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SOARING COSTS: Despite rampant spending and a faltering economy the former government found fit to lease a private jet

Flight of fancy

BY JOHN TONER AS TCI finances spiralled out of control the Misick government bought an aeroplane and leased a private jet, the SIPT trial has heard.

Both aircraft, including a Gulfstream jet, were intended to bring down spending on travel but failed to do so and ended being almost exclusively for the use of former premier Michael Misick, it is said.

Former permanent secretary to the treasury Delton Jones told the court that government ministers nicknamed his department “puppets

of doom” due to their regular gloomy warnings on government spending.

He said: “The Ministry of Finance had nick names for us because we were preaching bad news so we were called the Bad News Department or the Puppets Of Doom and the like.

“By that point in time everybody had accepted what we were saying in terms of caution, by 2008 to 2009 after the hurricane, so broadly speaking there was general acceptance that there was a need for caution.

“In 2007 the government bought an aeroplane and later around the middle of 2007 there was another

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matter of a lease of a Gulfstream Jet. “This was for use by all ministers and there was a feeling that instead of having to pay airlines this would provide a travel service and cut costs but that never happened.

“We had ministers still needing to use commercial airlines because the premier almost exclusively used the plane as well as the leased jet.”

Jones, former chief economist to the government between 2007 and 2009, also claimed that civil servants were ordered to pay a personal credit card debt on behalf of the former premier to the value of $54,000.

He continued: “I cannot recall which ministers were authorised to use them but I know the premier had one with Horizon and there came when an issue arose involving a $54,000 debt.

“We deemed that it was not government related, it was of a personal nature but on advice from the attorney general’s chambers it was settled by the ministry.”

Michael Misick and his eight co-defendants deny all the charges against them.

The trial continues.

COR BLIMEY: Corbyn has also called for an investigation into the tax affairs of UK prime minister David Cameron

Top UK politician calls for immediate direct rule of TCI

BY JOHN TONER THE LEADER of Her Majesty’s Opposition in the United Kingdom has called for direct rule on Crown dependencies to crack down on tax evasion.

Leader of the Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn wants the UK government to consider imposing direct orders on places like the Turks and Caicos Islands to stop them acting as tax havens.

Corbyn suggested that dependencies such as Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands and TCI should be told: “Hang on, you are a government of a British dependent territory, a Crown territory, you must obey UK tax law, you must not become a harbour for tax avoidance and tax evasion.

“The point is that they are not

independent territories. They are self-governing, yes, but they are British Crown dependent territories.

“Therefore, surely, there has to be an observance of UK tax law in those places.

“If they have become a place for systematic evasion and short-changing the public in this country, then something has to be done about it. Either those governments comply or a next step has to be taken.”

He also argued that this could be done “almost immediately”.

His comments come amid a global scandal involving the vast leak of tax records from a Panama law firm, referred to as the Panama Papers, which exposes the huge funds hidden by the rich and powerful in off shore tax havens.

Nine months jail for burglar A 35-YEAR-OLD criminal has started a nine month stretch for burglary and criminal damage.

Cedric Simms, of Grand Turk, smashed his way into a business, ransacking the place and stealing a number of high value electrical goods last year.

The proprietor of the business on Old Airport Road, Grand Turk,

alerted police after he came to check on his property at 6am on Tuesday, January 27, 2015.

One Night Owl DVR, one Sonic View satellite box, two BluRay players one HP laptop computer and one Microsoft tablet were missing.

The victim also found damage to the main entrance and offices on the upper floor.

Simms was later arrested and charged.

On Monday (April 4) he was found guilty of burglary and malicious injuries to property by a magistrate.

He was sentenced to three months for the property damage and nine months for burglary to be served concurrently, meaning he will serve nine months in prison.

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Smith’s extradition looms

BY JOHN TONER

THE EXTRADITION of a notorious convicted fraudster to the United States has edged closer after his appeal was thrown out.

David Smith cheated thousands of Caribbean nationals, mainly from Jamaica and the Turks and Caicos Islands, out of somewhere in the region of a quarter of a billion US dollars.

On Thursday (April 7) his latest attempt to avoid extradition faltered as the Chief Justice dismissed arguments against sending him back to the US to serve a sentence awaiting him there.

Smith’s attorney, Oliver Smith, argued that his client should not be extradited as the crimes he has been convicted of in the states are the same as those he has served time for here in the Turks and Caicos Islands and therefore the double jeopardy principle applied.

However Chief Justice Margaret Ramsey-Hale dismissed this application as she ruled that the US criminality is different from the crimes committed here in TCI. Handing down her decision at the Supreme Court in Providenciales she said: “In the matter at hand the offences for which the United States seek extradition are different from those for which David Smith was convicted in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

“He was convicted of conduct perpetrated within the jurisdiction of the United States and was sentenced there with his consent.

“He was then returned to the

Turks and Caicos Islands where he served his sentence for the wrongs committed in this jurisdiction.

“Whilst there is overlap between the UK and US proceedings, it does not demonstrate that the double jeopardy bar applies.

“Each nation’s prosecuting authority has concentrated on the criminality within its own jurisdiction.

“Although conspiracies have been charged, the evidence would have supported charges based on different obtainings by deception in the different countries.

“There was no obligation on the United Kingdom to assume jurisdiction over all the crimes which might be revealed, and it is clear from the evidence that each investigation team was not proposing to do so.

“There is no sense in which the harm caused to the American victims is reflected in the UK proceedings, and it is clear from the evidence that the proposed American indictment will not seek to convict or punish these Appellants for matter dealt with in our courts.”

Oliver Smith also applied against extradition on the basis that he is due to serve a 20 year sentence in a US jail for charges which he was discharged of in TCI, however this was also rejected by judge Ramsey Hale.

A further application that the sentence may amount to inhuman or degrading treatment was also dismissed.

Smith had been ordered to repay $20 million in October 2012 or serve time in jail here in TCI as part of a

confiscation order.

Prosecutors had wanted Smith to be sentenced to a further eight years in prison as a substitute for not being able to pay the $20 million but this was also thrown out by the judge.

The confiscation order was varied by judge Ramsey-Hale to $6,386,575.62 as this is the sum total recoverable from Smith as assessed by the official liquidator.

She ruled that this sum could be collected from the defendant by the court and that it would not be “a proper exercise of the courts discretion to commit him to prison for failing to pay” the original order.

Smith appeared in court via Skype video call from the prison in Grand Turk wearing a grey shirt and black

MASTERMIND: Smith was described as the criminal “mastermind” behind the $220 million fraud

trousers and was emotionless as the judge handed down her ruling.

Attorney Oliver Smith said he would “immediately” be lodging an appeal against the decision.

Smith cannot be extradited while appeals are ongoing so will remain in the prison in Grand Turk while his attorney continues to fight his corner.

PNP ‘go getters’ got things done

BY JOHN TONER THE GOVERNMENT run by former premier Michael Misick was a pro-active administration which benefitted the Turks and Caicos Islands, the SIPT trial has been told.

During cross examination of former government chief economist Delton Jones, counsel representing Chal Misick, Malcolm Bishop QC, spoke at length to outline the achievements of the Misick era.

He said: “The PNP were go getters who despised red tape

and wanted to get things done in contrast to their predecessors the PDM who were from a civil service background and therefore more bureaucratic in their approach.

“The PNP had an attitude of just getting things done and Michael was the main proponent of that attitude.

“That approach brought this country from a sleepy backwater nobody had ever heard of to a world leader in economic growth at the time and a serious player in the Caribbean investment market.”

Bishop went on to say that the

Misick government built hospitals, schools and infrastructure as well as improving life for “the ordinary man on the street, or perhaps Leeward Highway,” all sentiments Jones agreed with.

Two of the charges facing the defendants in the trial relate to them acting against the economic interest of the Islands and this cross examination was designed to counter that accusation in general terms.

All the defendants deny all the charges against them.

The trial continues.

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‘The buck stops with you’ – Former economist blamed for cash problems

BY JOHN TONER THE CIVIL service failed to collect millions of dollars in stamp duty and set the government unrealistic budget targets, the SIPT court has been told.

The TCI Government was left $12 million short by 2009 due to the failure to collect money due on stamp duties relating to conditional purchase leases granted under the Crown Land Policy.

Jerome Lynch QC, appearing on behalf of McAllister Hanchell, suggested to former chief economist Delton Jones that the fault for this lay at his door.

He also put it to Jones that his targets on government spending were “unrealistic” and “unattainable”.

He said: “I suggest to you Mr Jones that the targets set by you were unrealistic, unattainable and they failed as a result. They were overly ambitious.

“I put it to you that ultimately the

Former chief economist Delton Jones

responsibility for the collection of these monies, in relation to stamp duty, was yours as you were the man controlling the purse strings.

“I suggest it is your fault and I suggest the buck stops with you, it was your responsibility.”

The pointed and adversarial interrogation of the witness was

set apart from previous cross examination by other counsel which had taken a more gentle approach.

Jones fired back: “I do not accept that it was totally my responsibility or that the buck stopped with me I have explained how the process worked.

“My department worked along with the ministry of natural resources and had in place measures to try and address the situation.

“The responsibility was shared between my department and the ministry to recoup the money however there was a need for a more thorough investigation.”

Lynch also referred to an admission that Jones had made previously that his department had “dropped the ball” when it came to overseas medical referrals and scholarship funding in TCI by allowing too much spending.

All the defendants deny all the charges against them.

The trial continues.

Ashcroft abused for tweeting TCI pic BILLIONAIRE Michael Ashcroft has been attacked on social media for posting an image of the TCI. The former chairman of the British Tory party uploaded a picture of the view from his room at Blue Haven Resort on Friday, April 1.

The tweet was accompanied by the caption, ‘View from my room at Blue Haven Resort, Turks & Caicos...’.

It was sent as a furious row was developing in the United Kingdom over the closure of a major steel works and the perceived collapse of the industry with the loss of thousands of jobs.

This prompted some to criticise and abuse the Lord and former member of the now ruling Conservative party in the UK. Twitter user @Edinburgh48 said: “You really are a complete prat. The steel industry is on its knees and 40,000 people might lose their jobs.

Grow up.”

Another Tweeter @ TomJamesScott said: “Stop showing off. The fact you’re stinking rich is well known. By the way how much tax do you pay in the UK?”

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KEEPING EATERIES CLEAN

THE DEPARTMENT of Environmental Health is cracking down on restaurants and public eateries which are not compliant with environmental regulations.

According to department director Kendrick Neely more than 100 restaurants have been inspected so far and the department is intensifying its inspections in an effort to maintain strict adherence to the law.

What are your thoughts?

Overdue

It is about time. Long overdue!

No cash

It’s the day of the modern world and US and UK standards are creeping into the TCI, but the TCI does not have the US GNP and does not have UK responsibility for its territory imposed.

Sure as hell we do have US dollars with UK arrangement and blessings but no UK support for its territory’s welfare and health. How come?

Good work

The restaurants of Turks and Caicos Islands provide good food and ambiance for their customers, I being one.

That they are being inspected so to ensure that they maintain high standards is good, as the spending public will have further confidence in our restaurants and their great products.

Keep up the good work!

Keep going

BACKLASH: Some on social media were less than impressed by the picture shared by Ashcroft

With @bruyereblanche adding: “hope it is April fool... Otherwise very bad taste...”

Ashcroft resigned as chairman of the Tory party in 2010 and published an explosive book about UK prime minister David Cameron in 2015.

The book alleged that Cameron had put a “private part” of his anatomy in a dead pig’s mouth as part of a university initiation.

Michael Ashcroft

It is encouraging to know of this initiative, it is long overdue.

This makes sense from a perspective of good health but on the other hand to cut down on these unsightly so-called restaurants where sanitary conditions are severely lacking.

Every time you look around you see a new restaurant popping up all over the place. Some of these places are dirty and makes one question how they were issued a licence to handle food.

Also the selling of food from the back of cars, side-walks and so many other un-regulated places must be curtailed and the sale of food items, fruits, vegetables and clothing items from the sidewalks must be discouraged, it makes the country look like the slums that you find in Hispaniola.

Also we must look at the suppliers of food, some of the food items we see in the store are total rejects.

Take a look at the expiry dates on some of these items and you will be surprised, even some of the bottled water at times have passed its expiry date but is here being sold for public consumption.

The meats that are sold at times come from far away as China.

Who knows what is in those big fat chicken legs. Not everything that is cheap is good.

Let us not forget that they need to look at what is being claimed by some proprietors, for example a lot of tilapia fish imported from China makes it to the table and passed off as fish-fingers and ‘grouper’.

They must make sure that the public is educated on what they are consuming so as to make an informed decision about the food they put into their bodies.

Toilet check

Is anybody looking in the bathrooms?

Neat, clean attractive bathrooms say a LOT about who is running the kitchen.

Just sayin.

Good job

It’s perfect the Government agency is performing its mandate.

The department is doing their part to maintain an acceptable and safe standards of eateries to expect the tourism sector to continue growing and keep the economy churning.

Fair treatment

As long as the owners are treated fairly, good!

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Businesses display no-smoking signs as new law kicks in

BY OLIVIA ROSE AS THE new tobacco control law which bans smoking in public places came into effect on April 1, some businesses made the necessary adjustments to ensure customers observe the law.

Several restaurant owners were seen erecting no-smoking signs on conspicuous spots throughout their establishments.

The bill which was passed in the House of Assembly in October 2015, also aims to prevent tobacco use by minors, regulates tobacco use overall and enhances public awareness of the hazards of tobacco use.

During an exclusive interview with the Weekly News owner of Shark Bite restaurant Mike Adamo, said he welcomes the implementation of the new law.

“I’m happy to have the new tobacco ordinance in place, for the most part.

“It’s been implemented in many countries in the world for a long time, so I’m glad that we have, no smoking in the TCI. “I just have one issue, that they still have not made available a copy of the working ordinance to the public.

“I only have a copy of the draft and if it was implemented on the 1st it would’ve been nice to have a copy of the actual ordinance.”

He noted that due to some amendments that were made to the new ordinance there has been some miscommunication on the bill and its clauses.

He is calling on the relevant authorities to do more to educate proprietors and the general public on the bill.

“There has been some miscommunication about the laws, restaurants are allowed to have a smoking area, but that was not conveyed to us at the beginning.

“Some people are going to get upset but it’s the law. I am thrilled to offer non-smoking to both our guests

and our staff.”

Also speaking to the Weekly News, John at Baci Ristorante said he too welcomes the new ordinance and is doing everything necessary to be compliant with the regulations.

However he noted that while this move is seen as a step in the right direction, some customers will undoubtedly have issues with it, since they have grown accustomed to smoking at the restaurant.

Speaking to the Weekly News senior substance abuse counsellor John Malcom said the department has engaged tobacco importers and wholesalers to discuss the ramifications of the bill.

He noted that special emphasis will be placed on protecting individuals from exposure to tobacco smoke, while prohibiting and restricting promotional practices.

He said: “In addition to the legislation, a national smoke free policy was devised to give a framework for the legislation.

“The fact is that a lot of people are exposed to second hand smoke because of the environment that they work in, restaurants, bars where people smoke, so non-smokers are exposed to second hand smoking and we’re really concerned about that.

“So this legislation is going to help curb those kinds of behaviours and activities so that persons who are non-smokers are not exposed to second hand smoke.”

Worldwide, tobacco use is the single greatest cause of preventable death, killing a total of five million people each year including an estimated 5,600 in the Caribbean region.

Tobacco use is therefore a source of tremendous concern and as such the World Health Organisation has declared that the tobacco epidemic is one of the biggest public health threats the world has ever faced.

Tobacco use affects all human organs and is responsible for the development of several chronic noncommunicable diseases.

Shark Bite Restaurant

Baci’s Ristorante

Floyd Hall ‘honest and scrupulous’ in office

Former deputy premier Floyd Hall

FORMER deputy premier Floyd Hall has been praised for his conduct in office by a former colleague.

Delton Jones, ex-government chief economist towards the end of the Michael Misick years, heaped compliments on the former minister of finance whom he worked with on a regular basis.

Being cross examined by Earl Witter QC, representing Hall, Jones

said: “I would say that Floyd Hall met the expectations placed upon him as a minister during his time in office.

“I found him to be honest and scrupulous in the discharge of his functions, he did not go down any wrong paths as far as the finances were concerned.

“During his tenure debt servicing guidelines were adhered to and he supported the establishment of the

reserve fund as well other measures suggested by civil servants to address issues in the economy.”

Jones previously told the SIPT trial that civil service warnings about dangerous government expenditure had been ignored during his time as the chief economist.

Hall and his eight co-defendants deny all the charges against them.

The trial continues.

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Caribbean countries need to transform their economies – Owen Arthur

BY OLIVIA ROSE IN ORDER for Caribbean countries to attain and stay on a viable path to growth and development, a coherent and sustained effort has to be made to transform their economies.

This sentiment was expressed by former Barbadian prime minister Owen Arthur who was at the time delivering the keynote address at FortisTCI’s fourth plenary session, held on March 30 at Beaches Resort and Spa Turks and Caicos.

Arthur said that for countries such as the Turks and Caicos Islands to embark on a path of sustainable economic growth these countries must shift from being trade preference dependent economies to being investment-driven economies, marked by a very high component of private foreign capital, and eventually into genuine exportpropelled economies.

He noted that significant transformation is required in the Caribbean to accommodate changes in the environment in which these economies operate.

Adding that traditionally these economies have been debt-propelled economies.

He said: “To follow such a path to sustained development, far reaching transformations will have to be made to the business culture in the Caribbean.

“To begin with, as small open economies, it is of paramount importance that the Caribbean comes to master its trade relations.

“The evidence however points to the fact that it is doing the opposite indeed, the region has been

Owen Arthur, former prime minister of Barbados, Melissa Marchand, Caribbean strategy director for Global News Matters, and economist Professor Gilbert Morris

described as facing an increasing deglobalisation in so far as its share of global exports has fallen from 0.5 percent in 1980 to less than 0.2 percent in 2012.

“Its most important export sector tourism - has also loss market share.

And the proportion of the regions exports which have been going to new poles of growth in the global economy has been far lower than expected.”

He explained that this has been

due in large measure to the fact that in respect of every critical area of trade performance, the Caribbean reflects the worst indices of any region in the world.

Turning his attention to the use of information technology in the region he said: “Although much progress has been made by the region in respect of the information technology sector, the region is still lagging significantly behind in terms of access to and the affordability of

broadband services as compared to its main competitors.

“These comparative indices have been assembled and presented as one to allow attention to be focused on a very critical aspect of the Caribbean developmental dilemma.

“It is that the Caribbean now has to operate in a global economic arena where the principal drivers of economic activity are technology, innovation, entrepreneurship, trade facilitation, factors which directly

impact the culture of doing business.”

He noted that other small economies have deliberately calibrated their economic management and development policies and strategies to place themselves in the top tier of the indices that measure competitiveness.

Arthur noted that it is therefore necessary for Caribbean countries to become investment driven and begin to incorporate best practices and global benchmarks.

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KINDERGARTEN COPS: Little ones were inspired by a presentation from cops about what a career in law enforcement can offer

POLICE officers have urged children to start thinking about what they want to be when they grow up.

Sergeant Winston Grant and public relations officer Kevin Clarke visited the Champions for Christ International School of Excellence on Tuesday (April 5) and made a presentation to the whole school.

The pair told the children all about the police force and the opportunities available to them within the RTCIPF.

Officer Clarke said: “It is always a pleasure to be in the midst of children to speak to them about the various aspects of policing.

“I reminded them that while they’re still young and in school, now is the time for them to look at the various careers out there and begin to think about what they are more interested in.”

Sergeant Grant warned the kids about the danger of drugs and sang them a song at the end of his presentation.

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Tourist family carjacked at gunpoint A FAMILY of holidaymakers has been carjacked by gun toting thieves.

The terrified tourists were approached in their car by two men, one brandishing a gun, at North West Point, Blue Hills, Providenciales at 1.44pm on Thursday (April 7).

The armed robbers then made off with the light green Nissan March rental car the family had been driving as well as jewellery, an iPhone, GoPro camera and a wallet.

The car registration is 8205

and officers from the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force have asked people to contact them immediately if they see the vehicle.

Cops also urged people not to approach the car as the occupants may be armed and dangerous.

Police have asked anyone with information about the incident to call Crime Stoppers on 1-800-8477 or use the online reporting page at www. crimestoppers.tc or by calling Chalk Sound Police Station on 338-5901.

Tale of woe THE ANSWER is not always in the pages of a book it would seem.

A thrifty woman in Grand Turk was stunned when money she had hidden in a tome placed under her bed went missing.

The victim told the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force (RTCIPF) that she stashed the cash on Monday (April 4) and went back

to check on it later that day only to find it gone.

Based on the information she provided to cops a 34-year-old man was later arrested on suspicion of theft.

He was later bailed and has not been charged.

Investigations by the RTCIPF continue.

Hitchhikers guide to thievery THE GENEROSITY of one motorist has cost him his smartphone.

On Sunday (April 3) the victim, gripped by philanthropy, gave a lift to young man from outside the Alexandra Resort to the Lower Bight Area of Providenciales.

A few moments later he noticed

his black iPhone 6 was missing and reported the incident to the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force.

Later that day a 25-year-old man from The Bight was arrested in connection with the matter but has not been charged.

Range of passports stolen A NUMBER of different passports were stolen during a pair of home invasions on the same night.

American, Bahamian and Turks and Caicos Islands travel documents, as well as a range of valuables, went missing from several properties in Providenciales at the weekend.

The Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force responded to a home in Norway, Kew Town, on Sunday, April 3.

