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No more cash for SIPT TEAM Not another cent, is the strong message the Rufus Ewing administration has sent to the Special Investigation and Prosecution Team (SIPT) and a direct challenge to the UK Government to reach into their purse. PAGE 

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Long Bay High school will not open on September 7, as promised

Impressive turnout to discuss building height increase PAGE  4

Premier calls out Police Commissioner PAGE  7

Second phase of causeway revamp begins

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Minister of Finance Washington Misick addresses residents’ concerns on building height increase

A section of the crowd at Wednesday’s public meeting

Impressive turnout to discuss building height increase

By Delana Isles

A PACKED auditorium greeted members of the Government on Wednesday evening (August 12) for a public discussion on the increase in building height and density for new developments in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

The meeting, which was held at the Gustarvus Lightbourne Sports Centre in Downtown Providenciales and chaired by Minister of Finance Washington Misick, was only to engage the public on their views, inform stakeholders of the proposed changes and the community of the Government’s rationale for implementing those changes.

The first question posed to the minister after a brief power point presentation was from former Director of the Department of

Environment and Maritime Affairs (DEMA), Kathleen Wood.

Wood wanted to know if the Government would consider repealing its decision to allow 12 storey developments if there was overwhelming objection to it.

Misick responded that it is already the law of the land and that he hoped that the people would focus on mitigation measures.

He said that is not up to him to change the decision: “I feel in my heart of hearts that the decision that the Government has come out of careful consideration is the long term best interest of everyone who live and would like to live here.

“We remain open to your opinions and we want to extend the invitation if you want to impact the mitigation of this - both to the economy and the environment, we are wide open to

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hear that.”

In his presentation, the minister explained the positive impacts allowing 12 storey developments would have, such as small and medium size industries creation, more job opportunities and sustainable population and economic growth.

He also addressed the main issue many people seem to have with agreeing to such developments, that of the erosion of the TCI’s coveted brand of high end tourism.

He stated that the TCI’s high end tourism depends on two things - the surroundings and the facilities – and pointed to the soon to be built Ritz Carton branded hotel as a prime example of high end.

“I am not motivated purely by economic growth, part of my motivation has to do with people, and any development will have a human aspect,” the minister said.

He also noted that the decisions on what to allow, the impact, and the mitigating measures with allowing 12 storey developments are decisions that will be made by the technical people.

“Not every five acre land will qualify for 12 storey buildings.

“I don’t want to see 12 storey buildings all over Provo. We don’t have the population to accommodate that or the need for it,” Misick stated.

Concerns were raised as to the preservation and sustainability of the marine environment, and that the TCI

Former Director of DEMA, Kathleen Wood opens the Q&A session of Wednesday’s public meeting with concerns about the sustainability of allowing building height increase and density

will become just another Bahamas or Miami thereby downgrading the brand and adversely affecting tourism.

Meanwhile other people strongly approved of the Government’s decision to allow 12 storey developments in order to drive the economy of the Islands which has not seen any major development in several years.

Last year, September 24, 2014, Cabinet had instructed that the TCI’s development manual be amended, with immediate effect, to increase the maximum height of buildings on Providenciales to 12 storeys on no less than five acre parcels of land.

The increase came after consultations through the Ministry of Home Affairs in June that year with contractors, engineers, hoteliers, environmentalists and other stakeholders.

However, an outcry that the public was not engaged in the consultative process led to the Government now seeking to gather views from members of the public, but only on mitigating factors.

In April this year, the Government inked the development agreement for the luxury hotel brand Ritz Carlton with the Desarrollos Hotel Group, which is expected to stand 12 storeys high.

Desarrollos has committed to build a $224 million hotel, resort, casino and spa in the Grace Bay area of Providenciales, with construction set to start this November and lasting for about three years.

The proposed development will consist of 124 luxury hotel guest rooms, penthouses, resort residences and associated facilities.

The new resort will be managed by the Ritz Carlton Hotels Company LLC, an international luxury hotel brand operating 84 hotels and resorts in 26 countries.

The Ritz-Carlton replaces the JW Marriott hotel and casino development which was also earmarked for the Grace Bay area.

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SIPT allegedly threatened, requests money for protection – Gov’t scoffs

BY DELANA ISLES NOT another cent, is the strong message the Rufus Ewing administration has sent to the Special Investigation and Prosecution Team (SIPT) and a direct challenge to the UK Government to reach into their purse.

The bold statement came last week Thursday (August 6), when local press questioned the Government on a request for additional monies by the Prosecution Team.

Ewing is concerned that the body has asked for $4.3million for the provision of security for the SIPT members, in addition to what has already been budgeted in the 2015/2016 budget - $8million ($4 million for the prosecution and another $4 million for legal aid).

He said that to date no proper account has been given to the Government of monies already allocated and spent by the body which is prosecuting former Premier Michael and former members of his Cabinet.

It is for this reason that the Premier said that he and the elected Cabinet members refused the request.

“We the elected members of Cabinet categorically refused and denied that expenditure because we did not have sufficient justification for the expenditure given all of the concerns that I mentioned earlier and not having any information as to where the expenditure was going towards.”

However, the refusal may very well all be hot air, as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) has the authority to allocate the funds requested; a fact acknowledged by the Premier last week, and confirmed to the Weekly News on Thursday (August 13) by the Governor’s Office.

In an invited comment on the Government’s refusal, Governor Peter Beckingham, through his press office, stated that he is currently discussing with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Commissioner of Police, as well as with TCI Government the issue of security around the forthcoming

trials.

This is to ensure that “not least for the reputation of TCI internationally, that the trials can proceed in an orderly and safe manner”, the Governor’s Office said.

“There will need to be additional security costs both before and during the trials. Details of these costs will be made available to TCIG, the House of Assembly and the public in due course.

“For obvious reasons, the police are unable to disclose details of security arrangements or matters relating to them,” the Governor said.

Last week Thursday, a clearly aggravated Premier noted that he does not think the December 1 date for the commencement of the corruption trial will be realised.

‘The SIPT trial have experienced several delays since it has been established and to date I don’t think we are making progress with regards to bringing to the forefront any kind of justice for whomever, so I would not be surprised if we do have another delay from the slated December date.

“If it is delayed it would it cost the Government money and the Government has always been concerned about the SIPT and the level of expenditure that is being incurred by the SIPT team.

“We have been concerned because like the other expenditures of Government, we as a Government are not satisfied that we received sufficient information on the areas of expenditure in much more detail than was given.

“And so we cannot really give a full account of the funds that were appropriated and how they are being used.”

He added that they would like to know specifically how much money is spent on accommodation, air fare, court preparation, food, subsistence, allowances and security.

“At this point in time even though we are doing much better financially over the last few years, we still have to be careful as to how we spend money and when we spend money; we want to spend it on the right things,” he said.

He pointed to the water issues

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on Grand Turk which will cost the Government $300,000 for additional repairs to the water plant, scholarships, job creation, funding and capital projects, as things that make it difficult for his Cabinet to approve any more money for the SIPT. “We find it very difficult and a hard pill to swallow, and we will never swallow that pill, to spend $4.3 million on something that is of no interest to us as a Government because I can’t see light at the end of that tunnel, I just really can’t see light at the end of that tunnel and so I can’t in any good conscience stand here as an elected Government and allow $4.3million additional dollars to be spent on SIPT. “I know that the United Kingdom have the power via the CFO to order expenditure from our purse without our permission in Cabinet or the House of Assembly.

“Because I will tell you, if that $4.3 million did not pass Cabinet, it will not get to the House of Assembly or pass [there] either.”

He added that he is in communication with the Governor on the issue.

“I have written to the Governor expressing my concern about this whole issue of the SIPT, because from day one when I came to office I asked for the United Kingdom government to absorb and pay the cost of paying the SIPT and to now not really take on my request and

Governor Peter Beckingham

do the exact opposite, to actually take money out of my purse without permission or my consent to pay, it is a big slap in the face.”

Ewing said his Government will not stand for this and will call out the UK government on it if they ever do it.

“I think we have done well financially and we have some way to go but I cannot sit by and watch the UK tax payers spend Turks and Caicos tax payers’ money.”

The security cost is particularly troubling for the Government, as expressed by the Premier.

“The only new costs that I could see that was not there before is for the security/body guards.

“I am wondering how the security guards are being paid because that would have to be a new cost and I don’t know, so maybe it’s for that.

“I find it very difficult for them to go and pay for bodyguards for the prosecutors at the same time while we as elected members… who are threatened every day, I have members of the House of Assembly who we ask to have police officers stationed in the house when it is in session, but all of the members of the House of Assembly are there and their lives could be in jeopardy.

“We don’t know who is in this country nowadays, anything could happen.”

He continued: “We have the Chief Justice who put people in jail everyday who probably need

protection and can’t get protection.”

Minister of Finance and former Chief Minister, Washington Misick, lent his voice of objection to the Premier’s.

“It is alleged that there is credible threat - this is what I understand against the prosecution team that warrants them being protected.

“I don’t know what the details are and I don’t know how credible the threat is because obviously that is not something that a police would put into the public domain and I believe that is the big question the Premier is concerned about.

“My view of the situation is that, as he has expressed, there are other threats to people in the community that are equally important or even more important in the big scheme of things, such as the Chief Justice.”

He said that so far in excess of $36 million has been spent by the SIPT – about $15 million of which was funded by the UK government before the PNP assumed office in 2012.

“There is the possibility that the people of the TCI may be required to foot the bill for the security of SIPT. “I don’t personally believe that there is any credible threat and I personally believe that there is a context being created to give the impression that there is instability and there is that climate of fear that [Sir Robin] Auld spoke about that still exists, and that will all go towards prejudicing the outcome of the trial,” Misick stated.

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What is sustainability?

By Kathleen McNary Wood (Former Director of DEMA)

I WAS pleased to be able to attend the town hall meeting held on August 12 to discuss the legislative changes to allow 12-storey building heights.

I was impressed by the high number of people who showed up to this event, which is a testament to the fact that the citizens and residents of the TCI care about the best interests of this country, although we may not always agree about what those best interests are.

I also commend the Honourable Minister for Finance for making the effort to hear the people’s opinions on this matter, with the caveat that the proper time for public consultation is before decisions are made, and people’s opinions and concerns should be incorporated into the decisions that are being made, not just listened to.

Nevertheless, the willingness of the Government to hear the people out is commendable, and I hope that this is part of a growing trend, albeit with appropriate timing, in the future.

During his presentation, the Honourable Minister for Finance suggested that the term “sustainability” can be open to opinion.

While this is the case for any phrase, in environmental, social and economic academia, sustainability actually has a precise meaning.

While many definitions exist, they all have the same basic meaning.

In its essence, the United Nations’ General Assembly probably has the simplest definition, as follows:

“Development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” (http://www.un.org/wcm/webdav/ site/climatechange/shared/gsp/docs/ GSP1-6_Background%20on%20 Sustainable%20Devt.pdf).

This principle, as the Honourable Minister suggested, encompasses environmental, social and economic parameters.

In order for real sustainability to be achieved, the environment, the economy and society must be passed forward to future generations in the same or better condition than they were received by the current generation.

Given the above definition, it can only be concluded that we have failed miserably when it comes to sustainability in the TCI thus far in our development process.

I say ‘we’ here because every man, woman and child, who lives in the TCI, regardless of race or nationality, is complicit in the fate of this country, for better or worse.

The signs of the failure to sustainably develop are all around us and easy to see.

In the early 1990s, the vast majority of land in the TCI was Crown land.

During the development boom of the late 1990s and early 2000s, much of this land was sold on a speculative basis.

Now, Crown land on Providenciales and elsewhere is scarce. Land is a finite resource.

In this case, we have certainly not managed Crown land in a way that makes the opportunities related to its

Kathleen McNary Wood, Former Director of DEMA

use available to future generations.

In fact, we have robbed future generations of this opportunity.

The use of Crown land for development could have been sustainable, if, for example, rather than selling the land, it was offered up to appropriate developments as an equity share on behalf the people of this country.

In this way, the TCI’s people would have shared in the economic benefits of each and every development on Crown land, rather than the bulk of benefits having gone to foreign investors and outside interests.

Such a method would have also fostered social cohesion, as investors and the people of this country would

No to gun violence rally & campaign launching this September STOP THE GUN VIOLENCE! That is the theme of the new campaign that will be launched in September of this year to raise awareness.

The campaign, to be spearheaded by the Government, is to raise awareness on the dangers of illegal gun use and to spring into action local groups and communities in the fight to remove guns from the streets and reduce gun violence in the country.

On Thursday (August 13), TCI and the rest of the world celebrated the United Nations designated International Youth Day, a team comprising of the Deputy Premier and Minister of Youth Affairs Akierra Missick, Assistant Commissioner of Police Wayne Jones of Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force, President of

TCI Firearm Sport Club Lewis Smith, Senior Program Officer Nixon Dickenson and Checkmate TCI Production Company met to plan a nationwide campaign aimed at reducing gun violence.

Commenting on the initiative, Minister Missick said: "The overall aim is to get illegal guns off our streets and out of the hands of our youth. This initiative builds on the ‘Saving our Boys campaign’ we launched earlier this year through the Department of Youth Affairs and will not only address the growth of violence among young people.

"This is a community based campaign involving police, and civil society and will motivate groups and individuals to find ways to resist gang and gun violence and use time and energy

positively and most importantly say collectively ‘NO!."

The campaign will use strategies such as rallies, social media campaigns, television and radio public service announcements aimed at keeping the message alive that illegal gun use cuts young lives short.

The fight against gun violence will only be successful with the involvement of people from all walks of life, and the many communities.

The month of September will be the official launch period and the public will be kept updated on the various activities that will take place including job fairs, interview training and techniques, technical programs, anger management strategies and an 'On the Streets' Outreach program.

then share common interests and aspirations.

To make matters worse, every development, if not carefully and completely mitigated, leads to environmental decline. This has clearly been the case in the TCI. Thriving coral reefs have been completely obliterated to create the Grand Turk Cruise Port and other marinas.

Sewage effluents and landscaping chemicals, such as fertilisers, pesticides and herbicides, from hotels are leaching into the waters of internationally renowned Grace Bay, resulting in deterioration of water quality.

The reefs that protect the number one beach in the world are slowly dying. As they meet their demise, we are not surprisingly seeing increasing trends in erosion and other impacts.

When my family and I first arrived in the TCI in 1990, Long Bay beach was literally full of conch, and the soft, white sand off the Leeward beaches were brimming with living sand dollars and seashells.

Fishermen took it for granted that they would be able to drop a line just about anywhere and pull up a fish or two, and the annual conch harvest was in excess of one-million pounds per year.

Today’s children live in a TCI where the conch fishery is likely to collapse, and harvests are more than 50 percent less than traditional yields.

Dying coral, eroding beaches and collapsing fisheries are not a legacy that allows future generations to meet their needs the way this generation has.

It would be one thing if all the development that has taken place in the TCI over the past 20 years actually guaranteed that every person living in the TCI had access to an acceptable quality of life, but this is not the case.

A recent 2014 CDB poverty assessment revealed that unemployment of Belongers is around 12 percent.

This is almost exactly the same figure that was derived in a poverty assessment undertaken in 2000.

With all the development that took place between 2000 and 2014, the unemployment rate did not change at all.

While the jobless and underemployed might feel like the TCI has an unemployment problem, the reality is that there are plenty of jobs here.

Unfortunately, the majority of the good jobs go to foreign immigrants. That’s why almost three quarters of Providenciales’ population is expatriate. Building more developments will not solve this problem.

It will only create more good jobs for more expatriates, until such a time that TCI prioritises developing

its people over developing its landscape.

The fact that the TCI Community College does not have a hospitality programme, underscores this futility.

For at least the past 14 years, the TCI Government has not provided its people with the skills necessary to compete in their own job market.

This certainly does not bode well for future generations and their ability to meet their needs.

Above are only a few examples of many, illustrating the fact that the TCI’s development to date has been anything but sustainable.

The current Government would have us believe that 12-storey development represents a diversification of industry, which will lead to new opportunities and sustainability of environmental, social and economic interests.

Nothing could be further from the truth.

Tourism development is tourism development, and a 12-storey Ritz Carlton is just a bigger version of a five-storey Ganzevoort. Both are branded hotel chains. Carnival and Beaches are also brands.

Twelve-storeys is nothing but a bigger, denser version of the same type of development that has to date diminished our environment, without tangible benefits for those members of society who are still looking for a good job.

For more than 25 years I have lived in this country, and I share the aspirations of the people here who long for a development model that benefits all people, while at the same time protecting the environmental assets, which are the backbone of the economy.

Our shared dream is an achievable dream. Instead of building more of the same, let’s build better.

Let’s take those millions of dollars in surplus that the Government is boasting about and invest them in an educational system that rivals the best in the world.

Good available jobs will then go to people who live here, not to people who are brought in from overseas.

Let’s re-establish the environmental conservation fund to ensure that all development results in no net loss of any ecological assets.

Instead of relying on foreign investors to monopolise our tourism industry, let’s foster public/private partnerships, so the people of this country have ownership in the development of this country.

Instead of pointing fingers at each other, let’s work together to solve the substantial problems that TCI faces.

No matter what shade of tan our skin is or what dialect we speak, like it or not, we are all responsible for the fate of the Turks and Caicos Islands, and we will solve a lot more problems if we work together, rather than wasting our time bickering about who is to blame for them.

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Premier calls out Police Commissioner

– Says better intelligence needed to fight crime

By Delana Isles IN LIGHT of the recent and constant reports of gun crime and violence in the Islands, Premier Rufus Ewing has called on Commissioner of Police James Smith to do something tangible to get illegal guns off the streets.

Ewing made the call last week Thursday during a meeting with local media.

“I am calling on the Commissioner of Police…this issue of illegal guns on the streets is an issue that we must hold no punches and we must go all out to ensure that guns are eradicated from our streets.

“We as citizens… and the police officers, you know who these persons are who are in possession of illegal guns, so I am calling out to those individuals who know to report them to the police and I am asking the police and the Commissioner of Police to put a task force together to eradicate all the illegal guns from our streets.”

According to the Premier, and contrary to reports coming out of the police force, there are enough resources to get the job done.

“Whatever resources are needed I know – from my standpoint we don’t need much more resources than we have now, nothing more than just the will and to organise ourselves and to organise the police force to go after the illegal guns.

“I am appealing to the Commissioner of Police, get your act together, and eradicate illegal guns off our streets.”

However, clarifying the aforementioned statements, he stated

that while resources are available and additional resources have been requested (such as protective armour and gear which are to be provided soon), better intelligence is needed, and is lacking.

“I think we really need better intelligence on the ground and for us to be able to act on that information expeditiously and for us to really get serious about breaking up the so called gangs and gang mentality and if you need to get search warrants to go and search people’s homes because you suspect they may have illegal guns then do so,” Ewing urged.

He added that he would like to see a more organised task force dedicated towards particular purpose such as the eradication of illegal guns.

“Sometimes we know the channels through which illegal guns are imported so we need to put the preventative measures in place to really intercept those transport channels where illegal guns are coming into the country.

“Better intelligence in terms of working with the community, better intelligence in terms of trying to get information and to act reliably and credibly on that information.”

Addressing the issue of lack of trust in the police, the Premier reminded that there are anonymous ways to give information to the police and that they need to be used.

Asked about a possible increase for gun related crimes for offenders, Ewing noted that the penalty is already very stiff; besides, the problem is that the guns and their owners are not being found.

Talk back will return next week DUE to circumstances out of our control our Talk Back column has been put on hold until next week.

Technical problems with our email system mean that

we cannot gather responses to this week’s topical question.

We apologise for the glitch and will return to our regular format as soon as possible.

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“Very few persons are being charged for possession of guns. So the focus has to be on finding those persons in possession of illegal guns and make that they do it properly so that persons who are indeed guilty, those charges can stick and convictions can be made.”

The Premier’s call comes several weeks after the Commissioner told the press that a gun amnesty is not the answer, as demonstrated by the failed attempt by his predecessor Colin Farquhar in 2013.

However, at that time and since, the new commissioner has not

Commissioner of Police, James Smith

proposed any measure, other than more community involvement and the building of trust among communities, to tackle the issue of illegal guns on the streets.

Meanwhile, Minister of Tourism, Porsha Stubbs-Smith addressed the issue that has been raised many times in recent weeks of the rising crime rate and its impact on the country’s main revenue generator, tourism.

“This is not good for us as a country; it would be a concern for me because as the number one destination and all these awards that we have won this year alone, it’s not

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good for us on that basis.

“We have had the cooperation of the Turks and Caicos Hotel and Tourism Association, the Chamber of Commerce who have helped to make persons aware and keep themselves safe.

“We are working along with the Tourist Board to make sure that we have lighted pathways especially in the Grace Bay area.”

She also gave assurances that the tourism ministry is ready and willing to work with stakeholders in reducing and curbing crime in the TCI in any way they can.

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Skippings alleges Gov’t discrimination against Islanders – Washy calls it political mischief LEADER of the Progressive Democratic Alliance (PDA), Oswald Skippings, has called for a halt to what he sees as “blatant, persistent discrimination” against local public servants.

In recent statements to the press, the PDA leader shone a light on the long standing issue of gratuities for public servants, this time claiming that while locals are denied this benefit, the Government is still offering this perk to expatriates they employ.

He alleged: “As incredible as it may seem, Government has issued yet another contract to permanent secretaries and under-secretaries without any gratuities while they continue to offer gratuities to expatriates that are on Government contracts.

“I am calling on Government to cease and desist its discrimination

against Turks and Caicos Islanders.”

However, Minister of Finance, Washington Missick (‘Washy’) told the Weekly News on Thursday (August 13) that the former PDM leader is engaging in nothing but political mischief.

Misick explained: “Normal civil servants are employed under completely different terms than a contract officer employed from outside of the country - an expatriate coming to work for the Government normally comes on a two or three year contract which is renewable and if you stay beyond the second contract then you revert to local terms, which means that anybody working on local terms whether expatriate or local does not get a gratuity because their contract has no terminable date.”

He added that this is not likely to be different even if he, Skippings,

was in the Government.

However, the PDA leader is adamant that locals should be given equal if not better treatment in their own country.

He stated: “Government must begin to appreciate our people and their worth and ensure that they are treated with the kind of respect that they deserve and rewarded accordingly.”

Giving an example of what he sees as unequal treatment, Skippings claimed: “There is a recent example of an expatriate who completed a two year contract in one Government department, collected more than $20,000 in gratuity and has now moved on to another Government department to a job that was not even advertised.”

He said this sort of “behaviour by Government” is tantamount to unfair labour practices and would not be

Oswald Skippings, leader of the Progressive Democratic Alliance

tolerated in a democracy.

“I and the Progressive Democratic Alliance find it extremely disturbing and troubling to say the least, that elected officials do not find this sort of arbitrary and discriminatory actions against our Turks and Caicos people to be reprehensible and unacceptable.

“It is this kind of double standards practiced against Turks and Caicos Islanders that is belittling them and diminishing

their worth that empowers the private sector and some expatriates to disrespect and marginalise Turks and Caicos Islanders in their own country.”

The party leader said he is putting Government on notice that he will not cease to deal with the issue and others like it until such time as Government and other elected officials decide to represent and do justice to civil servants and Turks and Caicos Islanders on a whole.

Immigration Bill heads back to House of Assembly THE IMMIGRATION (Amendment) Bill will soon be back on the Order Paper of the House of Assembly after Cabinet approved its transmission to the House last week Wednesday (August 5).

A post Cabinet release noted that the effect of the bill is to amend the definition of “gainful occupation” and to make provision for the foreign spouses of TCI status-holders to continue to work in the Islands in circumstances where they are no longer living together with their spouse because said spouse has treated them cruelly, causing them hardships.

Also headed to the House for consideration and passage is the TCI Status Bill.

