princess — reaches the end of industry is picking up steam. In than 2,770 passengers and 1,160 a 14-day quarantine amid the 2019, 30 million passengers were crew. coronavirus outbreak. A total of 624 expected to cruise, up from 17.8 The designers behind the confirmed cases of the virus have million a decade earlier, according suites say they called on Virgin’s been linked to the ship during its to the Cruise Lines International rock and roll heritage, with rooms isolation in Tokyo Bay, with 79 new Association. featuring nods to icons including cases confirmed on Wednesday.

That rapid growth brings Grace Jones, and sailors can expect

Having tested the waters its own problems, however. a retro-futurism vibe throughout of just about every other travel Congestion at ports around the the ship’s accommodation. business over the course of his world has sparked complaints from For customers with lengthy career, fixing his name locals, and the environmental especially deep pockets, the Massive to trains, planes and spaceships impact of high-polluting ships is Suite will feature a music room after initially launching Virgin as a coming under renewed scrutiny — stocked with guitars, an amp and a record store, the entrepreneur says particularly among the younger special private lookout point at the the launch of the ship marks the travelers Branson is hoping to front of the ship. realization of a long-held ambition. attract.

It’s also got a private terrace

“I have dreamed of starting Branson touts ‘a voyage like no with a standing hot tub, a large my own cruise line since I was in my other’ “runway” table for entertaining 20s and I’m thrilled that moment Branson is taking to guests and an open-air “Peek-ahas arrived,” he said. the seas with a healthy tailwind View” shower that offers sea views.

Branson’s pursuit of young behind him; shares of his Virgin And all suite guests will vacationers has yielded features not Galactic venture have skyrocketed have access to Richard’s Rooftop, an found on many other cruise ships: nearly 200% since the company “exclusive chic outdoor lounge.”

There’s a stripey drinking spot went public last October, boosted Branson is hoping to called Razzle Dazzle, a Korean eatery by optimism about the company’s mitigate environmental concerns called Geonbae and a tattoo and plans to launch a commercial space by banning single-use plastics body piercing parlor dubbed Squid service. aboard the ship.

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Forbes, in its most recent ays his own business expertise

The ship also features annual list of the world’s billionaires, has informed the project from the 78 luxury RockStar Suites. Those estimated Branson’s net worth at beginning. “The benefit of our five include 15 Mega RockStar Suites, $4.1 billion. decades in business in so many which are further divided into The Scarlet Lady is the industries is that we can offer a Massive, Fab, Posh and Gorgeous first of three planned ships from voyage like no other,” he said in a Suites. Prices for those come in at Virgin Voyages, the cruising arm of press release on Friday.

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CACTUS CAFE

EROUDE PIERRE

Airport Road, Max Mini mart Plaza, Providencales, Turks & Caicos Islands Is seeking one (1) Waitress include greeting and serving customers, providing detailed information on menus, multi-tasking various duties in the restaurant.

Pay is $6.25 per week Position is currently held by a Work Permit Holder Please contact 332-4271 Interested Turks and Caicos Islanders are required to submit copies of their applications to the Labour Board

Is seeking one Fisherman On the island of South Caicos Pay is $300.00 per week Applicants must be able to fish, swim, clean and pack seafood products Position is currently held by a Work Permit Holder Please contact 341 -2545 Interested Turks and Caicos Islanders are required to submit copies of their applications to the Labour Board

Summit Contracting Location: Long Bay Hills Storage, Long Bay, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Is seeking one (1) Domestic Worker Duties: Must be able to do general cleaning, speak English and trustworthy To work 6 days a week Salary: $400.00 weekly Please Contact: 331-0876 or email summitcintracting.tc@ gmail.com This position is currently held by a Work Permit Holder Interested Turks & Caicos Islander applicants must send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board

#975618

T&S

Seeks to employ a Hair Dresser In Grand Turk To work six days a week At a salary of $250.00 per week Successful applicants will be required to wash style and beautify customers hair in a professional manner Applicants are required to submit their applications to the Immigration Board Zone 1 and Tracey Prospere at Telephone No. 245-2297 Please note that this position is new

Caicos Seafoods/ Lewis Cox/Velma Cox Is seeking Labourers, Domestic Workers, Plant Workers, Seafood Processors, Conch Peelers and Freezer person On the island of South Caicos Pay is minimum wage / daily rate / commission Applicants must be able to clean office, peel and pack conch, wash and pack lobsters, push and loaded buggies Positions are currently held by Work Permit Holders Please contact 231-4554 Interested Turks and Caicos Islanders are required to submit copies of their applications to the Labour Board

Vette Delhomme

Seeks to employ a Domestic Worker To work 5 days a week At salary of $200.00 per week Successful applicants will be required to perform homely duties by cleaning and looking after the home during the owner’s absence.