The victim told officers she had left home at 8pm the previous evening and upon returning the next day found her home burglarised.

Stolen were a number of TCI and American passports, two Samsung

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Galaxy tablets, and two 32 inch flat screen televisions.

On the same evening police were called to a home on Anna Lee Lane, Millennium Highway, where a woman said she had woken up to a ransacked home.

Having woken up in the middle of the night she discovered that her white Galaxy S6 smartphone was missing along with a black handbag containing keys, a Bahamian passport, vehicle keys, a driver’s licence and several bank cards.

Officers are urging anyone with information about either incident to contact Crime Stoppers on 1-8008477 or by using the online reporting page at www.crimestoppers.tc.

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Police appeal for info on unsolved murders TCI cops have issued a fresh appeal for information to help solve a number of unsolved murders.

The Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force (RTCIPF) is working with UK investigators to work on the unsolved killings here in TCI. The foreign investigators will be liaising with the RTCIPF for a period of time to “explore every available opportunity to solve these crimes”.

Commissioner James Smith said: “I am determined to provide the people of the Turks and Caicos Islands and visitors with a service which gives everyone confidence in our ability to respond professionally and effectively to all crimes.

“Murder impacts on everyone in

our communities and in particular on the victims’ families.

“For a better future, we must all work together to ensure those responsible are brought to justice.

“I am taking steps to deliver better outcomes for everyone, but I must emphasise we need your support.

“If you have any information relating to an unsolved murder or other serious crimes, then think about the families affected.

“Think about your own family and the future you want for them.

“We will continue to look for new ways of working, for new science and technology and any other developments, but we won’t achieve success unless we all pull together.

“If you have information which

might assist us, I would ask you to do the right thing and call us today.”

A number of people have recently aired their frustration at the unsolved killings via social media and the RTCIPF has said it “remains determined to work with everyone to make these Islands a safer place, we will always need the public’s support to achieve this.”

Police are asking anyone with information to call Chalk Sound Police Station 338-5901 or 9418082.

Alternatively people call anonymously to Crime Stoppers on 1-800-8477 or use the Crime Stoppers online reporting page: www.crimestoppers.tc.

The information provided will be treated in the strictest of confidence.

Canadian actor to perform in upcoming show ACTOR, director and writer Andrew Cuk will be visiting the TCI this month to play the role of Michael in ‘Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks’.

The play will be performed on April 15, 16 at Brayton Hall and will be the TCI Friends of the Arts Foundation’s 85th performance.

The story follows the relationship between Lily, played

by Sandy Ferguson, and Michael who live in two different worlds.

Tickets are available at the Unicorn Bookstore and Art Provo and reservations can be made at tcfaf@outlook.com.

Cuk will be taking part in school visits during his stay and conducting a series of free actor’s workshops at Stargazer studio.

On Monday (April 11) and Tuesday (April 12) from 7pm to 8.30pm he will focus on character development and role playing exercises.

On April 18 and 19 he will focus on exploring comedy and what makes something funny, with physical comedic exercises, the right delivery, and working on comedic scenes.

The classes will be limited to 20 people from the age of 15 upward.

Spots can be reserved with Barbara Pankhurst on 231-2288 or bstrogatz@aol.com.

Andrew Cuk is an actor,

Actor, director and writer Andrew Cuk

director, writer and artistic director at the Montreal theatre company, Canis Tempus.

His most recent acting credits are Michael Minetti in ‘Six Dances Lessons in Six Weeks’ at the Hudson Village Theatre in Hudson, QC, and Edward Laporte in his own play Sala XVIII. He is a co-artistic director with Opera da Camera and has staged four productions with the company, including most recently Così fan tutte by WA Mozart and Engelbert Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel.

On the faculty of the theatre department at John Abbott College,

he directed a production of Emily Mann’s courtroom drama ‘Execution of Justice’ about the death of gay politician Harvey Milk, as well as ‘Noises Off’ by Michael Frayn, Lear, a re-gendered version of Shakespeare’s play, and his own works ‘Three Witches’ and ‘Elektra’.

He is also directing the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, The Gondoliers for the Montreal West-End Operatic Society this coming May. Cuk has a PhD from the University of California.

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Members of the National Trust Mark Parrish, head of the marketing and public awareness committee (Kim Mortimer Photography)

National Trust appeals for support from residents

National Trust sites in the Turks and Caicos Islands

Dear Bishop, My childhood best friend of 20 years just admitted that he and my wife of ten years have been sexually active for the past ten years and my two sons may not be mine.

I feel so betrayed and confused. What should I do?

Paul in TCI Dear Paul, In this case, it is normal to feel confused and betrayed. Seek immediate DNA testing. Do not resort to violence, but talk with your wife to determine the position of your marriage.

Immediately end the friendship with your best friend.

Get directional professional pastoral counselling immediately.

Ask the Saviour to help you.

Dear Bishop, I am a 5ft 6ins, 300 lbs woman and my husband of five years is 5ft 2ins and 140 lbs.

Two weeks ago we had a serious argument about my weight when I hit him a powerful slap and damaged his face.

I walked out of his house to

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Bishop Clarence N Williams has performed well over 500 marriages and counselled thousands of couples.

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my mother who tells me to go back to my husband. He has not called or tried to reach me, is he sending me a message?

Big Jane in North

21-year-old boyfriend.

It has been three years of marriage and I don’t love him anymore. What shall I do?

Loveless Lucy in Nassau

Dear Big Jane, He is sending you a powerful message as per your powerful slap.

Violence generates violence, hatred and separation.

Don’t accept his no contact message. Call him, sincerely apologise and inform him that you are returning home.

Jesus Christ has a powerful message for you too. Seek him.

Dear Loveless Lucy, Forced marriages seldom work.

You really need professional pastoral counselling to determine if the marriage is solvable.

In the interim, stay faithful and perform your wifely duties as best you can. Prayers do change things, persons and situations.

You were too young to fully understand the total meaning of love and the responsibilities in a marriage.

The Saviour is willing to help you.

Dear Bishop, I was 17 years when I got pregnant and my mother made me marry my

THE TURKS and Caicos Islands National Trust is calling on residents and tourists to support the body in its efforts to preserve the cultural and historical heritage of the TCI. Speaking to the Weekly News on Monday (April 4) Mark Parrish, head of the marketing and public awareness committee, said the National Trust is facing some financial challenges as well as a shortage of staff.

He pointed out that the trust is embarking on its renewed membership and sponsorship campaign and is calling on the general public to sign up and gain an exclusive membership card which will allow them to visit all the sites across the country.

Parrish explained that membership fees will go directly to supporting the trust and its preservation work.

He said: “It’s suffering financially.

The trust used to get more support from the Government.

“Unfortunately everybody’s fallen on harder times and the budget has been cut like many other departments.

“The trust fortunately has the ability to raise its own funds.

Raising funds through partners goes to specific projects, but the trust

gladly accepts and needs donations from individuals, from cooperate citizens.”

He noted that while the trust is in dire need of financial support, citizens and tourists alike should look at membership as a fantastic opportunity to learn and explore the length and breadth of the country.

“The membership is an important part of it, not just to raise funds.

“Part of the new membership campaign is that members will have free access to all sites and that’s never been done before.

“The moment you go to Cheshire Hall it’s going to cost you $10.

You want to take your friends there it’s the same thing. But if you’re a member for $25 per year you can go as many times as you want.

“Not just to Cheshire Hall, but to little water Cay, to rock caves and the various sites.”

Those interested are being urged to visit the trust’s website tcnationaltrust.org for more information on membership.

The Turks and Caicos National Trust is a non-profit organisation that was established in 1992 to protect, conserve and promote the cultural, historic and natural heritage of the Turks and Caicos Islands for present and future generations and for the enjoyment of all.

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Cop cycles spruced up POLICE bicycles have been fixed up and fitted out to help improve community policing.

The Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force Community Policing Unit had bicycles repaired and improved with new gadgets on Monday (April 4).

The work was carried out by the Turks and Caicos Islands Hotel and Tourism Association (TCIHTA) and representative Stacy Cox handed over the new and improved bikes to police commissioner James Smith.

Commissioner Smith said: “I am delighted that TCIHTA continues to support the police as we seek to ensure we maximise our visibility in the communities we serve.

“The use of bicycles allows our officers to patrol in a way that they can interact with people, particularly in our tourist areas and are accessible

to them.

“As we deliver more patrolling officers, these bicycles will ensure offices are mobile, visible and responsive.”

The bikes were fitted out with sirens and flashing lights as well as helmets and gloves for the officers who will be riding them to patrol Grace Bay and the Lower Bight.

Assistant superintendent Hilton Duncan said: “Bicycles help the police interact more with the public.

“Unlike patrolling in vehicles, persons can stop the police and speak to them.

“Also, on a bicycle, common obstacles are easily cleared. It’s faster to stop, manipulate the bike over a fence, and then ride on.

“Therefore, it makes it easier for the police to get to areas that a vehicle cannot access.”

Rolex burglary

AN EXPENSIVE timepiece was stolen during a late night burglary.

The victim left his home in Bay Road, Blue Hills, Providenciales, at 10.30pm on Friday, April 1, only to return in the early hours of the following morning to find his home ransacked.

Officers from the Royal Turks and

Caicos Islands Police Force attended the scene and the victim told them a silver and gold Rolex watch had been taken.

Officers are urging anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers on 1-800-8477 or by using the online reporting page at www. crimestoppers.tc.

LONG SPOKE OF THE LAW: Bicycles will be used by cops to patrol in Lower Bight and Grace Bay

COMMENTARY

Feeling small A FRIEND just emailed me photos taken from the space station. The pictures were spectacular!

The Earth was this huge ball and the land was all lit up. It made me wonder where all the electrical energy was coming from.

The size, grandeur and advanced technology making these photos possible made one feel small.

One photo showed the Bahamas lost in the surrounding water. The TCI was not included.

Bahamas has a population of 300,000 plus. The TCI has 30,000.

We are a tiny territory and it would be wise to realise it.

Given our size why do our PNP ministers act like royalty?

We have suffered for years. The

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interim government trying to sort out the financial mess which left us with $300 million in PNP debt and a billion dollars in PNP healthcare obligations.

Now almost four years after the last election what has been accomplished?

The PNP paid off $140 million of their own debt using the people’s money. The interim government

having already dismissed or paid $130 million.

We still have $30 million more for the next government to pay off. The taxes, fees, co-pays and revenue no longer belong to the people.

We believe had the PDM won the 2012 election the case could have been made for Britain to pay off the debts

because of British Labour missing oversight.

Some voters did not believe that the TCI was deep in debt and voted PNP. Now they believe it!

Government budgets have been meaningless. Budgeted money side tracked as pretend surplus to pay down PNP debts.

However had the PDM won Skippings might have bought us another one of his short term administrations.

Now Skip spews negative against the party of JAGS! Why not the PNP? Why have we not had an election called?

Premier Ewing holds on to power like the devil holds on to a soul!

Now we are back to the quiet.

Nothing happening. The Government is disconnected from the people and

the reality of needs.

It is long past the time for a motion of no confidence. Everyone knows that a government’s role is to serve the people.

We had this with the PDM from 1995 to 2003. The PDM had the causeway grant in their pocket and quiet Derek and Sam did not announce that fact during the 2003 election and by-election.

The grant was apparently some of the first millions the PNP spent, but not on the causeway.

It is time for the PDM to remind the folks that the resorts drawing tourists were all approved and most built in the PDM years.

With high taxes and the PNP in power, development remains dormant.

The PNP has tried every hi-rise trick but it’s over. It is time for election and healing to begin.

Meanwhile while the PNP royalty drives our fancy vehicles and spends the people’s money on themselves everyone else is just, feeling small.

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Caicos Express partners with Gov’t to fly to South Caicos

BY DAISY HANDFIELD LOCALLY owned airline Caicos Express Airways has recently partnered with the Turks and Caicos Islands Government to provide direct flights for passengers flying out of Grand Turk directly to South Caicos.

Captain Fred Registre, CEO of Caicos Express Airways, told this newspaper that the flights began on Friday, April 1, but said that he has been in talks with the Government for months.

Prior to this new operation, residents were forced to travel through Providenciales from South Caicos in order to get to Grand Turk.

Residents considered this more time consuming and definitely not cost effective.

Registre said: “We were approached by the Government and given their budget, we were able to make it work by changing around our operation.

“We were mainly looking to help

the people of South Caicos.

“We are hoping that this becomes a long-term partnership.”

The CEO said that a sacrifice was made on their part.

He said: “We didn’t have much time to meet the request but we recognised how taxing it had become for travellers to fly north and then back down south; taking passengers hours when the flight between the two islands is just 10 minutes.”

Registre said that Caicos Express Airways is now serving the Grand Turk to South Caicos travellers with a Cessna 402 eight seater plane, but adds that if the demand is there, they can upgrade on size to the 19-seater.

He made mention that this was not a part of the agreement, but they were looking to do their best in accommodating all of their potential passengers.

There are currently nine flights per week which includes two flights on Tuesdays and two flights on Thursdays.

Passengers travelling on Caicos Express can now benefit from their direct flights from Grand Turk to South Caicos

Senior citizens learn about diabetes prevention

BY DAISY HANDFIELD ABOUT 20 senior citizens from North and Middle Caicos benefitted from a workshop centred on the prevention of diabetes and healthy living and eating recently.

The workshop took place on Wednesday (April 6) in North Caicos and was hosted by Tamika Handfield, registered dietician at Nutrition in Demand.

This event was in recognition of World Health Day which is observed on April 7 every year by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

Participants of various ages came from across North and Middle Caicos to the Horse Stable Beach auditorium to attend the two hour workshop.

Attendees learned about the types of diabetes, ways to control blood sugar, effects of various foods on blood sugar and portion control.

In an interview, Handfield said that the participants grasped the information quite well and to make

it a bit easier for them she used tools such as measuring cups, real life food models, portion plates and food labels.

This also helped to bring the class to life.

She said: “I thought it went extremely well. I was expecting a bit more persons, but because of the time of the day I think everyone was at work.

“People were very intrigued and attentively listened to the information given to them.”

The dietician explained that diabetes is a chronic disease that affects many people living in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

“However, with a few lifestyle changes it is also a very treatable and manageable disease,” Handfield said.

“The risk of diabetes also goes up with age; therefore, we thought it would be ideal to take the workshop to North Caicos.”

The workshop was provided

by Nutrition in Demand, a nonprofit organisation aimed at raising

awareness of the importance of health and healthy eating.

Handfield said that Nutrition in Demand would like to do more of these workshops around the Islands, but needs the support of the public.

Handfield reached out to the community asking people to be more supportive when her fundraising events are held so that she can continue to go around the country and conduct workshops.

Cynclair Musgrove, district commissioner of North Caicos, said in a comment that the diabetes workshop was significant to the individuals of the island of North Caicos.

“The workshop on diabetes was very significant for us. If we educate ourselves about preventative measures, perhaps we can live more healthy lives.

“This disease can be controlled but it requires self-discipline and awareness.

“I am happy that we were presented with the facts. It makes a difference.”

Senior citizens of North and Middle Caicos participated in a diabetes workshop

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Power company awarded for investing in staff ELECTRICTY firm FortisTCI received the internationally recognised Investor in People (IIP) accreditation last month.

According to a press release from the company, Investors in People is the international standard for people management, defining what it takes to lead, support and manage people effectively to achieve maximum stakeholders’ value.

FortisTCI embarked upon the process to accreditation with Investors in People in 2014, receiving a ‘Working with Investors in People’ certificate in October of that year.

Throughout 2015, the company launched several initiatives geared toward achieving the standard.

“Investors in People was

undertaken by FortisTCI to maximise potential of its people by promoting employee engagement and participation and enhancing a culture of continuous learning and improving,” the release said.

“This intense focus on people processes will have the effect of increasing corporate performance, improved operational efficiency, improved flow of communication within the company and embed a positive corporate culture.”

Eric Jenkinson of Management Solutions served as the company’s Investors in People advisor and FortisTCI successfully achieved its certification at the end of January 2016.

To help achieve the standard, some of the initiatives undertaken by the

More than 30 bags of trash were collected during the beach clean-up

company were a staff sensitisation programme on employee recognition and rewards, regular celebration of employee milestones, the evaluation of training, improvements to the company’s performance management process, including the introduction of self-assessments and the continued focus on leadership and management competencies through the launch of the International Leadership and Management programme (ILM).

FortisTCI president and CEO Eddinton Powell said: “The foundation of our strategic vision is our employees, and that is why we continue with our focus on investing in our people for the long term.

“It is because of them we are a great organisation that keeps getting better.”

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New religious head appointed FATHER Mark Reginald Lindsay-Fox has been appointed as archdeacon of the West Central Archdeaconry.

The Anglican Diocese of the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands made the announcement on Tuesday (April 5).

He succeeds Archdeacon Ranfurly Brown who concluded his service on February 29.

Archdeacon Fox will continue as the rector of Holy Trinity Church, Stapledon Gardens, where he has served since 2011.

The diocese is divided into four administrative areas each headed by an archdeacon, whose role it is to assist the bishop in the administration of the diocese and in relating to the clergy and people of his area.

There is also an archdeacon in charge of the administration of the diocese.

Mark Fox was born in Nassau.

He was educated at Oakes Field Primary and Secondary Schools,

St Augustine’s College, and the University of Miami where he obtained an MBA. He worked as a customs officer with the Bahamas Customs Department, at import broker at Island Merchants, as a restaurant manager at McDonalds Ltd and at Dunkin Donuts, and as parish administrator at Holy Trinity.

He tested his vocation at Codrington College, Barbados and studied at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus.

Archdeacon Fox was ordained deacon in 2001 and priest in 2002. He served at St George’s Church, St Peter’s Parish, North Long Island, as Chaplain of St. John’s College, while assisting at St Christopher’s, Lyford Cay, as interim at All Saints, and, finally, at Holy Trinity Parish.

He is married to Mildred (nee Moss) a veteran primary school educator, and the couple have two adult daughters.

Alfonso Palatino, president of the TCI Filipino Community, hard at work

More than 30 bags of trash collected at Long Bay beach

BY DAISY HANDFIELD MORE than 30 bags filled with trash were collected off Long Bay beach in Providenciales during a recent clean-up campaign organised by the TCI Filipino Community (FilCom).

The initiative was a collaboration with the Department of Environment and Maritime Affairs.

FilCom president Alfonso Palatino said in an interview

that although he considered the attendance to be “alright,” he feels as though initiatives of this kind could see more volunteers.

He said: “It was a great initiative, we enjoyed taking care of the environment and we had a good time.

“Yes, we had invited other members but they were having some commitments like work so most people didn’t come.”

The clean-up campaign began

on Saturday (April 2) at 7am that morning until about 9am and saw representation from DEMA and local volunteers.

The president said that because the TCI is a well visited destination it is imperative that the people help to preserve the country’s motto, ‘Beautiful by nature, clean by choice’.

Palatino said that this is the main reason that FilCom is so eager to take care of the TCI’s

natural resources, so that tourists can continue visiting and so that residents can enjoy the beauty of the Islands.

FilCom is reaching out to the corporate community of the TCI to donate rakes, trash bags and bottles of water.

Two years ago DEMA and FilCom inked a memorandum of cooperation which aimed to collaborate to maintain the Bight Kids Park in Providenciales.

They also agreed to participate in various environmental projects initiated or coordinated by DEMA under the principles of the Community Conservation Partnership Programme of the Turks and Caicos Islands Government.

FilCom has been a stout supporter of DEMA projects for over two years with its active involvement in clean up drives, tree planting, and orienting its members of the ordinances for compliance.

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New charity to provide breakfast for Gov’t school pupils

– Food for Thought holds launch party at the Palms UNDER the stars at the Palms Resort and Spa, Karen and Jeanne Savory welcomed many key members of the business community, Government ministers, and family to their newly founded charity’s first event.

The event on Tuesday (April 5) was intended to make the charity’s presence known and encourage corporate sponsorship for its worthy cause.

Food for Thought was founded by Karen and Jeanne in order to provide free breakfasts to all children in the Government schools.

The first phase, due to begin in September, will provide a healthy breakfast on every school day to the Government primary schools in North, Middle and South Caicos and Salt Cay. The charity has already partnered with Caicos Express Airways, Lew 1 Shipping and Quality Food Centre to bring the food items in and for transportation.

In the beautiful setting of the courtyard at the Palms guests at the event were treated to a welcome glass of champagne, generously donated by the Wine Cellar, along with endless tasty hors d’oeuvres and sweet treats kindly provided by The Palms, while listening to wonderful live music by Craig Archibald.

In addition to watching a short presentation about the charity and listening to passionate words of encouragement and support offered by the Deputy Premier and Minister for Education Akierra Missick, attendees participated in a silent auction and raffle – helping the

charity to raise more than $6,500 at its first event.

Karen and Jeanne thanked everyone who attended and gave their support to the programme.

“We truly appreciate the strong show of support we have received right off the bat as we start our charity Food for Thought.

“This fantastic evening, completely sponsored by the Palms Resort, was very encouraging. A heartfelt thank you to Karen Whitt and her team who made our first event so special.”

They added: “We estimate that it will cost about $200 per child per year to implement our programme.

“Funds raised tonight are a great start towards our target.

“We have also had many businesses expressing their interest in getting involved and supporting Food for Thought. We are very excited by the response so far.”