The relevant ministries will also be conducting a period of consultation on the two bills after first reading in the assembly.

Cabinet has also agreed to amend the policy which prohibited the grant of work permits to persons changing employers.

They agreed to the grant of work permits in cases where the Immigration Board is satisfied that exceptional circumstances exists for the grant or the applicant meets certain other criteria as the minister

might develop, which shall include the release from the previous employer.

The new policy extends to public sector, statutory bodies and private sector employees.

Cabinet also advised the Governor to make regulations, the effect of which would waive the fees for a birth certificate, marriage certificate and a TCI Status Card for the period commencing August 15 ending December 1 for people who are eligible to register to vote but who do not appear on a current voters list, making application to be registered as an elector under the elections laws.

Meanwhile, other matters discussed in Cabinet included the draft TCI gaming policy, which Governor Peter Beckingham was advised to approve in principle.

The policy will allow the necessary consultation to be conducted between August 15 to September 1 with the policy to be returned to Cabinet along with the consultation findings for ratification no later than October 15.

It will also grant approval for the Ministry of Tourism, Environment, Culture and Heritage to commence

legislation works with the Attorney General’s Chambers with regard to the Gaming Ordinance and Regulations in line with the proposed draft policy.

Approval was given for an increase in budgeted funds in the amount of $30,000 from the Carnival Infrastructure Fund, subject to Carnival’s approval, to facilitate the implementation of the consultancy to provide design and technical documentation suitable to tender for the reconstruction and upgrading of Lighthouse Road in Grand Turk, the Cabinet release read.

The body also agreed to the recommendations for the relevant Government departments to complete an analysis of the proposals for an FBO in Grand Turk and for the Investment Unit to complete due diligence and issue a full paper to Cabinet.

Cabinet also approved a proposed measure to legalise Hawaiian slings for holders of commercial fishing licences and for this measure to be incorporated into the 2015 Amendments of the Fisheries Protection Ordinance.

Additionally, members considered the recommendations coming out of consultations on

amendments to the Fisheries Protection Ordinance and agreed to the amendments to the regulations to reflect the views which were largely submitted by the fishing community throughout the Islands.

They also noted the concerns regarding the level of customer service at the Ministry of Border Control and Employment’s One Stop Shop and the time delays in completing transactions as well as the ministry’s plans for restructuring that unit and its commitment to turning around its service deliverables.

Cabinet thereby supported the request for additional funding for the improvement of service delivery and increased resources.

Meanwhile, members agreed to the reduction of the Duty Free Royalty (DFR) rate for non-alcohol and non-tobacco goods from 10 percent to 4.5 percent from November 1 to bring it in line with competing jurisdictions.

Cabinet will review the impacts of these reductions on an on-going basis.

They also considered and approved the nominations for the National Honours and Awards Recipients 2015 and agreed for the

list to be published in the Gazette in accordance with the National Honours and Awards Ordinance.

Further agreement was reached for the appointment of Dr Stephen Francois Bourne and the Reverend Dr Conrad Howell to the National Health Insurance Board (NHIB) in accordance with Sections 16 (1) j and 16 (1) of the National Health Insurance Ordinance.

Cabinet also received a presentation from Professor Gilbert Morris on behalf of the Canadian Working Group on the success of the TCI mission to Canada in May 2015.

Approval was given for the Tobacco Control Bill to advance to House of Assembly, while the Governor was advised to approve the following bills for advancement to the House of Assembly: Investment Dealers (Licensing) (Amendment) Bill 2015, Trade Marks (Amendment) Bill 2015, Mutual Funds (Amendment) Bill 2015, Domestic Insurance Bill 2015; Companies (Amendment) Bill 2015 - Companies (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations Schedule II - Paragraph 5, Company Management (Licensing) (Amendment) Bill 2015 and Companies Amendment Bill 2015.

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CRIME BLOTTER Venetian Road business robbed

POLICE are investigating a burglary of a business place at a Venetian Road address which was reported on Monday, August 10.

The complainant had secured the business place on Sunday (August 9) at 7pm and departed.

However, on his return the following morning at about 9.30am, he discovered that the business place was broken into.

Initial checks revealed that two pairs of tennis shoes were missing, but investigators recovered those items near the business place.

Investigations launched into Smart supermarket theft

POLICE are also investigating a theft at Grace Way Smart supermarket at Parade Avenue, Butterfield Square, which was reported to Chalk Sound Police Station on Monday (August 10).

The complainant reported that it was discovered that a former employee had stolen sums of cash from the supermarket over a period of time.

Investigation into this report is still ongoing.

Chemicals stolen from South Dock Road container

INVESTIGATIONS are being conducted into the theft of six blue barrels of chemicals used for mixing decorations and a shed from a container along South Dock Road.

The incident was reported to Chalk Sound Police Station on Monday (August 10).

Police said the complainant reported that it appears as if the chemicals were poured out but the six barrels remain missing.

Investigation into this report is ongoing.

Home burgled, investigations launched

POLICE are conducting investigations into a burglary of a home in the Lower Bight, Providenciales, which was reported to Chalk Sound Police Station on Monday evening (August 10).

The complainant stated that he secured his home on Monday at 1.45pm and on his return at 11.15pm he discovered that his home was broken into.

Missing from the home was a pressure machine.

The scene was photographed and processed by of scenes of crime officers and further investigations are being carried out by Criminal Investigations

Department.

Several arrested and charged by police

A TWENTY-one-year old man of a Bible Street address was arrested for the offence of wounding in connection to a report made on Sunday, June 7.

A 16-year-old boy of a Five Cays address has finally been arrested for the offence of assault occasioning actual bodily harm in connection to a report made on Sunday, March 8.

Another male teenager, 15, also of Five Cays was arrested for the offence of theft in connection to a report made on Sunday, June 7.

A 16-year-old male of a Five Cays address was arrested for the offences of theft and assault in connection to a report made on Sunday, June 7.

Another 16-year-old male, again of the Five Cays area has been arrested and charged for burglary.

The burglary is alleged to have occurred on Friday, April 3.

Nineteen-year-old Berwick Jean of a Five Cays address has been charged with the offence of burglary.

The burglary is alleged to have occurred on Thursday, August 6.

Yet another 16-year-old male, this time of an Old Airport Road address, was arrested and charged for possession of a controlled drug.

The teen was arrested on Monday, August 10, given bail and will appear in the Magistrate’s Court #2 on Wednesday, August 19.

Meanwhile, Ticore Lakia Seymour of the Bight was arrested and charged for possession of a control drug.

The incident in which Seymour was arrested for occurred on Monday, August 10.

He was given bail to appear in the Magistrate’s Court #2 on Wednesday, August 19.

Twenty-year-old Xavier King of a Glass Shack address was arrested and charged for possession of a controlled drug.

The incident in which King was arrested for occurred on Monday, August 10. He was given bail to appear in the Magistrate’s Court #2 on Wednesday, August 19.

Kamari Hillocks, 23, of the Bight was also arrested and charged for possession of a controlled drug on Monday, August 10.

He was bailed and ordered to appear in the Magistrate’s Court #2 on Wednesday, August 19.

Wilfredo Williams, 23, of a Glass Shack address was arrested and charged for possession of a controlled drug on Monday, August 10.

He too will appear in the Magistrate’s Court #2 on Wednesday, August 19.

Education Minister Akierra Missick points to a rendering of the Long Bay High school

Long Bay high opening delayed – Construction and admin issues cited THE HIGHLY anticipated opening of the second public high school in Providenciales has been pushed back to an undefined date, sometime before the new school term ends in December.

Deputy Premier and Minister of Education, Akierra Missick on Wednesday (August 12) announced the delay through a statement to the press.

During a post Cabinet press conference last Thursday, the minister had said that there were some issues with procuring some equipment and materials from the US, given their recent bad weather.

As promised, on Wednesday the minister updated the public on the current state of affairs regarding the opening of the new school.

“Due to construction and some administrative delays we regret to inform the public, parents, teachers

and the incoming first batch of new students, that the Long Bay High School will not open its doors to the first batch of new students on September 7 as planned,” the minister advised.

However, she noted that since the beginning of the project her ministry has ensured that in the event of a delay the education of the new entrants will not be negatively impacted.

As such, all form one students will be housed at Clement Howell High School (CHHS) until the completion of the building.

The students are also expected to report with their Long Bay high uniforms.

Additionally, all teachers who were recruited for the Long Bay High School will be assigned their classes and will assume teaching responsibilities at CHHS.

Once completed, the form one students along with their teachers will transfer to the Long Bay High School as planned.

Parents are also being asked to collect letters from the Department of Education outlining start dates and other necessary information from Thursday, August 13.

“The Ministry of Education would like to assure all parents, that the delay in the opening of the Long Bay High School will not deter the education and development of their child/children.

“Construction and other plans are continuing to ensure that we begin operations before the end of the new school term,” the minister said.

She added: “This is the first Government High School to be built on the Islands in 20 years and so we will ensure that it is done to the standard that will make all of us proud.”

All public schools will reopen on Monday, September 7.

Illegal sloop intercepted A MOTORISED boat from Haiti, containing 49 Haitian migrants was intercepted on Monday (August 10) at about 6.13am, four miles off the shore of Providenciales.

The total consisted of 10 women and 39 men.

According to a police release, the vessel was detected by the Coastal Radar Station and intercepted by officers of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force (RTCIPF), Marine Branch.

The 36ft boat with a 75.825 HP engine was escorted to the South

Dock port by the Marine Branch and arrived at about 8am.

Officials from various police units, Border Control, and other Government and nongovernmental agencies were on hand to assist with the processing of the men and women.

All 49 people were later transported to the Detention Centre for further processing and detention.

Plans are currently progressing for the repatriation of those detained to their homeland.

A systematic search of the vessel was conducted but nothing illegal

was found, police said.

Residents are encouraged to contact law enforcement with any information concerning the whereabouts of any illegal migrants or on pending sloop arrivals.

Police can be contacted on 911 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 1-800-8477. Tips can also be submitted anonymously in English, French or Spanish on either www.crimestoppers. tc or on Facebook as a fan of Crime Stoppers Turks and Caicos.

Crimestoppers tips are received in the United States of America.

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Former Premier’s attorney registers disappointment with CJ’s ruling

Ralph Thorne –Michael’s Misick’s trial lawyer

QUEEN’s Counsel Ralph Thorne and lawyer for former Premier Michael Misick has made his disappointment known at the August 5 ruling of the Supreme Court on his constitutional motion.

Below is the text of the lawyer’s statement to the press: On Tuesday, August 4, 2015, the former Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands, Mr Michael Misick, through his lawyers Mr Ralph Thorne QC instructed by Mr Beryn Duncanson of Duncanson & Co, applied to the Supreme Court of the Turks and Caicos Islands for declarations that 1) the court established to hear the criminal trial of Mr Misick and

others is unconstitutional, 2) that the Trial Without a Jury Ordinance is unconstitutional; and 3) that the preferment of multiple charges against Mr Misick constituted a breach of the constitutional guarantee for lawful administrative action.

On Wednesday, August 5, 2015, the applications were dismissed by the Chief Justice.

We are mindful of the duties that we as lawyers owe to the court, to the client, to the public and to the profession and will do nothing to disturb the compatibility of those duties.

Without offending the duty of respect that we owe to the court, we are constrained to state that we still however respectfully beg to differ

MILLS MUSES

The contradictions of independence I HAVE always maintained that other Caribbean territories should study the Jamaican experience to see how that country managed the transition from colonialism to independence, dealt with the challenges of independence, maintained political stability, and devised an educational system whose graduates are preferred throughout the region.

But there are, however, certain contradictions associated with independence.

Dexter Warton, in an article in the Jamaica Observer titled: ‘Much to celebrate, but…’ observes that on August 6, 1962, many Jamaicans thought they had said goodbye to British rule, but almost 53 years later it still depends heavily on the British.

To support this, he states that Jamaica remains a member of the Commonwealth, a group of former British colonies.

The monarch remains its head of state, the Privy Council the highest appellate court, and the island depends on Britain for trade, educational pursuits, and the pound sterling.

The writer then notes that there was a time when independent meant, “no longer dependent on.”

But concedes it’s impossible for a country to survive on its own, in this global economy.

This is an objective view of the contradictions of independence.

Most countries still feel that with independence they can do as they

with the decision.

Unfortunately, we are now severely limited in seeking further recourse from the appellate court because the learned Chief Justice accepted the argument on behalf of the state that the applications had been canvassed before and were therefore frivolous or vexatious.

This was a determination made after an entire day’s argument from both sides.

The applicant is therefore severely restrained from being heard in the Court of Appeal or the Privy Council on the issues raised.

We contended that previous unsuccessful applications had challenged the validity of the trial Judge’s appointment, security of tenure, and matters related to his status, while Tuesday’s application for the first time challenged the constitutional validity of the court in which the trial judge had been appointed to conduct the trial.

It was further contended that previous unsuccessful applications had challenged the manner in which the Trial Without a Jury Ordinance had been interpreted and applied by the

trial judge, while Tuesday’s application challenged the constitutionality of the ordinance itself.

We met our duty to our colleagues involved for others in the trial by courteously informing them of the application to the court and we were therefore fortified by the support of many of the co-accused who attended the hearing.

We consider that the public has a vested interest in a matter of the trial of former holders of high public office and we consider it our duty to inform and assure the public that all constitutional and legal means will be explored to ensure that this trial is conducted fairly and within the rule of law.

Whilst happily celebrating the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta, we consider it an equally unhappy occasion that this trial seems to be the only one that will be conducted in the Turks and Caicos Islands without a jury.

However, we will not resile from our duty to our client to defend his cause with competence and candour and we assure the public that the measured zealousy of his defence shall continue.

BY Oliver Mills

Oliver Mills was born in South Caicos, acquired a diploma in article writing from the Writer’s Digest School in the United States, and worked as training manager for the Turks and Caicos public service. He is currently an adjunct lecturer in the Business and Hospitality Departments at the Turks and Caicos Islands Community College.

wish.

But they have to deal with an international system with particular values, and the power to enforce them.

Some say the Commonwealth was formed to control newly independent states.

The monarch as head of state is represented by a governor general, who although locally appointed, has allegiance to her. Another form of control?

And even today, officials in excolonial territories feel that proper justice can only be delivered by the Privy Council.

This is why most Caribbean countries are fence-sitting regarding membership of the Caribbean Court of Justice.

And many still see the UK as the place for a real education, although we have our own quality institutions, while the intertwining of economies ensures an independent path is difficult to take. The contradictions

of independence are therefore real.

Some years ago there was talk of the TCI going independent.

A former politician remarked: “There is a big pot of money out there for the TCI.” But the international financial system determines loans and the terms connected to them.

And important sectors of a country’s infrastructure are linked to an equivalent area internationally, for example health has to follow the standards of PAHO which measure progress in various areas.

So independence no longer means “no longer dependent on” as Dexter Warton says. It is dependence, despite a flag and national anthem.

But what we can do, is study Jamaica’s historical progress, and the successful strategies that country used, and uses, to manage a dependent international system.

As I Speak – Crime Dear Editor, While I agree that the police need community involvement (in terms of witness’s collaboration as part of their investigations of bringing criminals to justice) I disagree with the overall view that when a crime is committed, the ONLY way the Police can begin to launch an investigation charge and or bring criminals to justice is for persons within the community to basically point out the criminals to them.

For too long in this country we have failed to address issues at the source and have failed to point the finger in the “Right Direction”.

We fall short of laying the blame at the doorsteps of where it lies and subsequently sometimes the “WRONG” people are held accountable; hence, important national issues and crimes remain UNRESOLVED. Yes, as a people the police need us to speak up and come forward with any information we may have, as it relates to our knowledge of a crime. But at the same time, when a crime is committed the Police must display the competency to visit the crime scene and launch their own independent criminal investigations by using their skills, intelligence

and forensic methods to analyse and gather evidence and attain vital information; so that they can develop a list of suspects and eventually find the actual criminals.

Witness statements should form a part of the investigations; but should these be the “ONLY” source of launching a criminal investigation???

I say “NOT” His excellence the Governor and Madame Attorney General; the Premier and his team of elected officials; Lady Opposition Leader and her elected colleagues; the Police Commissioner and his team of special intelligent unit officers; and members of the TCI Christian Council; need to come together and brain storm strategies that will formulate a no NONSENSE ACTION plan to combat crime and foster better community police relations. Until the named powers that be in this country come together to ensure that the police department is properly equipped with crime fighting resources to convince people to TALK and police to WORK; crimes in the TCI will remain UNSOLVED!!!!.

Rose Higgs Providenciales

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My thoughts on gay marriage PDM’s Deputy Leader, Sean Astwood

Opposition not surprised at new school opening delay “NO SURPRISE there. The minister should have been honest all along,” was the reaction of PDM’s Deputy Leader Sean Astwood to the delay in the opening of the Long Bay High School.

In a statement to the press, Astwood said: “Like many other right thinking citizens, the PDM wants to see the overcrowding addressed at the CHHS. “While we did not think and still do not think the PNP Government’s vision fully addresses the overcrowding at CHHS, we too looked forward to the ease at the CHHS. “However with our naked eye we knew that the school could not be ready for a September 7 start.”

The PDM raised this issue over and over giving the minister ample time to be forthright with the people of this country, the party deputy said.

He added that Party Leader Sharlene Cartwright Robinson posed a question in the House of Assembly, which was on the agenda of the House of Assembly for the July 22 sitting, which was not answered by the minister until the meeting of July 29, a mere two weeks ago.

The minister told the people of the Islands, from the Halls of Parliament, that the Long Bay Hills High School would be opened as scheduled.

He added: “Our party leader on that occasion stated that it would be a ‘miracle’ and the minister stood her ground.

“While neither of us are contractors, any observant person could see the glaring fact that the amount of work left to be done could not be finished and completed with furnishings in the remaining six weeks to the start of the new school year.”

He said that no contractor’s report was necessary to confirm what was blatantly obvious to the naked and untrained eye.

As a result of this eleventh hour admission of the Minister of Education, the 180 students will now be subjected to attending CHHS in another school’s uniform, which could potentially isolate them from the rest of the student body, Astwood pointed out.

“A student body that still will

have to deal with overcrowding conditions and buildings that need serious modernisation.

“Once again the actions and decision-making process of this Government when called into question has been justified.

“Unfortunately it is we the people who end up paying for these costly mistakes.

“When it comes to our children’s education, we the PDM, expected better from the Minister of Education and this Rufus Ewing led administration,” the Deputy Leader stated.

THIS week’s column is going to be short and straight to the point.

Thirty to 50 years ago the term ‘gay marriage’ could not be found in any recognised dictionary or any established literature.

Why? Because for years the term ‘marriage’ only referred to a legal union between a man and a woman.

The words ‘gay’ and ‘marriage’ were seldom used in the same sentence. However, in the world we now live in these two words have now become a hot button topic.

For me, gay marriage is not a moral debate such as homosexuality, heterosexuality or any other topic which require a moral position to be taken because it is a matter of choice. Instead gay marriage is a legal debate because the institution of marriage is protected and provided by law.

As a born again believer and

By Jas Walkin

BIOGRAPHY: Jas was born with a physical disability and diagnosed with a mild form of muscular dystrophy. His early childhood was characterised with trying to fit in in a regular school environment unequipped to cater to special needs students. With support from family, teachers and the community he graduated as valedictorian of Raymond Gardiner High School and has been a graduate teacher for the past last nine years.

indigenous Belonger, there are two laws which govern my life and constitute my principles; the laws of God and the Turks and Caicos Constitution Order 2011.

The laws of God established in Genesis chapter two that God made male and female and the man shall leave and cleave unto his wife and the two shall become one flesh.

According to part one of the TCI Constitution Fundamental Rights and Freedom Section 10: (1) Every unmarried man and

woman of marriageable age (as determined by or under any law) has the right to marry a person of the opposite sex and found a family.

Unless my understanding and interpretation is wrong, the laws of God do not recognise gay marriage and the TCI Constitution does not recognise it.

That is the bottom line.

Whenever my mother finished a discussion on a topic with me she taught me to say: “Wire bend, story end.”

COMMENTARY

Crime and justice CRIME continues troubling citizens, residents and some visitors in what was previously known as the ‘Beautiful by Nature’ Islands destined to become that shining star of the entire Caribbean.

The mills of God grind exceedingly slow but exceedingly fine. We were on the way in God’s time until August 2003.

We turned our back on God because of impatience and greed. Not the greed of the people. They were confused on what to expect from elected government.

After eight years of PDM, development, infra-structure, education and balanced budgets were taken for granted.

We the people wanted instead to go back to the 1980s, with the new leaders promised version of giveaway economics.

Parties, free food, drinks, entertainment. No need to work, get on the Government payroll, take a free trip.

By David Tapfer

David is a retired mobile hydraulic engineer and business executive. He has been married to Middle Caicos native Yvette Robinson Tapfer for 25 years and has lived in Conch Bar, Middle Caicos, since 2002. David formerly served as branch chairman of the PDM from 2008 to 2011

Now we have awakened to find that 12 years later we need schools, roads, growth and jobs. Instead, we got crime!

Crime that springs from examples of greed. Yes, they passed out enough freebees to get a 2007 election win three and a half years after manipulating a highly questionable reversal of the 2003 election.

Then the inquiry revealed the tip of an iceberg that might just sink a party seemingly forever in trouble.

Only 18 months after the 2007 election the British had to take over... again! It was 1985 all over! Bigger and worse this time.

Britain, not the USA DEA is administering justice 2009 to 2016.

Brits were surprised in 2012 when the picked leader, brother, niece and nephew squeezed out a one seat win from a huge popular vote loss.

Thanks to Skip!

We are now economically terminal and ask - who will cure us?

The leader of it all dragged home last year avoids justice for himself, another brother, the Cabinet and their relatives.

Perry Mason and Colombo on TV, and the real American cops quickly find justice in the big and

complicated USA. In the little simple TCI, finding justice takes forever!

Meanwhile progressive propaganda attempts to muddy the minds of folks. Why, they ask are those developers getting off with fines, (huge fines), for providing bribes to ministers?

We ask did developers request a planning exemption and were they told ‘pay up or be refused’ then sanctioned?

Would developers jailed by SIPT close their resorts, shutting down the TCI? Two attorneys now jump for joy! Did they expect to lose or did working next to QC partners give them automatic British immunity?

The SIPT is not Perry Mason or Colombo but the ‘head defendant’ who claims innocence is trying hard to stall coming under SIPT prosecution.

He must fear what the SIPT investigation turned up.

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Second phase of causeway revamp begins THOSE travelling between North and Middle Caicos on the causeway will begin seeing improvements due to a major makeover which began on June 1.

The Public Works Department of the Ministry of Infrastructure, Housing and Planning (MIHP) said in a press release on Tuesday (August 11) that the reconstruction of the North and Middle Caicos Causeway phase two is underway.

Susan Malcolm, Permanent Secretary MIHP, explained: “The Government continues to build modern infrastructure which promotes economic growth and job creation in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

“These repairs will make transportation between North and Middle Caicos easier and quicker which can increase the access to more business opportunities.”

She added that a temporary diversion route has been built next to the causeway to allow for the

installation of concrete box culverts by the contractor, JACA TCI. “The construction of box culverts is important to the refurbishment of the causeway as they will increase the water flow area through the causeway, an improvement both from the engineering and environmental aspects.”

Drivers are being advised to take extra care on this section of the causeway, especially during the night, although temporary lights have been installed in the area, according to the release.

The works are on schedule with a completion date of early December.

The outcome will be a noticeable improvement, as the reconstruction will include a bituminous paved surface.

In order to limit damage from future hurricanes, mangrove plants which reduce the effect of a tidal surge and damage on shore, are being planted along the length of the causeway.