Applicants are required to submit their applications to the Immigration Board Zone 1 and to Vette at Tel no.

341-7366 Please note that this application is a new position

NOTICE Schedule 2 Regulation 8 of the Physical Planning (Development Permission) Regulations 2018 An Application, REGISTERED PR 14395, by Prince Albert Alexander Musgrove, for the rezoning parcel 60806/6, The Bight & Thomas Stubbs on Providenciales which is currently zoned for Low Density Residential Class C 3 Units Per Acre to C1 Commercial. The application as submitted seeks planning consideration for a Two (2) Story Building containing Ten (10) Rental units.

Anyone wishing to make representations (s) may do so in writing to the Director of Planning, South Base, Grand Turk or through the Department of Planning, Emily House, Leeward Highway, Providenciales, within twenty-eight (28) days of publication of this Notice.

Date Posted:__________________________

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S & L Construction Location - Behind Glass shack, Building 35B, off of leeward Highway Provo, Allison grace apartment, Turks & Caicos Islands Is seeking a General Worker Unskilled Duties include: •Performing a variety of cleaning activities such as sweeping, mopping, dusting and polishing, ensuring all rooms are cared for and inspected according to standards.

•Protecting equipment and making sure there are no inadequacies To work 6 days a week, Time: 9 am to 5 pm Salary is $7.00 per hour Please Contact: 244-9548 This position is new Interested Turks & Caicos Islander applicants must send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board

Leteka Smith Location: Bird Rock Street #35 Long Bay, Providenciales Turks & Caicos Islands Is seeking a Caretaker Duties: Taking care of an elderly person, completing light housekeeping, such as dishes or folding laundry.

Caretakers plan, prepare and monitor meals To work 6 days a week Salary: $6.50 per hour Please Contact: 243-9961 This position is new Interested Turks & Caicos Islander applicants must send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board #975621

Acqua Shores Property Management Location: Blue Hills, Back Road Grey Building #73 Door #5, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Is seeking One (1) Butler Duties includes greeting guests at the door, assist in the planning of events and dinner parties, oversee table settings, and serve drinks and food Salary is $7.50 per hour Must be able to work 5 days per week Please call Mrs. Priscilla Cordero on 232-5422 This position is currently held by a Work Permit Holder Interested Turks & Caicos Islander applicants must send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board #975619

Brian Been Location: Grand Turk Is seeking a Nanny Must be able to work (5) days per week Duties include cooking, cleaning and caring for two (2) children Salary $250.00 per week Please contact brianbeen@hotmail.com This is a new position Interested Turks and Caicos Islanders must send copy of their resume to the Labour Board

For All you advertising needs contact TCISUN at 348-6838 Or email – sun@suntci.com

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Treven Hamilton In Grand Turk Is seeking a Domestic Worker To do housekeeping work Must be able honest, trustworthy and speaks English To work 5 days a week Salary is $250.00 weekly Please contact: 242-0830 This position is currently held by a Work Permit Holder Turks and Caicos Islander applicants are required to submit their applications to the Labour Board

#975604

KIM BAKER/KISA SERVICES

Kadisha Mattew

Location: Millennium Highway, Blue Hills, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Is seeking a Babysitter Duties: To care for a Toddler, clean after the child (clothing, bottles etc) Must be experienced and love children To work 5 days a week Salary is $6.25 per hour Please Contact: 241-0837 This position is new Interested Turks & Caicos Islander applicants must send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board

#975614

Gerilane Rigby

Is seeking Labourers, Domestic workers, Plant worker, Barber To work on the island of South Caicos Pay is minimum wage Applicants must be able to do manual labour or clean house, wash, and iron or cut hair These positions are currently held by Work Permit Holders Please contact 232-3001 Interested Turks and Caicos Islanders are required to submit copies of their applications to the Labour Board

Location: #10 Rigby Hill, Five Cays, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Is seeking a Caregiver to assist in the care of elderly male Duties include helping with daily activities and performing general household duties Is seeking a Domestic Worker to do general cleaning Must be able to work 6 days per week Salary $6.25 per hour Please Contact: 241-0045 The Caregiver position is currently held by a Work Permit Holder and the Domestic Worker position is a new position Interested Turks and Caicos Islander applicants must send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board

Caicos Cleaners

Complex Beauty Salon

Location: Long Bay, Blue Building #29, Door #1, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Is seeking One (1) Maid Duties: Vacuum and Wash Carpets, dust and Sweep Floors and Surfaces and maintain Cleaning Records and Inventory of Supplies To work 6 days a week Salary is $6.50 per hour Please Contact: 332-4406 This position is currently held by a Work Permit Holder Interested Turks & Caicos Islander applicants must send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board