Food for Thought thanked the following contributors to their launch party: The Palms Resort and Spa, The Wine Cellar, Caicos Express Airways, Turks Head Inne, Jennifer Maude Designs, Caicos Corral, Point Grace, Nautique Sports, Tangled Hair Salon, Atabeyra, Mermaid Photography, Le Comptoir Francais, Goldsmith’s, Provo Golf Club, Da Conch Shack, Caya Hico Media, Craig Archibald, Maria, James, Chris, Chandra, Roxann, Richard and Robin.

Those wishing to make a donation or get more information on Food for Thought can email foodforthoughttci@gmail.com.

The event was intended to make the charity’s presence known (photo by Kelano Howell)

Key members of the business community, Government ministers, and family attended the launch (photo by Kelano Howell)

AA to launch direct flight to JFK AMERICAN Airlines (AA) will be adding another flight from Providenciales (PLS) this summer.

The airline plans to launch a nonstop service between JFK and PLS with their Boeing 737-800.

As of July 2 passengers will be able to travel direct on a seasonal weekend flight that will operate on Saturdays and Sundays.

Direct flights went on sale online on April 3.

The weekly service will travel to Providenciales (PLS) on Saturday and arrive at 8.08pm then depart for New York (JFK) the following day, Sunday at 8.45am.

The seasonal flights will be available from July 2 to August 21 and November 5 to March 5.

Lavern Reynolds, TCIAA terminal and marketing manager, said: “The increased flight with an evening arrival on Saturday is very much welcome.

“This gives us the opportunity to spread the flights out over a longer period of time and receive the passengers during our down time.”

American Airlines currently offers flights to Charlotte (CLT), Miami (MIA), Dallas (DFW) and Boston (BOS) from PLS.

The airline plans to launch a nonstop service between JFK and PLS with their Boeing 737-800

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HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW

Whitefly infestation ON ISLAND we have a recurrent problem of whitefly infestation.

This pest was reported attacking Ficus trees and hedges and was identified as the fig whitefly, Singhiella simplex.

Whiteflies are small, winged insects that belong to the order Hemiptera which also includes aphids, scales and mealybugs.

These insects typically feed on the underside of leaves with their needle-like mouthparts.

Whiteflies can seriously injure host plants by sucking juices from them causing wilting, yellowing, stunting, leaf drop or even death.

The leaves of Ficus trees infested with whiteflies begin to turn yellow before the leaves are dropped from the plant.

Ficus trees without their leaves are one of the most obvious symptoms of a whitefly infestation.

This whitefly has been most

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commonly found infesting Ficus benjamina but has also been found on other host plants.

But here’s what I’ve learned so far - once you have whitefly you have to decide how much you really want your Ficus and how much you’ll spend to save it from this voracious creature.

Without insecticide you could lose your Ficus or other plants and unless you catch the problem early you won’t have much time to decide.

Large, dense hedges can be stripped in less than two months of infestation and if you see even one

you may be infested and if your neighbour has it you’ll get it.

Although efforts to understand and control this pest are ongoing there are several potential options for whitefly control (or at least try it).

One common product is Bayer Advanced Tree and Shrub Protect and Feed or other contact insecticide mixed with Neem oil (do not apply in full sun).

For best results you will have to spray once a week, until you get rid of them.

However, it is necessary to consider the site (landscape, hedge,

large tree, container, production etc), the size and number of trees and the surrounding environment before taking steps to control this pest.

For large trees for example, a foliar spray may not be possible.

In the landscape several natural enemies have been observed attacking this whitefly which can play an important role in

controlling this pest.

Efforts to introduce other natural enemies are being considered.

Awareness of these natural enemies is very important so decisions for additional control measures can be made wisely so as not to also kill the natural enemies.

Next week: How to make homemade insecticidal soap for plants.

Crowns, bridges and veneers WHEN talking with patients about crowns, caps, post-crowns, bridges and veneers I find that there can sometimes be some confusion.

In this article I want to explain the differences between them and when that particular course of treatment might be suitable.

VENEERS A veneer is a thin porcelain cover designed to go on the outside surface of a tooth.

Veneers are only used on front teeth and are generally used for cosmetic purposes, for example to restore chipped or broken teeth, or to change the colour, size or shape of teeth.

The teeth generally require a small amount of preparation after which the patient will wear temporary veneers while the porcelain ones are being produced by the laboratory.

This period is around two to three weeks.

The porcelain veneers are then fixed to the teeth with a tooth coloured bonding material to give a completely natural appearance.

Veneers are generally strong although still more delicate than a full coverage crown just due to the

fact that the porcelain, whilst strong, is thinner.

I advise patients with veneers to avoid putting too much pressure on the edges and so to avoid chewing on bones eg. ribs or chicken wings, finger nails and the ends of pens!

CROWNS A more robust solution than a veneer is a crown, sometimes called a cap.

A crown covers the whole tooth above the gum and is suitable for both front and back teeth.

Crowns involve a greater reduction of the natural tooth’s surface than a veneer but the result is greater strength.

Crowns are used both for cosmetic and clinical reasons, for example when a tooth is badly decayed but the root is still intact.

Crowns can be made from a variety of materials designed for difference circumstances; all porcelain (like a veneer but around the whole tooth) or porcelain with a strengthened core such as zirconium, procera or metal.

In all these cases only the toothcoloured porcelain is visible and, when completed, the teeth should

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look indistinguishable from your natural teeth.

Crowns can be made purely of gold. This is a cosmetic choice and with the current price of gold can be a rather expensive option.

A post-crown is where the tooth has been root filled and a fibre-glass post is fixed into the root canal.

A structure is built up onto this which holds the crown. A more oldfashioned method is to use a metal post or screw.

However, this is found to sometimes cause stress fractures in the root and is less satisfactory than modern techniques.

BRIDGES A bridge is used to replace one or more missing teeth, for example after an extraction, and, unlike a denture, is permanently fixed in place.

A bridge is attached to adjacent teeth (either natural teeth or implants) and carries one or more

artificial crowns to fill the gap of the missing teeth.

If several or lots of teeth are missing more than one bridge maybe the solution.

I always prefer to break down bridges into smaller units which gives greater strength and stability

and if necessary use implants to replace missing teeth to reduce the span of larger bridges.

Bridges are made from porcelain covering metal and again when complete should visibly be indistinguishable from your natural teeth.

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UK could impose direct rule on tax haven overseas territories, says Corbyn THE government should consider imposing direct orders on British overseas territories and crown dependencies to stop them acting as tax havens, Jeremy Corbyn has argued.

The Labour leader, speaking to the BBC in Harlow, Essex before a speech to launch the party’s local election manifesto in which he will accuse the prime minister of “pussyfooting” on tax matters – said the Cameron family’s own tax affairs should form part of an investigation into offshore avoidance.

Corbyn argued that the government should tell administrations in places like the Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands: “Hang on, you are a government of a British dependent territory, a crown territory, you must obey UK tax law, you must not become a harbour for tax avoidance and tax evasion.”

There was precedence for direct rule to be imposed, Corbyn argued, and it should be done. He said: “The point is that they are not independent territories. They are self-governing, yes, but they are British crown dependent territories. Therefore, surely, there has to be an observance of UK tax law in those places.

“If they have become a place for systematic evasion and shortchanging the public in this country,

If the current trend continues, experts estimates that nearly 110M people in the region will have diabetes by 2040.

Diabetes cases in the Americas triple in three decades Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn feels the UK should be more strict with its overseas territories.

then something has to be done about it. Either those governments comply or a next step has to be taken.”

This could be done “almost immediately”, Corbyn said.

Amid a global focus on the issue following a vast leak of tax records from a Panama law firm, Cameron has faced scrutiny as these files revealed his late father, Ian, ran an offshore fund that avoided ever having to pay tax in Britain.

Asked if Cameron himself had questions to answer, Corbyn replied: “Well, there are questions that have been placed there about his family’s estate and about his father’s

investment.

“Obviously, they must be part of that investigation. The investigation must be independent, fast, thorough and fair so that we get to the bottom of this.”

He added: “People who have made a great deal of money over decades by siphoning their wealth out of Britain, putting it in a tax haven somewhere around the world, are actually short-changing the people of this country.”

Asked if he would publish his own tax returns, Corbyn replied: “No problem whatsoever in my tax returns … My income is what I earn as a member of parliament.”

Bermuda not worried about Labour leader’s ‘direct rule’ threat FINANCE minister Bob Richards insisted on Tuesday that Britain could not “unilaterally tear up Bermuda’s constitution” and impose direct rule on the island to make it obey UK tax law.

He told The Royal Gazette that a suggestion from British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn for the British Government to consider intervening in the running of its overseas territories in the wake of the leaked Panama Papers “sounds like a lot of rhetoric that’s meant to impress a certain audience in the UK”.

Mr Richards also claimed Bermuda had robust regulations regarding financial transparency which were, in many cases, better than Britain’s.

In particular, he cited the decadesold registry of beneficial company ownership held by the Bermuda Monetary Authority but rejected the idea it should be public so that “every Tom, Dick and Harry” has access to “private information”.

The Panama Papers are a massive data leak — said to be the biggest in history — of 11.5 million files from the database of the offshore law firm Mossack Fonseca. The documents show how the law firm set up some

200,000 offshore companies to benefit the rich, with 12 national leaders among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world now known to have used tax havens. More than half of the offshore companies were registered in the British Virgin Islands, with another 3,200 in British Anguilla. Mr Richards revealed that the BMA was checking to see if any of those named in the Panama Papers had a connection to Bermuda but none had been found so far.

“It’s early days,” he said. “Nobody and no system is perfect and our mousetrap isn’t perfect. But I can tell you one thing: it’s a heck of a lot better than any other system I have seen.”

Opposition leader Mr Corbyn told the BBC in an interview yesterday that the British Government should consider imposing “direct rule” on British overseas territories and dependencies if they do not comply with UK tax law, adding that it could be done “almost immediately”.

But Mr Richards said: “The UK can’t unilaterally tear up Bermuda’s constitution and they also can’t unilaterally tear up conventions that have been in place that are parallel to

our constitution for many years. You just can’t tear these things up legally.

“I don’t believe that it’s a real threat to Bermuda. The mistake that many UK politicians make — and quite frankly in Bermuda it has been made as well — is to assume that all of the overseas territories have the same constitution. They do not. Bermuda’s constitution is quite different to that of Turks and Caicos, BVI and Cayman.”

The minister said a case in point was when the UK was unable to extend its Order in Council on the abolition of the death penalty for murder to Bermuda, because of the island’s autonomy, though territories in the Caribbean were compelled to comply.

“The constitution does not allow them to do that,” said Mr Richards.

“The notion that just because you can do something for other overseas territories, it applies to Bermuda, it’s just not on. Our constitution is much more advanced.”

Mr Corbyn claimed the territories, including the Cayman Islands and BVI, were encouraging tax avoidance on “an industrial scale” to the detriment of public services in the UK.

ONE in 12 people in the Americas — some 62 million people — live with diabetes. The number has tripled since 1980, and diabetes is currently the fourth-leading cause of death in the hemisphere, following heart attacks, strokes and dementias. If current trends continue, experts estimate that nearly 110 million people in the region will have diabetes by 2040.

That is contained in the first Global Report on Diabetes from the World Health Organisation (WHO) which was expected to be launched this week in Geneva and Mexico City.

The WHO report highlights the urgency of stepping up efforts to prevent and control diabetes, particularly through public policies that support healthy lifestyles and by ensuring that health systems are able to promptly diagnose, treat and care for people with diabetes.

“The best way to prevent diabetes is for people to follow a healthy diet, avoiding ultra-processed foods and sugary beverages that are high in calories and low in nutrients, and to

engage in regular physical activity to help maintain a healthy body weight,” said Carissa F. Etienne, Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), WHO’s Regional Office for the Americas.

Preventing diabetes, however, “is not just an individual responsibility,” Etienne noted. Rather, governments need to adopt effective public policies and measures that help “make the healthy choice the easiest choice to make.”

Diabetes is a progressive chronic disease characterised by high levels of blood glucose. It is a major cause of blindness, kidney failure, lower limb amputation and other longterm health problems that have a significant impact on quality of life and increase the risk of premature death. In addition, medical care for diabetes and its complications take a high financial toll on families and health systems. In 2014, diabetesrelated health spending in the countries of the Americas amounted to some US$382 billion.

Trinidad defends decision to turn away Jamaican nationals TRINIDAD and Tobago’s Foreign Affairs Minister Dennis Moses says 12 Jamaicans were denied into the twin-island republic last month because they were deemed “likely to become charges on public funds”.

The group of Jamaicans had accused immigration officials at the Piarco International Airport in Trinidad of treating them badly after refusing to let them enter the country when they arrived on two Caribbean Airlines flights on March 21 at 7:53 p.m. and 8:43 p.m.

In a statement issued after he received a report on the matter, Moses said all 12 visitors were denied entry in accordance with Section 8 (1) (h) of the Immigration Act which speaks to persons who may be deemed likely to become charges on public funds. And he said within 12 hours of their arrival, they were put on planes to return home.

The minister explained that both

the passengers and airline were notified and served the relevant notices when it was determined that the group would not be allowed in.

“At approximately 11 p.m., the passengers were taken into the care of the airline…to await an outwardbound flight to Kingston, Jamaica on Caribbean Airlines flight BW414 at 7:50 a.m. on 22nd March, 2016,” he said.

Outlining the Jamaicans’ treatment at that point, Moses said: “They were taken to the Customs and Excise section of the airport for a baggage check, then escorted upstairs to the departure lounge area where they remained in the presence of the security company contracted by Caribbean Airlines.

The 12 persons were served a meal and drinks and were provided with blankets by representatives of the airline in keeping with usual airline procedure.

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Bran: Save the Bays leak ‘more damaging’ than Panama Papers A chance in government has resulted in the Marijuana cultivation pause.

Jamaica’s marijuana industry on pause IT will be a while longer before people who want to get involved in marijuana cultivation, transportation, processing, retailing, and research and development legally in Jamaica can do so.

The Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA), which was expecting to accept applications from Monday, says the process has been delayed with the change in government.

Chairman of the CLA, Dr Andre Gordon, said regulations have to be reviewed and approved by the Minister of Justice before the ganja industry could start operations, and that has not yet been done.

However, he says he expects that

will happen before the end of April.

Under the amendments to the Dangerous Drugs Act, the CLA has been given the power to issue licences, permits and authorizations for the handling of hemp and marijuana for medical, therapeutic or scientific purposes.

And under the regulations for the industry, 11 types of licences across five main categories – cultivation, transportation, processing, retailing, and research and development – will be made available.

The regulations also make special provisions for small farmers, cooperatives, and small-scale processors to participate in the industry. (Caribbean360)

Haiti presidential runoff elections headed to another delay

Flashback: Former presidential candidate Maryse Narcisse greets supporters chanting “Maryse for president!” during a protest demanding last year’s two general election votes be recounted in Port-au-Prince, Haiti in late February.

IT’S not yet official, but the head of Haiti’s newly revamped Provisional Electoral Council made it clear Tuesday that the country’s repeatedly postponed final round, scheduled for the last Sunday of this month, won’t happen that day.

Léopold Berlanger, a media executive who was appointed president of the nine-member council after members were sworn in last week, said they couldn’t talk about an election calendar until they first figure out what’s ailing the nation’s electoral process.

He also punted on the politically

thorny issue of a recount. Berlanger said the formation of a verification commission to address the allegations of “massive” fraud and determine who belongs in the second round “is a political decision” best left to others.

“You have to understand what malfunction [the electoral machinery] has, and what needs to be done to fix it before the second [round] can take off,” Berlanger said during the council’s first news conference. “After we determine that, we can continue with the electoral calendar.”

THE Democratic National Alliance’s (DNA) leader on Tuesday said the ‘Save the Bays’ e-mail leak had been “more detrimental” to the Bahamas and its financial services industry than the so-called ‘Panama Papers’ revelations.

Branville McCartney told Tribune Business that the seeming ability of Bahamian political leaders to obtain confidential data belonging to private individuals, and to disclose it at will for their own benefit, was likely to scare investors more than the release of 11.5 million documents from a Panamanian law firm.

Although the Bahamas was Mossack Fonseca’s third mostpopular jurisdiction for company incorporations, standing at more than 15,000, Mr McCartney said the disclosure of Save the Bays’ e-mails - under the cover of Parliamentary privilege - carried the greater threat to this nation.

“I think investors can be a bit concerned,” Mr McCartney said of the ‘Panama Papers’ outcry.

“Whether it turns them off from the Bahamas, I’m not so sure.

“What turns them off from the Bahamas more is politicians’ giving out private citizens’ information.

That is more concerning. That would be more concerning that persons being deterred from investing in the Bahamas.

“It would seem our leaders,

DNA leader Branville McCartney said that investors will be more turned off about the Bahamas by the Save the Bays leak than information from the Panama papers.

our politicians, can have access to personal, private and financial information. It goes contrary to our Data Protection Act. The political garbage can stinks in the Bahamas.”

Mr McCartney’s latter comment was a carefully-aimed barb at Jerome Fitzgerald, minister of education, science and technology, who previously said he obtained the Save the Bays e-mails from his ‘political garbage can’.

An unrepentant Mr Fitzgerald stood by his decision to disclose the non-profit environmental group’s e-mails in Parliament, and threatened to table more bank statements and documents if his reputation was threatened (see News section Page 1).

The timing of such a threat, though, will be less than desired by the Bahamian financial services industry and wider private sector, which are already likely to be on edge - and braced for further disclosures - as a result of the ‘Panama Papers’ leak.

Mr Fitzgerald previously disclosed Save the Bays’ e-mails relating to an advertisement the group planned to take out. He was joined by Fred Mitchell, minister of foreign affairs, who accused hedge fund billionaire Louis Bacon of spending millions of dollars to “destabilise” the Government, and Leslie Miller, who read out salaries allegedly being paid to Save the Bays members.

UK minister ‘misled’ Commons about Cayman Islands same sex marriage DR LEONARDO Raznovich has accused the UK’s overseas territories minister of misleading the British House of Commons by indicating that the Cayman Islands Government had recognised same-sex marriage.

Dr Raznovich, who has challenged a refusal by the local immigration authorities to remain in the island as a dependent of his legal husband, stated that James Duddridge knew that this was a false statement and knowingly misled the UK Parliament about the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) situation in the Cayman Islands.

According to the House of Commons Hansard (column 530), on Thursday, 3 December, Duddridge was asked by Crispin Blunt MP about progress regarding discrimination of LGBT people in British overseas territories.

The minister, who had spoken to Cayman Islands Premier Alden McLaughlin that week, responded, “I thank the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee for raising this

Cayman Premier Alden McLaughlin and Overseas Territories Minister James Duddridge.

issue. Progress has been made.

He mentions the Cayman Islands, and only this week their premier reported to their parliament on their recognising equal marriage, which is a great step forward.”

As reported by CNS, on Thursday 26 November 2015, speaking in the Legislative Assembly, Premier Alden McLaughlin has revealed an urgency by the government to address discrimination in immigration legislation impacting same-sex couples but he said the goal was to stave off the need to

recognise same-sex unions rather than a step towards them. He said he was doing his best to stop or at least delay any imposition by the UK through an Order in Council to recognise same-sex unions by addressing the immigration problem urgently.

McLaughlin also stated that if same-sex legal action, as issued by former law professor Dr Raznovich, was pursued to the Grand Court, “there will be a finding of incompatibility of the Immigration Law and Bill of Rights”.

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Cameron denies ever benefiting from father’s company named in Panama Papers DAVID Cameron was forced Tuesday night to issue a statement detailing his family’s tax arrangements amid the growing international scandal surrounding the Panama Papers leak.

The Prime Minister took the unusual step of insisting that neither he, nor his wife and children receive any benefit from an offshore company set up in Panama by his late father Ian, which paid no tax in Britain for 30 years.

The Daily Telegraph established that Ian Cameron’s firm Blairmore Holdings Inc was moved to Ireland in 2010 — the year Cameron became Prime Minister.

A source close to Blairmore Holdings — which is still operating with assets of pounds £35 million ($65 million) — said the company had been moved because its directors believed it was about to “come under more scrutiny”.

Details of Ian Cameron’s offshore interests were contained in the socalled Panama Papers — a leak of 11.5 £million documents from the law firm Mossack Fonseca — which claimed their first major scalp this week with the resignation of Iceland’s prime minister.

Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson stood down following the biggest popular protests in the country’s history, which saw 10,000 demonstrators mass outside the country’s parliament

Svetlana Batukova is accused of killing her husband and feeding his remains to their dog.

File photo of David Cameron, as he greets his father, the late Ian Cameron, in Swindon England.

building to demand his head after he was accused of concealing millions of pounds offshore.

Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of France’s far-Right Front National, and several aides of his daughter, Marine, the party’s current leader, were also accused of hiding more than a million pounds offshore.

Cameron was dragged into the scandal on Monday after details of his father’s offshore interests were published.

The disclosures were potentially embarrassing for the Prime Minister because he has previously made statements condemning tax reduction schemes.

Cameron’s initial response had been to insist that his tax affairs were

a “private matter”, but after 24 hours of confusion and criticism he caved in to pressure.

He said: “In terms of my own financial affairs, I own no shares. I have a salary as Prime Minister and I have some savings, which I get some interest from and I have a house, which we used to live in, which we now let out while we are living in Downing Street and that’s all I have.

I have no shares, no offshore trusts, no offshore funds, nothing like that.

And, so that, I think, is a very clear description.”

The carefully worded statement made no reference to whether he or close family members had benefited in the past or stand to benefit in the future from Blairmore.

Panama Papers: Government announces creation of ‘panel of experts’ PANAMA is creating an international panel to help improve transparency in its offshore financial industry.