MIHP Permanent Secretary Susan Malcolm and children assist the contractor in filling sandbags

Public invited to give feedback on immigration MEMBERS of the public are invited to voice their views on the proposed Turks and Caicos Islander Status Bill 2015 and Immigration Bill 2015.

The Ministry of Border Control and Employment has produced consultation documents for each bill with details of the key provisions and amendments that are being proposed.

The consultation period is from August 7 to September 4.

People can respond by email to tcistatusbill2015@gov.tc or immigrationbill2015@gov.tc.

Or they can send hard copies to Turks and Caicos Islands Status Bill 2015 or Immigration Bill 2015, Ministry of Border Control and Employment, Three Degrees Office Complex, Grand

Turk or Turks and Caicos Islands Status Bill 2015 or Immigration Bill 2015, Premier’s Office, Hilly Ewing Building, Providenciales, or District Commissioner’s Office on the Islands of North, Middle and South Caicos and Salt Cay. The online survey is available at www.surveymonkey. com/s/tcistatusbill or www. s u r v e y m o n k e y. c o m / s / tciimmigrationbill2015.

Face to face engagements with stakeholder groups will also take place. Requests can be submitted via the email address provided above to make appointments.

Source documents are accessible on the Turks and Caicos Islands Government website at web address www.gov. tc.

Posing for a picture after assisting with the project

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How to apply for a temporary emergency TCI passport

Group photo of all parliamentarians and facilitators

PDM Leader attends seminar in Anguilla SHARLENE Cartwright Robinson, Leader of the PDM, was one of the presenters at Anguilla’s first ever post-election seminar this week.

She was one of four people that represented the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) British Islands and Mediterranean Region (BIMR).

The others were Dr Matthew Offord, MP from the House of Commons, Duncan McNeil MSP, Senior MP from the Scottish Parliament, and Duncan Sagar, Clerk of Select Committees in the House of Lords.

Robinson presented at seven of the 11 sessions which included parliamentary practice and procedure

in the TCI, the role of political parties and parliaments, holding the executive into account, standards, privileges, ethics and interests in the TCI’s experience, the role of the Public Accounts Committee and two sessions with the newly formed Anguillan Youth Parliament.

“It was great to share the experiences that I have gained over the past 17 years in party and parliamentary involvement particularly those gained as a result of the many national consultations and bodies that I have been involved in,” she said.

“The reviews from the attendees were encouraging and I was happy to be of assistance to new

parliamentarians from Anguilla and the BVI.” She said her highlights during the event, held from August 10 to 12, were the sessions involving the youth parliamentarians and presenting with the Chief Minister of Anguilla.

“Hearing from a brilliant mind such as Justice Don Mitchell CBE QC will be for me an unforgettable experience,” she added.

Other presenters included Anguilla’s Chief Minister Victor Banks, Anguilla’s Deputy Governor Stanley Reid, Speaker Leroy Rogers, retired Justice Don Mitchell CBE QC and former Anguillan Speaker David Carty.

Hospital staff attend Canadian trade show STAFF from the country’s hospitals are attending an international medical tourism trade show in Montreal, Canada, this week.

‘Destination Health’ will set the stage to showcase the Turks and Caicos Islands as a potential health destination.

Healthcare and wellness providers, medical facilitators, government agencies and other organisations from the Canadian and international travel sectors were all tipped to attend.

Three representatives from the hospitals, supported by InterHealth Canada (TCI), jetted off to present the services available at Cheshire Hall and the Cockburn Town Medical Centre.

They also planned to learn about current trends, and initiate relationships with potential investors.

Leading the team is Chief of Medical Services, Dr Denise Braithwaite-Tennant.

“The Turks and Caicos Islands

Hospital through InterHealth Canada (TCI) Ltd has a strong interest in making the country a medical tourism destination as we seek to attract investors and develop revenue generating streams needed to support the development and sustainability of our secondary health care service,” she said in a press release on Thursday (August 13).

“The Turks and Caicos Islands Government has launched a robust programme to boost tourism and we as part of the health sector leaders in TCI will capitalise on this foundation from a medical tourism perspective.”

She stressed that medical tourism can present many benefits to the local community and economy and the TCI Hospital has a competitive advantage in the regional market because of its impressive infrastructure and diamond level accreditation.

“What is also key is that we have the ‘built in’ capacity to double in size at both the Cockburn Town Medical and the Cheshire Hall

Medical Facilities.

“Our mission is to provide quality healthcare to our TCI community and medical tourism can support this objective by providing revenue generation for service development.”

Public relations and marketing manager Takara Bain who also attended the event said: “The Caribbean is one of the main markets with business opportunities to export health services, as patients demand specialised and highly complex health services at competitive prices, high quality professionals, and a variety of climates catering to different patient profiles.

“And for us here in the Turks and Caicos, we have the best of both worlds; we are rated best island in the world and we have two brand new state of the art facilities at diamond level accreditation.”

Visiting consultant coordinator Kay Vanes-Williams is the third staff member to attend the trade show from August 13 to 15.

THE Ministry of Border Control is reminding locals that while there is a requirement to submit application for a TCI passport in the normal way, locally, the actual printing of the passports has been transferred to the United Kingdom.

Given the implications that the new application process has for travelling at very short notice, all persons are encouraged to check the validity of their passports whether there are immediate plans to travel, or not.

More importantly, the expiry dates on passports must be checked prior to purchasing airline tickets as there as strict guidelines governing the issuance of TCI passport stock.

The following do not meet the criteria to have an emergency temporary passport issued locally.

• The discovery of a soon to be expired or already expired passport, after the purchase of an airline ticket, • A pre-planned business trip, vacation or doctor’s appointment overseas, and • Accidental or intentional damage to a valid passport as a result of inattentiveness, for example spilling liquids on a passport,

washing a passport in a washing machine and defacing or tearing passport pages.

Emergency temporary passports may be issued locally under the following conditions: • When there is contact from the hospital regarding the transfer of a patient to another country and the patient concerned is not in possession of a valid travel document.

• When there is urgent business travel by senior government officials and parliamentarians; and, • Any other travel that may be considered on compassionate grounds.

Non British Overseas Territory citizens are cautioned to be in possession of a valid travel document from their home country at all times as only British Overseas Territory Citizens of the Turks and Caicos Islands qualify for a TCI passport.

In the event of an emergency, non-TCI nationals are advised to contact the nearest Embassy of their home country.

Additional information and forms may be found on the website www. gov.tc/passports.

The Towers of Babel Art is our language For more information email towersofbabel101@gmail.com or visit www.towersofbabel.weebly.com

Captured luck

By Holly M

I never believed in the 7 draft Or had the ability to see the pot gold At the end of the rainbow But when I am looking in your brown eyes The world around us sparkles like diamond Your smile depicted the brightest of horizon I found peace in the world when I’m with you Heaven’s Picasso, flawless work of art In your presence I have witnessed the most still structure, but yet destructive in a sense If I could sell off a lifetime It would be filled with moments spent with you Your God must be proud of his accomplishment You’re being overwhelmed me.

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Mega-One Triton to be removed from Grand Turk beach GOVERNMENT will soon be issuing a request for proposals and bids for the scrapping and removal of the Mega-One Triton vessel from Governor’s Beach in Grand Turk.

The decision to finally remove the vessel was agreed to during last week Wednesday’s (August 5) Cabinet meeting in Providenciales.

The cargo ship, was initially disabled and anchored off Government Dock in the capital, and was eventually grounded at Governor’s Beach during the passage of hurricane Sandy in October 22, 2002.

The vessel started life as a tender vessel supplying offshore oilrigs and there was about 190 litres of fuel on board and around 150 litres of motor oil when it became grounded.

After it was decommissioned and sold to a retired captain, the ship supplied the Turks and Caicos Islands with building materials from the Dominican Republic for more than 20 years.

On January 28, 2013, the Government charged the vessel’s agents, due to the absence of the owner, Ked Megnath.

Four people were charged with various offences under the National Parks, Coastal Protection and Marine Pollution Ordinances.

As reported previously, the safeguards to be put in place prior

The Mega-one Triton shipwreck on Governor’s beach

to the vessel’s removal to protect the local environment include: The removal of several thousand gallons of contaminated water and fuel that if released into the environment during the removal, pose the most significant environmental threat.

Specialised equipment must be employed to skim the petroleumbased contaminants from the surface of the water in an effort to remove the most hazardous of materials.

The remainder of the water must be pumped and transported to an upland location for safe disposal.

At the same time that toxic fluids are being removed, oil booms and turbidity curtains must be deployed to contain any potential spills.

After all fluids have been safely removed, one of the above two options will be employed to safely remove the vessel.

Deputy Attorney General becomes High Court Judge WYNANTE Mary Adrien-Roberts, TCI’s Deputy Attorney General, has been appointed as High Court Judge of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court.

Adrien-Roberts has been assigned to Grenada and assumes office on September 1.

Attorney General Rhondalee Braithwaite-Knowles said: “I am delighted that Ms Adrien-Roberts’ elevation to the High Court bench in the Eastern Caribbean has now been announced.

“She is a terrific example of a welldeveloped legal mind and in her short tenure in my Chambers, colleagues have benefitted tremendously from her many years of public sector legal experience.

“We are sorry to see her leave but also very pleased for her good news.

“I congratulate her on attaining the pinnacle of the legal profession and wish her well. She will be a very good judge.”

In a Government press release

TCI’s Deputy Attorney General Wynante Mary Adrien-Roberts

on August 11 Adrien-Roberts said she was very thankful for the opportunity, albeit brief, to serve the people of the Turks and Caicos Islands in the capacity of Deputy

Attorney General.

“I will always cherish the time that I spent here in TCI in particular at the Attorney General’s Chambers.

“I was blessed to be part of the stellar team comprising of legal and administrative staff led by the Honourable Attorney General.

I thank them for embracing and supporting me.”

Adrien-Roberts holds a Bachelor of Laws Degree from the University of the West Indies, a Master of Laws Degree from the George Washington University Law School and the Certificate of Legal Education (LEC) from Norman Manley.

She is a former President of the Dominica Bar Association.

Adrien-Roberts was appointed as the new Deputy Attorney General in January this year.

She filled the position vacated in 2013 by now Attorney General, Rhondalee Braithwaite-Knowles when Huw Shepheard resigned as AG. She planned to focus on training and development within the Chambers, however she resigned four months later.

Become a youth ambassador for 2016 THE Department of Youth Affairs is currently seeking two young persons; one male, one female, between the ages of 18-29 to serve as youth ambassadors for the period 2015 to 2016.

Candidates must have project planning and management skills; have excellent public speaking skills; be good in spoken and written English language; have active membership in a Youth Club or organization or be actively involved in youth work at local or national level; and have a keen interest in youth development projects.

They must also be nonpartisan (not biased, especially toward any particular political group); have demonstrated leadership and communication skills; have computer literate including in Internet and email applications and be knowledgeable of current affairs.

Interested persons may contact the Department of the Youth Affairs for application forms in Providenciales at 9417471; Grand Turk at 339-5101 South Caicos at 339-6205; North Caicos at 338-6441 or send an email request to tciyouthonline@gmail.com.

Application deadline is August 15.

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The event was attended by Beaches TCI employees, media companies and people from the business community

CEO of Sandals Resort International, Adam Stewart

CEO of Sandals Resorts Int’l talks economic impact

By Daisy Handfield CHIEF Executive Officer (CEO) of Sandals Resorts International, Adam Stewart, spoke about the major economic impact that Sandals had in the Caribbean during a press conference on Thursday (August 13).

The event was held at the resorts Key West Village conference room in Providenciales.

He also took the opportunity to demonstrate to the press and

employees who were present at the event, a chain of ‘I am Sandals’ commercials which showed how Beaches impacted lives.

The commercials launched in Jamaica about three weeks ago and will be launching in the Turks and Caicos Islands shortly, then moving on to the other Caribbean countries in which Sandals resorts operat in.

In the commercials, employees of the company explained what the resort meant to them and how it

made a difference in their lifestyles.

Many confessed that because of Beaches TCI, they were able to put food on their table and even support their families.

In an interview with the media at the event, Adams said that the chain of resorts has evolved tremendously and that he was looking forward to its continuous growth.

He said: “We love this country, we think that it is a magnificent place and we are very proud to be here.”

He reiterated that the campaign

will be a Caribbean wide thing.

“Connecting the dots, talking about trickling down from tourism overall and also most importantly talking about the success of our team members in our business.”

He also took a brief moment to speak on the recent travel opportunity that the resort afforded a number of staff, media houses and local personalities to visit their resorts in other Caribbean countries.

He said: “There is a number of reasons the success of the

organisation, not only in the Turks and Caicos but through the region.

“So often we are in a situation where our team members, our executives are not afforded the opportunity to see what is actually happening in the other islands.”

Adams felt as though the trip opened the eyes of many in the TCI business community.

At the end of the conference, attendees were treated to a buffet style breakfast.

Youth centre receives cheque donation

By Daisy Handfield THE EDWARD C Gartland Youth Centre was the recipient of a $1,000 cheque donation from a long-term Turks and Caicos Islands resident, to assist with their ongoing projects.

The cheque was handed over to the Director of the Centre, Roxann Wake-Forbes on the centre’s grounds in Downtown Providenciales on Thursday (August 13).

Wake-Forbes said that the centre is grateful for the donation and added that she looked forward to putting the funds to good use.

She said: “We are really pleased that they have been able to give us a donation of $1,000, which we will put towards programmes for the kids.”

Resident and presenter of the cheque, Patricia Duff said that

because of a good deed that she performed [which she chose not to disclose] she was given the opportunity to pick a charity for the funds to be given to.

She said: “I spent four to five months helping Mikerlange Pierre with a problem and as a result of the work that I did, I was able to obtain a cheque for a charity of my choice.

“And I chose the youth centre because I think that the work that they do here is extraordinarily valuable and that it will reach the wider section in the community.”

Duff said that aside from this donation, she visited the Grand Turk prison and prison school twice a year to speak to the inmates.

She would take items to the inmates, which were donated by others.

She explained that one of the

Director of the Edward C Gartland Youth Centre, Roxann Wake-Forbes, Patricia Duff and Mikerlange Pierre

issues that concerned the inmates was the lack of job opportunities when they were released from prison.

She said: “It’s not very easy in this day and age to get jobs and to give people a second chance, but it is very

important that employers do try and find a space for somebody who has had a difficult past.”

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How does your garden grow 

BY DENIS Belanger - NATURE SPLENDOR

Denis is a passionate landscape architect who enjoys the creative process and his clients’ joy when projects come to life. Contact Denis at Nature Splendor for your landscaping, installation or garden maintenance needs.

For more information call 332-3381 or email denis@naturesplendor.net.

A pond in the garden - Part one YOU want to create an oasis in your garden? A pond filled with water plants and koi fish is certainly a wonderful and peaceful place in a garden.

Creating your own water garden can be hard work, but the results are extremely satisfying!

Many do-it-yourselfers will consult a book, magazine article, or even a YouTube video before grabbing a shovel for their pond project.

The first thing to do is by selecting the proper place for your koi pond. If your pond is close to the house then it could be enjoyed more.

Consider this, Koi ponds do better in a shaded area than in full sun.

Full sun will work, but a shaded area will generally slow the algae growth down and will prevent the water from possibly getting too hot during in our Turks and Caicos heat.

Keep in mind that you want your pond to be in a place where you can see from both outside and inside the house.

Determine how big you’d like your pond. A good way is to trace it out on the ground.

One of the most common mistakes people make with their first pond is that they build it too small.

For koi fish, the smallest pond recommended building is 1,500

gallons. That may sound huge to many beginners, but most people who already have a koi pond, will agree that if you build a pond much smaller than that, you will not be happy with it.

Also, a shallow pond is obviously easier to dig than a deeper one, but if it’s not deep enough, your pond won’t stay cool if it’s too shallow.

Fish don’t like hot ponds!

A bacteria tank and some kind of circulating water is your next step.

Part of the pond construction will include a bacteria tank used to keep koi alive.

Koi create a certain type of necessary bacteria, which keeps the water conditioned for them. These tanks help that bacteria thrive.

People usually use the bacteria tanks as a waterfall to run over rocks and down into the koi pond.

A waterfall or some kind of

circulation is needed in order to keep the koi alive. You can use the dirt from the hole you dug to create the ponds waterfall.

Before you cover your newly dug hole with your liner, make sure there is no edgy piece of rock in the hole.

Liner should extend about a foot out of your hole which you will anchor with large rocks. Smooth out liner as best you can.

Make sure if you’re walking around in the pond, not to rip your liner.

When you choose your pump, make sure the pump has enough power for the size of your pond.

All ponds and waterfalls need a circulating pump.

These come in many different sizes according to how high you need to pump the water and how fast you want the flow rate.

The pump will need to be placed in the pond, but it needs to be off the bottom of the pond floor by an inch or two. This keeps the pump from sucking up sediment.

The filter is the heart of your koi pond. The filter is what keeps the water clear and healthy for the fish.

Many ponds have failed because the owners spent all their money on a beautiful pond and tried to save money on their filter.

The filter serves two purposes.

One, it serves as a mechanical filter removing fish waste and anything else in the pond that would cloud the water.

Two, it serves as a biological filter by converting the ammonia produced by the fish into nitrites and eventually into nitrates which, in general, are harmless to the fish.

Next week part two of ‘A pond in the garden’.

POLICE SAFETY TIPS

How to avoid burglary or theft at your home THIEVES love homes that are unprotected and easy to break into; or homes that have many valuables.

The following steps elaborate on some methods to avoid having your home broken into.

Lock your doors - Although this seems obvious, many people still fail to do this.

This makes it incredibly easy for a criminal to steal items, without difficulty of getting them out of the home and without leaving visible evidence of the theft, that a neighbour can see from the outside of the home.

Close and lock all windows Just locking doors is pointless if you do not close the windows

when gone.

Do not advertise valuables - Having valuables in locations that are near a window, especially on the first floor of the home (ie. large television or computer system directly behind the large front windows of your home).

Also, just because you do not make it obvious for someone who goes by your home to know what’s in it, there are other ways a criminal can determine what valuables you have in your home.

Be careful of who you tell about your valuables, even to people you believe are not going to be the burglars; you increase your risk of a home invasion.

Even if they’re completely innocent, they could possibly tell

somebody who isn’t as upstanding.

For those who post information of what they own online, you should also be careful.

Invest in a quality alarm, preferably with a cellular backup (because it is quite easy for a criminal to disconnect phone wires leading to your home).

Be sure to turn it on, especially if you leave your home, and nobody is there. Even if you are only gone for a short period of time.

You should also turn on your alarm when you are home alone or when you are sleeping.

Criminals love to make an entry in a location that is poorly visible to others. By removing vegetation that makes it difficult for others to

By Audley Astwood Audley, a former police detective and broadcaster, is currently the press officer for the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force. His main focus is on crime prevention and community policing. For more information call 941-4448 or visit www.tcipolice.tc.

see around your home, you lower the risk that they can make a silent entry.

If possible, park your bicycles and vehicles in a locked garage. If that garage has windows, be sure to put shades or blinds over them so criminals cannot see what kind of transportation they can steal.

If there’s a sign of trouble, call 911.

Do not put yourself in danger and by

no means, do not break the law in order to protect your home.

This weekly column is written as part of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force’s crime prevention initiative.

For more crime prevention tips, security awareness tips and home safety reminders, please log on to www.tcipolice.tc or www.facebook.com/rtcipf.

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Thea LoweGangasingh

Thea Lowe-Gangasingh is a professional makeup artist based in Providenciales certified with Chic Studios NYC. To book an appointment for any occasion with Thea Makeup Artistry email info@theamakeupartistry.com or call 242-4627.

Makeup tips for eyeglass wearers EYEGLASSES can create an impact on your appearance and draw attention to the eyes. Here are a few tips to aid in your makeup application and avoid makeup mishaps.

Groom and define your brows Eyebrows frame the face and thus are an important part to completing any look. The eyebrow shape you choose should be in harmony with your eyewear.

To fill in any sparse areas of your brow, simply apply your favourite brow product then brush clear or coloured brow mascara through for a polished look.

Eye makeup Depending on your mood and the look you are going for, you can go simple or go bold with your eye makeup as long as it doesn’t clash with the colour of your hair, lips or eyeglass frames.

For simple definition, a winged liner and mascara will do the trick. To create harmony adjust the thickness of your liner to the style of your glasses so that they do not overpower your eyes. For example, a thin liner will look great with a smaller frame.

Note: Avoid applying dark makeup under your eyes, instead, apply a white or nude eyeliner on your water line to create contrast and visually lift the area.

Curl your eyelashes to avoid them touching the lens If you happen to be one of those whose lashes are always uncomfortably brushing against your lens, then a lash curler will be your new best friend.

Simply comb through your lashes then begin curling at the roots of the lash first, give your curler a few gentle pulses without clamping it too tightly then remove and clamp from the middle of the lash for an amazing lift.

Apply mascara After you’ve combed and curled your lashes, apply one coat of mascara in a creamy waterproof formula from the roots to the tips.

Apply a second coat focusing mainly at the roots of the lashes by wiggling the mascara wand back and forth for more intensity.

Note: Focus your mascara application at the roots/base of the lashes as it will create more drama and definition.

Brighten under your eyes If you suffer from dark under eye circles, or your eyeglass frames are casting dark shadows in certain light, then you can brighten the under eye area by applying either a concealer or foundation one to two shades lighter than your skin tone.

Blot to remove excess product around the eyes and nose and dust lightly with powder to set. This minimises the transfer of makeup where the glasses touch the skin.

Colour your pout When choosing your lip colour, ensure it does not clash with your eye makeup or the design of your eyeglass frame.

Go bold with your lip colour if your eye makeup is subtle and vice versa.

The Dentist and you  Mark Osmond BDS (Lond) LDS RCS (Eng). Mark Osmond Dental Clinic - (649) 432 3777, drmosmond@gmail.com or Find us on Facebook

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By Dr Mark Osmond

Dental emergencies - Volume one A DENTAL emergency is something that no-one is able to foresee but like any emergency if you can remain calm and know ahead of time the correct steps to follow, you are best placed for handling it correctly and minimising long term damage.

In many dental emergency situations the steps you take immediately can have significant consequences. It may be the difference between saving or losing a tooth or teeth.

As a general point I would advise having the contact numbers of your dentist, doctor and hospital programmed into your phone.

Below I have started to detail common emergency issues and the best way of dealing with them.

As there is quite a lot of information to cover, this will be a three part article which will continue over the next few of weeks.

Knocked out tooth - this applies to permanent (second) teeth only The tooth should be retrieved. Hold the tooth by the crown (the white part you usually see in the mouth) and rinse it gently in water if it is dirty.

Do not attempt to scrub it or remove any attached tissue fragments. If you are able, try and gently reinsert the tooth back into the original hole (socket) but do not force it.

If this is not possible, place the tooth in a cup of regular milk or saline solution (salt water). In either case you need to see your dentist immediately.

A tooth that has been completely knocked out and then re-implanted will need to be splinted. It is common that it will require root canal treatment.

Teeth that have been knocked out have the highest chance of being saved if the patient is seen by a dentist and the tooth reinserted within a one hour period of it being knocked out.

Partially dislodged tooth - this applies to permanent (second) teeth only If a tooth is very loose but not completely out, try to hold it in place and if possible gently push it back into the correct position.

You should see your dentist as soon as possible. In the immediate term you can apply a cold compress to the outside of the mouth or cheek to help relieve pain and reduce swelling.

You can also take an overthe-counter medicine such as acetaminophen (Tylenol) or ibuprofen (Advil).

When you see the dentist an x-ray will be taken to establish whether the tooth has just moved in the socket or has been broken off at the root.

If the tooth is intact the dentist will try to move the tooth back into

position and then splint it in order to keep it stable within the jaw bone while it heals.