#975622

Location: #21 Millennium Highway, Unit #5, Providenciales, Turk & Caicos Islands Is seeking a Hair Technician Typical duties include shampooing, cutting, and styling hair, though they may also provide hair treatments, including deep conditioning, permanents, hair coloring, and weaving To work 6 days a week Salary - $7.50 per hour Please Contact: 345-8505 This position is new Interested Applicants who Turks and Caicos Islanders should submit Copies of their application to the Labour Board

#975619

Sparkle Cleaning Services

NEEDED URGENTLY: Four (4) Cleaners/Car washers Duties: Washing and detailing automobiles Wages: On a commission basis Qualification: Honest, hardworking, highly motivated, Friendly, must be able to work under minimum supervision and flexible hours, Ability to safely operate motor vehicle Experience is essential.

Closing date for application is These positions are held by Work Permit Holders Application Deadline : March 13th, 2020 Applicants who are Turks & Caicos islander should also copies of their application to the immigration board or use directly: Sparkle Cleaning Services Suite 5, Southside Plaza, Five Cays Road, Providenciales Tel: (649)241-0237 Email: carwashguy@hotmail.com

#975626

KAREN WHITT

Location: 10 Seagull Alley, Leeward, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Is seeking a Domestic Helper •Take care of two dogs, feed and bath everyday •Sweeping and mopping the floor, clean toilets, kitchen, living area, and balcony.

•Wash, fold and iron personal clothing •Laundering sheets, towels and rugs and do other household work as needed • To work 6 days a week Salary $300.00 per week Please Contact- 232-3059 This position is currently held by work permit holder Belongers are encourage to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board #975625

Jancilla Altidore Cox

Lucille Jones

Location: Blue Hills, Mary Jane Lane, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Is seeking a Nanny Must be able to work (6) days per week Duties include cooking, cleaning and caring for children Salary: $6.50 per hour Please Contract: 342-5965 This position is currently held by a Work Permit Holder Interested Turks and Caicos Islanders must send copy of their resume to the Labour Board

Location: Caravel Avenue, Leeward, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Is seeking a Labourer Job Overview: Perform tasks involving physical labor and cleaning at work sites.

May operate hand and power tools of all types and a variety of other equipment and instruments To work six days a week Salary Range: $6.25 per hour This position is currently held by a Work Permit Holder Interested persons contact Lucille Jones at 649-232-6835 Interested Turks & Caicos Islander applicants must send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board

#469520

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•Preforms any other tasks that may be assigned, associated with the preopening and running of the resort.

•The above specification is not to be regarded as complete. Other tasks and responsibilities of a broadly comparable nature may be added as appropriate.

Pool & Beach Attendant As a Pool and Beach Attendant for The Shore Club Resort, youwill be responsible forthe set-up, maintaining and breakdown of Pool/Beach chairs, umbrellas, cushions, floater’s cabana’s, non-motorized sports equipment, water, cold towels, heat and towels huts for guests, courteously and efficiently in accordance with departmental quality standards and specifications.

Roles and Responsibilities: •Smile, greet and welcome every guest.

•Offer each guest a cold bottle of water and ensure guests are provided cold bottles of water every hour.

•Provide towels to guests and anticipate guests needs by providing towels before being asked.

•Offer guests frozen treat at designated times each day.

•Offer guests chilled towel at the designated times each day.

•Provide guests with safety rules of Pool and Beach.

•Assist guests with obtaining pods, chaise/beach chairs, cabanaswhen asked.

•Assist guests with non-motorized sports equipment and provide safety rules, and waiver release forms.

•Assist guests with food orders by signaling server.

•Assist guests by offering suggestions of excursions.

•Assist in providing employees with the orientation and training needed to understand expectations and perform job responsibilities.

•Provide environment needed to deliver superior guest service.

•Ensure that standards are met and maintained.

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•Perform, and certified in First-Aid. •Is able to perform swimming for life-saving in pool and ocean.

•Follow all safety rules, and ensure guests follow safety rules.

•Is knowledgeable of inherent risks of working outdoors and takes the necessary precautions to heat, water, and weather.

•Ensure guest information is not in open area.

•Is observant of guest needs and responds to them.

•Responsible for moving bins of dirty linen, and trash.

•Ensure P&B chaise and Pods are set and ready at designated hour of 8am – 7pm in summer season, 7am-6pm in winter season. All covers in place, with rolled towels on all chairs.

•Take personal responsibility and show initiative in work planning and problem-solving.