The move follows the leak of millions of documents from law firm Mossack Fonseca, showing it helped some clients evade tax and avoid sanctions.

Several countries are probing possible financial crimes by the rich and powerful in the aftermath of the leak.

President Juan Carlos Varela said Panama would work with other countries over the revelations.

“The Panamanian government, via our foreign ministry, will create an independent commission of domestic and international experts,” he said in a televised address.

The panel, he said, would examine working practices and propose measures that could be shared to strengthen the transparency of the financial and legal systems.

Correspondents say the president is eager to defend his country against a “media attack” by wealthy countries that he says are unfairly stigmatising him following the leak.

Mossack Fonseca, for its part, says

Russian woman stabs husband to death, then feeds his remains to dog SHE loves animals, but humans not so much.

A Russian woman brutally stabbed her husband to death and fed his bloody remains to her dog in their Mallorca, Spain, home.

Svetlana Batukova, 46, was found by cops next to what was left of her husband’s body on Friday.

Flesh from his arms was torn off and fed to their American Staffordshire bull terrier, the Spanish online publication Periodistadigital reported.

The 66-year-old German victim Horst Hans Henkels had been drugged before he was repeatedly stabbed, according to The Local.

He bled to death in their home in the village of Sant Llorenc, and was found in a large pool of his blood.

His wife, addicted to cocaine and alcohol, was under the influence of both when she was busted, according to Periodistadigital. She took 10 hours to contact the authorities, and did not speak after she was arrested.

She appeared in court on Monday after spending time in a psychiatric unit of a local hospital, the Daily Star reported.

They were married earlier this year and Henkels could not talk much as a result of recent surgery on his trachea, according to neighbours.

Police had visited their home several times over the last few months because of domestic disputes. Batukova had offered a man $57,000 to kill her husband, the Daily Star reported. (NYDailynews)

Brazil committee head recommends Rousseff’s impeachment

Jovair Arantes is the head of the congressional committee tasked with analysing the president’s impeachment.

President Juan Carlos Varela is determined to ensure Panama’s reputation is not besmirched by the scandal.

that it has been the victim of a hack.

Mossack Fonseca partner Ramon Fonseca insisted the leak was not an “inside job” - the company had been hacked by servers based abroad.

It has now filed a complaint with the Panamanian attorney general’s office.

Mr Fonseca served as a minister in the government of current President Juan Carlos Varela but stepped aside earlier this year after separate allegations linked the firm to the corruption scandal engulfing

the Brazilian state oil company Petrobras.

Mossack Fonseca’s Brazilian arm was accused of helping several of those accused in the Petrobras case of opening offshore companies in Panama in order to launder money through property transactions.

Mr Fonseca said he had stepped aside “to defend my honour and my firm” and denies any wrongdoing on the part of his firm in the Petrobras case.

THE head of a congressional committee in Brazil set up to analyse whether President Dilma Rousseff should face an impeachment vote has given his recommendation.

Lawmaker Jovair Arantes said he thought there were enough grounds for impeachment proceedings to continue.

President Rousseff is alleged to have manipulated government accounts to hide a growing deficit, which she denies.

Mr Arantes’ decision is nonbinding but could sway undecided lawmakers.

The 65-member committee which Mr Arantes heads will vote on Monday

on whether it thinks the impeachment proceedings should go ahead.

Regardless of the outcome, the full lower house of Congress will convene on 17 April to vote on the matter.

That latter vote will be key in deciding whether Ms Rousseff stays in power.

But she was boosted on Wednesday when the centrist Progressive Party said it would remain in her governing coalition until the vote.

“It is clear a majority [of the PP] does not want to break with Rousseff,” party leader Senator Ciro Nogueira said. “They will tend to vote for the president over impeachment.”

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Netherlands rejects EUUkraine partnership deal Jacobia Grimes faces 20 years to life in prison for stealing $31 worth of candy.

New Orleans man faces 20 years to life in prison for stealing $31 of candy bars A New Orleans man is facing life in prison after he allegedly stole $31 of candy bars from a Dollar General, according to The New Orleans Advocate.

Because Jacobia Grimes has five prior theft charges, he can be charged under Louisiana’s habitual offender law, which ups his charge from a misdemeanor to a felony punishable by 20 years to life behind bars.

“Isn’t this a little over the top?”

Judge Franz Zibilich said during the 34-year-old’s arraignment Thursday.

“It’s not even funny,” he said.

“Twenty years to life for a Snickers bar, or two or three or four.”

The newest charge came about in December, after a store manager saw Grimes boosting candy. He willingly emptied out his pockets before the arrest — and the total of his sugary loot came to $31.

The arrest could have been a minor

thing, but the district attorney’s office chose to apply the habitual offender law and seek an inexplicably harsh penalty.

Grimes’ priors include thefts from Rite-Aid, Sav-A-Center, Blockbuster and Rouses, according to his attorneys. In all cases, the stolen goods totaled to less than $500.

In 2010, Grimes went to state prison for four years for one of those shoplifting convictions after the district attorney chose to charge him as a double offender under the habitual offender law.

Now, he’s being charged as a “quad” offender.

“I just think it points to the absurdity of the multiple billing statute. They’re spending their time to lock someone up for years over $31 worth of candy. It’s ridiculous,” Miles Swanson, Grimes’ attorney, told the New Orleans paper.

Writer hacked and fatally shot in Bangladesh

Writer Nazimuddin Samad was attacked by men with machetes before he was shot on his home from classes.

MACHETE-WIELDING attackers struck in the capital of Bangladesh Wednesday night, killing 26-year-old secular writer Nazimuddin Samad.

Samad, described by Bangladesh police as a masters student at Jagannath University, is the sixth secularist writer or publisher to have been murdered in Dhaka in the last 16 months. Police called the murder a pre-planned attack.

“He was on his way back home from his evening classes when he was circled by a group of three to

four people,” Senior Assistant Police Commissioner Nurul Amin of the Dhaka Police, told CNN. “First the attackers hacked Samad with machetes, then shot him.”

Police say the attackers then fled the scene on motorcycle. No arrests have yet been made.

The murder is certain to add to fears among intellectuals and writers who have dared to challenge religious thought in Bangladesh, a majority Muslim country with a sizable Hindu religious minority.

VOTERS in the Netherlands have rejected in a referendum an EU partnership deal to remove trade barriers with Ukraine.

Turnout was low, 32.2%, but above the 30% threshold for the vote to be valid. The deal was rejected by 61.1% of votes, compared with 38.1% in favour.

Prime Minister Mark Rutte said the government may have to reconsider the deal, although the vote is not binding.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko insisted his country would “continue our movement towards the EU”.

A foreign ministry official in Kiev told the BBC that the result was disappointing, adding that Dutch Eurosceptics could not take Ukraine hostage to express dissatisfaction with the EU. The vote was widely seen in the Netherlands as a test of public opinion towards the EU. It was triggered by an internet petition begun by Eurosceptic activists that attracted more than 400,000 signatures.

The result creates a headache for the Dutch government, as the Dutch parliament approved the EU association agreement with Ukraine

Prime Minister Mark Rutte, followed by a Russian TV crew, cast his vote in The Hague.

last year. All the other 27 EU member states have already ratified the deal.

“My view is that if the turnout is more than 30%, with such a victory for the ‘No’ camp, ratification cannot go ahead without discussion,” Mr Rutte said in a televised reaction. It is also an embarrassment for a Dutch government that currently holds the EU presidency.

Geert Wilders, who leads the antiEU and anti-Islam Freedom Party, said the result was the “beginning of the end for the EU”.

Officially the Netherlands has rejected a landmark deal between the EU and Ukraine - in reality the issues that dominated this campaign were much wider.

The referendum was triggered by the Eurosceptic movement, which used a new Dutch law designed to promote democracy to force a vote by gathering enough signatures on a petition.

From the start activists said this was a chance for Dutch voters to express frustration at the EU, in particular what they see as its desire to expand despite democratic shortcomings.

But they were not asked to simply pass judgement on the EU, and throughout the campaign those promoting a Yes vote were frustrated by what they saw as attempts by Eurosceptics to hijack a debate which should have been about relations between Ukraine, Russia and Europe.

Iceland names PM replacement ICELAND’S ruling coalition has named Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson as the new PM, with early elections to be held in the autumn.

Mr Johannsson, 53, is agriculture and fisheries minister and deputy leader of the Progressive Party (PP).

The move comes after PM and PP chairman Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson stepped down in the wake of the leaked Panama Papers.

The leaks, from Panama law firm Mossack Fonseca, showed Mr Gunnlaugsson owned an offshore firm with his wife.

It was not declared when he became an MP. Mr Gunnlaugsson says he sold his shares to his wife and denies any wrongdoing. But he is accused of concealing millions of dollars’ worth of family assets.

Mr Gunnlaugsson is one of dozens of high-profile global figures mentioned in the 11.5 million leaked financial and legal records, which were first published on Sunday.

Pressure on Mr Gunnlaugsson to step down had been building since then, with thousands of people protesting outside the parliament building in the capital Reykjavik on Monday and opposition parties tabling a confidence motion.

The leaked Panama Papers sparked angry protests in Iceland.

Earlier on Tuesday, Mr Gunnlaugsson had asked President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson to dissolve parliament and call an early election, although the president said he would need to talk to parties.

But later on Wednesday, Mr Johansson said: “We expect to have elections this autumn,” adding that in the meantime the government had work to do.

“We will continue to lead a good government and keep up the good work we have worked on for the last three years and get finished with all those good works we have started on,” he said.

Pirate Party leader Birgitta

Jonsdottir also told reporters in parliament that early elections would be held in the autumn.

Mr Gunnlaugsson has put out a statement insisting he has not in fact resigned and that Mr Johannsson will take over the post “for an unspecified amount of time”.

The documents leaked from Mossack Fonseca show that Mr Gunnlaugsson and his wife bought the company Wintris in 2007.

He did not declare an interest in the company when entering parliament in 2009. He sold his 50% of Wintris to his wife, Anna Sigurlaug Palsdottir, for $1 (£0.70) eight months later.

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Cayman on the offensive after Panama leak THE Cayman Islands insisted this week it was “not a secrecy jurisdiction” in the wake of the massive Panama Papers leak.

The head of Cayman Finance — an umbrella organisation for the Caribbean country’s financial services sector — said that though Cayman was not mentioned in the documents it was important to highlights its “clear and strong commitment to transparency”.

CEO Jude Scott said: “Cayman is not a secrecy jurisdiction. The Cayman Islands is a global financial hub that efficiently connects lawabiding users and providers of capital and financing around the world — benefiting both developed and developing countries.

“The Cayman Islands benefits onshore jurisdictions by enabling them to be competitive in international trade and in facilitating effective inward investment to help grow those economies.”

Mr Scott said the Cayman Islands financial services industry played a leadership role

on international regulatory issues and setting global standards to fight financial crime.

“Financial crime is a serious global problem that requires a unified legal, social and law enforcement response,” he said. “One of the best weapons against illegal activities and tax evasion is effective transparency and cross border co-operation. This is where the Cayman Islands has a proven track record.”

He added that Cayman — a British Overseas Territory, like Bermuda — had a robust regime for regulation and cross-border cooperation, which surpassed many of the world’s top international financial centres, and said it stuck to, and in some cases exceeded, international regulatory standards.

“Cayman’s current corporate services provider-verified beneficial ownership system is world class in providing for due diligence knowyour-customer checks and is superior to the UK’s proposed non-verified, self reporting public registers,” Mr Scott said.

“When issues arise, as they do in every jurisdiction, Cayman consistently engages in a proactive and collaborative manner to ensure an appropriate international outcome is reached.”

He said Cayman: • was the first British Overseas Territory to sign a Tax Information Exchange Agreement with the United States of America, in 2001; • was the first Overseas Territory to sign the FATCA Model 1 Intergovernmental Agreement with the USA, in 2013; and • was one of 98 jurisdictions committed to implementing the OECD Common Reporting Standard (CRS) on reporting and due diligence for financial account information.

The Cayman Compass newspaper ran an editorial on Monday, headlined: “Dodging the bullet, absorbing the shrapnel.”

It said: “The whistle has been blown and the headlines have hit the fan. Keeping in mind that the most massive acts of fraud, corruption and wrongdoing occur in the largest

Jude Scott, CEO of Cayman Finance said that the Cayman Islands is committed to transparency.

jurisdictions, such as New York and London, the onus is on Cayman (and other small offshore territories) to undertake a calculated, sustained and orchestrated response.

“There are times when silence will not do ... Cayman will be heavily impacted by fallout from the Panama Papers and any future bombshells ... If Cayman, as an international

finance centre, truly is among the squeakiest of clean, then we cannot cower or take cover while the entire financial sector is under fire.”

The leak of 11.5 million files from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca contains information on 200,000 offshore companies and has sparked probes around the world.

(Royal Gazette)

142 child abuse cases in Grand Bahama THERE were 142 child abuse cases reported in Grand Bahama in 2015, Assistant Director of Social Services Paula Marshall said on Tuesday while announcing this year’s plans for Child Protection Month.

The majority of the cases, she said, were of neglect.

It was also said that the Department of Social Services is seeing an emerging trend in toxic relationships among young people, as well as an increase in truancy.

Ms Marshall stressed that child abuse can have negative long-term effects on a victim, and that failure to intervene and provide protection will ultimately affect the entire society and impact the country’s future.

Under the theme, “Protecting Our Children, Protecting Our Future”,

the Department of Social Services has planned a number of events in observance of Child Protection Month.

“Every year during the month of April, we concentrate on the need to protect our children; we need to ensure that we make it possible for them to grow up physically and mentally healthy as balanced stable individuals,” Ms Marshall said.

She added that the department provides help through various programmes and divisions to assist families, and provide individual and group counselling for children and parents.

She believes it is also very important for everyone in the community to help to protect children from abuse.

Fran Brice, chief welfare officer in the Child Welfare and Family Services Divisions, said activities have been planned to educate and inform the public on various aspects of child abuse.

“We have seen an emerging trend where parents are at a loss when dealing with their children concerning their involvement in toxic relationships,” said Ms Brice.

Rochelle Minnis, senior officer in the School Welfare Division, said they are also seeing an emerging trend in truancy.

“During last year we noticed an increase in the amount of students not attending school, and so hope to target this issue,” she said.

Garth Russell, welfare officer in the Family Services Division, said

some children are faced with many issues in their families, including domestic violence, and absentee fathers, and proper caregiving.

“We will have 40 students converging at the C A Smith Complex in panel discussions dealing with aspects of detecting, creating and maintaining healthy relationships. We teach our children how to ride a bike, we prepare them for the work environment and the world, but question is, are we really teaching our children how to enter into the family and married life, and that is something that is missing. And so focusing on helping young people to know how to enter into healthy relationships.” he said.

The department is also focusing

its efforts to sensitise the public about physical and sexual abuse of children.

The month of events will start with a church service at Christ the King at 9am on April 6. On April 15, social workers will conduct a walkabout in the Hunters and Pinder’s Point areas around 8am speaking with residents and handing out flyers on child abuse.

On April 18, a panel discussion for high school students on dating violence will be held at the C A Smith Building at 9am. On April 22, there will be parent/teachers meeting on child abuse in Bimini; and on April 29, at 10am a presentation of essay competition winners. The topic of the essay competition is on this year’s theme. (Tribune242)

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Dog microchipping becomes compulsory across UK DOG owners in the UK who have not had their pets microchipped could face a fine of up to £500, as a new law comes into force.

All dogs in England, Scotland and Wales are now legally required to have been chipped by the time they are eight weeks old. A law has been in place in Northern Ireland since 2012.

It is hoped more stray or lost dogs can be reunited with their owners.

The government says one million dogs - about one in eight of the estimated UK dog population - are not yet chipped.

If local authorities come across a dog without a microchip, owners will have up to 21 days to comply with the law or be fined.

When a dog is microchipped, a tiny chip about the size of a grain of rice is inserted under the loose skin on the back of its neck, giving it a unique 15-digit code.

If a dog is lost or gets stolen and is picked up by a council or a dog shelter, the microchip can be scanned and matched to contact details stored on a database.

Charities such as the Dogs Trust, some local authorities and some vets will microchip dogs without charging.

Simon Blackburn, of the Local Government Association, said microchipping will tackle “reckless” ownership and help save councils “vast sums” of taxpayers’ cash looking after strays.

It will make it easier and quicker to return dogs to their owners and save them fees for unplanned stays in kennels, he added.

Countries such as Northern Ireland that already have compulsory microchipping have seen a decrease in the number of stray, lost and abandoned dogs, the Department for Environment,

Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said.

The new law will not replace current requirements for dogs to wear a collar and tag with their owner’s name and address when in a public place, Defra stressed.

Animal welfare minister George Eustice said: “We are a nation of dog lovers and we want to make sure they stay safe.

“Microchipping our dogs will not only reunite people with their lost or stolen pets, but also help to tackle the growing problem of strays roaming the streets and relieve the burden placed on animal charities and local authorities.”

However, figures from the Dogs Trust indicate the number of stray dogs in the UK has been in decline since 2011.

An estimated 102,363 stray dogs were handled by local authorities in the year from April 2014, compared with 126,000 in 2011-12, it said.

Hundreds of dogs were taken to be microchipped in Stornoway on Tuesday.

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Smithsonian exhibit to include allegations against Cosby THE National Museum of African American History and Culture wants to make it clear that its inclusion of Bill Cosby in an exhibit is not a celebration of the star.

The museum, which is a part of of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, is set to open in September. It has faced criticism over the news that it would be including artifacts from Cosby’s career in a “Taking the Stage” exhibition.

More than 40 women have accused TV legend Cosby, 78, of sexually assaulting them over four decades. Cosby has denied the accusations, and a statute of limitations prevents prosecution

in most of the cases.

Lonnie Bunch, director of the museum, said in a statement, “There have been many misconceptions and mistaken notions about the presence of Bill Cosby within the National Museum of African American History and Culture’s exhibition, ‘Taking the Stage,’ that explores the history of African American participation in film, theatre and television.

“This is not an exhibition that ‘honours or celebrates’ Bill Cosby but one that acknowledges his role, among many others, in American entertainment,” the statement said. “Some people feel

that the Smithsonian should eliminate all mention of Bill Cosby as a result of recent revelations.”

The museum respectfully disagrees, Bunch wrote.

“For too long, aspects of African American history have been erased and undervalued, creating an incomplete interpretation of the American past,” he said. “This museum seeks to tell, in the words of the eminent historian John Hope Franklin, ‘the unvarnished truth’ that will help our visitors to remember and better understand what has often been erased and forgotten.”

More than 40 women have accused TV legend Billy Cosby, 78, of sexually assaulting them over four decades.

Seven Stars Staff Awarded for Excellence At Seven Stars Resort, we pride ourselves on the positive influence employee awards have on the resort and through honoring the actions, behaviors, approaches and accomplishments of our employees, the resort is able to better inspire and strengthen the vision of the property.

The Monthly and Annual Ambassador Awards serve as a tribute to individuals who have demonstrated high standards in the hospitality field. Our employees overall performance is assessed using Trip Advisor reviews, annual attendance and punctuality, and guest comments along with daily approach and work ethic.

Forty of Seven Stars Resort’s top Ambassadors recently celebrated at the Annual “Best of the Best Party,” held on an evening cruise on the Southern Cross Luxury Yacht. A special award ceremony took place on the water where award winners representing the resort at the TCHTA 8th Annual Star Awards were announced.

Seven Stars Resort winners for each category include the following: • Beatrice Tellus, Employee of the Year • Edwin Gallardo, Executive Chef, Chef of the Year • Dasantha Perera, Room Attendant, Housekeeper of the Year • Jean Occilien, Landscaping Supervisor, Supervisor of the Year • Alisa Folkes, Human Resources Assistant, Shining Star Award • Ananda Kusumsiri, Director of Housekeeping, Manager of the Year • Tracy Kemp, Facilities Administrator, Heart of Hospitality Award • Nicolo Fiammarelli, Mixologist, Bartender of the Year • Merlin Bowe, Breakfast Server, Ambassador Award Additionally, Beatrice Tellus was provided with an all-expenses paid trip to South Beach in Miami Beach, Florida for securing the resort’s Employee of the Year Award.

Of the aforementioned group of winners, Beatrice, Edwin and Dasantha secured victories in their overall categories at the TCHTA 8th Annual Star Awards.

We congratulate all on your award wins and wish you continued success!

Would you like to join this winning team?

Our vision is to be one of the top resorts in the world, consistently providing excellent

service as one team exceeding our guest’s expectations. We were delighted recently to be ranked by Travel and Leisure as one the world’s top 20 Beach Hotels.

The resort has the following positions available. These positions set the tone for the guest experience and establish a welcoming environment that reflects the true sense of service that is expected on our property.

• Concierge Manager • Concierge Agent • Guest Service Agent • Pool and Beach Manager • Bellman • Hostess • Back Servers • Seven Chef de Partie • Pastry Chef de Partie • Breakfast Chef de Partie • Sand Dollar chef de Partie • Canteen Comi Chef • Stewards If you have an upbeat, outgoing personality and a passion for serving, then you are encouraged to apply. All candidates must be fluent in English and available to work a rotating and flexible schedule. These are people oriented positions available today and interested candidates must have a demonstrated interest in customer service. Previous luxury resort experience is desirable. A clean police record and professional references are required. Please send your CV to Melanie Smith at hr@sevenstarsgracebay.com or leave your CV at the Seven Stars Resort Security Gatehouse for the attention of the HR Department.