At this stage it is not possible to know whether the tooth has died from the trauma.

If the tooth has a fractured root then the prognosis for the tooth has to be carefully assessed; some teeth can survive with treatment but often the only option is extraction.

If the patient is young and the root formation not complete (under nine years), it is possible for a tooth to survive being knocked out and remain alive. If this is not the case a root canal treatment will be commenced.

Please note the above information applies to adult teeth only. Do not attempt to re-implant or replace knocked out deciduous (baby) teeth.

This could potentially damage the forming adult tooth within the gum.

If a baby tooth has been knocked out or has become dislodged, see you dentist as soon as possible. If you are able, bring the tooth with you.

Please look out for the next instalment of this article which will discuss dental emergencies concerned with loose or lost crowns, bridges and fillings, chipped teeth and toothache.

Mark Osmond BDS (Lond) LDS RCS (Eng), Mark Osmond Dental Clinic, (649) 432 3777 drmosmond@gmail.com or find us on Facebook.

Weekly Recipe Adele is a native of South Africa, currently living and working in the TCI. In addition to being a superb cook, Adele has the full time job of being a mom to four wonderful kids.

Since migrating to the TCI, she has committed to making her family and fellow countrymen her favourite dishes from South Africa. Hopefully now everyone can get a taste of her extensive repertoire of delightful South African dishes. Happy cooking!

Pumpkin fritters A little effort for a lot of goodness!

INGREDIENTS • 3 cups cooked and cooled pumpkin of your choice • 2 eggs • 1 teaspoon salt • 2 cups self-raising flour • 3 teaspoons baking powder • 2 cups cooking oil • Syrup: • 1 cup sugar

• 1/2 cup water • 1/4 cup milk • 1 tablespoon butter • 1 teaspoon maizena METHOD • Mix pumpkin, eggs and salt. Sift self-raising flour and baking powder and add to first mixture. Should be a soft dough.

• Heat oil to medium heat. Put spoonsful of your pumpkin batter

in the oil and fry until light brown about five to eight minutes.

• Oil shouldn’t be too hot otherwise it cooks outside but still raw inside.

Drain on paper towel.

• For the syrup: Heat sugar, water,

milk, butter just until it boils. Mix maizena with just a little bit of water to make paste.

• Add this to the syrup and bring to a boil. Pour the warm syrup immediately over the warm fritters.

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Haiti’s first election in four years marred by sporadic violence TWO people were killed during Haiti’s long-delayed legislative elections, political parties said Monday, amid violence that forced some polling stations to close early.

The elections, held on Sunday after a four-year delay, were meant to be a stride toward restoring consitutional order in the destitute Caribbean country.

Turnout was reported to be low.

Several Port-au-Prince polling stations were vandalized in the morning and 26 shut down early because of violence.

The president of a party called Fusion, Edmonde Supplice Beauzile, said the son of a party supporter was killed in the town of Savanette in central Haiti.

Beauzile, a former senator who is now running for president, added that two members of her party were injured.

Haitian President Michel Martelly’s party, PHTK, said meanwhile that one of its supporters was shot to death in the north of Haiti.

The National Police gave no numbers on election day casualties.

It did say that more than 130 people were arrested and that officers had seized 23 firearms.

Special representatives of the UN Secretary General and a

A man votes at a polling station during legislative elections in Portau-Prince, Haiti on August 9, 2015 (AFP Photo/Hector Retamal)

“Core Group” of ambassadors in Haiti welcomed the elections, but condemned the day’s unrest.

“While commending the citizens who exercised their right to vote across the country, the ‘Core Group’ deplores interruptions of the polls in certain areas, acts of violence and the loss of human life,” it said.

The representatives urged Haitian authorities to investigate the violence and pressed for calm as results are tallied.

“The ‘Core Group’ calls on all parties to await peacefully the results of this first round and to pursue the electoral process in compliance with

the law,” it said.

The group is represented by ambassadors from Brazil, Canada, the European Union, France, Spain, the United States of America and also include the special representative of the Organization of American States.

Sunday’s poll was the first legislative elections in Haiti since Martelly took power in 2011.

The poorest country in the Americas suffers from chronic instability and is struggling to recover from a devastating 2010 earthquake that killed more than 250,000 people and crippled the nation’s infrastructure.

Bahamas: Obesity resulting in lower workplace productivity – Study finds NINETY per cent of the Bahamian workforce is either overweight or obese according to a study by a local fitness and consulting firm, its principal telling Tribune Business that the lack of a corporate wellness and fitness culture was significantly lowering workplace productivity and ultimately impacting businesses’ bottom line.

Ethan Quant, founder of Elite Fitness, a leading wellness and fitness firm in The Bahamas, noted that many businesses were suffering from lower workplace productivity and the financial burden of rising employee health care premiums because of employee health issues, primarily brought on by obesity.

Mr Quant said that while many businesses view employee health and wellness as an added expense it should be seen as an investment.

“We did a study and found that 90 per cent of the Bahamian workforce is either overweight or obese,” Mr Quant said. That’s a serious cause for concern. The workplace is reflective of the wider population. Many companies invest in equipment, technology and paying for employees

to go to school but won’t cover gym membership. We need to start the conversation for develop a corporate wellness culture in The Bahamas.”

He added: “We have found that health care costs have been rising because of the level of obesity in The Bahamas. When you have higher risk employees, your health care premiums are higher, your rate of employee sick days and absenteeism is higher and this all contributes to a lower rate of productivity.”

Using the Body Mass Index (BMI), a measure of body fat based on an individual’s weight in relation to their height, Elite Fitness conducted a research study where 100 men and women aged between 18 and 60 were randomly selected and their BMIs tested. “The findings of the study conducted, though not surprising, was quite disturbing, as it revealed that 90 per cent of the Bahamian workforce is overweight or obese,” thestudy found.

“This number is split evenly with 45 per cent being overweight, meaning they have a BMI of 25-29.9, and 45 per cent being obese, meaning that they have a BMI of 30 or greater. The average person in the study had a BMI of 30.79. This means that the average

Bahamian employee suffers from obesity.”

Of the study participants 42 per cent were men and 52 per cent were women.

The research study went on to reveal that seven per cent of the men were healthy with a BMI of 18.524.9; 45 per cent of the men were overweight with a BMI of 25-29.9; 48 per cent of the men were obese with a BMI of 30 and over; 12 per cent of the women were healthy with a BMI of 18.5; 45 per cent were overweight with a BMI of 25- 29.9 and 43 per cent were obese with a BMI of 30 and over.

Mr Quant explained that this corporate health and wellness push has been inspired by his own weight loss journey. “I was 306 pounds, I lost 110 pounds and transformed not just my body but my life. Your body is a reflection of your lifestyle. Most of us spend a third or more of our day at work.

The work place heavily influences the lifestyle that we live but we don’t have a corporate wellness culture here. We don’t have an organisation based corporate wellness programme initiated by many companies here that can run year round.

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Updated outlook shows even greater likelihood of calm hurricane season Forecasters are more sure than ever that activity during the current hurricane season will be well below normal.

In May, the likelihood of a below-normal season was 70 per cent. But in an updated outlook released yesterday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate Prediction Center indicated the probability of a fairly quiet season is now 90 per cent and there may only be one major hurricane even though the season could produce as many as 10 named storms.

It is the highest confidence level given by NOAA since seasonal hurricane outlooks began in 1998.

The updated outlook also lowers the overall expected storm activity this season. The outlook now includes a 70 per cent chance of 6-10 named storms (from 6-11 in the initial May Outlook), of which 1-4 will become hurricanes (from 3-6 in May), and 0-1 will become major hurricanes (from 0-2 in May).

These ranges — which include the three named storms to-date, Ana, Bill, and Claudette, — are centred well below the seasonal averages of 12 named storms, 6 hurricanes and three major hurricanes.

Forecasters attribute the high

likelihood of a below-normal season to three primary factors: • El Niño has strengthened as predicted, and NOAA’s latest El Niño forecast calls for a significant El Niño to continue through the remainder of the hurricane season; • Atmospheric conditions typically associated with a significant El Niño, such as strong vertical wind shear and enhanced sinking motion across the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean Sea, are now present. These conditions make it difficult for storms to develop, and they are predicted to continue through the remaining four months of the hurricane season; and • Tropical Atlantic sea-surface temperatures are predicted to remain below average and much cooler than the rest of the global tropics.

But lead seasonal hurricane forecaster with the prediction center, Gerry Bell, cautioned that storms and hurricanes can still strike, even in below-normal seasons and during El Niño events.

“Regardless of our call for below-normal storm activity, people along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts should remain prepared and vigilant, especially now that the peak months of the hurricane season have started,” he said.

Christie and Mitchell stress the importance of PM’s office PRIME Minister Perry Christie and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Fred Mitchell both stressed the importance of respecting the Office of the Prime Minister earlier this week, in a veiled reference to controversial statements made by Baha Mar CEO Sarkis Izmirlian.

“I want to say that the prime minister is the holder of the most important executive office in this country,” Mr Mitchell said at a ceremony to celebrate the Fox Hill Day. “In that, he is the defender of all the power and majesty that is reposed in the Bahamian state.

“No one should disrespect him.

You would notice that when the prime minister enters the room, we all stand, there is only one office for which that honour is afforded and as a matter of protocol to the governor general.”

Speaking after Mr Mitchell, Mr Christie echoed his sentiments.

“He is right in that regard, when he speaks about the respect for the Office of the Prime Minister, sometimes we forget it is not the

individual we are talking about, we are talking about the office that person holds. And that person could be the pastor of the church, it’s the office the pastor has that will be passed on to eternity where other individuals will come in and hold that office and for the good order of our country whether it’s in the church, in the school, whether it’s the prime minister, respect, respect, respect.”

Their statements came about a week after Mr Mitchell criticised Mr Izmirlian for what he termed were “attacks” on Mr Christie and his unacceptable behaviour as an “economic guest” in this country.

Last week, while speaking at an Emancipation Day event, Mr Mitchell also warned Mr Izmirlian that his permanent residency status could be revoked.

Days later, Minister of Labour Shane Gibson defended Mr Mitchell’s stance and went further – suggesting that psychological evaluations should become standard for all foreign investors seeking to do business in this country.

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Barbados PM restates CARICOM’s ‘total support’ for Guyana’s territorial integrity

A total of three female Cayman Airways employees have been arrested in connection with the alleged smuggling.

Cayman Airways employees suspected of smuggling Cubans into the US A THIRD female employee of Cayman Airways has been arrested in connection with the alleged smuggling of Cubans into the United States.

The 30-year-old woman was held on suspicion of human smuggling on Monday, four days after two of her co-workers, aged 29 and 33, were taken into police custody on similar grounds, said a statement issued by the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) late Monday.

The police had previously disclosed that the under the alleged trafficking scheme, foreign nationals who were legitimately in the Cayman Islands were given false identifies to get into the US. “The investigation is complex and involves cooperation with other foreign and local partner agencies,” the RCIPS added.

It is alleged that the three

women were being paid to facilitate Cubans’ entry to the US where, under the administration’s wetfoot, dry-foot policy, they would be given preferential treatment and automatically get citizenship after a year.

Cayman Airways said had initiated the investigation, identifying and reporting to the authorities “certain passenger movements which appeared to have been contrary to Immigration regulations”.

“Since that time, Cayman Airways has been fully cooperative and transparent with the relevant authorities as they conducted their investigations,” it added.

The airline employees have been suspended pending investigations.

Human smuggling in the Cayman Islands carries a punishment of up to seven years in prison and a $50,000 fine. (Caribbean360)

Barbados removed from Spain’s tax haven blacklist following complaints SPAIN has removed Barbados from its tax haven blacklist, following protest by the island’s Ministry of International Business.

And International Business Minister Donville Inniss says he is hoping other countries will follow suit.

Barbados was among Caribbean countries recently listed by several members of the European Union (EU) as being non-cooperative tax jurisdictions.

“Barbados currently has 34 Double Taxation Agreements (DTAs) and this, to my mind, adds great value to our international business sector. Also, we are expecting a DTA with Italy and, over the next few weeks, formal

negotiations on a tax treaty with Cyprus will commence in London, England,” Inniss said, adding that he would be leading the team to London to oversee the negotiations.

The minister said discussions are ongoing with those EU members which still have Barbados blacklisted, including Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal and Slovenia.

Inniss disclosed that diplomatic notes have been dispatched to those nations to ensure they are aware of the errors in their listing, to formalize tax treaty relations with them, and to get Barbados off those lists. (Caribbean360)

BARBADIAN Prime Minister Freundel Stuart met with Jorge Arreaza, Vice President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on Sunday. The Vice President was in Barbados as part of a regional tour to discuss Venezuela’s territorial and maritime claims in the region.

During their discussions, Prime Minister Stuart emphasised the need to maintain peace and stability as the basis for enhancing regional cooperation and the development of both Guyana and Venezuela. He welcomed Vice President Arreaza’s visit to Barbados and the Caribbean as a tangible demonstration of Venezuela’s commitment to those ideals.

Prime Minister Stuart reiterated the position adopted by Caricom at the 36th Regular Meeting of Heads of Government, held in Barbados from July 2 to 4, 2015. In this regard, he restated Barbados and Caricom’s total support for the integrity of Guyana’s territory and maritime space, as well as that of all Caricom states. He said that Barbados stood

by Guyana as it sought the best means to address this issue.

He continued: “We are committed to assisting Venezuela and Guyana in this dispute, preferring at all times a peaceful solution. But as of now, having regard to the fact that there was an arbitral award in 1899 and having regard to the fact that the Geneva Agreement of 1966 has not yielded the kind of results that either Venezuela or Guyana expected, Cari-com’s formal position has to be a commitment to the

Barbadian Prime Minister Freundel Stuart (right) with Jorge Arreaza, Vice President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

territorial integrity of Guyana.”

Acknowledging that both countries had been trying to pursue a peaceful settlement for many years, Stuart expressed the view that the time had come for the issue to be concluded. “We cannot contemplate such an end if we do not have a mechanism in place, for in the event the peaceful solution we prefer does not happen, an alternative mechanism can be sprung into action that can settle the matter by juridical means,” he remarked.

Prime Minister Stuart told Vice President Arreaza that Barbados acknowledged that Venezuela had issued a new decree, namely

Presidential Decree no 1859 of July 6, 2015, which had replaced Decree 1787. He informed that the new Decree was being studied by CARICOM experts.

Stuart emphasised the importance to Barbados of its relationship with Venezuela. He welcomed the efforts at communication on the part of the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela aimed at maintaining the deep bonds of friendship, collaboration and partnership between the Governments and peoples of the Caribbean Community and Venezuela. (Barbados Govern-ment Information Service)

Bahamas: Judge to decide on her jurisdiction to hear bail application A JUDGE requested a week’s time to determine whether she has the jurisdiction to hear the bail application of an alleged drug lord fighting extradition to the United States.

Justice Vera Watkins raised the issue of jurisdiction when Melvin Maycock Sr’s lawyer, Murrio Ducille, confirmed to the court that Maycock’s dismissed application for bail before Senior Justice Stephen Isaacs had not been contested at the Court of Appeal.

Maycock Sr, the alleged head of the Caribbean arm of a multinational drug trafficking network, was denied bail by Senior Justice Isaacs in March of this year.

He had applied for bail pending the outcome of his appeal of an approved extradition request that had been upheld by former Supreme Court judge, Senior Justice Jon Isaacs.

Mr Ducille, in Tuesday’s

proceedings, argued that the other persons being sought by the US government on drug charges had been granted bail, notwithstanding the approval of the extradition requests.

The veteran lawyer added that Maycock Sr, who has yet to receive all of the transcripts to aid his appeal, should not be discriminated against and deprived of his liberty when his co-accused are walking free pending the conclusion of the matter.

Justice Watkins, however, questioned whether she could entertain the bail application for a matter that had not been contested and within a short period of time since the previous application was dismissed.

Crown respondent Ambrose Armbrister objected to the application being heard, arguing that the appropriate forum for the matter, at this stage, was the appellate court.

Mr Armbrister also submitted that there had been no material changes in Maycock’s circumstances since his previous application.

The prosecutor also noted that the appeal relative to the extradition proceedings have been set for September.

Justice Watkins said she will consider the submissions of counsel and return with a ruling on Tuesday, August 18, to state whether she has the jurisdiction to hear the bail application.

Maycock Sr was remanded to the Department of Correctional Services in the interim.

In May 2013, then Deputy Chief Magistrate Carolita Bethell ruled that there was sufficient evidence for Maycock Sr and 13 other men to answer allegations of their involvement in a multi-national drug smuggling organisation, as alleged by the US government in 2004 when the request was made.

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Entertainment Trinidad dominates first ever International Panorama competition TRINIDAD All Stars Steel Orchestra has taken the inaugural International Panorama title, beating out 23 other bands from neighbouring Caribbean countries, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France and Japan over the weekend to take the top prize.

An impressive performance of The Mighty Trini’s Curry Tabanca earned the twin-island republic’s reigning national champion a US$250,000 first place prize and the World Steel Pan trophy at the competition that took place at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain on Saturday.

Two other Trini bands – Supernovas Steel Orchestra, playing Dr. Samaroo, and

Trinidadian teams took the first, second and third place trophies at the competition.

Renegades Steel Orchestra which performed Ah Feeling – took the second and third place spots.

They each walked away with US$200,000 and US$150,000, respectively.

The Brooklyn Steel Orchestra out of the US and Trinidad and Tobago’s Phase II Pan Groove tied for fourth spot, each getting US$125,000.

Academy can reclaim auctioned Oscar statuette for $10 An Oscar statuette that changed hands last year for $79,200 (£50,726) can be reclaimed by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for just $10 (£6.40), a Los Angeles judge has ruled.

The ruling was made after an agreement was reached between the Academy and Nate D Sanders, an auction house that specialises in movie memorabilia.

The golden statuette in question was awarded in 1942 to Joseph C Wright for his colour art direction on My Gal Sal. His heirs sold the Oscar in June 2014.

The Academy tried to prevent the sale, claiming

The Academy is not always successful at stopping Oscar sales.

it breached a rule, instituted in 1951, that Oscar winners and their heirs cannot sell statuettes without first offering it to the organisation for $10.

The Academy’s lawyers argued that Nate D Sanders was aware of the requirement when it bought the Oscar at

a sale organised by Rhode Island firm Briarbrook Auctions.

Nate B Sanders previously handled the auction of 15 Oscar statues, a collection whose sale fetched more than $3m (£1.9m), in 2012.

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Pastorchik wins Miss Three more women accuse Hooters International Bill Cosby of sexual assault HOOTERS has crowned a new Miss Hooters International.

The winner, Meagan Pastorchik, was selected out of 100 girls who competed to be the face of Hooters. Pastorchik, who lives in South Carolina, not only won the title, but also $30,000 in prize money.

The event also featured guest judges including NFL running back Clinton Portis and Lynne Austin, “The Original Hooters Girl.”

(Chron) Saved as: Sesame St Caption: The Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind the beloved series, reached a partnership with the leading cable network to stream the next five seasons, officials said.

Meagan Pastorchik also collected $30,000 in prize money.

The list of women accusing comedian and actor Bill Cosby of sexual assault grew by three Wednesday, as two actresses and a former airline stewardess made their allegations public.

One of the women, Eden Tirl, claimed that she was assaulted by Cosby when she was locked in a dressing room during a taping of “The Cosby Show” in 1989. she also claimed that Cosby repeatedly harassed her on the set of the highlyrated show, grabbing and hugging her in an intimidating manner on and around the set.

The accusations by the other two women date from the 1970s.

One of the women, former actress Linda Ridgeway Whitedeer, claimed Cosby assaulted her in an office in 1971 while she was waiting for a casting interview and forced her to perform oral sex on him.

“His attack was fast with surgical precision and surprise on his side,” Whitedeer said. “I felt Cosby’s left hand gently grab my long hair behind my head, his giant frame blocked the door.”

Nearly 50 women have now come forward to accuse Cosby of sexual assault, with many of them saying they were drugged.

The third woman, Colleen Hughes, said she met Cosby in the 1970s while working as a flight attendant for American Airlines. She said Cosby invited her to have lunch with him after the two met on a flight to Los Angeles.

During the meal in a Beverly

Hills hotel room, Hughes said Cosby poured some champagne into her Gucci shoe. She later feel asleep, only realizing that she had been assaulted when he woke up hours later.

Hughes later said she confronted Cosby about the alleged assault about a year later, but never told anyone else.

“I lived my whole life with a terrible secret about what Bill Cosby did to me,” Hughes said. “I never told anyone.”

Nearly 50 women have now come forward to accuse Cosby of sexual assault, with many of them saying they were drugged. Cosby has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing.

He is scheduled to give a sworn deposition Oct. 9 in a lawsuit brought by Judy Huth, who accuses Cosby of sexually assaulting her at the Playboy Mansion in 1974, when she was 15 years old.

In a 2005 deposition, Cosby admitted giving women Quaaludes during sexual encounters that he insisted were consensual in the 1970s. (Fox News)

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Entertainment Scientists discover marijuana in 400-year-old pipes excavated from Shakespeare’s garden WAS William Shakespeare high when he penned some of his immortal work? That’s what South African scientists are wondering after discovering marijuana in 400-year-old tobacco pipes dug up in the great British bard’s garden.

Residue from early 17th century clay pipes found in the playwright’s back yard, and elsewhere in his home town of Stratford-Upon-Avon, were analysed in Pretoria using a state-ofthe-art forensic technique called gas chromatography mass spectrometry, The Independent reports.

Of the 24 fragments of pipe loaned from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust to University of the Witwatersrand, marijuana was found in eight samples, four of which came from Shakespeare’s property.

There was also evidence of cocaine in two pipes, but neither of them had been found in the playwright’s garden.

Several kinds of tobacco were in use in the 17th century, including the North American Nicotiana (from which we get nicotine), and cocaine (Erythroxylum), which is obtained from Peruvian coca leaves.

It has been claimed that Sir Francis Drake may have brought coca leaves to England after his visit to Peru, just as Sir Walter Raleigh had brought “tobacco leaves” (Nicotiana) from Virginia in North America.

In a recent issue of Country Life magazine, Mark Griffiths stimulated interest in John Gerard’s Herbal, published in 1597 as a botanical book, which includes engraved images of several people in the frontispiece. One of them (cited as “The Fourth Man”) is identified by Griffiths as William Shakespeare, but this identification is questionable.

The engraving could well represent Sir Francis Drake, who knew Gerard.

Gerard’s Herbal refers to various kinds of “tobacco” introduced to Europe by Drake and Raleigh in the days of Shakespeare in Elizabethan England.

A link unquestionably exists between Drake and plants from the New World, notably corn, the potato and “tobacco.” Raleigh is associated with the introduction of “tobacco” to Europe from Virginia and elsewhere.

With respect to cocaine, Shakespeare may have been aware of its deleterious effects. Possibly he preferred marijuana as a weed with mind-stimulating properties.

The Independent based these suggestions on the following literary references: In Sonnet 76, Shakespeare writes about “invention in a noted weed.” This can be interpreted to mean that Shakespeare was willing to use “weed” (marijuana as a kind of tobacco) for creative

Four pipes that came from William Shakespeare’s property contained traces of marijuana.

writing (“invention”).

In the same sonnet it appears that he would prefer not to be associated with “compounds strange,” which could be interpreted to mean “strange drugs” (possibly cocaine).

This is not the first time that scientists have hinted the playwright

was using drugs. In 2001, researchers analysing the same pipes claimed to have found traces of cocaine and hallucinogenic drugs.

Other famous literary figures, including Coleridge and Byron, are known to have taken some inspiration from narcotics. (Caribbean360)

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Entertainment Lawsuit alleges Brown’s boyfriend gave her ‘toxic cocktail’ The estate of Bobbi Kristina Brown has filed a multimillion-dollar wrongful death lawsuit against her boyfriend, alleging he is responsible for the injuries that led to her death last month.