•Show personal attention to guests’ unique needs, interests and expectations.

•Keep informed and demonstrate job knowledge, following all job and service standards.

•Provide genuine service through actions that display self-confidence, grace and courtesy to guests and colleagues.

•Any other ad hoc duties or tasks as assigned or directed by management.

Starting salary $6.75 per hour not including service charge.

Corporate Operations Facilitator* As a Corporate Operations Facilitator at The Shore Club Resort, you will be responsible for ensuring the smooth completion of all projects. In addition to this you will oversee the daily operation of projects to ensure that it is cost efficient and to the guests and resort highest standards.

Roles and Responsibilities: •Ensure that all works are completed, in a timely manner, to the highest level and all arising discrepancies are efficiently resolved.

•Assist in the selection and purchasing of supplies and •FF & E. Work closely with designers and cabinet makers.

•Coordinate and follow up on all the orders assigned and ensure timely and correct installation. Keep documentation on all vendors and supplies, fabrics, paint colours, equipment, furniture, etc.

•Conduct room punch list to ensure that all finishes are flawless and to a high standard.

•Keep inventories and maintain item codes in inventory and maintenance software.

•Organize and set up back of the house spaces in regards to the departmental needs.

•Set up Standard Operational Procedures for various departments.

•Ensure that all furniture, equipment and supplies are inventoried and catalogued and placed in proper location.

•Conduct Room Punch inspection to ensure that all the finishes are flawless and to the highest standards: communicate deficiencies to the Construction Supervisor and order replacements.

•Design and execute decorations for a variety of hotel functions and events.

•Assist in styling various venues for photoshoot sessions.

Key skills and Requirements: •Must have excellent communication and written skills •Minimum of 15 years operational management experience in luxury resort setting.

•Must have previous managerial experience directly in hotel preopenings and a strong understanding of overall hotel business.

•Must have a history of delivering high end projects such as 5 stars Hotel / Resorts and Residential / Commercial development.

•Must have pervious working with leading developers, paying exceptional attention to detail.

•Must have leadership qualities to ensure the job is completed to the client’s high standards.

•Must have previous work experience in managing upholstery workshops and have good knowledge of wood finishes.

•Demonstrate ability to proactively prioritize needs, put first things first, and effectively manage resources and time.

Starting salary $75,000 per annum and is based on previous experiences and qualification Key skills and Requirements: Furniture Carpenter As a Furniture Carpenter for the Shore Club Resort, you will be responsible for creating furniture for The Shore Club resort that embody the luxurious experience.

Roles and Responsibilities: •Provide cost estimate of materials required for the construction of wooden fixture.

•Select suitable wood type, as well as other materials needed for construction work.

•Create custom woodworks used in the crafting of fine furniture units.

•Repair or replace damaged wood parts in hotel furniture structures such as beds, cabinets, and desks •Ensure the regularity of woodwork by carrying out smoothening and various operation using planes and staining materials.

•Conduct studies on classic woodwork to attempt a reinvention or reconstruction of such designs.

•Take measurements to establish furniture dimensions during the design or construction of wooden structures.

•Cut and shape wood materials to obtain components for a furniture unit.

•Install wood add-ons such as hinges, handles, and locks onto finished products.

•Guide and supervise the activities of junior or trainee furniture carpenters.

•Any other ad hoc duties or tasks as assigned or directed by management.

Key skills and Requirements: •Education from trade school or experience in furniture carpentry.

•Dexterity: Skilled in the use of various tools and machines to create desired patterns and shapes.

•Must read, speak and write English fluently.

•Must be able to perform multiple duties.

•First-Aid and CPR certification •Must be able to work outdoors in all weather conditions •Must possess high hospitality skills •Must be able to work outdoors in all weather conditions •Must possess high hospitality skills Physical Requirements: •Must be able to lift 75 pounds or more.

•Must be able to exert well-paced ability in limited space.

•Must be able to bend, stoop, squat and stretch to fulfill required tasks.

•Requires grasping, writing, standing, sitting, walking, repetitive motions, bending, climbing, listening and hearing ability and visual acuity.

•Talking and hearing occur continuously in the process of communicating with guests, supervisors and other employees.

•Vision occurs continuously with the most common visual functions being those of near vision and depth perception.

•Requires manual dexterity to use and operate all necessary equipment.

Starting salary $9.25 per hour 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 March27th2020.

Resumes can also be submitted to the Labor Department directly. The Shore Club HR Office can be contacted at (649) 339-8000

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Swedish Football Association To Provide Coaching Education In Collaboration With TCIFA Through UEFA Assist- UEFA Member Association Support

The Swedish Football Association will, in collaboration with TCIFA, arrange and carry out a number of courses within the area of coaching education, which will take place during the spring of 2020. The activities have been preceded by an on-site visit by Swedish F.A. coach educators Per Widén (also Head of Technical Department) and RaminKiani in order to find out the needs of TCIFA in this matter.