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Judge tosses out Kesha’s lawsuit against Dr. Luke TIME and a Manhattan judge weren’t on Kesha’s side.

State Supreme Court Justice Shirley Werner Kornreich on Wednesday threw out the “Tik Tok” singer’s civil suit against hitmaker Dr. Luke, finding — in part — that her sexual abuse claims are too old.

The 29-year-old, whose full name is Kesha Rose Sebert, claims Dr. Luke drugged her with a pill that made her black out and raped her shortly after her 18th birthday in California.

He also allegedly forced himself on her while she was “intoxicated” on a plane in 2008, and kept her under his control with a steady stream of abuse, including while they were doing business in New York.

Kesha said she kept silent about the alleged ongoing abuse for years because “Dr. Luke threatened to destroy her career and family if she told anyone,” court papers say.

She only gathered the strength to speak up for herself after she went to rehab in 2014, court papers say.

Her Manhattan Supreme Court suit charged the producer, whose real name is Lukasz Gottwald, had subjected her to gender-based hate crimes with the “continuous” abuse.

Kornreich, who denied Kesha’s bid to get out of her Sony contract binding her to Dr. Luke earlier this year, wasn’t sympathetic.

Once given away, the chair which author JK Rowling sat on while writing the first two Harry Potter books was sold for over $400,000.

‘Harry Potter’ chair sold for almost $400,000 at auction Kesha originally sued Dr. Luke in Los Angeles in October 2014 seeking to void her contract with claims of gender violence, civil harassment and unfair business practices.

“Every rape is not a gendermotivated hate crime,” she wrote.

“Although Gottwald’s alleged actions were directed to Kesha, who is female, (her claims) do not allege that Gottwald harbored animus toward women or was motivated by gender animus when he allegedly behaved violently toward Kesha.”

The judge dismissed Kesha’s claim of intentional infliction of emotional distress based on the statute of limitations with respect

to the alleged assaults in 2005 and 2008.

And Kornreich, in bluntly cold language, implied the insults allegedly hurled at Kesha over the years weren’t severe enough for the court to act on them.

“Her claims of insults about her value as an artist, her looks and her weight are insufficient to constitute extreme, outrageous conduct intolerable in civilized society,” she wrote.

Computer paints ‘new Rembrandt’ after old works analysis A TEAM of technologists working with Microsoft and others have produced a 3D-printed painting in the style of Dutch master Rembrandt.

The portrait was created after existing works by the artist were analysed by a computer.

A new work was then designed to look as much like a Rembrandt as possible - while remaining an original portrait.

It was then 3D-printed to give it the same texture as an oil painting.

“We really wanted to understand what makes a face look like a Rembrandt,” Emmanuel Flores, director of technology for the project, told the BBC. After they had been digitally tagged by humans, data on Rembrandt’s paintings was gathered by computers which discovered patterns in how the Dutch master would, for example, characteristically shape a subject’s eyes in his portraits.

Then, machine-learning algorithms were developed which could output a new portrait mirroring Rembrandt’s style.

To limit the many possible results

A CHAIR that author JK Rowling sat on while writing the first two Harry Potter books has sold at a New York auction for nearly $400,000 (£283,000).

The 1930s piece was one of four mismatched chairs that the British author picked up for free in Edinburgh, Scotland, before she rose to fame.

Ms Rowling originally auctioned the chair to benefit her charity in 2002.

She hand-painted the chair, which auctioneer James Gannon said made the piece so valuable.

It features the phrases: “O, you may not find me pretty but don’t judge on what you see” and “I wrote Harry Potter while sitting on this chair”.

A letter from Ms Rowling was included with the sale.

The letter reads: “I was given four mismatched dining room chairs in 1995 and this was the comfiest one, which is why it ended up stationed permanently in front of my typewriter, supporting me while I typed out Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

My nostalgic side is quite sad to see it go, but my back isn’t.”

The chair’s new owner has chosen to remain anonymous.

The seller, Gerald Gray, from Salford in Greater Manchester, said the winning bid far exceeded his expectations.

American country music legend Haggard dies

The country music star was battling pneumonia.

The painting was produced by a computer that had analysed existing Rembrandt works.

to a specific type of individual, the computer was asked to produce a portrait of a Caucasian male between the ages of 30 and 40, with facial hair, wearing black clothes with a white collar and a hat, facing to the right.

“We found that with certain variations in the algorithm, for example, the hair might be distributed in different ways,” explained Mr

Flores.

But humans didn’t decide the final look and feel of the final portrait - they simply chose algorithms based on their efficiency and let the computer come up with the finished result.

Finally, a 3D texture for the painting was applied based on the height and depth of paint applied to Rembrandt’s works.

AMERICAN country music legend Merle Haggard has died of pneumonia on his 79th birthday, his manager confirmed.

He is credited with helping to define the “Bakersfield sound”, country music with a distinctive twang and lack of sophisticated production.

Haggard wrote songs, sang and played fiddle and guitar, usually singing about American pride and outlaws.

He was a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame with dozens of

albums and top hits.

The singer, who battled lung cancer in 2008, had recently cancelled April tour dates due to illness and said he hoped to be back on the road in May. Rolling Stone magazine has described him as “the backbone of one of the greatest repertoires an all of American music, plain-spoken songs populated by the kinds of working people Haggard grew up with: farmers, hobos, convicts, widows, musicians and drunks”.

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Theron says it’s difficult for ‘pretty people’ to land good movie roles

Thomas the Tank Engine competes against the new international engines at the Great Railway Show in the film The Great Race.

Thomas the Tank Engine goes global for new film THOMAS the Tank Engine is getting a multicultural makeover with the introduction of trains from around the world.

Engines from India, Russia and China among others are being introduced in a new film The Great Race.

The new engines are due to only feature in the film and won’t be appearing in future TV episodes.

The producer of the film has denied claims the filmmakers had bowed to political correctness.

Ian McCue told the Telegraph: “The intention was to create this big global racing event and make

it feel real. I would hope it will get youngsters asking about foreign countries.”

The Great Race is the eleventh animated feature film for Thomas and the new characters are likely increase interest from international markets.

It is released worldwide from May 2016.

In the Great Race Thomas competes against the new international engines at the Great Railway Show.

The Flying Scotsman represents the UK, while Thomas competes to represent the island of Sodor where he lives. (BBC)

Banks calls for ‘burliest blackest’ men to ‘run a train’ on Palin

Azealia Banks tweeted a trio of hateful tweets slamming Sarah Palin.

RAUNCHY rapper Azealia Banks is denying she called for a savage gang rape of Sarah Palin – but the former Alaska governor has vowed a lawsuit.

“I never said you should be raped,” Banks claimed on her Tumblr page Tuesday.

“I used the term ‘run a train,’ which is slang for group sex, NOT for ‘rape,’ Banks wrote in her half-hearted attempt at damage control. “There are many distinctions between the two.”

The hot-tempered Harlem rapper issued her acid-tongued apology after receiving backlash for a series of highly graphic, hate-mongering messages posted on Twitter early Sunday that targeted the 2008 vice presidential candidate.

Banks, 24, blamed her Twitter tirade on a fake news article she failed to recognise as a joke.

The article falsely claimed Palin suggested black slaves enjoyed bondage.

WELL that’s a new one.

After many actors and actresses have spoken out about Hollywood’s often unrealistic high beauty standards, Charlize Theron is feeling the opposite.

In the upcoming May issue of British GQ, the 5’10” actress said pretty people are the first to get turned down in the casting room.

“How many roles are out there for the gorgeous, f---ing, gown-wearing eight-foot model?” she asked. “When meaty roles come through, I’ve been in the room and pretty people get turned away first.”

Theron isn’t the only actress to be snubbed for being beautiful.

Keira Knightley also almost missed out on a role because of her good looks.

“Joe Wright didn’t want me for Pride and Prejudice because he thought I was too pretty,” she said during an appearance on “The Graham Norton Show” in 2004.

Luckily for her, Wright changed his mind after working with the star on her Chanel commercial.

Actress Jessica Biel said that being named “Sexiest Woman” by Esquire in 2005 made her miss out on work. “[One director told me,] ‘I’m not looking for the sexiest woman; I’m

Charlize Theron said pretty people are the first to get turned down in the casting room.

looking for the girl next door,’” the actress told Elle in 2007.

Other big name actresses like Scarlett Johansson and Megan Fox also spoke out about being “too sexy” to land films.

“It pisses me [off] when people f--king complain that I’m too beautiful to get a part,” Fox said. “That’s bulls**t. You wouldn’t be working if you weren’t attractive.

But Theron added that when a role fits, it fits.

“Jobs with real gravitas go to

people that are physically right for them and that’s the end of the story,” she told GQ. She also discussed aging in the cover story as she turned 40 in August.

She said men age like fine wine, unlike most women.

“We live in a society where women wilt,” she explained. “It feels there’s this unrealistic standard of what a woman is supposed to look like when she’s over 40.”

(NYDailynews)

Shakespeare First Folio discovered on Scottish island A COPY of Shakespeare’s First Folio, one of the most sought-after books in the world, has been discovered in a stately home on a Scottish island.

This copy of the first collected edition of Shakespeare’s plays, published in 1623, was found at Mount Stuart House on the Isle of Bute.

Academics who authenticated the book called it a rare and significant find.

About 230 copies of the First Folio are known to exist. A copy owned by Oxford University sold for £3.5m in 2003.

Emma Smith, professor of Shakespeare studies at Oxford University, said her first reaction on being told the stately home was claiming to have an original First Folio was: “Like hell they have.”

But when she inspected the three-volume book she found it was authentic.

“We’ve found a First Folio that we didn’t know existed,” said Prof Smith.

The goatskin-bound book will now go on public display at the stately home for the first time.

Adam Ellis-Jones, director of the Mount Stuart House Trust, said the

The three volumes of plays are among the most valuable in the world.

identification of this original First Folio was “genuinely astonishing”.

The discovery comes ahead of the 400th anniversary of the playwright’s death.

The First Folio, printed seven years after Shakespeare’s death, brought together 36 plays - 18 of which would otherwise not have been recorded.

Without this publication, there would be no copy of plays such as

Macbeth, Twelfth Night, Julius Caesar, As You Like It and The Tempest.

The book is also the only source of the familiar dome-headed portrait of Shakespeare by Martin Droeshout.

Prof Smith, author of Shakespeare’s First Folio: Four Centuries of an Iconic Book, says it is uncertain how many copies were produced - although some put the figure at about 750.

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Launch of Micro Small and Medium Enterprise Programme on 1 April Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands Next month sees the commencement of the Government’s Micro Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) programme which will be managed by Invest Turks and Caicos with support from the Centre for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) and Ministry of Finance.

The creation of the programme is an acknowledgement of the importance the Government places on small businesses. The Hon. Washington Missick, Minister of Finance, Investment and Trade, stated ‘The SME sector is the lifeblood of any economy. In Turks and Caicos it accounts for 90% of all established businesses; contributes to around half of our GDP; and employs around 40% of the Islands’ workforce. It is extremely important that we recognise and support these operations and create the business climate which facilitates growth, and encourages budding entrepreneurs to set up their own businesses.’

John Rutherford, Chief Executive of Invest Turks and Caicos, added ‘The successful running of this programme is a key objective for the Agency and we look forward to supporting the growth of the small business sector. We and our partners will be conducting a programme of town hall meetings throughout the islands, as well as promoting the programme through print, voice and social media. Government is keen that priority be given to those companies and individuals that have new, innovative ideas, matched by a strong business plan, and I would encourage all islander-owned businesses to attend a meeting to learn more about what type of business qualifies for these benefits, and how the process will work.’

The MSME Ordinance makes provision for the Government to provide Concession Orders to qualifying businesses which operate in identified priority business sectors* The Concession Orders will permit the company or start-up to specific benefits or reliefs depending on the size of the business.

Application forms for Concession Orders will be available from Invest Turks and Caicos offices at Courtyard Plaza, Providenciales, as well as at designated locations throughout the islands from 1 April. Processing of Concession Orders will commence in early May.

Qualifying business sectors are: • Agriculture subsectors of a) market gardening, b) hydroponics, c) farm mechanisation, d) livestock and dairy development, e) agro-business and f)apiculture (beekeeping); • Fisheries sub-sectors of a) fish farming, b) fish processing; c) farm mechanisation • Manufacturing, processing and commercial cleaning services; • Tourism sub-sectors of: a) bed and breakfast, b) vacation rentals, and c) tourism attractions.

• Physical infrastructure considered essential to the areas listed under the Agriculture and Fisheries priority areas; • Technology and Innovation; • Arts and Music.

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DIRECTOR OF PORTS

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NEW HOPE WESLEYAN CHURCH Is looking for a

Reporting Officer: Minister/Board of Directors Salary Grade: 8

OVERVIEW

The Ports Authority of the Turks and Caicos Islands is a self-supporting public statutory body established in 2008 for the management of maritime affairs.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Director of Ports will provide leadership and direction to enable the Port to achieve sustained growth. The position will be responsible for developing and executing the strategic plan for revenue, profitability, and growth of the Port. He/she will oversee Port operations to ensure efficiency, quality, service, and cost-effective management of resources and personnel.

Specific tasks, in no particular order, encompass: • Developing, executing, and updating a multi-year strategic plan to increase revenue, profitability, and organizational growth • Ascertaining new business opportunities outside the Port’s existing geographic and vertical markets • Initiating and closing new business deals by developing and negotiating contracts and integrating contract requirements with business operations • Building, developing, and managing a corporate and operational senior leadership team capable of executing desired business strategies; maintain a management personnel succession plan for all operations • Building and maintaining strong relationships with current tenants/ users and potential future tenants/users; including operators of businesses on Port property • Building and maintaining strong relationships with the Port’s represented employees including general service and maritime employees • Establishing and maintaining stakeholder relationships; serving as the Port’s liaison for other key relationships with stakeholder groups locally and internationally • Working with international bodies • Collaborating simultaneously with a wide variety of business/ economic sectors • Identifying internal organic growth opportunities and ensuring that existing assets are being optimally utilized • Support financial and operational objectives • Promoting the Authority through local, regional, national, and international entities • Reducing environmental impacts on protected species or habitat • Reviewing (for approval) operating summaries and detailed reports (as required) for presentation to the Board of Directors • Supporting operating initiatives for improvements in safety, quality, cost, and employee relations • Evaluating performance of managers for compliance with established policies and objectives of the Ports Authority and contributions in attaining objectives • Leading and directing the processes that monitor, measure, evaluate, and report on performance • Monitoring and reporting on industry trends; leveraging industry best practices and applying these to internal systems and processes

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

The minimum qualifications required for this position include a Master’s degree from a recognized institution of higher learning plus a minimum of 10 years of senior management experience.

Previous management experience should be in business organizations or public agencies involved in Property Development (commercial, public, and retail), marketing, and/or the Port/Maritime industry.

He/she must have proven experience in dealing with public sector processes. Candidate should have depth of understanding and experience in working with government and administrative processes.

This unique individual must be able to quickly garner confidence, respect, and trust with all internal and external stakeholders. There

should be evidence of leadership skills along with the ability to mentor and develop organizational skills.

The successful candidate should be a creative and innovative thinker regarding new projects and new roles of the Port, but seeking counsel as necessary. He/she should have highly developed and sophisticated negotiating expertise.

PASTOR

CONTACT: 332-4688

11340

The Ports Authority of the Turks and Caicos Islands is seeking an outstanding professional for the role of Director of Ports.

REQUIRED ATTRIBUTES

Candidates considered for the Director of Ports role should possess a strong combination of the following attributes: • Change agent experience to move the organization to a highperformance organization.

• A passion for port real estate and land development.

• Strong acumen for developing a strategic plan.

• A bias for action/sense of urgency and outside-the-box thinker.

• Experience interfacing with government entities and working with multiple clients.

• Proven ability to resolve complex problems positively and professionally.

• Highly developed business, governmental, and relationship development acumen and leadership.

• Experience in mentoring and developing staff.

• Board presence and the ability to proactively communicate with fellow Board members.

• High awareness, sensitivity, and empathetic disposition as it relates to staff, culture, and community.

• A demonstrated track record of unquestioned integrity and ethics.

• Proven experience in driving and growing a business.

• Demonstrated ability to form, lead, and develop high-performing and accountable teams.

• A strong work ethic, energetic, and highly engaged.

• A broad understanding of the transportation service/maritime industry.

• Strong organizational skills in order to balance a large group of diverse projects simultaneously for a large multi-user base.

• Stellar interpersonal, communication (written and verbal), and presentation skills.

• Strong analytical skills with a solid understanding of finance and economic issues.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

1. Fluent English 2. Willingness and ability to travel by air, land and sea.

3. Qualified Belongers, either living in the TCI or abroad, are encouraged to apply.

4. Willingness to work outside normal office hours as needed from time to time Salary and Allowances: Salary is $105,900 annum.

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

Applications should be addressed to: Chairman, Ports Authority of the Turks and Caicos Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands and can be delivered to the Turks and Caicos Islands Ports Authority, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands or emailed to: boardsecretary@ports.tc by the deadline date. The subject line in the email should read “Director of Ports”. Envelopes should have the subject “Director of Ports” clearly marked on the front.

Deadline: April 22, 2016 We thank all applicants for their interest. However, only persons selected for an interview will be contacted.

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CAREGIVER/ DOMESTIC WORKER Days worked: 5-1/2 days per week. Salary: $6.25/per hour.

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DISHWASHER $6.50 per hour. 6 days per week.

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Reporting to: Vice President - Marketing and Promotion Location: Invest TCI offices - Providenciales JOB SUMMARY:

The Market Support Officer will be responsible for a number of functions to ensure the marketing and operational elements of Invest Turks and Caicos function effectively.

The role will support the Vice President Marketing by conducting market research to provide relevant information to prospective investors and will ensure that the website is actively managed to remain current, accurate and comprehensive. The office holder will receive all inquiries at the website and either respond directly or send the request to the appropriate officer and ensure prompt follow up.

The Market Support Officer will also carry out research and prepare internal and external materials, including value propositions, which provide relevant information to attract investors to the country.

Another key role will be to support the Vice President Small and Medium Enterprise in the operation of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) Programme, to be operated by Invest Turks and Caicos. This role will include data and records collection and liaison and follow up with partner organisations.

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. To contribute to the development of the Invest TCI website and other social media outlets and ensure they are populated, maintained and continually refreshed.

2. To track and present quarterly website statistics and consumer data.

3. To support the development of a range of marketing materials in print, CD etc including business guides, investment guides, investor prospectuses and ensure they are well delivered through to the market.

4. To distribute generic promotional material on TCI, using all appropriate channels.

5. To collaborate with the TCI Statistics department and other entities to ensure that the Agency has a full range of statistical data and reports on the website that can be utilized by investors in their decision making process.

6. To troll the internet to identify websites that carries TCI data and ensure that this data is up to date and accurate.

7. To maintain an up to date portfolio of media clip boards, literature and pictures of all current, past and future marketing paraphernalia 8. To liaise with inter-governmental groups to ensure the accuracy of marketing messages, materials and Investment incentive messages.

9. To conduct research, as required, to assist the Investment Managers to identify potential investors from TCI’s target sectors for investment opportunities.

10. To support the Vice President SME in the effective running of the MSME programme through the collection of data and maintenance of records, and other support as and when necessary.

11. To contribute to the Strategic Plan and Budget annually.

12. Any other relevant activities or duties as required by

the CEO

PERSONAL SPECIFICATIONS

Education and qualifications: Essential: Graduate degree in a relevant discipline such as marketing, IT, economics, business or a related field.

Experience and Knowledge:

ESSENTIAL:

• Experience in using social media to market products and activities.

• Significant experience in researching and writing various documents, including reports and pamphlets • Financial management experience

DESIRED:

• Experience in web development and maintenance and in using web tools such as SEO. • Experience in destination and/or investment marketing.

• Experience of using social media programmes such as LinkedIn and Twitter.

SKILLS:

1. Commercial awareness.

2. Creativity.

3. Writing and presentational skills.

4. Attention to detail.

5. Communication and interpersonal skills.

6. Use of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook Personal Qualities: 1. Open and engaging demeanor.

2. A multi-tasker.

3. Ability to generate and share ideas.

4. Hands-on approach.

5. Willingness to take personal responsibility.

6. Able to win trust and personal credibility.

7. Persistence and personal resilience.

8. Attention to detail.

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

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

1. Fluent English 2. Willingness and ability to travel by air and sea.

3. Driver’s license

SALARY AND ALLOWANCES:

1. Negotiable in a range of $43,060 to $52,470 based on qualifications and experience, plus appropriate allowances.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

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

Applications should be addressed to Invest Turks and Caicos Agency, Unit 2D Courtyard Plaza, Leeward Highway, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands. They can be delivered in person prior to the deadline date or emailed to investturksandcaicos@gmail.com. The subject line in the email should read “Market Support Officer”.

Envelopes should have the subject “Market Support Officer” clearly marked on the front.

All applications must be received by 12 noon on Monday, 18 April 2016. We thank all applicants for their interest. However, only persons selected for an interview will be contacted.

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An exciting opportunity awaits you in the Turks & Caicos Tourist Board in the post of Marketing Executive. This position is based in London, England, U.K. and the successful candidate will support the promotion and positioning of the Turks and Caicos Islands as a preferred tourist destination in Europe and the United Kingdom through the provision of marketing, advertising, promotions and public relations services in the European Market.

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REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management, Marketing, or Tourism Management/Development, with at least 5 years relevant work experience.

• Sound knowledge of local tourism products and services.

• Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills.

• Excellent time management, organization and scheduling skills.