The lawsuit filed Friday alleges Nick Gordon, who shared a townhome with Brown in the Atlanta suburb of Roswell, beat her after an argument on the morning of January 31, then gave her a “toxic cocktail” to knock her out.

It accuses him of placing her facedown in a bathtub of cold water, causing her to suffer brain damage.

The suit seeks at least $10 million.

Brown, the only child of the late Whitney Houston and singer Bobby Brown, was rushed to the hospital after the incident in January and placed in a medically induced coma.

She died in hospice care late last month at age 22.

Gordon has never been charged in relation to Brown’s death, and his legal team says the suit is “slanderous and meritless.”

“Nick has been heartbroken and destroyed over the loss of his love and it’s shameful that such baseless

allegations have been presented publicly,” Joe Habachy and Jose Baez said in a statement. “Nick has engaged civil counsel and intends to defend the lawsuit vigorously and expose it for what it is: a fictitious assault against the person who loved Krissy most.”

Speculation about Brown’s injuries began soon after she was hospitalized. Daphne Barak, a friend of Brown, said in February that police had questioned Gordon about bruises on Brown’s chest. Barak said Gordon told her they were a result of him performing CPR. Gordon was not allowed to visit Brown in the hospital, and he did not attend her funeral.

LAWSUIT ALLEGES PREVIOUS ABUSE The lawsuit was filed in Fulton County Superior Court in Atlanta by Bedelia Hargrove, the administrator of Brown’s estate.

It claims Gordon controlled Brown’s interactions and manipulated her bank accounts so he could access her money, “routinely transferring a large portion” of her

the master bedroom, leaving blood on the walls of the staircase. Afterward, Defendant stated to persons present, ‘I don’t do this often,’ indicating this was not the first time Defendant beat her.”

The lawsuit states that Bobbi Kristina Brown was beaten and then given a “toxic cocktail” by her boyfriend Nick Gordon.

funds into his accounts without Brown’s consent or authorization.

It also says he installed cameras throughout their townhome so he could watch and hear her.

“This was all part of a scheme to control Bobbi Kristina and benefit from her wealth,” the suit states.

It describes previous instances of alleged physical abuse, including one incident days before her neardrowning on January 31.

Witnesses were present, the lawsuit alleges, when Gordon lunged at Brown on the living room couch so hard that the couch broke and she was knocked

to the floor. He continued to beat her in the face until she was bloody and then kicked her in the side until she was screaming and curled up on the floor, the suit says.

The attack caused Brown to lose a tooth and blood was on the floor, the suit says.

“Defendant then demanded that she go upstairs,” the lawsuit reads.

“Bobbi Kristina began crawling on the floor because she could not stand up due to the injuries Defendant inflicted.

“Defendant then dragged her upstairs by her hair and threw her in

THE DAY SHE WAS HOSPITALISED Shortly before January 31, Brown confided in someone that Gordon “was not the man she thought he was,” and she scheduled a time to meet that person, the suit says. The meeting never took place.

About 6 a.m. on January 31, Gordon returned from an all-night “cocaine and drinking binge,” the lawsuit states. He reviewed surveillance camera footage and listened to Brown’s conversations, which led to an argument that began in the kitchen, moved to the living room and ended upstairs in the master bedroom.

The argument lasted about 30 minutes, it says.

“Upon information and belief, Defendant gave Bobbi Kristina a toxic cocktail rendering her unconscious and then put her face down in a tub of cold water causing her to suffer brain damage,” the lawsuit reads. He then got in bed with a female guest, it says.

‘Sesame Street’ episodes to be cut down to 30 minutes; show heads to HBO

DiCaprio wins lawsuit over French tabloid’s story of Rihanna pregnancy

THIS report is brought to you today by the letters W-T-H. “Sesame Street” is heading to HBO, the long-running children’s television show announced Thursday – and its usual hourlong episodes will be cut down to 30 minutes.

The Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind the beloved series, reached a partnership with the leading cable network to stream the next five seasons, officials said.

“Our new partnership with HBO represents a true winning public-private partnership model,” Sesame Workshop’s CEO Jeffrey Dunn said in a statement.

“It provides Sesame Workshop with the critical funding it needs to be able to continue production of Sesame Street and secure its nonprofit mission of helping kids grow smarter, stronger and kinder.”

Episodes, which were trimmed in half after officials received “positive station and viewer feedback” to the shorter episodes, will be made available on PBS after a “nine-month window,” officials said.

Sesame Workshop will also produce a “Sesame Street Muppet” spin-off series and

THE High Court of Paris slams a magazine’s interference with a celebrity’s privacy and orders the publication to print news of the ruling on its next cover.

Leonardo DiCaprio has gotten a French court to order the magazine Oops! to print a condemnation of its story alleging that the actor got pop star Rihanna pregnant and then didn’t want the baby. DiCaprio was also awarded damages of €8,000, but what will be peculiar to Americans is how the French court reached its decision.

The ruling was not based on a defamation claim per se, but rather an amalgam of defamation and privacy where the truth or falsity of the story wasn’t essential to the court’s verdict.

The judge’s opinion is only available in French at the moment, but according to a rough English translation, “the particularly intimate nature of such revelation” — DiCaprio’s supposed attitude toward a pregnant Rihanna — and the “absence of any evidence to accredit … the accuracy of the facts alleged” combined with “the interference with privacy” means that Oops! can’t defend its article as “legitimate public

create a new educational series for children.

The new episodes will begin airing as early as late fall 2015.

The decision to change the duration of the iconic series, which premiered in 1969, was jointly reached by PBS Kids and Sesame Workshop through “thorough research and consideration,” PBS KIDS spokeswoman Maria Vera told the Daily News.

PBS tested out the half-hour episodes last September on weekday afternoons as the longer version aired weekday mornings.

Most fans of the fictional, famously furry cast were in favor of the whittled down episodes, Vera said.

“Following its debut in September, the half-hour format was well-received by our viewers across on-air and digital platforms, and by our member stations,” she said. “We have worked closely with Sesame Workshop to monitor its success since then, and jointly decided to transition to the half-hour format this fall.”

The Emmy-winning show garners more than 6 million young viewers across 150 countries each week, officials said. (NYDailynews)

Pop star Rihanna and actor Leonardo DiCaprio were reported to be close.

information.”

This is noteworthy as American courts recognise no such thing as the legal concept being applied known as “false privacy.” Imagine if they did. Journalism in this country would be vastly different. The truth of information wouldn’t necessary matter. Only the intimate nature of the information and whether there was enough reportorial support. In short, whether journalists were reckless with regards to an individual’s privacy.

And the harm would be something for publishers to rebut rather than for plaintiffs to demonstrate.

In this case, Oops! attempted to

argue that DiCaprio never denied a relationship with Rihanna and spoke about his private life in media interviews, but the French court said that a salacious story on the cover of Oops! was “inherently likely to cause serious harm” to the actor. Moreover, it ruled that the actor’s “alleged appeasement towards the media is not established.”

The €8,000 goes to compensate DiCaprio for “moral damages resulting from violence to his private life and his image rights,” and even more astounding is what comes next.

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Joel and his new wife welcome daughter into world BILLY Joel might be done making new music, but he’s not quite finished in the family department. The 66-year-old rock legend and his new wife, Alexis Joel, welcomed a baby girl into the world on Wednesday (Aug. 12) morning, according to a post on Billy Joel’s site.

Named Della Rose, she entered the world at 7 lbs., 6.5 oz. Alexis, a 33-yearold former Morgan Stanley exec, and Joel got married in a surprise wedding ceremony on July 4, 2015. Joel has a 29-year-old daughter, Alexa Ray Joel, with ex-wife

The 66-year-old rock legend and his new wife, Alexis Joel (33), welcomed a baby girl into the world on Wednesday morning.

Christie Brinkley. Alexis Joel is his fourth wife.

Just days before their nuptials, Joel broke the record

for most solo performances at Madison Square Garden, an honor previously held by Elton John. (CNN)

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Former US president Carter reveals he has cancer FORMER US President Jimmy Carter says recent liver surgery revealed that he has cancer and it has spread to other parts of his body.

The 90-year-old statesman underwent surgery to remove a small mass in his liver earlier this month.

He said he would reveal more “when facts are known, possibly next week”.

Mr Carter will undergo treatment by physicians at Emory Healthcare in Atlanta.

President Barack Obama wished Mr Carter “a full and fast recovery” in a statement released on Wednesday.

“Jimmy, you’re as resilient as they come, and along with the rest of America, we are rooting for you,” Mr Obama said.

The White House said Mr Obama spoke to Mr Carter on the telephone on Wednesday.

Bernice King, daughter of Martin Luther King Jr, posted on Twitter: “President #JimmyCarter is in my thoughts & prayers. May the Lord heal, comfort & encourage this extraordinary servant-leader to the world.”

Jimmy Carter has remained active since leaving the White House in 1981.

Leaving the White House in 1981, Mr Carter has remained active carrying out humanitarian efforts with his Carter Center in recent years.

He founded the centre, which focuses on human-rights efforts and political mediation, soon after he left office.

He was later responsible

for negotiating a 1994 nuclear disarmament pact with North Korea and has visited Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in recent years.

A Democrat from Georgia, Mr Carter was elected president in 1976.

He won the Nobel Peace prize in 2002 for his commitment to finding peaceful solutions to international conflicts, his work with human rights and democracy initiatives and his promotion of economic and social programmes.

The BBC interviewed Mr Carter in February about his efforts to eradicate guinea worm disease and in the South Sudan and Mali and river blindness in both Africa and Latin America.

He said then he was happy to still be travelling and doing work across the globe.

But in May, he returned early from a trip to observe elections in Guyana because he was “not feeling well”.

Mr Carter has been recently promoting his latest book, A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety, which was released in July. (BBC)

China explosion: Tianjin death toll rises in port blasts AT least 44 people are known to have died, and more than 500 injured, following two major explosions in China’s northern port city of Tianjin.

Twelve firefighters are among those who lost their lives; 36 are still missing.

The blasts happened in a warehouse for hazardous chemicals and caused a huge fireball that could be seen from space.

Hospitals have been overwhelmed with people seeking treatment for injuries caused by flying glass and debris. Some 66 people are in a serious condition.

President Xi Jinping has promised a thorough investigation into what happened and “transparent information disclosure to the public,” Xinhua news agency reports.

The first explosion occurred at about 23:30 local time (15:30 GMT) on Wednesday in the city’s Binhai New Area, a vast industrial zone which houses car factories, aircraft assembly lines and other manufacturing and research firms.

The blast was followed seconds later by another, more powerful blast, and a series of smaller explosions.

Buildings within a 2km radius (1.5 miles) had windows blown out, office blocks were destroyed and hundreds of cars burnt-out.

The impact of the blasts could be felt several kilometres away, and was registered as seismic activity at a US Geological Survey monitoring unit in Beijing 160km (100 miles) away.

Police said the short clip from a security camera showed Tyrone Harris, 18, grabbing a gun from his waistband.

Ferguson anniversary: Video ‘shows suspect with gun’ POLICE in Missouri have released a video that appears to show a black teenager brandishing a gun before he was shot and badly wounded by officers.

Police said the short clip from a security camera showed Tyrone Harris, 18, grabbing a gun from his waistband.

Mr Harris’s father has said his son was unarmed and was running away from police when he was shot on Sunday.

Tyrone Harris was fired on during protests in Ferguson to mark a year since the killing of Michael Brown.

According to police, a gunfight erupted between two rival groups in West Florissant Avenue and a suspect, identified as Tyrone Harris,

then shot at plain-clothes police officers, who returned fire.

“The video shows Harris grab a handgun out of his waistband once shots are fired during the protest in the West Florissant corridor,” St Louis’s police department said.

But Mr Harris’s father said, before the video was released, that his son had been unarmed and was “running for his life”.

Prosecutors have filed 10 charges against Tyrone Harris, including assaulting an officer.

A state of emergency was declared on Monday as protests continued to mark the anniversary of the fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown by a white police officer.

North Carolina lotto winner spends $9M to bail convict fiancé out of jail — twice

The blasts happened in a warehouse for hazardous chemicals and caused a huge fireball that could be seen from space.

The China Earthquake Networks Centre said the magnitude of the first explosion was the equivalent of detonating three tonnes of TNT, while the second was the equivalent of 21 tonnes.

“I saw fire burning and then: Boom! There was an explosion. My first reaction was to run as fast as I could and get down on the ground to save my life,” Wu Dejun, 38, a hairstylist, told Reuters.

“When I escaped, I had blood all over me.”

“It was like what we were told a nuclear bomb would be like,’’ truck driver Zhao Zhencheng told the AP news agency. “I’ve never even thought I’d see such a thing. It was

terrifying, but also beautiful.’’

The blast ripped apart a nearby dormitory for migrant workers, who were forced to flee the collapsing building.

“I rolled off the bed after the first shockwave hit, so I scrambled to run for my life,” said resident Dan Agio.

“When I reach downstairs the second blast happened. It’s as if the sky collapsed. In a blink of an eye, the roof fell.”

As of 12:00 local time (04:00 GMT), 44 people had died and a total of 520 people were being treated in hospital, Xinhua reported.

Around 1,000 firefighters, along with 140 fire engines, spent the night tackling the flames.

A North Carolina lottery winner used part of her $188 million jackpot to bail her convict fiancé out of jail — twice.

Lamar “Hot Sauce” McDow, accused of trafficking and intending to sell heroin, was released from a Brunswick County jail last week on $6 million bail.

While bondsmen do not have to release the name of who posted an inmate’s bail, McDow’s Powerball millionaire fiancée Marie Holmes likely footed the bill. Prosecutors said she bailed him out of jail once before, paying $3 million in March just weeks after she won the lottery, WWAY reported.

McDow, who has a long criminal history including assault and drug possession convictions and goes by the nickname “Hot Sauce”, was arrested last November following a year-long investigation into drug trafficking rings. He was charged with trafficking heroin and possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver heroin.

While he was behind bars, Holmes won a $188 million Powerball jackpot. She took home $88 million after taxes when she decided to take the lump sum.

Powerball winner Marie Holmes spent $9 million to bail her fiancé out of jail twice.

While holding a giant check at a Powerball press conference, she told local media she wanted to use the cash to finish college and set up tuition funds for her four children.

The single mom said was forced to quit her jobs at Walmart and McDonald’s because she needed to take care of her kids full-time. One of her sons has cerebral palsy, she said.

“This is all for them,” she said of her children. “All the struggle I ever went through, it’s all for them. Money doesn’t change it, but money’s going to help me.”

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Labour faces ‘annihilation’ under Corbyn – Opines Blair

The Australian journalist and activist denies all allegations and has said they are part of a smear campaign.

Assange ‘disappointed’ as sex assault case dropped SWEDISH prosecutors have dropped their investigation into sexual assault claims against Julian Assange because they ran out of time to question him.

The Wikileaks founder said he was “extremely disappointed” and said the Swedish prosecutor had avoided hearing his side of the story.

The Australian journalist and activist denies all allegations and has said they are part of a smear campaign.

He still faces the more serious accusation of rape.

Mr Assange sought asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy in London in 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden, fearing he would then be sent to the US and put on trial for releasing secret American documents.

He remains in the embassy and has previously said he will not leave,

even if the accusations of sex crimes were dropped.

Under Swedish law, charges cannot be laid without interviewing the suspect.

“There was no need for any of this.

I am an innocent man. I haven’t even been charged,” said Mr Assange.

“From the beginning I offered simple solutions. Come to the embassy to take my statement or promise not to send me to the United States. This Swedish official refused both. She even refused a written statement.”

He added: “I am strong but the cost to my family is unacceptable.”

However, Sweden’s director of public prosecution Marianne Nye said a request to interview Mr Assange inside the embassy had been submitted but permission was yet to be granted.

Amnesty endorses controversial policy on decriminalising sex work AMNESTY International voted on Tuesday to endorse a contentious plan to support the decriminalisation of sex work, a move that will lead to pressure on governments by the prominent rights group not to punish millions of sex workers worldwide.

“Sex workers are one of the most marginalized groups in the world who in most instances face constant risk of discrimination, violence and abuse,” Salil Shetty, the organisation’s secretary general, said in a statement.

“Our global movement paved the way for adopting a policy for the protection of the human rights of sex workers which will help shape Amnesty International’s future work on this important issue.”

Amnesty said it took the decision after two years of consultation and research, drawing on evidence from U.N.

agencies and the findings of research missions to Argentina, Hong Kong, Norway and Papua New Guinea.

The group has come under attack by women’s rights campaigners and Hollywood stars, including Meryl Streep, Kate Winslet and Emma Thompson, since a draft of its proposed policy was leaked.

Amnesty defended its new policy, saying it was the best way to defend sex workers’ human rights and reduce the risk of abuse including beatings, sexual violence, arbitrary arrest, extortion, harassment, human trafficking and forced HIV testing.

It added that the policy had been shaped by discussions with sex worker groups, HIV/AIDS activists, groups representing former prostitutes and antitrafficking agencies among others. (Reuters)

LABOUR is in “mortal danger” and faces “annihilation” if Jeremy Corbyn is elected leader, Tony Blair has said as candidates warned that the contest is now “invalid” and could be challenged in court.

The battle to succeed Ed Miliband was mired in chaos amid claims that the contest will be decided by socalled ‘infiltrators’ who will decide the contest in Mr Corbyn’s favour.

New figures released on Wednesday - the final day for registration - showed that 610,000 people are now registered to vote in the election – with around 165,000 signing up in the last 24 hours.

The majority of the new members are believed to back Mr Corbyn, further cementing his position as favourite to win the election.

Tony Blair last night made a new intervention to urge Labour not to walk “arms outstretched over the cliff’s edge to the jagged rocks below”.

“It doesn’t matter whether you’re on the left, right or centre of the party, whether you used to support me or hate me. But please understand the danger we are in,” he said.

Mr Corbyn’s rivals claim the surge in new membership shows that the race has been ‘infiltrated’ by Labour opponents who have paid the £3 membership fee in an attempt to ‘rig’ the result.

With Labour employing just 80 officials to vet the new members, there were calls for the contest to be halted.

Leadership campaign sources said the party was “fighting a losing battle” to check the new members’ Labour credentials before the result is announced on September 12.

Yvette Cooper, Andy Burnham and Liz Kendall on Wednesday wrote a letter to Labour’s general secretary demanding action over fears that the contest is unfairly skewed towards Mr Corbyn.

They demanded sight of new membership lists amid fears that Mr Corbyn’s trade union backers were already using the information to approach voters before their rivals.

Mr Corbyn’s team said the increase in voters and support for his campaign is “just democracy”.

But a Labour source said that officials in all three of Mr Corbyn’s rival campaigns are in talks about mounting a legal challenge.

“People are starting to explore whether a legal challenge is an option,” the source said. “There are huge concerns about this process.”

Mr Blair’s warning marks the second time he has intervened in the contest. He added: “The party is walking eyes shut, arms outstretched

It is the second time Mr Blair has spoken out against Mr Corbyn during the leadership contest. (Photo: Alan Davidson/Photoshot)

over the cliff’s edge to the jagged rocks below. This is not a moment to refrain from disturbing the serenity of the walk on the basis it causes ‘disunity’. It is a moment for a rugby tackle if that were possible.”

He said the idea Mr Corbyn offered anything new to Britain’s problems was “laughable” and said Labour’s reputation as a party of government could be destroyed under his leadership.

Sources close to Mr Corbyn dismissed the comments by pledging to keep their campaign “positive” and have previously said Mr Blair’s interventions could help boost their support.

Labour MPs and a leading electoral reform charity have called on Labour to delay sending out ballot papers on Friday night until all new members had been vetted.

Darren Hughes, deputy chief executive of the Electoral Reform Society, criticised Labour’s proposal to let people vote and retrospectively block them from the process.

“Instead of getting things started and then destroying some votes later on if they find people from other parties, Labour should delay sending out the ballots for a few more days so they can sort this out before it gets worse,” he said.

More than 610,000 people are now registered to vote - made up of around 300,000 party members, 190,000 affiliated supporters and 120,000 supporters.

The late surge caused Labour’s website to crash and prompted the party to extend the deadline, which passed on Wednesday, by three hours.

Sources have said that around 80 Labour officials are “desperately” trying to root out “entryists” seeking to disrupt the election.

However, figures from Mr Corbyn’s rival campaigns have told The Telegraph that they are “fighting a losing battle” and do not have the

resources to vet those who signed up to vote by paying just £3.

Labour has banned 1,200 people from voting in the election, but sources in leadership camps say this is “only the tip of the iceberg” and warned infiltrators could sway the result in Mr Corbyn’s favour.

One source said Labour headquarters resembled a “sitcom”, with more than half of the staff trying to weed out non-Labour supporters.

The source, who is close to an organisation that is affiliated to the Labour Party, said: “The whole thing is the biggest shambles that we have ever come across.

“A lot of people who didn’t vote Labour are signing up and there is no way to control it. Party staff are completely depressed. It is complete madness.”

It came as Labour MPs who have gone public with concerns revealed they are being contacted and mocked

by Tory voters already registered and ready to vote for Mr Corbyn.

A message emailed to Barry Sheerman after he called for a “pause” to the contest read: “You’re absolutely right people are infiltrating the Labour Party and I am one of them!

“I’m voting Corbyn even though I’m a Conservative voter. I’ve paid my £3, brilliant value for hopefully guaranteeing a further 5 years of Tory rule!”

Simon Danczuk, Labour MP for Rochdale, claimed there was a Labour “coup” ready to topple Mr Corbbyn within 24 hours should be announced as the new leader on September 12.

Criticising the way anyone could register to vote by paying £3, he warned: “Through poor planning, Labour has handed its opponents the chance to undermine the party for the price of a Tesco meal deal.”

Lucy Powell, Mr Miliband’s former election adviser, praised the late surge in registrations, saying that “tripling franchise is incredible”.

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ALTAGRACIA RESTAURANT

One cabinet maker

Is looking for a

domestic worker

Job description: • Projecting total costs of job, preparing written estimates • Preparing furniture and cabinet drawing • Preparing cutting lists of all cabinet items • Responsible for arranging knockdown of cabinet and furniture

To work 6 days per week salary $6.25 per hour.

AGNES SWANN Is looking for a

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contact: 345-5305

Qualifications: • Knowledge of graphic designs using Photoshop • Ability to use all furniture machines/tools to cut wood

Church of God (North Caicos) is looking for one

pastor laboUrer To work 6 days per week salary $6.25 per hour.

contact: 246-4769 11868

To work seven days per week.

Interested persons.

contact 243-6890 or 344-6060.

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For interviews please contact 347-3105 or 242-4844

CAICOS EXPRESS AIRWAYS LTD.

Requires a PILOT With the following minimum qualifications: • Total time 1200 hours minimum • 600 hours multi-engine • 200 hours on Type C402 • License: Commercial Pilot • Multi-engine and Instrument ratings • Radiotelephone license • First Class medical certificate • Should be between 25 – 40 years old • Salary commensurate with experience • Must be willing to work weekends and holidays

– $7.50 per hour

Nail Technician – $7.00 per hour

Sales clerk

IN THIS SPACE! ONLY

– $7.00 per hour

2 Labourers – $6.25 per hour

Maintenance Worker – $7.00 per hour

2 Domestic Workers – $6.25 per hour

Contact: 245-6962

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PER WEEK

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WANTED The job requires an understanding of liquid waste processing and recycling. You will be conversant with QuickBooks and be computer literate.

Please apply in handwriting to P.O. Box 198, Providenciales.

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Caribbean Building Materials & Services Ltd. Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands, BWI Phone 649-941-3400 Fax 649-941-3401

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VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY!!