The out-come of this visit is that the Swedish F.A. will take responsibility of staging two coaching courses for youth coaches, two courses for coaches specializing in match analysis and football fitness respectively, and one course directed at coaches on senior level as the primary target group, comprising 16 hours. The content of this course will be tactics of the modern football, football leadership and fitness in football.

As a follow up of the activities above, a delegation of TCIFA staff members will go to Sweden for a study visit at the Swedish F.A. the precise programme of this visit will be worked out later on.

performance. We will consider points as;

SCHEDULE OF FIVE COURSES:

During this course the participants will look deeper into game tactics, football leadership and football fitness. The course aims at being very interactive and the participants are expected to exchange views and experience with each other. Theoretical sessions are layered with practical moments.

1.March 30th: Match analysis 2.April 1: Football Physiology/Fitness 3.April 4-5: Senior Football (theoretical and practical sessions- B Level Course) 4.April 7th: Grassroots level 1, for coaches in the age group 6 -9 years, (theoretical and practical sessions) 5.April 8th: Grassroots level 2, 10-14 years, (theoretical and practical sessions) 1. MATCH ANALYSIS In this specific course we will look into different aspects on match analysis, as; - What is the need and motives of analysis in training and matches?

- What is the benefit and prospects of documenting what is done in training and matches?

- How can digital aid and tools be used and managed by the coaching staff?

- How can we use the out-come and conclusions from training sessions and transfer them to the tactics of the team?

- Best practice in methods used by the Swedish FA in match analysis.

•Target group: All coaches who want to improve their knowledge and abilities from an analytical and coaching point of view.

•Duration: 4 hours •Equipment needed: everyone needs their own computer (not obligatory) •Location: TCIFA National Academy, Providenciales.

(Only theoretical work).

2. FOOTBALL PHYSIOLOGY/ FITNESS

- How to create winning tactics - What is the essence of “keeping players on the pitch”? How can we include football fitness in all parts of the training?

- Warm-up or preparatory training?

- How can the four football fitness qualities be applied in practical training sessions?

- Week periodization/phases; what is the implication for weekly planning of training sessions?

• Target group: All coaches who want to increase their knowledge in team performance and team tactics (whereof physical fitness is one part) • Duration: 4 hours (all participants expected to take part in practical session) • Location: TCIFA National Academy, Providenciales • Practical session: 75 minutes 3. SENIOR FOOTBALL (B-LEVEL COURSE)

- Playing systems/team tactics; the participants will challenge each other in theoretical matches.

- We will look into the Swedish National Football Teams (men’s/women’s) and their tactics and strategies to handle all phases of the fluid game (build-up, attacking play, transitions and defending.)

- Match analysis - What do we mean when we talk about ”a positive player development environment”?

- What is indicated by ”motivational environment”?

What leadership strategies and qualities are we looking for? What does ”pricipals” stand for?

- What is a ”learning environment”? Any principles?

What kind of leadership manners can support the principles?

- Communication; what is most important? What is a ”good communicator” characterized by?

- How do we carry out weekly training planning in relation to the training week’s phases?

- Practical session; participants account for demo practice? • Target group: Coaches working on senior level or Under 17-19.

• Duration: 16 hours • Equipment: Tactical board, computer, track suits for practical session.

• Location: TCIFA National Academy, Providenciales • Practical session: Day 2, 13.00 – 16.00 • Player squad for training: 20 + 2 (Youth players 16 – 20 y)

In this course we look into the prerequities for high

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4. GRASSROOTS COURSE LEVEL 1, AGE GROUP: 8 – 10 YEARS During this course we will take a look on the most important aspects of coaching kids. Football kids have different needs and motifs, for different reasons. A perspective of rights for children is always considered and a red thread in this course. Questions to ask: - How do we create intense acticivity in training for children?

- What kind of needs do children have in football training?

- How do we create a good development environment for children?

- The importance of a playful atmosphere for children?

- How can we create a good learning environmet for children? Important factors.

• Target group: Coaches/teachers who works with children.

• Duration: 4 hours • Location: TCIFA National Academy, Providenciales • Practical session: 60 minutes • Player squad: 12 players, 8-10 years 5. GRASSROOTS LEVEL 2, AGE GROUP 10 – 14 YEARS:

This course is a further education course following Level 1. We will work on and go deeper into the topics taken up in the former course. Focus will be on the game, football leadership and football fitness in a youth football perspective.