• Ability to work effectively with all internal and external stakeholders.

• Ability to work with minimal supervision.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• The job is performed in an office environment for part of the time and other times the job holder will be required to be out in the field.

• The job holder will be expected to travel to locations for marketing/promotional activities and may need to stand for a long period of time.

SALARY:

Salary for this position is commensurate with qualifications and experience.

For consideration please submit the following documents to chairman@turksandcaicostourism. com or submit to The Chairman, Turks and Caicos Tourist Board, Stubbs Diamond Plaza, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands: • Cover Letter • Current Resume • Two (2) reference letters • Current Police Record • Resident Status

Only persons shortlisted for an interview will be contacted in this regard.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: April 15th 20 11293

Is looking for a

ISLAND DRILLING LTD. Is looking to fill the following positions:

per week salary $6.25 per hour.

CONTACT: 341-2178

SURVEYOR $22.00 per hour

EARTHWORKS FOREMAN $17.00 per hour

GRADING OPERATOR $12.00 per hour Email: islanddrillingltd@gmail.com

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LABOURER To work 6 days

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• Prepare and submit the annual marketing plan and budget for the UK/ European market.

• Prepare and submit monthly activity reports to demonstrate the implementation, completion and effectiveness of marketing activities.

• Act as primary signatory on Tourist Board’s bank account and prepare/submit monthly expense reports.

• Plan for, organize and evaluate consumer and trade shows, tourism conferences and other major tourism events in which the Tourist Board participates in the U.K. and Europe.

• Schedule and organize familiarization and press trips to the TCI. • Oversee destination training for tour operators, reservations staff and travel agents.

• Coordinate and conduct sales calls.

• Develop and maintain relationships with major UK and European tour operators, airlines, travel agents, media representatives and trade publications.

• Source advertising and brand marketing opportunities for the destination with a variety of media and participate in the negotiations with said media houses.

• Write promotional pieces, proof copy and approve final content for features, supplements and promotional pieces published on the destination in trade and consumer publications.

• Work with digital and print media to design layout options for specific promotions undertaken by the Board.

• Develop and pursue co-operative marketing campaigns undertaken by the Board and the private sector • Respond to general inquiries from the public, trade and media regarding the destination.

• Review and ensure updating of TCI’s marketing collateral, website content and the materials used for the TCI Expert Travel Agent program with respect to the U.K. and Europe.

• Gather market intelligence to inform the U.K./European component of the Tourist Board’s marketing plan and share the trends and developments in those marketplaces with key stakeholders.

• Collect new and updated destination product information to share with the trade and consumers.

• Maintain the relevant contact databases of industry partners and consumers who submit inquiries.

• Manage the destinations Public Relations Functions in the UK and Europe including that of its Italian Reps.

• Interface with relevant government ministries/departments, the tourism private sector and other entities as necessary.

• Provide general supervision of the Board’s Marketing Officer.

• Liaise with marketing staff in all TCI’s offices to share information on a consistent basis and to create synergies and opportunities for inter-office collaboration • Provide strategic advice to the Senior Marketing Executives and Director to maximize the awareness of the destination to the target demographic.

• Comply with the policies, procedures and guidelines of the Turks and Caicos Tourist Board.

• Any other duties as assigned.

that I ORACE ANTHONY FERGUSON BUTTERFIELD is no longer responsible for DIANNE WOOLCOCK

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POSITION AVAILABLE

AUDIO/VIDEO EDITOR

MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB:

Responsible for Preparing programs for television, advertisements, titles and graphics

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

• Responsible for creative materials liaising with the creative team, graphic designer and the Marketing Director to ensure smooth and efficient delivery.

• Responsible for accuracy and consistency of written, visual and web materials.

• Work with various offices to produce production schedules for creative proofs and liaise with international offices.

EXPERIENCE, QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS:

• Certificate or Diploma related to video editing • Eight or more years experience in Television Broadcasting (must possess relevant certification) with good production/trafficking skills and be able to work in a fast paced environment.

• Skilful operator of Audio/Video Editing Systems working on both online and offline materials as well as on special communication projects • Knowledge of TV, Camera, and Lighting for Quality Control, Animations • Production experience, good interpersonal skills and creative ability, good storytelling skills, a methodical mind, and ability to communicate well.

• Ability to meet deadlines and have strong organizational skills as well as an eye for detail.

• Management skills would be an asset.

• Required to work evenings, weekends and holidays Salary commensurate with experience.

Send Resumes to kay@acltci.tc or P.O. Box 230 Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands. No telephone calls please.

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WARD’S CONSULTANCY

VIA VENETO, PORT OF CALL

Acting on behalf of our clients is looking to fill the following positions:

Is looking for a

Is looking for a

Is looking for a

Salary commensurate with the qualifications and experience

belonger only need to apply

To work 6 days per week salary $150.00 per week

per week salary $6.25 per hour

per week salary $6.25 per hour

CONTACT: CONTACT: CONTACT: CONTACT: 941-2372 346-3659 244-1260 244-4398 11321

NOTICE OF SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION Scotiabank (Turks & Caicos) Ltd. of Cherokee Road, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands hereby gives notice of its intention to sell by Public Auction the following properties pursuant to its power of sale as registered Chargee under the Registered Land Ordinance of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

1. Parcel 60715/102 Cheshire Hall & Richmond Hill, Providenciales. Single storey with three bedrooms, one bathroom, living/dining room and kitchen on 0.54 acre.

Registered Proprietor: Livingston Williams 2. Parcel 60503/145 Blue Hills and Stamers Run, Providenciales. Single storey with two bedrooms, two bathrooms, kitchen, living/dining area and storage area with an unfinished attached two storey with 2-two bedroom apartments on 0.38 acre.

Registered Proprietor: Sharon Elizabeth Rigby The auction will be held at the office of Scotiabank (Turks and Caicos) Limited, Grace Bay Branch, Providenciales at 10 o’clock in the morning on Friday the 8th day of April 2016.

A reserved price will be fixed on all parcels and a deposit of 10% is due immediately upon all accepted bids.

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A GROWING LAW PRACTISE Requires the services of a

BARRISTER

Who has been called to the Bar of England and Wales and who has also been called to two or more Bars in the Caribbean including the Turks and Caicos Bar. The successful candidate must possess over 30 years experience in legal practice and be an appointed Queen’s Council with experience as a Judge and an Arbitrator. Duties include providing legal council and assisting with the operations and proceedings of various types of Litigation matters. We welcome applications from any Belonger who may have the foregoing qualifications and experience.

All applications must be submitted with copies of degrees and certificates on or before April 4, 2016 to info@karammissick.com.

Please DO NOT call and no unscheduled visits. Feel free to send a copy of your application to the Labour Department

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DESEREE MCINTOSH SEEKS

1 DOMESTIC WORKER

Deadline for applications is March 31, 2016.

Interested persons should send applications via fax at (649) 941-8472 Only applicants selected will be contacted.

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Main duties will be domestic duties. Must be able to speak English, Salary starts at $6.50 per hour Will have to work 6 days a week.

JERINA CHUI Is looking for a

DOMESTIC WORKER

To work 6 days per week Must be flexible and able to work evenings, Sundays and public holidays when needed.

Salary: $6.25 per hour

HAIRTASTIC is looking for a

LABOURER To work 6 days per week salary $6.50 per hour.

CONTACT: 232-8896

CONTACT: 344-1778

AL’S HAULING & EQUIPMENT LTD.

G & G CONSTRUCTION

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Is looking for a

HEAVY DUTY MECHANIC Must possess certificates in Caterpillar, Cummins, Komatsu and Perkins diesel engines also be able to diagnose electronic, ECM Control Systems Salary $10.00 per hour

CERTIFIED WELDER & BODY REPAIRMAN Must have experience in restoring heavy equipment and mig/ tig welding etc.

Must be willing to work on weekends Salary $12.00 per hour Only Belongers need apply

Is looking for a

TILE LAYER To work 5 days

per week salary $8.00 per hour.

Contact: 941-4015 or Email: alshauling@yahoo.com

CONTACT: 241-2952

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CONTACT: 345-7212

WINKEY’S CATERING

ASSISTANT MANAGER DOMESTIC PERSON LABOURER WORKER SALES To work 6 days To work 6 days

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Salary $6.00/$7.00/$14.00 per hour

SAVE – MORE

Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands

VILLA DEL MAR, PJ’S BARBER SHOP, COYABA RESTAURANT, YOSHI SUSHI RESTAURANT, SECURITY MANAGEMENT SERVICES, HILLVIEW BOUTIQUE, PAULA JENNINGS WARD

HOUSEKEEPER SUSHI CHEFS COSMETOLOGIST SECURITY OFFICER DOMESTIC WORKER SALES CLERK KITCHEN HELPER

SAURICIO MILLS

JOB FAIR MARGARITAVILLE is in search of highly motivated individuals with great customer service skills and a strong desire to be a part of a team.

TUESDAY

SENIOR STEWARD STORE CLERK BARBACKS WAITERS/SERVERS

MAY 10th 2016 10:00AM – 2:00PM MARGARITAVILLE RESTAURANT Positions Available

KITCHEN HELPERS BUSSERS RUNNERS STILT WALKER/MASCOT

Please have your resumes and one passport sized picture Belongers will need to provide original documents showing proof of belongership.

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MATIS EVANS

CASHIER LABOURER $6.25 per hour DOMESTIC WORKER $6.25 per hour CARETAKER $6.25 per hour MASON/ CARPENTER $8-$10 per hour

LABOURER LABOURER TILE LAYER PAINTER To work 5 days To work 6 days

CONSTRUCTION

TRIPLE S CONSTRUCTION

CALASCO

COWDREY LIGHTBOURNE, WORLD OF GIRLS, ROAD SIDE QUALITY TRADING, ST. JULUS & SYLPHISE JOSEPH JASMIN, DANIEL ST. FLEUR, LUCKNERT PIERRE, BREEZE CONSTRUCTION, ERB CONSTRUCTION, GOLD STAR NAIL CENTER

CONTACT: 333-1210

to work 5 days per week salary $7.00 per hour.

CONTACT:

To work 6 days per week salary $6.50 per hour.

CONTACT: 345-0087

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CONTACT: DARLING86@HOTMAIL.COM

per week salary $6.25 per hour.

Is looking for a

Is looking for a

Is looking for a

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$6.25 per hour

per week salary $6.25 per hour.

CONTACT: 231-1489

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Is looking for a

LIME STONE

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Executive Chef /Chef de Cuisine

Mixologist Required

EDUCATION AND TRAINING:

SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

The Executive Chef/Chef de Cuisine should be capable in all capacities including: • Work in a high pressure environment with calm, effective leadership • Planning and execution of special events.

• Precise knife skills • Responsible for the preparation and execution of all desserts.

• Produce all breakfast, lunch and dinner items with expert precision.

• Cook entire menu on the line during service, including meats to temperature specifications.

• Execute a proper sanitation procedure to insure that high quality food is served that accurately

REPRESENTS THE CAFÉ.

• Prepare and execute specials based on the Café’s Tex-Mex cuisine.

• Be versed in a large variety of cooking techniques to include: braising, sautéing, frying, steaming, poaching, and sauce making.

• Receive food orders from various vendors, checking for quality and pricing.

• Be able to stand on ones feet for 10 hours and be comfortable lifting 50 pounds without physical restrictions.

• Be available to work holidays and weekends with a flexible schedule.

LEADERSHIP AND MANAGERIAL REQUIREMENTS:

• • • • •

Responsible for training of kitchen staff to encourage growth in a positive environment.

Be sensitive to the needs of staff members and maintain a professional demeanor Responsible for the ordering of food through a variety of vendors Responsible for weekly and monthly inventory of items and the calculation food costs Maintain a positive environment in the kitchen to encourage growth and diversity within the workplace

The Executive Chef/ Chef de Cuisine should be a natural leader who is seeking to assist others in improving their cooking ability, and also to develop strong people skills.

An ambitious person who is a comfortable communicator with a confident skill set, the Executive Chef/Chef de Cuisine needs to be a self starter that can lead the kitchen.

The right candidate should be able to open the kitchen in the morning, or be the last to leave the kitchen at night. Prioritizing and executing prep items based on the restaurants needs. He or She will assure that foods are properly labeled with the date and prep item name and consistently rotated, and stored for future use. He/She will oversee the daily cleaning duties to ensure and maintain a clean safe environment for all employees to work in.

Pay Commensurate with Experience. Belongers given preference Submit resume, certifications and current police record in person or email to: CHEFAMY@SOMEWHERECAFEANDLOUNGE.COM

We requires an extremely confident Mixologist to join our fun, happy and hard working team. Must have lots of years experience in the field, be capable of designing cocktails and menus. Prepare costings and budgets. Experienced at purchasing and Inventory Control is a must. Working 6 days per week. Must have excellent customer focus and service is a number one priority. Extremely reliable and trustworthy.

Please apply with professional references and qualifications.

Qualified Pastry Chef

• Must have a lot of years experience in the field.

• Prove Extensive experience in creating high end desserts in an extremely busy environment • Have the ability to work under pressure to meet high customer service expectations • Manage inventory and manage purchasing. Manage all food costing.

• Lead staff and show direction and mentor others • Being able to create speciality cakes with unique designs • Must work 6 days per week • Salary commensurate with experience

Junior Pastry Chef

• • • • • • • •

Must have desire to make it as a Pastry Chef Be innovative in your work Preferably have experience in dessert making Willing to be part of a busy hard working team.

Be able to work 6 days per week Can work on own initiative and be part of a team Have a customer focused mentality Love what you do

• • • • •

Applications are invited for a FOH super enhanced wait staff.

Have a customer focused mentality Ability to upsell and manage multiple tables Be able to meet and greet and become the first point of contact for guests Have a very pleasant and very smart appearance with the ability to multi task in a busy environment.

Have extensive EPOS experience Be able to make decisions under pressure.

Be extremely reliable and trustworthy.

Must be able to work 6 days per week

• • • •

FOH Super Server

Mothers Helper Assistant A person is required to provide assistance to a professional working mother. This role could include childcare at certain times of the day.

Please contact ar@griffithsandpartners.com with Resume and references.

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• Post secondary degree in Culinary Arts or 8 + years industry equivalent experience.

• Computer literate, functional on Excel, Ms-Word and Quickbooks and Micros.

• Fluent in English both written and oral with a fundamental understanding of French and Spanish • First Aid Training

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SALLY RESTAURANT & CAFÉ

SANDRA WALKIN

CASHIER KITCHEN HELPER BARMAID DOMESTIC WORKER WAITRESS BARTENDER COOK Salary $6.50 per hour

DOMESTIC WORKER/ CARETAKER

CONTACT:

VACANCIES

Cowdrey Lightbourne, World of Girls, Road Side Quality Trading, St. Julus & Sylphise Joseph Jasmin, Daniel St. Fleur, Lucknert Pierre, Breeze Construction, ERB Construction, Gold Star Nail Center, House of Miracle, Williams Construction

PASTOR COSMETOLOGIST $6.25 per hour CASHIER $6.25 per hour LABOURER $6.25 per hour DOMESTIC WORKER $6.25 per hour CARETAKER $6.25 per hour

MASON/CARPENTER $8-$10 per hour

Must be willing to work 6 days per week salary $6.25 per hour

CONTACT: 232-8896

DOMESTIC WORKER Salary $300 per week

CONTACT: 231-0309

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NOTICE OF APPLICATION TAKE NOTICE that an application has been received under section 80 (b) of the Registered Land Ordinance (Satisfaction of Charges) from RAYMOND EDWARD CARBERRY and ELIZABETH GRACE CARBERRY, c/o Hugh G. O’Neill & Co., Attorneys-at-law, P.O. Box 267, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands the registered proprietors of the property stated below.

BLOCK: PARCE: SECTION: ISLAND:

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11325

344-2261OR 342-4583

PIERRIK MARZIOU Is looking for a

Is looking for the following:

Is looking to fill the following positions:

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April 9 - 15, 2016

607002 212 CHESHIRE HALL AND RICHMOND HILLS PROVIDENCIALES

DUTIES INCLUDE:

Cooking breakfast, lunch and dinner on the hotline in a high pressure, fast paced kitchen.

Must be able to cook on sauté, grill, fry, pantry and pass. Must possess three years of previous experience working in an ala carte professional kitchen on the hot line. Must be able to demonstrate the ability to work under pressure and multi-task. Good knife skills and a good attitude required. Must be able to read and write fluently in English. Must be willing to stand on one’s feet for 8 hours a day, lift 25 pounds, work holidays, days, nights and weekends. A three day paid try out is required. Pay commensurate with experience.

Prep Cook Needed DUTIES INCLUDE:

Prepping all food items for the restaurant’s static menu.

One Year of experience working in a food preparation position in a professional kitchen.

Must possess strong knife skills. Must be able to read and write fluently in English.

Must be willing to stand on one’s feet for 8 hours a day, lift 25 pounds, work holidays, days, nights and weekends. A three day paid try out is required. Pay commensurate with experience.

Dishwasher/Laborer Needed

The application is for the Registrar of lands to cancel the Collateral Charge endorsed at Entry No. 5 in the encumbrance section of Land Register for the above mentioned parcel in favour of LONGVIEW HOLDINGS LTD. On the basis that the Charge has been satisfied.

The Registrar of Lands will proceed to cancel the Charge within fourteen (14) days of the date of this notice provided she receives no satisfactory proof that the charge has not been satisfied.

Dated this 4th day of April 2016

Line Cook Needed

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DUTIES INCLUDE:

washing dishes, general cleaning, upkeep of restrooms and general duties.

No previous experience necessary, but you must have an honest desire to work hard.

Must be willing to stand on one’s feet for 8 hours a day, lift 50 pounds, work holidays, days, nights and weekends. A three day paid try out is required. Pay commensurate with experience.

BELONGERS ONLY NEED APPLY Submit resume, status and current police record in person at Somewhere Cafe and Lounge at Coral Gardens Resort or email to: CHEFAMY@SOMEWHERECAFEANDLOUNGE.COM 11326

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Science & Technology

Cure for HIV possible as scientists snip virus from cells A cure for HIV and AIDS may be on the horizon after scientists proved they can snip away the virus from infected cells and prevent the disease ever returning.

The HIV virus attacks and kills immune cells leaving patients highly vulnerable to other infections.

But scientists in the US have shown it is possible to use state-of-the-art genetic editing technology to literally cut away the virus from the DNA of cells.

Although the experiments have so far only been carried out in a lab, researchers at Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, are confident that within three years they will be able to start trials on humans.

British experts said it the treatment would effectively ‘engineer the body to cure itself from the inside’ while charities said the breakthrough was ‘very exciting.’

Crucially the human immune cells which were tested in the lab showed no alteration to any other parts of the genetic code. There have been fears that altering DNA could trigger a cascade of genetic breaks which would prove harmful or even lethal to humans.

“The fact that for the first time we have been able to completely eliminate segments of the viral genome in the laboratory demonstrates that we should be able to

Consuming full-fat dairy products such as whole milk and cheese may not be that bad at all. Two new studies found a link between intake of full-fat dairy food and reduced risk for diabetes and obesity.

Full-fat dairy food may cut obesity, diabetes risk The HIV virus targets immune cells in the bloodstream.

eliminate it in the human body,” said lead researcher Professor Kamel Khalili.

“The findings are important on multiple levels. They demonstrate the effectiveness of our gene editing system in eliminating HIV from the DNA of immune cells and permanently inactivating its replication.

“Further, they show that the system can protect cells from reinfection and that the technology is safe for the cells, with no toxic effects.

“It has huge potential.

Based on the findings we should be entering into clinical trials within three years.”

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND RISK MANAGER A vacancy exists for a BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND RISK MANAGER with minimum 15 years industry experience in the areas of General Insurance, Risk Management, Coverholder, Underwriting, Marketing and Production. The successful applicant should be 35 years of age or older with a professional qualification such as ACIL, AIIC or equivalent and possess a high degree of technical ability. The position is a Regional one and requires demonstration of a successful track record in the areas of Sales and Business Development. The applicant chosen will oversee the development of business for the Turks & Caicos Islands. The Bahamas and the Cayman Islands.

Salary will commensurate with qualification and experience.

Applications providing full particulars of personal history and experience should be sent to TWA, Marcelin Wolf, P.O. Box 209, Chancery Court, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands.

There are more than 100,000 people living with HIV in Britain and around 600 die each year.

Antiretroviral drugs are now very good at controlling infection but patients need to be on medication for life and if they stop taking treatment the virus replicates rapidly, eventually causing acquired immune deficiency syndrome, or AIDS. The new technique - called Crispr/Cas9 - involves targeting the genetic code of HIV which inserts itself into cells.

Scientists take a protein called Cas9 and modify it so it can recognise viral code.

Blood is then extracted from the patient and the Cas9 protein added where it seeks out the HIV DNA in immune cells. Once it finds it, it releases an enzyme which removes the sequence, effectively snipping out the virus. The healthy modified cells would then be transfused back into the patient.

Scientists believe that replacing just 20 per cent of immune cells with the genetically altered cells would be enough to cure the disease.

Prof Khalili said it may also be possible to give the protein at the same time as HIV drugs until there were no longer needed.

NEWS REPORTER The Weekly News is in need of a reporter. Applicant should have a good background in English and must be a clear and competent writer. Previous experience on a newspaper, magazine or broadcasting operation is essential. Ability to type well and use a camera a must. Successful person will be required to cover parliament the community, politics and the courts.

Send application to the Publisher, Turks & Caicos News Co. Ltd., P.O. Box 52, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands. Or email: tcweeklynews@gmail. com. Sorry, no phone calls.