Concrete Pump Operator Applicant will be responsible for the operation and maintenance of a 36 metre concrete pump. Must have mechanical experience and working knowledge of hydraulic pumps, good working knowledge of booms and have good attention to detail. Applicant must have legible handwriting and be service and safety oriented. Must have held a heavy equipments drivers license for a minimum of 5 years.

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The Wine Cellar is seeking to hire an

Accountant

Heavy Duty Mechanic Applicant must have at least seven years experience with concrete equipment, hydraulics and heavy equipment. Applicant must be able to provide their own tools.

Applicant must be prepared to work late days, evenings, and weekends as the job dictates.

• Analyze financial information to recommend or develop efficient use of resources and procedures, provide strategic recommendations and maintain solutions to business and financial problems.

• Responsible for generating a monthly payroll run, (including the relevant PAYE, National Insurance and National Health Insurance deductions) for all employees.

• Knowledge of Counterpoint and Quickbooks are a must • Apply general knowledge of applicable information technology to meet work needs • Perform any other accounting related task.

Salary depending on experience.

Rig Truck Driver Applicant must have 5 years experience driving a tractor trailer with experience in dump trailers. Mechanical ability would be an asset.

Concrete Tester Applicant will be required to test concrete in the field on a variety of construction sites.

Applicant must have experience with concrete testing, preparing test reports, basic computer knowledge, must be prepared to work late days, evenings, weekends and holidays on occasions as the job dictates. Must have valid driver’s license.

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Please send resume to: Discount Liquors/The Wine Cellar Fax: 946-4871 Or email: info@winecellar.tc NO PHONE CALLS

Massage Therapist

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CBMS

Is looking for a mason to work 6 days per week salary $8.50 per hour contact: 649-242-8191

WANTED

Blue Loos Ltd. Is looking for a works supervisor. You must be prepared to deal with a human waste on a daily basis, be able to drive a large stick shift truck, operate a vacuum pump, and do preventative maintenance. ‘

Please fax resumes to (649) 941 3864 or email to info@ caicosexpressairways.com Deadline for receiving resumes is Monday, 24th August 2015 BELONGERS NEED ONLY APPLY 11987

R & R CONSTRUCTION

• Prepare, examine and analyze accounting records, financial statements and other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness and conformance to reporting and procedural standards • Establish tables of accounts and assign entries to proper accounts • Ensure accurate and appropriate recording and analysis of revenues and expenses • Establish and monitor the implementation and maintenance of accounting control procedures • Compile and analyze financial information to prepare entries to accounts, such as general ledger accounts and documents business transactions

• Ability to stain/varnish all types of wood • Ability to arrange designs and plan knockdowns of furniture and cabinets • Knowledge of Auto CAD 2D & 3D, Adobe • 15 years’ experience in cabinet making and design • Graduate of Interior Design • Knowledge of Computer Hardware Troubleshooting • Professional Knowledge of Microsoft Office • Salary based on Qualifications.

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Please reply with reference and clean police record to: CBMS Ltd. 941-3400 1962

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Mirlande Pierre Is looking for one

Magic Scissors and Pressing

CASABLANCA CASINO is looking for the following position

HOUSEKEEPER/ CAREGIVER

One Hairdresser – to work 5 days per week at $6 per hour

Contact 341-9177

Ocean Outback is looking to hire one

Dive Master Interested persons contact 231-0824 Solid Construction Is looking for one

labourer to work at a salary of $6.50 per hour.

Interested persons contact 241-8005 or 232-1124. 11966

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• Must be a holder of SEACH -196/359/363/53 • Must have a clean driver’s license • Must be willing to commute daily to Chalk Sound • Must be willing to work nights, weekends and holidays • Salary is $8.50 per hour

Seal Security

Is looking for one

security officer to work 4 days a week at a salary of $6.50 per hour. Interested persons please.

contact 441-6220

Interested persons contact 342-0619

CASINO ELECTRICIAN/ MAINTENANCE

Is looking to hire

tailors

Salary $9.00 per hour All candidates should have at least 3-5 years’ experience in the same field Must be willing to work on weekends, night shifts and holidays

To work 6 days per week at a salary of $6.25 per hour. Interested persons please.

Please drop off CV’s at the Casablanca Casino, addressed to HR 11951

contact 342-5450

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NOTICE

La Vista Azul Condominium LVA Management Ltd.

Regulation 7 of the Physical Planning (Development Permission) Regulations, 1990

An Application, REGISTERED PR 12288, by Desarrollos Hotelco Turks and Caicos Ltd for the development of a Ritz-Carlton Hotel Development, has been submitted to the Department of Planning for consideration of development Permission on Parcel 60905/214 and 215 & 60906/225, 226 and 227 GRACE BAY, PROVIDENCIALES. Anyone wishing to make representation(s) may do so in writing to the director of Planning, South Base, Grand Turk or through the Department of Planning, Downtown, Town Centre Mall, Providenciales, within twenty-eight (28) days of publication of this Notice.

Dated 12th August 2015 11985

is looking to hire

Gardeners/ Labourers • Starting pay- $6.25/hour • Must have previous gardening experience and be familiar with landscaping equipment such as lawn mowers, trimmer etc.

• Must be willing to carry out work such as heavy lifting, digging, weeding, trimming, and plant waste removal • Must be willing to work weekends and holidays • Must have a clean Police Record 11970

Interested persons call 332-4280 to arrange an interview.

Labourer • Must have at least 2 years of experience in working in a resort • Must be able to communicate in English • Must be ready to work 6 days a week and on request • Duties include property exterior cleaning.

• $6 / Hour

107 Turtle Cove Dr. Turtle Cove, Providenciales. Tel: 941 8118

Qualified Pastry Chef • Must have at least 10 Years’ Experience.

• Must 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 specialty 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 a week.

• Can work on own initiative and be part of a team • Have a customer focused mentality.

Love what you do.

Contact ar@griffithsandpartners.com 11980

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Turquoise Landscaping

Seeking to employ a

MANDY THOMPSON Is looking for a

11979

contact 431-6890

to work 6 days per week at a salary of $6.25 per hour.

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– to work 6 days per week at $7 per hour

domestic Worker

Professional Services of Jewelry repair

Is looking for a

cleaning supervisor To work 6 days per week at a salary of $6.50 per hour..

Submit applications via fax 941-3338. 11965

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR – CHAMBER OF COMMEERCE

labourer To work 6 days per week salary $6.25 per hour.

contact: 243-3443

11949

432-6633

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Text your name and contact number, please no phone calls

One bartender

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• Full time, 9am - 4pm, Mon - Sat. $6.50/hr Wheeland Area • Provide own transportation • Clean, laundry, help with meal preparation.

DICE DEALER

Salary $12.00 per hour

The Executive Director is employed by the Board of Directors of the Providenciales Chamber of Commerce, and it responsible for effectively leading the organization such that it successfully achieves its mission of service to its members and to the Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and the Turks and Caicos Islands. The Executive Director will carry out day to day functions of the Providenciales Chamber of Commerce, will act as the main point of contact for the Chambers, will manage and oversee Chambers of Commerce member events and community activities, and will

perform other duties as necessary in upholding the mission statement of the Providenciales Chamber of Commerce.

• Leadership and teamwork, networking skills • Business, marketing , website • Experience in strategic planning, budgeting, volunteer management • Communication skills in oral and written in English • Ability to influence and motivate others with sound vision and judgement • Fundraising

To apply, email your resume to provochambertci@gmail.com. With references.

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August 15 - 214, 2015 Island Drilling Is looking to hire one

labourer contact 244-4007

11978

To work at a salary of $5.00 an hour, for 5 days a week. Interested persons please.

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Frandy Jean Is looking for one

DANZIEL GIBSON Is looking for a

Jermall Fulford Is looking to hire one

CLASSIFIEDS 33 JR Construction PLS Judy Minibar Is looking for one

is looking for 2

domestic

worker handyman labourer

To work 6 days per week at a salary of $6.25 per hour.

Interested persons please.

contact 342-2065 11961

To work 5 days per week salary $6.25 per hour. contact: 343-1756 11959

TCI WOOD WORKERS

T C INDUSTRIAL SERICES LTD.

is looking for a

Is looking for a

Paint Specialist Cabinet Painter To work 5 days

Contact: 231-1205

11950

• Must be skilled in Wallpaper • Venetian Plaster • Inter/Exterior stucco finish • Color mixing • Must be willing to work 6 days per week Salary $600.00 per week

per week salary $6.25 per hour. contact: 941-5635

To work 5 days per week at a salary of $5.00 per hour.

Interested persons please.

contact 241-4104

11979

labourer Salary $8 per hour.

Interested persons

contact 341-9595

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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 61109/4 Long Bay Hills, Providenciales.

Single storey main house with two bedrooms, one bathroom, kitchen, dining/living room, family room and laundry room and an apartment unit with one bedroom, one bathroom, kitchen and living/ dining room on 1.021 acre.

Registered Proprietor: Rickanro Samarl Lightbourn

2. Parcel 60900/288 Leeward Going Through, Providenciales.

Single storey main house with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, kitchen, laundry room, living/dining room and an apartment unit with one bedroom, one bathroom, kitchen and living/dining room on 0.36 acre.

Registered Proprietors: Mark Andrew Knighton and Julie Margaret Knighton 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 28th day of August 2015.

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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To work 6 days per week at a salary of $6.25 per hour.

Interested persons call 243-6431 11982

GRACEWAY SUPERMARKETS ARE LOOKING TO HIRE: • Cashiers • Grocery Stockers • Delivery Drivers All of our positions call for committed service friendly individuals who are always willing to “Greet, Offer and Thank” our customers for their patronage and endless support. If you want to work for a company where Employees, matter more than Sales and Profits, please consider any of the listed positions and apply for preferred position by visiting our Administrative office located on Leeward Highway, Monday to Friday 8:30 am to 5:30 pm.

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VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY!!

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bartenders and a bar maid

• Cleaners/ Trolley Attendants • Deli Clerks / Servers Job Specifications: • Outgoing and friendly personality • Strong work and interpersonal ethics • Friendly, bubbly personality • Good Mathematical skills and command of the English language

Required documents for employment: (Originals Only)

• Proof of TCI Citizenship / Immigration Status • Police Record (obtained within six months) • Passport

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LABOURER (GROOMING ASSISTANT/KENNEL ATTENDANT)

;; Experience is essential. No less than five years consecutive and verifiable experience in grooming and animal behavior will be accepted.

References will be required. ;; Must be able to: ;; Read, write and speak the English language. ;; Be prompt and ready to work when your shift starts at 5:45 am ;; Bathe dogs in preparation for grooming, including comb outs, brush outs, stripping, detangling, de-matting and clipping. ;; Must have knowledge of proper mixing and application of specific shampoos and conditioners. ;; Must observe and notify groomer/manager of ANY abnormalities on pet (ie. Scabs, fleas, ticks, sores, anal gland issues, “hot spots”, skin conditions, eye infections, ear infections, or diarrhea ;; Must be able to de-tick manually and use chemicals safely and responsibly. ;; Nail trimming and ear cleansing. ;; Cleaning of animal quarters, both outside and inside, bathing area and grooming area. ;; Laundering and drying towels and blankets. ;; Cleaning of grooming equipment including but not limited to Clippers, blades, scissors, tables, dental tools, etc. ;; Inventory control using Microsoft excel and Quickbooks. ;; Interaction with customers, friendly and pleasant attitude. ;; Proper handling of transactions for payment of

services. ;; Feeding and watering of animals during business hours. ;; Administration of prescribed medications. ;; When handling of puppies, demonstrated use of proper decontamination techniques are used before entering and leaving runs. ;; Clean up animal quarters and kennels with disinfectants. ;; Clean up of fecal matter and spraying runs with disinfectants. ;; Exercising and handling the animals. ;; Reports to administration abnormalities with animals excrement, containment areas, security and condition. ;; Cleaning of food and water containers using sanitary methods. ;; Empty vacuum cleaner and clean filter when needed. ;; Removal of solid waste at close of business every day. ;; Maintenance of grounds where the facility is located, ie, foliage control, reporting of water system leaks, removal of debris found, sweeping of walk ways, etc. ;; HEAVY LIFTING REQUIRED ;; Must have own transportation and be willing to transport animals in vehicle. ;; Following directions of administration as required. ;; Hourly rate starting at 6.00 per/hour and will be based upon experience.

Please send resume/CV to sharwind2002@yahoo.com or call Pampered Paws at 431-1119 between 7 am and 7pm. Only qualified persons will be interviewed. Turks Islanders will be given preference.

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August 15 - 21, 2015

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LUC SAINT JEAN

ST. MONICA’S ANGLICAN CHURCH

Is looking for a

Requires a

CLEANER

LOCATION:

Providenciales, South Caicos and North Caicos The cleaning services for government buildings and offices are centralized under the Ministry of Government Support Services which assigns cleaners to the different ministries and offices. The job holder is responsible for maintaining the cleanliness of the assigned building, office or areas. Required to perform various cleaning duties as delegated by the supervisor and is responsible for helping to create a pleasant environment for workers and customers.

Compensation:

SALARY – Grade 1 $12,675.00 - $13,875.00 per annum APPLICATION DEADLINE: 14th August, 2015

Notice of Sale by Public Auction Meridian Trust Company Limited. as Chargee, pursuant to its charge and the Registered Land Ordinance, hereby gives notice that it will cause to be sold the property listed below by Public Auction, to be held at the office of Meridian Financial Group, Le Vele Plaza, Grace Bay and Providenciales at 10.00 a.m. on Friday 28th of August, 2015.

Title No. 60719/136, Cheshire Hall and Richmond Hills, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands.

The subject property comprises 0.45 acres with a single storey, private dwelling home constructed in the year 2,000 on the canal, with Three bedroom, 2.5 bathrooms, kitchen, dining/living area.

Description

Title

Absolute

Proprietor

Loften and Alice Morley

Approximate Area

0.45 acres

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION ARE AVAILABLE BY REQUEST, FROM MERIDIAN TRUST COMPANY LIMITED. Meridian Financial Group P.O. Box 599 Le Vele Plaza Grace Bay Providenciales Turks & Caicos Islands, B.W.I Tel. (649) 941-3082 Fax (649) 941-3223

• To keep the church buildings and grounds clean • To open and prepare church for all services, meetings and other activities • To close and secure church after all services,

meetings and other activities • Any other duties as may be determined by the Rector or Vestry

labourer To work 6 days

Qualifications:

per week salary $6.25 per hour.

• Must be able to communicate fluently in English • Must be Anglican

Contact: 649-941-8499

JOB SUMMARY:

Location

Duties:

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GOVERNMENT VACANCY

Labourer

EXPERIENCED REAL ESTATE SALES ASSOCIATE

contact: 241-7995

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GLOBAL SERVICES Is looking for a

Required skills and qualifications:

• 10 years experience in residential sales, luxury properties, commercial and development site sales • College/ university degree • Computer literate with strong written, organizational, analytical and verbal communication skills • Must possess computer, driver’s license and vehicle for site travel and property showings • Must possess financial resources to sustain oneself during initial 6 month startup period • This position is 100% sales commission based making compensation unlimited Please submit resume via fax to: Prestigious Properties Ltd. At 649-946-4703 or email to: accounting@prestigousproperties.com

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Manager must possess the following qualifications: 5 years experience Minimum of 3 years International Experience University Certification in this field.

Contact: 649-941-3343 11955

Compliance Officer / Money Laundering Reporting Officer Function: (1) Act as point of contact with the Financial Crimes Unit on money laundering and other financial crimes. (2) Write, update and disseminate written policies and procedures related to compliance activities. (3) Provide employee training on compliance related topics, policies, or procedures. (4) Develop compliance policies and communicate to employees and agents.

(5) Provide assistance to internal or external auditors in compliance reviews.

(6) File appropriate compliance reports with regulatory agencies. (7) Monitor compliance systems to ensure their effectiveness. (8) Participate in the review and approval process for new products and services and for high risk businesses. (9) Keep informed regarding pending industry changes, trends, and best practices and assess the potential impact of these changes on organizational processes.

The successful candidate must: • Have at least five (5) years working experience in a financial institution with Core Banking Systems or Remittance Systems familiarity and knowledge; at least three (3) years at the Senior level; and, a minimum two (2) years in Compliance.

• Bachelor of Science degree in Finance • Training, experience and certification in Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Financing of Terrorism policies, procedures and practices • Demonstrated ability to organize and manage a complex product, service and procedures • Possess very strong writing, problem solving and analytical skills • Have a strong understanding of customer and remittance market dynamics and requirements • Be flexible to give support to rotated shifts between 7:00 am – 7:00pm daily, including weekends and public holidays, at various locations in TCI • Be conversant with computer application – ability to handle up to five (5) different applications. Advance excel skill.

Wage: $2,500.00 - $4,000.00 / per month – commensurate with qualification and experience.

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Please submit application letter and resume to The Chairman & CEO, NCS eMoney Services, Providenciales, TCI. email: tcihrstaff@gmail.com. The application deadline is August 31, 2015. Suitable candidates will be contacted for an interview.

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STANLEY STAR CONSTRUCTION

Charite Alcy Is looking for 2

Is looking for the following

– salary $10.00 per hour

1 Domestic Worker – $6.25 per hour

Must be able to work 5 days per week.

contact: 346-6830

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divers To work for pay on commission.

Interested persons.

contact 241-7834

11991

2 Tilemen

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ACA/ACCA/CA An opportunity exists for two fully qualified accountants who possess a minimum of four years professional experience gained within a “Big Four” public accounting firm. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience.

If you wish to be considered for these opportunities please apply in confidence by sending details of your experience and qualifications to either: KPMG Ltd. or The Labour Commissioner, P.O. Box 357 Labour Office The Village at Grace Bay Butterfield Square Providenciales Providenciales Turks & Caicos Islands Turks & Caicos Islands

Or fax your particulars to 946-4619

CERTIFIED Kiteboard Permanent Full Time Instructor Engineering Vacancies Minimum 2

DOMESTIC WORKER NEEDED

years teaching experience.

Must be willing to work 5 days per week 8am-5pm salary $6.25 per hour.

call 242-2927

contact: 242-0716 11889

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Cheshire Hall Medical Centre, Providenciales Cockburn Town Medical Centre, Grand Turk (40 hours per week – Monday to Friday)

Interhealth is seeking experienced, committed, and self motivated Electrical & Mechanical Engineers to join our Facilities Department in Providenciales & Grand Turk.

Key features of the role encompass building fabric maintenance and upkeep, HVAC, chiller and generator maintenance, management of grounds maintenance and irrigation systems, plumbing, carpentry, management of RO plant and water supply, plant rooms, medical gas stores, planned preventative and reactive maintenance, and project work as required.

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Previous Healthcare experience is preferred, however not essential.

Successful candidates will be able to:

• Work both as part of a team, and independently.

• Have excellent organizational, communication, and customer services skills.

• Able to demonstrate positive attitude and practices relating to Health & Safety within the workplace.

• Be flexible relating to working hours and able to take part on an ‘on-call roster’ for out of hours emergency call outs.

• Work within budgeted targets with regards to replacement parts, consumables, labour, and other budget elements as outlined by the company.

• Be able to work overtime hours, and occasional weekends and evenings as required.

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Base Requirements: (not exhaustive)

Qualifications: Momentous Ltd. is seeking qualified individuals for the following opening.

Only candidates who meet the minimum qualifications and requirements will be considered. All candidates must be willing to work unusual hours including weekends and public holidays. All candidates must be non-smokers.

Applicants will be required to pass a written skills test. Only suitably qualified Islanders may apply.

Assistant Manager Development

–

Software

Experience & Qualifications:

• 5+ years programming experience including: C#, SQL Server, Visual

Studio 2010, Amazon AWS (RDS, EC2, VPC, Route 53, S3, SES) , SVN, HTML, Javascript, jQuery, MySQL, CSS, PHP5, Team City, Java • 5+ years experience architecting complex applications and services, planning, designing, and implementing new products • Experience in domain name industry • 5+ years experience reviewing and commenting existing use case documents and sequence diagrams • 5+ years reviewing existing application architecture and proposing performance enhancing solutions.

Must be fluent (Written & Oral) in both English and French

Applications can be submitted online at www.momentous.com.

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‘Exercise hormone’ irisin really does exist THE “exercise hormone” irisin has generated controversy among scientists — some say it’s produced when humans work up a sweat, and holds promise as a weight-loss treatment, but others contend that irisin doesn’t even really exist in people.

Now, one research team says it has proven the existence of irisin in humans once and for all, using a technique that is more precise than those used in the past to identify the protein.

“These data unequivocally demonstrate that human irisin exists,” the researchers wrote in the Aug. 13 issue of the journal Cell Metabolism.

Irisin was discovered in 2012, when researchers at Harvard Medical School found that both mice and people produced the hormone during exercise. Later studies found that, in mice, irisin improved blood-sugar regulation and led to weight loss, causing some people to speculate that a drug based on the hormone could be used as a treatment for obesity.

Recently, however, the existence of irisin was debated when another group of researchers, including scientists from Duke University, questioned the methods used to identify the hormone. They said that the antibodies used in the original study were not specific,

Researchers Bruce M. Spiegelman, a professor of cell biology and medicine at Harvard Medical School feels that they have definitive proof that irisin circulates and is altered with exercise in humans.

meaning that they reacted to other proteins in the blood besides irisin.

Now, in the new study, the researchers who discovered irisin used a technique called quantitative mass spectrometry, in which a protein is broken down into smaller fragments.

Researchers then use information about the mass of the molecules in the fragments to identify specific proteins.

The researchers identified irisin in blood samples from both sedentary individuals and people who underwent 12 weeks of aerobic training.

The level of irisin was 3.6

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“Our paper definitively confirms that irisin circulates and is altered with exercise in humans,” said study researcher Bruce M. Spiegelman, a professor of cell biology and medicine at Harvard Medical School.

These measurements show that, although irisin is present in small amounts in the blood, its concentration is similar to that of other important hormones, such as insulin (which causes

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It seems like a plot from a science fiction film: a robot that builds other robots - each one better than the previous generation. But that is what researchers in Cambridge and Zurich have done.

Robots learn to evolve and improve ENGINEERS have developed a robotic system that can evolve and improve its performance.

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body cells to take up sugar) and leptin (which causes people to feel full after eating), the researchers said.

Keith Baar, an associate professor at the University of California, Davis who has studied the gene for irisin, said the new findings are convincing. “I do think that they show that the protein [irisin] can be found in a relatively decent amount in humans,” said Barr, who was not involved in the new research.

However, the new study does not address the question of whether this hormone has benefits for the body when people exercise. A previous study in which Baar was a coauthor found no link between the amount of irisin mRNA — which can be thought of as a precursor to the irisin protein — and positive health outcomes in people who exercised.

Future research will need to show whether irisin is “in some way related to the health benefits of exercise,” Baar said.

Alisa Blazek, a graduate student at The Ohio State University’s Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, agreed. “Other studies would need to be done to determine how important it is for health,” Blazek said.

Blazek added that the study of irisin and other myokines — proteins secreted from muscle in response to movement and exercise — is an important area of research.

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Although the set up is simple the system itself is ingenious.

The mother robot assesses how far its babies are able to move, and with no human intervention, improves the design so that the next one it builds can move further.

The mother robot built ten generations of children. The final version moved twice the distance of the first before its power ran out.

According to Dr Fumiya Iida of Cambridge University, who led the research with colleagues at ETH University in Zurich, one aim is to gain new insights into how living things evolve.

“One of the big questions in biology is how intelligence came about - we’re using robotics to explore this mystery,” he told BBC News.

“We think of robots as performing repetitive tasks, and they’re typically designed for mass production instead of mass customisation, but we want to see robots that are capable of innovation and creativity.”