Topics: - How can the game itself be the best teacher? How do we increase game intelligence from playing exercises?

- How do we create an intense and joyful level of acticity in children’s football?

- What are the primary needs of children?

- How do we create an optimal learning and development environment?

- What is the main importance of a joyful atmosphere in children’s football??

- How do we create an efficient and responsible learning environment for children?

•Target group: Children’s coaches/teachers.

•Duration: 4 hours •Location: TCIFA National Academy, Providenciales •Practical session: 90 min •Player squad: 16+2 players, 10-14 years FOR MORE INFORMATION, OR TO REGISTER FOR THE COURSES, EMAIL TCIFA’S TECHNICAL DIRECTOR ANDREW EDWARDS AT ANDEWTCIFA@GMAIL.COM OR CALL +1(649)941-5532

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5-time major champ Maria Sharapova retires from tennis at 32

Maria Sharapova quietly walked away from tennis at the age of 32 on Wednesday, ending a career that featured five Grand Slam titles, time at No. 1 in the WTA rankings and a 15-month doping ban.

She has been dealing with problems in her right shoulder for years and lost the last four matches she played at major tournaments.

This season, Sharapova played only two matches and lost both.

In an essay written for Vanity Fair and Vogue about her decision to retire, posted online Wednesday, Sharapova asks: “How do you leave behind the only life you’ve ever known?”

For a while, Sharapova was as big a star as her sport had, with many more millions of dollars in sponsorship deals than whatever prize money she earned on a court.

The Russian, who moved to Florida as a child, burst onto the tennis scene at 17 when she won Wimbledon in 2004 by upsetting Serena Williams in the final. She went on to complete a career Grand Slam with two titles at the French Open and one each at the U.S. Open and Australian Open.

Known as much for her grit with a racket in hand as for her groundstrokes,

Russia’s Maria Sharapova makes a backhand return to Croatia’s Donna Vekic during their first round singles match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020.

Sharapova reached No. 1 in 2005, the At the 2016 Australian year before she won her second major Open, where Williams beat her in the trophy at Flushing Meadows. She added quarterfinals, Sharapova tested positive an Australian Open title in 2008, and for the newly banned drug meldonium. then won the French Open in 2012 and After initially getting a two-year 2014. suspension, Sharapova appealed to the

Her last Grand Slam final came Court of Arbitration for Sport, which in 2015 at the Australian Open, where reduced the penalty, ruling she bore she was the runner-up to Williams. In all, “less than significant fault” in the case Williams led their head-to-head series and could not “be considered to be an 20-2, including victories in their last 19 intentional doper.” matchups in a row.

Since returning from that

As coronavirus looms over Olympics, Japan PM urges two-week curbs on sports events

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called on Wednesday for sports and cultural events to be scrapped or curtailed for two weeks, as two more coronavirus deaths heightened concerns the contagion might scupper the summer Tokyo Olympics.

Abe’s call came as Tokyo’s baseball league said it would hold games without spectators until March 15. Two businesses in central Tokyo confirmed infections a day after the government told firms to get staff to work from home or stagger commutes.

An 80-year-old man who had not traveled overseas and had no known contact with an infected person died in a Tokyo hospital, media reported, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe listens to while the northern island of Hokkaido IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi at the prime - the region most affected after Tokyo, minister’s official residence in Tokyo, Japan, reported a death, taking Japan’s total to February 25, 2020. six, including four from a cruise liner.

Hokkaido will close some International Olympic schools from Thursday through March Committee (IOC) member Dick Pound 4. said the Games were more likely to be

“Taking into account that the canceled than postponed or moved next one to two weeks are extremely if the virus threat forced a schedule important in stopping the spread of change, the Associated Press said, with infection, the government considers a decision needed by May. there to be a large risk of transmission “The IOC is preparing for the at sports, cultural events and large Tokyo games as scheduled,” Minister gatherings of people,” Abe said in Seiko Hashimoto said in parliament, parliament. when asked about Pound’s comment.

By mid-afternoon on “We will continue our preparations so Wednesday, Japan had close to 170 that the IOC can make sound decisions.” cases of infections from the flu-like virus, Last week Tokyo postponed separate from the 691 reported from a training for Olympic volunteers, and cruise ship quarantined off Tokyo this on Wednesday, Toshiro Muto, chief month. executive of the organizing committee,

The disease that originated said it would scale back the torch relay in China’s central city of Wuhan late to limit spread of the virus. last year has spread rapidly, infecting Japan’s professional baseball about 80,000 people globally and killing organization said it would hold all more than 2,700, the vast majority in matches scheduled until March 15 mainland China. without spectators.