THE U.S. Dietary guidelines recommend consumption of low-fat over full-fat dairy products. The findings of two new studies, however, suggest that consuming full-fat dairy such as whole milk may not be that bad at all.

In the first study published in the journal Circulation, researchers have found that intake of full-fat dairy products was linked to reduced risk for developing diabetes, which affects 422 million adults worldwide.

Researchers found that the participants from the Nurses’ Health and Health Professionals Follow-Up Study who had the highest levels of dairy fat in their blood had up to 46 percent lower risk of developing diabetes in a span of 15 years compared with those who had the lowest levels of dairy fats in their blood.

Although the researchers do not have a clear idea how whole fat can help reduce risk for diabetes, one theory is that

dairy fats may improve the body’s sensitivity to insulin.

Dairy fats may also help improve the ability of the liver and muscles to break down sugar from food. It is likewise possible that in some high fat dairy foods such as cheese, microbes may improve the body’s response to insulin.

In the second study published in the American Journal of Nutrition, researchers looked at the effects of consuming full-fat and low-fat dairy on obesity risk of women who participated in the Women’s Health Study. They found that those who consumed the most high-fat dairy products had an 8 percent reduced risk of being overweight or obese.

“We saw less weight gain for higher total dairy and high-fat dairy intake and also a lower risk of becoming overweight and obese in those who consumed more high-fat dairy,” said study author Susanne Rautiainen, from Harvard Medical School in Boston.

DOMESTIC WORKER WANTED An experienced domestic worker is required for full time employment. Candidates must have own transportation and be willing to work late/ flexible hours. A demonstrated ability to work unsupervised with excellent communication skills are essential for the position. Up to date references are also essential.

Belongers only need apply

APPLY TO P O BOX 260, PROVIDENCIALES OR BY EMAIL TO TOS@TCIWAY.TC

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Lithium study helps scientists unlock ageing puzzle

Vitamin D is vital for healthy bones and teeth and may have important health benefits throughout the body but some people are deficient.

Vitamin D ‘heals damaged hearts’ VITAMIN D supplements may help people with diseased hearts, a study suggests.

A trial on 163 heart failure patients found supplements of the vitamin, which is made in the skin when exposed to sunlight, improved their hearts’ ability to pump blood around the body.

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals team, who presented at a meeting of the American College of Cardiology, described the results as “stunning”.

The British Heart Foundation called for longer trials to assess the pills.

Vitamin D is vital for healthy bones and teeth and may have important health benefits throughout the body but some people, especially in colder climates, are deficient.

The average age of people in the

study was 70 and, like many people that age, they had low levels of vitamin D even in summer.

“They do spend less time outside, but the skin’s ability to manufacture vitamin D also gets less effective [with age] and we don’t really understand why that is,” said consultant cardiologist Dr Klaus Witte.

Patients were given either a 100 microgram vitamin D tablet or a sugar pill placebo each day for a year.

And researchers measured the impact on heart failure - a condition in which the heart becomes too weak to pump blood properly.

The key measure was the ejection fraction, the amount of blood pumped out of the chambers of the heart with each beat.

PenguinWatch is now the largest Antarctic citizen science project in the world.

Penguin Watch: Public asked to aid Antarctic research BRITISH scientists who have set up a network of penguin-monitoring cameras in Antarctica are asking the public to help them carry out their research.

The Oxford University team is launching a new version of their ambitious project,PenguinWatch, on Thursday.

This is now the largest Antarctic citizen science venture in the world.

In “PenguinWatch 2.0”, people will be able to see the results of their online efforts to monitor and conserve

Antarctica’s penguins colonies.

Lead researcher Dr Tom Hart is also encouraging school groups to adopt their own colony - following and monitoring its progress and “learning about Antarctica along the way.”

“We’ve been really good at engaging people, but we’ve not been that good at feeding back,” he told BBC News.

“The new part is that people will be able to see [the results of] what they’re doing”

A COMMON drug could hold the key to long life, in flies at least, according to research.

At low doses, lithium prolonged the life of fruit flies in lab experiments.

Scientists say the finding is “encouraging” and could eventually lead to new drugs to help people live longer and healthier lives.

Lithium is used in psychiatry to help stop mood swings but has a risk of serious side-effects at high doses.

How lithium acts on the brain is not fully understood, but in fruit flies the drug seems to extend life by blocking a chemical known as GSK-3.

“The response we’ve seen in flies to low doses of lithium is very encouraging and our next step is to look at targeting GSK-3 in more complex animals with the aim of eventually developing a drug regime to test in humans,” said Prof Linda Partridge of the UCL Institute of Healthy Ageing, who led the study.

The research, published in Cell Reports, found fruit flies lived 16% longer than average when given low doses of lithium.

At high doses, lithium reduced their lifespan.

“We found low doses not only prolong life but also shield the body

Scientists say that the lithium finding is “encouraging” and could eventually lead to new drugs to help people live longer and healthier lives.

from stress and block fat production for flies on a high sugar diet,” said co-researcher Dr Ivana Bjedov from the UCL Cancer Institute.

Claire Bale of the charity Parkinson’s UK, which part-funded the study, said: “It’s encouraging to see that the researchers have been able to identify a key piece of the ageing puzzle, which one day may allow us to intervene in the ageing process.”

“This research has the potential to not only help create a healthier

older generation, but also provide significant insights into how we could potentially treat or even prevent conditions of ageing like Parkinson’s.”

Lithium salts have been used in the past as a health tonic and to heal conditions such as gout and migraines.

In modern medicine, lithium is used to encourage mood stability in bipolar disorder and is also being considered for the treatment of memory impairment.

Supermassive black holes might actually be super common OUR universe might be as holeriddled as Swiss cheese, according to a studypublished Wednesday in Nature. The discovery of a supermassive black hole in a sparsely populated region of space has scientists wondering if the behemoths might be more common than previously thought.

A black hole is an area where the matter is so dense that gravity becomes incredibly strong, keeping even light from escaping its pull. A supermassive black hole is one with a mass of around 10 billion times that of our sun, and they’re usually found at the center of galaxies like our own.

This is the first time a supermassive black hole – one 17 billion times as massive as the sun – has been found at the center of a relatively isolated galaxy.

“What this is saying is that you don’t need these galaxy clusters to grow very massive black holes,” Poshak Gandhi of the University of Southampton, who was not involved in the study, told the Guardian. “That throws a wrench in the works of our understanding of how these monster black holes

The elliptical galaxy NGC 1600, 200 million light-years away — shown in the centre of the image and highlighted in the box — hosts in its center one of the biggest supermassive black holes known.

(NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope)

form – it throws the field wide open.”

The black hole sits in NGC 1600, a galaxy about 200 million light-years from Earth. Based on the movement of the galaxy’s stars, the researchers say, it’s possible that the black hole is actually a binary system – a pair of black holes brought together by a galactic merger, in the process of becoming one.

If the black hole isn’t actually a binary, then it’s a bit of an oddball.

It’s about 10 times more massive than scientists expect a black hole inside a galaxy of NGC 1600’s size to be.

Then again, maybe it isn’t an oddball. There’s a lot we don’t know about black holes, so it could be that this is just the first of many “unusual” finds.

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TURKS AND CAICOS TOURIST BOARD

MARKETING EXECUTIVE

QUICK DELIVERY NOTICE This serves SERVICES as a notice NASSAU, BAHAMAS

DO YOU NEEDS: * Car Parts * Food Items * Refrigeration Parts * Pick up and delivery of Documents * Or any other Services from Nassau, Bahamas.

An exciting opportunity awaits you in the Turks & Caicos Tourist Board in the post of Marketing Executive. This position is based in London, England, U.K. and the successful candidate will support the promotion and positioning of the Turks and Caicos Islands as a preferred tourist destination in Europe and the United Kingdom through the provision of marketing, advertising, promotions and public relations services in the European Market.

CALL 1 242 425 2200 FOR FAST DELIVERIES.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

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REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management, Marketing, or Tourism Management/Development, with at least 5 years relevant work experience.

• Sound knowledge of local tourism products and services.

• Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills.

• Excellent time management, organization and scheduling skills.

• Ability to work effectively with all internal and external stakeholders.

• Ability to work with minimal supervision.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• The job is performed in an office environment for part of the time and other times the job holder will be required to be out in the field.

• The job holder will be expected to travel to locations for marketing/promotional activities and may need to stand for a long period of time.

SALARY:

Salary for this position is commensurate with qualifications and experience.

For consideration please submit the following documents to chairman@turksandcaicostourism. com or submit to The Chairman, Turks and Caicos Tourist Board, Stubbs Diamond Plaza, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands: • Cover Letter • Current Resume • Two (2) reference letters • Current Police Record • Resident Status

Only persons shortlisted for an interview will be contacted in this regard.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: April 15th 20 11293

Is looking for a

ISLAND DRILLING LTD. Is looking to fill the following positions:

per week salary $6.25 per hour.

CONTACT: 341-2178

SURVEYOR $22.00 per hour

EARTHWORKS FOREMAN $17.00 per hour

GRADING OPERATOR $12.00 per hour Email: islanddrillingltd@gmail.com

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LABOURER To work 6 days

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• Prepare and submit the annual marketing plan and budget for the UK/ European market.

• Prepare and submit monthly activity reports to demonstrate the implementation, completion and effectiveness of marketing activities.

• Act as primary signatory on Tourist Board’s bank account and prepare/submit monthly expense reports.

• Plan for, organize and evaluate consumer and trade shows, tourism conferences and other major tourism events in which the Tourist Board participates in the U.K. and Europe.

• Schedule and organize familiarization and press trips to the TCI. • Oversee destination training for tour operators, reservations staff and travel agents.

• Coordinate and conduct sales calls.

• Develop and maintain relationships with major UK and European tour operators, airlines, travel agents, media representatives and trade publications.

• Source advertising and brand marketing opportunities for the destination with a variety of media and participate in the negotiations with said media houses.

• Write promotional pieces, proof copy and approve final content for features, supplements and promotional pieces published on the destination in trade and consumer publications.

• Work with digital and print media to design layout options for specific promotions undertaken by the Board.

• Develop and pursue co-operative marketing campaigns undertaken by the Board and the private sector • Respond to general inquiries from the public, trade and media regarding the destination.

• Review and ensure updating of TCI’s marketing collateral, website content and the materials used for the TCI Expert Travel Agent program with respect to the U.K. and Europe.

• Gather market intelligence to inform the U.K./European component of the Tourist Board’s marketing plan and share the trends and developments in those marketplaces with key stakeholders.

• Collect new and updated destination product information to share with the trade and consumers.

• Maintain the relevant contact databases of industry partners and consumers who submit inquiries.

• Manage the destinations Public Relations Functions in the UK and Europe including that of its Italian Reps.

• Interface with relevant government ministries/departments, the tourism private sector and other entities as necessary.

• Provide general supervision of the Board’s Marketing Officer.

• Liaise with marketing staff in all TCI’s offices to share information on a consistent basis and to create synergies and opportunities for inter-office collaboration • Provide strategic advice to the Senior Marketing Executives and Director to maximize the awareness of the destination to the target demographic.

• Comply with the policies, procedures and guidelines of the Turks and Caicos Tourist Board.

• Any other duties as assigned.

that I ORACE ANTHONY FERGUSON BUTTERFIELD is no longer responsible for DIANNE WOOLCOCK

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AUDIO/VIDEO EDITOR

MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB:

Responsible for Preparing programs for television, advertisements, titles and graphics

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

• Responsible for creative materials liaising with the creative team, graphic designer and the Marketing Director to ensure smooth and efficient delivery.

• Responsible for accuracy and consistency of written, visual and web materials.

• Work with various offices to produce production schedules for creative proofs and liaise with international offices.

EXPERIENCE, QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS:

• Certificate or Diploma related to video editing • Eight or more years experience in Television Broadcasting (must possess relevant certification) with good production/trafficking skills and be able to work in a fast paced environment.

• Skilful operator of Audio/Video Editing Systems working on both online and offline materials as well as on special communication projects • Knowledge of TV, Camera, and Lighting for Quality Control, Animations • Production experience, good interpersonal skills and creative ability, good storytelling skills, a methodical mind, and ability to communicate well.

• Ability to meet deadlines and have strong organizational skills as well as an eye for detail.

• Management skills would be an asset.

• Required to work evenings, weekends and holidays Salary commensurate with experience.

Send Resumes to kay@acltci.tc or P.O. Box 230 Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands. No telephone calls please.

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WARD’S CONSULTANCY

VIA VENETO, PORT OF CALL

Acting on behalf of our clients is looking to fill the following positions:

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Salary commensurate with the qualifications and experience

belonger only need to apply

To work 6 days per week salary $150.00 per week

per week salary $6.25 per hour

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NOTICE OF SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION Scotiabank (Turks & Caicos) Ltd. of Cherokee Road, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands hereby gives notice of its intention to sell by Public Auction the following properties pursuant to its power of sale as registered Chargee under the Registered Land Ordinance of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

1. Parcel 60715/102 Cheshire Hall & Richmond Hill, Providenciales. Single storey with three bedrooms, one bathroom, living/dining room and kitchen on 0.54 acre.

Registered Proprietor: Livingston Williams 2. Parcel 60503/145 Blue Hills and Stamers Run, Providenciales. Single storey with two bedrooms, two bathrooms, kitchen, living/dining area and storage area with an unfinished attached two storey with 2-two bedroom apartments on 0.38 acre.

Registered Proprietor: Sharon Elizabeth Rigby The auction will be held at the office of Scotiabank (Turks and Caicos) Limited, Grace Bay Branch, Providenciales at 10 o’clock in the morning on Friday the 8th day of April 2016.

A reserved price will be fixed on all parcels and a deposit of 10% is due immediately upon all accepted bids.

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A GROWING LAW PRACTISE Requires the services of a

BARRISTER

Who has been called to the Bar of England and Wales and who has also been called to two or more Bars in the Caribbean including the Turks and Caicos Bar. The successful candidate must possess over 30 years experience in legal practice and be an appointed Queen’s Council with experience as a Judge and an Arbitrator. Duties include providing legal council and assisting with the operations and proceedings of various types of Litigation matters. We welcome applications from any Belonger who may have the foregoing qualifications and experience.

All applications must be submitted with copies of degrees and certificates on or before April 4, 2016 to info@karammissick.com.

Please DO NOT call and no unscheduled visits. Feel free to send a copy of your application to the Labour Department

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DESEREE MCINTOSH SEEKS

1 DOMESTIC WORKER

Deadline for applications is March 31, 2016.

Interested persons should send applications via fax at (649) 941-8472 Only applicants selected will be contacted.

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Main duties will be domestic duties. Must be able to speak English, Salary starts at $6.50 per hour Will have to work 6 days a week.

JERINA CHUI Is looking for a

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To work 6 days per week Must be flexible and able to work evenings, Sundays and public holidays when needed.

Salary: $6.25 per hour

HAIRTASTIC is looking for a

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CONTACT: 232-8896

CONTACT: 344-1778

AL’S HAULING & EQUIPMENT LTD.

G & G CONSTRUCTION

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Is looking for a

HEAVY DUTY MECHANIC Must possess certificates in Caterpillar, Cummins, Komatsu and Perkins diesel engines also be able to diagnose electronic, ECM Control Systems Salary $10.00 per hour

CERTIFIED WELDER & BODY REPAIRMAN Must have experience in restoring heavy equipment and mig/ tig welding etc.

Must be willing to work on weekends Salary $12.00 per hour Only Belongers need apply

Is looking for a

TILE LAYER To work 5 days

per week salary $8.00 per hour.

Contact: 941-4015 or Email: alshauling@yahoo.com

CONTACT: 241-2952

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WINKEY’S CATERING

ASSISTANT MANAGER DOMESTIC PERSON LABOURER WORKER SALES To work 6 days To work 6 days

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Salary $6.00/$7.00/$14.00 per hour

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VILLA DEL MAR, PJ’S BARBER SHOP, COYABA RESTAURANT, YOSHI SUSHI RESTAURANT, SECURITY MANAGEMENT SERVICES, HILLVIEW BOUTIQUE, PAULA JENNINGS WARD

HOUSEKEEPER SUSHI CHEFS COSMETOLOGIST SECURITY OFFICER DOMESTIC WORKER SALES CLERK KITCHEN HELPER

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JOB FAIR MARGARITAVILLE is in search of highly motivated individuals with great customer service skills and a strong desire to be a part of a team.

TUESDAY

SENIOR STEWARD STORE CLERK BARBACKS WAITERS/SERVERS

MAY 10th 2016 10:00AM – 2:00PM MARGARITAVILLE RESTAURANT Positions Available

KITCHEN HELPERS BUSSERS RUNNERS STILT WALKER/MASCOT

Please have your resumes and one passport sized picture Belongers will need to provide original documents showing proof of belongership.

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World T20 champions West Indies just behind India in latest ICC Rankings WEST Indies, World T20 champions, rose to second spot in ICC T20 rankings after their win in the final over England. They trail No. 1 ranked India by just one point, who have notched up 126.

Virat Kohli, India’s star batsman, has maintained his number one position in the ICC T20 batsmen rankings.

The West Indies defeated 2010 winner England by four wickets in front of a packed Eden Gardens, and have consequently moved ahead of New Zealand to the second place.

The West Indies are now on 125 points. Top-ranked India lost the World T20 semifinal to the eventual champion in Mumbai in the second semifinal on Thursday.

After finishing as the second-best side in the tournament, England are now fourth after swapping places with South Africa. New Zealand, who lost to England in the first semifinal in Delhi on Wednesday, are at the third place at 120 points.

In the batsmen rankings, Kohli has comfortably defended his number-one position. India’s top-order batsman, who was adjudged player of the tournament, leads Australia’s secondranked Aaron Finch by 86 points. Kohli had entered the home competition leading Finch by 24 points.

Jamaican world sprint champion Usain Bolt will begin warming up for the August Olympic Games in Rio. World T20 champions West Indies have moved to second place in the latest ICC rankings.

England’s Joe Root, who finished as the third leading run-getter behind Tamim Iqbal and Kohli with 249 runs, has broken into the top five for the first time in his career. Root scored 27 not out in the semi-final and 54 in the final, for which he has been rewarded with a jump seven places that has now put him in fourth position.

Marlon Samuels, who won the player of the final award, has also returned to the top 20 in 18th position. The top-order batsman scored eight in the semi-final and 85 not out in the final, which has helped him rise five places to share the position with South Africa’s Quinton de Kock.

England’s Jos Buttler is the other

batsman inside the top 25 to improve his ranking. The wicketkeeper/ batsman is now in 24th spot after moving up three places.

Amongst the bowlers, India’s pace duo Jasprit Bumrah and Ashish Nehra have achieved career-best rankings.

Bumrah has vaulted six places to seventh, while Nehra has climbed five places and is now in 11th position.

West Indies’ Samuel Badree is the number-one ranked bowler and he leads fellow wrist-spinner Imran Tahir of South Africa by 50 points, while India’s Ravichandaran Ashwin is in third position, another 28 points behind.

Bolt to start season in Cayman Islands LOCAL organisers and the ruling body IAAF said that Bolt would run the 100 metres and that American women’s sprint star Allyson Felix would also compete at the Cayman Invitational in George Town.

“It will be my first international competition in 2016 ... I always enjoy competing in the Caribbean and look forward to meeting my fans in Cayman,” Bolt was quoted as saying in the statement.

29 year old Bolt is seeking a historic Olympic sprint treble at the

August Games in Rio de Janeiro, following 100m, 200m and 4x100m gold medals in 2008 in Beijing and in 2012 in London.

The May race will be his first 100m since winning the 100m last year in Beijing for one of his now 11 world titles.

Bolt, hampered by an ankle problem in January, has also confirmed he will compete at home in Kingston on June 11 (400m) and at the July 22 Diamond League meet in London. (Radioz.co.nz)

West Indies Women win maiden WT20 title

Panama Papers: FIFA’s president Infantino ‘dismayed’ by media reports FIFA president Gianni Infantino has denied wrongdoing after leaked documents suggested he signed off on a contract with two businessmen who have since been accused of bribery.

Hugo and Mariano Jinkis bought TV rights for UEFA Champions League football and immediately sold them on for almost three times the price.

The 2006 contract was signed off

by Infantino when he was a UEFA director.

Infantino says he is “dismayed” that his “integrity is being doubted”.

News of the contract came to light after 11 million documents were leaked from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca.

Uefa initially denied doing business with any of the 14 people who have been indicted by the FBI in its investigation into corruption in world football.

It has now told the BBC the TV rights were sold to the highest bidder in an open and competitive tender process.

A senior FIFA source has told the BBC the deal should be examined by the governing body’s ethics committee in the interests of

The West Indies chased down a record total to win their first women’s World Twenty20 crown in the final against Australia.

Photograph: Jan Kruger-IDI/IDI via Getty Images

Gianni Infantino says he is “dismayed” that his “integrity is being doubted.

transparency.

Hugo Jinkis and his son, Mariano, are fighting extradition from Argentina to the United States.

In May 2015, US prosecutors alleged that, as the owners of Cross Trading, they paid millions of dollars in bribes to South American football officials over several years in order to gain lucrative television rights for regional football tournaments.

It is claimed the money was paid to senior football officials in exchange for cheap broadcasting rights that could then be sold on for a substantial profit.

Infantino is named on a contract

with Cross Trading that concerns the Ecuadorian rights for UEFA Champions League football between 2006-7 and 2008-9.

Cross Trading, an offshore company registered to the tiny Pacific island of Niue, paid $111,000 (£78,000) for those rights.