Another aim is to develop robots that can improve and adapt to new situations, according to Andre Rosendo - who also worked on the project.

“You can imagine cars being built in factories and the robot looking for defects in the car and fixing them by itself,” he said.

“And robots used in agriculture could try out slightly different ways of harvesting crops to see if they can improve yield.”

Dr Iidya told me that he came into robotics because he was disappointed that the robots he saw in real life were not as good as the ones he saw in science fiction films such as Star Wars and Star Trek.

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Eye movements ‘change scenes’ during dreams

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) affects two-thirds of babies in their first year and is a major cause of hospital admission in the UK.

Baby lung virus vaccine trials ‘offer hope’ THE first human trials of a new vaccine to prevent a leading cause of serious illness in babies have been a success, say researchers.

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) affects two-thirds of babies in their first year and is a major cause of hospital admission in the UK. Early trials of the jab, which uses a harmless virus instead, have shown promising results in adults.

Experts said that although still years off, an RSV vaccine was much needed.

RSV is especially dangerous in those born prematurely or with other respiratory problems.

It also causes severe illness in otherwise healthy infants and is responsible for one in six admissions of children to hospital in winter months.

In the developing world it is second to malaria as a killer of children under one.

A vaccine has long been sought, but success has been hampered by trials in the 1960s when immunised children went on to have extreme reactions when faced with the infection.

It took researchers a long time to work out what went wrong and other vaccine prototypes over the years have failed to produce sufficient immunity.

GENETICALLY MODIFIED The latest vaccine, developed and initially tested by biotechnology firm Reithera, uses genetic engineering to trick the immune system into thinking that it is dealing with RSV. This “viral vector” technology is the same as that used in the new Ebola vaccines.

It contains a harmless virus that cannot cause illness, and which has been modified to produce some RSV proteins on its surface, the journal Science Translational Medicine

reports.

Researchers from the Oxford Vaccine Group tested two candidates - one using a chimpanzee cold virus never before used in humans and the other a harmless pox virus - in 42 adult volunteers.

In tests with a nasal spray and injection, the vaccines were found to be safe and produced an immune response.

It is the first stage in many years of trials.

The team is about to embark on tests of another vaccine using the same technology that is being specifically designed for use in children.

Other types of RSV vaccine are in development and US researchers recently announced positive results in older adults.

Study leader Dr Christopher Green, a clinical research fellow at Oxford University said what was particularly exciting about the viral vector technology used in their trials was that similar vaccines, including ones for malaria, had already been successfully used in infants.

“This is encouraging data,” he said. “The results of this trial are a positive signal that prevention of RSV is achievable.”

Dr Charlie Weller, senior portfolio developer at the Wellcome Trust, said the results were “extremely promising”.

“The next steps will be key in order to determine whether the immune responses induced by this vaccine are sufficient to protect against RSV, particularly in the very young and very old, who are at a higher risk of infection.”

Dr David Elliman, immunisation expert for the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, said: “This [RSV] has always been considered an important infection and one you would want a vaccine against.” (BBC)

FOR the first time, scientists have recorded from individual brain cells during the dreaming phase of sleep.

After each rapid eye movement (REM) they recorded bursts of activity that match what happens when we are awake and we see - or imagine - a new image.

They suggest that these wellknown flickering movements accompany a “change of scene” in our dreams.

The recordings were made from patients with electrodes implanted in their brains to monitor seizures.

“It’s a unique opportunity to look at what’s happening inside the human brain,” Dr Yuval Nir, from Tel Aviv University in Israel, told the BBC. “We’re very thankful to the epilepsy patients who volunteered to take part.”

Dr Nir worked with colleagues from France and the US on the study, which is published in the journal Nature Communications.

Over the course of four years they worked with 19 different patients, recording from electrodes in several different brain areas but largely within the medial temporal lobe.

This is not a part of the brain directly involved in vision, Dr Nir said.

“The activity of these neurons doesn’t reflect image processing. It’s more about signalling to the brain about a certain concept.

“You can close your eyes and imagine Queen Elizabeth, and these neurons will fire. This activity implies a refresh of the mental imagery and the associations.”

When the patients were awake and shown a picture, especially one associated with a memory, the researchers saw a particular pattern of activity.

“About a 0.3 seconds after the picture appears, these neurons burst - they become vigorously active,” Dr Nir explained. “This also happens when people just close their eyes and imagine these pictures, or these concepts.”

Intriguingly, he and his colleagues spotted a “very, very similar pattern” during sleep. In particular, these bursts arrived just after eye movements during REM sleep.

This is the phase of sleep in which we dream, and it is characterised by these occasional, very quick eye movements.

It has long been thought that these movements might reflect the visual component of dreams, but there has been no clear evidence for this - until now, Dr Nir said.

“We are intimately familiar with the activity of these neurons. We know they are active every time you look at an image, or when you

Our eyes flicker in spurts during the dreaming phase of sleep.

imagine that image. And now we see them active in a similar way when you move your eyes in REM sleep, so it becomes very probable that the eye movements represent some type of reset, or ‘moving onto the next dream frame’.

“It’s almost like when I was growing up and we had slide projectors. You move to the next dream slide, if you like.”

SWITCHING NOT SCANNING This could help to explain why unborn babies and blind people also move their eyes during REM sleep, he added.

“Even people who are congenitally blind... can still dream about their aunt coming to visit from Florida: her voice, the emotions and all the associations that go with that.

“And when the dream changes from meeting this aunt to, say, taking your dog for a stroll in the park, then the brain activity changes and this happens in sync with eye movements.”

Our eyes flicker in spurts during the dreaming phase of sleep Other sleep researchers welcomed the findings. Prof Jim Horne, who established the Sleep Research Centre at Loughborough University, said the study fits with our improving understanding of REM sleep.

He also emphasised that flickering of a dreamer’s eyes, which only happens in brief spurts, does not mean they are surveying a scene.

“The eye movements are not actually scanning your dream they’re reorienting your visual thoughts,” Prof Horne told BBC News.

“This study endorses other findings that REM sleep has many similarities to wakefulness.

“I see REM sleep as rather like the screensaver on your computer; all you need is the touch of a button and your computer leaps to life. It’s very close to wakefulness. Non-REM sleep is more like when you switch your computer off, and waking up requires a process of rebooting.”

Prof William Wisden, a neuroscientist at Imperial College London, was also convinced by the similarity of brain activity between awake and REM states - but he said there are bigger questions still to answer.

“The most fascinating question of all is why do we have to have REM sleep? Why does our brain have all this circuitry to do that?

“This paper doesn’t answer that, but it does emphasise how similar being awake and in REM sleep are, for particular circuits in the brain.”

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Music ‘reduces pain and anxiety’ for surgery patients LISTENING to music before, during and after an operation can help reduce pain, according to a review.

Researchers at Queen Mary University of London said the patients who had listened to music had been less anxious after their surgery and had needed less pain relief.

Writing in the Lancet, they said music had been effective even while patients had been under general anaesthetic.

The Department of Health said doctors should consider the findings.

The scientists want hospitals to suggest in NHS information leaflets that patients bring music devices and playlists into hospital with them.

The team reviewed 70 trials, involving about 7,000 patients around the time of surgery, comparing a wide variety of mostly “soothing” music with: undisturbed bed rest headphones with no music white noise routine care While there was an effect on stress and pain, music did not reduce the length of hospital stays.

The lead author, Dr Catherine Meads, said Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon album had helped soothe her pain three hours after hip surgery in April.

Music was a safe, cheap and

Mass extinction will affect all species on earth.

Lead researcher Dr Catherine Meads found Pink Floyd helped her relax after a recent hip operation.

non-invasive option that should “be available to everyone having surgery”, she said.

“Currently music is not used routinely during surgery to help patients in their post-operative recovery.

“The lack of uptake is often down to the scepticism of professionals as to whether it genuinely works, and of course issues of budget and the integration into daily practice.”

Dr Meads added “it was quite a surprise” music had worked under general anaesthetic.

The researchers are following up this work with a study at the Royal London Hospital in the autumn.

About 40 women having either a

Caesarean section or a hysteroscopy will be given the chance to have their playlist connected to a pillow with in-built loudspeakers.

Echoing the message from a study suggesting music in surgery was distracting, Dr Meads warned care should be taken to ensure music during surgery did not interfere with the medical team’s communication.

A Department of Health spokesman said: “This is very interesting research.

“We hope doctors consider the findings closely, because we want patients to have the best experience and recovery possible when they undergo surgery.”

CTO seeks regional and international help to tackle sargassum seaweed problem THE Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) is engaging regional and international institutions to find a solution to the influx of sargassum seaweed on regional beaches that is threatening the region’s tourism product.

While stressing that the Caribbean has more than just beaches to attract tourists – including its culture, cuisine, and music – the CTO acknowledged that the beach is an integral part of a tourist’s experience and the sargassum seaweed was therefore “an unwelcome visitor”.

“We are aware that the influx of sargassum can impact this aspect of our product and we will be at the centre of efforts to find a regional solution,” it assured.

“The CTO and our Caribbean partners are treating this matter seriously and with urgency . . .

A number of theories have been advanced as to the cause of the latest influx, and myriad suggestions put forward for tackling the issue,”

This beach at Bathsheba, St. Joseph in Barbados was completely covered with the Sargassum seaweed. (Photo: Rommel Hall/Barbados Today)

the organization further noted, adding that a symposium led by the University of the West Indies would be held next Monday “to crystallize these myriad ideas and theories into workable solutions that can be implemented immediately to address our situation”.

The CTO said it was optimistic that meaningful solutions will emerge from that symposium.

From Barbados to Mexico, beach clean-ups have been taking place to at least reduce the amount of the seaweed on the usually pristine beaches. (Caribbean360)

Humans will not be spared in sixth mass extinction Just because humans populate almost the entire globe does not mean we will be exempt from dying out in the next mass extinction event to hit Earth. Publishing a study in the journal Nature Communications, scientists say widespread species are just as likely to be wiped out in global mass extinctions as rare ones.

Under normal circumstances, species that are widespread are less likely to become extinct than those that occupy smaller geographical areas, with their prevalence providing them with a natural insurance against changes to the environment. However, when it comes to mass extinctions, the same insurance does not apply, with these populous species just as at risk as scarce ones.

The team from the University of Leeds looked at the fossil record of terrestrial vertebrates from the Triassic and Jurassic periods (252 to 145 million years ago). Around 200 million years ago there was a mass extinction event thought to have been triggered by massive volcanic eruptions and climate change. It killed off up to 80% of the species known to have been living on Earth at the time and eventually gave rise to the dinosaurs.

Study leaders Alex Dunhill and Matthew Wills mapped out the geographical distribution of organisms to see how they changed throughout the Triassic-Jurassic periods, which were then compared with biodiversity changes. This provided scientists the relationship between geographic range and extinction risk – the first time this has been done in the terrestrial fossil record.

During this mass extinction event, many groups of crocodile ancestors went extinct, allowing the dinosaurs to rise to dominance. Dunhill said: “The fact that the insurance against extinction given by a wide

geographic distribution disappears at a known mass extinction event is an important result. Many groups of crocodile-like animals become extinct after the mass extinction event at the end of the Triassic era, despite being really diverse and widespread beforehand. In contrast, the dinosaurs which were comparatively rare and not as widespread pass through the extinction event and go on to dominate terrestrial ecosystems for the next 150 million years.”

Over the course of history there have been five mass extinction events (that we know of). At present, many scientists believe we are entering a sixth mass extinction.

Stanford scientist Paul Ehrlich recently published a study in Science Advances finding that the next mass extinction event is here “without any significant doubt” and under even conservative estimates. He found species are disappearing around 100 times faster than normal rates.

Willis said their latest research shows how mass extinction events do not follow regular rules of survival: “Although we tend to think of mass extinctions as entirely destructive events, they often shake up the status quo, and allow groups that were previously sidelined to become dominant. Something similar happened much later with the extinction of the dinosaurs making way for mammals and ultimately ourselves. However, our study shows that the ‘rules’ of survival at times of mass extinctions are very different from those at ‘normal’ times: nothing is ever really safe.”

Dunhill added: “These results shed light on the likely outcome of the current biodiversity crisis caused by human activity. It appears a human-driven sixth mass extinction will affect all organisms, not just currently endangered and geographically restricted species.”

(Yahoo)

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Science & Technology Google developing bandagesized glucose monitor G is for Google—and glucose monitoring, as it turns out.

Google’s life sciences team announced a partnership with glucose monitoring company Dexcom Tuesday to develop smaller, cheaper cloud-connected glucose sensors that hope to make finger sticks a thing of the past.

“We’re committed to developing new technologies that will help move health care from reactive to proactive,”Andrew Conrad, head of the life sciences team at Google said in a statement. “This collaboration is another step towards expanding monitoring options and making it easier for people with diabetes to proactively manage their health.”

Under the agreement, the initial products mainly utilize DexCom’s experience with sensor technology. However, Google will add value by way of its knowledge in miniaturized electronics and real-time data,

with the objective of creating a device no larger than a bandage.

The companies did not disclose when the product might be available, but did reveal DexCom would retain all sales and distribution rights for the monitor, along with other payment and royalty arrangements.

The tech giant already has a toehold in the health sciences sector.

Earlier this week, in addressing why Google was restructuring into Alphabet, CEO Larry Page highlighted many of the products and initiatives in the health space.

Those include a patented glucosesensing smart contact lens it’s developing in partnership with Swiss drugmaker Novartis.

Success for the companies could shake up a blood-sugar tracking market that is expected to be worth more than $12 billion by 2017, according to GlobalData research cited by Reuters. (CNBC.com)

It was some Bavarian monks from Germany in the 15th century, that mixed or hybridised, traditional ale with a yeast strain that was not local. That mix helped them invent lager beer.

Lager beer was first brewed by monks BEER is the world’s most consumed alcoholic beverage and it is now that scientists have discovered its origins.

Lager was first made six centuries ago when ales were popular. A recent DNA study by scientists finally reveals how lagers were first brewed by monks even in cold weather.

A group of scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison conducted a DNA study to find out that monks from the 15th century used a foreign yeast strain to make lager beer. This was the reason why they could brew lager in such low temperatures. The Wisconsin team of scientists found out about this new strain of yeast four years back. However, it is only now that they were able to map its DNA that proved the origin of lager in colder

regions.

One of their finding is that there are genetic signs of domestication in the lager beer yeast used by modernday breweries. The second fact is that two popular types of lager yeast – Saaz and Frohberg – do not have a common ancestor.

Lead author of the study Chris Todd Hittinger, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his colleagues have spent years trying to uncover the history of lager. Ale, which was a popular drink before beer was discovered, is usually made from a common type of yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

This yeast is also used by bakeries to bake bread. However, that type of yeast performs only in warm temperatures.

Gel ‘eases inflammatory bowel problems’ A GEL that “sticks” to affected tissue and delivers medicine gradually over time could help treat some inflammatory bowel problems, researchers say.

Patients with ulcerative colitis often have to rely on medicine given by enema, but this can be uncomfortable, messy and inconvenient.

Now a US team has developed a hydrogel that attaches to ulcers and slowly releases a drug to help treat them.

The early findings are reported in the journal Science Translational Medicine.

SOOTHING Ulcerative colitis is the most common form of inflammatory bowel disease and mainly affects young people.

It causes inflammation and ulceration of the inner lining of the rectum and colon.

Symptoms include: bloody diarrhoea severe abdominal cramps loss of appetite weight loss Medicines taken orally they are often broken down before they reach the affected area.

Delivering the drug more directly through an enema - which has to be done regularly - can also be difficult and inconvenient for patients.

To overcome this problem, US researchers took a gel called ascorbyl plamitate, which is safe and already approved for use in humans.

In tests in mice and on bowel

The hydrogel attaches to ulcers and slowly releases a drug to help treat them.

tissue from patients with the disease, the gel was shown to selectively attach to areas of inflammation.

The gel could also be loaded with a corticosteroid drug used to treat inflammation.

They designed the drugs to be held in place until the gel was broken down by enzymes present in inflamed tissue.

Experiments showed the drug was released at sites of inflammation and, in mice, could be given every other day rather than daily.

The team also used lower concentrations of the drug in the bloodstream compared with traditional enemas so reducing the exposure - and possible side-effects - in other areas of the body.

Study leader Dr Jeff Karp, from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in

Boston, said the next step was to test a different drug commonly used in the clinic and if that went well, to start trials in humans within a couple of years.

“We’re hopeful that this technology will allow patients to take an enema once a week rather than every day and without systemic side-effects or the need to retain the enema, as the gel quickly attaches to ulcers, ultimately improving their quality of life,” he said.

Dr Ayesha Akbar, a consultant gastroenterologist specialising in inflammatory bowel diseases and spokeswoman for the British Gastroenterology Society, said it was an interesting and exciting concept.

“The idea does make complete sense, especially for patients with ulcerative colitis,” she said. (BBC)

Rosetta: Comet 67P makes closest approach to Sun Comet 67P has passed the closest point to the Sun in its 6.5-year orbit, with the European spacecraft Rosetta still in orbit around it.

This landmark, called “perihelion”, occurred at 03:03 BST on Thursday, when 67P was 186 million km from the Sun - a distance that puts it between the orbits of Earth and Mars.

The Rosetta team has been studying the small, icy world as it warms up.

It has released dust and gas, including a very bright jet seen on 29 July.

Dramatic images of this outburst - the brightest jet seen so far by Rosetta’s cameras - were released on Tuesday by the European Space Agency, Esa. “Usually, the jets are quite faint compared to the nucleus and we need to stretch the contrast of the images to make them visible - but this one is brighter than the nucleus,” said Carsten Guettler, a member of the Osiris camera team

The comet emitted its brightest jet so far on 29 July.

from the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Germany.

The material released by comets, as they become more active on approach to the Sun, is the reason for their characteristic tails when they appear in the night sky.

This particular jet, caused by frozen ices turning to gas and pouring

out into space, was bright and brief.

Three photos, each separated by 18 minutes, capture it appearing and fading.

Tumultuous activity like this is not necessarily expected to coincide with perihelion, as any temperature increase is gradual - and also lags behind the comet’s actual distance from the Sun.

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Sebastian Coe: ‘Queasy’ at idea of Justin Gatlin beating Usain Bolt BRITAIN’S International Association of Athletic Federations (IAAF) presidential candidate Sebastian Coe says the prospect of American sprinter Justin Gatlin beating Jamaican Usain Bolt in the World Championships later this month makes him nauseous.

Gatlin has twice been sanctioned for doping offenses, but has recorded the fastest 100 metre time this year, while Bolt’s form has been erratic.

Both are Olympic gold medallists.

“I’m hardly going to sit here -given everything I’ve said -- and say that I’m anything other than queasy at the thought of athletes that have served bans for serious infringement going on to win championship titles,” said Coe, who is himself a double-Olympic champion.

In 2006 Gatlin was given an eight-year ban after testing positive for testosterone. The suspension was halved following his cooperation with the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA).

In 2001, Gatlin was suspended for two years after testing positive for an amphetamine found in attention deficit disorder (ADD) medicine he had been taking. That suspension was later reduced to one year.

“I don’t like it and that’s a very personal view. I have always believed -- and I’m fairly unreconstructed on this -- that lifetime bans for serious

Sebastian Coe said that the prospect of American sprinter Justin Gatlin beating Jamaican Usain Bolt in the World Championships later this month makes him nauseous.

infringements are what we should have pushed for,” said Coe. “I also accept, because I live in the real world, that legally (banning athletes for life) would not hold,” Coe said. “That train left the station.

“Gatlin is eligible to compete and he should be respected for the fact that he is eligible to compete,” he added.

According to USADA figures, Gatlin has been tested 59 times since his return to athletics in 2010.

Gatlin won bronze at London 2012 -- where Bolt completed his second

successive Olympic treble, winning 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay gold medals.

In response to Coe’s statements, Gatlin’s representative Renaldo Nehemiah told CNN, “There is no comment to be made. I have great respect for Seb Coe.” Previously the U.S. sprinter has vehemently denied ever knowingly taking a banned substance and earlier this year, Gatlin said he didn’t understand why he was often referred to as a “two-time drug cheat” -- a reference to his first ban.

Prince Ali says Platini isn’t the “right man” to be FIFA president HE’S the front runner to succeed Sepp Blatter as FIFA president, but Michel Platini isn’t the “right man” to clean up the world governing body, says Prince Ali bin Al-Hussein.

“I personally respect Platini as a player and a president of the European Football Union; and we met and I listened to his opinion,” the president of the Jordan Football Association told CNN Arabic in an exclusive interview.

“But at the end of the day, the matter at hand is not personal. I do not think Platini is the right man for the new phase because this stage needs young blood, and minds which can understand the international needs -- not just the European ones,” added Prince Ali, who failed in his attempt to unseat Blatter earlier this year.

The Swiss has been in charge of FIFA since 1998 but decided to stand down on June 2 as the game’s world governing body battled two corruption scandals.

The 60-year-old Platini has yet to reveal a manifesto in support of his bid to become FIFA president, though he’s already received the vocal backing of the English and

Prince Ali feels that FIFA needs younger blood to take the sport forward.

Scottish Football Associations.

UEFA refused to officially comment on Ali’s opinion about Platini, but a source close to the Frenchman said the European football governing body’s president was upset with the stance Prince Ali has taken. “Michel Platini is deeply disappointed with Prince Ali,” said the source.

“After all the support that Mr. Platini and UEFA gave Ali during his

campaign, he does not understand this attitude from a man he used to consider a friend.”

Meanwhile, the 39-year-old Prince Ali is remaining tight lipped on his own intentions in entering the FIFA presidential race, with the vote to be held on February 26.

“I am currently consulting some of the football federations, especially those seeking change and a better future for football,” said Prince Ali.

All-rounder Ben Stokes has played 15 Tests, 29 one-day internationals and eight international T20 matches

Ashes 2015: England’s Ben Stokes craves history at Oval ALL-ROUNDER Ben Stokes wants England to “put another nail into Australia’s coffin” by winning the fifth Ashes Test and creating some cricket history.

England have regained the Ashes and lead 3-1 but have never before won four Tests in a home series with Australia.

The fifth and final Test starts at The Oval on Thursday, 20 August.

“We want to capitalise on all this good cricket we’re playing. We don’t want to win 3-2, we want to win 4-1,” Stokes, 24, told the Tuffers and Vaughan show .

“To walk away with a 4-1 win after getting written off at the start of the series would be great. No England side has won 4-1 at home so to win the Ashes back and be the only side to win four Tests would be absolutely amazing.

“We want to put another nail in the coffin that we have already built.”

Stokes took 6-36 in the fourth Test at Trent Bridge as England thrashed Australia by an innings and 78 runs to regain the Ashes they had lost with a 5-0 defeat down under in 2013-14.

Former England bowler Steve Harmison, who played alongside Stokes for Durham, believes new England head coach Trevor Bayliss’s more relaxed approach has helped the all-rounder find his best form.

“Bayliss has given him responsibility and let him be his own man. The relaxed mentality of Bayliss is opposite to the more intense mentality of Peter Moores and that’s the difference,” said

Harmison, also on the Tuffers and Vaughan Show.

“I’ve known Ben since he was 15 and when I first saw him I phoned up Andrew Flintoff and asked if he was any relation of his because they have the same mannerisms.

“Ben hits the ball as hard as possible and will bowl all day as hard as he can. He runs after everything, even when it is a lost cause, and throws himself into advertising hoardings - he thinks he is invincible.

“You have to embrace someone like that. He will make mistakes but will win more games than he loses.”

Despite only being in his mid 20s, Stokes has already experienced significant highs and lows in international cricket.

After a first-ball duck in a oneday international in the West Indies, he punched a locker and suffered a broken wrist that kept him out of the World Twenty20.