Japan has shifted strategy in Separately the national sumo fighting the contagion, seeking to slow association told Reuters a board meeting its spread and minimize the number of on March 1 would discuss whether to deaths. proceed with a spring tournament due

Earlier on Wednesday the to start in Osaka on March 8. Japan’s minister in charge of the Olympics professional soccer league has already sought to quell fears the event could be called off all domestic games in the first canceled. half of March.

suspension in 2017, Sharapova managed to reach only one major quarterfinal.

After so much success on the tennis court and off, so much time in the spotlight, Sharapova did not give her fans a chance to say goodbye, as many athletes do, by entering one last competition.

Her final match came last month at the Australian Open, where she was beaten 6-3, 6-4 by Donna Vekic.

That sent Sharapova’s ranking tumbling outside of the top 350 — she is 373rd this week.

She was asked after that defeat whether it might have been her last appearance at Melbourne Park, and she repeatedly replied with “I don’t know.”

But her right shoulder has been a problem off-and-on for more than a decade.

She played a total of 15 matches last season, going 8-7.

“I put in all the right work.

There is no guarantee that even when you do all of those things, that you’re guaranteed victory in a first round or in the third round or in the final. That’s the name of this game,” Sharapova said after what turned out to be her final match. “That’s why it’s so special to be a champion, even for one time.”

Lakers game postponed due to Bryant’s death rescheduled for April 9

Kobe Bryant shirts are set on seats inside the Staples Center in advance of the Los Angeles Lakers game against the Portland Trail Blazers.

The Los Angeles Lakers Jan. 28 flowers, photographs and messages near game against the LA Clippers, which the Lakers Staples Center home.

The Lakers did not return to was postponed when Lakers great Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter accident last action until Jan. 31, a game that was month, has been rescheduled for April highlighted by an emotional pre-game 9, the NBA said on Friday. speech by Lakers forward LeBron James

Bryant was killed along with and other tributes..

Bryant and his daughter were his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others when the luxury helicopter laid to rest at a private funeral service they were traveling in slammed into on Feb. 7 and a memorial will be held at a hillside in foggy weather near Los Staples Center on Monday.

Earlier this month, federal Angeles.

Bryant, 41, was one of the investigators said the two engines of world’s most admired athletes and the helicopter showed no evidence of a played all 20 of his NBA seasons with “catastrophic internal failure”. the Lakers, where he helped the team The interim report did not rule win five championships. out that mechanical issues might yet be

Shocked and grief-stricken Los identified when the engines and other Angeles residents responded by painting parts recovered from the wreckage of murals of Bryant and his daughter and the Sikorsky S-76B are disassembled and erecting massive memorials made of more closely examined.

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WORLD SPORTS In brains of dead athletes, researchers seek clues to head trauma

Dr. Ann McKee, Chief of Neuropathology, VA Boston examines the brain of a 47-year old former college football player looking for signs of CTE in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. on January 16, 2020.

Dr. Ann McKee of Boston University studies the brains of deceased football players at the world’s largest brain bank, hoping to learn about the longterm impact of repeated head traumas for people ranging from professional athletes to victims of domestic abuse.

“For the last 12 years, we’ve really focused on the long-term effects of head trauma, including what we call repetitive head trauma,” where the impact doesn’t cause a concussion, said McKee, chief of neuropathology at VA Boston University and director of the CTE Center of Boston University.

The VA-Boston University-Concussion Legacy Foundation Brain Bank in Boston houses 850 human brains, most of them donated for research by former football players or their families.

That center’s research is vital to learning about a degenerative brain disease known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), she said, which can only be definitively diagnosed postmortem.

Among those who hope her research may help is Leonard Marshall, 58, star player for the New York Giants from 1983-1992, who may be best known for a hard hit on San Francisco 49ers quarterback Joe Montana during the NFC Championship Game in 1990.

Montana would not play another regular season game for almost two years, and Marshall also was badly hurt.

In a recent interview with Reuters from his New Jersey home, Marshall said after the impact, he didn’t “remember ever getting up off the ground.”

This was long before the NFL adopted its concussion protocol to assess head injuries, and players were “taught to be tough” and “you just kind of just dealt with it,” he said.

Marshall suffered mood swings and memory losses for years after he retired from the NFL at the end of the 1994 season.

“I drove seven miles to a Publix grocery store.

I had no idea why I drove there,” he said.

While McKee’s critics have accused her of trying to ruin football, she said that on the contrary, “I’m trying to save football players.”

“To see them come in with this disease and to see their lives cut short and to see them declining at such early ages. That’s what really hits me. And that’s what I want to stop,” she said.

NFL greats Dave Duerson and Junior Seau were diagnosed with CTE after killing themselves.