Then, according to leaked documents, it sold them to Ecuadorian TV broadcaster Teleamazonas for $311,170 (£220,000).

Cross Trading also paid $28,000 (£20,000) for the rights to the UEFA Super Cup, selling those to Teleamazonas for $126,200 (£89,000)

WEST Indies converted their maiden appearance in a World Twenty20 final into a historic victory in Kolkata, beating three-time defending champions Australia for the first time in a T20 international by pulling off the second highest chase in the tournament’s history. The heroes of the daunting pursuit were 18-year old Hayley Matthews and the captain Stafanie Taylor, whose half-centuries and 120-partnership came at more than a run a ball.

Their effort left West Indies with two runs to get off four balls, and when Britney Cooper pushed to Megan Schutt at midwicket and sprinted, what should have been a run-out at the bowler’s end resulted in the overthrow that sealed the title. Their team-mates blazed a trail on to the field and the women were soon joined by the West Indies men in joyful celebrations in the middle of Eden Gardens.

Those scenes scarcely seemed likely when West Indies were run ragged in the first half of the game, as half-centuries from Elyse Villani and Meg Lanning helped Australia post an imposing 148 for 5.

However, Matthews and Taylor clinically brought the chase into the realms of possibility. From the 10-over mark, there was an air of inevitability to the chase as Matthews, who combined her big-hitting prowess with delicate dabs, attacked the bowling. She laid into Jess Jonassen, who had conceded only 12 off her first three overs, to turn the tide going into the last seven overs of the chase. Just like that, Australia, who had a fourth title well in their grasp for the first 25 overs of the clash, saw the trophy slipping away as their bowlers, who clinically applied the choke in a similar situation against England, fell apart under pressure. (Cricinfo)

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Wolfsburg shock Real Madrid in Champions League quarterfinal Argentina took over the top position from Belgium.

Argentina now on top in FIFA World Ranking THE new FIFA World Ranking sees Argentina take over from Belgium at the top, while world champions Germany slip down to fifth and Copa America winners Chile move up to third -- the highest they have ever been.

Colombia have moved up to fourth place but Spain are down to sixth, just ahead of Brazil and Portugal. England slip to 10th with Uruguay jumping above them into the top 10 at the expense of 11th placed Austria.

Turkey (13th) took a leap of seven places, while Mexico (16th) also jumped up six to go behind Italy

(15th). Euro 2016 hosts France did not quite do enough to break into the top 20 as they sit in 21st spot, and Costa Rica move up eight places to 25th -- behind Wales who plummeted seven spots to 24th.

The United States went above Republic of Ireland to joint 29th with Czech Republic.

Australia jumped 17 spots to make it into the top 50 but Nigeria, who failed to qualify for the 2017 African Nations Cup tournament, slipped five spots to 67th as Morocco climbed an incredible 17 places to 64th. (ESPNFC)

Brathwaite sympathises with Stokes after hostile treatment in World T20 final

Carlos Braithwaite and Marlon Samuels (left) led West Indies to a historic second World T20 victory in Sunday’s thrilling final against England.

WORLD Cup hero Carlos Brathwaite has expressed sympathy to English bowler Ben Stokes for the hostile treatment meted out to him in the final over of the T20 World Cup between the West Indies and England on Sunday.

Brathwaite paid tribute to Stokes describing him as legend and says his contribution to English cricket must not be forgotten.

With West Indies needing 19 runs of the last over to secure victory, the powerful Barbadian calmly belted four astonishing sixes off the first four deliveries bowled by Stokes to seal the title.

“Yes, Ben Stokes is an absolute legend in his own right. You shouldn’t forget what he has done for England in the past couple of months. Cricket

is a cruel game, and a lot of people can be on him, “said Brathwaite in an interview with ESPN Cricinfo.

“Just remember Stuart Broad was hit for six sixes by Yuvraj [Singh], and his career has gone on the up ever since. To Ben, tough luck last night, commiserations to you and the England team. Wish he has a long and successful career ahead of him”.

The victory over England ensures a place in history for Darren Sammy’s men, the first team to win the ICC T20 World Cup twice.

The victory, shortly after the West Indies Women beat Australian to win the women’s T20 World Cup for the first time, has sparked euphoria across the Caribbean.

AT the Camp Nou it was the real deal -- on Wednesday it was in real trouble.

Real Madrid, the most successful club in the history of the competition, suffered a hugely embarrassing 2-0 defeat at German side Wolfsburg in the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal tie.

Wolfsburg, who hadn’t won a game since qualifying for the last eight, shocked their illustrious opponents with a high-octane performance full of heart, desire and no shortage of quality.

On Saturday, Real’s players grouped together in the Camp Nou locker room to celebrate with what has now become the almost obligatory team photograph. Fresh from defeating arch rival Barcelona and ending the 39-match unbeaten streak which has seemingly catapulted the Catalan club towards another La Liga title.

But, in a quarterfinal clash in which they were huge favourites not only to progress but to do so with ease, it came unstuck at the first hurdle.

“I’m not happy with how the game went -- especially the first half,” Real coach Zinedine Zidane

Maximilian Arnold scored the second goal to ensure the opening leg win.

told the tournament’s website.

“That’s football, that’s how difficult it is. That’s what happens when you don’t play with intensity from the start.

“We have to rest and think about the return leg because we still have the chance to change everything.”

The 10-time European champion was beaten by a Wolfsburg side which had never previously managed to qualify for the last eight of the competition.

First-half goals by Ricardo Rodriguez and Maximilian Arnold left Real with a difficult, although

not impossible task, to qualify for the last four of the competition for the sixth consecutive season.

Zidane, who replaced Rafael Benitez in January, had led his side to six successive victories going into this game and yet he could only watch on from the sidelines as his plans fell apart.

Last weekend Wolfsburg lost 3-0 to Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga with a display which German newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung felt was so poor that “it could amount to a new Volkswagen scandal.”

NBA’s LeBron tops Power 100 list for third straight year LEBRON James and Stephen Curry grabbed the top spots on the Horrow Sports/MVPindex Power 100 as the NBA dominated the rankings released on Tuesday with 24 players on the list that evaluates an athlete’s brand and marketability.

It marked the third consecutive year that James, who plays for the Cleveland Cavaliers, topped the list while Curry, who led the Golden State Warriors to an NBA title last year, shot into second place from 45th.

World number one tennis players Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams and former NBA Most Valuable Player Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder rounded out the top five.

“Steph Curry made the biggest jump on and off the court of any athlete we’ve seen, frankly in any statistical analysis,” said Rick Horrow, owner of Horrow Sports Ventures.

“When you look at the count, 24 of the 100 (athletes) are basketball players and seven are in the top 25, including one and two. So you have the opportunity to rise to the top of the list if you are a star basketball player.”

The concept for the list was

Still the King! Lebron James still has a solid athletic brand and marketability.

created in 2009. MVPindex joined last year to provide a social media component. On-field results comprise 50 percent of athletes power ranking while the other half is based on offfield attributes: primarily social media presence (including reach, engagement, and conversation).

The list focuses on longestablished sports and the U.S. market specifically with 44 of the 100 spots taken by NFL and NBA players.

Boxers and mixed martial arts fighters are included in the list while soccer players are omitted as Horrow

said it is impossible to get a fair onfield ranking for them because of overlapping international federations and national teams.

Chicago Blackhawks forward Patrick Kane, was the best-ranked National Hockey League player at number six despite a difficult year that saw him under investigation by police on rape charges that were later dropped.

NFL players occupied the next two spots with Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Antonio Brown at number seven followed by Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton.

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Bahamas hoops pipeline that brought Buddy Hield is growing TOURISM remains the main source of revenue in the Bahamas, but the country is attracting new visitors thanks to a growing natural resource — talented basketball players.

A generation separates Bahamas’ two basketball superstars. Mychal Thompson was the top pick of the 1978 NBA draft, and Buddy Hield with the Oklahoma Sooners, is expected to be a top 10 pick in the upcoming draft. The wait for another Bahamian star won’t be long.

DeAndre Ayton, a 7-1 high school junior playing in Phoenix, is projected as the possible No. 1 pick of the 2018 NBA draft. It appears to be the latest sign that Bahamian basketball is on the rise.

“There was better talent than me growing up, but kids didn’t have the resources to come to America,” said Hield, who played his last two years of high school basketball at Sunrise Christian Academy in Kansas and cited a lack of resources and opportunity as a barrier for other talented Bahamians. “There’s other guys down there who nobody’s really seen yet.”

Thanks to Hield and Ayton, it’s less likely that future Bahamian stars will escape the notice of college coaches. Upwards of two dozen Bahamians currently are playing college basketball in the USA, said

Eventual winner Jimmy Walker got in on the act at the second hole on his way to going round in a record 19 shots. No winner of the Par 3 Contest has ever gone on to win the Masters.

Nine players shoot holein-ones at Augusta

Oklahoma’s Buddy Hield is more than a shooter.

He’s one of the best players in the country.

Oklahoma assistant coach Chris Crutchfield, who recruited Hield.

Other Bahamians at Division I powers include three junior reserve forwards: Dwight Coleby at Kansas, Shaquille Cleare at Texas and Tavario Miller at Texas A&M. Godfrey Pinder, who played for USC in the early 1960s, was the first Bahamian to play college basketball. Sterling Quant, who played at Central State University, became the first Bahamian to be drafted by a pro team when he was picked by theDallas Chaparrals of the American Basketball Association

(ABA).

Quant opted to retain his amateur status so he could play for Bahamas.

“He was the guy that I looked up to when I was in my early teens, and I was hearing about him,” said Thompson, who was taken No. 1 overall by the Portland Trail Blazers.

As a member of the Los Angeles Lakers when they won NBA titles in 1987 and 1988, Thompson helped drive interest in basketball on the islands. Then, in 2002, Darrell Sears started a basketball showcase that draws high school and college coaches from the USA.

NO player that has ever won the Par 3 Contest at the Masters has ever gone on to wear Augusta’s famous Green Jacket.

That is a trend Jimmy Walker will be hoping to break after the American was one of a record nine players to shoot hole-in-ones on his way to winning the warm-up

competition Wednesday.

The previous best was five aces shot in 2002.

Rickie Fowler, one of the favourites to win the year’s first major, also got in on the act, along with 2015 British Open champion Zach Johnson and nine-time major winner Gary Player. (CNN)

Formula 1 qualifying set to revert to 2015 format

Doping: Kenya given until 2 May by Wada to pass new rules KENYA could be banned from the Olympics if it does not pass new anti-doping rules by a new World Anti-Doping Agency deadline of 2 May. Kenya has already missed two deadlines to show it is tackling cheating in sport - 11 February and 5 April.

If Kenya does not legislate to create a new national anti-doping agency, it will be declared noncompliant and move a step closer to missing the Rio Games.

Meanwhile Ethiopia has been given until November to perform mass doping tests.

The two nations are among the most successful in track and field, and placed first and fifth respectively in the medal table at the 2015 World Athletics Championships.

Since 2011, more than 40 Kenyan athletes have failed drugs tests and the country has been placed on a ‘watch-list’ of nations at risk of breaching the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) code and told to take legal steps to toughen its anti-doping procedures.

But while lawmakers have held a preliminary reading of a bill

Lewis Hamilton has spoken out against the current format.

Two-time world cross-country world champion Emily Chebet is among the Kenyan athletes to have been banned for doping offences.

criminalising sports doping, two further hearings and presidential assent are still required and the country’s parliament is now in recess.

However, Athletics Kenya’s acting president Jackson Tuwei has said he believes Wada is “satisfied with the progress” of the country’s anti-doping efforts.

Ethiopia is not in danger of missing the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in August, but could face a ban at a later date if it does not comply with

Wada’s request to test up to 200 athletes.

Results of the drug tests - to which the government has pledged $300,000 (£212,900) - must be provided to Wada and world athletics’ governing body, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).

“We are told that we could be banned from the IAAF if we don’t comply with the request,” team doctor Ayalew Tilahun told a news conference. (BBC)

FORMULA 1 is set to return to its 2015 qualifying format after all 11 teams voiced objections to new changes.

An elimination qualifying system was used at this season’s first two races but met with widespread criticism.

Jean Todt, president of governing body the FIA, and F1 commercial boss Bernie Ecclestone have now agreed a return to last season’s format is “in the interests of the Championship”.

It could be in place for next week’s Chinese Grand Prix.

In response to objections to the new system, Todt and Ecclestone had wanted to introduce a qualifying format which involved combining a driver’s two fastest laps.

But the teams wrote a letter objecting, saying it would be too confusing for the F1 audience.

The letter was sent before a meeting on Thursday, where the decision to go back to last year’s format was taken.

Following the meeting, the FIA issued a statement which confirmed Todt and Ecclestone had agreed “to submit a proposal to the F1 Commission and World Motor Sport Council to revert to the qualifying format in force in 2015”.

Qualifying was changed this year because Ecclestone wanted to spice up race weekends, which he felt were becoming too predictable.

The system introduced at the start of this season consisted of three knockout sessions, with the slowest seven cars eliminated at the end of the first two stages before a shootout between the top eight.

However, it has not worked as hoped. The main criticism from drivers, teams and fans was that the format led to long periods without any cars on the track.

After the opening 2016 race in Australia, teams voted unanimously to revert to the 2015 format, only for Todt to rule out that option.

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Stallions win PABA Night League thriller against Kings KINO Williams scored 30 points to lead defending champions of the Provo Amateur Basketball Association (PABA) Night League the GT Stallions to a one-point win against the Kings on Wednesday night at the Gus Lightbourne Sports Complex court.

The game which ended 83-82 had Levenskay Williams finishing with a double-double (16 points, 12 rebounds). Power forward Fedlor Semora led the Kings’ attack. The Clement Howell High School student scored 20 points, and seven rebounds to go with six steals.

Dwayne Hamilton also played well for the Kings. He scored 19 points, pulled down 13 rebounds to go with three assists and three steals.

Wednesday’s action tipped off with the Harbour Ballers beating the Sonics 68-58. Adrian Walkin (also six rebounds and two assists) and Y Amparo (also 13 rebounds and three assists) scored 20 points each for the winners.

The Sonics were led by Darly Francois with 23 points and six rebounds. Devante Fulford added 19 points and three rebounds.

Last weekend the North Caicos Spartans surprised league leaders the Harbour Ballers with a 66-60 points win. Rico Forbes led the way with a double-double (16 points, 13 rebounds and four assists), while

Teenager Fedlor Semora led the Kings with 20 points, seven rebounds and six steals.

Trevente Williams was the game’s highest scorer with 22 points, five rebounds, five assists and five steals.

Duran Dean led the Ballers with 19 points and 10 boards, while Alvardo Parker added 13 points.

On Friday night the Flyers will meet the Hustlerz and the Kings will play the Knights, while on Saturday evening the Flyers will battle the Sonics and the Kings will challenge the Spartans.

From left to right: Patrick Alouidor, Mackenson Cadet and Junior Paul.

Cadet among trio selected for Digicel Academy

The Academy team are ahead in the PPL points standing with 21 points from eight games.

Bambarra Rum sponsors PPL DISCOUNT Liquors/Wine Cellar, under the Bambarra brand, are the new sponsors of the Provo Premier League.

The league was without a sponsor for most of the season.

Along with the PPL signing, the President’s Cup is also branded,

since it is now known as the Turk’s Head Cup. President of the PPL Steve Kendrew said that: “All parties are looking forward to a mutually fruitful relationship in the future.”

Meanwhile in the latest PPL clash on Tuesday, Full Physic

defeated Teachers FC 4-1. Last weekend Academy pulled ahead of Beaches after defeating them 5-4. Prior to the game, the two teams were tied at the top of the points table with 18 points. Also on Saturday night, Cheshire Hall defeated the Sharks 3-0.

NATIONAL beach soccer player Mackenson Cadet and two other young dominant footballers in the TCI have passed the first hurdle in their quest to train with Manchester City FC for a week after out preforming 27 others at the 2016 Digicel Kickstart Football Clinic.

The two-day clinic held last Friday and Saturday at the TCIFA Football Field ended with the selection of 16-year-old Cadet, 15-year-old Patrick Alouidor and 14 year-old Junior Paul for the end of May Academy in Jamaica.

According to a press release from Digicel, head of the Manchester City coaching team, Alan Dixon, said he was pleased with the drive of the participants.

“It was great to see the boys apply themselves in the practices and to see how motivated they were to improve in every session.”

The sessions placed players in realistic game situations to challenge their decision-making abilities during the game. To this end Alan added; “It was encouraging to see

the boys embrace the practices and to watch their confidence grow as they performed. By the second day, we saw more of their creativity and personality come out and they were able to really express themselves on the pitch.”

In relation to the trio, who have advanced to the next round, Dixon said: “The boys performed at a high level both on and off the field, they did their best to take on every challenge presented to them by the coaches and possess the qualities we think will help them to represent the Turks and Caicos Islands well at the next stage of the Digicel Kickstart Academy.”

The Manchester City FC coaches are targeting 14 countries across the Caribbean and Central America to select players to attend the Digicel Academy. From the Academy, they will select the top players to continue training with them for a week at the City Football Academy, at the Manchester City’s Elite Training and Youth Development facility in Manchester, England.

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Malcolm to play ice hockey in NY University – Credits PHL for giving him confidence and drive KRISTOFF Malcolm’s dream of playing ice hockey in college came true last week when he was accepted at one of the top hockey colleges in the US, New York University.

The TCI born will play in the American Collegiate Hockey Association Division 1 from August when he begins to read for a degree in Leadership and Management with focus on accounting.

“I am honoured to be accepted at New York University. Initially, I was approached by a N.Y.U. coach at a hockey showcase in Las Vegas and once my 4.0 GPA was confirmed, we began the recruitment process,” the forward told the Weekly News this week.

For Kristoff reaching this level, once seemed impossible, especially since he only started to play on ice at the age of 16.

To this end, he credits the Provo Hockey League for developing his confidence and drive.

“At eight years old, I started at the PHL. I learned to skate and have fun with the game. After playing as goaltender for a few years, I decided to become a forward; this is where the love of the game developed for

me.”

The 20-year-old added that his confidence grew on the PHL national team trips and so too did his desire to play ice hockey.

“After leaving home, at a young age, the goal was always to play college hockey….For the last three years, I have been travelling and playing ice hockey. I have played in over 25 U.S. States and four Canadian Provinces. I’ve been living out my dream playing junior hockey and will continue to do so through college.”

Malcolm, who likes the quickness of ice hockey, received a lot of support from his current team, the Cheyenne Stampede. On their official website owner and general manager of the Wyoming based team, Mark Lantz said: “Kristoff was a very hard working player on and off the ice, always willing to help the team with any team community projects”.

Head coach Garry Gill added: “Kristoff is a very tough young man who can also put the puck in the net.

His teammates always come first. I am positive Kristoff will represent NYU both on and off the ice as a model student athlete”.

Kristoff Malcolm has become a dominant forward in ice hockey.

For the young man maintaining his good grades will also be an important task going forward.

“My main objective was to play college hockey. From here you never know what could happen next. I have been in contact with personal from pro teams in the UK, so maybe that will be an option after school; right now though the focus is on being a student first.”

Malcolm said that a number of persons helped him to reach this level.

“I would like to thank Coach Steve Martin, Coach Stan Hartling, Coach Comozie and the Provo Hockey League for teaching me how to roller skate and setting a sound foundation as a team player and sportsman in pursuing a hockey career. In addition, His Excellency Hon. Peter Beckingham for assisting with my US immigration status, Keith Burant of Meridian Trust for countless advice and guidance in firming my decisions for me and my brother Miguel, as a young man.

Dale and Wendy Papke at Ports of Call Resorts for taking me to my first NHL game in Canada.

“Last, but by no means least, my parents who allowed me, at a young age, to leave the comfort of home to chase my dreams. My Uncle Jagan and Aunt Sue for allowing me to stay with them when I first moving to Canada. To my all family on the Malcolm and Adams side, my friends, neighbours and the people of the Turks and Caicos who supported me, this one is for you.”

TCI VS BAYONNE BOMBERS:

Bombers RFC cautiously optimistic about first win THE visiting New Jersey Bayonne Bombers RFC will look to record their first win against the TCI Flamingos when the two teams meet for the fourth time in Providenciales.

Getting past a strong home team will however be a challenge—the local side has dominated the previous meetings.

In the three previous visits the TCI Flamingos were unstoppable.

In 2006 the Flamingos won 50-3, in 2011 they triumphed 46-12, while in 2014 the locals won 47-0.

When the two teams settle for their fourth clash at the Meridian field on Friday evening from 19:00h, the visitors will look to use their mixture of youth and experience to curb the TCI dominance.

Club captain, hooker Sean Lukac said that the bombers have worked on their defence since they hosted TCI last summer.

“Having played the TCI in New Jersey last summer, we know that we will need to sure up our defense, especially within the centers. With Irish fullback Aidan Boyle as a weapon, we think we have some opportunities to exploit the edges and back three and will need to take advantage of those opportunities when they come about in order to keep up with what is always a strong TC side”.

Club president Tim Skennion told the Weekly News that: “Win or lose, we are counting on another memorable weekend. The TCI club and their fans always go out of their

The Bayonne Bombers will hope for their first against TCI. (Photo submitted)

way to make us feel welcome and to ensure that we have a great time, and they never fail.”

This is the Bombers’ 14th international tour and along with the game, the team will be celebrating their club chairman, George Delaney,

60th birthday this weekend.

Action bullies off with an U12 tag game at 18:00h before the main event at 19:00h.

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