He made three successive Test ducks against India in 2014, did not play in the series against Sri Lanka and erratic form in ODIs led to him missing the 2015 World Cup, before he re-established himself in the side in all formats.

“I have been up and down the order and played because I could bat, bowl and field but I didn’t have a real role in the team,” added Stokes.

“Thankfully when Farby (Paul Farbrace) got the job as interim coach he gave me a chance again.

That was something I wanted - I wanted to be batting at number six and be the fourth seamer.” (BBC)

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NBA schedule more player friendly with fewer back-to-back games Brazil’s national team coach, Dunga called up the former Real Madrid and AC Milan player Kaka (in photo) for the first time since October 2014, when he made two substitute appearances against Argentina and Japan.

Kaka recalled to Brazil squad for U.S. friendlies HE hasn’t played a game for Brazil in almost a year, but Orlando City star Kaka has been handed an international lifeline after he was included in the five-time World Cup winner’s squad for the upcoming friendlies against Costa Rica and the United States.

Brazil’s national team coach, Dunga called up the former Real Madrid and AC Milan player for the first time since October 2014, when he made two substitute appearances against Argentina and Japan.

Kaka inclusion in the squad means that he set to miss Orlando City’s MLS match against New England Revolution on September 5 -- Brazil’s game against Costa Rica in New York takes place on the same day.

Dunga’s side will then take on the U.S. at Foxborough Stadium on September 8.

It is a positive step for Kaka who has played 89 times for Brazil and appeared at three World Cup finals.

In March, the midfielder told CNN that he still harbored hopes of making the Brazil squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

“I have a three-year contract with Orlando, and at least these three. In four years, we have another World Cup,” said Kaka, who will be 36 by the time 2018 comes around.

“If I feel good and Brazil needs me, (it) will be a good way to stop playing. So I hope I can play another World Cup.” Liverpool’s new $45 million signing Roberto Firmino has also been included, while there is an opportunity for Chelsea star Oscar to put the disappointment of missing out on the Copa America through injury behind him.

Dunga has been experimenting with a mixture of youth and wise old heads in recent squads and Kaka’s inclusion continues that trend.

“As for Kaka, we have brought him in for his experience,” said the coach at his press conference. “Just as we have done with Robinho in the past.”

However, Philippe Coutinho, whose wonder goal gave Liverpool an opening-day Premier League win against Stoke, is one of the youngsters to surprisingly miss out.

“Coutinho had a chance at Copa America. We need experience, not just youngsters,” said the 51-yearold. “We have to find a balance between youth and experience.”

In June, Brazil’s hopes of restoring national pride after its disastrous 2014 World Cup exit were cruelly dashed after losing a penalty shootout to Paraguay at the Copa America quarterfinal stage. (CNN)

Netball World Cup 2015:

Jamaica beat Uganda to keep hopes alive JAMAICA kept alive their hopes of reaching the semi-finals of the Netball World Cup with a 59-47 win over Uganda.

The victory was Jamaica’s first in the qualifying round as the fourth-ranked team in the world moved level on points with Malawi.

Their meeting on Friday will now decide which country advances to the last four behind Pool E leaders New Zealand.

Scotland lost 48-42 to Fiji in Pool H, finishing second ahead of the play-off round to decide their final placing.

Elsewhere Trinidad & Tobago beat Samoa 67-47 in Pool G, while Barbados beat Sri Lanka 67-33 in Pool H. England and South Africa meet on Friday to see who will follow host nation Australia into the semi-finals from Pool F. (BBC)

REDUCING the number of back-toback games and four games in five days that NBA teams play was high on Commissioner Adam Silver’s agenda.?

Without extending the season by a week at the start or a week at the end, Silver made a dent in those numbers in an effort to reduce fatigue, wear and tear, including injuries, and increase the level of competition.

Back-to-backs have been reduced to 17.8 per team for 2015-16, down from 19.3 last season, and no team has more than 20 back-to-backs this season.

Long-distance back-to-backs have been trimmed from 111 last season to 85 this season; back-tobacks that cross a time zone have also been cut from 194 last season to 160 this season.

Four games in five days have been reduced to .9 per team for 2015-16, down from 2.3 per team last season.

The NBA reduced the number of miles travelled per team by 2%.

“I think this is the best schedule that we’ve ever produced,” NBA senior vice president of basketball operations Kiki VanDeWeghe told USA TODAY Sports. “We are extremely mindful of player rest, recuperation and we were able to reduce four games in five nights and

back-to-backs to all-time lows. …

“We want to be mindful of putting the best product on the floor that we possibly can. The rigors of an NBA season are tough. Nobody denies that.”

The league made a serious dent in those four-games-in-five-days sets, cutting those from 70 last season to 27 this season – a 61% decrease.

How did the league do it without adding days to the regular season?

Input from the NBA’s front office, teams and National Basketball Players Association; data-driven analysis; flexible arena dates; and help from TV partners ABC/ESPN and TNT helped the league draft a more palatable, player-friendly schedule.

Thursdays generally had been a light schedule night in the NBA, allowing TNT to take center stage with its coverage of two games. But there are several Thursdays with at least four games, including six on Dec. 3, Dec. 31, Jan. 14, Jan. 28, Feb. 25, March 31 and eight on March 17.

ABC also will televise eight of its 16 broadcasts in primetime on Saturday.

Even with computer programs, creating the schedule is not easy, and the NBA continued to tinker with the schedule as late as Wednesday afternoon.

“It’s quite a task,” VanDeWeghe said. “You have 30 teams playing 82 games, and you’ve got 162 playing dates to get all that in.”

The champion Golden State Warriors open the season at home against the New Orleans Pelicans, but there is a small price to pay for being the champs. Golden State is in high demand for TV appearances, and has one more back-to-back (20) than it did last season, and the Cleveland Cavaliers have one less (19) than they did last season.

The San Antonio Spurs benefitted from the approach to this season’s schedule. Last year, the Spurs had 21 back-to-backs and have 16 for 201516. And the Spurs are one of eight teams who do not play four games in five days. The others: Charlotte, Detroit, Indiana, New York, Golden State, Houston and Memphis.

Five teams, however, have two sets of four games in five days: Atlanta, Philadelphia, Minnesota, Portland and Denver.

The league will continue to explore ways to improve the schedule, and Silver said in April the NBA was discussing extending the season by a week at the end of the regular season. That won’t happen in 2015-16, but it could happen in the future.

Froome: Athletics should follow cycling anti-doping lead BRITAIN’S double Tour de France champion Chris Froome has urged athletics to follow cycling’s lead and invest a lot more money in antidoping.

Cycling’s problems with drugs are well documented but the sport’s blackest days appear to be behind it.

But the ongoing doping allegations in athletics threaten to overshadow this month’s World Championships in Beijing.

“From what I understand, the testing hasn’t been at the level that it is in cycling,” Froome told BBC Sport.

He said the International Cycling Union (UCI) spends about four times what the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) does on testing.

“It is going to have to invest a lot more heavily in anti-doping,” he added. “That would be a step in the right direction.”

Track and field’s governing body spends about £1.3m a year on anti-doping, whereas its cycling equivalent spends closer to £6m, although much of that comes from the professional teams as a condition of their licences to race in UCI competitions, and race organisers.

“I believe some things have

Chris Froome said the International Cycling Union (UCI) spends about four times what the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) does on testing.

changed quite substantially [for cycling] since the dark ages of 10 to 15 years ago when the sport was really dirty,” said Froome, in an exclusive interview with the BBC’s sports editor Dan Roan.

“The testing has really evolved and the UCI has now implemented 24-hour testing. I have every confidence that the system now

really works.”

The 30-year-old Briton, who confirmed this week he will be lining up at the Vuelta later this month, revealed that he had been tested at his Monaco apartment on Sunday night and had no problem with being woken up at 3am by testers, if that is what it takes to assure fans he is clean. (BBC)

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World Anti-Doping Agency president against nation bans BANNING nations for persistent doping would damage athletics and is not an option, says World AntiDoping Agency (WADA) president Sir Craig Reedie.

There have been calls for the worst-offending countries to be expelled from competition if they cannot control doping among their athletes.

It follows recent allegations of widespread cheating in the sport.

But Reedie said such bans would be “blunt-edged” and “damage the innocent as well as the assumed-tobe guilty”.

He told BBC World Service: “We’re not entitled to do it, we don’t have these powers.”

“I would hope increased efforts, whether it’s research or education, in testing athletes at the right time will help us catch cheats, and that people will begin to realise that cheating in sport doesn’t make any sense.”

Wada will begin an independent investigation after the Sunday Times published data from 12,000 blood tests involving 5,000 athletes, which it says reveals an “extraordinary extent of cheating”.

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) responded by describing claims of widespread doping in athletics as “sensationalist and confusing”.

Meanwhile, the IAAF confirmed on Tuesday that 28 athletes who

Geno Smith was punched by a teammate in the locker room.

WADA president Sir Craig Reedie says that excluding an entire country would be “blunt-edged” and would “damage the innocent as well as the assumed-to-be guilty”.

competed at the 2005 and 2007 World Championships had been provisionally suspended after returning “adverse findings” from retested samples.

Reedie, a former president of the British Olympic Association, said the re-testing was “very significant” and would allow samples to be reexamined “in the light of better testing techniques”.

“If they are able to detect somebody who cheated all those years ago, the IAAF says it will reallocate medals,” he added.

“That’s good news for clean athletes and we are in the business of protecting clean athletes.”

However, one of the blood scientists who analysed the leaked test data for the Sunday Times investigation has questioned whether the IAAF has done all it can to catch drug cheats in recent years.

In an open letter to IAAF presidential candidate Lord Coe who said the story was a “declaration of war” on his sport - Michael Ashenden also defended his role in the revelations.

“Had I walked away from an opportunity to agitate for change then I would have betrayed every voiceless athlete who has been cheated out of podium glory,” he wrote.

Jets QB Smith out 6-10 weeks after ‘sucker punch’ NEW York Jets quarterback Geno Smith needs surgery and is out at least six to 10 weeks after being what is called “sucker punched” by a teammate in the Jets locker room on Tuesday.

Linebacker Ikemefuna Enemkpali -- who is known as IK -- delivered the punch to Smith’s jaw, Jets head coach Todd Bowles said. The Jets announced Enemkpali has been released from the team.

“There was an altercation in the locker room,” Bowles said. “It had nothing to do with football. It was something very childish. He (Smith) got cold-cocked, sucker punched, whatever you want to call it, in the jaw. He has a broken jaw, fractured

jaw, it requires some surgery.”

Bowles said Smith will be out at least six to 10 weeks and that the team is dealing with the incident internally.

“The team knows it’s something we don’t tolerate,” Bowles said. “It’s something we can’t stand. And you don’t walk up to another man and punch him in the face.”

Enemkpali released a statement through his agent in which he apologised to the Jets’ coaches, players and fans.

“Geno and I let our frustration get the best of us, but I should have just walked away from the situation,” the statement said. “I deeply regret and apologise for my actions.”

Wozniacki ‘forced’ to play in Rogers Cup by WTA FORMER world number one Caroline Wozniacki claims the Women’s Tennis Association “forced” her to play in the Rogers Cup without proper preparation.

The Dane, 25, whose build-up was hampered by a calf injury, lost to Belinda Bencic in round two in Toronto.

She said: “I want to be able to play my best tennis and you’re not going to do that if you don’t practise.

“But the rules are if you’re a top-10 player, that this was my commitment tournament, you’re forced to play.”

Wozniacki, who played with her left calf heavily strapped, added: “If you don’t, you get huge money fines.

You get zero points to your ranking... which is crazy.”

“The WTA is all about, ‘we want the players healthy, we want them to play at their best level at every tournament and we want to make it tough for them’.

“That’s good, but the fact

Stephen Curry finds it funny that the Cleveland Cavaliers are tipped as the team likely to take the title with the San Antonio Spurs in second place and the Warriors as third favourites for the title.

Curry finds it ‘funny’ Warriors not favourites to repeat

Caroline Wozaniacki said she was not 100% fit during the Rogers Cup.

that they’re pushing you to play whenever, if you are not feeling 100%, is not OK.” In response, the WTA said it was confident its schedule “strikes the proper balance” between keeping players “healthy and rested” and pleasing fans.

It said: “Players choose the

schedule that suits them best and they receive incentives to appear in a certain number of tournaments.

“Unless we allow unlimited withdrawals, which would cause an uproar for fans, there is really no better or more fair way to structure a schedule.” (BBC)

STEPHEN Curry’s megawatt smile often belies his status as a baby-faced assassin and Warrior. The guard is as quick to grin and laugh as he is to pull up and pop a 3-pointer.

But don’t let the word ‘funny’ fool you; this time, he isn’t amused.

Curry spoke with CBS Sports at Team USA’s minicamp in Las Vegas, where oddsmakers rewarded Dub Nation’s championship with a diss: They aren’t considered the favourites to win the NBA title in 2016.

And according to Curry, that’s some “funny” nonsense.

“We obviously are the champs, and you’ve got to think that we’re gonna be a better team next year with our experiences that we’ve had, and we’re not the favourites,” Curry told CBS Sports when asked about the odds slight. “Obviously there’s been a lot of noise, teams retooling and trying to boost their lineups. You have teams that haven’t set foot on the floor yet and are heavily favored to kick us off our throne.”

Unsurprisingly, it’s a king usurping that throne in Vegas’s eyes — King James, that is.

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Messi on target as Barcelona wins Super Cup

James Harden will make $200M over the next 13 years thanks to Adidas.

Harden agrees to $200 million shoe contract with Adidas JAMES Harden’s summer just keeps getting better.

Three weeks after the Houston Rockets star was deemed the Players Choice MVP by his NBA contemporaries, the three-time AllStar agreed to a deal with Adidas worth a combined $200 million over 13 years. Harden had been with Nike previously, but they decided not to match the Adidas offer. A person with knowledge of the contract confirmed it to USA TODAY Sports, but spoke on the condition of anonymity because financial terms are not typically disclosed By doing this deal, Harden becomes the latest NBA player to land the kind of money from a shoe company that rivals the salary he earns from his team. Harden, who was traded from the Oklahoma City Thunder to the Houston Rockets in Oct. 2012, has a combined $50.3 million remaining in the final three seasons of his contract with the Rockets. There were strong signs that Adidas had won this particular shoe battle in Los Angeles last weekend, when — as noted by TMZ Sports — Harden’s new girlfriend, Khloe Kardashian, was wearing a jacket with the company’s logo emblazoned on the back while watching him compete in the Drew League.

“We’re a brand of creators and James embodies that more than any athlete in the game,” Chris Grancio, Adidas Global Basketball General Manager, said in a statement. “His

addition to the Adidas basketball family is a game changer. This partnership gives him the opportunity to achieve his goals and express himself in a totally new way as a creator. He’s already one of the most recognisable sports figures because of his game, his look, his hunger to win and his style on the off the court.

His ceiling is far from reached, which tells you the future for him and our brand looks incredible.

“We have a lot of energy in basketball right now and James takes that momentum to a whole new level. James isn’t like anyone else. He approaches the game with a unique mentality and strives to go against convention. When he signed with the Rockets he moved from being the sixth man to the lead man, proving his willingness to establish himself as a resounding superstar.”

Harden’s deal, according to the statement, will also include “offcourt signature footwear and apparel collections as well as marketing plans (and) Harden traveling on extensive brand tours in Europe and Asia.”

Nike’s decision to let Harden go comes a year after they made his former teammate, the Thunder’s Kevin Durant, a top priority by matching the five-year, $250 million offer he had received from Under Armour. Adidas went all in with the Portland Trail Blazers’ Damian Lillard in May, giving him a deal that could be worth more than $100 million and has an eight-year base in terms of length.

LIONEL Messi scored twice and set up the winning goal as Barcelona started the season in dramatic style by beating Sevilla 5-4 after extra time to lift the UEFA Super Cup on Tuesday.

The action-packed, all-Spanish match was won when Pedro, linked

by British media with a move to Manchester United, scored from close range after a shot by Messi rebounded in the 115th minute.

In the final seconds of extra time, Sevilla defender Adil Rami had a golden chance to send the match to penalties but missed an open goal from close range.

Earlier, Sevilla had battled back from 4-1 down to 4-4 as Barcelona’s fitness was tested in its first competitive match of the season Europe’s curtain-raiser between the winners of the Champions League and the second-tier Europa League.

After a busy pre-season with games in the United States, Italy and Spain, Barcelona’s dominance evaporated midway through the second half.

“I thought we were much better, much stronger,” Messi said of the first hour of the match. “We had the ball for the first 60 minutes, we had opportunities, we scored. And then we seemed to have relaxed, we let them have the ball, we withdrew a bit.

“It got pretty tough when we looked like we were winning hands down, but fortunately we didn’t have to go to penalties.”

Calling the match “spectacular”

Lionel Messi scored two goals in the exciting clash.

for Barcelona’s supporters, coach Luis Enrique suggested his team had taken too many risks while leading.

“We’d practically closed the match, but it’s very difficult to secure this,” he said. “When you’re winning 4-1, the rival has got nothing to lose.

What we do need is to analyze what happened at that point and the risks that they took.”

Luis Enrique refused to discuss whether Pedro’s winning goal could make it more likely for him to stay with the club.

His Sevilla counterpart Unai Emery said he was “very proud” of his

team, which has been rebuilt over the summer after its Europa League win.

“If there’s one thing we want to make this team, it’s competitive.

We want this team to really go for victory whatever the circumstances,” he said. “We stood up to the best team in the world.”

On a warm summer night, Barcelona was without injured leftback Jordi Alba and star striker Neymar, who is ill with mumps, while various absences for Sevilla meant that midfielder Grzegorz Krychowiak dropped into the centerback role.

Arum might be interested in Khan vs. Pacquiao A FIGHT between former eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao and Amir Khan is possible for early 2016. Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum has already said he’s interested in making that fight now that Khan is “shooting his mouth off” about the Pacquiao clash.

If he gets the fight, Khan says he’ll follow the same blueprint that Floyd Mayweather Jr. created in how to beat Pacquiao by using movement, single shots and not being stationary. Khan says he plans on being slick like Mayweather was against Pacquiao to get the victory.

It remains to be seen whether Arum was serious about wanting to match Pacquiao against Khan or if it was just something Arum said in order to name drop to keep Pacquiao’s popularity up after his disappointing loss. One way of making boxing fans forget about Pacquiao’s loss to Mayweather is to name drop different guys’ names.

I’m not sure that I would pick Khan’s name if I was name dropping. If

If he gets the fight, Amir Khan (right) says he’ll follow the same blueprint that Floyd Mayweather Jr. created in how to beat Manny Pacquiao (left) by using movement, single shots and not being stationary.

Arum really wanted to impress boxing fans, he’d start mentioning Gennady Golovkin as someone he’d like to match Pacquiao against. Fans would really be appreciative of a match like that.

“To win a fight against someone like Pacquiao, the key is speed,

movement and distance and that’s how Mayweather beat him,” Khan said via Dubai 103.8.”Floyd beat him by being sneaky and he made it look so easy. If you stick to the same game plan that Mayweather used, then it’s an all-day win for me.”

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Marlon Graham dominated with both ball and bat for Mitsubishi Electric.

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Mitsubishi Electric have won all their games so far this season.

HAB Group/TCICA Summer T20 Cricket League:

Mitsubishi Electric still unbeaten

FORMER Barbados national allrounder Marlon Graham led the undefeated Mitsubishi Electric to their fifth consecutive victory when action continued last Saturday in the HAB Group sponsored, TCI Cricket Association Summer T20 Cricket League at the Downtown

Ball Park.

Graham took three wickets before batted Police out of the game.

The Lawmen won the toss and reached a healthy score of 169-5 from their allotted overs. Garvin Bruno, who played his third game

since his return after a two-year hiatus from the sport, led the attack with 61. The opener’s half century included seven fours and two sixes.

Another in-form Police batsman, Kareem Jack, supported with 43 (7X4s), while Desbourne Young added 35 (2X4s, 3X6s).

The eventual man-of-thematch Graham led the attack with 3-19 from four overs while Ajay Vyas and Craig James had one wicket each. He then clobbered 83 runs in the chase as the Rugby Boys reached their target in 19 overs for the loss of just three

wickets.

Graham’s unbeaten innings included 12 fours and two sixes. Vikram John supported with a whirlwind 60 runs (9X4s and 2X6s).

Bowling for the lawmen Jerry Grant, Lyndon Tyson and Vaurice Jervis took one wicket each.

PABA 3 on 3:

First 10 registered teams will compete

Spartans’ players took last year’s title.

THE first 10 teams in both the senior and high school divisions to register this Saturday for the FIBA endorsed Provo Amateur Basketball Association (PABA) 3 on 3 tournament will get a chance to compete.

The tournament which is into its second year will see the senior winners receiving $300. Runners up will collect $200 and $100 respectively.

Information from the association indicates that there is a buss about the tournament, which is slated for the Gus Lightbourne Sports Complex court from 13:00h to 20:00h.

President of the association Sydwell Glasgow told the Weekly News that the association hopes to make the event a permanent fixture on their basketball calendar.

“The PABA will make this an annual event in the hopes of stimulating more interest in the game.”

Glasgow added that his association wants to help TCI compete in FIBA sanctioned small squad tournaments.

“This 3 on 3 tournament is a big event for FIBA. It is a shorter form of the game and can be intense and exciting.”

Along with the seniors and juniors competitions, primary school aged children are invited to participate in a free throw competition and skills challenge.

There will also be a slam dunk competition, a three point shooting contest and a half-court event.

Players from the Spartans, who won last year, will hope to retain their title.

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Otuonye pumped up after winning bronze medal – Aims to make finals at World Championships TCI’s national long jump champion Ifeanyi Otuonye is pumped up and ready for the 15th IAAF World Championships in Beijing, China after jumping to a third place medal at last week’s North American, Central American and Caribbean (NACAC) Senior Championships in San Jose, Costa Rica.

Otuonye nabbed the bronze with a jump of 7.71M. The winning jump was 8.06M, while second place finished with a

jump of 7.88M. “Now that I know where I’m at and what I need to work on, things are looking up heading to the World Championships.”

MAKE THE FINAL The Kansas State University student feels that a few weeks will be enough time to prepare for the top event.

Prior to the NACAC tournament he had jumped over 8M in practice.

“I have over two weeks to prepare,

that’s enough time to fine tune some things and get ready to do bigger things. Right now my goal is to make the final at Worlds and if I do, I’ll set another goal and try and make it on the podium, but I have to take things step by step.”

The Big XII Male Field Athlete of the Year has had an outstanding 2015 outdoor season in which he jumped 25 feet (7.62M) or better, four times, inclusive of a PB and national record (7.87M).

Long jumper Ifeanyi Otuonye copped a bronze medal for TCI when he competed in the NACAC Senior Championships in Costa Rica last Saturday.

Cadet scores in Evima Cup opener

Mackenson Cadet scored for the Nottingham Forest Football Club during their opening game in the Evima Cup on Wednesday in Bulgaria.

TCI’s national U-17 player Mackenson Cadet scored five minutes after taking the field in the Nottingham Forest Football Club’s opener in the Evima Cup on Wednesday in Bulgaria.

The 15-year-old travelled to England early this month to take part in trial sessions with the club with the hope of becoming a permanent member.

His stint in Bulgaria is also a part of the trials.

He describes his time so far as progressive.

“The training is okay and I’m getting along with the other players.” In the Evima opener

Cadet came off the bench in the second period to score the second goal in a 3-0 win against Brentford.

The Clement Howell High School student took a cross down on his thigh and then smashed it into the top corner of the goal.

On Thursday Cadet’s team won their second game. In another 3-0 win the midfielder just missed the uprights with one of his shots.

He said that the coach has congratulated him on his performance so far.

Cadet, who had scored six goals last month during TCI’s youth team’s tour to Canada, is scheduled to return home on August 23.

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