In 2016, the league allotted $40 million in funding towards neuroscience research, and pledged $100 million towards player safety amid concerns about concussions. A 2018 report showed the NFL had approved more than $500 million in concussionclaims settlements.

McKee said repetitive head trauma victims include “hockey players, soccer players, rugby, military veterans, as well as victims of domestic abuse.”

Symptoms of the disease may begin with headaches and a loss of focus, and progress to depression, mood swings and short-term memory loss.

Other symptoms include visual or spatial difficulties, aggression, impulsivity, suicidal tendencies and dementia.

Pilot in Kobe Bryant helicopter crash counseled by FAA after 2015 incident

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) faulted the pilot of the helicopter that crashed in January killing basketball great Kobe Bryant and eight others for violating flight rules in a 2015 incident.

The FAA said Ara Zobayan was piloting an AS350 helicopter in May 2015 when he violated rules governing the airspace around Los Angeles International Airport.

Zobayan was expecting clearance through the airspace but air traffic control declined to approve the request because of reduced visibility due to weather, according to enforcement records Fans paying tribute to Kobe Bryant after a helicopter crash killed the retired basketball star, in released by the FAA under the Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 28, 2020.

Freedom of Information Act late

The FAA report said said examination of both rotor Friday. was counseled and assemblies found damage

The FAA report said while Zobayan the communication with controllers added he “admitted his error, took “consistent with powered rotation at was taking place, the helicopter responsibility for his action, and was the time of impact.”

The findings, while improperly violated flight rules by willing to take any other necessary entering restricted airspace without steps toward compliance.” The FAA preliminary, pointed to no obvious report added he “was cooperative signs of mechanical problems that authorization. may have contributed to the fiery

The report added that if and receptive to the counseling.”

Zobayan was killed in the crash.

Zobayan “properly planned and NTSB board member reviewed current weather at LAX, he January crash along with Bryant, 41, would have been able to anticipate his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, Jennifer Homendy said in January that clouds, fog and limited the required action to transit” the and the other six onboard.

The National visibility reported in the vicinity of airspace.

“Proper coordination Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) the crash would be a key focus of should have included an earlier said earlier this month the two the investigation.

Zobayan, an experienced initiation of communication to engines of the helicopter that ` allow time for receiving a clearance,” crashed in hazy, cloudy weather aviator certified as an instructor, on a California hillside last was navigating by visual orientation, the FAA report added.

The Los Angeles Times month showed no evidence of a not by instrument guidance, during the entirety of the ill-fated flight, reported on the 2015 incident “catastrophic internal failure,”

The interim report the NTSB said. earlier on Friday.

Fury annihilates Wilder in heavyweight title rematch

Britain’s Tyson Fury delivered a dominant performance in his heavyweight championship bout with Deontay Wilder on Saturday, overwhelming his opponent to earn a seventh round TKO victory in Las Vegas.

In the highly-anticipated super fight rematch between the two titans, Fury took control late in the first round and never relinquished it, knocking down Wilder twice and bloodying him en route to the referee stopping the fight in the seventh where Wilder’s corner threw in the towel.

“I must say the king has returned to the top of the throne,” Fury told reporters in a post-fight interview.

Fury used his reach advantage to continually beat Wilder to the punch. He took total control in the third where he landed a right hand to Wilder’s left ear to drop him to the canvas.

Wilder never regained his legs or footing after that, wobbling through the rest of the match.

Fury again dropped Wilder in the fifth with a body punch and then caught him in the corner with a flurry of punches in the seventh where it ended.

“I want to say (Wilder) came in and he manned up and really did show the heart of the champion,” Fury said. “He is a warrior, he will be back, and he will be the champion again.”

Fury (30-0-1) retained his lineal crown and now takes the WBC crown from Wilder (42-1-1) and settles the score between the two. The first fight between the

Tyson Fury in action against Deontay Wilder. boxers in December of 2018 was called a draw.

Wilder, known for his violent right-hand knockouts, never got the chance to truly unleash his power.

He landed a few overhand right hands early in the fight but was constantly under attack.

“Things like this happen, the best man won tonight,” Wilder said. “My side threw the towel – I would rather go out on my shield.

“Even the greatest have lost and came back, you take it for what it is. This is what big time boxing is all about. The best must fight the

best.”

One of the most anticipated heavyweight fights in years, the event started with plenty of pageantry.

Former champions Lennox Lewis, Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson were all introduced in the ring.

Fury made his way to the ring while sitting on a throne.

Wilder was dressed in full dark armor and helmet.

Fury punctuated his win with another vocal performance, singing Don McLean’s “American Pie” to the crowd.

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